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S05E96 Decoding Skincare: Top Amazon Skin Care Products with Guest Sasha Rhee
In this fun episode of Botox and Burpees, host Dr. Sam Rhee is joined by his daughter Sasha Rhee for an in-depth discussion on skincare.
They unravel the myriad of products Sasha orders from Amazon, showcasing Sasha's diverse skincare routine, influenced heavily by Korean beauty trends and TikTok recommendations.
Sasha reviews some of her favorite products, and highlights the importance of a multi-step skincare regimen, the role of different products like toners, moisturizers, and cleansers, and offers tips for maintaining healthy skin. Tune in to learn about the latest in skincare trends and product recommendations!
• Importance of understanding what’s in your skincare products
• The impact of TikTok on skincare trends and purchases
• Breakdown of the 10-step Korean skincare routine
• Essential products and their roles in maintaining good skin
• The significance of double cleansing for thorough skincare
• Addressing misconceptions about hydration and moisturizers
• Discussing the value of early eye care and preventive measures
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Welcome back to Botox and Burpees. I have with me my regular guest, sasha Rhee, my daughter 20, or sorry, 19. She's currently a sophomore in college and this episode is about skincare. And the reason why I decided to do this episode was because we have an Amazon account and I would notice that 90% of it were these skincare products and I was like what is all this? And obviously I think my daughter has very nice skin and she takes care of it.
Speaker 1:I, as a plastic surgeon, know the basics of skincare and I do some basic management, but not enough to really delve into the little fine minutia of it, and so I thought it would be interesting just to go back through all of these crazy products that she orders and just ask her like, why Crazy? Yeah, well, all right, all of these diverse set of skincare products and why she uses them. So I'm gonna go through, and I know some of these diverse set of skincare products and why she uses them, so I'm going to go through, and I know some of these are your mother's, so we'll skip over those. I just can't keep track of all of them, so let's see here. The first one is how are you? By the way, I'm good, okay.
Speaker 2:I'm good. Had a rough couple weeks of my skin actually, so we're back.
Speaker 1:All right, well, you know, with the end of-.
Speaker 2:Vinyl season.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it can be very stressful. Stress is one of the big ones. Lack of sleep, all right. So I think you told me that this was this Dr Althea 345?
Speaker 2:345, yes, that's yours.
Speaker 1:That's my most recent moisturizer, okay so it's called Dr Althea and if anyone wants to know what any of these products are, let me know and I will DM me either on YouTube or on Instagram at Botox and Burpees Podcast and I'll let you know what it is. On the details on Amazon, this is called Dr Althea 345.
Speaker 2:Relief Cream, daily Face Moisturizer, blemish relief care, soothing recovery and moisture with niacinamide, panthenol, korean, vegan skincare for all skin types so don't know what half of those things are, but I recently bought this is my most recent purchase it's um, a moisturizer that you put on at the end of your skincare routine, and every korean person or person that does korean skincare knows that there's like a 10 step process you're supposed to do 10 steps yes, you gotta get in with the program.
Speaker 2:So this is my question. I actually was influenced on tiktok to buy this. Which tiktok does influence me with a lot of my korean skin cares? Because a lot of influencers will say I've tried all these different things. I recommend this. That one was really good because I saw a lot of tiktoks where it was like the before and after of using it for like a week and a half and it really helped them and I like it, um, so I decided to try it out because my old uh moisturizer was from innisfree and I bought it at the h mart in durham and like carry, actually near durham. Um, yeah, and I'm always looking to change it up and I like it. Five stars out of five oh, all right.
Speaker 1:How about this milk makeup one? Is that yours?
Speaker 2:yes, it's not mine, but yeah, so it's called milk makeup one. Is that yours?
Speaker 1:Yes, it's not mine, but yeah, so it's called Milk Makeup. Hydro Grip Primer Hydrates and grips makeup for up to 12 hours. All skin types, vegan, cruelty free.
Speaker 2:Yes, that's actually mom's order, but she bought it because I have it. Basically, that is not like a skincare product, but it's to like protect not protect your skin, but it's supposed to make the makeup stick to your skin, like if you I've seen um like gymnasts, for example on tiktok put that primer in their hands and like it. They use it as like the grip that they need on the bar oh my god, sticky.
Speaker 2:So you could use that on like crossfit for like I guess, yeah, but it's supposed to like stick it to your face and it works yes, it's because it's supposed to like, so your makeup doesn't fall off your face or melt or whatever. If you're sweating and things like that, it's supposed to really stick it because if you wear like foundation, that's covering your whole skin so when do you use it? Before I put my makeup on every day not all the time.
Speaker 2:If I'm going out, for example, I have a long night or like a long event ahead of me, I will okay, how about this?
Speaker 1:uh, skin gym ice, cool ice roller. Is that yours? No, I got that for katie. Oh, okay, uh. And then how about this tatcha? Mom, okay, let's skip that one then yeah, we want youthful products here the MediCube Deep Vita-C.
Speaker 2:Those are moms, but I use them a lot actually.
Speaker 1:Okay, so it's the MediCube Deep Vita-C facial pads, vitamin C toner pads for uneven skin tone, 500,000 ppm of vitamin water and three types of vitamins hydrating and resurfacing.
Speaker 2:Is that the brown? Yeah, with the gold? Yeah. So I have the other version of it, but it's very similar. Same brand, medikube, very popular brand for korean skincare. Essentially, you know how, like sometimes you have toner, you'll put it on the cotton pad of course no, I have no idea what you're talking about okay. So a lot of people will use toner and like they'll.
Speaker 2:It's like a toner is like to prep your face after you wash it okay and so a lot of people have a thing and you pour it into one of those calm pads and wipe it on your face, supposed to get rid of all whatever's left over from like you washing your face. These are pads that are already pre-soaked in this like chemical concoction and so what? You just have to take out a pad, wipe it on your face. You can leave it on your face for a little bit and you throw it out and that is supposed to get all like the rich vitamins in and like those um pads I think have like a lot of pores to really soak it up. I love those.
Speaker 2:Uh, that's the first step of my skin routine, morning and night out of 10 yes, I don't know if I have a 10 step, but it's typically supposed to be 10 okay koreans know what's up all right, uh metacube Collagen. Also use those basically.
Speaker 1:Okay, so it's Metacube Collagen. Overnight Wrapping Peel Off Facial Mask Pack. Elasticity and hydration care reduces sagging and dullness. Hydrolyze collagen for glowing skin.
Speaker 2:Already actually used this two days ago. This is also mom's, but I use it a lot. It's now. This is an overnight mask, so it's full of collagen. You take a spatula that they give you with the thing, you squeeze it on, you wipe it on your face and it creates a thin layer so when you sleep it like becomes a mask and in the morning you can just peel it off. Collagen is a really popular thing now because you know I'm sure you know that's supposed to make your skin like youthful bouncy. You know all the things that you want a healthy skin, so it's very like that's. The collagen is like. Everyone really usually has a product that has collagen in it at some point in their skin routine. For me, I have that same thing, but it's um a serum and I use that. That's like step four, I think, maybe step five. I have so many, so how do you?
Speaker 1:even keep track of all these. I swear to god all important for different things.
Speaker 2:Collagen making you look young, All right.
Speaker 1:How about the Celamax Jiwuge?
Speaker 2:That's mom.
Speaker 1:Okay, how about the Face Shop? Rice Water, bright Foaming.
Speaker 2:Oh, the pink one. Yeah, that's my new cleanser I recently bought because I found mold in my old cleanser.
Speaker 1:Okay, so this is the Face Shop Rice Water. Bright Foaming Facial Cleanser with Ceramide. Gentle Face Wash for hydrating and moisturizing. Vegan face cleanser. Makeup remover for all skin types.
Speaker 2:Yes, so that's step two of my skincare routine. It's a cleanser. You wash your face with it, you scrub it, whatever. That's like a water-based cleanser. So that's the one that gets all foamy. Really, that's the one that gets all foamy. Um, really like it. I got that one because I needed a new one because, like I said, my other one like had mold in it. Um, cleansing is like a quintessential. You need to at least be like water cleansing. I double cleanse, so I have two steps for washing my face what is the first step?
Speaker 2:the first step which is somewhere in there, I was like a long time ago is an oil cleanser. I use the centella, one centella that's essentially like not it's like oil like in your hands, but you use it to like melt, because you know oil repels oil, like melt everything off, whether you're wearing makeup or you have pores, and then, because you don't want that oil to build up in your pores, you then use, go in with the water cleanser after and that gets rid of everything.
Speaker 1:So you need to double cleanse I assume soap has never actually touched your face in your entire life.
Speaker 2:Like regular soap. Yeah, why would I do that? These are made for your face. I'm not putting body wash near my face.
Speaker 1:Of course. What was I thinking? Mario Badescu drying lotion.
Speaker 2:Yes, also bought that.
Speaker 1:Oh so Mario Badescu drying lotion for all skin types, Fast, fast acting. Blemish spot treatment with salicylic acid, sulfur and zinc oxide Dry surface blemishes overnight.
Speaker 2:I have actually so many pictures of me wearing this because I look I would pull it up, but I look so stupid because it's a drying lotion. This is also like, for example, a lot of these things are overnight. If you don't want to use that Medi-Cube collagen mask that dries on your face, you can use this. I use this when I have pimples after I'm doing my skincare and I'm like, shoot, I need to get rid of them very quickly. This you put a q-tip in it has this pink stuff, the bottom of all, like the chemicals, and you dot it wherever there's a pimple on your face. You put it right on top, you sleep in it, wash it off the next morning. It's supposed to like calm the pimple. Um, really good. I bought that actually because I had a couple of late night pimples I do. I was like I need to get rid of these immediately. But really good, and even some guys use it, like Nick uses that, for example.
Speaker 1:No, I remember this has been around for a long time and I know because I've seen it in our cabinet and I think the two things anything like what I usually do for plastic surgeons is for like acute issues, if I have to manage something, the biggest thing isn't just to get people not to touch.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:No picking, peeling, squeezing and if you make them put stuff on their face then they're less likely to actually touch it.
Speaker 2:This also soothes the pimples, usually like when I put it on. So I don't want to like touch anything and it dries very quickly.
Speaker 1:Right MediCube Triple Collagen Serum.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's the pink one.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's the one I bought that one.
Speaker 2:That's the one that I use. Okay, very good Step five in my skincare routine.
Speaker 1:The Mighty Patch Original Patch.
Speaker 2:Oh, pimple patches.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so it's a Mighty Patch. Original Patch from Hero Cosmetics. Hydrocolloid Acne Pimple Patch for covering zits and blemishes in face and skin. Vegan friendly. Not tested on animals.
Speaker 2:Very popular as well for these pimple patches. There's a bunch of different brands. I like the clear ones because they kind of hide in your face. This is like if you need a daytime or nighttime solution to your pimples, you can wear them. I wear them sometimes to class, where I have pimples on my face. You just cover them. They don't work the best for you. I don't have that much like actual, like zits per se. I have like more whiteheads. I have seen though a lot of the time you wear them it really sucks everything out of the pimples. When you take it off it's much more like toned down.
Speaker 1:Does more like toned down. Does it have to be popped the pimple in order not?
Speaker 2:necessarily, these help pull it out, like pull out all with the pus, whatever is in there, so that you don't have to pop it. Um, these are very popular, I think. I see so many kids wearing pimple patches now, even guys.
Speaker 1:I see a lot of guys wearing pimple patches now I would approve because it just prevents them from or makes it less likely for them to touch it. Uh, and if it's something that's a little bit soothing, so be it. That's great. Moisturizing, that's great. Medicube Zero Pore Pads is that you?
Speaker 2:That is that the white one.
Speaker 1:With a blue.
Speaker 2:That's the one that I actually use. Yeah, like the other ones are what mom uses, I use those.
Speaker 1:Oh, so this is a MediCube Zero Pore Pads 2.0, dual texture facial toner pads, exfoliation pore care with 4.5% AHA alpha hydroxy acid, lactic acid and 0.45% BHA beta hydroxy acid. I think Salicylic acid, ideal for all skin types.
Speaker 2:Yeah, those ones I really like because I've gone through a lot of different toner pads the Medi-Cube collagen ones, the Medi-Cube Vita-C, and now these, and this is my second this was the second one that I bought bought actually because I went through my first one very quickly these, like I said, always the first step of my night routine after a double cleanse, so step three. Really like them because these pads have the pores but also one side is like bumpy almost and the other side is smooth. So that's where the exfoliating comes in, because you can, like you know, like the bumps kind of help you like exfoliate your face. Um, and all, obviously, all the top skincare products. These days everyone has some sort of acid in their skin, whether it's salicylic whatever it's called salicylic or bha.
Speaker 2:Some people do chemical peels, as you've seen, like we've seen yeah, I used to do those for patients, yeah and then also it's just like. Everyone, though, has some sort of serum or toner with that, because that acid is supposed to be good for you, apparently yeah, it's uh, both uh antibacterial.
Speaker 1:A lot of the alpha hydroxies and the beta hydroxies are like exfoliants as well, so it helps to just like clear off all this gunk so it doesn't clog and and cause uh breakouts. All right, I can only go through like maybe two or three more of these and then I'm sort of like up to here with skincare.
Speaker 2:You don't want to hear my 10 steps. I mean, I know every product. Oh my God.
Speaker 1:Let's see here how about this? You don't use Madagascar Centella.
Speaker 2:Oh okay, that's the Centella, okay, so yes, you went deep into the order history.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's yeah. So Madagascar, centella Light Cleansing Oil gentle oil cleanser for face.
Speaker 2:That's the first step of my skincare routine that I told you that bottle I don't even know when I ordered that. It's lasted me since then and I'm almost done with it. But usually I'm like a consumer I mean I'm peak consumerism, I'll buy something and then I won't finish it with it. I'll buy a different one because 3talk influenced me to cleansers. I've stuck with the entire time. This oil cleanser has been the only one I've used and I this is the first time probably in my life that I've actually used a product like in flex as someone who's paying for your amazon uh purchases, that makes me sad so um, top tier also was influenced from this.
Speaker 2:Through tiktok this one girl that I really like, who is kind of similar skin type to me, she used it. I will say also I am lucky enough and where. A lot of these products. They look great on tiktok and the influencers love them. But people don't realize if you have sensitive skin a lot of these are bad for you Like if it's sensitive you don't want to put like a lot of chemicals on it.
Speaker 1:As sensitive as your skin.
Speaker 2:I don't have sensitive skin.
Speaker 1:You do not.
Speaker 2:I was blessed with great genetics guys. Neither of my parents had that bad acne, so I have pretty like durable skin. I would say Like I can try a bunch of new products, and some people have to really give it a trial run or put it on their arm or something because they're worried they'll be allergic. I don't think I've ever broken out from a single product Very lucky Purito Centella Unscented Cream.
Speaker 1:It's green.
Speaker 2:Oh wait, Are you sure it's not a serum?
Speaker 1:It's a serum. Yes, thank you yeah.
Speaker 2:That's step.
Speaker 1:Sorry, it's Purito Centella Unscented Serum.
Speaker 2:That's step seven.
Speaker 1:Ampule Soothing, Calming Facial Serum for Face. Vegan and cruelty-free. Why is everything vegan?
Speaker 2:Because people like my aunt, for example, will not buy it if it's sensitive on animals. My aunt, you know emo.
Speaker 2:Her entire skincare and beauty routine are all by products that do not test on animals okay it's a big ethical concern, apparently because also the the makeup industry has been doing it for so long that now everyone's pushing for them to not, okay, love this serum. Same girl on tiktok that influenced me to buy that oil cleanser also influenced me to buy this. This is kind of like I don't really know this is helping my skin that much, but it's cooling so essentially. So essentially, you know, sometimes my face is red, you know, like I have blemishes, whatever I put this on, and it's just very cooling to my entire face. So that's step seven or eight of my skincare routine.
Speaker 1:How long does your skincare routine take?
Speaker 2:Not that long, Like with washing my face and brushing my teeth like 10 minutes.
Speaker 1:Wait, you can do 10 steps in 10 minutes.
Speaker 2:Well, because you're just putting it on your face. Wow. Do you want to hear my 10 steps?
Speaker 1:No, I don't, I don't. If people want listen, if we want to, if enough people want to hear it, then we will do a whole episode about the 10 steps of your skincare routine. All right, last product here. Wait, are you the Beauty of Joseon?
Speaker 2:The eye cream.
Speaker 1:Yeah, is that you All? Right Beauty of Joseon. Revive Eye Serum with Retinol Niacinamide Correction for Puffy Eye Bags, fine Lines, dark Circles, wrinkles.
Speaker 2:Wow, I forgot this was like. This must have been in like August or September. This is my big skinnier overhaul. These are all staple pieces of my skincare routine. This is my big skinnier overhaul. These are all staple pieces of my skincare routine. This is step nine. It's an eye cream. Essentially, I liked getting into eye creams in high school because you know, they get rid of bags. I think I don't have that bad bags. Honestly, I think it's kudos to this cream because it has a lot of retinol. When you're dealing with eye bags, you know retinol is all the rage right now. It gets rid of wrinkles, like it says, fine lines.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but you're 19. How many wrinkles in like bags do you really?
Speaker 2:have? I don't know. I'm an econ major. Life's hard.
Speaker 2:But I think it's just good, even because like it helps, Because I think eyes are a very central part and so if you can have a light under eye section, it does elevate your face. I like it because I think it's just good to have something focused on that area, Like typical moisturizer is just to keep your skin clear. But you know, with eye bags and stuff like that, a lot of products you see nowadays are like, like, instead of just face masks there's eye masks now, like just for your eyes. It's a big thing in Korea especially.
Speaker 1:All right, okay Well.
Speaker 2:Love that product, 10 out of 10. I love Beauty of Joseon.
Speaker 1:Would recommend. Huh Well, thank you, sasha, for just a little bit of a deep dive into your Amazon ordering history on skincare.
Speaker 2:Thank you for paying for those.
Speaker 1:I did not even realize I was to be honest.
Speaker 2:Amazon is the life hack if you want to buy something and your dad won't know until years after you bought it.
Speaker 1:It just comes as like a bill. I don't know until years after you bought it. It just comes as like a bill, I don't know, all right. So anyway, if you would like to know more about any of these skincare products, let us know. Hit us up on the YouTube channel under comments, or DM me Botox and Burpees podcast on Instagram. And, as always, thank you again, sasha.
Speaker 2:Thank you.