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My Morning & Evening Skincare Routine at 60
May 13, 2024
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Hi everyone, it's Karen from the Geordie Grandma. Welcome back to my channel. And it's Sunday
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so it's another Sunday sunshine show with the transatlantic housewives of YouTube, who
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include myself, Marie from At Busy Bee Marie, Maria from At Maria Crocker and Tina from
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Tina's Talk Time. And as you know, if you've watched us on a Sunday before, we bring you
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a different topic every week. We all talk about the same thing, but obviously put our
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own spin on it. So once you've watched my video, you can go across and watch what they've
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got to say on the topic. And today we're talking about skincare routines. So specifically
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morning skincare routine and evening skincare routine. Now I know in my 20s, I didn't have
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a skincare routine. I think in your 20s, well, back then, I don't think you really cared
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about a skincare routine. I remember coming in from a night out, you know, if you went
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out on a Friday night, you had all the makeup on and in the 80s, the eye makeup was serious
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And I'd come in and I wouldn't even bother taking my makeup off at night. You go to bed
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with all your eye makeup on, it's a blue eyeshadow and mascara and eyeliner, and you'd wake up
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with it on the pillowcase. It must have done some real damage to your skin, I would have
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thought. But I probably didn't take notice of me, my skincare routine really. I probably
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until I was 50, I think I started to use moisturiser in my 30s. But apart from that
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I didn't really do anything specific. I know I haven't used soap and water on my face for
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quite a long time. That's probably since I was maybe mid 30s to 40. I haven't used soap
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at all on my face. So today I'm going to talk about what I do with my face on the morning
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and what I do with it at night time. I haven't put any makeup on today. So you can actually
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see what my skin looks like without it. I don't think my skin is bad for my age. I'm
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60 if you didn't know. But I don't know whether that's because of the products I've used
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or whether it would have looked like that naturally. My Nana actually had decent skin
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and she was 84 when she died. So who knows? I suppose nobody's going to really know if
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their faces, if the products they're using is really making any long term difference
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are there? Because you've used it. So and somebody else's skin is different to yours
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But anyway, so I'll do the morning routine first and then we'll go on to the night time
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So a morning routine, I would just use this simple moisturising facial wash. It's not
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my favourite, but it's the one I've got at the moment. I don't really stick to the same
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face wash all the time. So I would use that on a morning just to give my face a bit of
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a wipe over, just get the sleep out of your eyes and things like that. And I would normally
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use just a damp microfibre cloth just to take any residue of that off. After I've done
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the facial cleanse, I would do a second cleanse with some micellar cleansing water. This is
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a Garnier one. I use several different ones, it just depends where I am shopping. I'm running
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out of this one as you can see. This is quite a nice one. But like I say, I don't stick
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to any particular brand with the micellar water. So I'll do a double cleanse with this
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just to take off any of the residue of the simple that I've used. And I use this, I use
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the cleansing water on a cotton wool pad. I do have some, what do they call them? They're
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reusable cleansing pads and you have to wash them. I can't remember what, are they made
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from bamboo? I think they might be made from bamboo. And then you put them in the washing
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machine and wash them. But at the moment I'm using the cotton pads. So I would use the
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micellar water with those. And then I use the, at the moment I'm using the Laquera Healthy
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Glow Retinol Toner. And I also use that with a cotton pad. I'm not entirely certain what
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toner does. I'm just going to put my specs on and we'll have a look what it says. This
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is multi-action toner, 5% niacinamide with retinol and jasmine flower. I'm not really
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sure what it's supposed to do. Helps reduce the appearance and signs of skin aging. The
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multi-action treatment developed with antioxidants will leave skin feeling instantly smoother, softer and moisturized. After just two weeks, skin tone will appear more even, healthy and
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radiant. I've been using this for quite a few months now. I haven't really seen a great
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difference. I've got to be honest, I haven't seen a difference really, but I do like the
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feel of this on my skin. It does smell nice and it does make me, my skin feel soft. And
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it does give us a bit of a glow, but I don't know about the help and the signs of aging
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but that's what I use after the cleanse. I use the toner. So after the toner, I use a
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serum. Now I've been trying a few different serums and I've been using them for two weeks
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and then trying a different one because I had four different ones to use. Now the first
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one that I've been using is the Body Shop Drops of Light brightening serum. And I think this was
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about 26 pound a bottle. That's the bottle it looks like. It's in a white bottle and it comes
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with a, like a dropper. So you can see it there. You only need one drop. I put one drop on each
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cheek and I rub it all over my face. I don't put it on my eyes, but I rub it around the rest of my
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face and sometimes I'll put it on my neck. And this is supposed to, I'll just have a look what
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it says on the box, just to tell you. It says complexion looks brighter, more radiant and skin
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tone looks more even. After four weeks, skin imperfections look reduced and pores appear
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tightened. Skin dullness appears reduced with a more even looking tone. So it seems a lot of
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products are supposed to do that. So yeah, I've been using this, I'd say for about two months
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this one. And then I picked up this box, which was only 4.99 for three. I picked this up in B&M
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and it said skin boosting serums and it had three different serums in it. It's got a
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niacinamide serum, it's got a vitamin C serum and it's got the hyaluronic acid serum. Now I've used
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all three of these for two weeks each to see what the difference was. Now I did ask somebody
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I'm not sure if it was my daughter I asked because she is a beauty therapist. I said, what is the
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difference between a serum that costs 26 pound and a serum that comes in a box of three for 4.99
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And she said the ones that are 4.99, the ingredients will be diluted. So it won't penetrate
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as much as the one that's more expensive. That does make sense. So they're all supposed to do
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different things. The niacinamide is supposed to be a hydrating serum for, I'll just put my specs
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on because I can't read it. Hydrating serum for refined, smooth, rejuvenated and radiating skin
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The vitamin C serum says renewing and energizing for dull and fatigued skin for a radiating glow
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And the hyaluronic acid serum says anti-wrinkle, long-lasting moisture replenishment for plump
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and luminous skin. And I've got to be very honest here. All four of these serums for me
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have acted exactly the same way. I haven't seen any difference from using the body shop one that
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was 26 pound and using these three cheap ones that were 4.99 for three. I've seen no difference
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I have only used the cheaper ones for two weeks each and I've used the body shop one
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probably for about two months. So I don't know if I would notice a difference if I used one of
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these cheaper serums for two months rather than just two weeks. So I don't know. But I do like
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the way they feel on my skin. I feel like my skin feels smoother when I use a serum. So that's that
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If you use serums, let me know what you think. Do you think it makes a difference
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So after the serum, the last step on me morning skin routine, it seems quite a lot when I'm
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talking about it. I use the body shop vitamin A intensive moisture cream. I do like body shop
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products. I have to say, and I really like their moisturizers. I've actually, I've hardly got any
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left in this one. And it is just a white, creamy moisturizer that feels really lovely on your skin
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It goes on really smoothly. It doesn't feel sticky. And if you leave it 20 minutes and then
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you know, you put your makeup on, it is a nice base for it. Smells, smells absolutely gorgeous
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I will be buying another pot of this. I can't remember how much it was actually. 15 pound
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maybe 10 pound, something like that. But I really do like it. So I will be buying another one
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And I do like the vitamin A. I do have dry skin. So I feel like I need some really moisturizing
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stuff to put on. And I found the vitamin A works really well. I have read somewhere
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again, I can't remember where it was, but I did read that the moisturizer you buy is less important
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than the serums in the cleansers because they work more deeply into your skin. Whereas the
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moisturizer kind of sits on top of it all. I don't know how true that is, but it kind of makes sense
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So that was the Body Shop moisturizer. I have actually just recently picked up the Lacura
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Moisture Boost. I just picked this up yesterday. We'll just see what this says on the box
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Hydrating gel moisturizer with aloe vera and green tea extract. Smooth, softens and plumps up
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fine dry lines. So I thought because I was nearly at the end of the Body Shop moisturizer
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I might give this one a try. I have used a gel moisturizer from Aldi before and I quite liked it
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But again, with Aldi Lacura products, they don't stay in stock very long and you can't
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repurchase them. I'm just going to take the silver thing off the top of there
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So that's what that looks like. Like I said, I haven't used it yet. It does feel very smooth
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on my skin. I did feel the last one I bought, I think it was a watermelon one. I felt it was a
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little bit drying on my face. It doesn't have any strong smell to it, but it does feel nice on my
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hand. So I'll let you know in a future video what I think of the Lacura Gel Moisture Boost
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So that's the daytime routine. So after that, I would then put my makeup on. If you want to see
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a video I've done of me putting my makeup on, so I've done some get ready with me videos
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I'll put some links below to those just in case you want to see what I do put my makeup on
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So on a night time, if I've had makeup on through the day, I take my makeup off with the Body Shop
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Chamomile Sumptuous Makeup Cleansing Butter. And this is the best makeup remover I've ever
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used. I've been using this for about, I'd say five years now. I'm out of breath. I've just had to run
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up the stairs to get it because I forgot it. It's about £13 a tub. It probably lasts us maybe six
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weeks. And it looks like that. It looks like a solidified coconut oil. It's quite firm inside
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until you start rubbing it on your skin. I don't know if you can see that. It's like a very creamy
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balm and you just rub it on your skin and it melts into your face. And it actually, it melts the
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makeup. It seems to melt the makeup off your face. I really, really love this. I can't recommend this
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highly enough if you're looking for a cleansing balm. Absolutely love it. So I would rub that all
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over my face with my makeup on, even on my eyes, on my mascara. I'll massage it into my eyelashes
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massage it into my eyes where I've had the eyeshadow, just massage it all over my face
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for a couple of minutes. And then again, I get the microfiber cloth. I dampen it. So I'll put
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water on it, dampen it. And then I clean all of the balm off with this and it takes all the makeup
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off with it. It's absolutely fantastic stuff. Really, really love it. It doesn't sting my eyes
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It doesn't sting my face. It takes, I'd say it takes 98% of my eye makeup off in practically one
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swipe. Brilliant. I also, after I've used the cleansing balm, I do use the micellar water again
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with a cotton wool pad, just to take any residue off, just to take any mascara that is left
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There's not usually very much. I'll maybe have maybe one speck on the cotton pad, if that. So I
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do use that again after the cleansing balm. I don't use toner at night. I only use the toner on
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the morning because it does say on the bottle, I think it says morning or night, but don't use it
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both times. I don't know if that's the same with old toner, but it certainly is with the liqueur
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So then after I've done the double cleanse with the micellar water, I use a serum again. And this
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serum, I do really love. And I did see a difference with this. And this again, this is a body shop
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product. This is the Body Shop Vitamin A Overnight Serum in Oil. Again, it's in a little pink bottle
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and like the other serum from the Body Shop, it's got a dropper with it. And this is a slightly
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thicker, I mustn't have much left in here because I can't see it coming out. It's a slightly thicker
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liquid because it is in oil, but it's not too oily. I know some face oils feel like, you know
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you've sprayed your face with coconut oil, but this one doesn't. Again, I just put one drop on
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each cheek and I massage it into my face. I don't put it on my eyes. I kind of go around here. I
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don't put it right under my eye and I don't put it on my eye, just on the rest of my face. And I'll
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also put it on my neck. And that is really, really nice. When I first started using this
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probably about three or four years ago now, I did notice a difference in my skin. It kind of
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made my skin smoother and brighter. Don't think it reduced any fine lines if it says it does that
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but I did see a difference in the, I would say the texture of my skin. Again, I do have dry skin
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It may be different if you don't have a dry skin. If you've got an oily skin or something like that
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that might not work the same way. So do, you know, read the labels before you buy them
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I'll leave the links to all these products in the description box below. Some of them, the body shop
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ones, I do have affiliate links before. So if you clicked and you bought through the affiliate link
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I will do a very small commission. But obviously you can just go to Google and Google it or
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actually go in the body shop and buy stuff. But yeah, I highly recommend the Vitamin A serum
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Sometimes if my skin is feeling like it needs some extra moisture, I will put the Vitamin A
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the body shop Vitamin A. This is not an advert for the body shop, by the way, but I do tend to
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use a lot of body shop products. This is the body shop Vitamin A sinking moisture sleeping mask
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So I'll just put that on top of the serum. I don't do that every night, just maybe once a week or
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something. If my skin is feeling like it needs something or occasionally I'll leave the Vitamin A
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Vitamin A drops out and I will just put this on just depending on how I'm feeling. But this is
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like a jelly, like a jelly, a creamy jelly texture. You can see it there. And again, it feels really
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really lovely on your skin. I just massage it in. Again, don't put it on my eyes. I don't put any
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products around here or on my eyelids. I don't put any skincare products there. I very rarely use
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eye creams or eye gels. My daughter, who I said is a beauty therapist, she once told us that you
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don't need to put eye cream on because your moisturizer that you put from here is kind of
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drawn up into the skin around your eyes. So you don't really need an eye cream. So I have used
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them in the past and I do have some, you know, in my bedroom and my collection of skincare products
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but I very rarely use them. I just don't feel the need to use them. But I do like this sleeping mask
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Again, it makes your face feel really smooth and brighter looking in the morning if you use it
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Can't remember how much these were. I think this was about £12, but yeah, highly recommend those
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Occasionally, I will use this that I got. I got this a couple of years ago in a beauty subscription
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box. Excuse me. And this is called Dr. Botanicals and it's called POMI Granite Superfood
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Regenerating Sleeping Mask. And it's in a little tube. I'll get it out of the box. I think I've
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nearly used all this up. It's in a little tube and it's very, it's like a creamy
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I'll try and see if that gets them out, just like a creamy texture. And you would
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I'll just put it on my face because I've got no makeup on. And it does feel like it's, like it's
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drying like a face mask. You know, when you put like a creamy face mask on, it does feel like
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it's drying into your skin like a face mask would. So I do put, you know, not tons, but more than
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that I would put on, make sure my face is covered in it again, not my eyes. And it does feel like
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you've got a face mask on, but it dries on your skin. So it's not going to come off on your pillows
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or anything like that. And you leave that on overnight and then, you know, wash it off in
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the morning, cleanse it off with your, whatever cleanser you use. And that does tend to make my
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face look a little bit brighter if I'm looking, you know, if my skin's been looking a bit drab
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through the winter when you don't get enough sunlight. But yeah, I really did like that one
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So I would definitely buy that again. So that is my morning and evening skincare routine
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The only other thing that I would use is occasionally I'll use an exfoliating
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like wash on my face. I don't have one at the moment. And I picked up this Laquera Weekend Mode
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exfoliating mask. So I'd be interested to see what this is like, because sometimes I feel like
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your skin just needs, it feels like it needs a bit of a scrub, you know, just to get the
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well not dirt really, is it? It just sometimes you feel like you need that extra
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that extra deep clean. So I thought that might be useful to use. If anybody's used that
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let us know in the comments what you thought of it. I'd be quite interested to know
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So like I said, that is my skincare routine. Do you use any of these products? Is there any
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products that you use that you think I might be interested in? Do you use really expensive
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products? Because I do, I do find it interesting, you know, not everybody wants to buy the same
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the same price range of products. I have got, you know, I've got a big range of stuff here from
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you know, Aldi, Laquera stuff that is, you know, really, it's cheap. And what I would call more
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expensive body shop products is £26 for a serum. But I know there's people out there who use
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products that are like £100. I would like to know what the difference is, you know, is there
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a big difference? I know when I've been for a, on a spa day, like I went for recently, and they use
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more expensive products on your skin. Your skin feels great after you've, you know, you've had
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the facial, but would I feel the same if I gave myself a similar facial with all my products
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I don't know, but it's interesting. I don't have the money to try the really expensive ones
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so maybe I'm never gonna know. So that's all I've got for you today. I hope you found that
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interesting. I do find it interesting to know what people use on their skin. I think, especially
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when you get to, you know, 50, 60, you want to know people's secrets, you know, what do you
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what do you use? So I'd be really interested to see what Marie, Tina and Maria are all using on
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their skins. Because like I say, we do, you know, we talk about these topics that we're going to
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talk to you about, but we don't actually go in depth about what each of us are going to be doing
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in the video. So it's always a nice surprise when we watch it ourselves on a Sunday. So do go across
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and watch Busy Bee Marie, Maria Crocker and Tina from Tina's Talk Time and see what their skin
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routines are. Next Sunday is a, it's to do with autumn deco. So do you decorate your house for
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autumn? Do you just decorate part of your house? Is it just your table you might do an autumn
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deco thing on? So if you want to come along next Sunday and have a watch and see what kind of
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things we do in our house in autumn, that should be fun. So that's everything I've got for you today
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I'll see you next week. So bye for now
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