beauty director for bazaar.com.

And today I'm gonna walk you

through my updated nighttime skincare routine.

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So you might remember me from the last time

I shared my nighttime skincare routine.

That was about a year and a half ago,

and it was long, it was 19 steps.

And I don't know about you,

but I've had kind of a crazy year.

And, you know, because of that,

I've really pared down my skincare routine,

and it's totally changed.

In my new skincare routine

that I've been adopting in the last year or so,

I have about eight products

or eight steps that I've been relying on.

Although, you know, it's because of my job,

I still have to test hundreds and hundreds

of products every year.

So I'll swap in, you know, products here and there,

but the steps have really been narrowed down to only eight.

It was 19, and now it's eight,

which is not bad for a beauty editor, I think.

So I'll give myself props for that.

So last time I double cleansed,

and now my cleansing looks a little bit different.

So the first thing I do is I take off my makeup

and then I double cleanse.

So to take off my makeup, I use a micellar water,

then now I do the second step of cleansing.

And that is this Weleda Gentle Cleansing Foam.

I used a micellar water with cotton pads,

and a lot of comments were sort of yelling at me

for using even organic cotton rounds.

So I heard you loud and clear,

because now I'm not wearing as much makeup.

Like this is pretty much

as much makeup as it gets these days.

And it's really not that much.

So I don't need to do a traditional double cleanse

with an oil and a foamy cleanser.

So I jumped right into makeup removing with my new routine,

and I use these.

So this is from Face Halo,

and Face Halo also makes these,

but so do a million other brands,

and they're basically like

a microfiber makeup removing tool.

They're really cool.

And you just wet it and rub it all over your face,

and it removes the makeup

without any cleanser or any other makeup remover.

It's pretty cool.

So I'm gonna go ahead and do that.

Get close so you can see the makeup coming off my face.

I like these little finger puppet ones,

because they're great for around your nose and your eyes.

All my makeup's coming off,

including my mascara and everything.

And I was wearing like a Benefit mascara today,

which those are pretty long lasting.

I'm done with the sock puppet one.

And then I'll go on with this one too.

Wet it.

And then you'll be able to see the makeup

coming off my face.

Look at that. Gross.

And the reason I used organic cotton rounds before

in my old routine a year and a half ago

was because I didn't have a washer dryer.

And so, you know, these, you can wash them after every use.

But now that I just moved to a house out in New Jersey,

I have my own washer dryer.

And so switching to more sustainable practices

has been really easy,

'cause I can control my own laundry day

and laundry schedule,

whereas before it was a little bit harder.

So after moving my makeup, I go in with a cleanser.

I've been really loving this brand.

It's named HoliFrog, I think.

HoliFrog, HoliFrog,

but they have so many different cleansers.

This one is the Milky Wash.

So it's a very, as the name suggests, milky cleanser.

I just find it to be really gentle

and really soothing on my skin.

So I'll just wet my skin a little bit and then work this in.

You can see how gentle it is.

It's not foamy.

I loved a foamy cleanser

when I was wearing a lot of makeup.

God, I love a foaming cleanser so much.

Their my favorite thing,

but now I feel like I just don't need it as much.

Now I'm going to go ahead and wash this cleanser off.

To do so, I'll use just water in my hands,

but I also have this cool towel.

This is from a brand called Resore,

also cool towel.

I never thought I would say that sentence before,

but this brand, Resore, they make antibacterial towels.

So face towels and body towels.

So if you suffer from acne or any kind of skin condition,

you like legitimately don't have to wash these for weeks

because they have anti-bacterial

and antimicrobial technology woven into the fabric.

So now that I'm not wearing as much makeup,

and some days I don't wear makeup at all,

I always wash my face before bed,

because that is when you want your skin

to heal and rejuvenate.

But in the morning sometimes

I don't need an additional cleanser.

I'll just, you know, get in the shower and wash my face

with cold water, lukewarm water,

and go on with my day,

because I don't wanna disturb the natural oils on my face,

since my skin can be quite dry and red.

So you don't need to wash your face every morning,

as long as you wash it at night.

The next step is serums.

And I have two products here that, honestly,

I think I used in my last video

You can check the tape for that,

but this is Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Repair,

and La Mer's The Concentrate.

Of course, I'm always testing serums from other brands,

but when it comes down to, you know, my routine

that I really, really love to get my best skin ever,

these are some of my two favorite products.

And so using them,

it really depends on sort of my skin

and my routine that day.

I think some of the best skin care routines

are ones that you're not following just blindly,

but ones that you're doing

because you've taken an evaluation of your skin that day,

and looked at what it actually needs.

And so when I'm feeling like my skin is,

you know, kind of irritated,

I don't wanna put a ton of products on it.

I just wanna like put one or two things on and go to bed.

Then I'll actually use the La Mer Concentrate,

because this is like a serum and oil combined.

But if I wanna do a more involved routine

then I'll use my Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair.

I think I said in my last video

that you put it on,

and you just really notice

that your skin looks better the next morning.

It's one of those products you put on your face,

and then you wake up the next morning,

and you're like, "Oh, I actually look better.

Like, that's awesome."

It's just true.

So let me take a dropper size of this.

And I'm just going to pat it onto my skin.

Just all over.

And I just think this

really helps with fine lines and wrinkles,

which, oh, boy,

you can definitely see them.

Look, ready?

Look at my forehead.

My forehead used to be frozen with Botox,

and now I can't even look at it for too long.

I saw my forehead

in like one of those self-checkout mirrors

in a grocery store the other day.

And I was like, "Oh my God."

I have not had Botox or fillers,

gosh, since probably the end of 2019.

I don't think I got them in the beginning of 2020.

So it's been a really long time.

I definitely have no lip filler left.

I have no Botox in my forehead or on my crow's feet.

Like my eyes, oh God, I can't look at it for too long.

And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with wrinkles.

It's really a personal preference for your own face.

And so for me,

I like when my skin is just a little bit

more taut and frozen,

because I'm very expressive, as you can see.

And so I can get tension headaches.

And when I have Botox, that doesn't happen.

So I like that you guys liked that I talk about it,

and I wish more people spoke freely

about their cosmetic treatments too.

So again, as I was saying, this La Mer is so rich

that I feel like you don't need to chase it

with a moisturizer,

because there's so many oils in here,

that layering a moisturizer on top of oils

is not the correct order of skincare.

So you really can get away with just this.

Because I just put the Estee Lauder

Advanced Night Repair on,

and it's a really lightweight,

sort of hyaluronic acid based serum,

I'm going to go in with a moisturizer.

The product I probably test the most,

because it was just really fun

and easy to test is moisturizer,

but there are two that I've been loving.

One that is a staple in my routine,

and one that is new to me.

So this is the staple,

and I always butcher the name,

but it's Augustinus Bader, I believe.

And this is the cream.

And then this one is from Covey,

and this is Emily DiDonato, who's supermodel.

She filmed an episode of Go To Bed With Me, funny enough.

And because of your comments

she started an entire skincare line,

which I think is like the funniest thing

in the entire world.

So I've been really loving this.

I also went through her entire face wash.

I've been using her vitamin C serum.

I just think she did a great job.

So I'm just gonna take a little bit of this moisturizer

and apply this on my skin and on my face.

And last time, I think I said

that I didn't always use moisturizer.

And sometimes I'll use moisturizer and sometimes I won't.

And that's still the case.

If my skin feels like it's okay,

and it's not super dry,

and I could just get away with maybe the La Mer,

then I'll use that.

But in the winter,

I'll really start to layer products.

Now that it's turning to spring and spring time,

my skin is finally been healing.

It was so, so dry.

So what I'll do is I'll put some moisturizer on

and then I'll chase with a little bit of oil.

Whereas in the winter, I would do the same thing,

but richer moisturizer and a lot more oil.

And then I always press into my laugh lines,

and into my forehead,

and into the lines under my eye.

I just feel like inspired really needs some love.

And then while my skin is still kind of dewy

from the moisturizer, I'll go in with a face roller.

And I did talk about face rollers last time.

And I know it looks super funny,

but it's my favorite thing in the entire world.