Top Skincare Mistakes You Are Making!

These skincare mistakes are ruining your skin. There are many skincare mistakes but here are the top skincare mistakes you are making:

Skincare Mistake #1- Timing
Applying your skincare too close to bedtime
Not optimizing the time you apply certain skincare products

Skincare Mistake #2- Hygiene Practices
Pillowcase washing, cellphone cleanse
Wear a clean Mask EVERYTIME!

Skincare Mistake #3-Sunscreen
Not using enough sunscreen
Not reapplying sunscreen

Skincare Mistake#4- Retinoid Mistakes
Overuse
Not pairing with Niacinamide
Barrier Relief

Skincare Mistake#5- Skincare Product Mistakes
Too much too soon
Impulse Buying

Skincare Mistake#6- Bad Skin Habits
Hand on face syndrome
Picking at your skin

Skincare Mistake#7- Cleansing Mistakes
Not cleansing with an intension
cleansing but leaving skip areas
Over cleansing

Skincare Mistake #8- DIY
DIY skincare mistakes can lead to permanent skin damage

Skincare Mistake #9- Not Listening to your skin
reading the skin signs of irritation

Skincare Mistake#10- Mindset

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Skincare Mistakes 1-10 (as outlined above)
7:40 Outro

There are so many skincare mistakes please let me know if you want a part 2. Hope you found these tips helpful!

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[JoanOfArcc]

Would LOVE to see
- your skincare routine AM and PM
- the sunscreens you actually use and love
- holy grail products
- body care products

[millie_rose]

Thank you for this video! It’s so good to have a Black woman dermatologist making these resources. It feels like I have someone in my corner.

[lolliedoddie]

4:07 - The way she knocked those products off of the counter haha! EDIT - Please don't forget to educate us about fermented skin care (often found in K-beauty products) for skin of darker hues. Thank you Doc!!

[audreyhowler]

So glad to see you mention wiping down our phones. It's so satisfying wiping my phone down with a Saniwipe a few times a day! I feel like it's silly to wash my hands 20 times a day but never clean my phone.

[angelsclique]

Yeah sometimes I did not wait 30mins+ after my skin routine before I went to bed 😭

[kurellsylvester]

I'm guilty of waiting too long for my nighttime skincare routine

[SamMKKK]

Your editing skills get stronger and stronger every video.

[marilynk]

I really need to figure out if my skin picking is a psychological concern for me. It's the hardest habit to break. Thanks so so much for the continued reminder to stop picking🙏🏾!

[_SinDerek]

I’m so glad you talked about reapplying sunscreen, I definitely didn’t know that and I was wondering why my hyperpigmentation was getting darker when I was wearing sunscreen.

[susanmcf]

Since adding tretinoin last summer, I've eliminated products from my routine. With winter dryness, my skin was flaking from the tretinoin. I stopped using cleanser in the morning and I added a very hydrating moisturizer under my tretinoin and a very hydrating sunscreen during the day. The flakes were gone within two weeks.

[cijicamp]

Thank you for everything you do!! As a black woman, you have helped my pigmentation issues so much!!

[wintertimpson]

Hi Dr. Alexis! Do you mind doing a video on skincare products (Cleansers, toners, exfoliants, moisturizers, serums, etc) for the right skin type? For combination skin, sensitive skin, dry skin, oily skin, etc??? 🥺

[kimgladden]

Definitely guilty of trying the whole line of different skin care products and laying on my pillow too soon.

[grwnskincare]

The gems were drop Dr. Alexis!!! Absolutely have been guilty of H.I.F (hand in face) syndrome since quarantine started. 🙈

[caterdays]

Wow, I’ve been making more mistakes than I thought. Love your channel, I’m so glad I found a woman of color skincare channel that can teach me what I need to know ❤️❤️❤️

[lucyall]

I was doing skin care then directly to bed! Also not listening to skin when it feels irritated!

[deekayvixen]

Found your channel recently - I've moved away from following "beauty gurus" for skincare advice and always looking for great dermatologist-run channels. My wallet is already feeling the difference and so is my bathroom countertop! Skincare = healthcare really resonated with me.
Subscribed instantly and loving your videos. And btw, your skin is so radiant, #goals!

[staceygreer]

Your voice is soothing. It amazes me how all of you skinfluencers out there with full time jobs find the time to vlog so often. You and Dr. Dray are impressive women. I love to see women dominating in a field.

[frensou]

My favorite black dermatologist is so beautiful. Your skin is glowing

[sofiadinis]

I just bet ure and EXCELLENT DERMATOLOGIST. So smooth and calm talking, always got that beautiful smile, and so smart and informative. Ure the type of doc that would tell people bad news in the most thoughtful way to avoid patients getting too traumatized/sad/etc❤