Skincare I Loved as a Beauty Guru but HATE as a Skinfluencer

Skincare I Loved as a Beauty Guru but HATE as a Skinfluencer PanOxyl Acne Foaming Wash

Chanel CC Cream

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[larsland]

I really appreciate you talking about the pull from high end brands and products. It’s not fun to talk about debt but it’s so important to address the reality of consumerism

[gabos]

This one time many years ago a LUSH employee warned me not to buy a certain product of theirs because it could cause irritation for my skin type. Looking back at it now I respect the honesty. 🥰

[soniad.]

I think we are going to look back on overuse of filler. Not like regular upkeep, etc. But really pumping beyond our faces limits and proportions. I really hope we can advance this technology in the future.

[annahuffman]

Omg “spend your way to self esteem” spoke to me 🥺 I had a very similar journey all throughout high school and college. Painful cystic acne that came back even after 3 rounds of accutane wrecked my self esteem and I’m still recovering mentally and financially. But love your channel and what you stand for! Now through diet and appropriate skincare (hello k beauty) my skin is better than ever

[urbanbatfitters]

Excessive Vitamin C. Straight up. In EVERYTHING. Even without specifically touting it in the labeled claims. Thanks to you and your “turn & learn”, and really drilling that into my skull when I switched from COVERING my problematic-Sjogren’s-PCOS skin to focusing more on CARING for my skin, and finding out that … I’m more interested in skincare than I am makeup…. vitamin C is in EVERYTHING. Which vitamin C, in reasonable doses, is a wonderful ingredient, but when your face wash, toner, serum, and moisturizer ALL have a healthy dose of Vitamin C, it becomes too much. That’s my problem with the cosmetic/beauty/skincare industry tbh: once a new ingredient is “found”, it’s in EVERYTHING to some degree, and then we end up unintentionally overusing and then instead of a healthy, bright glow… we find we have acid burns and peeling skin and think we’re doing something wrong. That’s why I learn what specific keywords tend to indicate at least some degree of a specific ingredient and I ALWAYS look at labels.

For instance, the word “brightening”… usually means Vitamin C or an AHA, or both. (It also means retinoid, but that’s usually a highlight point in the product bc it is so harsh.)

“Calming” usually means rose, chamomile, lavender or now especially CBD.

etc etc.

For me, going from COVERING to CARING also means balance. Finding a balance of actives vs nourishing ingredient staples such as glycerin or oils. Not every single one of my products in my routine needs the same ingredients. That’s the POINT of having a multi-step skincare routine: to get different benefits at different phases to best benefit you. So if my serum is Vitamin C + hyaluronic acid, then my moisturizer doesn’t need any extra vitamin C or hyaluronic acid and I should utilize that step for other benefits, such as CBD (which despite mostly anecdotal evidence, me personally, my skin LOVES some *real* CBD (not the same as basic hemp oil; there’s a different time and place for that)).

I’ve been on such a binge of your videos and soaking in all your wealth of knowledge. I’m not professionally educated by any means, but thanks to the wealth of knowledge in my pocket and you, becoming informed and educated on skin has become what I’m known for in my social circles. I’m so appreciative of your honest and educated information, that is easily understood and always leaves me wanting to research more on the topic at hand... And, OFC!, showing that being a cyst-er isn’t something to be ashamed of. 💜

[butcheromance]

I raise you: Skin care routines that involve layering a bunch of products. In a few years, we'll be like "omg, having all these little dropper bottles of serum was so stupid. And then we would mix way too many of them together like we're little chemists? As if we knew what we were doing? Just buy combination products."

[debbie_LJ]

I used Estee Lauder for years with not much improvement 🤣So much better since finding this channel and K-beauty and no longer use anything that isn't cruelty free💗🦋🦋🦋

[justicecampbell]

Let's not forget the old Cassandra that said salicylic acid wasn't good for acne 😂😂
My my my how we all have grown 😭

[charisma-hornum-fries]

I’m so glad to listening to you praising yourself as a former guru now skinfluencer. Namely because you have talked about the way you used to talk to yourself and about yourself. .

[shaycrystal]

I love every aspect of the Lush brand except their skincare. Like they did it all right w/ their perfumes, body care, shower gels, bath bombs, bubble bars, hair care etc. but then you get to the skincare… to put it simply it’s just a whole other world that should be left to the professionals. 😬 love me some charity pot, not so much a $90 fragrance filled moisturizer.

[ergnasn]

When I was 16 I was obsessed with The Body Shop and Yves Rocher. I still love both of them, but I only use their perfumes. Back in the golden days I only cared about the brand name and applied whatever I could afford to buy on my body and face without paying attention to the ingredients. Now, if any skin care product has fragrance in it, I run away without looking back. And THE ✨ICONIC✨ORANGE OIL FREE ACNE WASH from Neutrogena 😭 I used to pour it all over my face as if it was going to completely cure all my acne and also other problems.

[whitepaper]

I cackled when you said "Givenchy" with that expression. Anyway, i didn't really start my skincare journey up until 2019. Before that, it was just me listening to what my friend told me to buy. When i was in high school, i only bought anything that had the "for men" label in it. Then, i stopped buying any skincare products for years. It was because the last "for men" product that i bought, which was from L'Oréal, caused a severe migraine. The smell was so strong. It lingered all day and i didn't know i was allergic to the smell. I also went through the "clean beauty" phase back in 2020. I spent a lot of just to buy products that were certified "green" by EWG. These products are way more expensive than the typical Asian beauty products that are available at the drugstore — thank god i live in Asia, where all these Korean and Japanese skincare products that are considered as cult-faves in the west are available at the drugstores. Nowadays, i don't really care about what products that i use. As long as i'm not allergic to some of the ingredients of the products, i'm fine with it. All of my current favorite sunscreens contain denatured alcohol and fragrances, and none of them irritates my skin like they used to. As long as they are SPF 50+ PA++++ and contain newer filters, that's what matters. I personally still prefer fragrance- and alcohol-free products. My sunscreens are the only products that contain these things.

[annab.]

I remember always going to LUSH wanting to try something because I like the no animal testing but I always walked away empty handed. I have no skin reactions to fragrance, but that strenght repulses me. If they only made it smell like at a 10% intensity compared to now, I would definitely try something :D

[rachmaninovwasemo]

Love how self aware the reflection is!!!

[FlowceanSoul]

Jade Rollers. That’s totally gonna be the Clairsonic in a few years.
Not just any rollers, the jade ones everyone and their mother is for some reason obsessed with! Like at least pick a different stone that DOESN’T harbour bacteria, like Quartz that isn’t porous.

[opaterson]

Definitely overexfoliation! I think we’re already starting to move away from that but in the drugstore where I am the daily 20% glycolics only popped up a year or so ago… so not out of the woods yet!

[Franchesca..]

Ive been watching you since i was 14 when I had severe acne and you were the reason why. I made it through knowing others had the same condition ❤️ i am now 24

[Justforfun-isxl]

There are only few people who accept their past mistakes! I different level of respect for her now!! ❤️

[nikki]

I really appreciate that you were honest about this and how it ruined your skin. Thank you for being open and honest

[juniorchavesopicassodeyahu]

Cassandra looking stunning as always. She's so cute and adorable. PERIOD