- Winter is coming.
- Winter is coming.
- [Camera Woman] Winter's coming!
(laughing)
- And we're here today to talk about that.
Laura, Monica. You guys have seen us before.
- You guys know the drill, yes.
- And we actually just had to Google what day
It was the first the day of winter and--
- Yep. - For everyone's information,
it's Wednesday, December the 21st.
- So. - So mark your calendars.
Get your skin ready.
- Yeah. - It's coming.
- It is. - Yep.
And all you Game of Thrones fans out there.
- Yeaahhhh!
(clapping)
- Winter is still coming.
We don't know when it will come.
(laughing)
So I'll start off with my first question from Marie.
She said, I watched one of your videos that you
posted a couple weeks ago,
and there was a question about blackheads,
what they are, how to treat them.
It said there was not a prescription available,
and that salicylic acid would do the...
- Well, there you go. - We're back?
- [Camera Woman] Are we good?
- We're all good, okay.
- Sorry, technical difficulties.
- Okay, so...
- Back to Marie. - Back to Marie.
(laughing)
She was basically asking about salicylic acid
for blackheads, which we do recommend.
Although for her it's too drying,
especially since winter is coming (laughing)
we want to make sure to minimize the drying (laughing).
- (laughing) Yes, of course.
- So, yeah, salicylic acid, which is a BHA,
beta hydroxy acid, can certainly be drying
in some patients.
Some patients just can't tolerate it.
So my suggestion to you, Marie,
would be to look at all of your skincare products,
to see if there's anything that's clogging your pores,
which could be making those blackheads worse.
- Umm-hmm. - CosDNA.com, we've
mentioned a bunch of times here--
- A couple, I think one or two times, yeah (laughing).
- Yeah, we like it a lot,
So I would check everything out on there.
Also, you might want to consider trying
azelaic acid, it's prescription-strength.
We use it in our Curology medications.
- Umm-hmm. - Some of them.
And it's usually very well-tolerated for patients
especially with the lower strength that we compound, so...
- Yeah. - I would suggest that.
- Our base is really moisturizing as well.
- Umm-hmm. - So it could be a
combination of things like you said,
you might not react well to the salicylic acid,
but it might actually be the base
that you're not reacting well--
- Yeah, that's true. - Like if there's a lot
of alcohol in it or something like that.
- Umm-hmm. - So definitely go to
CosDNA because it'll let you know
if you have alcohol in your products
and then if that's the case,
we recommend you stay away from them
because it can be drying and cause more breakouts.
- Yes, we don't want that.
- We don't, so keeping with the winter theme (laughing),
Anna has, Do I have to change my skin care routine
for the winter?
I live in Colorado, and have combination skin.
So I have combination skin as well.
I do not live in Colorado,
went to visit up north (laughing)
where it was a tad bit colder (laughing),
but definitely no snow.
So I actually brought the bag that I took back home,
and I didn't change any of my products.
So I have a small size of my micellar water.
I just put it in a different container, so--
- I have the same container for mine.
- Target. - Yes, Target.
That's make sense, yeah (laughing).
- And then I brought my gentle cleanser,
the baby size,
so no changes there.
It's a creamy formula,
which tends to be more gentle--
- Umm-hmm. - For the winter.
I brought my Hada Labo Super Hyaluronic Acid
lightweight moisturizer, Hada Labo.
So they're selling this in Target now,
and it is gel-based.
So if you guys can see-- - Oh, that's cool.
- It's completely watery. - That's awesome.
- So it's definitely not too moisturizing.
What I did, though, is I just doubled up on the layer.
So I would put one layer on,
brush my teeth,
and then put a second layer on.
- Umm-hmm. - And it was more than fine.
So you definitely don't need a ton of products.
Of course, I brought my Curology.
And I did notice one of the days
I was a little dry,
so I just put a little more of the Neutrogena Hydro Boost.
I also have a little, tiny size (laughing) on.
So you definitely don't need to change
your whole routine.
It doesn't need to be expensive.
You just maybe need to layer your moisturizer.
- Umm-hmm. - Maybe change your cleanser,
even if you have a foaming cleanser.
I know this sounds silly,
but putting some water in the foaming cleanser
is gonna dilute the solvent.
- Um-hmm. - So it's going to
make it gentler and save you some money, so...
- It makes a lot of sense.
I never tried that.
- (laughing) Definitely don't need to go
buy a whole other routine.
Just kind of work with what you have,
listen to your skin
if you need a little bit more moisturizer--
- Yeah. - Just layer it on.
- That's what I tell my patients, too.
I've got a lot of questions from my patients
in the Northeast about their skin drying out,
as winter is coming and
(laughing)
- Which I was just going to say.
- [Camera Woman] Can you guys explain
what this means to people
who don't watch Game of Thrones?
- Hmm. - Sure.
- Are there people who don't watch Game of Thrones?
- Why would you--
- Are there any of you out there
that (laughing) don't watch Game of Thrones?
Google Winter is coming.
- Yeah. - And you will get
your education on that (laughing).
- Yeah. - So I tell patients verbatim,
to up their moisturizing game,
so if there's any of my patients out there
that have heard me,
or read me say that,
I totally mean it.
And I do it myself.
- Umm-hmm. - So definitely stock up
on some products that you know are moisturizing.
Take some of the tips that Monica mentioned
about either changing your cleanser
to a hydrating formulation or diluting your foaming.
Those are all really great tricks.
- Yep. - Also, too,
if you use irritating products like the BHA,
which is salicylic acid,
alpha hydroxy acids or prescription tretinoin
which is in Curology--
- Umm-hmm. - As well as Retin-A,
you might need to back off on that a little bit
for the winters, so, ooohhh!
- (laughing) It's just one step.
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
just a little step back.
Either use your moisturizer first
before you apply it,
or try just going down to Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
and seeing how you do.
It's not gonna hurt your skin to skip a few days of it.
- Right. - It's actually gonna help.
We don't want you flaking
or having any kind of irritation from it.
- Right. - So, try that.
- And we talked about the flakiness before.
A gentle way to deal with that
is a konjac sponge. - Umm-hmm.
- If you guys have head about it,
so it's very gentle.
It's a dry sponge,
you run it under water.
It becomes a soft sponge,
so that you use it once a week
to gently remove any dry skin.
- Umm-hmm. - And then since we're
going with Game of Thrones,
I'm just gonna ask you some of the others' questions.
(laughing)
- You are, oh my gosh!
I'm nervous, okay, go.
- Okay, Do you think Daenerys will run into
problems in Rome?
- Yes. - Yes.
(laughing)
- Really? - Short answer, yes.
- Long answer, why?
- I don't know?
Because she's a badass,
and she always runs into problems,
and she always kicks everybody's butts.
- Yeah. - Am I allowed to say ass?
I don't know?
- No, well you just did,
so it's fine.
(laughing)
I was thinking the opposite.
- Really? - Because I feel like
Ellaria and her Sand Snake daughters, right--
- Umm-hmm. - They all want to take down
the Lannisters as well.
- That's true. - So I feel like
they're kind of on the same team.
- Umm-hmm. - So I don't know how that
meetup is gonna go,
but I feel like...
- It's gonna be interesting.
- Yeah, it might go well.
- Well, we'll see which one of us is right.
- [Camera Woman] Can we pause for a question?
- Of course! - Of course!
- [Camera Woman] Okay, cool.
- You mean real questions?
- [Camera Woman] Oh, real questions.
- I meant (laughing)--
- Okay, we'll take them.
- [Camera Woman] Heather asks, What's a good moisturizer
that you recommend?
- Oh. - And then I have another
one after that, too.
- Sure, so we're big fans of EltaMD around here.
I use EltaMD AM-- - Umm-hmm.
- Which is a little bit lighter,
and then there's EltaMD Intense Moisturizer--
- Right. - Which is kind of like
a petrolatum Vaseline-type moisturizer--
- Yeah. - Which is great for winter.
A lot of patients think Vaseline is not good for their skin,
but it actually is.
It's pretty good.
It holds in the moisture that you have in your skin,
so drink lots of water, use Vaseline.
Those things can help a lot.
They can. - Yeah, don't let the Vaseline
throw you off.
I know I think it's a texture thing--
- Umm-hmm. - Like they can just...
- Umm-hmm. - I mean it looks thick,
but actually it acts like an occlusive--
- Umm-hmm. - So you put
on your moisturizer,
then you put on Vaseline over it,
especially if you have any dry spots.
- Yep. - And it really kind of
pushes all the moisture in,
so it's a great product to use
if you could tolerate--
- Yeah. - The petroleum petrolatum
products, in general.
- And Sebamed Clear Face Gel,
we usually like, too.
That's a gel base like Monica's Hada Labo.
- Yeah, Hada Labo. - Hada Labo.
- So if you're oily, in general,
and you don't want to throw on a heavy moisturizer
in the winter,
you can try one of the gel based.
- Right. - And that's
usually pretty good.
- Yeah, and like I said,
you can layer them, so-- - Umm-hmm.
- If you have it already,
layer it and see if it gives you a little
bit more moisture.
- [Camera Woman] The other question is from Van.
Does a humidifier help for the dryness in the winter?
- Absolutely, it certainly does,
especially in the Great Northern states where
there's a lot of indoor heat-- - Umm-hmm.
- That's very drying. - Right.
- If you can grab a humidifier,
that can help eliminate that dryness ans
- They're relative-- - Your skin will be happy.
(laughing)
- Yeah (laughing), they're relatively inexpensive.
You can find them online. - Um-hmm.
- It does put moisture obviously in the air,
which is great, like Laura said for people
that have the heater on all day.
- Um-hmm. - It also...
Some come with white noise-- - Oooh!
- So it's great to have near your
nightstand or something.
- Umm-hmm. - And have it running,
so that if you want it close to your face,
so you're getting all the benefits from it.
And then, too, it might help you sleep a little better.
- I like that.
- [Camera Woman] That's all.
You can go back to your Game of Thrones questions.
(laughing)
- Alright. - Okay, next question.
- Let me ask you one more question.
- Yes. - Will Cersei and Jaime
stay together? - Oh, man.
I'm gonna say yes.
- You're gonna say yes.
- Yeah, are you gonna say no?
- (gasping) I'm thinking no (laughing)
just because has a soft spot for Tyrion.
And I feel like-- - That's true.
- Maybe he's gonna sneak in
and kind of pull him over to the good side.
Maybe, I don't know?
We'll see. - Yeah, I think, yeah...
Cersei's gonna be too extreme I think.
- Yeah, she's a little crazy.
- About the kids and now all the power.
- I think she's gonna lose it.
- Yeah. - Right.
- I don't know?
- Okay, any more other questions?
- No, you guys have more time
if you want to talk more about...
- More Game of Thrones?
- [Camera Woman] More Game of Thrones.
Should we have Jasmin come in here
since she's read the books? - Oh, yeah.
(laughing)
- Jasmine. - Jasmine, no?
Next time, okay (laughing)?
- We'll see Jasmine next week.
- Okay, let me give you one more.
- Ahhh, she should be in here, okay, so--
- [Crew Member] Go out and get her?
- No, she's not gonna come in here.
In the books, Lady Stoneheart is a big character.
Have you heard of here - No.
- So it's Catelyn Stark coming back
kind of in zombie form--
- Interesting. - To seek revenge for--
- Okay. - The Stark family.
So they haven't touched on it with the series.
Do you think they're gonna try to sneak her in?
- Yeah, I think that would be a great addition.
- Right, just a little maybe cameo.
- Yeah, I do.
- I feel like they try to do a good balance--
- [Camera Woman] She's coming, she's coming.
- She is not coming.
- She's coming. - (laughing) They try to
balance out what's happening in the books
and in the series, so maybe--
- You're in for a real treat.
- Is she coming?
- [Camera Woman] Yeah, she's coming.
- Yeah, Jasmine (laughing)!
(clapping)
- Okay. - Game of Thrones!
- [Jasmine] Hi.
- Hi! - Hi!
- Did you come with a question?
- No. - Lady Stoneheart,
do you think they're gonna try to add her
into the series, or no?
- [Jasmine] (laughing) Why not, I guess.
- Right. - It's like a different
person to kill, maybe?
- Right, and then she's like kind of zombie-ish
because she's not really herself since it's like...
Right, she comes back like zombie-form a little bit?
- [Jasmine] I guess so.
(laughing)
- And zombies are in so...
Jasmine thinks yes, so, yes.
(laughing)
We'll stay tuned for this season.
- Thank you, Jasmine. - Okay.
- Alright, guys, I don't think we have any other questions--
- [Camera Woman] No, that's it.
- Not to do with acne.
Game of Thrones, I guess it's fair game.
Eye cream. - Eye cream.
I'm gonna leave that one to you.
- [Camera Woman] I didn't see anything.
- Eye cream, well, Jen has talked about--
- Yeah. - Two of the eye creams
that she really likes,
so she's actually used a Dr. Brandt.
- Umm-hmm. - Eye cream,
which is a great option.
And then the other eye cream that she...
Well, no, is it an eye cream?
- Hmm? - No, her Mad Hippie is,
just the vitamin C. - Umm-hmm.
- But you can use it underneath the eyes and that's--
- Oh, yeah, I use my vitamin C under my eyes.
- Yeah, and that's usually?
- Everywhere. - Very moisturizing.
(laughing)
- I take a bath in it. - (laughing) Everywhere.
So Dr. Brandt eye cream has a little bit of retinol,
but it's nice and moisturizing.
- Umm-hmm. - Jen loves it.
I think there's a little bit of luminescent in it,
so it also kind of brightens under eye.
- What about the Teamine Eye Complex?
I've heard you talk about that before, right?
- Which one is that one?
- Teamine. - Oh, yeah!
- Umm-hmm. - That one's really
nourishing, the-- - Yeah.
- Yeah, the Teamine,
but it doesn't have any retinol,
so it just depends what you're looking for
in an eye cream, Heather.
If you're actually wanting anti-aging,
of if you just want a heavier moisturizer--
- Yeah. - The Teamine is a
good option, it's really moisturizing.
But, again, you don't need to spend a lot
of money if you already have a moisturizer you like--
- Umm-hmm. - Again, layer it
underneath the eyes and that should be
good for moisture,
but if you want some anti-aging,
then a little bit retinol definitely helps.
- Definitely. - Alright, guys.
- We'll see you guys later.
- We're all done, bye!
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