 Good morning. I'm Mary Ellen from the channel Mary Ellen after 60 and today I'm going to be talking about skin care I don't really get excited when I talk about skin care, but I have made a few changes in my skin care I haven't added anything, but I've taken a few things away at some point in the video I'm going to put some before and after footage and the one of them I know is from four years ago comparing my skin to I think it was the 10th of September and I'm going to point out some changes later on in the video But before I talk about anything else I wanted to let you know that I eat a very healthy diet. I sleep very well and I drink plenty of water I really do take care of myself. My skin is still normal It's neither oily nor dry and as and as of yet, I don't have any brown age spots, but Today I am 66 and tomorrow I will be 67. So I don't know when those will come So my skin care does not consist of products that deal with age spots with the brown spots So Jim and I have basically been in since March 11th We don't go out to eat. We stay at home And I thought it was a good time for me to experiment with the skin care that I was using. I cannot tell you how many companies Want to send me their products and I think that's really a good thing But I've only tried a few products from one company in the last couple of years I just want to make my skin care as simple as I possibly can and To be as effective as it can without having any type of procedures or spa treatments or or anything like that The only thing I use that is medical grade is retin A and that's the only Product that I really go by the claims it my skin likes retin A I know some people it doesn't the rest of the products I use are trial and error and I am my own guinea pig before I go on I want I'm going to link some videos below that I think are Kind of important, especially if you're new into skin care tretinoin retin A I've had so many people comment and say I wish I would have watched this before I started my skin care Because it is a gradual journey You don't ever want to start skin care where somebody already is because I've been using retin A now for over Six years, so I had to gradually work my way up to that point I do realize everything that I do is temporary Retin A dermarolling if I quit doing those things I don't think I would lose the progress I made but it would just start naturally Wrinkling and sagging more than it already is and in my head I think I would start seeing the difference in three or four months in my skin if I quit using retin A and one of these days I might but I'm just not ready to do that yet I am not an authority on anything the only thing I am a thought an authority on is is how my skin reacts to All different things and I do know my skin and I examine it every day toward the end of March I just started looking at every product I used and I want to use the least amount of products with them Most maximum benefits is what I want to do. I'm a slacker, you know that there were two products I was not willing to give up in the morning, and it is my it miracle water. I opened this on September 5th 2019 It's already been 13 months, and I still have that much left. I use this After I just cleansed my face with a washcloth a cheap nubby washcloth And then I go into my dressing room and I put this on a one-quarter of a shishado pad So I do this every day and consistency is a key But this is one thing that I do every single day And I knew I did not want to quit using the skin diva the 20% are garling with Matrixle 3000 this is the one I use one drop a day, and I just use it here Here and in here, and I opened this one on March 15, 2020 So I've got a whole lot left using one drop a day. It does last a long time So those were the only two products that I was going to not test and when I removed something I continued using everything else I jotted everything down in a little calendar because I didn't want to I wanted to make notations on April 1st. I decided I was going to continue doing my skin care the way I'm doing it and I will put a link to that video I'll put it up here, and I'll put it below because There's no need for me to go over everything I do if you're interested in my skincare I'll leave that link below, and I'll put a card above and I will buy there's two brands. I will buy first Vitamin C and that's a timeless and this is a pump this one is empty and I like it really well. It's the only thing I use every day that I keep in the refrigerator, and I also Have that one from Skin Diva, and I'm gonna put in front of me. I'm gonna put the ingredients they are identical And what I do is I just cut the box off and put a little tape around it and set this in my refrigerator and when I when I'm using this when I take it out I Open it up and that way. I don't spill it. I keep it in here But I will tell you after let's see From the first to the 16th of April. I didn't use any on the left side of my face and This spot right here got darker I could tell my skin didn't look as it did not look as youthful It didn't glow and I I believe it helps with my exfoliation and today. I have on absolutely no makeup I have on lipstick mascara and navy eyeliner I don't they don't even have my skincare on because it's a bright sunny day And I wanted you to see my skin as clearly as I can show it to you So I knew that I wanted to continue with the timeless vitamin C So my next step was to try something on my right side. So on April 19th I quit using the bye-bye under eye eye brightening cream and this one I opened on March 25th And I love this and within one week I knew I wanted to go back to using this my eye didn't look my eyes didn't look as bright Well, my eye didn't look as bright this eye looked Good because I was putting it on every day and something I've really been trying to do is make sure I put it up in here and I only use this underneath my eye I Don't put it on my lid, but within a week. I knew I needed this so this one is staying Now during my nighttime routine there were two things that I wasn't willing to do without and one of them is the timeless Hydrating eye cream. I've used this. I think it'll be five years next April that I've used this every single night I used to use it in the morning, but after I do my retin A I'll go in and I'll put this all underneath my eyes on my eyelids and I just it's just works really really well for me this I opened on July 11th 2020 and I always get six months because I only use about a half of a pump I use a very small amount, so I didn't want to do without that and Last February when I was doing my skincare update. I had added the it cosmetics Confidence in an eye cream and I was thinking back then I thought I'm gonna be trying this to see because you know I am getting older all the time and I thought and I'm somebody that does believe in eye cream Just based on my experience. Yeah, maybe I could put it all over my face, but I'm not gonna do that that I quit using this on May 3rd and I did it on my left eye and I didn't use it for three weeks and I It did when doing anything for me. I don't have a lot of it left So I'm gonna finish this up, but I'm not gonna be repurchasing anymore the thing that's interesting I haven't liked any of the it confidence in an eye cream in a neck cream in a moisturizer The only thing I ever liked from the confidence line was their confidence in a compact. It was like a cream Foundation but those products just never did do anything for me, but I was really hopeful for this But so I haven't added another cream over this yet as the winter approaches. I may use my secret sauce I may use that bye bye under eye eye brightening cream, but I'm just kind of good for right now on June 7th. I quit using the it bye bye line serum and I quit using it on the right side of my face and I use this I use this in the morning what I did instead. I use the dermatology Tented moisturizer. I use this on my left side of my face and after three weeks. I could see no difference I haven't been using the benigma. It's still it's outside in my refrigerator. I have an unopened jar But this tinted moisturizer from dermatology really has it's kept it looking the same This is a whole lot more expensive than this is so I am going to I quit using this I'm going to use it on my neck. I'm going to use it other places. I'm not going to waste it But I really do like the dermatology and I open this on June 20th I really think it's a good product. It's good to wear under makeup It's good to just use as a tinted moisturizer I never use the amount recommended, but I protect my face in other ways. I wear a hat. I wear glasses. I wear Other sunscreen, but in july I decided that I was going to in the morning I wasn't going to use hyaluronic acid and that lasted about three days because my skin really likes hyaluronic acid And then I decided I wasn't even going to try not using the matricul 3000 I use both of those from timeless. I just use this old bottle Washed it out cleaned it and put half hyaluronic acid and half matricul 3000 And it has worked great for me because what I did I'd usually put my Matricul 3000 or either one it didn't really matter to me which one I put first But I would immediately go in with the other so I haven't seen any difference, but my skin does like this So I was okay with what I was using. I paired it down some So one day I went to use my ordinary AHA 30 BHA 2 I have never used more than this much for an application I always it's after I cleanse my face and my face is really dry Every other sunday I would use this and I put on a very sheer coat And it literally burned my face. So I'd used it for several years It never bothered me, but I had a burn here that actually scabbed So I know that my skin Doesn't like it anymore. So what I'm doing for exfoliation. I'm not using glycolic acids. I'm not using AHAs BHAs I'm counting on Shaving my face every other day using my nubby washcloths in the mornings The retinae that I use I think all those things exfoliate my face But I still use an enzymatic peel a fruit enzyme peel and I will list some below that I've used right now I have one. It's a Oriental and it is a fruits peeling jelly I have been so pleased with those and they're so gentle They they they just slough off any dead skin and then plus by shaving every other week It keeps the dead skin at bay and my preference for a razor. I don't buy any big expensive kind I use this shishado. I like the way that it is angled And it never has cut me. I've had others that have cut me And I usually I think I usually get about two or three uses of this when I'm done I clean it with an alcohol pad and I kind of like they used to do with knives You know, I do it on a piece of denim and it works fine. So I usually get two to three uses of this So there are three products that I will no longer be using I have the video I filmed today and the insert of the videos and also The photos were all done in natural light This photo was taken in july 2014 before I started retinae I was wearing foundation and lipstick, but I had on no eyeliner. So this is my before picture I usually consider when I compare other photos in the future On this second picture, this is a six year comparison The biggest difference I see is the increased amount of eyelid space My eyes are not nearly as hooded And the only thing I can really contribute this to Is using retinae because I really haven't done anything else on this comparison photo The one on your left was taken four years ago and it was two years after I began using retinae The biggest difference I can see is the browns round scar It's on my upper right cheekbone below my eye It is so much darker Than it is now And I attribute this to retinae and the vitamin c plus e plus rubric acid That spot is definitely lighter And in the last photo Even though I am 15 pounds lighter In my recent photo on your right My under-eye wrinkles are much better now than they were Four years ago I do not apply retinae close to my eyes But I really do think my eye cream has been very beneficial And along with that, you know drinking plenty of water Eating well and and protection protecting your face from the sun I haven't added any products, but I have Increased my dermaroline. So on september 13th That's why I did the picture here because I wanted to keep that and compare it to how see how it does later Is when I started using the derma roller all over my face prior to this, I just had used it here here Here eyebrows lips and and so but I'm doing it full force and what I do I set my timer for five minutes It seems like I can get through all the places in about three and then I just go down and down and across I don't try to do it every which way. I just know I'm getting little tiny holes in my skin And we'll just see what that looks like. We'll see what that turns out The first sunday of the month. I use the 0.5 millimeter And the rest of the sundays I do the 0.25 I buy mine from skin diva Jen amber does have good hers are very good. They're very similar to this They're just usually more expensive. I can get 20 off But I really do prefer the real needles And I'll put a picture here of real needles versus disc and these are real needles And if you're still here, this is going to be a giveaway And I contacted timeless and I contacted skin diva And timeless is going to give away two gift box. It's going to have the vitamin c plus e plus ferulic acid It has the hyaluronic acid matrix of 3000 hydrating eye cream and the squalane So that's going to be given to two people And skin diva is giving away a derma roller of your choice Either the 0.25 or the 0.5 They're the their matrixal 3000 and their vitamin c plus e plus ferulic acid So I'm going to have three winners and in order to be in this giveaway You just need to be subscribed to my channel before before this video goes live be 18 years old or older This is open internationally In the comment section, you just need to say either timeless or skin diva And I'll put their names up here And just whatever you want put that first and because this is a giveaway. I cannot answer any questions I can't leave comments, but go to any video that I've done it before and you know, I'll get back to you This will be I'll close it in three days And the winners will be announced in my very next video And that'll either be next Sunday or the next Sunday. I think I'm going to be doing every other week for a while It is all good. I want you to I want to thank you for hanging in there with me. It's been an interesting time I will see you in my next video and you all take care And today I'm going to be talking talk about but um and I thought I would really want to see And I knew I did not want to And I was good with that I haven't added any products, but I have So the first