Budget Friendly Anti-Aging Skincare THAT ACTUALLY WORKS!
- “The first over-the-counter retinoid is called adapylene, and you can find it in different gel”▶ 3:24
- “With consistent use, this has been shown to reduce wrinkles, reduce skin roughness, and even skin tone”▶ 3:32
- “That is probably the strongest retinoid that you can get over the counter at the drugstore”▶ 3:24
Naturium$32Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.10%shade · 10% / 0.10%- “These are two of my favorite retinaldehyde serums”
- “This one is from Naturium. It's their retinaldehyde cream serum, 0.10%”
- “There's also a 0.05% in this”▶ 3:17
A-Game 0.1% Retinal Serumshade · 0.1%- “These are two of my favorite retinaldehyde serums”▶ 4:33
- “This one is the Geek & Gorgeous A-Game 101 retinaldehyde cream. This is a 0.1% retinaldehyde”▶ 4:46
- “This one also does come in a couple of different strengths as well”▶ 4:51
- “Geek & Gorgeous is a great resource for my European viewers”▶ 5:00
- “Their prices are great, and I love just about everything of theirs that I've tried”▶ 5:18
Alpha Skin Care$24.99- no stillNaturium$21.00
- “The Naturium is the glycolic acid resurfacing gel 10%”
- “So these are both 10% leave-on gels”
Angie's Actives$29.00- “Two of my favorite lactic acid products are Angie's Actives All-In Vitamin C plus Lactic Loaded Serum for beautifully aging skin”▶ 7:10
- “In this bottle there are six active ingredients”▶ 7:38
- “It's formulated correctly. It's at the right pH for all of those ingredients to work in your skin”
- “It gives you the equivalent of three or four different skincare products all in one bottle for $29”▶ 7:59
- “Kind of a bargain when you consider how much you pay for this, plus a vitamin C serum, plus a resveratrol serum, plus a hyaluronic acid serum”
- “I use this in the morning”
- “It's got 20% pure ascorbic acid”▶ 7:46
- “It's got the two stabilizing helpers in there, ferulic acid and vitamin E”▶ 10:05
- “It's got resveratrol, which is another antioxidant that's been shown to really help to anti-age your skin, really helps to soothe your skin”
- “It's got hyaluronic acid in here at 1%, and it also has the lactic acid in here at 10%”▶ 10:27
The Ordinary$12.80- “Two of my favorite lactic acid products are... the Ordinary lactic acid 10% plus HA”▶ 7:10
Dr. Brenner$23.99
- “This is my activate peptide and antioxidant loaded lotion for beautifully aging skin”▶ 12:07
- “This contains two peptides. Matrixle 3000 at 8% and Matrixle Synth 6 at 2%”▶ 12:15
- “Most other companies will put them in in like 1% or a half a percent, very small percentages, so you're not going to get the same kind of bang for your buck that you do with my products”▶ 12:23
- “This also contains ceramides, nyioinomide, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, CoQ10, and green tea”▶ 12:39
- “This lotion just rubs in so beautifully. It feels so great on the skin. And I love it”▶ 17:07
- “It's a soothing formula that helps to strengthen your skin barrier while providing all these great peptides, all these great antioxidants, some hyaluronic acids”
- “When you combine it in the same skincare routine with my all-in serum, then you've got a complete skincare routine in just two little bottles”▶ 17:20
- “It makes my life so much easier. It makes my morning routine, my night routine so much easier. It's great to travel with”▶ 17:33
Timeless Skin Care$20.95
Timeless Skin Care$28.95
COSRX$25.00
CeraVe$19.99- “Another product to get niacinamide in is of course CeraVe PM lotion. Just a good basic workhorse moisturizing lotion”▶ 15:15
- “This also contains ceramides, which are fatty lipids that are great for your skin. They really help to protect the skin barrier”▶ 15:30
- “Both these products include all three ceramides plus the helper”▶ 16:08
- “This one from DRMTLGY. This is their physical tinted moisturizer SPF 44”▶ 18:15
- “This is a zinc oxide sunscreen. It doesn't have any chemical sunscreen boosters in it”▶ 18:23
- “I recommend this for people with drier skin. It's super moisturizing”▶ 18:42
- “It is tinted, so you can put it on and that can be like your makeup for the day if you're going for a really casual day. It looks beautiful on the skin”▶ 18:50
- “It's a great sunscreen and super hydrating. I love it”▶ 18:56
CeraVe$16.99- “This one from CeraVe. This is their invisible mineral sunscreen SPF 50”▶ 19:00
- “This uses a new type of zinc oxide that is more sheer on the skin”▶ 19:05
- “It gives the tiniest white cast that really I don't have to put any makeup on over it”▶ 19:13
- “I really like this one because like all CeraVe products, it's got the ceramides in it and the ceramide helper. It's got hyaluronic acid”
Haruharu Wonder$22.00- “This is Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Airy Fit SPF 50. It's got a PA++++ rating, which means the highest rating on UVA”▶ 19:37
- “This is a chemical sunscreen that uses a lot of the newer chemical filters that are coming out of Europe and Asia”▶ 19:51
- “For a chemical sunscreen, doesn't irritate my skin at all”▶ 19:57
- “You put it on, your skin looks just like your skin. It's not overly shiny. It's not greasy. It dries and sets. It's a beautiful sunscreen, and it's at a very affordable price”▶ 20:02
- no stillGeek & Gorgeous$24.80A-Game 20 – 0.2% Retinal Serumshade · 0.2%
- no stillNaturium$32Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.10%shade · 05% / 0.05%
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