Hey guys, welcome back to my channel. So today's video has been so, so requested. Since I shared with you guys that I am no longer on acutane, I finished my entire 6 rounds and it's actually almost 4 months now that I'm completely done with acutane and I have to say that my skin went from being really, really super like, oh, D dry. Well, being on that medication, now it's kind of more combination. I'm not going to say that it's either dry or oily or even normal because who is to really say what normal skin is, but I am going to say that the parameters of my skin are still really, really dry and so much of the point where it's kind of like itchy. So that's kind of like how it was on the acutane and then my T-zone is back to being really, really, really oily. So go figure, best of both worlds. So today's video is going to be an updated skincare routine. I'm going to let you guys know what I do every single night. I actually demonstrated everything last night while I was doing my skincare routine and I know a lot of you guys are asking for a post acutane update, like a skin update since I updated you guys every single 6 months that I was on the medication. I have it in the works you guys. I do have a lot to say, but I'm not going to lie. I am so afraid to kind of jinx it. I'm going to let you guys know that it has been going really good. I've had maybe, I'm going to say about three breakouts since acutane, but for the most part, and you guys will see my skin with no makeup on it today, but for the most part, it's been going really smoothly and I'm really afraid to just kind of have an update for you guys and then everything come back. Like, I'm not a superstitious person, but I just don't want to jinx it, but I'm thinking maybe one or two months. Let me just track the progress of my skin a little bit longer and then I will have a post acutane update for you guys. A skincare routine is something that is really, really important to me because you guys know that I'm more, I'm not going to say a cheap person, but I like to think of myself more as like a frugal person. If I can find a dupe for something, most of the times I'm going to go with a drug store product over a high end product, but when it comes to skincare, that is the one like area of beauty that I won't mind spending a lot of money and even ridiculous amounts of money just because I feel like your skin is so important. It's like, it's your base, it's your canvas. I feel like no matter how on point, on fleek, your makeup is, if you have bad skin or I should, I should really be speaking for myself. If I have bad skin or from having a bad skin day, I just, I don't have that confidence, no matter what makeup I have on my face. So skincare is something that's extremely important to me, but with that being said, I kind of have a mixture of products. Some of it is more high end and a lot of it is more affordable. Last thing before I jump into my skincare routine, I want to say that I've actually now that I've got to the process of having really, really super dry skin after having really oily skin, I feel like I actually appreciate that the oiliness is coming back to my skin because it really does help to preserve your skin. You're not going to have as much wrinkles and fine lines when you're older. And I actually think that a dewy skin tone or dewy complexion, I've learned to appreciate it. I feel like it looks very youthful. It looks healthy. And since I'm acutene, I was so, so dry. I thought that I was going to love it, but to be honest with you guys, I actually love the fact that the oil or a little bit of the oil is coming back into my tea zone. I'm not mad at it. I gotta say I'm not mad at it. Alright, I'm wearing way too much. Let's jump into this routine. Now, even though yesterday I was not wearing makeup, so when I'm filming this part, you guys don't see any eye makeup on. Most days I am wearing makeup, but at the same time, I'm a very simplistic person. I don't like using a ton of product on my face, whether it's makeup or skincare, because I feel like the more products, the more irritation, the more complicated. So I actually do not use facial wipes at all anymore to remove my makeup. I have a big soft pile of facial wipes, but I actually just use them now to remove swatches from my hands and clean up around my house. Yes, I use makeup wipes on my furniture. I have a lot. So the first step in my skincare routine is removing my eye makeup. And a lot of times it's dark eye makeup. It's waterproof eye makeup. A lot of you guys ask me how I go ahead and remove waterproof mascara. And the way that I remove absolutely everything from my eyes is by using pure coconut oil. So it kind of comes in a solid form, and then when you scoop it out and put a little bit on your fingers, it warms up and it turns into an oil. So all that I do is I kind of just mash it up in my fingers until it's completely turned into an oil. Then I rub that onto my eyes, and I basically massage it in for a good 10 to 15 seconds. And then I either go ahead and wash it off in the sink, or you would even take a wash cloth and it basically just wipes your makeup right off. I only use coconut oil on my eyes because I actually found out from you guys that has a very high potential to clog the skin on the rest of your face. So if you have really, really sensitive skin, make sure that you're not slathering it all over your face. That is something that I used to use, or that I used to do back in the day, but now I use it solely on my eyes to remove any makeup that I have on. All right. So after that, I move on to cleansing my face. And this is the cleanser that I have been loving lately. This is by Clarity MD, and it's called their Deep Pour Cleanser. This cleaner gives me a really, really deep cleaning, but don't worry. Since it's bio-nutrient-based, and it contains aloe vera juice and chamomile and glycerin. Instead of drying out my skin and stripping it, it actually moisturizes it. So I absolutely love it for that. I do have to say that I am very picky with anything and everything that I put on my face because my skin is very, very sensitive now. This stuff does not dry me out. It does not clog my pores. It doesn't break me out. And since I have really, really sensitive skin, a lot of things that I apply onto my face burn, I don't have that problem with this stuff at all. I love it. It's definitely my rider die. All right. So at that point, I have all of my makeup off. My face is completely clean. I go ahead and dry it off. And I like to start off by treating my under eye area. Now, some of you guys may know because I complain about this kind of a lot on my channel. I have really dark under eye circles, but not only that, I have really like, wrinkly, creepy, very dry skin underneath my eyes. So I love slathering them in my chamomile eye treatment from Made by Earth. It's organic, it's holistic, and it says right on the bottle that it's retired, wrinkled, and stressed eyes. Check, check, and check. It's filled with chamomile and with vitamin C, so that definitely takes care of moisturizing my under eyes. But like I said, I also have a little bit of a problem, especially after finishing acutain with the darkness underneath my eyes because it is a side effect of the medicine that it makes your dark circles even worse. So what I actually use for that is a prescription cream, and this is called Hydroquinone, and mine is in the 4% strength. Basically all this is a skin bleaching cream, so you can use it on different areas of your face. If you have dark spots, I don't have any dark spots, I just have that darkness underneath my eyes. So basically I just take a little tiny dot, you need the tiniest amount of this stuff, and I just put this right on top of my under eye moisturizer. I know this sounds like a lot of steps, but I kind of do everything very quickly. I'm just very used to doing this, and this is what I do every single night. I literally cannot go to sleep if I don't do every single step that I'm letting you guys know. So for the rest of the skin on my face, I actually use another prescription cream, and this is called Retin A. Now mine is a very, very low dose prescription Retin A cream, and what this does is that it treats hyperpigmentation, uneven skin tone, and it kind of treats the marks that are left behind from previous acne. This doesn't really do much for any active blemishes that I might have on my face, so what I like to do is then go in right after and spot treat with my Clarity MD clarifying serum. What this does is it treats blemishes, red spots, blackheads, whiteheads. So what I do is I apply this to whatever parts of my skin are kind of acting up at the moment. And to be honest, it usually just happens really during that time of the month. So if I'm having a good skin day, I will just skip out on this step. And my very last step, you guys know that I cannot go to sleep without treating my lips. I feel like it's very, very important. So this is a product that I wish that I discovered while I was on Acutane because it's literally more amazing than anything else. I really do love the Dr. Dan's Corde of Bomb, but since that has Corde of Zone in it, it's not something that you can use for an extended period of time. If you're on Acutane, definitely check that out though. But what I am using now is this bomb by Iqazmetics. It's called their Vitality Lip Flush. Basically what it is, is an anti-aging conditioning bomb that moisturizes your lips so, so, so, freaking much, I'm telling you guys, it also changes colors from clear and it kind of leaves a pinkish stain on your lips. It literally is the coolest product ever. And I'm not going to lie, I love the fact that I apply it on at night and when I wake up in the morning, I have a nice little pink tint to my lips. I don't know. It's a little things. And fast forward all the way to the morning, I will tell you guys really quickly what I do because it's basically only two steps because I am very lazy in the morning. So I do use the same exact face wash that I showed you guys from Clarity MD. I just like the really deep, clean that it gives me and my dermatologist actually told me that it's a myth that you should not wash your face in the morning. He said there's a lot of build up and oil and sebum and bacteria on your face from overnight and that you should wash your face in the morning and at night time. So, yeah. After that, I go in with my most absolute favorite moisturizer at the moment and this is by First Aid Beauty. It's called their Ultra Repair Cream. This moisturizer is formulated with oatmeal and it's specifically formulated for irritated skin. So just people that have eczema, rosacea or just really, really sensitive skin. I love using this stuff as my daily moisturizer because it also works great underneath my makeup. It's kind of like a primer and a moisturizer and one and I feel like it just, it really soothes my face. It actually even says on the back that in addition to eczema and psoriasis and those different skin conditions, you can actually use it over rashes, poison ivy, oak and sun mac. I don't know what that is. It's just a very, very soothing moisturizer and this is actually the little travel size. I'm definitely going to go back and get the full size ASAP. And that is my updated skincare routine. Like I said, I do this every single night on the diet. You're not going to sleep unless you do this. I'm crazy. I'm a little bit skin obsessed. I'm not afraid to say so. If you guys want to see a post-acutane update, definitely let me know and if you guys didn't know about my whole little acutane journey, I will post that down below because I did post an update every single month showing you guys the progress of my skin and it has been absolutely amazing. I can't believe that it's almost four months since I've been off the medication and I'm so scared that my skin is going to like break out one day like overnight. It's like, oh my god, it's my worst fear. But so far, so good. Thank you guys so much for watching. I love you all so, so, so much and I'll see you in my next video. Bye. Bye.