“hi welcome back if you’ve been here
before welcome if you’re new I am
Annette and don’t mind my eye shadow if
it’s appearing very different on both
eyes because I did do slightly different
looks on each side and it’s the end of
the evening and after this video I will
be washing my face for the evening so I
wanted to talk though about Avant and
then just skincare in general and also
comparing a couple of Brands to them
because
um I got this in my boxy charm for the
month of September and I thought that I
was going to be very excited getting
this from them however
um I was reading the back of the bottle
and
um there are just some things that were
red flags to me about this and what
upsets me about it actually now I upsets
me in the way that they actually charge
over a hundred dollars 134 dollars to be
exact for this item and please correct
me and leave comments if you know
anything about the topics that I’m going
to be discussing here because I would
love to get some other information
um I’m finding information on uh online
having to look things up to find out uh
the things that I am concerned about but
um so the first thing that I had done
when I got a bond was so this I did not
pay for it came in boxy charm so I did
get this for free it was my chosen item
then I looked up the reviews on it it
didn’t seem bad they were just kind of
hit and miss some people liked it some
people did not
um now
um the thing is is that uh the first
thing that I had noticed after I already
used it was I had totally missed in
that’s my fault for not seeing it this
caution
um and it says carry out a patch test 24
hours before uh before the
I’m sorry I can barely read before the
first use discontinue use if uh redness
or irritation occurs do not ingest okay
now it specifically says do not ingest
for a reason because
um I believe that is due to some of the
ingredients on here so in reading about
that it seems that what is in here that
would cause either skin irritation or
maybe irritation for people that have
eczema is that one of the items in here
is
um something that they use as like a
preservative for like vaccines now a
vaccine we don’t take vaccines every day
nor do we
um use Skin Care even close to the
amount that we would have vaccine okay
so say that we use an Avant moisturizer
morning and night and say we also use a
cleanser by them and then say we use you
know like a toner or something or a mask
and you know so so imagine that we could
actually be putting these items on our
face numerous times a day and we all all
know or if you don’t know that our skin
is the largest organ on our body and we
absorb it through our skin obviously we
wouldn’t be putting things on it to help
it if we did not so I mean my skin is
actually looking pretty darn decent a
lot of that is due to the stuff that I
put on
um and
um so I have been using this ever since
I got it and
um the thing is is that I will tell you
the things that I’ve noticed from it are
that
um immediately for the first two weeks I
had to go in with a different nighttime
moisturizer or a stronger moisturizer
the next morning because I was actually
getting I was quite dried out from this
actually I didn’t find that I was
getting a good benefit of um of the uh
moisturizing benefits at all now this
also says to use a pea-sized amount on
the entire face and that you can use it
on the eyes as well so
um I’m gonna get to the part that is
concerning to me okay I promise
everything I am saying here does have a
point
um well anyway I was reading some of the
ingredients on here and one of the
things that really stuck out to me I
turned and I looked at it and I thought
oh okay well it’s got the uh
um
phenoxyethanol in it okay so
phenoxyethanol I have my phone here
because I want to tell you what it is
exactly
okay it’s a preservative
now I believe this is one that they use
in vaccines and I’m assuming that that
is why
um now I don’t know now that I all this
has really done for me doing this
reading and finding these things out is
it’s actually made me grab
all of my skincare and it’s making me
want to know what’s in all of it because
I am very serious about my skincare
regimen it’s the most important part of
doing makeup and such and um skin care
always comes before makeup I love makeup
but anyway let’s go it’s uh okay
is if you know EXO oxyethanol safeties
on the skin in general it is safe to use
in small concentrations however it can
rarely cause irritation especially for
those eczema and sensitive skin okay I
said that benefits of it it increased
the shelf life of a product inhibits the
growth of bacteria mold and fungus
products and helps keep Cosmetics stable
it does not have any benefits for the
skin okay so no benefits for the skin
there
um is it safe in skin care
it says that it is safe it says that the
ingredient review when used in
concentration of one percent or less the
in skin care it is safe this is also the
same standard used by a European
Commission on health and food safety
okay
um now uh why was phenyl a oxyethanol
band Beauty Heroes ban the use of the
ingredient from the get-go it’s an X
it’s an ethyl oxalated ingredient which
means it goes through a chemical process
that potentially could result in traces
of 1.4 dioxane a carcinogen being
present in it so it’s a no-go for us
okay now I also looked it up
um is this band in Europe yes
phenoxyethanol is restricted in Japan
and the EU for its use in cosmetics
which made it a clear uh ingredient we
would avoid okay is it a carcinogen it
can contain Trace Amounts again 1.4
dioxane which is a known carcinogen okay
should it be avoided it can be
considered dangerous the use of products
that contain phenome oxyethanol is
linked to reactions that may be
life-threatening if you do use products
containing it as a preservative be aware
of how much you’re using each day
especially around infants okay it also
states that you shouldn’t be using it if
you’re breastfeeding as well so or if
you’re pregnant also
um and it is harmful if swallowed and
healed or absorbed through the skin okay
so what is this this is a lotion that is
to be absorbed through the skin and it
does stay on here do not inhale or
ingest okay so to me
this doesn’t sound safe to me hearing
that it’s in there okay now that’s not
the only ingredient in here
um now I am not aware of the exact
amounts um it’s not saying the amount on
here it’s just saying that there’s some
in there I believe
um I might say a
peg70-75 I don’t know if that’s
something completely separate though I’m
not sure I need to do more reading on
this so there is also something in here
it was um
I know they’re called tocopherols I
believe it is anyway those are also
another
um
let me see here
took a real acetate right there
let me type this one in really quick
because I do want to get this in here
correctly
okay so too comfortable acetate in skin
care it’s a stable form of vitamin E
most often used in a cosmetic
formulation for is skin care benefits
um it says that it protects cell
membranes from damaged by oxygen free
radicals it can prevent premature aging
of the skin induced by UV irid
irritation and lipid uh uh peroxidation
and then I was also reading it so it
actually does have some antioxidant
things in it now it also says um is it
safe in skin care overall it is safe in
cosmetics and Skin Care
um is it actually good for your face it
is generally not irritating or
sensitizing to the skin
um however they did find out that um
uh it clogs pores and it’s known to be
non-comedogenic there may be a
possibility of forming other substances
during production which mainly do come
on a Genesee with the finished product
so that means that it can turn around
and be chromogenic funny I actually
started breaking out all over this plate
right really bad right here I’ve got
some going on and around here I’m doing
some things to combat that and I do have
makeup on right now but this one’s very
much poking through so I also and I
don’t really break out that often so
um that those two ingredients one and it
also says that it can
it doesn’t just because it’s in there
doesn’t mean it’s actually producing
vitamin E it can actually not even
produce the vitamin E they’re like
hoping it does
um that was another one of the things
that I read so then of course I wanted
to go through and I wanted to look at
some of my other uh things and see what
they could have had in it so my
Neutrogena they did not tell me anything
okay maybe it was on the box
Peter Thomas Roth not on the bottle but
they did give me the information on
another page I just don’t know where it
is so we had to set those two aside for
not knowing really or they didn’t want
to tell us now my Dermalogica it also
contains the phenoxyethanol so
um dermalogic though is a brand that I
have always trusted and believed in they
stand up in court I learned that in
beauty school now they have reformulated
a lot of their products so I can’t speak
of them after the products that I have
and I used because I didn’t purchase any
after that time period but I have used
them before that now
um this little guy that I got at the
Dollar Tree it also has some things in
it that the phenol oxy ethanol in it as
well so there we go what if I’m using
this and then this and then let’s say
um now this one also another one from
Dermalogica has some things that are
really making me want to read into it
because again this is a face mask uh
collidal mask and it just soaks into
your skin extremely fast so concerning
to me if I’m using all of these things
and what it does is it actually causes
like after you have the chemicals on
there it actually causes like tears in
the skin and it starts to break it down
and that’s how it gets into your skin
and then you know it’s cancer causing I
believe that’s what I am from what I
have read and what I am have come to
belief
um looking at my little cheap guy here
from I definitely want to read more
because
um I’m seeing like some polymers and
things like that and a lot of times then
that’s like acetate and stuff and I
don’t really know how safe that is I’m
goes on your nails but how safe that is
on your skin so there are some things
that I definitely wanted to check out in
here it’s just some weird names that I
just don’t know can’t pronounce now
let’s get to some things Mary Kay didn’t
use it any of these things any of those
okay Clean and Clear didn’t use any of
those ingredients
equate
did not use any of these ingredients
okay so what is this showing me oh and
my favorite okay now this is like my
like hidden Beauty secret that I think
that once people realize how good they
are that these guys are gonna just blow
up and they’re gonna start they’re gonna
end up raising their prices but the best
thing I’ve used on my skin all year
is versed they used to be sold at
Walmart and online now they have signed
a deal and they are working exclusively
with Target so you can buy it only
online or at Target now now when they
moved from Walmart to Target which did
happen uh since Springtime they did go
up from 20 to 25 for this product here
this
Advanced okay so this is burst recovery
mode Advanced Night Cream 1.7 ounces the
same amount that’s in the Avant okay and
this one is uh I don’t even know where I
set the Avant that’s fine
um
now this is good for aging skin and
dryness as well but this and you use
this in the in the PM now when I wake up
in the morning my face still feels like
it’s being moisturized this has been the
most amazing thing that I put on my skin
it has helped it so much and I have
really noticed a big difference now I
want to let you know a positive that I
had read while I was going through those
things as well but they said for aging
skin one of the best things for it and
I’m not saying body lotion on your face
but they mentioned the see it was the C
Q 10. and this has got Q10 and I thought
it was the CQ10 that they said but um
it’s actually really good for aging and
this I know is good for firmer skin and
so um and I’ve noticed a difference
using this for firmer skin I use this on
my legs
um on my thighs and I have noticed a
difference I noticed a difference after
just a few days
um of them looking less jiggly shall we
say
um and more firmware lines are on your
upper thigh so
um basically this is my point now I
really want to go through and I want to
look at all my makeup and see exactly
what’s in it because you know like I
said it’s not like a vaccine it’s
something that you’re putting on your
skin multiple times a day twice a day
and you know each item up to twice a day
you know so and think about how many
times say it’s your dated reset and you
put all these things on in one day or
it’s just your week you know I mean I
wash my face twice a day every day and I
do masks twice a week and I do
exfoliants I do eye creams I do uh
um oils I do uh you know I do a lot of
different things a lot of moisturizers
and things so
um I’m constantly you know working on
anti-aging and like uh and uh working on
uh circles under the eyes and things
like that so um
it just really it made me angry now I
didn’t pay for that item however I was
super excited to get it because I
expected a place that would charge 134
dollars to actually be something that I
could be comfortable and feel safe and
happy knowing that I was using something
that would actually be giving me a
benefit not something that might be that
I need to run a patch test that is
actually going to cause damage because
it is something that I’m going to be
using a lot and it says don’t use these
things a lot on your skin every day so I
don’t know about
um how much is actually in it so I don’t
know how safe it is I do actually I
think I will ask my doctor next time I
see my doctor I’m gonna go in and I’m
gonna ask them about it so um I think
that’s probably the best place to start
oh my eyes look so funny I’m sorry I
keep looking at my eyes because they’re
so different than the camera but um if
you have any knowledge on this topic let
me know this is very important to me now
I
um have decided that and I decided this
about a month ago that I will not
purchase anything if it’s not clean
there are some apps that you can
download
um I’ll get the names for those
um but there’s some apps that you can
scan stuff while you’re at the store and
it will tell you then oh yeah it’s a
clean brand or not
um also don’t sleep on verged guys I am
telling you and it’s for all skin types
there it’s gonna blow up I’m telling you
because and I will tell you I’ve only
been using this one product and I love
them they’re it’s my favorite it’s my
Holy Grail and all of my stuff
um when I need my skin at its best or
it’s hurting I grab that and by the next
morning I’m already feeling better so
um skin care is very important to me
I’ve been to beauty school I also love
animals and so I’m really big on cruelty
free but now I’m also big on clean I am
also working on quitting eating meat
because I don’t want to kill animals
because I love them so much it’s not
that I don’t like meat but it’s that I
don’t want to kill animals
um so that’s why I want to make that
change so
um and that’s quite difficult because
you have to really start to be careful
of your protein intake and that you’re
getting your proper uh nutrition so
um that is something that I am working
on here I’m transitioning slowly
um maybe even considering maybe it will
just be something that I only eat a
couple times a week or something
um so so I’ve already at least cut back
on it but I just hate to be contributing
to animals being killed that it means so
much to me that I would be harming a
creature
um so I just I hate that
um but if you know anything about these
things if you’re a nurse or you know a
dermatologist or you just have some
knowledge on this I would love your
comments for a little bit of info on it
myself uh
um what do you think what do you use um
what do you think of what I’ve said here
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know you’re we have like it runs in our
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to avoid these things because it already
runs in our family maybe skin cancer
runs in your family and you need to take
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