 Good morning. I'm Mary Ellen from the channel Mary Ellen after 60 and I'm here today with no Nothing on my face other than mascara and lipstick to talk about skin care. That's what I like to do when I talk about skin care I don't like to have anything on even though. I have these really dark areas right here. I'd like to hide This is me in natural light. I've never used a filter. I've never Doctored up a photo. It's just it is what it is. How can I show improvement? How can I show the aging process if I'm trying to make myself look better and the sun has gone in and That makes me sad and I also want to announce the winners of my last giveaway. I've been compiling questions I've gotten over the last oh Month to six weeks and I'm just going to sit here and answer them And then just talk about a few things in a little while one of the questions How long does it take for me to do my skin care in the morning? My skin care at night is so fast and easy and I'll tell you what I did twice I timed myself I used the timer on my phone and I went in there and I did what I call the first half and I'm not going to I'm just gonna link my video below when I did my yearly skin care update because I'm not going to put the links below if anybody's interested in skin care You can look at that video. But before I talk about that I do not wash my face in the morning what I do and what I have done Since I started I can't remember I've I used cheap cheap nubby wash claws And the cheaper the better and I've used these forever. In fact one video I did I talked about just getting a cheap damp washcloth And somebody thought I said a cheap damp washcloth, but they're just cheap washcloths And what I do is I run it underwater I squeeze out the water and I gently buff my skin and I'll it doesn't even move my skin around But I gently buff my skin and that's all that I need. I've never had any problems. So I don't see changing and It's the polar opposite of what I do at night and these this is just one of the knockoff makeup erasers, which is very plush and Feels really good When I take off my makeup at night I what I do is I dampen this and I use it on my face And then I cleanse my face later with purity made simple But I really like using something soft at night and I love using my cheap cheap washcloths in the morning So after I've wiped my face off I go into my dressing room. I think there's three things I do So the first part took me one minute and 53 seconds Then I put on my Vitamin C serum last and I usually leave and I go do a few other things and then I go back Probably about 10 minutes later and finish up what I do Well this part two was two minutes and 18 seconds for a grand total of four minutes and 11 seconds And I can't say I enjoy any of that. I'm getting better. I don't dislike it But for me four minutes and 11 seconds is is doable Why don't I exfoliate more often than I do I just do what my skin needs and and I use retin A six nights a week. So I'm constantly getting a exfoliation I exfoliate on sunday if I needed to do it more I would do it more, but I don't need to I don't have The flaky skin and I have not hurt my lipid barrier at all I want to I'll talk about retina a little later because I do want to cover some topics there Those of you who have watched me probably are going to cringe when you hear me say My 15 times my floc site 15 times magnification mirror and I'll put a picture of it here I've had mine for 13 years And the only thing I do with it is I examine my skin. I can I can see the finest wrinkles I can see the finest hair. I I don't use it to put on makeup But a lot of times what I do with my skin like it's foliate or shave, you know, I do that twice a month It's guided by what I see in that mirror. I know that I don't look that way I think it would bother I think it'd be really hard on a teenager to look in a 15 times magnification mirror But I know I'm the only one that sees me that way. So it doesn't make me feel bad or Self-conscious, but anyway, that's that's how I truly gauge what I'm going to do Is by looking in that mirror and I look at least once a day Does that clarisonic pull and tug on my skin? No, I don't even put the brush on my skin I let the jets do the work for me And in one video I mentioned I don't have any age spots and they mentioned this right here That is a cutterization mark. I had that when I was four years old I had a something that was bleeding and they burned it and I was left with that It looks like a chicken pox scar when I was in high school I used to kind of darken it to make it look like a beauty mark But I will tell you it has gotten much lighter And I believe that's due to the vitamin C serum because I don't unless some of the retin A migrates up that way I do put my my retin I'll talk about the retin A later, but Anyway, that isn't an age spot Why don't I do my chest and the back of my hands? Because I'm a slacker one of these days my neck is not bad at all. I don't have any wrinkles I should take better care of it, but Maybe one of these days I will I just don't enjoy skincare enough to do it and that's just how it is I got so many comments that from people that were surprised how little product I use And I do I don't use much of anything the thing about it is I can always add more Why did I choose the products I chose? It'll be six years in August when I started using skincare and something I want to Stress is I only added one thing every month. I didn't start doing you know I did retin A for a month Then I used vitamin C serum then I used hyaluronic You know, I did one month because if I used If you use quite a few things at one time, you won't know what bothers you I had heard Angie from hot and flashy speak about timeless And I did a lot of research on different companies and there was something I really liked about timeless And I used it I've used a lot of their products because I think it's a very good company And the prices are reasonable and if I needed to change it up sometime I will that for now That's what works for me as a rule. That's what I use the most up And as I got older I started since I knew that my skin did really well with the it cosmetics CC plus cream And I used my skin did not used to be sensitive and I didn't always get milia And those are little hard cysts under the skin that never come to a head I used to didn't get it, but I think after I turned 60. There was a lot of changes in my skin I used to could put anything on my face and and it didn't didn't bother me I could put 10 layers of pan stick makeup and Didn't bother my skin at all now I want to talk about retin A and retin A is a prescription drug in the United States Any health care provider whether it is a nurse practitioner a PA at your general physician and dermatologist All of them can write a prescription for it And I would recommend if you're in the United States to go through goodrx.com It's just I'll put the thing here because you can get the best price that Many times it requires you can't refill it So like when I go to the doctor I get a prescription for the large tube and one large tube I think it's 45 grams last me a year. I go to that at my general physician One time a year So he writes a new prescription, you know, I would ask my health care provider To write a few prescriptions whatever you need and take them to different drug stores That's that's how you get around that because you can't use that low price for a refill in my area anyway I got I get the question So much is it too late to start retin A? Well, there's someone I know that never had used retin A Started using it when she was 68 It did take her almost a full year to see the benefits And she is in her early like 72 70 she's 73 And she is so happy with her skin it people accuse her of having um Had procedures because she can't use retin A on her neck So her skin on her face looks really youthful and the skin on her neck doesn't but no I don't think it's ever too late But you need to know there are side effects And one of the side effects are is dry eye syndrome And I'm going to link a video below that my friend Kathy from Kathy's beauty care chats chats did About dry eyes. She can't use retin A It dries her eyes out and I tell you if I had any negative Side effect from from retin A I would stop it in a second. There is nothing I would do To Damage anything whether it is my skin my eyes whatever it is. I would stop doing it So if you have dry eyes Retin A may not be for you at all And the first I don't even use eye drops. So I have eye drops. I have roto eye drops and they are in my um Travel bag because that's the only time I ever use eye drops if my eyes would ever start getting dry And even though you stop right here it will migrate Retin A does migrate so That's a warning and I think it it's a very very beneficial video So I'm going to make sure I link that another question is why I don't try other products Well, I will when I need to but I will tell you I don't have a post office box So no company can send me things for the last five years You would not believe the companies that have contacted me That went to send me their products and have offered very very lucrative deals and I Tell them I'm nice some of them are very very well-known companies and I say I say I'm very happy with what I'm using should that change I'll let you know And I am so envious of the people that can switch around and try new things and bring new things to share with you But I'm just not going to be that person unless something unless I see a big difference And I truly am going to be fine when I start getting a lot of wrinkles I'll probably try to see how long I can go And still have my skin appear somewhat youthful But one of these days I just might get tired of it and I just may not do it again And this is my last question I get a lot. Why do you just derma roll once a week? Because I can easily fit that in my schedule and I can really appreciate the benefits My hair my eyebrows my lips my skin have gotten from derma rolling And who knows maybe one of these days I might use the Point two five in the middle of the week, but I'm just not interested in doing that yet And if you're still here, this is going to be a giveaway But before I announce what I'm giving away I want to let you know the day this airs gem and I are going to be out of town And then we're going to be out of town again later in the week And then I need to do all my ceus to renew my license in may And fortunately I can do them online and I'm glad because I do want to keep up my RN license So there's a chance I may not put up a video next Sunday Kind of I'm going to try to get one filmed to put up next Sunday But if I don't the winners of this giveaway will be announced the next time I upload a video Well, I have not purchased any lip products for myself since January 1st And that's when I bought the Inexpensive lip tints Well, there was a really good deal and I bought a few things and I'm going to give them away today And of course I want to I like to give you things that I love This is the it lip flushing faves. It is a hydrating color awakening lip trio I have it on today. There's three different shades here This retails for 72 They're not worth 24 a piece, but they're definitely worth 12 dollars a piece and Then when you add 14% Rakuten cash back I just couldn't resist and since I didn't need any I ordered several to have in giveaways I'm going to show you the one I have on now. These are made very nicely They're very substantial and they have the magnetic clip and it's just one of those things you can just Put on your lips You don't need a mirror for me. It's not enough to use overnight And but it's fabulous through the day and I really really like them and I have several There's going to be two winners of that and then there's going to be one winner of this And this is from it cosmetics I have one and it is I couldn't find it and when I was sitting here and I mentioned my it's packed It's packed in my travel makeup bag, but it's it's bronzer Blush and highlighter and it's a disc and it is lovely So I'm going to have two lip winners and I'm going to have one face winner So in the comments below, I want you to use a word face if you want that first or lips if you want it first And you can put both of them, but I just need to know what order You need to be 18 years older older and be subscribed to my channel before this video goes live And this is an international giveaway In the comments below just use the word face use the word lips And I'll I'll know that you want to be in the giveaway and since it is a giveaway I cannot reply to your comments If you have any questions, just leave it on an older video and you know, I'll get back to you This giveaway will close in three days. I really enjoyed reading your comments about what you were enjoying in February So right now I want to announce the winners of my last giveaway This was for the color pop going coconuts palette The set of three it cosmetics eye shadow brushes And the small tube of grande lash mascara the first person's name that popped up was joanne Madalina Congratulations, joanne And the second winner was renee luis. Congratulations to you renee Make sure you leave a comment below and I will let you know how to get in touch with me So I can send these packages to you If you're still watching and you're not subscribed It would be my pleasure if you'd go ahead and hit that red subscribe button But really more importantly, I think it's to share me with your friends I don't really care about how many subscribers I have But I would like to increase my views and just share me with your friends that you think might enjoy my content I appreciate it very much. 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