I vividly remember my mom poking fun at my breakouts and making me go out to sit in the sun to reduce them 🤦🏻♀️ I was absolutely sold on the "natural" face masks 😅 I would put EVERYTHING on my face - from yoghurt to frozen tomato pulp
I'm so sorry your mom made fun of you. My mom was sympathetic, but she had no idea what to do because she'd always had dry skin and seldom broke out. That is, until she developed rosacea in late middle age. Then she learned for herself how frustrating constant breakouts are. I eventually got her to take me to a dermatologist, but this was in the 70s and we didn't have good topicals to use. He prescribed antibiotics, but they only worked while I was taking them. I finally ended up taking Accutane in the early 80s, which cured my cystic acne. So now I have really dry skin and lips, but I'd rather deal with that than the constant breakouts. Actually, your mom was right about the sun helping with acne. UV light does help, but of course, it's very harmful to the skin.
@@20thcenturyrelic from what i've come to understand sun can help with the appearance of acne temporarily cuz it dries it or something, but the sun can aggravate acne just as much lmao - plus it just sucks in general for your skin, don't pick sun as a solution
Oooh for me it was the "acne lines" from companies that had salicylic acid in every step of the skincare. The cleanser, the toner, the moisturizer and the sunscreen😵 that paired with that clarisonic brush and swimming in a chlorinated pool daily wrecked HAVOC on my poor face
For the scents thing, my mom always told me that if I mixed my scents it'd smell like an overly mixed bag of scents. She strongly encouraged me as a kid to have some scentless products and the rest all smell the same so I'd get one signature scent. I'm so thankful to her for that and for her refusing to let me do the thin brow trend, insisting it was a trend and that I plucking was for cleaning up your naturally shaped brows.
I was born in the mid 90s so I had a phase of being obsessed with seventeen magazine too. I was definitely in their target demographic in the 00s and early/mid 10s when they were really popular. I loved tying out their half-assed “high intensity” workouts and beauty “tips” that would overtly promised me a “flat abdomen” and a “flawless complexion.” Any advice unrelated to hair styling, fashion, or peer pressure was so bad bad back then. They always recommended the most overly fragranced, overly color dyed skin cleansers from Neutrogena and Clean & Clear. I know I was an impressionable age at the time but I’m still embarrassed I got fooled into expecting my fresh pimple would “heal overnight” if I dabbed dollar store toothpaste on it. There was a Sept 2012 issue that promised we could clear zits & smooth skin texture overnight if we made a mask out of cooked oatmeal _(they didn’t even bother to specify to get plain oatmeal)_ then mixed in a raw whole egg + a ton of lemon juice. We were supposed to wear it on our face overnight and wash it off in the morning. Spoiler alert: it didn’t work. I’m reading the magazine right now (I keep nostalgic items) and their explanation was the oatmeal antioxidants will bring down swelling, the acidity of the lemon will “kill bacteria inside of the pores” & the vitamin e in the egg will “tighten skin” making it appear smoother. What’s more horrifying is that they said it’s fine to keep using the same concoction every night for a whole week straight as long as we stored it in the fridge. I feel like a leaving an uncooked egg in the fridge for week in a jar with no freaking skincare preservatives is a disaster waiting to happen. In their March 2012 issue they celebrated using a exfoliating facial scrub that is “tough enough” to get “all the grime” out of your pores. They also insinuate not following the tips “may sabotage your skin”. Dear goodness. Silver lining is that even back then Seventeen recommended everyone should at least try to find a sunscreen that works for their skin type and skin color. They also emphasized that we should use fake/spray tan because our risk of skin cancer would increase a lot if we used UV beds or oiled ourselves up and sunbathed No Seventeen skincare tip I got was as shitty as when i trusted Michelle Phan and used cat litter as a face mask in 09
I’m now flipping through a bunch of their old mags for nostalgia and I’m realizing how problematic they would be today. On the front cover of their June/July 2010 cover they have huge text saying “Get your best bikini body: the ultimate secret to flat abs!” Below that they advertise their article that tells us to avoid using the “cancerous” drug called pot because smoking it can make you become “fat and ugly”. BTW in the same issue on a different page they put in a promotional ad for a show called “HUGE”. Which was a ABC a show about a fat teenage girl whose forced to go to fat camp by her rich gym-chain owner parents. The whole time shes at the camp she intentionally tries to not lose weight in protest of her being forced to be there and she speaks out against anyone who tries to make her feel like she should dislike her body or herself just because she’s fat. I don’t know if I realized how hypocritical Seventeen magazine was when I was younger -perhaps I did but just let it go because all the issues that promised workouts for a slimmer waist usually let us easily win a free lipgloss or nail polish for them or something else like that.
@@maenad1231 unfortunately now the magazines tell us how very ok it is to be obese.....that will kill a lot of people or at least make them sick for life.
Um I never knew who MP is until this comment and looked for the cat litter video…all the backbending done by her followers defending it is nuts. Who would still watch this influencer…not all cat litter is made equal and her followers make it seem as though bentonite clay or any clay mask is hard to get your hands on in an era of Amazon/health food stores that carry it. The followers in the comments are going hard defending using something against its intended purpose are really something else. What causes that level of sheepistry. Crazy.
I really think (hopefully) in a few years we’ll look more closely at the “clean”, “non toxic”, and “natural” labels on products. We’ll realize that these words actually mean nothing, and doesn’t make those products better.
Thank you for your honesty! I appreciate that you can look back & say hey, I missed up. I gave misinformation. I also appreciate that you took the time to educate yourself. These are all signs of a great leader, which is what you are. Thank you for your hard work & dedication in this field. I LOVE your channel & I will be a forever fan!😁
"be aware that these things are trends" is such an important message! i love to take care of my appearance and I think a good way to do it is exactly what you described: highlight the features you like. my look is always "me, but better". for example, i blow dry my hair in a way that is similar to my natural waves, but less frizzy and more voluminous. i pluck my brows very close to their natural shape. i wear eyeliner in a way that enhances the shape my eyes already have. conversely, I leave my lips alone, because if I try to make them look bigger, I won't look like me
I was an odd light skinned, blue eyed child in the Mediterranean and spf was used very little or none back then. I cringe so much at the amount of time I spent in the sun with no protection. And it has literally scarred me as I have had couple of suspicious moles removed and it left quite big scars. Thankfully they were just dysplastic nevi and not melanoma. I am sad for my little self but I am thankful that we made progress in skin education and protection and above all that I have not developed skin cancer. I will continue to get regularly checked though and be regular with my sun protection and all the other precious skincare that makes me so happy and relaxed.😃
I was surprised at Bath & Bodyworks recently. I hadn't bought their lotion in decades and mentally wrote it off as being just about the fragrances but not good for my skin. Someone gifted me a set and when I looked at the ingredients I was surprised to see Shea Butter, Jojoba Oil, Aloe in almost all the scents and one has hyaluronic acid in. You can get those ingredients in lots of places nowadays but I realized I wasn't giving them enough credit.
I remember in college using clean and clear once, and I had to give it away, burned my face so bad. I used the apricot scrub once too and I almost lost my skin 😂 I was super sensitive then. Now I have more normal skin, but I’m kind of glad my sensitive skin told me to stay away from those things ya know ?
Thank goodness, I never used the infamous apricot scrub! From some casual Internet research, it appears it came on the market after I took Accutane and cured my cystic acne.
You just SAVED my face! I woke up with a zit the size of the North Star and was going to put toothpaste on it. I appreciate all you do and wishing you and your team, family, and felines Happy and Healthy Holidays. 🥳
The baking soda probably didn't hurt you any. It may not have helped, though. One of my mom's home remedies for various types of itchiness such as hives was a tepid baking soda bath; it did help with my hives.
@@Jasmine215100 True, but this was a very long time ago before we had those products...late 60s, early 70s. All there was was the white zinc oxide paste. I know better now and have used sunscreen for many years.
I remember using really harsh astringents, and going by the "if it's burning, it's working" mantra. That "skin care" I tried doing to myself was so bad when I was a kid.
Ahhh i was lucky my mom took me to a dermatologist when I started breaking out. I feel so grateful now when I see what all was out there in the 90s. My brother still tried the toothpaste for acne thing when I'm not looking. I've tried getting him salicylic acid and hydrocolloidal patches.
Yikes! As a fellow early 90's born member of generation y, this was all types of nostalgia! I'm not mad at fragranced shower gels (I love sweet smelling bath &shower experiences!). However, that St Ives... I lived on this stuff until I moved to South Korea whilst in college was introduced to korean skincare!
I'm a child of the ’70s. Does anyone remember Bonnie Bell 1006? That and Noxema were my go-to favorites. My long hair was so straight it made Cher’s hair look naturally curly. Did that stop me from using Curl Free and ironing my hair? Thanks for the tips, Seventeen magazine! 😬
maybe it's just me, but I'm starting to look back at my 7 step routine and realizing a lot of it was unnecessary for me. I've noticed that cutting down to cleanser, treatment, moisturizer, and SPF has led to significantly less irritation and breakouts.
Those apricot facial scrubs were big back in the early 80s but even then I remember a spot on the news saying they were terrible for your skin. It baffles me that they're still a thing now.
Honey masks...oh, and the face scrubbing brush. Bonus if you used the face scrubber with the St Ives scrub. I loved the apricot scrub when I was a teen. But I think my skin would have been fine with a basic cleanser if I actually used one every day...yeah, I was a stinky, grungy teen 😅
I remember using OxyClean pads…just those pads, no moisturizer or anything because I didn’t want my skin to be more oily 😢 my skin would get so tight and red and inflamed, but I thought it was working! Poor little teenage me, with hormonal cystic acne. Nothing worked; I’m 35 and just starting to figure out a gentle routine that my skin like (diet and exercise helped me too)! Thank you Cassandra for making skincare more understandable!!!
Morning burst by clean and clear! It didn’t cause damage or sensitivity or any harm to my skin, but the micro plastic in the micro beads. If I knew then what I know now as a Marine science major 😭😭😭😭😭
My skincare routine from 2005 and for several years was NOT to wash my face accept from when I shower and then only with water. Unless I had makeup on which needed to be removed (which I seldom use) and I never use foundation because it would totally mess up my skin. I didn't have any issues with my face and noticed whenever I washed it the skin would first feet tight and then got completely out of balance with pimples as a result. Not washing it was actually a better choice than the horrible formulas of face cleaners that was out there back then and from which I had really bad experiences. I believe this has saved my face 😅 Now there are more mild products to be found which I use (maybe there were then too but they were not marketed the same way and nothing I knew about). Also the reactions from products were always dismissed with the "it's proof of the product working, it's the old toxins coming out now thanks to the product" putting the blame of breakouts on me or "if it feels it's working".
Girl...for an entire 2 years when I had very bad cystic acne (cysters unite), I would drench pure 90% alcohol on my face because i thought it would help and kill the bacteria on my skin. Makes me so sad how desperate you feel and I'd call out of work some days because of how bad my skin was and I couldn't take it and needed to sit alone in the house
Luckily I was like 14-15 years old when I got into skincare "DIY", and only got on it for a little while before people woke up 🙃 I remember a fun skin care routine of mine: - Cleanser: A toner of almost pure alcohol that burned my skin, but hey, it was burning, and at that time burning meant helping - Mask: First a mask with banana, honey and oatmeal, then a mask on the t-zone with either eggs and lemon or lemon and baking soda :) - Moisturizer: nah, I had oily skin soooo, didn´t need that. And of course, the fun cooking oil for tanning ;) I know better now, in my early 20´s.
I remember watching your canned Pumpkin and cinnamon video! Could have been worse. Do not be too hard on yourself. If it were not for straight turmeric in certain skin care, I’d have never discovered that I am allergic to it 😂 😂 We live, we learn.
@@20thcenturyrelic Ya. Straight up pumpkin could probably pull bacteria from the environment and into the pores logic would imagine? But idk 😂 My niece used to do oats, strawberry, lemon, and baking soda mask. It made my face feel amazing. But the second time I tried it the citric acid was like TOaoOoo much! Also baking soda is probably as bad as walnuts 😂 Oh the home remedies 😂
For the longest time I would use johnson's baby shampoo as make up remover as well as the lotion as a face moisturizer lol. (I have skin that's more on the drier side thankfully.) lol, but to this day I still can't believe I did that.
I moved in with my cousin and got un the shower and she had a bottle of the classic ST IVES APRICOT SCRUB and bow it says "skin supporting ceremide formula " I had to LOL.
Those awful gel nails that would be painted on with a form by a technician and cost $100! Those are still used by everyone today! They totally destroy your real nails by choking out oxygen. I had them one time when they were a new thing and my nails were ruined until my real nails were completely grown out to gone. Like a year. I’m surprised people still ruin their nails with those things
My mom TO THIS DAY claims that if you have a blemish or a wound, the best thing to do is to go to the beach and soak in the salt water... What's up with that? Has anyone else ever heard of this weird 'treatment'?
Press-on nails rule! Since I developed spasms and tremor I can’t get nail polish on any way decently, and press-on nails have saved me lol. The Impressa ones can last like a week.
I remember using rubbing alcohol toner and aloe vera to moisturize as a teen in the late 90s/early 00s. 🤦♀️same for the 'natural' masks including ACV 🥵 needless to say it was a bad time
I think back in that time it was said to just wash your face and your acne will be fine. And use stripping harsh cleansers or even soap to do so and NOT use any moisturized after. Even just 3 years ago going to the derm who prescribed harsh acne actives was saying for me to not put moisturizer on....
I live in Canada and I saw many magazines and brochures here recommending toothpaste to get rid of pimples. It never made sense to me because toothpaste is for teeth and no toothpaste I seen said it was ok to put on face
I almost participated in the lemon trend but thought it was too much work and upkeep 😅 the dumbest thing I did was slather baby oil in my body and sit in the sun… I wanted to tan because I was told my pale skin was not attractive. Now I love myself and care about my body❤
Lush came in to a nearby department store in the early 2010s, and me and my classmates were hanging out at that department store. I literally gagged so loudly right then and there the moment I came into proximity of the lush section that we went around and used the longer route to get to the cinema floor.
Not sure if it was the 90s or 2000s, but boy that Clean&Clear toner that was almost like something I could put in a shot glass, and the Eskinol toners that had those micrograins of what is like solid alum for the underarm (yep, I happened to crunch into some - please do not ask how it happened lol, and it tasted like alum). They were stinging and I thought they worked well (and I had clear skin so I thought it was okay), but the after a week, there was redness and irritation, and the "tight-face" feel was too uncomfortable to deal with. Also, a certain brand of alcohol-laden toner + tea tree oil made me think I was allergic to it as I broke out and had welts on my face and neck after one application. Steered clear from it since, but when I discovered a serum formulated with tea tree oil around late 2010s and used it, huh, I didn't break out. Maybe formulation is the thing there among other factors? Now, I use Heimish balm (I dunno but it works for me as a single cleanse), Thayers witch hazel toner, a niacinamide + Vit C serum, a basic moisturiser (with hyaluronic acid + ceramides), and sunscreen for morning (and yep, reapplying as taught by skintellectuals of this era) and a thicker occlusive moisturiser (using it as a leave-on mask) at night. Skin's pretty okay, but I can see some wrinkles forming (aging is a thing haha); would love to get a trip to the dermatologist for a consult and recommendations for a gentle exfoliant and probably get me started on retinoids. Thank goodness for research on skincare ingredients and peeps like yourself Cassandra for getting that info across.
I was obsessed with lush up until like 2 years ago because I really resonated with their morals and I literally wouldn’t buy anything from anyone else, also, I had so so so many baths with their fragranced bombs that my body became sooo sensitive to fragrance now
Throwback video indeed! I still have one question. Is aloe vera (plant) good or bad for direct use? I am growing some at home :) for that purpose but I am probably heading towards a disaster.
When I was in 8th grade I put tooth paste on my pimple by my mouth and the next day the whole area around my mouth was red and dry and flaking off is was so painful and I had to go to school like that and it lasted for like over a week
Seabreeze until I went to the dermatologist for cystic acne. Then I was on Accutane. Today my skin is on the dry side but no acne scars. I moisturize my skin morning and night.
*When I went away to college back in 1993 my mom bought me a bunch of Bath and Body Works bath gels, but I had to give them away to my suite mates, because it gave me headaches. It was after that experience that I started getting into aromatherapy with natural essential oils instead of so much artificial fragrance.*
I have been doing an experiment this week I've been having problem sleeping since i've quit prescription sleeping pills I've been having 5am, accidental all nighters. so i grabbed my phone and put yputube to entertain myself, video of choice: Cass. Result: started to fall asleep inmedeatly so, whenever i had sleep problems i put cassandra's videos and started to get sleepy. Yet when i played other videos, i didn't When i can't sleep i put cass' videos and start to get sleepy, as soon as my lids start to feel heavy i leave my phone and bAM great sleep I haven't seen the sunrise without my consent this last week and it's all thanks to funny, caffeinated, crazy cat lady cass, our acne big sis 🤘🏼
I think we’ll look back at Niacinamide being in EVERYTHING and realize it was a mistake. I’ve already developed a sensitivity to it, and when it’s in every step of people’s routines from cleanser to SPF to now even makeup- it’s too much!
Not skincare but my family kind of pressured me to buy foundation. I don't *blame* them because maybe they thought I really wanted it but I was like 14 and owned foundation. Why??
Lemon, appel cider viniger, coconut oil, leaving on facewash for a whole night (also toothpaste), ethyl alcohol on face to kill those bacterias (after picking 🤦🏻♀️) and that burnt so bad oh my God horrible to even imagine but 16year old dumb me thought it's working cause it's burning 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ I'm so sorry for my skin 🙇🏻♀️
@Cassandra, please do a review of the Alumier products - I've been to a couple aesthetic clinics and they've been speaking soo highly of them but there isn't too much information available out there about the brand and/or products. Any thoughts?
James Welsh did a great breakdown of the st ives lawsuit that gives a better understanding of the situation imo. I would have been more impressed of your St Ive discussion if you had done more research. I want to double click on the clean & clear sets, those destroyed my skin especially those moisturizers with salicylic acid/benzoyl peroxide and no sunscreen 😬😬😬💀💀💀
I have actually bought a few things over the last few weeks with fragrances and some of the fragrances do smelly very nice but I bought a beard oil and that specific one irritated the heck out of my skin and I literally felt the fragrance on my skin and it was a weird experience. Even some detergents when I smell them or go down the detergent aisle it literally stops me from breathing and just irritates my nose or something where my body just stops breathing it’s weird especially very strong fragrances.
Can you please tell about permanence illuminate products. Can you tell about Gigawhite and Bilberry extract, mequinol, Actifcol, sepiwhite. Are these safe to use?
I think our fascination with plants, and yes even the ones we eat, and desire to utilize them for beauty is a tale as old as time. We have done it since as long as humanity existed, many knowledges were lost and many were acquired too. I heard a lot of the witches who were witch hunted were local healers or midwives who had a lot of these knowledge, so perhaps the current west climate regarding botanical knowledge has something to do with that history. But since those fascinatio and desires don't go away, which is why all those food diy tricks existed and why currently the west has become more openly intrigued and obsessed with east's traditional medicinal and food based or inspired skincare I think.
hi cassandra, can you make a video on why i still get darker when using sunscreen everyday 🥹 i dont skip a day but recently i get darker easily than usual :( i dont know why
up until pandemic I didnt watch skincare and used questionable things I read in magaazines or DIY websites. vaer rub masks, cleansing with bakin soda, straightup ice on m y face, which made my nose capillaries break I think I look permanently havin a cold, toothpastes, and lemon and eccental oils
My 2000s skincare were cucumber face masks, egg yolk face masks, milk face masks (all for after sun care), Banana Boat (their after sun gels and banana body lotion which my mom adored and I did not lol), Vaseline jelly and body lotions, and Etude House Moistfull Collagen Cream (back when it came in a glass container, who here remebers that?). Missed the sunscreen but at least I wore hats and did after sun care 🤣☠🙏
You maybe want to delete the DIY papaya mask video from your channel, or at least private it. It was the first video that got suggested to me in the little I card thingy.
I vividly remember my mom poking fun at my breakouts and making me go out to sit in the sun to reduce them 🤦🏻♀️ I was absolutely sold on the "natural" face masks 😅 I would put EVERYTHING on my face - from yoghurt to frozen tomato pulp
It's always the parents I swearrrr
THAT’S SO REAL, my mom used to tell me i needed more sun AAA lmao
I'm so sorry your mom made fun of you. My mom was sympathetic, but she had no idea what to do because she'd always had dry skin and seldom broke out. That is, until she developed rosacea in late middle age. Then she learned for herself how frustrating constant breakouts are.
I eventually got her to take me to a dermatologist, but this was in the 70s and we didn't have good topicals to use. He prescribed antibiotics, but they only worked while I was taking them. I finally ended up taking Accutane in the early 80s, which cured my cystic acne. So now I have really dry skin and lips, but I'd rather deal with that than the constant breakouts.
Actually, your mom was right about the sun helping with acne. UV light does help, but of course, it's very harmful to the skin.
@@lilo19951995 And your mom was right; sun exposure does help with acne, but it's very harmful to the skin.
@@20thcenturyrelic from what i've come to understand sun can help with the appearance of acne temporarily cuz it dries it or something, but the sun can aggravate acne just as much lmao - plus it just sucks in general for your skin, don't pick sun as a solution
Oooh for me it was the "acne lines" from companies that had salicylic acid in every step of the skincare. The cleanser, the toner, the moisturizer and the sunscreen😵 that paired with that clarisonic brush and swimming in a chlorinated pool daily wrecked HAVOC on my poor face
I'm glad these weren't things when I had acne! Because I'm sure I'd have tried them and had the same issue!
dont forget the foundation
For the scents thing, my mom always told me that if I mixed my scents it'd smell like an overly mixed bag of scents. She strongly encouraged me as a kid to have some scentless products and the rest all smell the same so I'd get one signature scent. I'm so thankful to her for that and for her refusing to let me do the thin brow trend, insisting it was a trend and that I plucking was for cleaning up your naturally shaped brows.
I was born in the mid 90s so I had a phase of being obsessed with seventeen magazine too. I was definitely in their target demographic in the 00s and early/mid 10s when they were really popular. I loved tying out their half-assed “high intensity” workouts and beauty “tips” that would overtly promised me a “flat abdomen” and a “flawless complexion.” Any advice unrelated to hair styling, fashion, or peer pressure was so bad bad back then.
They always recommended the most overly fragranced, overly color dyed skin cleansers from Neutrogena and Clean & Clear.
I know I was an impressionable age at the time but I’m still embarrassed I got fooled into expecting my fresh pimple would “heal overnight” if I dabbed dollar store toothpaste on it.
There was a Sept 2012 issue that promised we could clear zits & smooth skin texture overnight if we made a mask out of cooked oatmeal _(they didn’t even bother to specify to get plain oatmeal)_ then mixed in a raw whole egg + a ton of lemon juice. We were supposed to wear it on our face overnight and wash it off in the morning. Spoiler alert: it didn’t work. I’m reading the magazine right now (I keep nostalgic items) and their explanation was the oatmeal antioxidants will bring down swelling, the acidity of the lemon will “kill bacteria inside of the pores” & the vitamin e in the egg will “tighten skin” making it appear smoother.
What’s more horrifying is that they said it’s fine to keep using the same concoction every night for a whole week straight as long as we stored it in the fridge. I feel like a leaving an uncooked egg in the fridge for week in a jar with no freaking skincare preservatives is a disaster waiting to happen.
In their March 2012 issue they celebrated using a exfoliating facial scrub that is “tough enough” to get “all the grime” out of your pores. They also insinuate not following the tips “may sabotage your skin”. Dear goodness.
Silver lining is that even back then Seventeen recommended everyone should at least try to find a sunscreen that works for their skin type and skin color. They also emphasized that we should use fake/spray tan because our risk of skin cancer would increase a lot if we used UV beds or oiled ourselves up and sunbathed
No Seventeen skincare tip I got was as shitty as when i trusted Michelle Phan and used cat litter as a face mask in 09
I’m now flipping through a bunch of their old mags for nostalgia and I’m realizing how problematic they would be today. On the front cover of their June/July 2010 cover they have huge text saying “Get your best bikini body: the ultimate secret to flat abs!” Below that they advertise their article that tells us to avoid using the “cancerous” drug called pot because smoking it can make you become “fat and ugly”. BTW in the same issue on a different page they put in a promotional ad for a show called “HUGE”. Which was a ABC a show about a fat teenage girl whose forced to go to fat camp by her rich gym-chain owner parents. The whole time shes at the camp she intentionally tries to not lose weight in protest of her being forced to be there and she speaks out against anyone who tries to make her feel like she should dislike her body or herself just because she’s fat.
I don’t know if I realized how hypocritical Seventeen magazine was when I was younger -perhaps I did but just let it go because all the issues that promised workouts for a slimmer waist usually let us easily win a free lipgloss or nail polish for them or something else like that.
@@maenad1231 unfortunately now the magazines tell us how very ok it is to be obese.....that will kill a lot of people or at least make them sick for life.
Um I never knew who MP is until this comment and looked for the cat litter video…all the backbending done by her followers defending it is nuts. Who would still watch this influencer…not all cat litter is made equal and her followers make it seem as though bentonite clay or any clay mask is hard to get your hands on in an era of Amazon/health food stores that carry it. The followers in the comments are going hard defending using something against its intended purpose are really something else. What causes that level of sheepistry. Crazy.
I really think (hopefully) in a few years we’ll look more closely at the “clean”, “non toxic”, and “natural” labels on products. We’ll realize that these words actually mean nothing, and doesn’t make those products better.
Thank you for your honesty! I appreciate that you can look back & say hey, I missed up. I gave misinformation. I also appreciate that you took the time to educate yourself. These are all signs of a great leader, which is what you are. Thank you for your hard work & dedication in this field. I LOVE your channel & I will be a forever fan!😁
"be aware that these things are trends" is such an important message! i love to take care of my appearance and I think a good way to do it is exactly what you described: highlight the features you like. my look is always "me, but better". for example, i blow dry my hair in a way that is similar to my natural waves, but less frizzy and more voluminous. i pluck my brows very close to their natural shape. i wear eyeliner in a way that enhances the shape my eyes already have. conversely, I leave my lips alone, because if I try to make them look bigger, I won't look like me
i was OBSESSED with a honey and cinnamon face mask, that and the infamous egg white mask,,,,, SIGH
I was an odd light skinned, blue eyed child in the Mediterranean and spf was used very little or none back then. I cringe so much at the amount of time I spent in the sun with no protection. And it has literally scarred me as I have had couple of suspicious moles removed and it left quite big scars. Thankfully they were just dysplastic nevi and not melanoma. I am sad for my little self but I am thankful that we made progress in skin education and protection and above all that I have not developed skin cancer. I will continue to get regularly checked though and be regular with my sun protection and all the other precious skincare that makes me so happy and relaxed.😃
I was surprised at Bath & Bodyworks recently. I hadn't bought their lotion in decades and mentally wrote it off as being just about the fragrances but not good for my skin. Someone gifted me a set and when I looked at the ingredients I was surprised to see Shea Butter, Jojoba Oil, Aloe in almost all the scents and one has hyaluronic acid in. You can get those ingredients in lots of places nowadays but I realized I wasn't giving them enough credit.
I remember in college using clean and clear once, and I had to give it away, burned my face so bad. I used the apricot scrub once too and I almost lost my skin 😂 I was super sensitive then. Now I have more normal skin, but I’m kind of glad my sensitive skin told me to stay away from those things ya know ?
Thank goodness, I never used the infamous apricot scrub! From some casual Internet research, it appears it came on the market after I took Accutane and cured my cystic acne.
You just SAVED my face! I woke up with a zit the size of the North Star and was going to put toothpaste on it. I appreciate all you do and wishing you and your team, family, and felines Happy and Healthy Holidays. 🥳
Seabreeze for sure.
I also kept Stridex pads by my bed.
Baking soda for sunburns on my face to reduce redness.
Oh and baby oil for tanning ha
The baking soda probably didn't hurt you any. It may not have helped, though. One of my mom's home remedies for various types of itchiness such as hives was a tepid baking soda bath; it did help with my hives.
You should have worn high SPF sunscreen on your face and body! Better protection!
Stridex pads and benzoyl peroxide 10% spot treatment was too harsh and fuked my face up
@@Jasmine215100 True, but this was a very long time ago before we had those products...late 60s, early 70s. All there was was the white zinc oxide paste. I know better now and have used sunscreen for many years.
@@20thcenturyrelic That was when I grew up! Those were the days!
I remember using really harsh astringents, and going by the "if it's burning, it's working" mantra. That "skin care" I tried doing to myself was so bad when I was a kid.
Ahhh i was lucky my mom took me to a dermatologist when I started breaking out. I feel so grateful now when I see what all was out there in the 90s. My brother still tried the toothpaste for acne thing when I'm not looking. I've tried getting him salicylic acid and hydrocolloidal patches.
Yikes! As a fellow early 90's born member of generation y, this was all types of nostalgia! I'm not mad at fragranced shower gels (I love sweet smelling bath &shower experiences!). However, that St Ives... I lived on this stuff until I moved to South Korea whilst in college was introduced to korean skincare!
I'm a child of the ’70s. Does anyone remember Bonnie Bell 1006? That and Noxema were my go-to favorites. My long hair was so straight it made Cher’s hair look naturally curly. Did that stop me from using Curl Free and ironing my hair? Thanks for the tips, Seventeen magazine! 😬
maybe it's just me, but I'm starting to look back at my 7 step routine and realizing a lot of it was unnecessary for me. I've noticed that cutting down to cleanser, treatment, moisturizer, and SPF has led to significantly less irritation and breakouts.
I am a survivor of lemon and St. Ives scrubs
Thanks for the reminder to love ourselves as we are! 💕
Those apricot facial scrubs were big back in the early 80s but even then I remember a spot on the news saying they were terrible for your skin. It baffles me that they're still a thing now.
The way back original herbal essence and white rain scent was BOMB!
I used to scrub my face SO hard with the st. Ives apricot scrub. And I still wear the glitter in my hair 💕
Honey masks...oh, and the face scrubbing brush. Bonus if you used the face scrubber with the St Ives scrub. I loved the apricot scrub when I was a teen. But I think my skin would have been fine with a basic cleanser if I actually used one every day...yeah, I was a stinky, grungy teen 😅
I remember using OxyClean pads…just those pads, no moisturizer or anything because I didn’t want my skin to be more oily 😢 my skin would get so tight and red and inflamed, but I thought it was working! Poor little teenage me, with hormonal cystic acne. Nothing worked; I’m 35 and just starting to figure out a gentle routine that my skin like (diet and exercise helped me too)! Thank you Cassandra for making skincare more understandable!!!
Morning burst by clean and clear! It didn’t cause damage or sensitivity or any harm to my skin, but the micro plastic in the micro beads. If I knew then what I know now as a Marine science major 😭😭😭😭😭
My skincare routine from 2005 and for several years was NOT to wash my face accept from when I shower and then only with water. Unless I had makeup on which needed to be removed (which I seldom use) and I never use foundation because it would totally mess up my skin. I didn't have any issues with my face and noticed whenever I washed it the skin would first feet tight and then got completely out of balance with pimples as a result. Not washing it was actually a better choice than the horrible formulas of face cleaners that was out there back then and from which I had really bad experiences. I believe this has saved my face 😅 Now there are more mild products to be found which I use (maybe there were then too but they were not marketed the same way and nothing I knew about). Also the reactions from products were always dismissed with the "it's proof of the product working, it's the old toxins coming out now thanks to the product" putting the blame of breakouts on me or "if it feels it's working".
Thanks Cass love your videos.
Yes I agree trends come and go
Girl...for an entire 2 years when I had very bad cystic acne (cysters unite), I would drench pure 90% alcohol on my face because i thought it would help and kill the bacteria on my skin. Makes me so sad how desperate you feel and I'd call out of work some days because of how bad my skin was and I couldn't take it and needed to sit alone in the house
Luckily I was like 14-15 years old when I got into skincare "DIY", and only got on it for a little while before people woke up 🙃 I remember a fun skin care routine of mine:
- Cleanser: A toner of almost pure alcohol that burned my skin, but hey, it was burning, and at that time burning meant helping
- Mask: First a mask with banana, honey and oatmeal, then a mask on the t-zone with either eggs and lemon or lemon and baking soda :)
- Moisturizer: nah, I had oily skin soooo, didn´t need that.
And of course, the fun cooking oil for tanning ;)
I know better now, in my early 20´s.
I remember watching your canned Pumpkin and cinnamon video! Could have been worse. Do not be too hard on yourself.
If it were not for straight turmeric in certain skin care, I’d have never discovered that I am allergic to it 😂 😂
We live, we learn.
Wow, cinnamon! I shudder to think what that does to the skin. I would guess pumpkin doesn't do much harm, but it also doesn't do much for the skin.
@@20thcenturyrelic Ya. Straight up pumpkin could probably pull bacteria from the environment and into the pores logic would imagine? But idk 😂
My niece used to do oats, strawberry, lemon, and baking soda mask. It made my face feel amazing. But the second time I tried it the citric acid was like TOaoOoo much! Also baking soda is probably as bad as walnuts 😂
Oh the home remedies 😂
For the longest time I would use johnson's baby shampoo as make up remover as well as the lotion as a face moisturizer lol. (I have skin that's more on the drier side thankfully.) lol, but to this day I still can't believe I did that.
that really isnt that bad
I moved in with my cousin and got un the shower and she had a bottle of the classic ST IVES APRICOT SCRUB and bow it says "skin supporting ceremide formula " I had to LOL.
Those awful gel nails that would be painted on with a form by a technician and cost $100! Those are still used by everyone today! They totally destroy your real nails by choking out oxygen. I had them one time when they were a new thing and my nails were ruined until my real nails were completely grown out to gone. Like a year. I’m surprised people still ruin their nails with those things
My mom TO THIS DAY claims that if you have a blemish or a wound, the best thing to do is to go to the beach and soak in the salt water... What's up with that? Has anyone else ever heard of this weird 'treatment'?
Ahhh 😌 the memories… the Apricot scrub was my favourite! I still like me some apricot scrub every once in while.
St. Ives give me flashbacks to my 14 year old self that would’ve done anything to clear my acne.
Press-on nails rule! Since I developed spasms and tremor I can’t get nail polish on any way decently, and press-on nails have saved me lol. The Impressa ones can last like a week.
I remember using rubbing alcohol toner and aloe vera to moisturize as a teen in the late 90s/early 00s. 🤦♀️same for the 'natural' masks including ACV 🥵 needless to say it was a bad time
I think back in that time it was said to just wash your face and your acne will be fine. And use stripping harsh cleansers or even soap to do so and NOT use any moisturized after. Even just 3 years ago going to the derm who prescribed harsh acne actives was saying for me to not put moisturizer on....
I live in Canada and I saw many magazines and brochures here recommending toothpaste to get rid of pimples. It never made sense to me because toothpaste is for teeth and no toothpaste I seen said it was ok to put on face
I almost participated in the lemon trend but thought it was too much work and upkeep 😅 the dumbest thing I did was slather baby oil in my body and sit in the sun… I wanted to tan because I was told my pale skin was not attractive. Now I love myself and care about my body❤
I definitely put toothpaste on pimples in my early teens.
Lush came in to a nearby department store in the early 2010s, and me and my classmates were hanging out at that department store. I literally gagged so loudly right then and there the moment I came into proximity of the lush section that we went around and used the longer route to get to the cinema floor.
I looooove shower gels with nice smells cause is my pamper moment!!!
Daily sunscreen and serums were not a thing in the 80s and 90s. Thank god now they are!
Not sure if it was the 90s or 2000s, but boy that Clean&Clear toner that was almost like something I could put in a shot glass, and the Eskinol toners that had those micrograins of what is like solid alum for the underarm (yep, I happened to crunch into some - please do not ask how it happened lol, and it tasted like alum).
They were stinging and I thought they worked well (and I had clear skin so I thought it was okay), but the after a week, there was redness and irritation, and the "tight-face" feel was too uncomfortable to deal with.
Also, a certain brand of alcohol-laden toner + tea tree oil made me think I was allergic to it as I broke out and had welts on my face and neck after one application. Steered clear from it since, but when I discovered a serum formulated with tea tree oil around late 2010s and used it, huh, I didn't break out. Maybe formulation is the thing there among other factors?
Now, I use Heimish balm (I dunno but it works for me as a single cleanse), Thayers witch hazel toner, a niacinamide + Vit C serum, a basic moisturiser (with hyaluronic acid + ceramides), and sunscreen for morning (and yep, reapplying as taught by skintellectuals of this era) and a thicker occlusive moisturiser (using it as a leave-on mask) at night.
Skin's pretty okay, but I can see some wrinkles forming (aging is a thing haha); would love to get a trip to the dermatologist for a consult and recommendations for a gentle exfoliant and probably get me started on retinoids.
Thank goodness for research on skincare ingredients and peeps like yourself Cassandra for getting that info across.
Ditch the Thayer witch hazel!
Ohh yup the egg whites mask.. 😅😂 I did that so many times at the time
The toothpaste on pimples hack works tho. My mom told me about it as a kid lol.
Hey Cassandra and Beautiful Butterflies:)
I was obsessed with lush up until like 2 years ago because I really resonated with their morals and I literally wouldn’t buy anything from anyone else, also, I had so so so many baths with their fragranced bombs that my body became sooo sensitive to fragrance now
I used to crush aspirin and mix it with water, put that paste on my face for acne😂
I LOVE bath and body works especially its a thousand wishes line. I also thank the Lord fragrance does nothing to me. 🙏🏾
Throwback video indeed! I still have one question. Is aloe vera (plant) good or bad for direct use? I am growing some at home :) for that purpose but I am probably heading towards a disaster.
yes its amazing stuff
people have been doing that for hundreds of years
i used to scrub my skin to shit with apricot scrubs and then not moisturize and i used to wonder why my face looked so awful lmao. ah memories
When I was in 8th grade I put tooth paste on my pimple by my mouth and the next day the whole area around my mouth was red and dry and flaking off is was so painful and I had to go to school like that and it lasted for like over a week
Consumer grade LED/microcurrent/etc devices are gonna be the DIY food masks of early 2020s
I used to put unsweetened yogurt on my face as a mask and it did make my look shiny. I think it exfoliated me with the lactic acid.
proactiv scarred me... too much benzoyl peroxide all the time
Seabreeze until I went to the dermatologist for cystic acne. Then I was on Accutane. Today my skin is on the dry side but no acne scars. I moisturize my skin morning and night.
Well I still love fashion trends of my time in the early 2000s. Like PLEASE, give me back my glitter hairspray, I'd still use it!
*When I went away to college back in 1993 my mom bought me a bunch of Bath and Body Works bath gels, but I had to give them away to my suite mates, because it gave me headaches. It was after that experience that I started getting into aromatherapy with natural essential oils instead of so much artificial fragrance.*
I would love to hear what you have to say about Lemongrass Spa Products!
I have been doing an experiment this week
I've been having problem sleeping since i've quit prescription sleeping pills
I've been having 5am, accidental all nighters. so i grabbed my phone and put yputube to entertain myself, video of choice: Cass. Result: started to fall asleep inmedeatly
so, whenever i had sleep problems i put cassandra's videos and started to get sleepy. Yet when i played other videos, i didn't
When i can't sleep i put cass' videos and start to get sleepy, as soon as my lids start to feel heavy i leave my phone and bAM great sleep
I haven't seen the sunrise without my consent this last week and it's all thanks to funny, caffeinated, crazy cat lady cass, our acne big sis 🤘🏼
Using alcohol wipes to clean my face absolutely destroyed my skin 😅
I definitely went through the toothpaste phase. Big mistake.
I think we’ll look back at Niacinamide being in EVERYTHING and realize it was a mistake. I’ve already developed a sensitivity to it, and when it’s in every step of people’s routines from cleanser to SPF to now even makeup- it’s too much!
Not skincare but my family kind of pressured me to buy foundation. I don't *blame* them because maybe they thought I really wanted it but I was like 14 and owned foundation. Why??
noxzema anti-blemish pads. my skin was literally falling off.
Lemon, appel cider viniger, coconut oil, leaving on facewash for a whole night (also toothpaste), ethyl alcohol on face to kill those bacterias (after picking 🤦🏻♀️) and that burnt so bad oh my God horrible to even imagine but 16year old dumb me thought it's working cause it's burning 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ I'm so sorry for my skin 🙇🏻♀️
im from the beach… u exfoliate with the sand and tan.. gives u smooth soft skin and the bestt tan 😂😂😂😂
I feel offended. Really had to call me out like that huh? I was one of them egg white kids 🙄
Do y’all remember the Buff Puff pads???? I used those and Noxema religiously 😳
@Cassandra, please do a review of the Alumier products - I've been to a couple aesthetic clinics and they've been speaking soo highly of them but there isn't too much information available out there about the brand and/or products. Any thoughts?
I must say hair extensions i was almoust bold after 2 years of hair extensions on & off,
James Welsh did a great breakdown of the st ives lawsuit that gives a better understanding of the situation imo. I would have been more impressed of your St Ive discussion if you had done more research. I want to double click on the clean & clear sets, those destroyed my skin especially those moisturizers with salicylic acid/benzoyl peroxide and no sunscreen 😬😬😬💀💀💀
is scrubbing the face with ground coffee beans tolerated ? Or am I just making my face cry ?
This is fun! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and holiday! 🎄 ❤
Cleaning my face with a cotton pad doused un rubbing alcohol to heal my black heads and breakouts.
I have actually bought a few things over the last few weeks with fragrances and some of the fragrances do smelly very nice but I bought a beard oil and that specific one irritated the heck out of my skin and I literally felt the fragrance on my skin and it was a weird experience. Even some detergents when I smell them or go down the detergent aisle it literally stops me from breathing and just irritates my nose or something where my body just stops breathing it’s weird especially very strong fragrances.
Cassandra, have you tried this SHISEIDO
Benefiance WrinkleResist24 Pure Retinol Express Smoothing Eye Mask? If yes, what do you think?
Thank you
Can you please tell about permanence illuminate products. Can you tell about Gigawhite and Bilberry extract, mequinol, Actifcol, sepiwhite. Are these safe to use?
Please do a react video to JLo's vogue routine! Waiting to hear your input.
I think our fascination with plants, and yes even the ones we eat, and desire to utilize them for beauty is a tale as old as time. We have done it since as long as humanity existed, many knowledges were lost and many were acquired too. I heard a lot of the witches who were witch hunted were local healers or midwives who had a lot of these knowledge, so perhaps the current west climate regarding botanical knowledge has something to do with that history. But since those fascinatio and desires don't go away, which is why all those food diy tricks existed and why currently the west has become more openly intrigued and obsessed with east's traditional medicinal and food based or inspired skincare I think.
I would definitely say Proactiv for me back in the 2000s lol.
hi cassandra, can you make a video on why i still get darker when using sunscreen everyday 🥹 i dont skip a day but recently i get darker easily than usual :( i dont know why
Can we just take a sec to think about cinnamon? It's literally the inner bark of a tree, and humans can't seem to get enough of it!
up until pandemic I didnt watch skincare and used questionable things I read in magaazines or DIY websites. vaer rub masks, cleansing with bakin soda, straightup ice on m y face, which made my nose capillaries break I think I look permanently havin a cold, toothpastes, and lemon and eccental oils
My 2000s skincare were cucumber face masks, egg yolk face masks, milk face masks (all for after sun care), Banana Boat (their after sun gels and banana body lotion which my mom adored and I did not lol), Vaseline jelly and body lotions, and Etude House Moistfull Collagen Cream (back when it came in a glass container, who here remebers that?). Missed the sunscreen but at least I wore hats and did after sun care 🤣☠🙏
My stepmom is convinced that her house isn’t clean until the smell of bleach burns her nose 😳
Yo i remember my sister buying clean and clear face wash despite having eczema and boy it was damaging
I keep looking for your videos on products high end estheticians use like DMK or Image but nothing.
Rice water is good for thinning hair.
Clean and Clear, it was the worst of times.
Remember when people put s-e-m-e-n on their face...
You maybe want to delete the DIY papaya mask video from your channel, or at least private it. It was the first video that got suggested to me in the little I card thingy.
Oats water cleanser lol
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