00:00Hey guys, it's Mian, and this is Beauty With Me.
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00:05I am going to be sharing with you today my favorite under $15 skincare items.
00:12Some kind of new to market, some are old favorites.
00:15And before we get into it, please make sure you are subscribed down below.
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00:23If I'm wearing makeup, which is pretty much every day,
00:25at night I will use a cleansing balm or cleansing oil to remove my makeup.
00:30This is a new one from Physicians Formula.
00:33It's called The Perfect Matcha 3-in-1 Melting Cleansing Balm.
00:36It is a really good affordable cleansing balm.
00:39You would basically just take a little bit, warm it up in your hands,
00:42apply it to your face, and it would just melt away all your makeup.
00:45Waterproof mascara, waterproof eyeliner, liquid lipstick.
00:48It does the job.
00:49Honestly, it feels really similar to a lot of the really high-end ones I've used before,
00:54so I would definitely recommend this one.
00:57After the cleansing balm, you can, you know, leave it on your skin.
01:00You can wash it off with water.
01:01You can use a damp cloth, but you can also double cleanse.
01:04And I use this one morning and night.
01:06This is the COSRX, which is the K-Beauty brand.
01:08Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser.
01:10It has tea tree oil in it to fight bacteria, acne, that sort of thing.
01:13It's gentle, good for sensitive skin.
01:16Twelve bucks.
01:17You can't go wrong.
01:18It's huge.
01:20Need I say more?
01:21So moving on to the rest of my nighttime routine.
01:23This is the Rose Water and Glycerin Facial Spray.
01:27This is a very, very, very popular rose water spray.
01:31It is in every makeup artist's kit.
01:34You can get it at Urban Outfitters for $10.
01:36You get a huge amount of it.
01:38Really classic.
01:39It's a good one.
01:39For serum and moisturizer, I really enjoy this one by The Ordinary.
01:44This is the Granactive Retinoid in Squalane.
01:47And what I like about this is it does have the retinol in it, which is going to help with
01:51cellular turnover.
01:52I use it just kind of after my toner as my moisturizer slash serum step.
01:57I love retinol for, you know, anti-aging, but it's also great for acne because it does speed up kind
02:03of this exfoliation process.
02:05If I'm feeling like I want a little mask, I'll kind of switch it up between using a clay mask
02:10or using an exfoliating mask or using a hydrating mask.
02:12This is one that I wanted to call out today.
02:14This is the ELF Matte Oil Control Mask.
02:16And it's a great, very simple mask.
02:19It has cowling clay in it and tea tree oil to help fight acne.
02:22It does the job.
02:22I'm not very picky when it comes to clay masks.
02:24It dries on your skin like a normal clay mask does.
02:27It absorbs oil, kind of clears out your pores, and then you wash it off.
02:30It's really good.
02:32It's very, very, very, very affordable.
02:33With clay masks, I feel like you can get away with going for something that's much more affordable like this.
02:38So let's talk about morning skincare.
02:40So I will cleanse with the same COSRX cleanser and then follow up with a toner.
02:44Either the Heritage Rose Toner or if I feel like my skin's looking a little dull and need a little
02:48something extra,
02:49I'll use the Pixi Glow Tonic.
02:51Y'all have probably heard me and a million other people talk about this because it is so good.
02:56It has 5% glycolic acid in it, which is a very gentle acid.
02:59It will help kind of slough off dead skin cells, really give you a good, refined, smooth texture.
03:04It smells good.
03:05I just honestly tap a little bit into my hand and just go straight onto my skin and follow up
03:10with my morning moisturizer.
03:12So for my morning moisturizer, I actually mix products.
03:16So this is the All Good Sunscreen Butter, which is a product that I discovered when I was doing my
03:19zero waste beauty routine.
03:20It is SPF 50 mineral sunscreen and it looks like white paint, but I really like the texture that it
03:28left on my skin.
03:29I find that mineral sunscreen can almost act as a primer, so I really enjoyed how this felt,
03:34but I wanted something that would make it just slightly easier to apply.
03:38So I decided to put a couple drops of facial oil into the sunscreen butter to give it a little
03:43bit more slip.
03:44So this is the ELF Nourishing Facial Oil, and it is a good, simple facial oil.
03:49Very hydrating, lightweight, absorbs quickly, and it has a kind of mixture of lightweight oils that I really like.
03:56So rosehip, jojoba, sweet almond, it's a very small amount, like a pea-sized amount of this sunscreen butter.
04:01A couple of drops of this, mix it together, apply it to my face, it makes it so much easier
04:05to rub in.
04:06It's just this perfect texture, nice smooth finish that the mineral sunscreen gives it,
04:11but it gives it this dewiness because of the oils, and I think my skin looks really fresh.
04:15I'm wearing it now, like with makeup over it, and I think my skin looks good.
04:20Alright, so that is it, eight products, all under 15, that I love.
04:24A couple of items that I think are really, like you should get them like today.
04:29I'll tell you, three of them. Glow Tonic, classic, really good.
04:33This serum oil, because honestly, it is a just ridiculously good price for what it is.
04:40And last but not least, this cleansing balm, because anything to encourage you guys to remove your makeup before you
04:47go to bed.
04:47And it's good, and it works really fast.
04:49That is it, guys. I hope you enjoyed this video.
04:52Please let me know in the comments if there's anything else that you guys want me to do, and I
04:56will catch you guys next week. Bye!
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