Get ready to glow up, because we’re diving deep into the skincare game with our latest episode! We’re throwing around some hot takes on trends and treatments that are either a skincare savior or a total flop. From the eyebrow-raising concept of slugging with Vaseline (spoiler: hard pass!) to the surprisingly beneficial monthly micro-needling sessions, we’re breaking it all down with a mix of sass and science. We chat about everything from DIY dermaplaning to the merits of oral collagen—because who doesn’t want to know if those gummy bears are doing us any good? So, grab your favorite face mask and settle in, because this episode is packed with insights and a dash of witty banter you won’t want to miss!

Takeaways:

• The 'Glow up or no thanks' game highlights modern skincare trends and personal preferences.
• Slugging with Vaseline received a unanimous hard pass due to pore-clogging concerns.
• Monthly micro needling can be beneficial but should be tailored to individual skin types.
• Facial gua sha and ice facials are celebrated for their circulation-boosting benefits.
• Oral collagen supplements are deemed harmless, but their effectiveness remains debatable and context-dependent.
• Hydroquinone for hyperpigmentation is a contentious topic, requiring careful consideration of usage and duration.

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I would love to play a little skin care game with you if you're up for it.

Okay. All right.

It's a quick fire game. It's called Glow up or no thanks.

So basically I will, you know, talk about a trend or something going on with skin care, and if you approve it, you say glow up or no thanks is a hard pass.

Okay.

Okay. Slugging with Vaseline, hard pass. You're like, do not clog the pores.

Right.

Like, that just seems like it's.

No, it's ridiculous.

It's ridiculous.

Right?

Okay.

No, no, there's so many other. You can use plant oils, there's other barrier repair moisturizers. There's lots of other things that we can do to retain moisture in the skin.

We don't need to go that long.

Exactly.

Use the Vaseline on your feet and put socks on and your will be amazing. But not, not your face.

Yes, correct. Monthly micro needling.

I'll say glow up, but depends on the skin type.

Okay. DIY face shaving. Like dermaplaning.

Glow up. Love it.

Does it help you absorb products more when you do that?

I mean, when you use the home, Home devices? No, they're, I mean, they're, they make them so safe for home. I mean, I say safe they're because they don't.

There's, we live in such a litigious society that if you're actually cutting people, like, you're in trouble, like if you're with a home care device. So no, the, the home ones, they have like little safety guards on them.

So I wouldn't say that it's truly exfoliating the skin in the way that a professional dermaplaning would.

Okay. Facial gua sha every morning.

Glow up. Good for circulation and good for puffiness.

Ice facials.

Glow up. Love it.

Okay.

Cryo. Any, any type of cryotherapy. Cold for the skin is really good.

It's really good.

Okay.

PRP vampire facials.

I've never had one, but I, I, I'll say glow up because again, when I talked about earlier with lasers and things like, you kind of, it's good to kind of shake things up a little bit with the skin. So I would say glow up for that one, but, but I've not personally done it and it's not on my to get list, but I, I like the concept of it. Okay.

Biore pore strips. A little bit of a throwback, but those little strips, you.

I know, right, right.

Hard p. Yeah, yeah. Not doing anything. Okay. Oral collagen. Like collagen gummies.

I'll say glow up because I don't think it's hurting anything. Now is the data showing?

Well, that's also like, what's so hard about everything is like, how do you know what your skin would look like if you didn't take it right? You know what I mean? So it's always challenging. So I'll say glow up. It's sure, sure.

Hydroquinone for hyperpigmentation.

I'll say hard pass. But the caveat is sometimes it's needed but in small amounts for short periods of time. But no, sorry, then that would be a glow up.

But only in certain circumstances. Circumstances.

Certain circumstances only because, you know, it has, you know, some, some studies about it being a little dangerous, but sometimes just need to pull out the big guns. That's tried and true. And hydroquinone, is that okay at home?

LED lights and masks. So like red light, blue light, yellow.

Light, glow up for red light, hard pass for yellow and blue light.

Really? Why is that?

I just, I'm not convinced it works.

I mean, the blue light, a lot of times they talk about for acne, but I mean, blue light came out easily 15 years ago and it would be a staple for everyone if it really did what it said it was going to do.