 Hey guys, it's Monica. I am going to share with you a couple of thoughts on my retina use in the summertime. So this is actually a highly requested video by many of you and I haven't done a retina in a while and I'm gonna hopefully keep this really brief because you know, I haven't had any changes, you know I haven't really switched up my routine much at all although I will tell you that you have to use common sense in the summertime if You're gonna be out and about and you're not gonna use say sunblock or really protect yourself from the damaging sun rays You can undo everything You've done by using retina. So if you're curious as to what four years of retina has been like for me And what I do in the summertime to kind of still stay on my retina regimen. Stay tuned I still use my retina I use one percent retina one percent I alternate I do have a tube of five of 0.05 percent and A tube of the zero point one percent I also have the weakest which is the zero point zero two five percent Then I use typically I go down my neck with that into my decolletage along with rose hips seed oil That stayed the same but on my face. I use one percent retina typically probably I would say at least perhaps Four maybe five times a week and even though it's summertime. I still stick to that regimen So what I do and everyone asks is After I wash my face at night if I need to do Any kind of exfoliation? It's usually in the morning. I tend to not really do it at night But I'll do a double or a triple wash up and using an oil based cleanser from open formula I've talked about that before but it doesn't really matter what you use to wash your face It's gonna be up to you and I am all about affordability on products. So I try to wash my face with something I feel is really good gets my skin clean and You know obviously is affordable. So after I've done that sometimes they have to tone You know all depends on how my skin feels, but then usually I will stick I will put my retinae on I am very generous with my retinae. I This is a tube of the zero point five I have a tube of the the lesser amount and I have the one percent of the bathroom and I'm very generous with it. I put it all over my forehead I put another probably a pea size on my forehead and I spread it around and then I go down Maybe I have another pea size on each side of the face and I I go through my face I avoid the crevices. I don't go into the little crevice on my nose or onto my lips There have been times that I've gone too close and I've paid the penalty for it So I try to really avoid that and I cover my lip now That said there are some days that I will use my retinae After I put on a oil and some days I use the oil after my retinae lately probably More consistently the last few months. I have been putting on My oil my face oil and my face oil has been CVD oil I've been using I've used a couple of different brands of CVD oil. I bought one recently when we were on vacation I've been trying that but my go-to CVD oil is the Maku. I really like it when they have their sales It's super affordable. It's just a really good good oil and for me It really works. You could use any kind of oil or no oil It all depends on your skin, but that's what I have been doing and my retinae I still buy my retinae from reliable Rx. I have it linked below. I am an affiliate member with them now So if you use my link, I make some pennies Thank you for doing that Anyways reliable Rx is a company based out of India and The retinae that I use this actually manufactured by Johnson and Johnson that or that's the name brand Johnson and Johnson But I buy it from India and what I normally do is I will buy Some for my sister some for my girlfriends I'll buy a larger order of it because the shipping tends to be a bit more expensive and It tends to take a while to arrive. So I place an order a larger order and We kind of you know joint venture between a few friends and we split the cost of shipping But the price of my retinae is so even if I didn't have friends to buy it with what a matter It is so incredibly reasonable to do it that way. I pay by e-check That's my comfort zone. I've mentioned before that I have a separate checking account that I just use for e-funds and And that's what I do. I really really Think that part of my success with retinae is that I can afford it I would not be able to afford it if I had to go into the pharmacies here because when I first got my first Subscription prescription for it. I was pricing it out and it was like 289 325 One time there was a special for 89 for a little tiny tube, but when I can get a tube like this under $10 It's a no-brainer to me It's a no-brainer. So for those of you that keep asking the question about this even with COVID-19 I'm okay Personally the decision I made I'm okay to place that order. I feel totally comfortable placing that order It doesn't mean that you're gonna feel comfortable and that that's okay It has to be a decision that you that you all make, you know But for me it was affordable. So I still use yes Reliable RX even in COVID-19 the shipping might be a little bit slower, but I've had exceptional service from them I have never had a product that was questionable. I've never had an excessive delay in my shipping They've never overcharged me. They've never undercharged me. They've been actually Really nice to work with I really really have enjoyed Buying and getting my retin A products from them now There's a few other products that I bought off of them Hydroquinone I have that if you look at their website, there's many different other products and there's some prescriptions that You know that are very expensive here that some people buy But anyways, that's where I get my tretinoi and that's where I get my retin A and I am using it Roughly four to five times a week even though it's in the summertime now I recently bought myself some straw hats when I buy hats I have I have like a few hats. I really like but the straw hats I bought recently are Really super because Jay and I gonna go we're gonna be going to Bar Harbor and I have a you know One of those outdoor recliner chairs when you're outside by your campsite and I want to read I want to do things. I'm gonna put my head back and So I wanted to get a straw hat that didn't have a brim all the way around and I wanted it to have an SPF factor So I got these two straw hats. They're absolutely adorable and they're a 50 SPF So I protect. Oh, I protect my skin in the sun and I use some really good sunblock I mean a lot of sunblock. I do I've tried I've been fortunate enough to have Dramatology that was sent to me a little bit ago. I kind of showed that right before we went to with Bay Harbor I really like that that plays really nice with my makeup I use the Australian gold by Tynical the 50 SPF that's tinted Sometimes I have to make sure that really dries but overall that plays really nice with any kind of foundation And I've also been falling in love with the boots number seven They have a high SPF foundation that I've been using and for the summer you can't beat it. So skin sun protection when using Retinate is so Important it is it is the most important thing and then I Exfoliate but I exfoliate very gently. I look at my skin in a 50 I'm not 50. I think sunblock, but like the the 20 times magnified or 10 times whatever it is Magnified it is it's it's horrific. It's scary to look at your skin like that But that's really how I've been monitoring my skin And I know that the texture of my skin is better Have I reversed no I haven't reversed the aging process and I don't plan I don't think that'll ever happen But my texture my skin is better the overall look of my skin is better and healthier my wrinkles seem to be Better than they were but they're still there, you know, they're definitely still there and The only thing I can contribute that to is the three things that I have used to Specifically this year Well one that I added this year, but there are three products that I have can actually four products that I have consistently used and That I think has really contributed to it since 2016. I've been taking a collagen supplement powder collagen supplement I take two tablespoons every morning in my coffee. I take two tablespoons at night Collagen I drink it down. It works on the inside out It has made a huge difference in and I have very dry skin huge difference in the dryness of my skin That my retina my tretinoin absolutely hands down And then I think it's been at least the last eight months or so My CVD oil those are my three tried and true and none of that None of that would make a hill of difference if I didn't use sunblock So number four for me is a sunblock a good high-quality It doesn't have to be expensive, but when I say high-quality you want you want both the UV You know you want the total protection you want the total package to make sure and you want to reapply it so that's That's what I'm doing guys. It's it is there's no difference in my routine. Yes, I do You know I use the Olay on my eyes I mean there's different things that I that I use the rose hip seed oil but the core basic elements collagen Retin a CVD oil and my sunblock those are the four things that I have to have Every day in my life every day in my life So I hope that answers some of the questions that many of you seem to have about retin a about using it in the summertime You just have to be super smart and also those of you that have questions about buying it You know when someone says to me I can't afford retin a well, you know, even when you pay shipping You're still paying a tenth of what at least I was paying a tenth of what I'd be paying up here in New Hampshire With out with health insurance that doesn't cover it. You know what it means? So it's like It can be very affordable. So anyways, I just wanted to share that with you I'm sure this is super long and I don't want it to be that way But I did want to share that with you and thank you all so much for watching if you have any questions Leave leave them for me. I'll definitely answer them and you know I will when I get a number of the same questions over and over again, you know Especially I sometimes get them on my Instagram channel. I'll do a video talking about it So that's my retin a sort of a mini update for years in August started in 2016 prior to that nothing much, but that's my update. Thank you so much for joining me on the journey and Keep smiling guys. Thank you all so much