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How to AVOID Desert Dry Skin! (For Estheticians) · Honest Esthetician Education

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  Welcome back to our podcast.
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  Today we are in the desert and we're going to talk all things how to avoid desert dry skin.
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  So how to keep your skin hydrated, healthy and glowing.
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  Our favorite products, our favorite treatments, all the things.
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  So let's start with your favorite hydrating product.
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  Gosh, that's such a tough question because I feel like there's so many different levels of dehydration, dry skin, and so many different products that are amazing for dry skin.
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  But the first product that I typically go to is like a hyaluronic acid serum because literally everyone and their mother needs hyaluronic acid in their life.
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  It's amazing.
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  treatment wise it's typically a hydrafacial but hydrafacials aren't great for inflamed clients or clients with a lot of acne which is mostly what I treat so my other go-to would be an enzyme yeah I love hyaluronic acid it is such a good ingredient I love hydrobalance gel from face reality and I also love
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  trio from skin better that is such a great moisturizer and I know that you just tried it today for the first time I did not everybody loves the smell or even the smell shocked me I mean I've just been using a skincare line for so long like the same skincare line for so long and they're so natural and like
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  Their products do smell, but their natural fragrances, they have a lot of plant stem cells and vitamin C's.
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  And so their products smell good.
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  And I think personally, I really like my skincare to smell good.
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  I don't want it to have fragrance because that will dry your skin out too, but I want it to smell good and feel good.
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  your, not your product, but the Skin Better moisturizer, it didn't smell bad, but it didn't smell good.
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  And I put it on my skin and I was like, oh.
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  Yeah.
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  And I think it goes back to what we're used to, what we've been using, what we fall in love with and not necessarily
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  that it's a quote unquote bad product.
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  It doesn't mean that, but it means that it's just, you're so used to something that it's almost like nostalgic the way that a product makes you feel.
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  Yes.
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  So a product that you use, it could like, for me, I used Trio Skin Better.
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  That was the first product that I used like literally five years ago.
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  And I immediately was like, this smell is so medical and it smelled.
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  It didn't smell the greatest to me, but what it did for my skin and how it made me feel, I still remember that same exact moment of like my skin transforming from that product.
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  So for me, I'm like, everybody needs Trio.
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  And I do think that a lot of my acne clients, they end up switching to Trio because-
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  It truly fills in that gap for hydration when my clients are dehydrated.
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  So finding that product in your line that really just helps with that hydrating aspect for your clients.
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  100% hydration is so, so important when treating acne, when treating any skin condition.
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  Yeah.
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  I even say especially like pigmentation.
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  You need to be so hydrated for that pigment to actually lift.
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  Yeah.
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  I like to refer to the skin as concrete.
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  If it's dry, you're not getting that baby to budge.
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  Yeah.
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  So we got to hydrate you.
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  Yeah.
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  But I think you brought up an excellent point where you said the product felt good and it was your first professional skincare moisturizer.
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  And I think when you try a professional grade skincare moisturizer or any product for the first time, it's such a different feeling because it is so active and it's so hydrating and it's so replenishing.
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  And that feeling, you can't replace it.
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  And it is kind of nostalgic.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  We, I remember in another podcast, we talked about products and you were like, face reality just smells so clinical to me and versus Lyra.
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  And it just like, the smells are so much better.
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  And everybody has like such a different sense of, of, uh, everyone has such a different like feel when they put products on.
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  It's so interesting.
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  Yes.
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  And taste.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  I think at the end of the day, it's how that product makes you feel.
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  So if you, I mean, I talked to so many people and they're like, oh my gosh, I use this product.
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  Like people use drugstore products all the time.
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  And they're like, I love the, you know, Neutrogena, Hydrogel or whatever it is that they use.
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  And I'm like, there's something so much better out there for you.
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  So, I mean, it is all about the quality of the products and not shaming drugstore.
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  But I do think that the lines that we carry, we're very passionate about.
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  Yeah.
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  For me, again, just to summarize, Hydro Balance Gel and Trio, especially in the desert dry skin that has saved my client's skin.
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  And especially with my acne clients and also dealing with clients that come in and they are seeing fine lines on their skin.
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  And sometimes all you need is hydration.
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  You can literally transform skin with just hydration.
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  I mean, I see before and after pictures all the time of clients saying,
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  This is before I touched their skin.
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  This is after 50 minutes later with just good quality hydration, good exfoliation.
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  Their skin looks 10 times better.
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  Oh, yeah.
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  I mean, if you look at even, you know, I mean, my before and afters of Hydrafacial.
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  Yeah.
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  seeing their skin before they're like, Oh my gosh, something's different.
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  I want that glow.
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  And it's like, no, like the main thing is like you coming in for your monthly treatment, but then doing your homework at home with the products is so important.
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  So like you may feel amazing during your appointment and after, but you have to keep up with those results to keep up that hydration in your skin.
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  And I think that's something that
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  we need to educate our clients on and um i know that me and you do but a lot of people are like expect a miracle just from one treatment and it's like no we need to nourish the skin we need to hydrate the skin at home and so that you get that in between and especially with different climates i will say being in california treating
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  treating skin in California, then to Florida, to Arizona, I've noticed that I can't treat the same people with the same products because every climate is so different.
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  So everything that I thought worked in those States may not work in Arizona.
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  Every climate and every season too.
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  I mean, I have, I treat the same clients all year round and sometimes what works for them in the summertime doesn't work for them in the wintertime.
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  Yeah.
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  I also want to touch on what things they can do at home that doesn't include home care.
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  Yeah.
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  Because I see this happen all the time, especially come wintertime.
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  My clients start bumping up that heat.
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  They start taking really hot showers.
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  And they start drinking less water.
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  Yeah.
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  And immediately, I'm like, why are you a desert?
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  Why are you in Arizona right now?
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  We are not in Arizona.
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  We're in California.
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  What's going on?
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  And I talk to them and I figure out, okay, you're not hydrated enough internally, externally.
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  You're doing this.
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  You're doing that.
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  I started hot yoga recently a few months ago.
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  Oh, my gosh.
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  My skin is naturally really oily lately.
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  So dry.
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  Wow.
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  And I have to replenish it in other ways.
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  I have to drink more water.
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  I have to avoid hot showers.
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  I have to take a shower right after hot yoga.
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  I have to use recovery balm before I go to hot yoga.
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  Yeah.
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  And I mean, that's a really, really good point.
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  And so at home there's physical exfoliation and there's chemical, which one is your, I mean, obviously different skin types need different things, but I, what would you say is like your app?
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  Like what's your most popular exfoliant?
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  Definitely chemical exfoliations over physical exfoliations.
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  My theory is if you're in your twenties or older and you're using a physical scrub, it's,
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  one that's going to create pull on the skin you know anything that you're doing to touch your face wipe your face that's why I don't like makeup wipes do that with many other reasons too but anything that's pulling on your skin is going to increase that aging and speed up that process yeah as well as you can put more pressure on maybe your cheekbones but then less on like your jawline and then you're not giving getting that even level of exfoliation yeah so I prefer physical yeah and
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  Sorry, chemical.
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  I was like, wait, hold on.
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  I said all the right things.
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  And then I said, never mind.
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  No, I have found that chemical exfoliation works so much deeper and it works by treating the true root of the concern.
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  Yeah.
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  So it's not just like.
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  If you think about it, you're doing that physical exfoliation.
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  It feels good in that moment, but you're not getting long results over time, in my opinion.
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  You may slough off those dead skin cells.
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  Which is great.
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  And I think it has its place in your regimen.
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  Like one time a week, one to two times a week.
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  Yeah.
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  Maybe.
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  Yeah, maybe.
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  Depending on the person.
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  Yeah, it does depend.
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  Yeah.
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  But, and every line's so different too.
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  So I think it's finding the products.
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  Like for instance, Face Reality has a mandelic scrub.
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  So somebody with like non-inflamed acne, I may introduce that into their routine, you know, with the mandelic serum.
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  So, especially non-inflamed, sometimes it needs that extra budge.
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  Yeah, I do agree with that.
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  You know, it has its place.
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  It's good for something, but not as your only experience.
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  Yeah, I agree.
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  I think people, you know, may expect a miracle from one product and it's just not like that.
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  I mean, chemical...
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  exfoliation works with so many different in so many different ways like mandelic I love mandelic and it helps it literally with so many different skincare concerns it helps the tone texture um it exfoliates the skin so you just like feel and you'll see that transformation so underlying redness things like that um mandelics firstly probably my favorite uh chemical exfoliation what's yours probably retinol
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  Okay.
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  I love a good retinol.
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  Me too.
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  I love retinol.
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  Retinol would probably be my second.
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  I love Alphara overnight cream.
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  I wouldn't suggest it for somebody who's trying to clear their acne, but I love it for anti-aging.
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  I love it for the way that, you know, it makes my client's skin feel.
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  And I just feel really good.
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  It's the most gentle form of like exfoliation, like for retinol, in my opinion, which I think is a great point too, is, you know, you don't necessarily put your acne clients on retinol, but I do.
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  And they're different retinols.
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  They do different things.
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  Yeah.
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  But it just shows other estheticians that there are so many different ways of clearing acne.
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  And just because you do something that another esthetician doesn't do doesn't mean you guys aren't going to still get results.
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  Yeah.
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  And I think, again, every line is so different.
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  So you may see an ingredient and you're like, oh, well, she clears with retinol.
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  And then you look at me and she's like, oh, she cleared her with benzoyl peroxide or whatever it is that the ingredient is.
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  But it truly does come down to the formulation of the products and the brand.
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  So, like...
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  For me, Skin Better didn't do it for acne.
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  And I'm sure maybe if I put them through that process longer, they may have seen results.
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  But I saw the fastest results with putting my clients on my face reality regimen.
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  Which you want the fastest results.
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  And I'm like, I don't want to.
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  And it's like not.
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  for me i'm like i want you to get results i don't want your money i want you to get results i mean obviously we have to make money to survive but like i saw quicker results with with face reality personally and face reality let's just say is way less expensive yeah it's getting better so if you were seeing results but it was taking longer if you were here for the money you would put them on skin better oh yeah
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  And in some cases, non-inflamed, you know, skin better works great.
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  I have seen.
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  But for your average, like, inflamed acne, I just feel like face reality is the way to go.
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  But keeping the skin hydrated along the way is so, so important.
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  Making sure that we are replenishing the skin.
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  I think that's really old school way of thinking of drying out the skin.
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  Yes.
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  Yeah.
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  We talked about this on our other podcast too.
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  It is so old school.
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  It's balanced.
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  Yes.
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  healthy other things that you can do at home, doing like face masks once a week.
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  I love like the Hydranity sheet masks.
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  So for me, I love them.
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  They really- Oh, I actually think we should try that.
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  Yeah.
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  Oh, and we're going to, yes.
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  And the CO2.
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  Yes, we're going to try a CO2 mask tonight.
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  I'm so excited.
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  Yes.
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  So like doing those at-home treatments to help in between your appointments and then staying on top of your routine, you know, making sure you're doing a routine morning and night.
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  We're human.
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  It's not perfect.
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  But at least do the bare minimum.
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  Wash your face, hydrate, and then wear your sunscreen.
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  And then at night.
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  If you can't do your full regimen, tell your esthetician.
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  Communicate that with them and say, OK, what can I do?
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  What is the bare minimum?
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  Because I can't sit here and put on six different steps.
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  That being said, it doesn't take that long.
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  It really doesn't take that long.
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  If you make it a habit, it's just like brushing your teeth.
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  Really, I feel like I spend the same amount of time doing my skincare as I do brushing my teeth.
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  Yeah, it doesn't take that long.
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  But, not but, but I do think that.
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  I like that you said not but.
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  But, but, but.
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  I do think the way that you communicate with your clients to make them feel comfortable to communicate with you is super important.
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  So never, again, with acne, never shaming your clients.
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  You can't shame them, yeah.
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  But with any condition or whoever you're treating, always make it a safe space for your clients.
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  Make them feel comfortable.
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  Like, it's a relationship that they can reach out to whenever.
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  And that's what I always tell my clients is… Yeah.
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  please do not ever hesitate to reach out to me.
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  If you're having a bad day, please message me.
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  If you are feeling any type of way with your skin, we can readjust it so that they never come into their appointment and they feel shamed.
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  And I think that's something that's really important even on social media.
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  I think we get really caught up on making like,
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  well, I don't, but I see all the time of making like reels that clients don't understand.
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  Yes.
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  I've seen that before as well.
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  Yeah.
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  And like, I feel like it's really important.
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  This is a little off topic, but I do think it's really important to like educate on your social media.
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  So like things that may make sense to the esthetician community, I think it's really important to like educate your clients of all these things so that they don't feel uncomfortable reaching out to you during their appointments.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah, no, I think creating that safe space and having no judgment.
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  And I mean, I'll have clients who have perfect skin and they come in and, you know, they tell me why I haven't been doing this and I feel really bad about it.
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  All I say is I'm glad that you told me because it helps me understand what's going on and why you're not seeing results.
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  Yeah.
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  Because you're not doing what you need to do at home.
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  And then I understand and I'm not freaking out in the treatment room trying to figure out what else we need to do.
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  Yes.
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  To get you to the results when you just need a little bit of like love.
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  Yeah.
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  Me and support from me on trying to do your regimen.
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  I'll push treatments out further and have them focus on that.
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  So they don't have so much on their plate.
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  I tell my clients all the time, I would rather you text me a question than Google it.
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  Oh yeah.
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  Google is like the worst.
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  The worst.
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  Google is the worst when you're trying to fix your skin or you have somebody that's like easily accessible to you that you're paying for.
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  Yeah.
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  Like utilize, use the resources that you have right in front of you.
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  Um, I think that's really, really important.
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  Yeah.
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  The sun is going down.
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  This was such a...
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  Oh my God.
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  Turn around.
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  This was so beautiful.
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  It's so beautiful.
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  It's stunning.
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  But this is your reminder if you are watching this podcast.
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  I know it's hard, but do your skincare regimen tonight.
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  So if you can only do the bare minimum, cleanse your skin, moisturize.
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  But thank you guys so much for tuning in to today's podcast.
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  Make sure you like, comment, and subscribe.
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  And we'll see you in the next video.
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  Bye.