I get what you're saying about "there's silk and then there's silk." When I was shopping for someone to make my wedding dress, I told them I wanted vintage style and vintage weight fabric. I knew I'd found the right person when she pulled out her swatch book and was like, "I have been waiting for someone to want a dress made of this" and picked the most gorgeous HEAVY charmeuse.
That’s such a cool “origin story.” Where is the dress now? Have you considered making it into something else to use it in daily life? Or is it getting married on other people?
I've seen other people do sponsorships with this brand but this is the ONLY channel that I would trust in terms of speaking to the fabric due to your experience with fabric from before.
Just here to agree and strongly recommend adding 70% isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle to your vanity if you haven’t already. I’m a nut about it - I also sanitize my skincare bottles at least weekly or whenever I see them with smudges or dust for the reasons Hannah stated. You’ll get hooked on it.
Congrats on your chosen sponsor! The whole topic of acne will forever remind me of my dad, not really understanding acne, asking if I’d tried washing my face to treat it. Hmm never thought of that dad, thanks.
I recommend putting the alcohol in a little spray bottle and using that to sanitize your brushes between full in depth brush washing. It's so easy to just blanket spray everything. It's what I do, it's really helped a lot to keep my brushes clean(er) between washes.
Affordable but good silk has pretty much disappeared over the last 30 years. I was so pleased to find Lilysilk and bought a couple of their blouses this summer…they’re lovely! The tee is a little boxy and needed tailoring but the classic blouse was perfect. Thanks!
Yes, I like to make sure my hands are clean before touching my makeup. I like to use my fingers on my eyes do I feel better knowing I'm sticking my clean fingers in my makeup. I also make sure to spray my makeup down with alcohol occasionally too. Another thing is to make sure you keep your hands off your face. My biggest issue with that is when I'm sleeping.
I feel like seeing your polene return is like seeing the same decor in your parents house. Sort of comfy home familiarity. Just tangent thoughts of a random viewer💜
It is exciting when a few simple adjustments can make a noted difference. It isn't always about the actual skincare products that you use. Thank you for sharing your tips and what is working for you.
I think it's great that you are benefitting from the changes you are making. I also think seeing a dermatologist would be very important to anyone dealing with acne, as the struggle is quite unique to each person.
Regarding mixing on the hand, I like to either mix in my palm because I find it warmer and easier to wash off or I mix on a metal palette which quickly rinses clean with some soap of any kind and can be sanitized in a dishwasher every so often. My hands are really dry and when i try to mix on the back of my hand I find the makeup likes to sit in the lines on the hand skin and is hard to wash off.
Hydrocolloid bandages are just as good and more affordable! 70% alcohol works best for brushes but not good for nice luxury brushes because it ruins the oils!
I am a side sleeper by nature. It is how I feel most comfortable, but I believe that side sleep contributes to wrinkles and puffiness... Waking from a night of side sleep, I have noticed that the wrinkles between my brows are more pronounced and I get this particularly annoying wrinkle near my chin. When I lie on my back and keep my head straight while I sleep, my face seems to drain better and my face appears more refreshed when I wake up. I have trained myself to sleep on my back. (This is a shout out to my friend Tania who, in high school, did the same thing but it was for a different reason. Back then, she would “do her bangs” at night - they were as very complicated swoop and double winged early nineties vision of loveliness- and she didn’t want to ruin them ). She would lay like a ghost and not move a hair lol. I’m sure the Aussie scrunch spray helped lol. But I remember at that time that I thought I could never do that.. and well here we are. I have now become a back sleeper and it really helps in the fight against wrinkles and water retention. Maybe becoming a back sleeper could help with the acne as well?
i was able to diminish my breakouts over this last year. i attribute that success to birth control, differin, and hydrocolloid patches. i wish i had known this recipe sooner, but i am grateful for the relief, as my skin had been a source of very real trauma.
Phones can be a cause for acne on cheeks. I started to put my phone on speaker for talking whenever possible and it has made a lot of difference in my life. I tried sanitizing my phone with sanitizer spray but it got into my incoming speaker and messed it up. So now I just minimise the contact of my phone with my face. And changing phone case regularly also helps. ☺️
I spray a little 70% alcohol onto a dry microfibre cloth and then use that to gently wipe down my phone (and any other surfaces that need sanitising). Rather than spraying directly onto the phone, which isn't recommended for reasons that you know too well lol.
Something I always do is rotate my pillow case every night. Before I lie down I flip it over, and re fluff. It's made such a huge difference to my skin!
Lol I literally put my sheets in the wash and washed my brushes while watching this video! Thanks for the reminder. I honestly don’t use the brushes that much, but I’d been slacking on the pillowcases lately.
Congrats on a really good sponsor! I did a look through and it looks like I'd really enjoy what the company makes 💜 I'm not sure which Alter Ego shadows you used today in your look but the sophisticated glitter and sparkle near your brows matches stunningly with the carame coloured shirt
I had raging hormonal, cystic jawline acne in my late 20s and very early 30s. It was super painful too. Since then I am really a stickler for clean pillowcases, clean hands and tools, not touching my face and double cleansing.
I'm sure this doesn't apply to you, but truly knowing your skin type really helps. I thought I had dry skin so I treated it as dry. I accidently bought a normal to oily face wash and stopped being so dry which really helped with tightness in my skin. I use oil now on my oily face which sounds odd, I know but it cleared up the noncomedonal acne that returned once I started cleansing my face according to skin type. My cystic/ hormonal acne flares didn't really stop until I stopped consuming to much sugar. I went low carb on my diet and started to drink water and my skin cleared up so much.
Others have posted that 70% IPA is preferable than the higher concentrate. I would also suggest Cinema Secret Makeup Brush Cleanser if yoh want to cleanse it in between uses
I found those patches didn't work for me because they wouldn't stay stuck to me because of my skincare products. I love silk pillowcases and I change my pillowcase in between sheets washings. I'm a diligent brush washer and handwasher. I do like to use a acne face wash in the morning. I lather it up with minimal water and let it sit on my face for 5 minutes, like a acne face mask before rinsing. I also like use a benzoyl peroxide spot treatment and UFO oil.
I’ve tried a lot of Rael’s hygiene products and other items and enjoyed them. I’m very curious about their blemish stickers. I just started on Tretinoin a few weeks ago. The purge phase is almost 🤞🏽 over. No major dryness issues yet but I an buffering when I apply it and in my using it 3 times a week.
Idk abt acne cuz i still have a full face of it but sleeping on my back has helped stop creating wrinkles alll over my face . Because when im lying on my stomach or side my face mushes against the pillow creating lines next to the side of my nose and near my eyes also gave me tmj and it helped so much. Thx for the tips!
I have noticed if I go to long without washing my pillow cases I get breakouts more too. I've been terrible about washing my brushes but I haven't been doing anything but my eyes. Not that not washing eye brushes is great either... but I don't break out on my eye from using my brushes a few times without washing them.
I love silk pillowcases sooo much! I have like six I think? I get them from amazon and they’re 100% mulberry silk and affordable. As for cleanliness, I clean my brushes after every. Single. Use. I know that sounds extra, but I only break out hormonally on my chin and jaw around my period and this has really helped 🤷♀️
Same, which is why I’m hesitant to get natural hair brushes even though they’re better for how I put on makeup since they tell you to wash them 2 a month at most
Anything that touches your face should be cean. From brushes, to hair, to scarf/hat etc. If your hair is greasy, or covered in styling products and you sleep with it sticking to your face, that is a problem too. I feel super unfomfortable when I see influencers use their brushes that are sitting on their vanity covered in product from the day before. Or talk about not washing their hair, using oils to style it etc. and then they are surprised that suff that touches their face a lot causes breakouts.
Great video. I stopped breastfeeding my son a couple of months ago, and since then I’ve been breaking out in hormonal acne as well. It’s so discouraging to deal with. Going to try some of these strategies, as well as the Differin I added to my skincare routine (along with simplifying that routine a lot).
differin has been a game changer for my skin. it has made me SO dry, even a year later, but it has really worked wonders to decrease the severity and frequency of my breakouts.
I love my silk pillowcase, would definitely recommend it also! And a question, don't you move throughout the night? 😃 Doesn't your face touch other areas of the pillow? No judgement here if you sleep through the night in the same position, just asking because I toss and turn like crazy, there ain't no part of my pillow I don't touch. 😂
I’ve thankfully never struggled with acne, but I am aware of the importance of clean makeup tools. I wash makeup brushes every time I use them; it’s just a habit now. It really is awful to watch a beauty video and see someone applying makeup with obviously dirty brushes and laughing about it. I think your strategies sound sensible and I truly hope they make a difference for you. That pillow case sounds divine!
Hannah, be careful with those hydro patches. I saw a doctor expressing a worry that using it too often or using large ones can mess with your skin chemistry.
i've not struggled with acne but i have had pretty severe eczema on-and-off for my entire life, and it's really flaring up at the minute. this afternoon my doctor told me i should be moisturising my entire body FIVE TIMES A DAY and i have been bitching about how pointless and inconvenient that is, but your little pep talk at the end of this video has convinced me that maybe i should make that effort for a little while at least!
Great sponsorship!😍🙏🏻 Have you ever checked out Dr. Bulsiewicz? He has some amazing talks on UA-cam about the Microbiome. I too am healing my gut and hormones, and yeah - i know you probably get so much advice, but I wanted to let you know 🤩 you look Beautiful as always!
Actually, those blackhead nose pore strips work really well. I've been using them for decades. Any brand will do, even the cheap ones. The blackheads really do stick to them and you can the pull them out. Its very satisfying and indeed a forest of bleakheads is not a bad discription! (I have never seen the commecial though...)
I thought I’d chime in and say I’ve been a long term acne sufferer due to PCOS. I switched to a ketogenic diet 8 months ago and my skin cleared within a week. I don’t think we realise just how detrimental sugar can be to our skin. Look up acne and ‘insulin resistance’ for more info xx
Hannah: then I sanitize my hands, my fingers, the back of my hands and then nothing goes on my face that isn't absolutely sanitized. i sanitize my brushes and always sleep on a clean pillowcase *what Britney meant when creating the phrase you better work, bitch*
I get what you're saying about "there's silk and then there's silk." When I was shopping for someone to make my wedding dress, I told them I wanted vintage style and vintage weight fabric. I knew I'd found the right person when she pulled out her swatch book and was like, "I have been waiting for someone to want a dress made of this" and picked the most gorgeous HEAVY charmeuse.
that sounds AMAZING
Omg I wish we could see a pic! 😍
Amen!
There is nothing like vintage (or vintage-feeling) silk!
That’s such a cool “origin story.” Where is the dress now? Have you considered making it into something else to use it in daily life? Or is it getting married on other people?
My understanding is that 99% alcohol evaporates too quickly to truly sanitize. For that, I believe 70% is recommended.
GOOD TO KNOW! thank you
Yes! Came here to say this :)
I came here to make the same comment! Thank you!
Yes, higher percentages are used for repressing.
Microbiologist weighing in here - this is totally correct!! Great addition Yulia :)
I've seen other people do sponsorships with this brand but this is the ONLY channel that I would trust in terms of speaking to the fabric due to your experience with fabric from before.
Agree
Exactly!
Agree!! Now I'm considering buying from the company. I trust Hannah's opinions on this, 100%.
Just here to agree and strongly recommend adding 70% isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle to your vanity if you haven’t already. I’m a nut about it - I also sanitize my skincare bottles at least weekly or whenever I see them with smudges or dust for the reasons Hannah stated. You’ll get hooked on it.
Congrats on your chosen sponsor! The whole topic of acne will forever remind me of my dad, not really understanding acne, asking if I’d tried washing my face to treat it.
Hmm never thought of that dad, thanks.
OH DAD :)
I recommend putting the alcohol in a little spray bottle and using that to sanitize your brushes between full in depth brush washing. It's so easy to just blanket spray everything. It's what I do, it's really helped a lot to keep my brushes clean(er) between washes.
Affordable but good silk has pretty much disappeared over the last 30 years. I was so pleased to find Lilysilk and bought a couple of their blouses this summer…they’re lovely! The tee is a little boxy and needed tailoring but the classic blouse was perfect. Thanks!
Yes, I like to make sure my hands are clean before touching my makeup. I like to use my fingers on my eyes do I feel better knowing I'm sticking my clean fingers in my makeup.
I also make sure to spray my makeup down with alcohol occasionally too.
Another thing is to make sure you keep your hands off your face. My biggest issue with that is when I'm sleeping.
My partner got me a pair of the Lily Silk pajamas for my birthday, and I agree about the quality and thickness. I have been very impressed.
I feel like seeing your polene return is like seeing the same decor in your parents house. Sort of comfy home familiarity. Just tangent thoughts of a random viewer💜
It is exciting when a few simple adjustments can make a noted difference. It isn't always about the actual skincare products that you use. Thank you for sharing your tips and what is working for you.
I have a silk pillowcase too and my cat loves it 🤣
I think it's great that you are benefitting from the changes you are making. I also think seeing a dermatologist would be very important to anyone dealing with acne, as the struggle is quite unique to each person.
Regarding mixing on the hand, I like to either mix in my palm because I find it warmer and easier to wash off or I mix on a metal palette which quickly rinses clean with some soap of any kind and can be sanitized in a dishwasher every so often. My hands are really dry and when i try to mix on the back of my hand I find the makeup likes to sit in the lines on the hand skin and is hard to wash off.
Hydrocolloid bandages are just as good and more affordable!
70% alcohol works best for brushes but not good for nice luxury brushes because it ruins the oils!
I am a side sleeper by nature. It is how I feel most comfortable, but I believe that side sleep contributes to wrinkles and puffiness... Waking from a night of side sleep, I have noticed that the wrinkles between my brows are more pronounced and I get this particularly annoying wrinkle near my chin. When I lie on my back and keep my head straight while I sleep, my face seems to drain better and my face appears more refreshed when I wake up. I have trained myself to sleep on my back. (This is a shout out to my friend Tania who, in high school, did the same thing but it was for a different reason. Back then, she would “do her bangs” at night - they were as very complicated swoop and double winged early nineties vision of loveliness- and she didn’t want to ruin them ). She would lay like a ghost and not move a hair lol. I’m sure the Aussie scrunch spray helped lol. But I remember at that time that I thought I could never do that.. and well here we are. I have now become a back sleeper and it really helps in the fight against wrinkles and water retention. Maybe becoming a back sleeper could help with the acne as well?
Theres no way I could stay to one corner of my pillow. I toss and turn so much I'd have no idea which corner I used lol. Good idea tho!
i was able to diminish my breakouts over this last year. i attribute that success to birth control, differin, and hydrocolloid patches. i wish i had known this recipe sooner, but i am grateful for the relief, as my skin had been a source of very real trauma.
Phones can be a cause for acne on cheeks. I started to put my phone on speaker for talking whenever possible and it has made a lot of difference in my life. I tried sanitizing my phone with sanitizer spray but it got into my incoming speaker and messed it up. So now I just minimise the contact of my phone with my face. And changing phone case regularly also helps. ☺️
I spray a little 70% alcohol onto a dry microfibre cloth and then use that to gently wipe down my phone (and any other surfaces that need sanitising). Rather than spraying directly onto the phone, which isn't recommended for reasons that you know too well lol.
@@anotherlemontree Thank you ☺️
This eyelook is so ethereal and sparkly ! Love it so much
Something I always do is rotate my pillow case every night. Before I lie down I flip it over, and re fluff. It's made such a huge difference to my skin!
Lol I literally put my sheets in the wash and washed my brushes while watching this video! Thanks for the reminder. I honestly don’t use the brushes that much, but I’d been slacking on the pillowcases lately.
Congrats on a really good sponsor! I did a look through and it looks like I'd really enjoy what the company makes 💜
I'm not sure which Alter Ego shadows you used today in your look but the sophisticated glitter and sparkle near your brows matches stunningly with the carame coloured shirt
Cinema Secrets makes makeup brush disinfectant spray and a spot brush cleaner made specially for brushes. So they wont dry them out.
I have a silk pillow case that I bought for my skin/hair and I think it helps. It’s also just super lovely to sleep on!
I had raging hormonal, cystic jawline acne in my late 20s and very early 30s. It was super painful too. Since then I am really a stickler for clean pillowcases, clean hands and tools, not touching my face and double cleansing.
Superrrr great advice!! I’ve wanted a real silk pillow case for so long - considering getting one now!!
drool sleep is the most delicious and most coveted sleep there is
I'm sure this doesn't apply to you, but truly knowing your skin type really helps. I thought I had dry skin so I treated it as dry. I accidently bought a normal to oily face wash and stopped being so dry which really helped with tightness in my skin. I use oil now on my oily face which sounds odd, I know but it cleared up the noncomedonal acne that returned once I started cleansing my face according to skin type.
My cystic/ hormonal acne flares didn't really stop until I stopped consuming to much sugar. I went low carb on my diet and started to drink water and my skin cleared up so much.
Others have posted that 70% IPA is preferable than the higher concentrate. I would also suggest Cinema Secret Makeup Brush Cleanser if yoh want to cleanse it in between uses
I found those patches didn't work for me because they wouldn't stay stuck to me because of my skincare products. I love silk pillowcases and I change my pillowcase in between sheets washings. I'm a diligent brush washer and handwasher. I do like to use a acne face wash in the morning. I lather it up with minimal water and let it sit on my face for 5 minutes, like a acne face mask before rinsing. I also like use a benzoyl peroxide spot treatment and UFO oil.
I’ve tried a lot of Rael’s hygiene products and other items and enjoyed them. I’m very curious about their blemish stickers. I just started on Tretinoin a few weeks ago. The purge phase is almost 🤞🏽 over. No major dryness issues yet but I an buffering when I apply it and in my using it 3 times a week.
Used your Static Nails link, as I’ve been wanting to their the polishes. Thanks for that!💚
Idk abt acne cuz i still have a full face of it but sleeping on my back has helped stop creating wrinkles alll over my face . Because when im lying on my stomach or side my face mushes against the pillow creating lines next to the side of my nose and near my eyes also gave me tmj and it helped so much. Thx for the tips!
I have noticed if I go to long without washing my pillow cases I get breakouts more too. I've been terrible about washing my brushes but I haven't been doing anything but my eyes. Not that not washing eye brushes is great either... but I don't break out on my eye from using my brushes a few times without washing them.
Wait, this is SPONSORED?!!!!! YAY YAY YAY!!!! You deserve to be paid for your hard work! Woohoo!!
I love silk pillowcases sooo much! I have like six I think? I get them from amazon and they’re 100% mulberry silk and affordable. As for cleanliness, I clean my brushes after every. Single. Use. I know that sounds extra, but I only break out hormonally on my chin and jaw around my period and this has really helped 🤷♀️
Same, which is why I’m hesitant to get natural hair brushes even though they’re better for how I put on makeup since they tell you to wash them 2 a month at most
Anything that touches your face should be cean. From brushes, to hair, to scarf/hat etc. If your hair is greasy, or covered in styling products and you sleep with it sticking to your face, that is a problem too. I feel super unfomfortable when I see influencers use their brushes that are sitting on their vanity covered in product from the day before. Or talk about not washing their hair, using oils to style it etc. and then they are surprised that suff that touches their face a lot causes breakouts.
The alcohol is going to def dry out the skin on your hands. Have you considered using a mixing palette?
Great video. I stopped breastfeeding my son a couple of months ago, and since then I’ve been breaking out in hormonal acne as well. It’s so discouraging to deal with. Going to try some of these strategies, as well as the Differin I added to my skincare routine (along with simplifying that routine a lot).
differin has been a game changer for my skin. it has made me SO dry, even a year later, but it has really worked wonders to decrease the severity and frequency of my breakouts.
@@mus1quenonst0p that’s encouraging to hear! I am hopeful.
Just for the title you get my “thumbs up”.:) Beijinhos from Portugal *
I love my silk pillowcase, would definitely recommend it also! And a question, don't you move throughout the night? 😃 Doesn't your face touch other areas of the pillow? No judgement here if you sleep through the night in the same position, just asking because I toss and turn like crazy, there ain't no part of my pillow I don't touch. 😂
Can we mention the nails and shirt combo?? My mind
I’ve thankfully never struggled with acne, but I am aware of the importance of clean makeup tools. I wash makeup brushes every time I use them; it’s just a habit now. It really is awful to watch a beauty video and see someone applying makeup with obviously dirty brushes and laughing about it. I think your strategies sound sensible and I truly hope they make a difference for you. That pillow case sounds divine!
Hannah, be careful with those hydro patches. I saw a doctor expressing a worry that using it too often or using large ones can mess with your skin chemistry.
additionally, cutting sugar and processed food out of my diet was the game changer to my skin
same!
Yes! My face had been so much more clear since I started eating cleaner and ringing more water.
After the spout of similes at 21:20 I’m starting a petition for Hannah to write a poem about acne
i've not struggled with acne but i have had pretty severe eczema on-and-off for my entire life, and it's really flaring up at the minute. this afternoon my doctor told me i should be moisturising my entire body FIVE TIMES A DAY and i have been bitching about how pointless and inconvenient that is, but your little pep talk at the end of this video has convinced me that maybe i should make that effort for a little while at least!
Great sponsorship!😍🙏🏻
Have you ever checked out Dr. Bulsiewicz? He has some amazing talks on UA-cam about the Microbiome. I too am healing my gut and hormones, and yeah - i know you probably get so much advice, but I wanted to let you know 🤩 you look Beautiful as always!
thank you, Mio!
ELF makes a brush cleaning spray
Actually, those blackhead nose pore strips work really well. I've been using them for decades. Any brand will do, even the cheap ones. The blackheads really do stick to them and you can the pull them out. Its very satisfying and indeed a forest of bleakheads is not a bad discription! (I have never seen the commecial though...)
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Wow!! The upclose footage of the scrunchie....but what is the NAILPOLISH? I need ASAP!
it's linked in the description box!
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I thought I’d chime in and say I’ve been a long term acne sufferer due to PCOS. I switched to a ketogenic diet 8 months ago and my skin cleared within a week. I don’t think we realise just how detrimental sugar can be to our skin. Look up acne and ‘insulin resistance’ for more info xx
Hannah: then I sanitize my hands, my fingers, the back of my hands and then nothing goes on my face that isn't absolutely sanitized. i sanitize my brushes and always sleep on a clean pillowcase
*what Britney meant when creating the phrase you better work, bitch*
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