00:00Hi guys, it's me Jen and today we're heading to my girl Sophia's house.
00:03She's gonna be teaching me her skincare routine because her skin's always glowing and wonderful, so let's head on inside!
00:22Hi!
00:24Good to see you!
00:25Yeah, good to see you too!
00:26How are you?
00:27It's so beautiful!
00:29I love how open it is!
00:33I know, me too.
00:34It's a high ceiling.
00:35Okay, so it looks like we've got all the lovely products here, right?
00:38Yes.
00:38Before makeup.
00:39Yes.
00:40What do you use for a cleanser?
00:41Because I've already cleansed my face, but what would you use?
00:43So my favorite brand right now, as you can see, is ERA.
00:47And I don't know, I like to use the same brand, but you can definitely use different other products if
00:52you would like.
00:53But I think if you use them all together, it kind of like compliments each other.
00:56Yeah, they're made to be used together.
00:59Yeah, I think so.
01:00Especially like the Korean brand.
01:01Yeah.
01:01So I use the ERA White Program cleansing foam.
01:06And there's two cleansing foams that ERA has.
01:09And the White Program is supposed to like brighten.
01:11Even out, right?
01:13Yeah.
01:13It's not about like being super peeled.
01:14Yeah.
01:14It's just about evening it out.
01:16Yeah, exactly.
01:16So I use this, and then I go in with a toner.
01:20Mm-hmm.
01:20It's the Aquabolic Moisturizing Water Toner.
01:24So right after I cleanse the face, then I go in with this stuff, and you can try it out.
01:31Nice.
01:32Okay, let's do a smell test.
01:33Oh, it smells good.
01:34Yeah.
01:35It smells like my mom.
01:36Oh my god.
01:37It's like a Korean mom.
01:39I know.
01:40It's like that.
01:40Mmm.
01:40I love that smell.
01:42But I just use a little bit on my hands.
01:43Like how would you say, like a...
01:44Yeah, it's milky.
01:46Yeah.
01:46I mean, I go for it.
01:48Okay, I'm gonna go for it too then.
01:49Yeah.
01:50Okay.
01:51And then, yeah, I just kind of pat it in skin.
01:54It smells really nice actually.
01:56Yeah, it's good.
01:57It kind of brings moisture back into your face because you stripped it all out once you've
02:00cleansed it and stuff like that.
02:02So this is the essence that I use.
02:05And I think like an essence is like a toner on crack.
02:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:09All the good stuff.
02:10The zhuzh, you know?
02:11Yeah.
02:11Essence you can use with a cotton bog.
02:14It's pretty thin.
02:15It's a lot more watery than this.
02:16You can try it out.
02:18Let's try it out.
02:18It's the same amount as the toner?
02:20Yeah.
02:20I think.
02:20But it'll come out.
02:22Whoa, whoa, whoa.
02:22It's just dripping out.
02:24Okay.
02:25I'm gonna try.
02:26It's a lot more watery.
02:27It smells so good.
02:28It's refreshing.
02:30Yeah.
02:30Because I use the SK2 Essence.
02:32Oh yeah.
02:33And it's amazing but it just smells kind of like a stinky bar.
02:37Really?
02:37You know?
02:37When you go to the bar and you smell like that kind of, that smell.
02:41Really?
02:41But it works.
02:42It does wonders on my skin.
02:43It's awesome.
02:44I've never smelled that.
02:45Really?
02:46Well you can come around and smell it.
02:48Yeah.
02:48I don't know.
02:49Like skin products just smell so good.
02:50So I'm not used to that but I'll try it out.
02:52I know that they're a good brand.
02:54Yeah, SK2 is amazing.
02:55Yeah.
02:55And they're also like an Asian brand.
02:57I think it's Japanese.
02:57And so I think like because we're Asian, I feel like the formula works better.
03:04I know.
03:05You know?
03:06I think so.
03:06I think so.
03:06Yeah.
03:07Like I wouldn't, I would prefer like an Asian brand.
03:10Because I mean Asia is just known for their skincare.
03:12Like they're on top of it.
03:13And if you like see the women there, their skin is just no makeup.
03:17It's flawless.
03:18Yeah.
03:19Like airbrushed.
03:20So like with no makeup on.
03:21So.
03:22Okay.
03:22And then next after the essence, I use a serum.
03:26Ooh.
03:27So then for the order, you usually use like most runniest to the thickest.
03:31Because if you think about it, if you put like the thick product on first and then after
03:35you're putting something watery on, it's just kind of like kind of like melt off in a way.
03:38Definitely.
03:39And I do like two pumps.
03:41Two pumps?
03:41Yeah.
03:42Very nice.
03:43Oh.
03:47Yeah.
03:48I'm just going to dot.
03:49I like the dot method.
03:50Yeah.
03:50Same here.
03:50You know?
03:51So it's like evenly on your face.
03:53Nice.
03:54Like I only, I want a serum too.
03:56But it's honestly like, it's not necessary for me.
03:59It's just like on days where I feel like my skin needs some extra, extra love.
04:04Yeah, definitely.
04:04Then I'll put some serum on.
04:05Yeah.
04:05I mean some days, I'm not going to lie, like I can skip a few products.
04:09And if I'm in a rush, like if you don't have time to do all of this, it's okay.
04:12Like I will stick to like the basics, like a toner, essence and like a moisturizer.
04:16Mm-hmm.
04:17But if you have the time for it, like show your skin some love.
04:20Yeah, right?
04:21Because it's really important.
04:21And you only get one.
04:22I know.
04:23True.
04:24So okay, after this, I use the eye serum.
04:28Ooh.
04:29This is Waterin and it's a Roll-On Eye Serum.
04:31And it comes with like this cool silver ball.
04:34It's like cooling.
04:34So like if you have puffy eyes, it's just like I'm just doing this all day so I can de
04:39-puffy
04:39eyes.
04:40And then I use like one pump for like both eyes.
04:43And then I just thought it-
04:45Ooh, it's cold.
04:46Yeah.
04:47It's actually very cooling.
04:49Do you do on top too?
04:50Um, I do.
04:51I just kind of like I want to circle.
04:53I'm like falling asleep when I do this.
04:55Yeah.
04:55Ew.
04:57So then after the eye serum, finally it's lotion pretty much.
05:03Lock it all in.
05:04Yeah, lock all like this liquid stuff in.
05:07And this is Aquabalic Moisturizing Emulsion.
05:11And I do, I don't know, two or three pumps of lotion.
05:15Just depends on-
05:16I'll do two.
05:17Okay.
05:17Today.
05:18Today.
05:18So is there any SPF in this at all?
05:20Or is this-
05:21No, it doesn't say it has SPF.
05:22So I try to, for the day, I try to use a foundation that has SPF.
05:27I'm always wearing some kind of like BB cream or foundation and it will have SPF.
05:32Because for skin care, especially the skin care that you sleep in, if you wear-
05:38It's not good to wear SPF when it's not needed because it's still like chemicals at the end of the
05:41day.
05:41So at night time it's really nice to just have products that are SPF free.
05:47But I think during the day you can buy another like moisturizer that has SPF so you can wear it
05:52for the daytime.
05:53But usually I just have SPF with foundation.
05:56Yeah, same here.
05:56Yeah.
05:57Nice.
05:58So, and lastly.
05:59I do a cream and this is a cell bio cream.
06:03Oh, wait a minute.
06:04So what was this?
06:05This is the emulsion.
06:06Yeah.
06:06Okay.
06:07So with SK-
06:07So with your-
06:08What do you use at home?
06:10Yeah.
06:10You just have like one moisturizer?
06:11Yeah, I just have one face cream.
06:13So this is an extra step that I do not do.
06:16Oh yeah.
06:16There's even like more steps.
06:17I gotta like tone it down.
06:19No, cause I think Koreans have like a 12 step-
06:22No, they do.
06:22Skincare line.
06:23That's like, that's insane.
06:24I know.
06:24Yeah.
06:25It is a lot of product.
06:27It's a lot of time too.
06:28I think whatever just kind of works for you, you just-
06:30Right.
06:30Pick and choose.
06:31But yeah, there's, I use this and this too.
06:33So this, as you can see, is really thick.
06:36Ooh.
06:36Yeah, so I just like dab a little all over the face.
06:39Nice.
06:39And this is really going to hydrate your skin.
06:42This stuff is so good.
06:43And it's like the consistency.
06:45It just makes your skin like feel like silk.
06:47It's so nice.
06:48Yeah.
06:48It does like an even better job than this, but I think that this is really good for nighttime.
06:53Awesome.
06:54And this would stay for during the day.
06:55Cool.
06:56Yeah.
06:56And since I'm going to go out later, I should probably not use this.
06:59Okay.
07:00Okay.
07:01Yeah.
07:01And I think this is enough too anyways.
07:02Yeah, right?
07:03So then if I wake up some days and I don't know, my skin is just like a little extra
07:08dry
07:09or something and I have a little more time on my hands, I like to go in like with a
07:12mask
07:12or something like that.
07:13Oh, nice.
07:14So I have two here.
07:15This one's Michael Todd and this is like a clay mask.
07:17Ooh, cool.
07:18And then this one is one of my favorites that I've been using for a while.
07:21It's from the Body Shop and it's the Tea Tree Face Mask.
07:24So it's like a green mask and it really takes like the oil away from my skin and it's really
07:30good for acne.
07:31Anything Tea Tree like oil is really, really good for acne.
07:33So yeah, if you can't, you know, afford to splurge on skincare, there's other options
07:38like DIYs and, you know, creating like masks at home.
07:42They all work really nicely.
07:43So just, I don't know, do some research on like your skin type and what, you know, at
07:48home products work well for your face.
07:50And it's really easy to create things at home.
07:52Yeah.
07:52And there's tons of YouTube tutorials like, right?
07:56Like it's insane.
07:57So thank you so much for showing me your skincare routine.
07:59I feel like my skin is absorbing and I can't wait to see the way it like looks tomorrow.
08:04Yes.
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08:10Bye.
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