 Hi I'm Mary Ellen and today I'm going to talk about my nighttime skincare routine. The little secret mission I've been working on I'm going to share the results about that. Just a little chit chat updates and that's about it. I'm 69 and I've been using this basic system for probably going on nine years. And every once in a while somebody asks me about if I've had procedures or surgery or something like that and it always makes me happy if they ask because that means I've been doing a good job but I've never had anything done. I usually wash my face late afternoon but the first thing I do I use a makeup remover no matter cloth. I like this one and I like this one. I probably use this size the most and this is a pretty good one but I don't like the color of it. It just looks like it's dirty and it's that really light pink. Now this is by Makeup Eraser and these other ones are kind of generic. I have some that are this size and these I use for different things. They're really too small for my face but that's what I do first. I just get my face wet and gently remove any makeup I can. And for many years I have used Purity Made Simple and I always buy it in the 32 ounce bottle. I haven't purchased it for a long time but then I put it into a small bottle because even like the 8 ounce bottles or the 12 ounce bottles they're hard to squeeze so I have my Purity Made Simple and this is about how much I use. I would say that is about a dime size. I found another cleanser I like a lot and I would not have tried it but for several years I've heard Mary Glitzy Fritzy talk about this cleanser so I thought I mean I have tried this is the Purity Made Simple is the only product that I buy that is not cruelty free. I've used it for probably 23 years now I'm not sure but it's the only thing that did not strip my skin that would take away my eye makeup and I just have always liked it but I've always been in the search of one that is cruelty free and I have tried many but this is one that I really like and it's by Mad Hippie. This is a four ounce container and I think it makes it like it was $17 so it was like 4.24 an ounce and on my Purity it is 32 ounces and I think it's $62 so it's way less and half price but that's okay if I continue with this I will be happy but I only have to use about a half a pump and that cleanses my whole face and after my skin is dry I use the LED mask I bought this myself started using it May 30th and I really feel like it's helped my skin I don't have on any makeup I don't have on any skincare I got up this morning drank my coffee I used to washcloth on my face put on mascara changed my eyebrows with something clear and I have Buxom rose julep on my lips but I don't have anything on my face for me it's important to talk about skincare when I don't have anything on I didn't even hide my little caverns here my little dark areas I haven't done a skincare video in a couple of years so this is the only new thing that I do and before I go to bed I just take a clean wet washcloth and just go over my face when my face is dry I go ahead and go in the dressing room and then I apply the tretinoin and it's also that's the generic name the brand name brand name is retin A so this is what I use and this is what works for me not for everybody it's just what has worked for me I use it anywhere from three to five times a week probably averaging four if I were new to retinae or hadn't been accustomed to it I would wait at least 30 minutes after my skin had been wet to make sure that because when it's the damper it is it absorbs into your skin more quickly and after I'm in bed I have a few things at my bedside table and one of them is the timeless hydrating eye cream and one of these always lasts over six months because I just use a half of a pound that is how much does both of my eyes and I do this at night but I'm gonna go ahead and put it on I just dab it I've never had any problems whatsoever I put it on my lids I'm pretty sure it's going to be eight years on this that's how long I've used it I hope they don't quit making it I don't have any reason to believe that they will but I will definitely be on the hunt because I'm somebody that eye cream makes a difference I've you know there's a lot of just like retin A there are so many varying opinions that's why I always say do your own research and right now I have two jars of face cream in my drawer one of them is the it secret sauce this is the old formulation I don't think I'm gonna buy the new one right the new one is 72 dollars at regularly price and you can usually get it on sale but I bought this dermatology peptide night cream oh at least six months ago and I think it's 40 some dollars but I think I use my 20 discount and get it for 30 but this will last a year my this is 2.1 ounce the reason I know it is this is 2.1 ounce and the it secret sauce is two ounces so it will last that long and I would say what I do when I go to bed I feel my face I just feel it I've already looked at it in the mirror if it looks like I need moisturizer I will put some on if it doesn't I don't I thought I would need more moisture this winter and I haven't I would say on the average I use it twice a week and the rest of the time that's all I do I stop at the eye cream and I'm done for the night with the exception of my neck on my neck every other night I use the 0.05 tretinoin on my naff I just go from here to here I shouldn't probably go down more but I don't do that one night and the next night I use the kakai natural oil there may be other oils that are better but this is what I've used and it just takes two drops is all that it takes to cover the area but and then I you know just rotate that every other night I started out with a kakai just using one drop and and that's it for years I had a 40% off discount code and it you know it left and I cannot get a hold of the guy for anything because I would love to be able to this is like 38 dollars and 40% off it was a real deal and and I like to buy in mind for 40% off because I do buy on my own skincare what I'm going to talk about is something you may or may not be interested in but I will put a time where you can skip ahead once I know how long I'm going to spend talking about this and I have no discount codes I have no affiliation with this company but I wanted to share it because there's been so many questions that you all have asked me that because I am not a healthcare provider I can't answer retin A and tretinoin is a prescription drug in the United States I can't give out medical advice I can only tell you what I do and and that's it I was watching a video of Tamara from Tamara's Timeless Beauty if you're not subscribed to her I think it would be a really a highly recommender she really has great information and makes really nice videos well I've heard of curology for a long time I knew about that you could get retin A tretinoin it's if I say one you know what I'm talking about I use those words interchangeably but I wasn't interested in it because it was a lot more expensive than what I spend on my retin A but I truly did this so I could share this information with you because I will probably go back to the way I'm doing I did things there were three things she said and I will link her video for sure that just hurt that my ear she was talking about the agency and future formula and it's a way to get retin A and you do have a provider that works with you well I not heard all about that you know when I wasn't interested she said three things when she said the range for the retin A is 0.01 which is two and a half times weaker than that what I've seen in the United States which is 0.025 so so that impressed me and the other thing that impressed me which I'm not going to do but it even goes stronger the strongest I can find in the United States at a pharmacy is 0.1 percent the agency goes to 0.14 so there's a huge range in there in the strengths the second thing I loved I loved you know I I show you how much I use on you know who I say well how much do you use this is how much you use here's your bottle right here that covers your whole face it won't cover your neck it won't I mean a little of it will I haven't used it but I usually use all that on my face and my third thing was you get a provider a healthcare provider so they will you'll answer I filled out all this information it wasn't too much the hardest part was a they wanted a selfie from the front and from each side well I just went in and did screenshots I don't take selfies I don't know how to do it so I just did some screenshots from a video and I sent those in and then I heard back from them I could try it I think the total cost was $8.11 for one month and you could cancel it anytime even though I had given them the history I didn't tell them I would see that I did YouTube or anything I just told them what my normal skincare was and what the healthcare provider recommended was the 0.07 percent tretinoin azelaic acid I think that was five percent five percent of trans-examic acid and I think four percent of niacinamide and all three of those products do help with pigmentation and but that's some that's one thing I don't have yet I will get it but I don't have brown spots or egg spots but I know that it helps brighten your skin they asked me not to use vitamin c in the morning and I didn't I started this on January the 30th today is Monday March 13th I'm still using my original bottle I got notification that they were going to be sending me a two-month supply and she was going to change it to the 0.1 percent and then I think the rest of the acids and the niacinamide were going to remain the same and so I wanted to follow it through I want to see how many days are in here how many times you can use it I've used it four times every week I'll let you know in an upcoming video how many pumps are really in here that's something I did like you know me I'm not going to open it but you can just screw this open it's ubiquitous pumping you can get a spatula and get the rest of it out it came in a box like this it wasn't overly packaged I have an envelope here I haven't tried this they sent this free it's an oil cleanser and a moisturizer I'll try that sometime but I just strictly wanted to try the basics as soon as I received my second box I went into the website and I adjusted the next delivery and I will probably cancel before the next delivery I'll tell you why in a minute but this is a two-month bottle so this should last two months we'll wait and see yes all the acids are the same and it just says apply to face nightly there's a lot of instructions once you sign up you get you have two consults that are free and you do this through the computer she may ask for a picture I don't know I've never had to ask any questions and with each order you get another free consult with your healthcare provider I know there are many of my subscribers that want to use Retinae but they it was too strong for them or for various other reasons they just never got started so so far so good I will keep you posted when I do my monthly what's making me happy or not I'll keep you posted in those to tell you how it's working okay the first one for a month was 811 and then I was charged $60 and 60 cents for two months so that averages $30 a month for some people that is excellent for somebody like me that is too much because I'll tell you what I do my last prescription I got for my physician I got the I asked for a physical paper prescription I got the 0.05 percent cream the reason I did that is because I still had some of the 0.1 percent left from last year and I was running low on my 0.05 percent and this will last me two years because I only use it every other night I know it will last two years I've been slacking and I forgot to tell you something very important I buy retin A through goodrx.com you can get on it on your computer your phone wherever but it's goodrx.com you type in the drug you're looking for which in my case retin A and then below that you type in what your script says so my prescription said 45 milligrams of 0.05 and then you make sure your town is there your city is there or where you shop for your medication then you scroll down to see the best price today I looked at 20 grams of 0.05 and it was $30 and 64 cents they have three different strengths 0.025 0.05 and 0.1 I usually take a screenshot or a picture of it if I'm on my phone I just take a picture of it and then I go to the pharmacy and I drop my prescription off I tell them I have goodrx and I tell them the price they have never asked to see my coupon but that may change you know from city to city if you have a picture you can bring it up in your pictures if you can print it out that's another way you can do it most insurances won't cover retin A for especially for older people and it can be anywhere from 200 to 300 dollars and it's a great savings 60 dollars for the retin A for my face that lasts over a year is a great deal and that's why I will go back to the way I was doing it before because I know how much retin A to use because I guarantee you less is more when it comes to retin A but I love that they have one miter dose per pump what I used to do when I was trying to go from the 0.05 percent to the 0.1 percent I would take my a little jar I bought a bunch of these depending on the size of the tube if it was a small tube and here's a small tube I would probably put about a quarter of it in here and that would be the weaker and then I would add just a little bit of the stronger and then I'd mix it up and it would last about a month and then the next time I'd add a little bit more because there was no way my skin was going to go from the middle strength to the full strength very well at all so I had to do it gradually so that is what I've been working on and I will keep you posted I got my CPAP machine on March 2nd I won't go into it in detail but this is what mine looks like it's a nasal cushion my nose is really sore underneath I asked sherry from the channel home help and heart she was mentioning something about a bella swift mask it's when it goes on your nose and just behind your ear this one has the this has the top and in the back and there's some of my hair on it and I've made a way to work make this work but I do want to try the one that just goes behind your ears but again I'll talk more about that later but every night it gets better every single night and I know I still have a way to go but I'm working on it I wrote down a few dates there are some things that I talk about a lot I seldom if ever get anything from the ultra 21 days of beauty but on March 26th the tart maracuja juicy lip plumping gloss is going to be half price and I think it's 24 so it'll be 12 and then on March 28th the loxatone almond shower oil is going to be half price it's expensive that a half price is wonderful the grande brow which is probably $72 if I need some I'm going to get some of that and I'd like to try the tulip cleanser I just would and that's all on the 28th and anybody that uses purity on the 30th they have 12 ounces for 1650 so that's and if you're still here this is going to be a giveaway and you know how much I love giveaways and I am buying these items for you and I'm going to have them sent to you and I think I can buy everything from Amazon but we'll see since it's a prescription I can't give you any retin A but I can find some really good makeup removing claws a bottle of the mad hippie cleanser and a bottle of kakai oil I'm going to have three winners because I like I really do like to have odd numbers there's I have two sisters so there's three of us in the family so three's always been my lucky number since this is a giveaway I cannot reply to your comments you can leave a question or comment on any other video and I'll get back to you the only thing you have to be to be in my giveaways is 18 years older older and you have to leave a comment below this video and in the sentence just use the word spring since tomorrow is the first day of spring I closed my giveaways on in three days I close them on the Wednesday and then the next video I do I will announce I won't ever send those scammy messages you've been chosen for this or that if you win something I announce it on my channel I am filling in my favorite pajamas of all time and it is all good thank you for spending time with me I appreciate it and I will see you in my next video take care and in the word anyway technique and I'm just going to go ahead and uh you know the heck I can get my could not want to you that do want to use it and I would put a healthy I probably fit about a