Welp I just ordered from scent bird and I’d show you the scents, the first two are citrusy floral Perfumes and next months scents will be a couple of colognes I want to try.🖤🖤🖤🖤
Court, this drives me home, hard. I had the toughest time during middleschool because my face was riddled with zits, blackheads and all that. Being in a middleschool here in Mexico where most of the kids we're white skinned, I was bullied daily because I was the "ugly brunette with acne". Things like depression, stress, and feelings like these were not really an "important thing" back when I was a teenager so I had basically to put up with it. Today my acne is completely gone, and looking back, I'm glad that happened to me because it made me accept my own self no matter what. Thank you for sharing this with all of us and being so open about it. One can only hope this raises awareness towards body shaming in some way. Love yourselves, people! You're awesome Courtney! Oh, and snails are mollusks apparently!
Hey Courtney, I appreciate your transparency. I wanted to let you know that although skincare products with snail secretion or mucin are not inherently vegan, the process in which the secretion is collected is not cruel to the snails. If the snails are stressed out, then a toxin actually gets released alongside the mucin which ruins the byproduct which then can not be used when formulating the this ingredient into a product. So not completely vegan but cruelty free!
I love how you’re ok with a little acne showing up now because you know it’s not the end of the world, and it’ll pass. I had terrible picking issues and was so worried as a teen that I was horrifying, now it’s like “yeah I’m a human… this will go away in a week or so” You’re Gorgeous!!! ❤
This hit hard. It's one of those things that no one can really understand unless they've been through it themselves. To add to the struggles mentioned, one of my biggest things was the fear of being seen as superficial or shallow for being so bothered by my own acne and skin problems. This lead to me feeling really alone while I had to deal with it and being too frightened to ask for help (especially with the money aspect of it in terms of products and treatments). It was only until I got older that I got to tackle it. But how I wish my teenage self didn't have to go through all that alone.
They make me feel so much better about myself with every video that they put out because they deal with their issues completely and totally, and then share with us what they did to overcome them, and it gives me hope that one day I will be fully comfortable in my own skin.
It's worth mentioning that the snails are not harmed when snail mucin is extracted from them. At least some companies do it in a cruelty-free way. Don't feel guilty for using animal products, the snails are safe and unharmed, and they are just chilling with no predators and a nice life span, and at the same time they produce some nice products. It's a win-win.
Ugh I just love you ❤ Your vulnerability/openness about gender, sexuality, and even acne (all things I’ve been struggling with for years) have made me feel less alone. ❤️
I relate SO HARD. I had pretty clear skin all through high school but started getting really bad acne around last year. When you've spent 18 years not having to worry about your skin it's so confusing to experience cystic acne and feeling so self conscious about your own face all the time 😭
Its feels surreal coming back to this video a couple weeks later after watching Lets do This on Smosh. Cause now there is context to what the FaceTime call from Ian was about
just hugged my pc and almost cried with this ending, i've been strugling with acne for years and is so nice to see someone i admire talk abt their experience with it luv u court
okay, thank you so much??? I actually bought the makeup cleaner and snail slime cosmetics you repped. It was shocking how much makeup wiped off my brushes, but even more surprising was how well the snail cream hydrated my face. I've tried EVERYTHING - expensive Kiehls products, Aquaphor (which redditors swore by), baby lotion, many other korean moisturizers, etc. Some stuff worked for a little while, but it was either too expensive to use long term or didn't produce results I wanted. Some stuff was too light (woke up with skin dry) and others too thick (clogged pores and caused more acne). I've been using the snail slime for a week now and my skin feels soft when I wake up. I live in a desert area so that is saying a LOT. I also had a bad acne scar area from covid maskne + bad scratching habits for over 1.5 years (also flared up during hormonal cycles). Pimple patches helped me stop scratching, and the snail slime helped hydrate the area so it no longer flaked and ripped. I can actually cover it up with minimal make up now, and similarly to what you said, I only need to apply makeup to problem spots now. thank you SO much for being honest about these products 😭 i was here to find tea about your april fools announcement, but found these amazing tips instead :') you earned this follow for sure!!
This video was NOT boring!!! It may not make sense to you but your fans genuinely care about you, and you are a wonderful speaker, this video was great 🥰
Currently going through acne treatment right now. My face wasn’t bad until recently. The breaking point was when someone looked at my face and straight up asked what happened to it 😅
You’re amazing, Courtney! I had to deal with acne all throughout high school and college and it’s left me with some very noticeable scars. Knowing that you’ve been through it too and are as beautiful as you are definitely gave me a bit of a boost. I’ve come to appreciate you and your content more than words in any UA-cam comment can describe. So thank you!
As someone who has had to deal with eczema on their face, there is definitely some overlap in experiences with acne, especially regarding insecurities and not wanting to be infront of an audience at times so I'm so glad that you made this video because it really hits home (as multiple people are saying).
ive watched a lot of smosh over the years, and I've never noticed Courtney having any acne. watching this really made me feel better about my own acne, wearing more makeup than my friends, not washing my face at sleepovers, and yeah feeling like I was an eye sore.
Only you can be so very real and honest, but so brave and encouraging simultaneously. You are truly a gem and blessing upon the world. Thank you for being you.
I've gone through all your videos and honestly, this is my favourite. I think its very impactful when celebrites or social media persona talks openly about these normal problems. It gives you the confidence that you, yourself are depriving yourself of. I mean, i'm still going thru my difficult phase of terrible acne, and its mainly because of my health condition. I've had it go and come back for 6 years and it's so crazy to think how rude, mean, cruel i am to myself. Like you said, i would never think like that about anyone i love or know. But i do think so low about myself, i want to just scrap off my face skin and place a new one. It gets too painful and itchy that it makes me so sad. But ive been learning to love myself. Think positive and also actively be nice to myself. Change my thoughts.
From my pov as a viewer that have watched a lot of your videos from 2016_till now it fascinates me how I didn't notice anything until this video , and even though we have this awareness that people around us don't care about our insecurities as much as we do we still stress about their opinion
Eczema + ichthyosis dude over here. Thanks for sharing, I’ve felt the same way in the past (repulsive due to the medical condition) so I feel understood in a sense. On a more practical topic, sea water is known to help with some skin issues (at least one of mine), and as Courtney says, being ok mentally is super important. To her is loving and accepting herself, to me is discipline and consistency… but in the end, what I’ve learnt is that these health problems force us to grow in painful but amazing ways and, in a really twisted way, we could say we’re lucky for having them, because we become better due at least in part to them. Keep it up all of you, whatever you’re going through ✌🏻
I'm actually going through a tough time with my skin right now, and I feel like mental health really affects it and gets you stuck in a loop of self-hate. Watching videos like this helps me feel like I'm not alone so thank you Courtney! Love your beautiful face and soul!
I'm currently going through HRT, and dealing with cystic acne for the first time in my life at the age of 28. I really appreciate you making this video, as a fellow queer person around the same age. It really means a lot to see you talk about the same sort of thing I'm going through.
Thank you, Courtney, once again, for being real with us and showing us that anybody can have self-image issues and even someone we perceive as beautiful can have the same self-esteem problems most of us have. It truly is a world in which each of us keep being bombarded with ad after ad promoting unreal standards, and you're totally right. We should challenge that. I truly hope that you keep being kind to yourself and thank you for being honest and sincere about everything. We love you for who you are, never forget that.
I have NEVER thought you looked bad ever. Just so you know I have never looked at your old videos and thought anything was wrong with your skin at all. I always thought you were stunning ❤️❤️
this is the first solo video i've watched of you, ever, and it was truly a remarkable experience. the end there especially truly hit home.. it's 2:30 a.m. on a monday and i need to be up for work soon but here i am sobbing
I don't know if an other comment has already told you or not but the snails aren't tortured to make these products (most brands). They try and do it in an as cruelty free way possible. Stressing the snails out and getting the mucin that way makes it bad quality mucin. Doctorly has a video about this that you can check out. Hope this make you feel less guilty about using it💖
Havent been able to watch it, but just from the title I can tell this is going to be a very intimate and personal and difficult video so I wanted to show my support! Thank you for talking about all of this, especially when its such a vulnerable subject to broach I'm sure ^^ Sending love to everyone dealing with this stuff, to you Courtney, and to others who maybe are also worried about things that may not be the exact same but similar (like myself)
Bro I love how soft Courtney's voice was during the ad, also thank you for making this video, I struggle with acne and to know someone I look up to has struggled with it to and overcome has given me alot of comfort.
this is so inspiring! ive been struggling a lot lately w my skin, and my confidence because of it, but hearing how someone who i think is so beautiful felt the same way i do really makes me not feel so hopeless about it!!
Thank you so much for being vulnerable and sharing. I didn't start getting acne until I was 26, so I was totally bewildered and didn't know what to do about it. I've never been much of a makeup wearer and sometimes I feel like everyone is staring at my acne. But you're right, we do the best we can to get rid of it, but ultimately what we need to do is face our own attitudes about how we look and who we are.
this was so incredibly helpful, i’m a teen dealing with acne, not nearly as severe as yours was but i have stubborn black heads and clogged pores on top of acne. so seeing this and seeing someone i look up to deal with the things i’m dealing with now and overcoming them, is really inspiring and brings more confidence that i can also get through this and that i can love myself no matter what. thank you again.
Thank you so much for posting this, I’m an actor working on expanding my resume and developed really aggressive cystic acne when I was 22 and just finished acutane a bit ago, but I’m still working on skin texture and fading scars, but also just being comfortable in my skin and embracing them. Thank you so much for this, much love to you Courtney 💕
I’m still dealing with acne now. I am a senior in high school and not to long ago a classmate told me that it looked like mountains on my forehead. Then today I was just crying and crying because I hate the way I feel when people look at me. So, I came back to this video and look at these comments because it’s comforting knowing that I’m not the only one who feels that way and experienced this. It I am very scared to start accutane because of my past states of mental health so I have been looking into other solutions. I hope that everything works out but thank you and I really appreciate you for making this video and being so open (:
Sending you so much love! I adjusted my birth control in 2021 and that gave me worse acne than I had as a teenager. in December, I finally got a prescription that's been helping and my face is almost back to how it used to be. I used to post my makeup looks online but struggling with my skin made me stop wanting to do that. :/ Thank you for sharing your journey with us!
Honestly, I know how devastating having bad skin is (when you talked about scrubbing your face!!!!!!! SAME!!!!!!!) but seeing celebrities and influencers with either acne, or cellulite, or body hair makes me feel SO much better about myself. It means my body is normal, and the internet is just not a realistic reflection of how most people actually look like. So whenever I managed to spot your acne in videos (and truly, it was not that often, which means you were probably so insecure about it that it was the only thing you'd see) it actually felt like I could finally breathe.
Tysm for sharing this! I've been struggling with acne and it started the same way as yours. For some reason, it's been so hard for me to control it to the point where I would try many products like you. I'm still struggling rn but hopefully I find the right product
I'm a big believer in the mental effecting the physical. You can literally worry yourself sick sometimes. Stress and low self esteem are something everyone struggles with, whether you're just some guy, or acting in videos seen by millions. The wild thing is, as you said, once you get into a good place mentally, even if the physical stuff doesn't improve, you care less anyways. Seems like you're in a great spot physically and mentally right now, and it sounds like it was hard won. Congrats, you certainly deserve it. We all do really. We've each just gotta figure that out first.
Really appreciate your vulnerability. Mine started after highschool and honestly, I'm still dealing with adult acne. It's hormonal and a side order of dermatillomania isn't exactly helpful, my journey is still ongoing but it's better than it used to be. It's been complicated by birth control not being an option for me and chronic illnesses (etc...) but we're getting closer to an answer. Being in my 30s though, I thankfully don't let it get me down and feel way more comfortable in my own skin. So yeah, thank you for this platform.
tysm for making this vid courtney. i'm dealing with a mental issue myself rn and acne was a really big part of my insecurities. even though logically i know it's hormonal and the hormones connects with my mental health and my own perception of myself, it still makes me FEEL bad. so this video is very relatable to my own situation and i agree wholeheartedly with what you said. ily court
Dude changing my sheets and pillowcases _frequently_ was a huge eye opener when I was growing up with face & body acne. It literally had never occurred to me that it could be a factor.
In high school I had this obsessive fear that my makeup had worn off and would constantly check and touch it up. I was always late because I couldn’t leave the house until everything was hidden. It made me feel such awful shame, and it was exhausting and demoralizing to be so hyper-focused on it all the time. My skin is much better now - spironolactone was what worked for me. But I still have a lot of redness and scarring, so I’ll definitely try what you recommended! (Sorry snails.) Acne is a source of shame for so many people and part of that is not hearing others talk openly about it. Thank you for being brave!
Thank you for being vulnerable with us and facing those painful memories to share your story. I'm glad you're doing better internally and I truly appreciate your sharing this.
Was great to finally see you expand on this topic. I always knew it must have been very difficult for you to manage especially considering your job. Except dealing with makeup, everything you talked about was still very relatable as a guy. Trying and obsessing over every imaginable different remedy, all the ways you felt about yourself, and how it bleeds into every aspect of interacting with people and just being a human in the world. As you said though, we are our own worst critics and just stewing in the self-hatred probably does more harm than even we realize. Thanks for sharing Courtney!
I appreciate you showing your skincare journey I think your perfect in every way no matter what I will support and love you forever your amazing incredible your beautiful with or without make up a natural beauty ❤️💚❤️🥰🥰❤💚❤
Also love that you shared the timescale it took. I think there’s a lot of pressure to need to have things like this (and even other things you’ve been open about like sexuality/gender) figured out when you are a teen or young adult but it just doesn’t happen for some of us that quickly. It’s really frustrating especially when it’s a medical issue, but it typically isn’t something that reflects on your effort level or personality, when it can feel like it does. I still haven’t quite figured out these things and I’m older than you, so I hope younger people watching can realise it isn’t on them if it takes them some time too. I probably sound very outdated but oh well!
I relate to this SO BAD. I was always backing out of events, photos and just simply hanging out with people solely because I'd have a new acne breakout episode every week back through school and college. Figured out it was hygiene issues and my dirty fingers VERY late, around the same time I got into Smosh. I still have that snail cream screenshotted from your IG story cause like you I was all over the internet just trying to find some sort of cure, reason and also validation that all this was normal and did not define us 😭 Thanks for being so vulnerable and hitting home yet again Court ❣
I was wondering do you still have the name of the snail cream, and if so would you be willing to share it? At this point, I feel like I have tried everything to get rid of painful acne, and nothing has provided much of a result, and I'm open to some different options to test out!
Thank you for sharing this. I currently have acne and as an adult, it has kind of hindered my life.. this video was an eye opener. I didn't realize some of the things that was probably making it worse (not cleaning the pillowcase often, definitely not drinking enough water, etc.) We are definitely our own worst enemies for sure...I am gonna change my habits and hope that it works because I want to feel confident in my own skin.
thank you so much for posting ths. i have been dealing with acne for the past 10 years. i always thought my acne would go away once i finished puberty but now i have hormonal adult acne that will last for weeks and leave red scars even if i don’t mess with them. i’ve tried going on birth control but it made no difference. i’m in the process of trying to figure this out but i can’t help but feel so ugly sometimes. This video made me feel less alone and like i’m an abnormally. This gave me hope that i will figure this out and have clear skin again too, i just have to be kind to myself through it.
You are a unique and beautiful person. You are full of kindness and very worthy of love. Glad you're giving more of it to yourself and focusing less on others POV. Acne or not you've been gorgeous all along.
i think courtney is beautiful tbh shes kind of my celebrity crush lol i started watching smosh because of her and now my favorite is her shayne and damien :)
Snails are arthropods. This group consists of shellfish, insects, arachnids, and, well, snails. And, about the product, I mean if they're just collecting the slime from the snails without harming them, it's really no different from farmers and dairy cows. If it's helping you, keep using it, girl
I actually watched an Insider Business video about snail farms a few months ago and from what I remember, they extract the slime by spritzing the snails with salinated water (salt water) which is excruciatingly painful for them so I'm not sure if you're wholly right about the process being harmless.
@@mariarcega1846a few companies that extract snail mucin tend to use steam, sort of like a sauna for snails. so not all snail farms hurt the snails thankfully 😊
In Italy, for example, snail mucin is extracted by immersing the snails in a special steam bath that acts like a spa for snails. The snails are not harmed in this process.
This was super helpful to watch and helped me realize I’m not along on my skincare journey and that it does get better. I really appreciate you being open with your viewers like this
Thank you so much for sharing your skin journey and being so vulnerable about it❤️It makes me so happy to see how much you’ve grown into who you are now. Seeing how comfortable you are in your own skin, career, sexuality, and gender is so wonderful🥺💞 sending you so much love!
I'd love more "boring" videos from you! The way you talk is so educational and satisfying... Need another video or podcast of you just talking about random stuff :)
I know you helped a lot of people with this video. Learning to see ourselves as valued outside of what anything society or even our own circles try to tell us is a difficult journey. I'm so happy for you that you found what worked for you!
You sharing your stories with openness and vulnerability is honestly refreshing 🥺 Thank you for being you 🥺 We should be kinder to ourselves, I needed to hear this today 🥰🥺
This was so amazing to watch. My acne definitely added to my social anxiety, and hearing you work through this really healed my inner child. Love you court
I really connect to this whole acne thing. When you said "I could feel my acne staring back at" whoever you were talking to, i became so uncomfortable aware of my own face. I thankfully don't have cystic acne in my face, but I have it since my teens and its just not leaving. I have it on my back and chest very badly too, to the point that I don't really go swimming at all or change in front of people, because I'm so uncomfortable with myself. I've come a long way, but theres still a long way to be gone. Thank you so much for sharing this. Love ya
I know I'm not here right as this is coming out but I just want to say I'm glad that you decided to be vulnerable with this video because it shows all of us that these influencers we watch also have the same (or similar) struggles that we, as viewers, go through. This type of content is truly the type of content that I think we all appreciate because having such vulnerability from someone we look up to is so heartwarming. I'm glad that you shared your experiences :)
watching this video helped me a lot. i’m struggling a lot with acne and how i feel about myself. you truly helped me a lot with my self esteem. thank you
Currently going through acne like never before cause of some medical stuff, and honestly this video made me feel so much better, I have always looked to you for fashion inspiration so to hear you went through this too makes me feel so much less alone wow
You're so real for this Courtney. I had a very similar journey around the same age as you and I felt every feeling you talked about. tbh it was some of my lowest lows ever and mostly I remember just how mentally draining it was to be constantly worrying about how my skin looked like. I was so sad and exhausted. After years of trying different stuff and nothing working I think it was just a post puberty hormonal mess and once my hormones calmed down I got better and now I'm at a point where I don't even think about it anymore, which at my worst I never thought would be possible. Thank you for being so genuine in your videos! The vibes, as always, are immaculate
Thank you so much for this open and honest video about this kind of topic, I appreciate it so much, and I am so glad that you're feeling much better being you! I will be sharing this with my partner, who has been looking for more potential acne solutions, and I'm hopeful your parting message will be as inspiring to her as it was to me! Take care, Courtney and thank you again!!
being the only person in my 20s in my friend group that still has acne it has been so inspiring to see you so comfortable in your own skin and to see someone i look up to so much be this way has made me more comfortable in myself and accepting my face without makeup and still feeling confident thank you so much for this video
Thank you for sharing you journey in such detail and openness. I’ve struggled with acne since middle school but had my first major breakout in my senior year of high school, it continued for months and needless to say it was detrimental to my self confidence. I didn’t even want to look at myself in the mirror or people in the eyes at times for over a year. I saw my pediatrician at that time and was prescribed retinol and topical clindamycin which helped a lot. I’m now 22 and still experience occasional breakouts but nothing massive where huge pimples covered half of my face like I had in high school. I now see a dermatologist regularly and hopefully one day I’ll finally be acne free 🥺
I won hundred percent relate to this video. Growing up I was always told I have acne and rosacea. My skin was absolutely terrible and I tried everything. It took me 25 years to find a dermatologist that finally told me all I have is rosacea. They put me on a remedy and my skin cleared up in about two weeks. The feeling of being able to leave my house without make up was cathartic.
I’m at work while watching this and I’m trying not to cry. I’ve dealt with my acne since high school and I am now a 23, almost 24, year old. I don’t have a LOT of acne, but my acne hurts so much it makes me nauseous. It makes me feel gross, like there’s a mountain on my face that is ready to explode. It’s not that I feel ugly, but like there’s something wrong with what I’m doing. I’ve tried so many medications and I’m running out of options before Accutane and I also don’t want to deal with the side effects. I will be looking into the products you mentioned in this video, but learning how to be confident despite what my face looks like is still a work in progress. Thank you, Courtney!
Courtney, thank you SO much for posting this video. As someone who has struggled and continues to struggle with acne since a young age, discovering the source of the problem has been a years-long journey that has yet to reach its end. It’s comforting and affirming to hear your story and what worked for your skin, especially as I’m someone who really struggles with hormonal acne and sensitive skin (which also stems from a dairy sensitivity). I’ve just dipped into Korean skincare and am seeing a difference. I am taking notes from this video to apply to myself. Thank you again for being so vulnerable! ♥️
ok It makes me feel so good to hear you also dealt with this because I had/am having this exact experience. I rarely had acne or broke out until around the time i graduated high school. I had such awful acne it genuinely destroyed my self esteem. The description of wanting to scrub your face off is so acurate as I had that exact feeling. In fact every single experience and feeling you mentioned i felt myself.
seriously thank you for this video. i've been struggling a lot with my body image lately and this really made me feel seen. it's hard to not let insecurities control you but this kinda served as a reminder that confidence and loving yourself does more than any treatment could. ♥♥♥
Obsessed with this outlook on the topic of acne. I've had super bad bumps like all across my nose for a while now and things haven't helped (everything that's been prescribed gives me an allergic reaction), but over the course of it I've learned to accept myself as I am. I love how you showed that yes, you should accept and love yourself unconditionally, but that it's also not always going to be a linear process and that you gotta stick by yourself through it
I feel this so hard. I started getting acne around 16, and it took about a decade to finally get it under control. I did all of the same terrible things in the early days. Rough exfoliators, powerful astringents, harsh cleansers, and cheap makeup. It was so hard on my self-esteem, which was already not great. It's hard to learn to love yourself. Thank you for sharing your journey. ❤️
tell me why this made me sob😭 the way you talk about feeling during all of this was exactly how i felt getting acne in my mid-20s and still trying to get rid of scars now.. i hate knowing other people were as mean to themselves as i was❤️ thank you for posting this
I want to say 1000 percent genuinely thank you for sharing your experience/journey in this video alone it really helped me think differently and feel more comfortable in my own skin , I have also struggled with acne for many years now and until seeing this video I’ve never actually heard words that have made me feel better about myself, also your content makes me feel better and makes me want to be better as well, thank you so much for believing in yourself and others, and thank you for being so vulnerable online
Thank you for sharing your journey. This is something that really resonates with me so much. I delt with really bad cystic acne for over 2 years. It actually put me in the hospital at one point. I felt the same as you. Feeling so ashamed at how I looked and would stay home from work because of it. I'm finally in a better place with my skin and I'm so happy that you are too! We are all beautiful in our own skin! ❤
This is amazing. I have also been on an acne journey for the majority of my life. I chose to do Accutane. One treatment in 2014, and a second in 2019 because my cystic acne was just too persistent. Even though my acne was largely gone, lockdown in 2020 genuinely helped me get re-acquainted with my makeup free face. I can't even articulate how freeing it is to be makeup free on a night out now and not feel like I'm somehow a burden on the eyes of those around me. My clean faced cuteness is my favorite look now! I feel like I look like a smooth faced alien with foundation on. I could never have imagined feeling like this 4 years ago.
The fact that your first ever Smosh skit involved you being swiped left for how different a photo-shopped picture looked to the character you were playing is ironic! It is wonderful to see how you have grown to love yourself more and obviously how Smosh has grown to seem like a much more healthy and lovely team once out of the Defy hands which seemed to prioritize/sexualize the looks of its cast much more. You seem to be a really great person Courtney and I appreciate your positive influence :)
I wasn't watching Smosh during that era and tried to go back and watch some stuff. I didn't like it at all. It seemed weird, forced and overly sexual at times. And I know that was no fault to the cast. I'm much happier with their improved quality videos now.
Thank you for sharing this! I saw my aunt experience really intense acne throughout her teenage years and I know it was really tough for her and I know I have days where I really hate on my skin. I'm also really bad at cleaning my makeup brushes so I was really excited to hear about the quick dry cleaner you use, I just ordered some to try it out for myself!
Hey Courtney, found this the other day and I have to say that ever since seeing this I've found that watching any of the older videos (I'm a newer smosh fan so I get recommended all sorts) where I can tell you were going through this stuff just makes me appreciate that you kept at it even more. You've been one of my favourite cast members since I started watching, and you've only trended upwards since I saw this. Thanks for sharing.
gosh when courtney says the real problem was how they were viewing themselves..... that hit me like a brick in the face. It's so difficult to be kind to yourself sometimes. my acne has always made me feel ugly. I've always just "wanted to look normal".
This was such an encouraging video to watch, literally thank you so much for this. I’ve dealt with hormonal acne for years now. It’s better than what it was, but I’m still embarrassed by it and I get so upset over it. Seeing someone as yourself so vulnerable about your own skin is incredibly encouraging. I love and appreciate you so much ♥️♥️
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Thank you for uploading this type of content, although it may be something it makes you feel vulnerable, you are helping many people Courtney ❤️
Court, this drives me home, hard. I had the toughest time during middleschool because my face was riddled with zits, blackheads and all that. Being in a middleschool here in Mexico where most of the kids we're white skinned, I was bullied daily because I was the "ugly brunette with acne". Things like depression, stress, and feelings like these were not really an "important thing" back when I was a teenager so I had basically to put up with it. Today my acne is completely gone, and looking back, I'm glad that happened to me because it made me accept my own self no matter what. Thank you for sharing this with all of us and being so open about it. One can only hope this raises awareness towards body shaming in some way. Love yourselves, people! You're awesome Courtney!
Oh, and snails are mollusks apparently!
Strangely enough, so are octopuses, squid, and slugs!
that builds some confidence for the people who read this, thank you. Also, cool fact!
Hey Courtney,
I appreciate your transparency. I wanted to let you know that although skincare products with snail secretion or mucin are not inherently vegan, the process in which the secretion is collected is not cruel to the snails. If the snails are stressed out, then a toxin actually gets released alongside the mucin which ruins the byproduct which then can not be used when formulating the this ingredient into a product. So not completely vegan but cruelty free!
😃❤ Thank you for this piece of information 🙏 I was wondering if that were the case.
I love how you’re ok with a little acne showing up now because you know it’s not the end of the world, and it’ll pass. I had terrible picking issues and was so worried as a teen that I was horrifying, now it’s like “yeah I’m a human… this will go away in a week or so” You’re Gorgeous!!! ❤
This hit hard. It's one of those things that no one can really understand unless they've been through it themselves. To add to the struggles mentioned, one of my biggest things was the fear of being seen as superficial or shallow for being so bothered by my own acne and skin problems. This lead to me feeling really alone while I had to deal with it and being too frightened to ask for help (especially with the money aspect of it in terms of products and treatments). It was only until I got older that I got to tackle it. But how I wish my teenage self didn't have to go through all that alone.
i feel sooo seen by this comment. thank u
They make me feel so much better about myself with every video that they put out because they deal with their issues completely and totally, and then share with us what they did to overcome them, and it gives me hope that one day I will be fully comfortable in my own skin.
It's worth mentioning that the snails are not harmed when snail mucin is extracted from them. At least some companies do it in a cruelty-free way. Don't feel guilty for using animal products, the snails are safe and unharmed, and they are just chilling with no predators and a nice life span, and at the same time they produce some nice products. It's a win-win.
Ugh I just love you ❤ Your vulnerability/openness about gender, sexuality, and even acne (all things I’ve been struggling with for years) have made me feel less alone. ❤️
I relate SO HARD. I had pretty clear skin all through high school but started getting really bad acne around last year. When you've spent 18 years not having to worry about your skin it's so confusing to experience cystic acne and feeling so self conscious about your own face all the time 😭
Its feels surreal coming back to this video a couple weeks later after watching Lets do This on Smosh. Cause now there is context to what the FaceTime call from Ian was about
just hugged my pc and almost cried with this ending, i've been strugling with acne for years and is so nice to see someone i admire talk abt their experience with it
luv u court
okay, thank you so much??? I actually bought the makeup cleaner and snail slime cosmetics you repped. It was shocking how much makeup wiped off my brushes, but even more surprising was how well the snail cream hydrated my face. I've tried EVERYTHING - expensive Kiehls products, Aquaphor (which redditors swore by), baby lotion, many other korean moisturizers, etc. Some stuff worked for a little while, but it was either too expensive to use long term or didn't produce results I wanted. Some stuff was too light (woke up with skin dry) and others too thick (clogged pores and caused more acne).
I've been using the snail slime for a week now and my skin feels soft when I wake up. I live in a desert area so that is saying a LOT. I also had a bad acne scar area from covid maskne + bad scratching habits for over 1.5 years (also flared up during hormonal cycles). Pimple patches helped me stop scratching, and the snail slime helped hydrate the area so it no longer flaked and ripped. I can actually cover it up with minimal make up now, and similarly to what you said, I only need to apply makeup to problem spots now.
thank you SO much for being honest about these products 😭 i was here to find tea about your april fools announcement, but found these amazing tips instead :') you earned this follow for sure!!
Where did you buy the snail cream?? I’m not sure where to get it and I’m tired of my acne and I also live in a desert area so my skin is dryyy thanks!
This video was NOT boring!!! It may not make sense to you but your fans genuinely care about you, and you are a wonderful speaker, this video was great 🥰
Currently going through acne treatment right now. My face wasn’t bad until recently. The breaking point was when someone looked at my face and straight up asked what happened to it 😅
that is rough. i wish you the best of luck, and trust me, acne is totally normal and can be beautiful.
@@sillymonkey111 My friend once said “Jesus had acne”
@@allisonpopick6139 YUHHHH
@@allisonpopick6139 Jesus was perfect. I don't think he had acne 😭
@@summersomehowwacne is perfect, it’s societal beauty standards that say it’s not
You’re amazing, Courtney! I had to deal with acne all throughout high school and college and it’s left me with some very noticeable scars. Knowing that you’ve been through it too and are as beautiful as you are definitely gave me a bit of a boost. I’ve come to appreciate you and your content more than words in any UA-cam comment can describe. So thank you!
As someone who has had to deal with eczema on their face, there is definitely some overlap in experiences with acne, especially regarding insecurities and not wanting to be infront of an audience at times so I'm so glad that you made this video because it really hits home (as multiple people are saying).
ive watched a lot of smosh over the years, and I've never noticed Courtney having any acne. watching this really made me feel better about my own acne, wearing more makeup than my friends, not washing my face at sleepovers, and yeah feeling like I was an eye sore.
i actually cried at the end. i’ve never felt so connected to something so much!!! thank you for sharing your experience courtney ❤
thank you for being so vulnerable. we hear, feel, and see you🖤
Only you can be so very real and honest, but so brave and encouraging simultaneously. You are truly a gem and blessing upon the world. Thank you for being you.
The “Courtney Miller uploaded:…” always brings me happiness 🥺
And thank you for sharing this journey, Courtney ❤
I've gone through all your videos and honestly, this is my favourite. I think its very impactful when celebrites or social media persona talks openly about these normal problems. It gives you the confidence that you, yourself are depriving yourself of. I mean, i'm still going thru my difficult phase of terrible acne, and its mainly because of my health condition. I've had it go and come back for 6 years and it's so crazy to think how rude, mean, cruel i am to myself. Like you said, i would never think like that about anyone i love or know. But i do think so low about myself, i want to just scrap off my face skin and place a new one. It gets too painful and itchy that it makes me so sad. But ive been learning to love myself. Think positive and also actively be nice to myself. Change my thoughts.
From my pov as a viewer that have watched a lot of your videos from 2016_till now it fascinates me how I didn't notice anything until this video , and even though we have this awareness that people around us don't care about our insecurities as much as we do we still stress about their opinion
Eczema + ichthyosis dude over here. Thanks for sharing, I’ve felt the same way in the past (repulsive due to the medical condition) so I feel understood in a sense. On a more practical topic, sea water is known to help with some skin issues (at least one of mine), and as Courtney says, being ok mentally is super important. To her is loving and accepting herself, to me is discipline and consistency… but in the end, what I’ve learnt is that these health problems force us to grow in painful but amazing ways and, in a really twisted way, we could say we’re lucky for having them, because we become better due at least in part to them. Keep it up all of you, whatever you’re going through ✌🏻
It’s so powerful to recognize your personal beauty and take your power back from societal expectations
I'm actually going through a tough time with my skin right now, and I feel like mental health really affects it and gets you stuck in a loop of self-hate. Watching videos like this helps me feel like I'm not alone so thank you Courtney! Love your beautiful face and soul!
It's so funny coming back to this and seeing why Ian was calling.
I'm currently going through HRT, and dealing with cystic acne for the first time in my life at the age of 28. I really appreciate you making this video, as a fellow queer person around the same age. It really means a lot to see you talk about the same sort of thing I'm going through.
(Also, snails are gastropods, and even though I'm vegan, I understand your need to use something that works!)
Thank you, Courtney, once again, for being real with us and showing us that anybody can have self-image issues and even someone we perceive as beautiful can have the same self-esteem problems most of us have. It truly is a world in which each of us keep being bombarded with ad after ad promoting unreal standards, and you're totally right. We should challenge that. I truly hope that you keep being kind to yourself and thank you for being honest and sincere about everything. We love you for who you are, never forget that.
You, Ian, Damien, and Shayne (really everyone) are my Smosh favorites. Thank you for the fun content here and on the Smosh channel.
I have NEVER thought you looked bad ever. Just so you know I have never looked at your old videos and thought anything was wrong with your skin at all.
I always thought you were stunning ❤️❤️
this is the first solo video i've watched of you, ever, and it was truly a remarkable experience. the end there especially truly hit home.. it's 2:30 a.m. on a monday and i need to be up for work soon but here i am sobbing
I don't know if an other comment has already told you or not but the snails aren't tortured to make these products (most brands). They try and do it in an as cruelty free way possible. Stressing the snails out and getting the mucin that way makes it bad quality mucin. Doctorly has a video about this that you can check out. Hope this make you feel less guilty about using it💖
Havent been able to watch it, but just from the title I can tell this is going to be a very intimate and personal and difficult video so I wanted to show my support! Thank you for talking about all of this, especially when its such a vulnerable subject to broach I'm sure ^^ Sending love to everyone dealing with this stuff, to you Courtney, and to others who maybe are also worried about things that may not be the exact same but similar (like myself)
Bro I love how soft Courtney's voice was during the ad, also thank you for making this video, I struggle with acne and to know someone I look up to has struggled with it to and overcome has given me alot of comfort.
this is so inspiring! ive been struggling a lot lately w my skin, and my confidence because of it, but hearing how someone who i think is so beautiful felt the same way i do really makes me not feel so hopeless about it!!
Thank you so much for being vulnerable and sharing. I didn't start getting acne until I was 26, so I was totally bewildered and didn't know what to do about it. I've never been much of a makeup wearer and sometimes I feel like everyone is staring at my acne. But you're right, we do the best we can to get rid of it, but ultimately what we need to do is face our own attitudes about how we look and who we are.
this was so incredibly helpful, i’m a teen dealing with acne, not nearly as severe as yours was but i have stubborn black heads and clogged pores on top of acne. so seeing this and seeing someone i look up to deal with the things i’m dealing with now and overcoming them, is really inspiring and brings more confidence that i can also get through this and that i can love myself no matter what. thank you again.
Thank you so much for posting this, I’m an actor working on expanding my resume and developed really aggressive cystic acne when I was 22 and just finished acutane a bit ago, but I’m still working on skin texture and fading scars, but also just being comfortable in my skin and embracing them. Thank you so much for this, much love to you Courtney 💕
She got rid of her acne → Birth control + Mizon snail repair cream. Also recommend drinking water, changing pillow cases, cinema secrets makeup brush cleaner.
Your openness is astonishing every single time, and I’m sure is a big help to a lot of people ❤️
I’m still dealing with acne now. I am a senior in high school and not to long ago a classmate told me that it looked like mountains on my forehead. Then today I was just crying and crying because I hate the way I feel when people look at me. So, I came back to this video and look at these comments because it’s comforting knowing that I’m not the only one who feels that way and experienced this. It I am very scared to start accutane because of my past states of mental health so I have been looking into other solutions. I hope that everything works out but thank you and I really appreciate you for making this video and being so open (:
Sending you so much love! I adjusted my birth control in 2021 and that gave me worse acne than I had as a teenager. in December, I finally got a prescription that's been helping and my face is almost back to how it used to be. I used to post my makeup looks online but struggling with my skin made me stop wanting to do that. :/ Thank you for sharing your journey with us!
Honestly, I know how devastating having bad skin is (when you talked about scrubbing your face!!!!!!! SAME!!!!!!!) but seeing celebrities and influencers with either acne, or cellulite, or body hair makes me feel SO much better about myself. It means my body is normal, and the internet is just not a realistic reflection of how most people actually look like. So whenever I managed to spot your acne in videos (and truly, it was not that often, which means you were probably so insecure about it that it was the only thing you'd see) it actually felt like I could finally breathe.
Tysm for sharing this! I've been struggling with acne and it started the same way as yours. For some reason, it's been so hard for me to control it to the point where I would try many products like you. I'm still struggling rn but hopefully I find the right product
I'm a big believer in the mental effecting the physical. You can literally worry yourself sick sometimes. Stress and low self esteem are something everyone struggles with, whether you're just some guy, or acting in videos seen by millions. The wild thing is, as you said, once you get into a good place mentally, even if the physical stuff doesn't improve, you care less anyways.
Seems like you're in a great spot physically and mentally right now, and it sounds like it was hard won. Congrats, you certainly deserve it. We all do really. We've each just gotta figure that out first.
Really appreciate your vulnerability. Mine started after highschool and honestly, I'm still dealing with adult acne. It's hormonal and a side order of dermatillomania isn't exactly helpful, my journey is still ongoing but it's better than it used to be. It's been complicated by birth control not being an option for me and chronic illnesses (etc...) but we're getting closer to an answer. Being in my 30s though, I thankfully don't let it get me down and feel way more comfortable in my own skin. So yeah, thank you for this platform.
tysm for making this vid courtney. i'm dealing with a mental issue myself rn and acne was a really big part of my insecurities. even though logically i know it's hormonal and the hormones connects with my mental health and my own perception of myself, it still makes me FEEL bad. so this video is very relatable to my own situation and i agree wholeheartedly with what you said. ily court
Dude changing my sheets and pillowcases _frequently_ was a huge eye opener when I was growing up with face & body acne. It literally had never occurred to me that it could be a factor.
In high school I had this obsessive fear that my makeup had worn off and would constantly check and touch it up. I was always late because I couldn’t leave the house until everything was hidden. It made me feel such awful shame, and it was exhausting and demoralizing to be so hyper-focused on it all the time.
My skin is much better now - spironolactone was what worked for me. But I still have a lot of redness and scarring, so I’ll definitely try what you recommended! (Sorry snails.)
Acne is a source of shame for so many people and part of that is not hearing others talk openly about it. Thank you for being brave!
thank you for being vulnerable and opening up!! it truly means a lot to hear you talk about such relatable content
Thank you for being vulnerable with us and facing those painful memories to share your story. I'm glad you're doing better internally and I truly appreciate your sharing this.
I love your content so much ❤️❤️ i always look forward to your personal videos
Was great to finally see you expand on this topic. I always knew it must have been very difficult for you to manage especially considering your job. Except dealing with makeup, everything you talked about was still very relatable as a guy. Trying and obsessing over every imaginable different remedy, all the ways you felt about yourself, and how it bleeds into every aspect of interacting with people and just being a human in the world. As you said though, we are our own worst critics and just stewing in the self-hatred probably does more harm than even we realize. Thanks for sharing Courtney!
I appreciate you showing your skincare journey I think your perfect in every way no matter what I will support and love you forever your amazing incredible your beautiful with or without make up a natural beauty ❤️💚❤️🥰🥰❤💚❤
Also love that you shared the timescale it took. I think there’s a lot of pressure to need to have things like this (and even other things you’ve been open about like sexuality/gender) figured out when you are a teen or young adult but it just doesn’t happen for some of us that quickly. It’s really frustrating especially when it’s a medical issue, but it typically isn’t something that reflects on your effort level or personality, when it can feel like it does. I still haven’t quite figured out these things and I’m older than you, so I hope younger people watching can realise it isn’t on them if it takes them some time too. I probably sound very outdated but oh well!
Thanks a lot Courtney for sharing your journey ❤❤❤
I relate to this SO BAD. I was always backing out of events, photos and just simply hanging out with people solely because I'd have a new acne breakout episode every week back through school and college. Figured out it was hygiene issues and my dirty fingers VERY late, around the same time I got into Smosh. I still have that snail cream screenshotted from your IG story cause like you I was all over the internet just trying to find some sort of cure, reason and also validation that all this was normal and did not define us 😭 Thanks for being so vulnerable and hitting home yet again Court ❣
I was wondering do you still have the name of the snail cream, and if so would you be willing to share it? At this point, I feel like I have tried everything to get rid of painful acne, and nothing has provided much of a result, and I'm open to some different options to test out!
@@Brizzesss sure! it says, " multi function formula snail repair perfect cream by mizon". best of luck to you in figuring it out bud ❣️
Thank you for sharing this. I currently have acne and as an adult, it has kind of hindered my life.. this video was an eye opener. I didn't realize some of the things that was probably making it worse (not cleaning the pillowcase often, definitely not drinking enough water, etc.) We are definitely our own worst enemies for sure...I am gonna change my habits and hope that it works because I want to feel confident in my own skin.
thank you so much for posting ths. i have been dealing with acne for the past 10 years. i always thought my acne would go away once i finished puberty but now i have hormonal adult acne that will last for weeks and leave red scars even if i don’t mess with them. i’ve tried going on birth control but it made no difference. i’m in the process of trying to figure this out but i can’t help but feel so ugly sometimes. This video made me feel less alone and like i’m an abnormally. This gave me hope that i will figure this out and have clear skin again too, i just have to be kind to myself through it.
You are a unique and beautiful person. You are full of kindness and very worthy of love. Glad you're giving more of it to yourself and focusing less on others POV. Acne or not you've been gorgeous all along.
i think courtney is beautiful tbh shes kind of my celebrity crush lol i started watching smosh because of her and now my favorite is her shayne and damien :)
Snails are arthropods. This group consists of shellfish, insects, arachnids, and, well, snails. And, about the product, I mean if they're just collecting the slime from the snails without harming them, it's really no different from farmers and dairy cows. If it's helping you, keep using it, girl
I actually watched an Insider Business video about snail farms a few months ago and from what I remember, they extract the slime by spritzing the snails with salinated water (salt water) which is excruciatingly painful for them so I'm not sure if you're wholly right about the process being harmless.
@@mariarcega1846a few companies that extract snail mucin tend to use steam, sort of like a sauna for snails. so not all snail farms hurt the snails thankfully 😊
wrong, snails are gastropods. mollusks not segmented creatures like arthropods. i am an invertebrate biologist.
In Italy, for example, snail mucin is extracted by immersing the snails in a special steam bath that acts like a spa for snails. The snails are not harmed in this process.
I think it depends on how the slime is collected... usually the snails are not harmed.
This was super helpful to watch and helped me realize I’m not along on my skincare journey and that it does get better. I really appreciate you being open with your viewers like this
Thank you so much for sharing your skin journey and being so vulnerable about it❤️It makes me so happy to see how much you’ve grown into who you are now. Seeing how comfortable you are in your own skin, career, sexuality, and gender is so wonderful🥺💞 sending you so much love!
I'd love more "boring" videos from you! The way you talk is so educational and satisfying... Need another video or podcast of you just talking about random stuff :)
I know you helped a lot of people with this video. Learning to see ourselves as valued outside of what anything society or even our own circles try to tell us is a difficult journey. I'm so happy for you that you found what worked for you!
You sharing your stories with openness and vulnerability is honestly refreshing 🥺
Thank you for being you 🥺
We should be kinder to ourselves, I needed to hear this today 🥰🥺
This was so amazing to watch. My acne definitely added to my social anxiety, and hearing you work through this really healed my inner child. Love you court
I really connect to this whole acne thing. When you said "I could feel my acne staring back at" whoever you were talking to, i became so uncomfortable aware of my own face. I thankfully don't have cystic acne in my face, but I have it since my teens and its just not leaving. I have it on my back and chest very badly too, to the point that I don't really go swimming at all or change in front of people, because I'm so uncomfortable with myself. I've come a long way, but theres still a long way to be gone. Thank you so much for sharing this. Love ya
I know I'm not here right as this is coming out but I just want to say I'm glad that you decided to be vulnerable with this video because it shows all of us that these influencers we watch also have the same (or similar) struggles that we, as viewers, go through. This type of content is truly the type of content that I think we all appreciate because having such vulnerability from someone we look up to is so heartwarming. I'm glad that you shared your experiences :)
watching this video helped me a lot. i’m struggling a lot with acne and how i feel about myself. you truly helped me a lot with my self esteem. thank you
Currently going through acne like never before cause of some medical stuff, and honestly this video made me feel so much better, I have always looked to you for fashion inspiration so to hear you went through this too makes me feel so much less alone wow
You're so real for this Courtney. I had a very similar journey around the same age as you and I felt every feeling you talked about. tbh it was some of my lowest lows ever and mostly I remember just how mentally draining it was to be constantly worrying about how my skin looked like. I was so sad and exhausted. After years of trying different stuff and nothing working I think it was just a post puberty hormonal mess and once my hormones calmed down I got better and now I'm at a point where I don't even think about it anymore, which at my worst I never thought would be possible. Thank you for being so genuine in your videos! The vibes, as always, are immaculate
Make up tutorial next because you always slay
Thank you so much for this open and honest video about this kind of topic, I appreciate it so much, and I am so glad that you're feeling much better being you! I will be sharing this with my partner, who has been looking for more potential acne solutions, and I'm hopeful your parting message will be as inspiring to her as it was to me! Take care, Courtney and thank you again!!
GLAD THAT SHE IS HONEST!
being the only person in my 20s in my friend group that still has acne it has been so inspiring to see you so comfortable in your own skin and to see someone i look up to so much be this way has made me more comfortable in myself and accepting my face without makeup and still feeling confident thank you so much for this video
As a 30 year old man struggling with skin problems, I love this video Courtney! Love your stuff, keep it up!
Thank you for sharing you journey in such detail and openness. I’ve struggled with acne since middle school but had my first major breakout in my senior year of high school, it continued for months and needless to say it was detrimental to my self confidence. I didn’t even want to look at myself in the mirror or people in the eyes at times for over a year. I saw my pediatrician at that time and was prescribed retinol and topical clindamycin which helped a lot. I’m now 22 and still experience occasional breakouts but nothing massive where huge pimples covered half of my face like I had in high school. I now see a dermatologist regularly and hopefully one day I’ll finally be acne free 🥺
I won hundred percent relate to this video. Growing up I was always told I have acne and rosacea. My skin was absolutely terrible and I tried everything. It took me 25 years to find a dermatologist that finally told me all I have is rosacea. They put me on a remedy and my skin cleared up in about two weeks. The feeling of being able to leave my house without make up was cathartic.
I’m at work while watching this and I’m trying not to cry. I’ve dealt with my acne since high school and I am now a 23, almost 24, year old. I don’t have a LOT of acne, but my acne hurts so much it makes me nauseous. It makes me feel gross, like there’s a mountain on my face that is ready to explode. It’s not that I feel ugly, but like there’s something wrong with what I’m doing. I’ve tried so many medications and I’m running out of options before Accutane and I also don’t want to deal with the side effects. I will be looking into the products you mentioned in this video, but learning how to be confident despite what my face looks like is still a work in progress. Thank you, Courtney!
Courtney, thank you SO much for posting this video. As someone who has struggled and continues to struggle with acne since a young age, discovering the source of the problem has been a years-long journey that has yet to reach its end. It’s comforting and affirming to hear your story and what worked for your skin, especially as I’m someone who really struggles with hormonal acne and sensitive skin (which also stems from a dairy sensitivity). I’ve just dipped into Korean skincare and am seeing a difference. I am taking notes from this video to apply to myself. Thank you again for being so vulnerable! ♥️
COURTNEY LOOKS BEAUTIFUL!
ok It makes me feel so good to hear you also dealt with this because I had/am having this exact experience. I rarely had acne or broke out until around the time i graduated high school. I had such awful acne it genuinely destroyed my self esteem. The description of wanting to scrub your face off is so acurate as I had that exact feeling. In fact every single experience and feeling you mentioned i felt myself.
seriously thank you for this video. i've been struggling a lot with my body image lately and this really made me feel seen. it's hard to not let insecurities control you but this kinda served as a reminder that confidence and loving yourself does more than any treatment could. ♥♥♥
Obsessed with this outlook on the topic of acne. I've had super bad bumps like all across my nose for a while now and things haven't helped (everything that's been prescribed gives me an allergic reaction), but over the course of it I've learned to accept myself as I am. I love how you showed that yes, you should accept and love yourself unconditionally, but that it's also not always going to be a linear process and that you gotta stick by yourself through it
I feel this so hard. I started getting acne around 16, and it took about a decade to finally get it under control. I did all of the same terrible things in the early days. Rough exfoliators, powerful astringents, harsh cleansers, and cheap makeup. It was so hard on my self-esteem, which was already not great. It's hard to learn to love yourself. Thank you for sharing your journey. ❤️
tell me why this made me sob😭 the way you talk about feeling during all of this was exactly how i felt getting acne in my mid-20s and still trying to get rid of scars now.. i hate knowing other people were as mean to themselves as i was❤️ thank you for posting this
I want to say 1000 percent genuinely thank you for sharing your experience/journey in this video alone it really helped me think differently and feel more comfortable in my own skin , I have also struggled with acne for many years now and until seeing this video I’ve never actually heard words that have made me feel better about myself, also your content makes me feel better and makes me want to be better as well, thank you so much for believing in yourself and others, and thank you for being so vulnerable online
Thank you for sharing your journey. This is something that really resonates with me so much. I delt with really bad cystic acne for over 2 years. It actually put me in the hospital at one point. I felt the same as you. Feeling so ashamed at how I looked and would stay home from work because of it. I'm finally in a better place with my skin and I'm so happy that you are too! We are all beautiful in our own skin! ❤
This is amazing. I have also been on an acne journey for the majority of my life. I chose to do Accutane. One treatment in 2014, and a second in 2019 because my cystic acne was just too persistent. Even though my acne was largely gone, lockdown in 2020 genuinely helped me get re-acquainted with my makeup free face. I can't even articulate how freeing it is to be makeup free on a night out now and not feel like I'm somehow a burden on the eyes of those around me. My clean faced cuteness is my favorite look now! I feel like I look like a smooth faced alien with foundation on. I could never have imagined feeling like this 4 years ago.
We love you Corby 🖤
The fact that your first ever Smosh skit involved you being swiped left for how different a photo-shopped picture looked to the character you were playing is ironic! It is wonderful to see how you have grown to love yourself more and obviously how Smosh has grown to seem like a much more healthy and lovely team once out of the Defy hands which seemed to prioritize/sexualize the looks of its cast much more. You seem to be a really great person Courtney and I appreciate your positive influence :)
I wasn't watching Smosh during that era and tried to go back and watch some stuff. I didn't like it at all. It seemed weird, forced and overly sexual at times. And I know that was no fault to the cast. I'm much happier with their improved quality videos now.
Thank you for sharing this! I saw my aunt experience really intense acne throughout her teenage years and I know it was really tough for her and I know I have days where I really hate on my skin. I'm also really bad at cleaning my makeup brushes so I was really excited to hear about the quick dry cleaner you use, I just ordered some to try it out for myself!
A vulnerable and honest video. Glad to see that you came out stronger on the other side!
Hey Courtney, found this the other day and I have to say that ever since seeing this I've found that watching any of the older videos (I'm a newer smosh fan so I get recommended all sorts) where I can tell you were going through this stuff just makes me appreciate that you kept at it even more. You've been one of my favourite cast members since I started watching, and you've only trended upwards since I saw this. Thanks for sharing.
gosh when courtney says the real problem was how they were viewing themselves..... that hit me like a brick in the face. It's so difficult to be kind to yourself sometimes. my acne has always made me feel ugly. I've always just "wanted to look normal".
This was such an encouraging video to watch, literally thank you so much for this. I’ve dealt with hormonal acne for years now. It’s better than what it was, but I’m still embarrassed by it and I get so upset over it. Seeing someone as yourself so vulnerable about your own skin is incredibly encouraging. I love and appreciate you so much ♥️♥️