The Worst Of Beauty TikTok - Dodgy Derms, Rhode Nut Allergy & Questionable Skincare Hacks! Jan 2024
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Oh Tiktok, I love it and hate it. Every time I decide to log into my work TikTok account, I'm confronted with a plethora of... questionable TikToks.
TikTok has become known for being a little behind the times when it comes to skincare knowledge but is also known as the dumping ground for questionable experts to post their bizarre videos.
Today I'm sharing some of the worst beauty/skincare-related content I came across this month!
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And that's why I'm here, to share my research and my findings that go further than what is said on the bottle or Google!
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What’s your take on allergy labelling? Feels like it’s in everyone’s best interest to clearly label allergens?!
I am allergic to pineapple, kiwi and strawberry. I was ambushed by a Body Shop salesperson in some London train station once and she applied hand cream on me without first asking while telling me that it was all “natural ingredients” blablabla… it had strawberry in it. I had an instant allergic reaction. Especially when it was the scientific latin name for strawberry on the packaging! I had to Google it to figure out that this was the reason for my allergic reaction. I was so angry!!
That whole “it’s all natural!” argument drives me insane. Cobra venom is also natural. I don’t want it in my face cream… ugh…
I think essential oils should be labeled clearly. No they aren’t “allergen free” because they’re “natural” - they’re some of the most allergenic of the fragrance categories.
My skin is very fragrance sensitive and often I’ll find products that don’t disclose.
I am not allergic to food items that I know of. But some humans can't even breath the same air as the oils. So IMO they probably should add "contains nuts". Why not? Be safe.
yeah I feel like anything that has a name that might not be immediately identifiable as a common allergen (like nut oils) should have a common name included
This 16yr old routine is like no routine routine. Like just dump a bunch of shit on your face.
I feel like I can’t come for her bc I was trying so hard to get rid of my teenage spots with some diabolical nonsense at 16 lmao
Right?? There were sooooo many redundant products that it's ridiculous.
If she was struggling w/ acne & needed skincare [I had a routine from a young age because of my breakouts], she could easily use... Three, maybe four products. That's still gratuitous - especially since hormonal acne doesn't always respond to topicals - but it's realistic. Benzoyl Peroxide cleanser a few days a week, alternating w/ a gentle cleanser, BHA & AHA serum a few days a week, niacinamide, & then a solid hydrating moisturizer [occasional overnight mask because BP/BHA can get drying].
It's... Wild!! Lmao. It feels like a parody of a skincare video, but I know it's just that she's watched so many influencers w/ batshit insane routines.
yeah like i would think she researches and it would make sense? but that’s why they just shouldn’t do this. she obviously doesn’t understand it enough not to hurt herself 🥺
@punchbeard did u do the egg masks and the weird apps that'd teach you how to be a girl 😂
@@jessica5470 you know it 😭 toothpaste, essential oils, st ives face destroyer face wash, literal mud from the beach….the girlies were desperate back then lmaoooo
I have a peanut and treenut allergy, when I was diagnosed my doctor gave me a list of the chemical/latin names of nuts so I can check all my cosmetics first! It’s surprising how many products contain almond oil which is usually called Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis
Damn, that's a great doctor!
I have the peanut and tree nut allergy too. I know to check for almond oil and macadamia nut oil but suspect I need a list like yours!
I was dating someone with a peanut/tree nut allergy and it's definitely shocking how many products have some form of tree nut in them.
The scariest thing for them was a product they had used daily for years that helped their eczema suddenly changed their formula and added almond oil to it one day and they had a severe reaction. It was terrifying.
@@nirvanatrashedit’s so frustrating when that happens! And it’s so easy to forget to check ingredients again if you’ve been using it for years, because it’s something you ‘trust’!
My fave soap just reformulated and added babassu and almond oil to it. I'm glad I checked the label. The packaging just said "new look"
Dang, that 16 year old is wasting a ton of money. I'm 20 years older and I only use three or four products.🙀
It's only because is trendy, like a fashion acessorie or new phone.
I think this girl comes from a very wealthy family. I swear I've seen her before talking about her dad buying her a Lamborghini before she even got her license. So I don't think she really cares how expensive it is. But it feels like a lot of product to put on her skin at that age.
Honestly 4 products is soooo much better than a ton of actives and serums and stuff
I only use four products 😮
That ridiculous routine kinda reminded me of the elaborate ones I’d do back when I first got interested in skincare several years ago; I’d waited until my mid-30s to start taking care of my skin, so I figured All the Things were going to be more effective than only a few. I learned the hard way that’s NOT true. These kids probably think the same, that more is better😭
Mixing all those actives, I'm amazed she's not had wild reactions, I literally yelled and grabbed my countertop when she put glycolic acid on after Vit C.
Literally just melting off her skin before she hit 20 😭
@LifeOfTheAngels She's gonna be so confused when her moisture barrier is w r e c k e d and she can't fix it with this car crash of a skin regimen.
@lynxelmore5364 I can't call it a routine - she's throwing every single product she owns on her face at the same time!c
There was a time when I used glycolic acid pads right before using a Vitamin C serum or retinol - I’ll never do that again!
Multiple products with Vit C too. Literally no reason to even own all those. At least she is privileged enough to see a good derm when she ruins her skin. I honestly imagine she has a mom who loses her mind when she sees a fine line. 16 year olds being afraid of wrinkles and using nearly $1000 of skincare products every day is scary.
James has the most contagious laugh. Yes, that last video of the girl sleeping in a cocoon was funny but James’s laughing at it was priceless!😂❤
Sitting at my desk watching this getting giggly at his giggles!
was so funny!
Yes, thanks for laugh! I needed it!
That was the best part of the video 😂 And it was a great video!
I would have loved to have seen it completely uncut 😂 the best laugh fr
Parents really need to pay attention to what kids are doing. They also need to teach them how to take care of their skin in an age appropriate manner. The last clip killed me lol.
My 8 yr old grandkid and her 8 yr old friend were on FaceTime (on iPods not phones) talking about doing their skincare and grandkid wanted one of her mom's facemasks. I told her she's 8 so her "skincare" is washing her face when she takes a bath. 🤣
Sounds like they have free range access to social media? I really hope not.@@corvidsRcool
This breed of parents are lazy and disengaged
LMAO 🤣 my 12 year old autistic girl, who is in her punk phase, gets curious about skin care at times but isn't routine about it at all. I have to be, since age 11 myself, due to severe acne that has thankfully been reduced. She's so blunt about being concerned about the pimples around her nose, yet laughs at her peers who are worried about wrinkles! I'm happy she listens to me and takes my advice about products 😂@@corvidsRcool
They really don't need anything else besides a cleanser, moistrurizer and SUNSCREEN
I predict that in a couple of years we are going to see 15 year olds (now 12 year olds) have terribly damaged skin. We will see brands specifically for these teens repairing and healing, likewise brands targeting them more and coming out with more healing products.
I think this happened already with the over-exfoliating phase, and now brands are coming out with all sorts of 'barrier repair' solutions, and that being a huge focus in skincare marketing
@@jinxedthings5394That makes so much sense!! People were slathering on acids upon retinols upon scrubs like they were going out of style & so... It definitely tracks that they're releasing those products.
After I turned 18 & my skin evened out, I stopped torturing it w/ drying alcohols & high concentrating Benzoyl Peroxide/Salicylic Acid & clay masks & avoiding moisturizer... I needed a few years of the simplest possible products to recuperate, lol
that's so dystopian
literally
We all Had our saint ive facial beach sand scrub moment in time😅
I hate the constant renaming of old trends. Every time a new one pops up, I’m like, “oh? what’s this??” & it turns out to be the exact same s**t we’ve already been seeing for years, repackaged for Tiktok.
They take from EVERYTHING. The amount of things first popularised on Tumblr years ago that TikTok try to claim as their own is crazy
I don't get upset about it, just find it amusing. I constantly see products everyone used in the 90s being talked about like a new discovery... But it kinda is, to them. The girl tripping about cat eye polish being called velvet nails is ridiculous. If people weren't popularizing a trend in another place or time period where it's not known, most people would never hear about it. So if they want to give it a name and get excited about it, let them. It's not hurting anyone. (And I've yet to see people claim to invent these things, they only take credit for bringing it to people's attention and they did that.)
Actually 99% Of the time, it's a popular makeup style, hairstyle or clothing style from the black Latino or Asian community. That's been around forever. The Caucasian people are just now discovering. So now they need to give it a new name to try to claim it just like Christopher Columbus.😅
OK, but am I the only one who thought it was ironic that the Chinese girl was complaining about stealing credit? China's economy is literally based on stealing intellectual property and reverse engineering formulas from other countries. They are literally known for producing knock offs.
I'm pretty sure magnetic polish was invented in the US... indie brands and artists have been showcasing the 'cat eye' effect for damn near a decade (& it may have even been a revival of the trend from the 90s?)
For about 50 years now, ever since manufacturing moved to China, it basically means they have recipes and patterns for all goods, so they rip them off and literally rebrand and profit off of the original research and development from other countries!!
(As far as I know Korea and Japan does a lot of their own R&D and manufacturing so that's a bit different.)
Also fashion is literally all about inventing and reinventing old trends. Velvet fabrics are in this year so they are calling them 'velvet' nails. Literally, no one stole shit from the Chinese. /rant
@@eps3154 a lot of great points I hadn't thought of. Just the other day I saw someone complaining that "manga lashes" are a rip off of "manhua lashes" and the comment went into a huge rant about how all these trends are stolen from China. I thought that was funny because the style is mimicking lashes seen in both manga and manhua but manga was first, but nobody is crying about how China stole the idea from Japan.
But more importantly, who cares. Calling a style of nails "velvet" doesn't affect anyone, whereas knockoff merchandise DOES. At least people are trying to improve trends, they aren't taking them and making them worse, like a deformed Chinese Pusheen toy or a fake iPhone that doesn't even power on.
But the one thing that's incorrect is that nobody steals from China, SO many, many things originated in China.
Regarding the tree nut thing, I feel like since it's a lip product it should be made clearer that it contains tree nuts. Lip products will be consumed in small amounts making it mire allergenic.
Its in the ingredient list so its legal
@@nyphiraI don't think anybody is saying it's illegal. People are just saying the info should be more prominent
“I don’t want to get wrinkles”….oh honey wrinkles are a privilege, signed a cancer survivor! Many people haven’t 😮 managed to get to that stage of life. And I’m 56 and use 4 products tops!
Oh and my nail tech here in Canada has been doing cat eye nails for years too! Personally I love them still and we’ve always called them cat eye!
I'm so sorry you had to go through that, I'm glad you pushed through it❤
Wrinkles are beautiful ♥️ honestly I just buy and use skincare cause it generates serotonin, there’s no way anybody’s ever avoiding things like wrinkles unless their whole face is paralysed 🗿
she’s gonna have to deal with worse than just wrinkles when she gets older with the amount of shit she’s using 😅
Thank you for saying this❤
It’s not until you recognize it could end tomorrow that you realize aging is a privilege. Since many young people think they are invincible and will never be six feet under, they cannot see it yet. As you start to have more friends and family in the cemetery than walking the world, it becomes more obvious.
as someone w/ a black pepper allergy i think its SO important for companys to list out CLEARLY common allergins AND show both the scientific and more common names on labels bc you can't know what you don't know. Eating out is nearly impossible for me godbless if it was in skincare/beauty
If it's true with her routine, that teen has no idea what she is doing or what serums are for/what they do.
I'm allergic to beeswax in my skincare and have had to learn all the tricksy ways it's listed in the ingredients list because it's not always "beeswax." I do think if you have an allergy, no matter its severity or how common it is, you can't assume brands will have your best interest in mind.... unfortunately.
Person with a tree nut + tree fruit allergy here and can confirm that I never thought to look at ingredients until I had a really bad reaction. Yes it should be obvious, but when you're so used to being extremely diligent about all of the food you consume, it does slip your mind sometimes with something as simple as a moisturizer (I had a horrible reaction to a basic body moisturizer only to learn that it had apple extract in it).
It's one thing to look out for things like almond oil, but with the more obscure ingredients or things that are derived from common allergens but do not necessarily have that in the name, how is someone supposed to know ?
I don't have an allergy, but I'm Celiac, and I have to agree.
Even with food, it can be difficult to learn to read ingredients, especially when you are avoiding something that doesn't have to be listed as a potential allergen by the FDA. When buying a food I haven't bought before, I have to Google it just to be sure it doesn't include gluten. I have learned to do this for every single one. But even then, the results can be inconclusive at times.
So I can definitely feel her pain with accidentally using something she shouldn't have by accident because the label doesn't explicitly list the allergen. I've definitely done it, myself, and it isn't a fun time.
It's unreasonable to assume that the average person will be able to understand the ingredients listed enough to completely avoid their allergies. The average person simply doesn't have the right education to do so. And even if a person does, some ingredients listed may only include those allergens some of the time, but not always. It's why the FDA requires foods to label common allergens in the first place.
I definitely think cosmetic products should be required to do the same and list potential allergens. It'd honestly save a lot of people a lot of trouble, and very possibly save lives.
Watch out for any ingredient list with a name followed by "nucifera"
Yo fault though 😅 You look Crazy. Sueing a company for not reading.
Imagine breaking in someone's house and there's this girl with the sheet mask 😂
I would call the Police, turning myself in.
The way they’re all dipping and dripping into that one bowl at the same time, and then rubbing the cloth itself all over their faces kind of stressed me out 😂
It grossed me out. 🤢
it did look like they were having fun at least 😂
It was disgusting 🤢
I feel like people have gone a bit far with the germ fear. They will literally be fine.
@@Lasopamuerte *so* far indeed, if anything I was laughing my ass off because that thing looked like a weird ballsack lmao
the whole thing of renaming stuff and saying it’s new happens to black trends all the time too. i saw ppl call edges “tweety bangs” a while back bc a korean idol wore them 😭
Omg, thank you! ❤
Right. Like how "clean girl makeup" was a style that black and Latino people have been doing for decades. Or how people were calling agua fresca "spa water." Or how people called Fulani braids "Bo Derek braids" just because a white woman wore them in a movie. It's a never ending cycle of taking things other groups have been doing for years and finding a way to exploit it and market it.
You realize this happens to EVERY culture???
@@nemofish3504 this comes across as racist i’m ngl. seems like you’re trying to dismiss the fact that most trends are started by poc
@@nemofish3504we know, but it usually happens to black people and Latinos unfortunately, they don’t mean it never happens to others :/
It would be great if teens/tweens were allowed to like their own stuff and have it not be "cringe" or "childish". Teen culture needs to have a comeback where there are gentle, cool skincare and other pop culture things directed at that age group so they aren't wasting product, parent's money, or being sucked into adult things that could harm their skin/bodies.
Bubble is very tween/teen friendly! I’m hoping that success for brands like theirs will foster a market for effective, age-appropriate skincare- make wearing sunscreen cute and cool, since these girlies are concerned about wrinkles! 😂
Teen culture is supposed cringe and childish. They are children after all.
@@canesugar911 True 😆 we all look back and feel silly. I just mean not being bullied and looked down upon to the point that the culture disappears.
In the 70s we had Bonne Bell, the original products, and they were cute and advertised in the teen magazines. Seems like marketing to a young crowd was easier then.
It’s not even necessarily as bad as prior years, it’s just more prevalent especially due to a further reach of people, in a manner where it’s easily accessible. Look at the ads back even from the 90s, with even far more horrid ingredients. I do understand what you mean but I’m always noticing that some adults (not you) are coming for children unnecessarily harshly
Hi James, thank you for speaking on the "rebranding" of Asian trends. As a Chinese person, I feel like lots of focus is on picking out the controversial parts of the culture that they forget regular shmegular people who want to have fun with makeup and beauty products exists too.
Magnetic nail polish was invented by British Nails Inc. decades ago. The "velvet" style was originally called the "aurora effect" and was apart of THEIR launch of the product. How can you claim that these yt folk are "rebranding Asian trends" when the yt folk literally invented it? Awkward AF, or maybe no awkward, we could just call it what it is, casual anti-white racism.
Heyy i just wanna add this to the 12 year olds that are going ham in sephora now. Skinacre has become the new diet culture in a way and my biggest point: preteens have no where to go anymore. They dont have a third place anymore (a place everyone needs thats for social interactions and doesnt have ties to home or work/school). These places have been disappearing more and more for preteens especially online, it goes from cocomelon to Rrated now. All past websites to chat on for preteens are now full of predators and small payments to do anything. And ofc shtty parenting imo to let your 10 year old touch the ordinary peel mask or any retinol. Just wanted to share a perspective since i see a lot of hate on literal kids😭
"Skincare is the new diet culture"
100% this and it makes me sad
Exactly. I feel bad for kids today, they can’t just be kids anymore.
even like, websites for kids that didn't have an interactive social feature. nickelodeon's site used to even have its own mmo, with safe/very restrictive preset words you could chat with, and when it died, the website still had games and fun stuff. now it's just a soulless wasteland. barbie's site had dozens of games, but now it's just solely for adults to buy kids toys, zero games or entertainment. girlsgogames is now blasted full of pregnant pimple popper elsa foot fungus tooth surgery simulator, with everything else being a shitty ad-filled poorly ported mobile game. bratz had a kids virtual world (though it was behind a doll purchase, you'd buy a doll with a usb that would take you to it, but it was a one time purchase and you still got a doll and even a computer mouse). there's straight up nothing for kids to do anymore besides spend money or get accosted for loitering if they go outside anywhere
Thank you, THANK YOU, for keeping in the twenty uninterrupted seconds of your genuine giggles over the overnight mask face. So good, 10/10 no notes!
James saying maths and then looking at the camera and saying "math" killed me 😂 also, who is calling cat eye nails "velvet"?? I'm not Asian, but I've been able to get cat eye nails at the salon I go to for like a decade maybe? It's not new? So confused by that - am I misunderstanding? lol 😅
I actually think that TikToker was a bit wrong (not about the renaming of things, but the description). As a nail enthusiast, I have a bunch of magnetic polishes and like you, I’ve done the cat eye style often. However, at least in the circles I’m in, the velvet style (also sometimes called aurora style) isn’t magnetized into that sort of linear, galaxy style but rather magnetized all around the edges of the nail to pull the magnetic pigments out in such a way as to make the finish look velvety in texture. It’s really pretty but harder to get it to work than plain cat eye. I work with regular lacquer though, not gel anymore, so that’s partially why.
@@lavieenlavandeYes, that's the technique I'd heard of for "velvet" nails, too!
@@lavieenlavande This is along the lines I was thinking, cos don't you usually buff the magnetic dust off? (I've never had this technique done in my life btw lol) actually at first,I really did think they'd come up with a kind of velvet nail (cos I would love that!) I remember actual ''velvet'' nail stickers that we stuck straight onto our base coat nails to match our velvet chokers! lol
Magnetic nail polish was invented by British Nails inc. When they first launched it, that style was called the "halo style" then it was called the "auroroa style". It certainly wasn't from Asian culture.
I’m allergic to roses (the flower and everything related to them). I always check the ingredients because mosqueta rose hip oil, damascena rose oil, rose water…are basically everywhere. In skincare products, makeup and perfumes. If there is, even a little bit of rose inside, I’m not gonna buy it.
James doesn't like the scent of rose. When I was little my mum used to put rose water on me, my torso mainly cos ''it's cooling in the summer'' and it was! So yeears later, I saw Boots 'Old fashioned rose water w glycerol' long story short, i got allergic and I don't know if it was the rose or the glycerol? And in fact now I think of it, I'm pretty sure my mums ''rose water'' was a mild cologne, so rose and alcohol lol, no wonder it was ''cooling?!''
My mom has this issue with coconut, once she finds something she can use she has to stick with it. When I turned 30 I developed a fun peppermint allergy. A bunch of my favorite shampoos were instantly off the options. I was devastated
James fully losing it towards the end just made my day. Nearly choked on my coffee, had a crap day at work (from home) and this cheered me up massively. Appreciate you, James!
How do you have a bad day at work...from Home?! Hold on, I'll get the wine!
Ok VENT chile!!
Also coming back to comment on the overnight mask trend- we already *have* overnight lotion masks that you apply at night and let absorb then wash in the morning. These people need to stop trying to reinvent the wheel 💀
Yeah agree.... but it's so much fun watching them lol (except pretty sure this one was parody lol)
I formulate and make skincare/cosmetics and tree nut oils are pretty common. The ones I typically see are macadamia nut, hazelnut, sweet almond, walnut, shea nut, babassu, cacay nut, brazil nut and probably some others I’m forgetting. There are also plenty of other seed and plant oils, so if you have a severe food allergy I would highly recommend familiarizing yourself with their Latin names and checking the ingredient list of products.
I’m allergic to just walnuts but always check. Although multiple times I have eaten something where they weren’t listed as either and allergic or an ingredient
It is possible that the absurd routine is just clickbait, but the fact she owns all of those different products makes me think this could be real. She doesn't make any comments about why she is doing each step which makes me think she doesn't understand that several of those serums are basically alternatives to each other.
If this was a joke then well done, because I legitimately cannot tell.
She got one o five rarest cars in the world for her 16th birthday. It was like a one of two Lamborghini. She doesnt even have a license.
I’m like super sick and pregnant in bed and feel like I’m dying, but when you started crying laughing I swear it brought me back to life 😂 that was awesome.
Girl you and me both! Being pregnant sucks and is amazing at the same time.
Oh honeys you will both get through it 🤍 I'm sneaky laughing a bit cause I know exactly how you both feel 😅😂
The cat eye nail has been here in the U.S. forever! I think it's a generational thing, rebranding something as new under a different name every 20 years or so.
I love your hair in this pfp! I had a very similar cut in the 90s when I was a junior in a salon, it was the Linda Evangelista pointed fringe bob, I loved that cut! Hey you look like her here! x
@@jodiegordon5559 Thank you so much!
that’s true but there’s also a trend of white influencers renaming beauty trends created by poc and attempting to pass them off as their own creations. what immediately comes to mind is that “sticky bangs” trend that’s literally just laid edges
From my experience, overusing products/using too many products was actually way worse for my skin than using nothing. I only use "actives" to treat specific concerns. Now, I'm a cleanser, vitamin C, retinol/AHA/BHA (sometimes), and sunscreen/moisturizer kind of girl, because I AM TIRED.
True! I was down this rabbit hole and my skin went from bad to worse. But once I limited my routine to basically 2-3 products, my skin became much much healthier.
OH SHIT uncontrollable snort laughter has escaped the twin channel, I love it
8:30 my son has an allergic disorder called Eosinophilic esophagitis and so I got really used to reading labels. Even if she read the label, seeing "seed oil" would not set off alarms bells necessarily because seeds are fine even when you can't have nuts.
I have a propolis allergy, and my dermatologist can’t even give me a complete list of ingredients I should avoid (propolis itself contains about 50 different things). It really sucks trying to figure it all out. But there are so many possible allergens, I think it has to be up to the consumer to read ingredient lists and look up things you don’t recognize. Brands can’t be expected to list every allergen. I think there is a good argument that they should label extremely common or severe allergens, especially ones that tend to cause anaphylaxis. But if some allergens are labeled, then people might think that means the product is free of other allergens. Like if something says “Contains tree nuts,” and that’s the only allergy warning, someone might think “Oh, it doesn’t say it contains propolis, or ingredients that cross react with propolis, so it must not contain those ingredients.” I do think ingredients could be labeled better or more transparently, but I’m not sure what the real solution would be. I wish companies would list the common name of a plant extract or oil, rather than the scientific name, but even that isn’t going to warn everyone sufficiently. And maybe lip products should include the same allergy warnings are foods, since you’re inevitably going to ingest small amounts. I think a more likely solution would be for patients to have access to exhaustive lists of ingredients to avoid for their specific allergy. There are some resources out there, but they are woefully inadequate…at least when it comes to propolis allergies 🤷🏻♀️
You hit all of the nails on all of their heads, lol. All of your suggestions were solid!!
Also, it really sucks that you have such an issue w/ your propolis allergy! I'm allergic to bees & I SOMETIMES seem to react poorly to ingesting raw honey & therefore I generally avoid honey & never chance it w/ propolis. It's unknown whether they're related or not! AND I have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, so... Are my reactions allergies to the honey, or is it just my immune system only freaking out for the moment?? The human body is complex & so difficult to handle sometimes, lol
@@ZijnShayatanicathanks! It’s all so confusing… My allergy is a contact allergy, meaning theoretically I should be fine ingesting propolis? But I’m not going to risk that. It’s unclear whether honey is okay…I’m kind of surprised by how little information I’ve been able to find. I’m now seeing an allergist and being evaluated for MCAS too…So fun 😬
@@jenessastrickland1555 One of my most amusing reactions is garlic. Eating it? Awesome, amazing. Handling raw garlic? CHEMICAL BURNS ALL OVER. 😂🤣
@@ZijnShayatanica sheesh! I think there are weird issues with foods causing contact allergies but not actual food allergies. Then again, you get ALL kinds of the weirdest weirdness with MCAS!
If you speak about the ingredients list, it is mandatory for cosmetic brands to identify plants using their scientific Latin names, to standardize the name across countries
James trying not to laugh in the first video was so funny😂❤
i think it’s more likely “playing influencer”/showing off to her friends with the amount of products she has. ukno as kids (or now) how u were excited to show off your pokémon cards bc they were rare?
this is also me HOPING she isn’t doing that to her skin every day 😭
the laugh is absolutely SENDING me.
As someone who has a tree nut allergy, I would love love love to see better labeling on products. That said I have my safe go to products I use daily, however, if I would like to try a different serum or a lip product, having better labeling would help me to be more certain that the product would be safe for me to use.
Did anyone else break into tears of laughter as James broke into tears of laughter?? 😂😂
About the tree nut oil: I do nails, and I ALWAYS forget to ask if they have tree nut allergies before putting cuticle oil on them at the end. I finally just bought my own hypoallergenic oil to use, so I’m safe. Some of my coworkers thought I was being overly cautious, but now I feel validated! 😂
You had me cracking up. As for the allergy question I think I would be scanning the ingredients for the word nut but not looking for the whole tree .
The 16-year old be using a lot of products but I wanna bet a lot of them are no longer being actually absorbed by the skin.
Do y'all remember the "3rd Welsh Twin"? That's what ol' girl's sleeping mask set up reminded me of 😂
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That 16y/O routine seemed like an (attempted) ad/look at me for Sephora 🤷🏾♀️
Flax seed gel can also stand in for a vegan egg substitute!
Also, how is a 16 year old affording all those products!? I could barely afford gas and insurance on my crappy car when I was a teenager.
Another edit to add: that magnetic nailpolish has been around for over a decade. I remember doing it when my second oldest was a baby and he is 14 now. So it was in the States at least that long ago. So does that mean it’s been around in Asian markets even longer? That’s like saying there’s a new trend “dresses over pants”. It’s been around for decades and it just keeps cycling back around every few years.
Ohhh dresses over pants,I remember that, I had some perfect dresses just for this purpose and lost all three of them cos it went out of style... that's when I became a hoarder! (that's my story n I'm sticking to it! lulz)
The 16 year old’s skincare routine reminds me of when I’d make “potions” in the bathroom out of every single thing I could find in there (shampoo, body wash, lotion, conditioner etc.) and pretend I was a witch. But this is much worse, because she’s literally doing the same thing and applying it all over her face. I’m honestly surprised that her skin wasn’t all red and irritated from all those actives mixing together 😭
And it costs so much lol
As someone with a severe Brazil nut allergy I have to look out for anything with bertholletia excelsa seed oil. No Bum Bum cream for me. (Sephora doesn’t highlight this, BTW).
For some reason my dog hates when I laugh he wants to run away … I had to fight soooo hard at 17:00 to not full on snort and wheeze laugh just like James …. James man your laugh is epic and contagious.
any product that goes on the body, especially near the mouth or eyes, should absolutely be forced to put allergen warnings. it could literally kill someone.
The boiled linseed is hilarious to me,we’ve been feeding it horses for years to make their coats shiny. She doesn’t mention the rancid, can’t get rid of smell and the destruction of your pans in the video. Thats why horsey girls buy it miconized from the feed suppliers now.
Don't you think that overnight mask cover presents a risk of suffocation?😂😂😂
Loved watching James get hysterical over it!❤
I have food allergies. I always look up the ingredients in a product one by one to make sure it doesn't contain any gelatin or tree nuts. It can be deadly if I don't.
Cat eye nails are a derivative from magnetic nails, it was a thing in 2010's fist and recently returned with magnetic gels. It is not an exclusive asian trend, it's just another case of new generation rediscovering old trend and giving it a new name.
It's also referring to the technique, not the entirety of magnetic polish. Like the "velvet polish" is when the magnetic beads are spread out in a way that LOOKS like velvet, cat eye is when they're all focused into one line normally towards the center of the nail. Just a weird thing to get upset about when magnetic polish has been popular across the globe for decades, not specific to China. Russian nail techs are actually some of the most innovative and trend setting out of all places and they're almost never acknowledged.
As someone with a nut allergy, cosmetic labelling makes me so angry. I already have to read the ingredients on my food, and now I have read all my lotions, make up and hair care products before I feel safe using them. I don’t want “natural” products, I want products that literally won’t kill me for using and better labelling without me having to google every second ingredient.
Im severaly allergic to aloe vera, i have to be VERY careful with my cosmetic products and skincare. Including lip products. People don't put an allergy warning on things, and i dont expect it. It's my responsibility, to make sure im buying safe for me products.
Fellow aloe allergen sufferer, and holy crap is it hard to avoid. It's in everything, and it's often tucked in really low on the ingredients list so it takes a long time to scan through and find it. It's so damn hard to avoid , i wish it was more clearly labelled and less commonly used because it is an allergen!
Loved your reaction to that last video. She is so calm and matter-a-fact about it and then cut screen to her poor face in basically a horror movie mask. Quite a shocker. 😂
I have a lot of allergies, and I even have to be careful about exfoliate scrubs that have walnut shells, or any products with banana, and a few other things. They really almost never disclose that there are nut products or other allergens, especially fragrances, it will just say "fragrance" bc its proprietary but some synthetic fragrances give me hives, asthma, and even migraines and its hard to narrow down which ones because most never give those ingredients. So I really appreciate ingredient lists that do, and ones that give common names or where it's derived from in the parentheses behind the more scientific names, and especially appreciate lines that disclose their fragrance ingredients, which is usually ones using natural fragrance oils they want to brag about, but are few and far between.
I’m allergic to flaxseed so that first video is my worst nightmare 😮
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For the allergy issue with beauty products:
I don't think companies need to put allergy warnings on their products. However, for common allergies (like peanuts/tree nuts, eggs, shell fish, etc.), I do think that when they list the ingredients, they should include the simplified name of the allergen in parentheses. So for the example in this video, after they listed the "Orbigyna Oleifera Seed Oil" on the producta ingredient list, it should be followed by "(tree nut oil)".
That ending 🤣😂 laughter really is the best medicine. At least that mask under a mask gave us some laughter even if the skincare ran out after 20 minutes 🤣😂 we have the mad creepy bunny image forever 🤣 maybe not for quite that long but still 😂
Rare Beauty’s got macadamia nuts in their hand cream, most brands just hide behind scientific ingredient names. It’s a nightmare for anyone like me with a nut allergy! My skincare will never have nuts in there, when I get the money for the CPSRs and preservative efficiency tests!
You laughing at that hellscape of an overnight mask is the best thing I’ve seen all week! You’re a delight! 😂💜
As someone with soy, almond, and hazelnut allergies, I always look at beauty products in detail to make sure the products I buy don’t have those ingredients. My skin reacts horribly to products with those ingredients and I definitely don’t blame the brands when I accidentally buy a product with something I can’t use in it.
When i was 16 y.o my routine was just wash face with Clean and Clear😅 or whatever cheap facial wash available during grocery time with mum
I used a bar of dove soap because my doctor told me to, it honestly worked fine and I still soestimes do when I forget to put my face wash in the shower
I’ve been really sad lately but James’ laughter brought my spirits up a bit. Thank you James ❤ and thank you for making me laugh ❤😂
I’ve been so fed up today but James laughing at that tik tock trend with the girl near the end made me laugh 😂 thank you ❤
As a 16 year old I find that 16 year Olds skincare routine insane.
in regards to the nut allergy thing, i feel like because that's one of the most common allergies, brands should let people know. whether on the box with a symbol or on their website having a specific tab people with this allergy can check to see which products they shouldn't use !
Rhode put it in their website & it on the ingredients list on the packaging. I think she should have done a patch test but I don't even do patch test anyone can make that mistakes. Hopefully she's okay
I am definitely into natural beauty but I mix and match, and I love your channel😂 that skincare routine was CRAZY! Allergens should definitely but disclosed but allergen is a loose term some people are allergic to certain preservatives and even fragrance so I think it would be really hard to have a labeling system established and implemented widely & omfg the end😂
True, but... At least for the most common allergens that cause anaphylactic reactions [not just topical sensitivities] it should be clearly labeled. Especially if it's an ingredient people have never heard of before. But I agree that a THOROUGH labeling system would be super hard to implement!
@@ZijnShayatanica definitely
it is genuinely upsetting that actual kids/teens are worried about wrinkles
“I’m holding a pen because I feel official 🖊️🤓” same James, whenever I feel stupid studying in group I grab a pen and start talking with it 😭.
This has got to be the BEST video yet James, you kept me howlingggg throughout the video 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not only are these tweens using some products wrong. They don’t need all of that skincare!! I am 16 myself, evey morning and night I use a cleanser, toner and a day/night cream and my skin looks and feels great. Oh and I use a sunscreen in the morning. Repeat after me: you don’t need so much skincare at a young age!!
That laugh is so contagious! Both James and Robert have the best laughs!
😂😂 oh my gosh James! 😂😂
You hysterically laughing at the end got me laughing so much and definitely out loud. The problem is I'm at work and I sit in a cubicle by myself but everyone can here me hysterically laughing! 🤣🤣 People started coming over to see what I was laughing at and then they started laughing! Too effing funny!!! ❤❤❤
Vitamin C and salicylic acid together sounds like a recipe for irritation/burning 💔
Everytime you bust out laughing over the facemask, it makes me bust out laughing 😂
The way I started cackling when James began laughing at the girl with the face mask 😂
James was all of us in that last clip. I've watched it so many times and it gets funnier and funnier every time. We love you James❤!!!
Hm, for such a serious allergy, that can be deadly, I think the brand should be very clear about their ingredients. Most of those with allergies are used to looking at ingredients for everything, for safety reasons. But if it is a very obscure source, it's hard as a consumer to know.
I'm allergic to several metals, so I have to check for that. I can't use Bare Mineral foundation for example. It contains to much iron.
I'm rewatched your last few minutes and shared over and over and over! You've cured my funky mood!
yes, it is the consumers responsibility to research ingredients, especially if they will have a reaction. But the real problem is things that cause a reaction when injested may not as a topical, and vice versa.
I was actually thinking she accidentally consumed some of it since it was a lip treatment. There didn’t seem to be much of a reaction on her actual lips?
“I’m not here to discuss that because we all know it’s bull 💩.” 😂❤ and this is why we follow you!!
😊 I’m into natural beauty, but I still watch your videos! Your videos are for ALL of us! THANK YOUUU!!❤
Yesss i completely agree! I've been into Kbeauty and Asian skincare for years and it's so so annoying when i see all these trends coming up renaming things that already exist! They do anything to get views!
Not me watching James’ giggle fit 3 times. 🤣
If you know you have a bad allergy to a certain ingredient, it’s your responsibility to READ about what your ingesting or putting on your skin. If you have a tree nut allergy and an ingredient is something seed oil, look it up for chrissakes! Skincare companies can’t be responsible for calling out every allergy in the world that someone has. ❤
I'm really having a rough emotional day but watching you laugh made me giggle so I really appreciate it 😀
If you're horribly allergic to something always triple check everything you put in or on you. It's common sense.
When I saw that 16 year old’s skincare routine I GASPED. Like I genuinely don’t know how somebody can use like 2 facial sprays, 7 serums, and like 2 eyes creams without your face being super clogged or you breaking out/getting a allergic reaction 😭 like I love the dedication but girlie your 16, some of those products shouldn’t even be used together
I love how teenagers so desperately want to have adult problems (i was guilty of this at 16, as well) but they only choose the ones they think are the most important, ie skin care lol like no babes, you were able to get all that stuff bc you live rent free at home still and can afford all those products via your part time job or holiday/bday money. Us regular folks cant afford all those name brands bc we gotta pay for a roof over our head 😭
As someone who has watched SimplyNailogical, I was shocked that “velvet nails” wasn’t the stupid felt thing Cristine did to try to make fuzzy nails in the Velvet Lip Era
I have anaphylaxis (peanuts). I feel for her, but ultimately it is her responsibility to make sure that whatever she is using does not contain ingredients that she's allergic to. Yes, even in skincare. I am lucky in that most products do not use peanut oil. But tree nut/seed oils are totally common.
I mean I always look at ingredients and check if I don’t know one for avocado and soy
Your laugh is too damn contagious lol, I can hardly breathe because I'm giggling with you at that mask! That's some hunger games capitol shit istg 💀
I thought it is common knowledge to do a patch test first, especially if you know you have an allergy. I'm also allergic to certain types of plants, so I know what to do.
To me the girl seems kinda naive 🤷♀️
I have never in my life, like not once, had an allergic reaction to a thing, but oh my god to make a patch test to an every new product that I am going to use is a must for me.
@@minizanuda7383That's definitely a good habit to start! I wouldn't want you to have your very first allergic reaction w/o warning, covering your entire face or affecting your eyes/lips, lol
I struggle to use four products as an adult a face wash, serum, acne treatment and a moisturizer. How did she even use 16?!?
Hi James! The caffeine serum actually does get a bit crusty around the lid, its not off/expired, it just does that! Hehe, its nice stuff though helps with puffiness a lot!
I used to get cat eye nails all the time in 2014, they got very common at the Asian nail salons here in the states, but it was really just a way to sell the gel polish/no chip manicure.
velvet nails have been a thing in the indie nail space for probably a decade or more. it’s a different style than what cat eye nails are.
I was cracking up right there with you with the overnight face mask one 😂 spit my coffee out and everything hahahaha
If you're selling something with an allergen, it is your responsibility to make that known! Explicitly known! Not in the fine print of your website.