hi guys welcome back to graceful beauty
my name is sheri and today is a really
exciting video because not only is it my
favorite topic ever which would be
skincare my top 10 all-time favorite or
Holy Grail skincare products ever but it
is also a collaboration with my good
friend here on YouTube Melissa and I
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could probably do an entire video
dedicated to how amazing melissa is but
you know that's not what this video is
about it is about my top 10 Holy Grail
all-time favorite skincare products so
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very first all-time favorite Holy Grail
skincare product is my DHC deep
cleansing oil I use a cleansing oil and
what is called a double cleanse so I
take off my makeup with an oil remover
and then I use the face cleanser
afterwards to remove all of the residue
just put this on your face when your
face is dry rub it all in it will
completely emulsify all of your makeup
and then you just rinse it clean with
water there's no oily residue on your
face afterwards it just literally feels
like baby but smooth skin but everything
is completely removed you second
all-time favorite Holy Grail skin care
product that I've ever used is by
is clinical or I always say is clinical
because it stands for innovative
skincare but it is their cleansing
complex I love this one because it
completely removes all of my makeup so
if I didn't feel like using the
cleansing oil first in a double cleanse
you don't have to because this will
remove everything I used to always think
that it was silly to spend money you
know spend too much money on a cleanser
because after all you're just washing it
off your face so how could you really
benefit from the ingredients that are in
here well I don't know why I didn't do
this sooner but I started reading that
they recommend that you don't just wash
your face or rinse it off but they
recommend you wash your face with it but
you leave it on kind of as a treatment
mask for a few minutes so that it has
time to penetrate all of the good
ingredients that are in here and I just
started doing that a few months ago and
I have noticed such a difference in my
skin with the texture and my pores and
just overall smoothness and it's just
healthy and glowing and there's just no
comparison that I've ever found this is
just an all-around amazing cleanser my
third holy grail all-time favorite
skincare product is this vitamin C serum
by truth' treatment systems this stuff
is amazing it is also expensive and that
is why I hesitated to put it in this
video but I wanted to be honest with you
guys that this is what I use most of the
times I've been trying different vitamin
C serums and I really love some other
ones and I noticed some more brightening
with other ones but I went back to this
one after not using it for a couple
months and I realized just hands-down
just nothing compares to this this is
not like any other vitamin C serum that
you've ever tried most vitamin C serums
that are on the market are made with
l-ascorbic acid and that type of vitamin
C is great for many people but for a lot
of people like me I don't even have
sensitive skin but when I use a vitamin
C serum with l-ascorbic acid my skin
ends up getting irritated it starts kind
of getting burned feeling and itchy and
sometimes I get redness but I also will
break out this one will not break you
out it is a completely different type of
vitamin C it's called I think tetra
hexyl vessel a sorbet I think that's
what it's called tetra hexyl vessel a
sorbet
this is oil soluble so it penetrates
your skin so much deeper this will
brighten your skin it will help fade
discolorations it will build collagen in
your skin which is amazing to help
reduce wrinkles and fine lines this is
an investment but it is worth it because
it will last a very long time because
it's not like other vitamin C serums
that as soon as you open it up they
oxidize and then they turn orange and
you have to keep them in the fridge and
then after two months you're like crap I
just wasted you know money on that
vitamin C serum it's not gonna oxidize
it's never going to be sensitizing on
your skin your face will never fear feel
irritated with this and you will not get
pimples from this it is such a
powerhouse miracle vitamin C serum my
fourth holy grail all-time favorite
skincare product will come as no
surprise it's retin-a
prescription-strength
retina now I know that a lot of you
can't get a prescription for this I've
used retin-a off and on for about 20
years because since I did start getting
acne as an adult I'm 46 now but in my
late 20s I started getting acne so my
doctor did prescribe this to me and I
didn't use it properly at first I you
know is using it as a cream and rubbing
it all over retin-a is not a cream it is
a treatment product and you should only
use like a little smidge a amount like
less than a pea-sized amount for your
whole face but this is so amazing at
building collagen it prevents acne it
helps with cell turnover it will smooth
out fine lines and wrinkles I understand
that many of you can't get a
prescription for this so I wanted to
just show you an alternative if I could
not use retin-a or if I couldn't get a
prescription for it this one right here
by Paula's Choice this is I've tried a
lot of retinol products this one is by
far the best the strongest when I don't
use this one I will decide to use this
one instead and honestly I get the same
result so and you can just buy this
online as her strongest retinol that she
has so if you can't get your hands on
prescription retin-a no worries because
this is an amazing one also the next
Holy Grail product for me is
prescription strength hydroquinone this
is a 4% hydroquinone this is a skin
lightener so vitamin C
as a brightener but this will actually
lighten your skin fade dark spots and
discoloration and I have melasma which
is a hormonal type of hyperpigmentation
and I'll get it around my forehead which
you can probably still see some of it
under the makeup peeking through and I
would get it around here and the only
thing that helps I've tried everything
the only thing that helps is
prescription strength hydroquinone it's
not a product though that you can use
for all of your life every day this is
something that you really only want to
use maybe three to four months on and
then three to four months off so on the
months that I'm not using this I will
use things like azelaic acid a kojic
acid alpha r butte and a bunch of other
different skin lighteners and
brighteners that will help manage the
melasma during that time but it still
will get darker and darker and darker if
you watch some of my very first videos I
purposely started my youtube channel
when I have been off of my hydroquinone
so that you guys could see how dark it
gets when I'm off of hydroquinone oh
right now I have it under control you
know to where I can cover it up enough I
mean you're still going to see it but
hey I've been told that once I hit
menopause
then the melasma will go away because
melasma is not just hyperpigmentation it
is genetic it's from your hormones
mainly and of course UV light will make
it worse so heat will make it worse also
they are battling hyperpigmentation that
you just can't get rid of talk to your
doctor because this might be something
that would work for you my next holy
grail all-time favorite skincare product
of all time is sunscreen this is
difficult for me I don't have one
particular sunscreen that is my holy
grail but honestly sunscreen is my
number one holy grail all-time favorite
skincare product anti-aging beauty
product ever if I had to live on a
deserted island and I could only take
one skincare product with me it would be
a sunscreen this one is one that I've
been loving for about a year now
I like this when I have more oily skin
normal to oily skin when my skin is
feeling a little dry and need some
hydration this one is not my Holy Grail
I go to one that is a little more
moisturizing if you want to know which
ones I am obsessed with I will link that
video down below because you know a
sunscreen it depends on what my skin is
doing that day but this is one that I
bought multiple times and you know I
like this one because it is inexpensive
another thing that I love about this is
it kind of doubles as your face primer
so when I use this sunscreen I don't
need a primer because this really fills
in the pores and kind of smooths out the
look of my skin so that when I do apply
my foundation it just looks nicer and it
stays on longer my number seven all-time
favorite skin care product is this
spring water by event this is basically
just sterilized mineral water in a can
and it just sprays out in this nice fine
mist I go through so many of these I use
this for everything the number one
reason I started using this years and
years ago was when I started back on my
retin-a journey again would get that
irritated skin that peeling skin until
my skin was adjusting to the retin-a
only thing that would soothe and calm my
skin and just make it feel more plump
and hydrated and not itchy and irritated
and red and cracking was this mineral
spring water it doesn't matter if my
makeups already done I can spray it all
over my face then I can just Pat it with
a blending sponge it is cooling it's
refreshing it's amazing to set your
makeup if you don't want to buy those
expensive setting sprays that have
alcohol which I don't advise you to use
those anyways I will spray this on after
I've done my makeup and then I'll just
kind of let it air dry for a couple
seconds and then I'll take a blending
sponge and just press it in and it
meshes everything together especially if
you put powder on your face afterwards
and you know that when you look in the
mirror you can tell you have foundation
and powder and all that makeup on this
will kind of make everything blend
together but it won't move your makeup
around and it will just give you a more
natural youthful glow to your skin other
amazing thing that I use this for is to
spray it on my face right after I have
cleansed my face because if you want
your serums and your lotions and potions
and all those to absorb better into your
skin you want your skin to be a little
de
prior to doing that so just lightly miss
this on your face and then start
applying all of your serums and you will
see that the penetration won't be so
much better but you're actually going to
like your serums and your lotions better
when you start using this my eighth
all-time favorite skincare product ever
I know you're probably like wait what
those look like pills they sound like
pills well they are because you know
skincare isn't only what we apply
topically to our face you know our skin
the best way to take care of our skin is
actually internally these are two
products I will never be without I have
a whole video on them so I don't want to
go in great detail on what they do but
this is called estro block Pro and this
is called live detox now I know it's two
items that they actually go together
because if you take this you have to
take this with it so if these two
products that go together what this
product does it is amazing to balance
your normal estrogen in your body but it
gets rid of those bad estrogens those
fake estrogens which are also called
xeno estrogens or xenoestrogens and what
xenoestrogens do there in things like
BPA or store receipts or fragrances
Glade plugins those sprays things like
that they're in the bovine growth
hormones and animal products they are in
pesticides in your non-organic fruits
and vegetables they're in a lot of
different products and what happens is
you know when we're consuming all of
these things in the environment inhaling
them or ingesting them what happens is
those products actually mimic our
natural estrogen in our body and what
can happen it can throw our estrogen off
balance it can cause an array of issues
for women polycystic ovarian disease it
can cause hormonal acne few years ago I
started getting horrible cystic acne
like 30 some of them is what I counted
down my chin down my neck and my jaw and
didn't have them anywhere else but only
in that area and when I take this it
completely completely gets rid of the
hormonal acne most breast cancers come
from estrogen dominance but it's not
from good estrogen because estrogen is a
good thing in your body it is from those
bad estrogens those fake estrogen
those xenoestrogens that are mimicking
your estrogen in your body if you're
interested in these and why these are
one of my Holy Grail skin care products
ever that I will never be without I do
have a video that I will link down below
that'll go in a little bit more detail
this is my ninth holy grail all-time
favorite skin care product and you're
probably like what kind of cream is that
it's not a cream again I'm not talking
about what you would put on your face
topically like applying it to the
outside of your face I'm talking about
what you would take internally I'm just
gonna read to you what this says it's my
vibrant health it's a plant-based
advanced daily superfood called green
vibrance and it has 25 billion
probiotics it is clinically formulated
that supports the four foundations of
health nutrition circulation digestion
and immunity it helps your pH levels it
helps with energy with detoxification
and with stress relief it's gluten flea
flea it's gluten-free non-gmo and soy
free this is a green superfood powder
that I mix in our green drinks like in
the Vitamix or the blender or you can
just mix it in water but it doesn't
taste great in water but this has things
like a barley grass chlorella broccoli
beets spinach rapeseed polyphenols it
has a straggle as' has a bunch of
different enzymes and probiotics we take
this almost daily when I don't take it
let me just tell you what happens when I
don't take it I start lacking energy my
skin isn't as glowing I just don't feel
right I don't feel like myself when you
take this your skin I mean you will see
this beautiful healthy glow in your skin
because you're feeding your skin from
the inside out with a bunch of really
really good ingredients and finally my
all-time favorite Holy Grail skin care
product that I will never be without is
a silk pillowcase now years ago I used
to just think oh they're just pretty and
they're soft and that's why people like
them that is not what a silk pillowcase
does for me a silk pillowcase this is
skin care I am a side sleeper since I
had neck surgery you know I had to learn
how to sleep in different positions but
I know it's not good for me to sleep on
my side and I had trained
myself to sleep on my back and I have a
special pillow for that too I can talk
about that in another video if anyone's
interested but I will link it down below
if I sleep on a cotton pillowcase when I
wake up in the morning my hair is like
Medusa
it's all over the place and it feels
real dry and it's just like what
happened to the moisture when I sleep on
a silk pillowcase my hair will stay
smooth the style I honestly when I wake
up the next day I don't even have to
brush it there's just something in silk
that it does not suck out the moisture
in your hair and it will keep your hair
silky and smooth and soft and it will
maintain that style so if you want to do
your hair the night before and then
sleep on a silk pillowcase just try it
I'm telling you when I wake up you
actually don't have to restyle your hair
because a silk pillowcase not a satin
one but a real silk pillowcase will
maintain that style of your hair but the
reason I am obsessed with it is since I
started sleeping on my side again when I
sleep on a silk pillowcase I can
actually sleep on my side and I do not
wake up with any wrinkles I should have
done a before and after photo of what it
looks like on my face when I wake up in
the morning after sleeping on a regular
cotton pillowcase I will wake up after
side sleeping and I just have these
wrinkles all over my face and they take
hours sometimes the whole day to
actually disappear also my skincare
seems to stay on my face better because
the cotton pillowcase it sucks all the
moisture out of your skin whatever is on
your hair on your face that cotton
pillowcase is gonna try to absorb it and
take it out of your skin you don't want
your nice skincare ingredients to be
sucked out of your skin and that's what
happens when I sleep on cotton but when
I sleep on silk my face is like silk in
the morning and I have no wrinkles on my
face after using this I have like 20
different silk pillowcases because I do
like to change out my pillowcases every
couple days this is a really nice one
and I will link this down below I got
this on Amazon I get a lot of things on
Amazon and I love to sleep on just a
plain white pillowcase because my linens
are white I actually had this one sent
to me and I got to pick the color so
instead of getting a boar
in white wine I was like well let me get
a pink one so I have not used this yet
I've been waiting to do this video
because I want to wash it hand wash it
and I want to use this because this oh
my gosh this is like the softest most
amazing silk I've ever felt again I will
link all of these down below I even have
a travel pillow I use the my pillow
travel and I put that in my suitcase and
I even bought a travel silk pillowcase
that's how much I cannot be without silk
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