I did my first Instagram Live session earlier this week, where I fielded questions and answered them to the best of my ability – it was basically a pop quiz for me! The questions were mostly about skincare (of course), but there were a few about hair and cats as well.
I tried to answer as many questions as I could – we managed to get through about 100 questions! I didn’t realise how confusing it would be if I didn’t read out the full question. I’ll definitely remember that for next time.
It’s broken up into 3 parts (about 30 minutes each). The question timestamps are below, and the related links.
Instagram Live Part 1
- 1:11 Importance of home care
- Sorry I got this wrong – Tracey Beeby of Ultraceuticals actually told me it’s 70% home care and 30% in clinic!
- 1:50 Wait times between actives
- 2:27 Alcohol in skincare
- 3:06 Microneedling
- 3:29 Is vitamin C still active as an antioxidant if it’s oxidised?
- 4:00 What vitamin C serum would I recommend that you can buy in Australia?
- 5:30 Is it worth getting adapalene?
- 6:13 How to brighten pigmentation
- 6:43 Facial massage
- 7:24 Fading acne scars
- 8:00 Polyethylene in cleansing balms
- 8:47 Can you layer newer organic sunscreen filters with zinc oxide
- Post and video on using sunscreen and other products
- How to use sunscreens in your routine in more detail in my Basic Guide to Skincare
- 10:03 7 layer method
- 11:11 Cleansing oils that don’t cause breakouts
- Cleansing oil review
- Shu Uemura
- Simple
- How to pick and use a cleanser that suits your skin is covered in my Basic Guide to Skincare
- 12:13 Is it safe to use cleansing oil if you have acne
- 12:26 Sunscreens for oily skin
- Canmake
- How to pick and use a sunscreen that suits your skin is covered in my Basic Guide to Skincare
- 14:37 Polyethylene again
- 14:54 Do you need as much sunscreen for darker skin
- 15:55 Serums in the eye area
- 16:31 Micellar water as first cleanser
- 19:48 Lazy about checking ingredients
- 20:12 Favourite anti-aging product apart from sunscreen
- 20:53 Best ingredients to tackle lines under the eye
- 21:07 Does light therapy work on acne
- 22:23 Essential oils and skincare: good or bad
- I forgot to mention that some citrus oils can cause phototoxicity
- 22:42 Do I avoid silicone and SLS when choosing hair products
- 25:40 Are antioxidants that oxidise on your face harmful because they form free radicals
- 26:00 Opinion on Drunk Elephant
- 26:23 Very oily nose area
- 26:50 Are cleansing oils recommended for dry skin
- 28:15 Wearing sunscreen on long flights
- 28:55 Copper peptides
- 29:16 Hormonal pigmentation
Instagram Live Part 2
- 0:00 Face mists vs toners
- 0:10 MSM in skincare
- 0:23 Drunk Elephant
- 0:46 Starting on 1% retinol
- 1:01 Matrixyl
- 1:11 Ingrown hairs on back
- 1:46 Overdid glycolic acid – how to restore
- 2:38 Flat red pimple-like bumps
- 2:54 Getting out of an emotional skincare rut
- 4:19 Favourite hydrating facial mask
- 5:15 What’s a good duration for skincare on your skin
- 6:29 Cleansing oil and hot cleansing cloth method
- 6:52 Adding oil to already oily skin
- 7:19 Skin care for eczema
- 8:16 Recommendations for dark circles and eyebags
- 8:42 Skincare for rosacea
- 9:19 Is retinol worth it
- 10:10 Smile lines going red from overexfoliating
- 10:23 No-poo / co-washing
- 11:37 Itchy red bumps
- 12:03 Homeopathic zinc and selenium skincare
- 13:18 Eczema and psoriasis
- 13:41 Exfoliants and moisturisers for sensitive combination skin
- Exfoliation guide
- How to pick and use a moisturiser that suits your skin is covered in my Basic Guide to Skincare
- 16:15 Am I enjoying my purple hair? Am I washing only with cold water?
- 17:04 Best brand of niacinamide
- 17:26 Purging from AHAs, BHA, vitamin C
- 18:37 Stressing out over blackheads and whiteheads
- 19:18 Can skin get used to products
- 20:35 Blind pimples
- 23:08 Neck lines
- 24:07 Adding vitamin C powder to moisturiser
- 26:09 Foreo Luna
- 26:45 Serum under retinol
- 27:15 How to minimise losing products on your pillow
- 27:28 Red and itchy skin from Epiduo
- 27:59 Lumigan off-label to grow eyelashes and brows
- The science of Latisse (bimatoprost)
- Note: I don’t recommend buying products from dodgy overseas online pharmacies! There are manufacturers that fail quality controls a lot, I was young and naive…
- 29:02 The lipstick I’m wearing
- 29:40 Dehydration after sheet masks
Instagram Live Part 3
- 0:32 Nurse Jamie Uplift
- 2:26 Should you worry about antioxidants oxidising on your skin
- 2:41 Do jade rollers do anything
- 3:17 Oil-based moisturiser under sunscreen
- Post and video on using sunscreen and other products
- How to use sunscreens in your routine in more detail in my Basic Guide to Skincare
- 4:03 Azelaic acid in Australia
- 5:08 Neck lines part 2
- 6:38 Relationship between diet and acne
- I went on a bit of a tangent here – basically the idea I was trying to get across is that large-scale studies are needed for nutrition-based interventions because the studies are a lot harder to design and interpret than something where the variables can be controlled, like a topical treatment.
- I can’t find the article on sticking gum to a sheet of paper (if anyone knows where it is, link me!), but I found these articles that talk more about the difficulties with nutrition studies:
- 10:37 Topical amino acids
- 10:56 How far down an ingredients list should you look
- 11:22 Recommendations for teenagers with acne
- 12:28 $100 roller vs $5 roller
- 12:45 Will micellar water remove mineral sunscreen
- Do you need a special cleanser to remove sunscreen?
- How to use sunscreens in your routine in more detail in my Basic Guide to Skincare
- 13:02 Is it true that ascorbic acid absorbs in seconds
- 13:18 Is heat bad for skin
- 13:56 Home LED light therapy
- 14:25 Chemistry I’m interested in apart from cosmetic chemistry
- 15:10 How are my cats
- 15:14 Azelaic acid texture, The Ordinary Azelaic Acid
- 15:39 Are bubble clay masks harmful for skin
- 15:53 What do I think is missing in the skincare community that skincare enthusiasts can make
- 16:42 Is mascara or eyelash glue harmful for eyes
- 17:19 Can lycopene be absorbed
- 17:51 Is vitamin C harmful to skin when it’s gone off
- 18:28 My university journey, deciding to do postgrad
- 21:38 Do I take any skin supplements
- 22:26 Oral collagen
- 22:45 Favourite vitamin C product
- 22:54 Are peptides too large to work
- 23:47 Blue light damage to skin
- 24:19 Adding pinches of vitamin C to things
- 25:20 How to reapply sunscreen in the middle of the day
- Post and video on using sunscreen and other products
- How to use sunscreens in your routine in more detail in my Basic Guide to Skincare
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