 Hi guys, it's Monica. This is going to be a, well I always say it's gonna be a quick video but they never usually are so, but anyways I'm gonna try to keep this quick. I'm gonna probably break this into two parts because if I do both parts it'll be super super long but this is a highly requested video and that is that I update my skincare routine and I always feel kind of funny doing that because I really don't make in my opinion a whole lot of changes on any kind of regular basis although I do believe in switching things up because I do believe that your skin can get used to the same thing in the same routine over and over again so I take a break I might add another product I might remove a product stuff like that so anyways for those of you that are new to my channel I'm 65 years old I will be 66 in February of 2020 I can't believe it can't believe it but yes I am and my skin is combination I have very dry skin and in or oily skin sort of in the t-zone drier around here and you know my cheeks and things of that nature so it's always been a combination and my skin tone is more neutral I have a cooler I guess is the appropriate way to say it skin tone anyways because anyways my morning routine is pretty well consistent I usually get up in the morning and for gosh I want to say oh and I should also tell you some of these products I'm going to talk to you they were sent to me and some of these products I have bought with my own money I will always mention any products that were sent to me and also sometimes I have affiliate links those will also be noted in the description box for example where I buy my retin A I am an affiliate of reliable RX pharmacy in India so and that's new to me but not the product but being an affiliate so I just want to make that disclosure known because my retin A I buy it fairly cheaply so anyways that's my evening I'm really not going to that too much at this point in time but my morning routine I normally will lightly wash my face depending on what's going on with my skin if I feel that I need to exfoliate I will do a light wash I will do an exfoliation and normally and many of you have heard me talk about the fact that I've been using the studio 35 this is that you can get this in Walgreens and I normally will put this on this is a alpha hydroxy face cream and I normally put this on and then I will wash it off but I don't use this all the time anymore what I have been doing on those days that I really feel I need to exfoliate more than normal I've been using this particular product and you know what you guys can use whatever you really want that works for you if you even need it but I've been using this this is a coffee gommage scrub that I got and this is wake up your complexion with this caffeine rich natural moisturizing coffee gommage naturally moisturizing face mask concentrating containing jojoba oil and squalene oil and some other and other ingredients anyways I received this as PR from a gin amber she sent me a number of products in PR and I've been using them for a while this coffee scrub gommage I should say I've used quite a bit of it actually I don't know if you can tell I've used quite a bit of it anyways I'll get up in the morning and I'll wash my face I don't have to do like a huge super wash because I'm very consistent and very good about washing my face at night and doing my skincare at night actually like that whole process so I'll get up I'll wash my face and if my skin looks like it needs this I will do this as a scrub I'll put this on gommage my skin massage it in and wash it off I really like this feels really good now this was sent to me via PR I don't know if I'm gonna rebuy it I don't know yet at this point in time I've probably been using this for about I took it to Nashville for about three weeks I like it I use this I've used this for gosh years I like it I don't do it every day so these are the two products that right now currently in the morning that I'm alternating with I like them both and then it just really all depends on the level of my skin there are some mornings that I really don't even need that but after I wash my face and my skin and I go through I'll use a toner and I most likely use this witch hazel I've got a number of different toners but this is the one that I kind of reach you all the time it's very affordable this is the cucumber one I happen to really like the cucumber one I've tried a few others but I really kind of like this a lot so I reach for this it's very affordable I think I got some Walgreens I can't remember but this is the one I use a lot on the days that I have not done any of the alpha hydroxy or any of the other any kind of other exfoliation I sometimes will use the ordinary glycolic acid again I'm not going to use these at the same time but I'm gonna be switching it around so sometimes I use this as a toner when I'm all done with that so now I have naked skin I usually go in the living room and I will use this particular product that I've talked about and many of you know I I love my trophy skin products yes they're pricey I use the microdermabrasion I use my trophy skin spatula and this one was sent to me complimentary from trophy skin in exchange for review I think I talked about this when I got it initially this is their rejuvalite MD this is red light therapy oh my gosh can I tell you right now that I've seen any kind of a difference no do I believe this is helping yes I have read reviews I've talked to people who believe in red light therapy and a lot of people swear over time this makes a big difference now I don't feel that I've been using it long enough I lost a whole week when I was in Nashville because it's too big but I have this set up in my living room I'll insert a picture you've seen this before I do five minutes every single morning I do five minutes and then I try to do five minutes some nights I don't always succeed but I try to do the five minutes some nights when that is over me I will go into the kitchen because I keep my in most of the time and I just bought about two months ago when they had their 50% off sale I just bought another two refill sizes but I you know and vitamin C if I was going on an island somewhere and it could only bring a few products and vitamin C would be one of the ones that I would grab to bring with me without a doubt so I happen to really like my timeless vitamin C but like everything else every now and then I switch it up and I give it a break I have tried mad hippie I have tried and I still have some the pixie I have tried these vitamin C's both of these vitamin C's are this is extremely expensive this is extremely affordable this is mid-range although when I buy it with the 50% off this is super affordable but both of these vitamin C's while really nice don't work well for me under makeup they don't so I am trying to finish this I won't be rebuying I won't be rebuying this I purchased I think it was a Sephora sale I can't remember but I purchased this I have two bottles of it this one and another one and this was sent to me in PR both of these would not be anything I would buy this yes so I normally will go in the kitchen after I've done my red light therapy and then I take a good dropper full of the vitamin C and I pot it all around my face sometimes depending on what's going on I have a Jade roller you can also use the pink quartz roller whatever type of roller you want sometimes I roll that into my skin using it that way more often than not I use my Jade roller under my eyes so I put my vitamin C on and I'm very generous very generous I use a good amount of it I top it all around and go down into my neck and you know top of bottom of my hands top of my hands whatever these are I call them the top of my hands but I think that the bottom of the hands and I just pat it all in and then I normally you know maybe I'll go have a cup of coffee pour another cup of coffee but very shortly thereafter I always will add my matrixle 3000 this is again from timeless this is the refill I've been using these two products in conjunction with a few other timeless products I think since 2016 so I've been using these a while long enough to know I love them both and I always always go back to my timeless vitamin C I've tried like I said others and none of them really compare so I'll take the matrixle I do the same thing a generous dropper full pat it in my hands and go all over my face after that settles in and that can be five minutes you know or less sometimes I go into the bathroom sometimes I come in the bedroom and I'll think okay what do I want to do for my makeup today I might arrange things in the bathroom but after that settles in I then apply and this is where you guys can do whatever whatever moisturizer whatever system whatever you really want to do but currently what I've been using and have been using for quite a while as I've been using a CBD face oil now I've used a few different brands of CBD face oil and I've also used CBD creams like from realm they've sent me the recovery stick they sent me a bunch of of their products complimentary that I've been using and I've talked about them in a video I absolutely love love the recovery stick I use that on my knee I use it where I have other aches and then I have the adory cream which I've actually used the adory cream on my skin and I think I mentioned once that I had like a bug bite it got rid of the bug bite I think the Midori cream is really super nice to use on your skin so I use that on my skin but now I'm going back to my morning routine because that's special I don't use that every day I don't have bug bites I don't have poison IV every day stuff like that and that's really where I've noticed the biggest difference so I'm currently using the McCoo the McCoo was initially sent to me in exchange complimentary for a review I have been using it since I got it the first bottle was much higher concentration 5,000 milligrams many of you've heard me talk about that this is the 2,500 I love love this what I do is I put it in a smaller bottle and I travel with it but I love it now the price point of this in comparison to when I bought the Florin Bass the Florin Bass was I don't know I think it was on sale $77 something like that this is a hundred and something but I end up cutting the dosage down a lot because this is significantly higher concentrate of CBD so I might mix this my normal morning routine after I've done my metrixels it's settled in I'll take my my face my CBD oil you can do whatever moisturizer you want I put it in I usually maybe do a drop of a square lane or something like that and I just pot it on and I pay particular attention to my trouble areas unfortunately there's a lot of them a lot of them pay particular attention to my trouble areas and then I let that settle in and then at one point I go in the bathroom and I normally do the 100% pure this is the caffeine solution that I put under my eyes I let that sink in I first heard about I can't remember how long I've been using this I first heard about this from Maline Fab and Glam and I bought it and I like it a lot so 100% pure caffeine a bean caffeine eye cream for your bag stuff like that I really like that I've been using this for a long time in conjunction with and you're all gonna ask me do you still use the Olay eyes I do every single day I take a tiny bit this is the European version by the way I take a tiny bit and I just dab it on the corners and then I just wear my laugh lines are in my eye wrinkles and I let it soak in now I have been trying this was sent to me for review from Dr. Lily fan this is a probiotic age-defying eye serum firming lifting revitalizing the ingredients on this are the nuts they're really good they're really good I use this again I've put all the rest of this on I use this on my lids and I just let that go all the way up to my brow bone I go around here I really like this a lot she sent me a number of other products in PR a face cream all of them are probiotics some of them I don't like as much but this I really like and I also like there she has a cream and eye cream that goes along with it I'm not really good about the eye repair cream sometimes they use it sometimes I don't but I do like this eye serum and I put this right on up here and again these were sent to me complimentary but at this point in time I really like this enough that I would rebuy this I don't wouldn't run to buy this I wouldn't run to buy the face cream but I do like this a lot so a lot of people you at will be asking do you still use the Nivea so some days I do some days I don't some days I use this some days I don't most of the time when I do the Nivea I just do a little tiny dab on the inside of my eyelid where have these two fat pockets that's how I use it I let it sink in it's not an eye cream it's not a moisturizer I don't find that it gives me any huge lift I just feel sometimes it sucks in that baggy baggy fat pocket and makes my eyes look a little bit better but this is almost extremely hard to find it is extremely hard to find they don't not making this anymore so I'm weaning myself off this when this is done I I'm not gonna go on a hunt to look for it as much as I like it so I've been like not using it every day I've been trying to see what's gonna happen to my eyes if I stop using it but that you know that's still something I use on an occasion but my everyday thing is going to be my 100% pure caffeine my Olay eyes and my favorite favorite eye cream has been for about three years now is the nourishing and this is from timeless skincare this is their nourishing with hyaluronic acid in matricle 3000 and this is their eye cream I really like this if you don't like hyaluronic acid if it drives you out this might not be something that you like but I really really do like this a lot I also have tried I got a little sample of this is the it cosmetics confidence in an eye cream brightens repairs and transforms I like it I like it a lot does it brighten does it have I noticed spinning have I noticed any kind of huge difference on my eyes using it no not really but I'm using it it was a sample I will continue to use it but it's I don't really know for sure if I would buy it I don't think so I think using this my timeless is just as powerful as this to me in my opinion so my three must-dos if I was on a desert island this is what I'd grab for my eyes this I really like a lot then once I have all that on I then usually use whatever sunblock I'm going to use more often than not it has been the Australian Gold 50 SPF the mineral by tonic I'm looking up there because it is tinted it's mineral and normally I will put at one point just on my face and I will let it sink in I don't I don't put my makeup on my foundation on right away I let that sink in and then I go back to putting on and applying my foundation at one point after it's really dried so that's my skincare in the morning routine my evening routine is a little bit more complex because I use a lot more products and I have some skincare tools that I really like my trophy skin the rejuvalite that one I do try for twice a day but my microdermabrasion I'm at like once a month on that and I use my trophy skin spatula a couple of times a week I really like that so retin A and all that stuff yeah I still use my retin A I'll have my links below if anyone wants to I buy my retin A overseas at reliable rx and I get the 1% and I'll tell you last time I looked it's like about a week ago what I use the 1% the good tube good size tube was on sale for $6 US yes you have to pay shipping and then sometimes you have free shipping if you spend $40 or $50 depending on whatever the sale is but even with the shipping cost factor in that is still a huge huge savings for me to buy my retin A here in in New Hampshire my insurance won't cover it and I'm talking if unless it's on sale I'm talking anywhere for a small tube for $80 to $300 and usually the $80 is a one-time special you know they give then you get sock the next time you fill it so I have been very very happy reliable rx does have a whole lot of different other description or non-prescription items but I find their service has been wonderful I can't remember who first talked about it I want to say it was it might even been miss Kristen three two one years ago but anyways I I've been using their service for quite a while and I've been extremely happy I've never ever ever had an issue they now accept to think PayPal I think there's a few other forms of payment before I used to always send an e-check I never had a problem I often tell people that I opened up a separate separate separate checking account just for my overseas purchases like that and you know I've never had a problem so anyways by the time you see this video Thanksgiving will be over so I am sure hoping you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and I will catch you in my next video and yes I will update the evening skin care because I know you all want that too so thanks so much for watching guys be sure to thumbs up the video leave me a comment I truly appreciate all your support bye guys