As a frequent traveler, Kesha has her simplified on-the-go skincare routine down pat. When she’s on the road, the singer deals with dry skin and dehydration, so her nightly routine is essential for maintaining that glow. Watch to learn the dermatologist-approved products Kesha swears by, her take on LED light therapy, and how she combats breakouts.
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00:00 Hey Harper's Bazaar, it's Kesha.
00:02 You wanna go to bed with me?
00:03 [upbeat music]
00:06 So I'm in New York City for New York Fashion Week
00:10 and I'm about to go on tour.
00:12 So I'm very used to living out of a suitcase.
00:14 So I just bring the essentials, which is very hard for me.
00:17 My skin type has always been really dry.
00:21 Two months ago I started getting pimples,
00:23 so that's really awesome.
00:25 So I've completely had to readjust my routine
00:28 and it's really annoying when you're just hyper-focused
00:31 on your one flaw and then you get to shift to the next one.
00:35 Awesome to be 36 with pimples.
00:38 So let's get into my routine.
00:39 First up, I have this cleansing balm
00:42 that really helps the lashes come off and all the makeup.
00:45 To be honest with you, I don't know where this came from,
00:48 but it's great.
00:49 It's crystal hearts.
00:52 I have no idea, but someone sent it to me
00:54 and it's phenomenal.
00:56 So now I lube up the eyeballs.
01:00 As much as I love makeup,
01:03 it's one of the funnest parts of my job.
01:07 I can't wait to get it off my face
01:09 at the end of the night, my God.
01:11 So then I wash this off and then we'll wash again.
01:14 Okay, we have naked eyeballs.
01:23 I feel like I look like a baby hamster with no eye makeup.
01:26 Now I have naked eyes, but I need to wash all over,
01:29 like get all the makeup off.
01:30 And I've been working with a facialist and dermatologist
01:34 just because I've had a lot of problems in my life, honey,
01:37 but pimples were never one of them.
01:40 So they're like my new friends.
01:43 So they've told me to try different cleansers.
01:46 This one, Dr. Dennis Gross, my new cleanser,
01:52 melt away cleanser.
01:53 I like to have my face kind of damp when I wash
02:01 and I just like to be really lubed up
02:05 and then I roast under an LED light,
02:07 but I just put it on dry.
02:10 I think we're covered.
02:11 We're rinses off.
02:12 When I've done like a lot of makeup,
02:20 I sometimes will wash a third time.
02:24 So after I clean my face,
02:27 I usually do a mask of some sort.
02:29 So this mask I love.
02:31 I also sometimes do a sheet mask.
02:36 That's really my like me times doing the sheet mask,
02:42 but for tonight, feeling kind of lazy.
02:45 So I'll go straight into a toner.
02:50 I love this toner.
02:52 It's like beauty's secret hack.
02:57 This toner rules.
02:58 Everybody, you know, and if you don't, you gotta try it.
03:02 It's like next level.
03:04 It smells horrible, but that's when you know it's working.
03:08 Like, you know, it's good when it kind of smells
03:10 like cat pee and gasoline.
03:12 Love it.
03:15 And I'll use it on a pad, ideally.
03:19 But I resort to toilet paper in certain hotel rooms.
03:23 I'm not above saying that.
03:25 And I just, it kind of tingles a little bit.
03:30 Oh, it's so good.
03:32 So I started getting into skincare when I was younger
03:34 'cause I had freckles and a lot of people
03:37 would cover them up in posts,
03:39 like Photoshop them out and blur them.
03:41 So I started feeling really insecure
03:43 that I had not only some freckles,
03:46 but like a ton of freckles.
03:48 Then I decided to lean into it and kind of make it my thing.
03:53 And now I love my freckles.
03:54 Like I think they're so cute.
03:55 And I have friends that get them tattooed on now.
03:57 So everybody else wants to like erase and delete.
04:01 I'm making this pretty as possible.
04:03 And then I started touring.
04:05 Every night it would be like full drag makeup,
04:09 like so intense, face tapes, wigs, you name it.
04:14 And then I would pour glitter on top of my face with beer
04:18 because that was a good idea.
04:21 I don't know.
04:22 Don't do that.
04:23 I got a very bad skin rash from doing that.
04:26 That was a terrible idea.
04:28 But I then found adhesives.
04:31 I think that part of my new routine of letting my freckles
04:37 and my face shine and not covering up with so much makeup
04:40 has been an acceptance of self and what I look like.
04:44 And it feels more raw and vulnerable now.
04:48 Okay, the next step in no particular order,
04:51 I just always need to moisturize my lips
04:53 after I've been putting a bunch of matte lipstick on all day.
04:57 So this is Indie Wild, a dewy lip treatment.
05:03 Let's dewy up our lips.
05:10 Like flying and living on a bus is so dehydrating.
05:15 The fashion week moment today was like matte lip,
05:20 but that can be very drying.
05:22 But then at the end of the night, I just drench.
05:24 I give my skin back all the goodness.
05:28 So next I do one of two things.
05:32 It's a mashup, right?
05:34 You never know.
05:35 This is Oak Essentials.
05:37 Just feels really good.
05:38 Look at the color.
05:40 It's so blue.
05:41 Sucker for it.
05:42 Oh, that smells so good.
05:49 But then here's the wild card.
05:50 I get this.
05:53 This is fun.
05:54 Like if I do a lip treatment,
05:57 then I'll just like put her on
05:59 while I like bullshit around.
06:02 'Cause it also looks cool.
06:04 Like I kind of love it, right?
06:06 Hot.
06:07 So this is an LED mask.
06:09 Again, Dr. Dennis Gross.
06:11 Love him.
06:12 Rules.
06:13 And the LED is supposed to help create collagen production.
06:18 So I have one like this.
06:21 I have a full face one.
06:23 And then I have a body one.
06:24 It's called a Saluma Light.
06:26 And I travel with it everywhere.
06:28 People ask me if it works.
06:29 I don't know.
06:30 But just in case it does, I use the shit out of it.
06:35 So I'll wear this.
06:38 Do my lip treatment.
06:39 Or just kind of hang.
06:43 Make some phone calls.
06:44 So this I'll usually leave on for like 10 minutes.
06:47 But 'cause you're getting ready with me.
06:50 I'll speed up the process.
06:53 Now I just go hardcore moisturizer.
06:56 So I have a couple different ones.
06:58 And I mix in a little retinol.
07:01 So this is the moisturizer I use.
07:05 Augustine's Baiter.
07:06 I'm not stingy with it.
07:08 (upbeat music)
07:10 I love this cream because it's rich.
07:15 It's thick.
07:16 It's super moisturizing.
07:18 And my skin is historically just so dry.
07:21 And from travel, like it does dry you out.
07:24 My facialist recommended this cream.
07:29 And I just am addicted to it.
07:31 So next I would mix in a little bit of retinol
07:35 with another moisturizer.
07:38 Rescue Retinol with Ultra Repair Cream right now
07:42 'cause I'm super extra dry.
07:45 I get like a big chunk of it.
07:48 Here we go.
07:48 Oh yes, that's what I want.
07:54 And then I just like am lathered.
07:58 Oh yeah.
07:59 I just want it to like sit.
08:01 I want it to soak.
08:02 I never ever ever sleep in my makeup
08:05 because it's a slippery slope.
08:07 If I start sleeping in my makeup,
08:08 I'll just be sleeping in my makeup all the time.
08:12 I get so lazy, but skincare is the one thing
08:17 that's like, I don't even need to brush my teeth,
08:19 but like you better believe I'm gonna wash out that makeup.
08:22 Your gorgeous face, your money maker, wash her,
08:27 bathe her, drench her in goodness.
08:32 Woo.
08:32 So I let this soak until it kind of, you know,
08:36 doesn't look totally insane.
08:39 And then I'll add an eye cream.
08:41 So right now I have my buddy, Dr. Dennis Gross.
08:46 This one has a little retinol again.
08:47 Swear by retinol, hyaluronic acid, and the LED.
08:52 Those are my go-tos.
08:56 And a sheet mask.
08:58 I didn't wanna make y'all suffer
08:59 through a 10 minute sheet mask.
09:01 I'm just watching me do a sheet mask,
09:03 but I try to do one every day.
09:05 And now that I'm like super wet and moist
09:08 and my skin feels so much happier,
09:12 now I go bake under my Solumalight like this.
09:16 And I'll turn on, to be honest with you, like trash TV.
09:21 And if I had a calm day, I'll read a book.
09:24 Makes no sense.
09:26 So that's it.
09:27 That's my nighttime routine.
09:29 Thanks for watching.
09:30 And be sure to come check out my tour,
09:32 The Only Love Tour.
09:35 I just changed the name because
09:36 I really think we gotta celebrate.
09:39 We gotta celebrate life, honey.
09:41 So I'll see you out there.
09:42 And hopefully I'll be glowing like a mother(beep)
09:47 Good night.
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