How petroleum jelly is made. Is Vaseline sustainable? | Rewinding Vaseline / Petroleum Jelly
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Petroleum Jelly has been used for over a century and recently it’s been gaining a whole new popularity thanks to TikTok’s skin-slugging trend. With this, the product has been on a hot seat resurfacing the controversies around its environmental impact associated with the source of crude oil and its general safety of it. In this episode of Rewinded, we are aiming to find the answers. #vaseline #slugging #sustainability
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Our new UA-cam show “Rewinding” is a show that educates, entertains, and strives to provide the audience with full traceability of our everyday products. We want to expand how things are made, and retrace all the steps that the product took to reach the customer’s shopping bag. Allllll the way to the raw materials!
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Interview with Dr. Michelle Wong from @LabMuffinBeautyScience
Directed and Scripted by Azra Sudetic
Hosted and Produced by Liah Yoo
Research by Nataley Williams, Liah Yoo
B-roll, Edit and Motion Design by Chase Madsen
Graphic design by Kathyrine Le
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My background: Please note that I'm not a healthcare professional or qualified cosmetic chemist. I do my best to quote credible sources, and bring perspectives from various expertise, and sometimes with the help of our research assistant team. But medical research is complex and I can't guarantee the information on this channel is error-free. So feel free to do your own research according to your skin & health concerns. I always welcome feedback to correct any misleading information. So please take this as entertainment and not as medical information.
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I hope you enjoyed this newly launched show, Rewinding! Please let me know what other products we should rewind in our future episodes.
*clarification: everything we produce on this planet has an environmental impact. to further clarify, the environmental impact was assessed in the boundary of obtaining the raw material compared to its natural alternatives.
Laneige cream skin refiner!
love this!!! can't wait to hear more. also great to know that i was right haha 😂 i was ready for you and dr wong to correct me and i was gonna have to be like, well shit, turns out i don't know what im talking about, but we're all good! lol.
i had forgotten about the history of where it came from though until you said it. i did NOT know that the sealant on fruits and such was petrolatum though!! i know you've done videos about retinol, but i think that would be a really interesting ingredient to learn its history and origins. this also may sounds strange, but the hydrocolloid patches that we all love so much...id love to know more about where they come from and it's environmental impact (as well as why some seem to work better/differently than others). i also think it'd be neat to know more about some items that are classics like the skii essence, shiseido products, neutrogena cleansers, la mers famously overpriced tub of fragrance, ponds cold cream, or noxzema. i also think there are certain ingredients that people often have questions about like lanolin or snail mucin that could be very interesting deep dives...especially historical uses!
id also LOVE to see the full video of your interview with dr wong. you both are fantastic and i've learned so much from you guys. whats even more incredible is that all the things you both have taught me has allowed me to help SO MANY patients as a medical esthetician. in turn, i work hard to educate my patients as well so that they can be more informed consumers, parents, and friends. the ripple effect from both your work is sincerely unfathomable.
sidenote...as someone who is NOT a dr, i would almost always say that i don't think it's my place to criticize professionals in their field...but dr youn really seems to feed the misinformation monster A LOT. and that's all the shade i have for today lol
thank you for everything! i can't wait to see where this series ends up!!
Well, but what about how easy or difficult it ´s to break down in nature aka being bio-degradable? Isn´t that also a point of being inviromental friendly?
I’m definitely tuning in for more.
Thank you so much for having me in this video, it turned out so good! The production quality is amazing!
I just wanted to add one point - natural alternatives usually also aren't free from fossil fuels, since processes like tilling, harvesting, purification, production of fertilisers, irrigation etc. are powered primarily by fossil fuels too. I've been seeing a lot of people say that they don't use petroleum jelly because they don't want their money to go to the oil industry, but unless the alternative has a fully traced LCA, it could well be worse...
Kinda like how EVs are touted as emission-free when the production of their batteries relies on fossil fuel heavy open-pit mining and slave labour in 3rd world countries.
I found your video from a content provider I follow, James Walsh. Your video was very helpful in my decision about whether to follow my dermatologists recommendation for slugging, using a film of Vaseline on my face, to heal my very chapped skin. I had been thinking that a plant based alternative would be just as good, but now I understand that it isn't. 🙏🏽🌟
Thanks for your comment! Natural alternatives have their pros and cons. But Vaseline works just as fine, if not better at acting as an occlusive
I really appreciate the nuanced look at petroleum jelly as a (by)product of a non renewable resource and how we might think about using it without just rejecting it with a knee-jerk reaction. If I may offer a different perspective, I sometimes choose not to use byproducts from an industry I disagree with because I don’t want to make that industry even more profitable.
Go hug a tree because no man will ever love you.
Love this! I'm delighted to see people talking about the *truth* about Vaseline, because I'm so tired of seeing it demonized. I want a more ethical way to buy this thing my skin loves, but I can't find it from anyone who isn't a mega corporation: so-called "eco-conscious" brands and consumers have been taught to hate the stuff! Green washing at its finest.
I can't tell you how grateful I am that you're working to *educate* consumers about the science and doing life cycle analyses on products! It's so much harder to do that work than it is to simply follow the "petroleum bad, plants and glass good" narrative of "clean beauty."
YOU are changing the world, Liah (and Michelle)!!!❤️❤️❤️
Michelle was the biggest contributor to this video for sure. I'm so glad you found this video helpful!! thanks for this comment and would appreciate so much if you could share this with your friends x
Ironically it will come from a corporation anyway. it is produced in refineries as a by product and once clarified and purified, sold on to cosmetics and pharma companies. any small brand will just buy it from a reseller in smaller quantities. so of course pick the company that you want to support, but if it's just jelly, it will be pretty much the same thing regardless of packaging. it has such a long history of use and dermatologists have a good understanding of its properties, I agree it should not be demonized.
@@pohodicka01 I know. That's true for almost all ingredients, and I'm not naive enough to think otherwise.
But a small brand paying employees a fair wage, ethically sourcing their packaging, and attempting to minimize their own carbon footprint is going to be better than supporting Unilever (Vaseline brand).
I'm not just talking about pure Vaseline, though. I'm also talking about using it IN products. CeraVe Healing Ointment is one of my favorite products ever. Unfortunately, CeraVe is owned by L'Oreal, which Nestle has a large stake in. Nestle. One of the worst of the worst. The corporation so evil there's a quarter million people in a subreddit devoted to hating Nestle.
SkinFix's 911 ointment is the closest I've found to what I need, but it just doesn't work as well as CeraVe's for me.
I love the information included in this video. I have used vaseline for my feet and lips before but not anymore. It’s interesting the baseline of vaseline and the lack of information about petroleum for consumers. I am motivated by your hardwork Liah. You are the only content creator I see spending a lot of time doing research to elaborate the youtube videos to bring organic and helpful information. Thank you to you and everyone who contributed to this one! 💚
Wow what a compliment! Thanks for acknowledging our team’s effort. It motivates us to do more awesome work 🌴💜
A very interesting series, I'd love to see more :) I never really liked or used vaseline because of how freakin oily and heavy it is, I cannot imagine covering my face in it
Haha a very sheer coat can do magic but it's definitely not for everyone. Thanks for your comment! x
This was a good change! A lot of skin videos have become quite boring and repetitive now. Was good to watch something more interesting ☺️
More to come! we would really appreciate it if you can share this with your friends! :)
Petroleum jelly is a must have for my dry lips. Other types of lip balm work fine for me, but petroleum jelly is just dirt cheap in comparison. And since my lips get dry often, it makes more sense to buy a small tub of petroleum jelly instead of a small tube of lip balm.
I am a huge fan of petroleum jelly
It helps my dry lips like no others
And I am 100% into this series
Keep it coming, Liah
Thanks so much for the info
Glad you like them! and yes I love PJ on my lips!
Mineral Oil. Strangely, I’ve known for some time how Vaseline is made and have seen it as safe (though not to eat!). However, I’ve felt disturbed by the idea of mineral oil for decades, ever since discovering it’s the stuff marketed as Baby Oil. The notion of putting a petroleum by-product on an infant’s skin seems somehow wrong, but I’ve never really gotten around to investigating it.
Very interesting and important info about the origin and production of petroleum jelly! However, the title/thumbnail are kind of misleading- there was no info about slugging or the effects of petroleum jelly as a facial skincare product? This was misleading. Or did I miss something? (English isn't my first language)
I do touch on the properties of Petroleum Jelly but for specific slugging instructions, I think Doctorly has a great video on it here on YT as well as Dr. Dray :)
Fascinating - love the series concept ❤ the hands of the workers reminds me of SKII story of fermented products. Maybe do a rewind of that too? 🥰
Oh yes, that story is so iconic too!💜
Liah, could you do an educational video on the ingredient EGF? It seems to be gaining popularity in Korea for its anti-aging property, and I am curious to know about how it contrasts and compares to retinoids and other anti-aging ingredients. Thank you always for your research & educational videos!
I will slather Cerave healing ointment on my skin forever
Love this video format!
Great video team. Would be great if this series could have a document of citations on the research your team has done if anyone wanted to do their own further reading.
I wouldn't even listen to a doctor saying that vaseline is bad, because it's been used for 150 years. 150 years vs. a doctor who's probably only lived maybe 40 years.. Remember that doctors doubted the guy who invented it. Education isn't everything; I'd have to hear his reasons for doubting it.
i think part of the appeal of vaseline besides skincare is that it can be used to lube up squeaky door hinges and other mechanical things around the house, so people buy it and think “i could use this for at least something, someday”. it’s considered a home essential
omg!! idk why i didn't use it for the door hinges but i should from now on.
This was very insightful and educational. Thanks Liah for this.
I'm so glad it was! Please share this video with your friends
While I don’t think petroleum jelly itself is bad, Vaseline is owned by Unilever which is a big conglomerate that has a huge carbon footprint. So, that’s why I purchase alternatives when I can’t but I know that’s not a choice everyone can make. I just wanted to point that out
if you don’t mind me asking, what alternatives do you use ? i’d like to look into other options :)
I'm so excited for this new series! I'm a sustainability major in college so I'm always glad to see sustainability related content!
omg yay, Glad you enjoy it! we would really appreciate it if you can share this with your friends! :)
This was a great video on basically what petroleum jelly is, but I wish it also went into long term effects on the skin (we didn’t really talk about slugging at all, which was the title..?) and post-use effects on the environment.
Personally I only use the aloe Vaseline lotion, I use that to soothe hives and burns and it really works, but regular Vaseline like out of the tub makes my skin incredibly dry! So I was wondering about the science of its skincare effects and how best to use it
Petroleum jelly, in and of itself, can’t really moisturize your skin. It can keep your body’s natural moisture from evaporating into the air, but that’s about it. That’s why products like Aquaphor have moisturizers added into them.
When I had a skin graft a couple of years ago, the only thing I was allowed to apply to it while healing was Vaseline. It protected my skin and kept it from drying out but didn’t actually interact with it. It just sat on top providing a protective layer.
@@mirandacoulter888 kinda makes sense why only petroleum jelly would make my skin dry then, I have health issues that make it so my body barely sweats or produces oils so my skin is already dry enough that it’ll flake if you rub it with no lotion on. There’s obviously no moisture to trap there! Haha
Really interesting video! I haven’t been able to find any reputable sources of information about what happens to petroleum jelly after use like biodegradability, impact on waterways, etc. which is my main concern with using it. Did you come across any information on this during your research?
This was such a good video, I use vaseline as my moisturizer because I have eczema, especially on my face, which is super thin due to an overuse of topical steroids I used in the as a teenager. It’s interesting to listen in on the history and learn more about simple products that people commonly use.
I’d love to hear more about Vanicream products? My parents used them on me as a baby but as I got older, I became more drawn to try newer and more variety of products but risked my skin on ingredients I didn’t know of.
This past year, I realized simple is best and I use their conditioner, serborrheic dermatitis shampoo, and facial cleanser so I’d love to hear more on your guy’s end to what you find about this brand!
Also Happy New Year Liah!!!
Vanicream is definitely a solid brand :) but I can see why we get tempted by newness and more aesthetic packaging. And vaseline would be so great for eczema!
Actually, Vanicream doesn’t work well on my eczema and makes it flare up. But eczema is pretty heavily dependent on allergens and my allergies could easily differ from yours
Use CeraVe Healing Ointment on face/neck and Vaseline on body. CHO has a smaller % of petrolatum and added hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid, so excellent for thin + sensitive skin like the face, even your eyelids!(I smear Aquaphor over my eyelids every night instead of expensive eye creams.)
CeraVe moisturizing cream is also a great body moisturizer, and good to alternate between that and Vaseline. My 2 cents. I hope you heal 💛 eczema is the worst
“When properly refined, petrolatum is said to have no known health concerns. However, according some sources, petrolatum is often not fully refined in the US, which means it can be contaminated with toxic chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).”
After a long time, I bought another Vaseline. I realised they changed the formula and after a few use of the new vaseline, it didn't have same effect like previous vaseline. The content had had only petroleum jelly. Now, it has petroleum jelly, BHT and tocopheryl acetate. I don't understand why they changed it.
I am really grateful for this video ❤️🌼
love this video🥰🥰
Loved this video, and I really appreciated you collabing with Michelle. She always does a great job of debunking or confirming “natural is better.”
She’s truly an icon for that!
Love this idea for a new series! Maybe its not your thing anymore but could you do an updated skincare/make up routine? Your skin looks amazing 🤩
I'll do it on my second channel here; ua-cam.com/channels/XEDAyUuAfWBhAjg7EO2WXQ.html
This is such a well-researched video. Love this concept of rewinding, please continue making more. Petroleum jelly is one of my holy grail skincare products!
loved this so much! it’s so interesting to learn the history and process behind such a widely used product :)
it was so enlightening! and fun
Your videos are always so informative and educative. Thank you so much for helping more people including myself to be more conscious consumers
🥹🥹 that was our whole intent! Thanks so much
This is so cool! Like a netflix docu series I would love to marathon ❤
omg one day we'll have a full playlist of the Rewinding series and hopefully Netflix will buy our license haha
Love this video. Learned a lot and the video made me feel like my friend is explaining it to me.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved this! especially the collab with Michelle
She's the GOAT
If you try to recyle the container and it's greasy still inside then it might contaminate the recycling. The amount of resources used to clean the container properly might not be cost or environmentally effect either.
Hey.. Can you do video about lanolin? 😊 Thanks in advance!
Hello, Can you make a video of back acne? I enjoy your video and I recently found you here... I have concern about acne on face, back acne and all types of hair damage so I started watching everything thing and switch some products... But I don't know the cause of my hair fall and dandruff and I didn't find the video on back ance here in your channel and I only understand if you said it. Thankyou so much for the videos it really helping me and I hope to see results soon tysm:)💜
I had back acne for 15 YES 15 years. The only thing that has worked is fragrance free cleanser (no actives) + benzoyl peroxide 5% Acnecide gel followed by any oil free salicylic moisturizer (Neutrogena Clear and Defend or Clean and Clear Dual Action Moisturizer or La Roche Effaclar). After 3 months, my back looks much better. Only scars now, and I'm okay with a few of those.
I tried sluggish with Vaseline and it just caused an allergic reaction on my face
I just watched a hair line that it is called metal detox I really want to understand that ... I know it is not a product itself but I am so curious about that 🙂 thank you Liah for all your so informative videos
Wow can you link me to that?
we luv the concept of this video series, so informative and such good production
so glad!! our team is so happy to hear
The skin is the 3rd lung according to the Chinese medicine
So applying Vaseline will impede the skin from breathing !
love this new content!
Love love explainers like this!! Can you do an episode about edible beauty products? Like edible collagen and does it even work?
My aunt has been slugging for the last 30 years lol. She has dry skin and would put Vaseline on her face. Back then slugging wasn't even a term or a thing.
For sure!
This is Gonna b so Insightful🔥🔥🔥👍n Happy Wednesday😀….
Hope you enjoyed it!
loved this video! what a great way to talk aobut skincare products, i havent seen videos like this before in the skincare youtube space! i for one have never tried slugging -- i cant possibly imagine that covering my face in thick, occlusive goop would do anything good for my acne-prone skin!
it's def not for everyone and it's fair for acne prone skin to approach slugging with caution for sure! x thanks for this comment and we would really appreciate it if you can share this with your friends! :)
So many things are carcinogenic or potentially carcinogenic that I think at this point, we just have to stop demonizing them and learn about them so we can decide what things are worth it for us individually and moderate our exposure for our own lifestyles.
Is ordinary Niacinamide okay for teenager to use .......for stubborn acne marks ?
Great video, can't wait to see more of the series! I'd love to see videos on glycerin (and diglycerin), retinol, AHA and BHA.
i think its slightly excessive and maybe all hype but petroleum is super cheap/amazing
I slug with Aloe or Snail Mucin
Thank you for making the points of 1) natural doesn't necessarily mean good, and 2) that petroleum jelly is so scrutinized, studied, and controlled that is safe... probably safer than essential oils...
True! Glad you found this helpful
True! Glad you found this helpful
petroleum jelly is the only thing that actually helped my dry and dehydrated skin during the winter ~
it really is!
Same for me
But you forgot to explain how they refine it? What do they use? Hexane? Other chemicals?
Before I watch the rest of this video I'll share this: Last winter I had dry and cracked hands. Even expensive water-based products provided me only temporary relief. Finally, I pulled out that five year old container of Vaseline out of the bathroom cupboard and rubbed it in. It gave me a full day relief and actually helped my skin to heal. They say that the inventor of Vaseline was inspired by roughneck oil workers whom he observed had unexpectedly fine and soft hands.
Excellent job🙌
How bout Lucas Paw Paw? Would actually like to know if slugging itself is a go or no-go; but today's video was educational as well
Upon searching, Lucas papaw uses petroleum jelly as a base 😊
@@LiahYoo yepp! But how are the effects of slugging, especially long-term etc 🤔
So, you're (basically) saying that people are rubbing rotten dinosaur juices all over their face?
Mica pls! I’m sure it’s unethical but I keep finding it in so much of my skincare. Seems unnecessary! I don’t want shimmer in my skincare products unless it’s makeup Im using
Vaseline petroleum jelly are two different things. Learn the difference before you go to spreading information. Vaseline is only refined because they put a brand name over it. It has more water in it. As a nurse I recommend just pure petroleum jelly. Don't go to them processed ones
It's often the case that the oldest products are the best. Petroleum Jelly functions as sort of second skin that protects a skin injury from dehydration and abrasion so that it heals much more quickly than if it's left dry to scab over.
The title really got to me. Is vaseline sustainable? I think i'll enjoy my petroleum jelly while its cheap and there's a lot of stock available.
Kind of interesting. But you never really told us HOW it is made. I was hoping it would be a factory visit or something like that. I could have gotten this information in a 30 second google.
Reading through these comments, seems a bit staged. A lot are pretty similar. Wondering if you paid for them… unfortunate if so
cetaphil(moisturizer)
nah cuz it helped me get rid of my acne and acne scars like HOW--
Thank God from kid age to now i never use that bcz i know it's from petroleum waste.
I have dry skin. Petroleum is my life 😅
It's one of the most useful products mankind has ever devised. Period.
Hi Liah I am one of your Korean viewer and you are my one of english teacher Thanks to your video.
I’m using often to “vaseline”.
Fun fact; Vaseline is also famous in Korea. In the military like army, navy and air force etc, if you had a scar on your body, applied vaseline. It works.
Not only using at medical point, also if you shaving beard or trimming your eyebrows or armpit etc, can using vaseline can protect your skin from blades.
Thx to your video and vaseline❤
that Europeans at 0:37 felt personal🤣like we are some neanderthals; srry just kidding
Can you be allergic to petroleum jelly? I think I might be.
6:14 but what about when people take showers or wash it off? Doesn’t it impact the environment in this way?
I love this idea, with back up to the information too making it reliable. thank you for providing us with amazing information and content!!
I will never stop using vase line and glycerin. Very cheap and efficient.
Ooooo...fancy graphics! I love them!
Thank you 😊😊
Michelle is a valuable resource.
She truly is 🥹
I loved your video, I’m a geologist and I found your explanations very clear and easy to digest!❤
I appreciate it!
Such a great video!! Can’t wait for the next. TY James Welsh for flagging this gem 💎
Gotta thank James 😍💜
me watching this with my petrolium jelly
한국어 자막도 달아주시면 감사하겠습니다… ㅠㅠ
Crude oil is not 🦕. It is different.
the origin story of petroleum is oddly similar to the origin story for sk-ii… 🤣
haha right?!! all these chemists are looking at peoples hands lol
This was SO informative and interesting and I hope I can see more videos from you and LabMuffin in the future. However, I am cackling at CHEESE-bourough.
Because it's occlusive effect , I think it's comedogenic !
Naturally it's not, but I find after a few days it will block me up, but then again everything does
@@Zombie101
Try the aloe vera gel without chemicals, it's really totally absorbed in magical way ! beside it's nutritional effect
We now have that plastic jar in Sweden, but Vaseline used to be in a yellow metal canister.
Oh interesting! I wonder why they changed it
The yellow metal canister is still available to buy in Sweden.
@@LeungWong I haven't seen it in a while, only the plastic one. 🙂
@@annajohansson7116 quite many in the local Citygross here, and you can also find it in all e-shop pharmacies ;)
Some users who apply it on their faces say that they got facial skin darkening !
I think that it's due to vasline-photo reaction !
Can it be the low quality of vasline which drive such reaction ?!! Or it really happen even with high quality one ?
I've always wondered about this! Thank you!
That's an interesting thought! Awareness is really important, thanks for sharing this! :)
Dr Youn might be a skilled surgeon, but I would not trust his foray into the skincare world.
I want to slug but I get milia so easily😭😭
It’s not for everyone!
This is so educational! Luv this.
Love the video and looking forward to the series. Would also like to see parabens, sulfates, aluminum (deodorant), sunscreen, and silicones for future videos.
very high quality content. thank you!
I subscribed 😊
love this new series cant wait to see more
Thanks Ellie! 🥹 be sure to share it with anyone who’d love this show!
This was so informative! Thank you!
You're so welcome! we would really appreciate it if you can share this with your friends! :)
How interesting!! Can’t wait for more in this series! I have personally never even tried petroleum jelly because I was always an “eco freak” and believed all the greenwashing stuff but since a couple of years I’m much more relaxed after learning from great people like you and Michelle 😊💛 I need to ask someone who uses that jelly so I can try it and see what the hype is about 😂