My Morning Skincare Routine: A Journey to Glowing Skin

I have to admit, my skin has been in a state of disrepair for years. Looking back, I take it for granted how good my skin used to look and feel. But after hitting 30, my skin started to decline rapidly. The first step in my morning skincare routine is to apply a hyaluronic acid serum on top of the moisturizer. I really want to be able to retain moisture on my skin, as our face has so many muscles and how often do we massage them? Oh it feels so good! I'm addicted to this. I love skincare.

My under eye area is dry but I think most people have drier under eyes. The next product I'm layering is moisturizer, just really making sure that I focus on the dry patches and areas of my skin. It's already feeling so smooth. Okay, and last step of course is sunscreen. All right, so my skincare routine is done. This is my daytime routine, super simple. I'll be documenting the process along the way and checking in with you so you can see how my skin is going to transform.

Whenever my skin gets to the state where it just feels dry, uh the skin barrier feels weak, I will do this sk2 treatment. So first I'm going to prep my skin using the Patera essence before it dries down. I'll use this facial treatment mask personally, this is my favorite facial mask and the reason why it's because my skin just feels rejuvenated after this facial treatment. I've been using this facial treatment mask way before I even partnered with Sk2, like this is something I actually buy and I use and I swear by. I also like how this mask will stay juicy for a very long time so it kind of forces me to relax and decompress.

So I'll be back so it's been 20 to 30 minutes I'm just gonna remove the mask it's pretty much dry it feels so good honestly I have no moisturizer or anything this is just like pure concentrated Patera essence so I'm just gonna use the rest of my skincare, eye cream, moisturizer. My skin doesn't feel as dry or scaly the texture is smoother it feels cool to touch. So I'll check back in later.

I just woke up and I wanted to show you my skin before I touch a skincare product, and you can see the pigmentation it I'm noticing it is getting a little lighter it's fading a bit it doesn't feel as dry as it used to my skin feels really soft but I wanted to check in to show you how it looks. So it's looking pretty good so far, excited to see what's going to happen in two more weeks.

I'm checking in and I want to show you my skin today using the Patera essence every single day it's just helping my skin exfoliate gently, and I'm just noticing that the pigmentation you're seeing around my cheek area they're starting to get dark but they're also flaking off too. So I'm going to see what happens after I use everything up.

I'm going to go ahead and apply some of the essence on my cheek area. I have probably two weeks left worth of it in this bottle, I like to use the Patera essence in between my acid treatments just to keep my cells turning over, and so far it's been working really nicely. So it took me a month and a half to get here and I'm going to finish up on the last few drops.

So I'm on my last day. I have this much left here. We go. I'm gonna get every last drop. So I'm gonna do a quick close-up to show you how my skin looks so far. You could see the pigmentation around my cheek area, I mean I could see a difference it's much softer compared to when I first started off on this journey overall, I'm so impressed.

So after finishing this entire bottle and now I'm able to see my skin just touching my skin now it just feels more bouncy it feels more firm. I could just tell my skin barrier is stronger. So it's been 15 years since I uploaded my first video and I'd say that adopting a good skincare routine really paid off but you don't really appreciate it until you're much older. It takes time, if there's anything you can learn about my story is that it's never too late to start skin care.

I hope this video inspires you to rethink your skincare routine, take care of yourself, and I know for me, skincare is my self-care. It's my time where I can like put on nice music and relax and have this meditative ritual with my face. Self-care is love. I know that sounds really cheesy but I wanted to end it on that note.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso we all have our luxuries that we like to treat ourselves with and for me my personal luxury was skin care back in 2007 i started creating these makeup tutorials and at the time i realized how important my skin was filming these makeup tutorials i decided to amp up my skincare routine i wanted to take it more seriously so during this time i was researching a lot about skincare i wanted to see what are some really good brands what are some good products what are some good formulations i can discover and that's when i learned about sk2 what intrigued me about the brand was their origin story so these scientists were scouring across the world looking for that key ingredient i think they were looking into like hot spring water i mean so many different things even like different fermentation processes which brought them to japan and they were visiting a sake brewery so what they discovered was that when they were looking at the sake brewers who were older men they looked at their hands their hands looked so youthful compared to their face and then a light bulb just popped up and that was really the key inspiration behind the creation of patera so i was in my early 20s and i started to use the patera essence and to be completely honest with you i didn't really see that much of a difference and looking back i think it's because at the time my skin was so i mean it was kind of perfect you know it was very healthy and i kind of stopped using sk2 there was a moment where i decluttered my vanity i got rid of like a lot of my skincare routine because i was doing the whole nine step layering skincare technique and it just got too much i just wanted to like minimize everything i minimized my makeup routine i minimized my skincare routine and i just pressed reset so i'm in my 30s now and i can see the difference in my skin i can feel the difference it's not the same like what it was like in my 20s and i'm starting to also notice that the products that i was using in my 20s no matter how many products i was layering on my skin it just looked dull i was like what is going on with my skin and then i realized it was because my cells were turning over slower and slower as i'm growing older my skin cells are turning over slower and slower so that's when skt reached out to me and they wanted to collaborate with me on this video when they reached out to me and i was telling them like you know i i haven't really used your brand in years i mean is that okay and they're like yeah actually what would be interesting is how about you use patera essence use this bottle down to the last drop and just document what happens so i was going to do a makeup look today but i'm just going to zoom in so you can see my skin is in really bad shape my skin right now feels incredibly rough you can hear it alright so i'll check in tomorrow and see how my skin looks good morning everyone i just woke up this is just my raw skin it's been feeling pretty dry and tight lately just because right now it's january so my skin gets this way during the winter time i'm gonna get started first with cleaning my face using a micellar cleansing water after cleaning my face i normally prefer starting from the thinnest formula to the thickest so the thinnest of course is like the micellar water and in this case the next step is the patera essence it's a very thin formula and i think that's why it was so revolutionary when it first launched in the 80s i know there are some people who prefer using cotton pads when applying essence but i'm a huge believer in using your hands because the patera essence is very concentrated and you just don't want to waste any drop see it's on my hands i have six precious drops of the patera essence and i'm gonna rub it in my hands and just press onto my skin remember every drop count so i like working little by little i know some people say like they like using like a penny size but i'm a believer in just working with what feels right on your skin you can see i have a little bit of pigmentation around here from the sun so normally what i like to do is right after i apply the patera essence i immediately use a serum press on the skin like so okay and do the little piano tap technique this was a technique i think i did a video on over 10 years ago where i was playing the piano on my cheeks it's like wow my skin was so good back then looking back it's like crazy took it for granted you know for me i don't want to wait for this to dry down i want to immediately use serum on top of it so i'm going in with a hyaluronic acid serum i really want to be able to retain moisture on my skin our face has so many muscles and how often do we massage them oh it feels so good oh my gosh i'm addicted to this i love skincare my under eye area is dry but i think most people have drier under eyes the next product i'm layering is moisturizer just really making sure that i focus on the dry patches and area of my skin it's already feeling so smooth okay and last step of course is sunscreen all right so my skincare routine is done this is my daytime routine super simple i'll be documenting the process along the way and checking in with you so you can see how my skin is going to transform so whenever my skin gets to the state where it just feels dry uh the skin barrier feels weak i will do this sk2 treatment so first i'm going to prep my skin using the patera essence before it dries down i will use this facial treatment mask personally this is my favorite facial mask and the reason why it's because my skin just feels rejuvenated after this facial treatment and i've been using this facial treatment mask way before i even partnered with sk2 like this is something i actually buy and i use and i swear by i also like how this mask will stay juicy for a very long time so it kind of forces me to relax and decompress um so i will be back so it's been 20 to 30 minutes i'm just gonna remove the mask it's pretty much dry it feels so good honestly i have no moisturizer or anything this is just like pure concentrated patera essence so i'm just gonna use the rest of my skincare like eye cream moisturizer my skin doesn't feel as dry or scaly the texture is smoother it feels cool to touch so i'll check back in later so i just woke up and i wanted to show you my skin before i touch a skincare and you can see the pigmentation it i'm noticing it is getting a little lighter it's fading a bit it doesn't feel as dry as it used to my skin feels really soft but i wanted to check in to show you how it looks so it's looking pretty good so far excited to see what's going to happen in two more weeks so i'm checking in and i want to show you my skin today using the patera essence every single day it's just helping my skin exfoliate gently and i'm just noticing that the pigmentation you're seeing around my cheek area they're starting to get dark but they're also flaking off too so i'm going to see what happens after i use everything up so i'm going to go ahead and apply some of the essence on my cheek area i have probably two weeks left worth of it in this bottle i like to use the patera essence in between my acid treatments just to keep my cells turning over and so far it's been working really nicely so it took me a month and a half to get here and i'm going to finish up on the last few drops so i'm on my last day i have this much left here we go i'm gonna get every last drop so i'm gonna do a quick close-up to show you how my skin looks so far you could see the pigmentation around my cheek area i mean i could see a difference it's much softer compared to when i first started off on this journey overall i'm so impressed so after finishing this entire bottle and now i'm able to see my skin just touching my skin now it just feels more bouncy it feels more firm i could just tell my skin barrier is stronger so it's been 15 years since i uploaded my first video and i'd say that adopting a good skincare routine really paid off but you don't really appreciate it until you're much older it takes time and if there's anything you can learn about my story is that it's never too late to start skin care i hope this video inspires you to rethink your skincare routine take care of yourself you know for me skin care is my self-care it's my time where i can like put on nice music and relax and have this meditative ritual with my face self-care is love i know that sounds really cheesy but i wanted to end it on that note i'd love to know if you comment below your skincare routine what are the products you're using and if you've ever tried the batera essence thank you so much for following along with me on this video and i will see you next time bye everyone good luck youso we all have our luxuries that we like to treat ourselves with and for me my personal luxury was skin care back in 2007 i started creating these makeup tutorials and at the time i realized how important my skin was filming these makeup tutorials i decided to amp up my skincare routine i wanted to take it more seriously so during this time i was researching a lot about skincare i wanted to see what are some really good brands what are some good products what are some good formulations i can discover and that's when i learned about sk2 what intrigued me about the brand was their origin story so these scientists were scouring across the world looking for that key ingredient i think they were looking into like hot spring water i mean so many different things even like different fermentation processes which brought them to japan and they were visiting a sake brewery so what they discovered was that when they were looking at the sake brewers who were older men they looked at their hands their hands looked so youthful compared to their face and then a light bulb just popped up and that was really the key inspiration behind the creation of patera so i was in my early 20s and i started to use the patera essence and to be completely honest with you i didn't really see that much of a difference and looking back i think it's because at the time my skin was so i mean it was kind of perfect you know it was very healthy and i kind of stopped using sk2 there was a moment where i decluttered my vanity i got rid of like a lot of my skincare routine because i was doing the whole nine step layering skincare technique and it just got too much i just wanted to like minimize everything i minimized my makeup routine i minimized my skincare routine and i just pressed reset so i'm in my 30s now and i can see the difference in my skin i can feel the difference it's not the same like what it was like in my 20s and i'm starting to also notice that the products that i was using in my 20s no matter how many products i was layering on my skin it just looked dull i was like what is going on with my skin and then i realized it was because my cells were turning over slower and slower as i'm growing older my skin cells are turning over slower and slower so that's when skt reached out to me and they wanted to collaborate with me on this video when they reached out to me and i was telling them like you know i i haven't really used your brand in years i mean is that okay and they're like yeah actually what would be interesting is how about you use patera essence use this bottle down to the last drop and just document what happens so i was going to do a makeup look today but i'm just going to zoom in so you can see my skin is in really bad shape my skin right now feels incredibly rough you can hear it alright so i'll check in tomorrow and see how my skin looks good morning everyone i just woke up this is just my raw skin it's been feeling pretty dry and tight lately just because right now it's january so my skin gets this way during the winter time i'm gonna get started first with cleaning my face using a micellar cleansing water after cleaning my face i normally prefer starting from the thinnest formula to the thickest so the thinnest of course is like the micellar water and in this case the next step is the patera essence it's a very thin formula and i think that's why it was so revolutionary when it first launched in the 80s i know there are some people who prefer using cotton pads when applying essence but i'm a huge believer in using your hands because the patera essence is very concentrated and you just don't want to waste any drop see it's on my hands i have six precious drops of the patera essence and i'm gonna rub it in my hands and just press onto my skin remember every drop count so i like working little by little i know some people say like they like using like a penny size but i'm a believer in just working with what feels right on your skin you can see i have a little bit of pigmentation around here from the sun so normally what i like to do is right after i apply the patera essence i immediately use a serum press on the skin like so okay and do the little piano tap technique this was a technique i think i did a video on over 10 years ago where i was playing the piano on my cheeks it's like wow my skin was so good back then looking back it's like crazy took it for granted you know for me i don't want to wait for this to dry down i want to immediately use serum on top of it so i'm going in with a hyaluronic acid serum i really want to be able to retain moisture on my skin our face has so many muscles and how often do we massage them oh it feels so good oh my gosh i'm addicted to this i love skincare my under eye area is dry but i think most people have drier under eyes the next product i'm layering is moisturizer just really making sure that i focus on the dry patches and area of my skin it's already feeling so smooth okay and last step of course is sunscreen all right so my skincare routine is done this is my daytime routine super simple i'll be documenting the process along the way and checking in with you so you can see how my skin is going to transform so whenever my skin gets to the state where it just feels dry uh the skin barrier feels weak i will do this sk2 treatment so first i'm going to prep my skin using the patera essence before it dries down i will use this facial treatment mask personally this is my favorite facial mask and the reason why it's because my skin just feels rejuvenated after this facial treatment and i've been using this facial treatment mask way before i even partnered with sk2 like this is something i actually buy and i use and i swear by i also like how this mask will stay juicy for a very long time so it kind of forces me to relax and decompress um so i will be back so it's been 20 to 30 minutes i'm just gonna remove the mask it's pretty much dry it feels so good honestly i have no moisturizer or anything this is just like pure concentrated patera essence so i'm just gonna use the rest of my skincare like eye cream moisturizer my skin doesn't feel as dry or scaly the texture is smoother it feels cool to touch so i'll check back in later so i just woke up and i wanted to show you my skin before i touch a skincare and you can see the pigmentation it i'm noticing it is getting a little lighter it's fading a bit it doesn't feel as dry as it used to my skin feels really soft but i wanted to check in to show you how it looks so it's looking pretty good so far excited to see what's going to happen in two more weeks so i'm checking in and i want to show you my skin today using the patera essence every single day it's just helping my skin exfoliate gently and i'm just noticing that the pigmentation you're seeing around my cheek area they're starting to get dark but they're also flaking off too so i'm going to see what happens after i use everything up so i'm going to go ahead and apply some of the essence on my cheek area i have probably two weeks left worth of it in this bottle i like to use the patera essence in between my acid treatments just to keep my cells turning over and so far it's been working really nicely so it took me a month and a half to get here and i'm going to finish up on the last few drops so i'm on my last day i have this much left here we go i'm gonna get every last drop so i'm gonna do a quick close-up to show you how my skin looks so far you could see the pigmentation around my cheek area i mean i could see a difference it's much softer compared to when i first started off on this journey overall i'm so impressed so after finishing this entire bottle and now i'm able to see my skin just touching my skin now it just feels more bouncy it feels more firm i could just tell my skin barrier is stronger so it's been 15 years since i uploaded my first video and i'd say that adopting a good skincare routine really paid off but you don't really appreciate it until you're much older it takes time and if there's anything you can learn about my story is that it's never too late to start skin care i hope this video inspires you to rethink your skincare routine take care of yourself you know for me skin care is my self-care it's my time where i can like put on nice music and relax and have this meditative ritual with my face self-care is love i know that sounds really cheesy but i wanted to end it on that note i'd love to know if you comment below your skincare routine what are the products you're using and if you've ever tried the batera essence thank you so much for following along with me on this video and i will see you next time bye everyone good luck you\n"