What are we supposed to look like at any given age? It's a question that appears repeatedly online—and we certainly hear it in our heads as we look in the mirror. With the beauty industry bigger than it's ever been (it was valued at nearly $430 billion globally in 2022), it's no wonder we're all confused. In the interest of transparency, we asked a group of 26-year-olds to tell us exactly which cosmetic procedures they've had done, how much money they spend on their skin per year, and the details of their skincare routines.
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00:00I'm Naija, I'm 26 years old.
00:02I'm 26 years old.
00:03I'm 26 years old.
00:04I'm 26 years old.
00:06I'm 26 years old.
00:07We're not wearing any makeup.
00:09We're going to share which cosmetic procedures we've had done
00:12and our skincare routines.
00:14I got Botox about six months ago for the first time in my forehead.
00:32I'm in the process of doing laser hair removal on my back and my shoulders.
00:36I have not had any work done on my face.
00:38I think if I had to estimate, I spend about $100 per year on skincare.
00:44I spend about $135 a year on skincare.
00:48Around $2,000 on skincare products.
00:50Including shaving supplies, I normally spend like $1,000 to $2,000.
00:54I spend about $300 to $500 per year.
00:57I probably spend less than $50 on skincare a year.
01:00So I estimate that I spend $300 to $400 per year.
01:05I spend around $200 to $300 a year on skincare products.
01:11So I roughly spend $250.
01:14I think I probably spend about $500 a year on skincare.
01:17I probably spend about $400 or $450 on skincare per year.
01:22I spend about $500 on skincare per year.
01:28So in the morning for my skincare routine, I'll wash my face with a gentle cleanser.
01:32I really like Cetaphil.
01:33So I start with that.
01:35Then I'll go in with my serum.
01:36So my skin is still a little damp.
01:38I'll go with the hyaluronic acid.
01:39I typically like to use the Ordinary for this.
01:42I'll also maybe switch it up with an niacinamide.
01:44So I'll use the Ordinary niacinamide as well.
01:47And for my moisturizer, I really like the CeraVe.
01:50It's very lightweight.
01:51I have very oily skin.
01:52And I'll top it off with some sunscreen.
01:53So I'll use the COSRX Aloe Sunscreen or the Biore UV Light Sunscreen.
01:58So at night, I'll wash my skin with the Cetaphil Gentle Wash.
02:02Then I'll go in with a retinol.
02:04And I'll seal it off with some lotion.
02:06I'll use the Ordinary Lotion.
02:08So normally, I take a shower and wash my face in the shower with Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser.
02:13And then after that, I use Ultra Repair Face Cream.
02:16I have a six-step skincare routine in the morning.
02:18To cleanse my face, I use micellar water and a cleansing oil.
02:23Then after that, I've been getting really into K-Beauty, specifically the Glow Recipe.
02:27So I basically exclusively use that for my skincare routine.
02:31So the toner, the eye cream, serum, moisturizer.
02:34And I also use a sunscreen that's not from the Glow Recipe.
02:37But yeah, that's its own thing.
02:38In the evening, it's basically the same thing.
02:41Sometimes I like to put on like a charcoal mask if I'm really like have the time for it.
02:46When I shower, I wash my face in the shower with CeraVe Face Wash.
02:50And then when I get out of the shower, I use CeraVe Toner, CeraVe Exfoliator, and CeraVe Moisturizer.
02:58In the summer, I will use an SPF in the morning.
03:00So in the morning for my skincare routine, I will wash my face in the shower.
03:06I love using the CeraVe Facial Cleanser.
03:09And for a moisturizer, I either use CeraVe or Neutrogena.
03:14But it has to have SPF.
03:16And every week or so, again, this is for the morning,
03:21I'll blend a drop of retinol serum into my SPF moisturizer.
03:26And I love using Peach and Lily.
03:28And in night, it's basically the same routine, except I wouldn't use the retinol serum.
03:34For my skincare routine, I use CeraVe and wash my face two to three times a week.
03:39After I wash my face, I will use some Vaseline for my lips and for my face if needed.
03:47So every morning I wake up, I cleanse my face.
03:50I use vitamin C, moisturizer, and then sunscreen.
03:54And all of my products are from The Ordinary.
03:57Nighttime skincare routine is cleansing my face, glycolic acid,
04:03moisturizer, and then under eye cream, also all from The Ordinary.
04:08In the morning, I start off with my Skin Fix Foaming Cleanser.
04:12Then once I dry my face, I use my Glow Recipe Avocado Serum.
04:17That one has a good amount of ceramides.
04:20So I really like to use that as like my first step of hydration.
04:25Then I go in to my vitamin C, which is an oil-based vitamin C by Peach and Lily.
04:31Then I use my Kiehl's moisturizer.
04:34And I finish off with my Beauty of Chosen sunscreen.
04:38In the evening, I first use an oil cleanser to remove makeup
04:42or any sunscreen that I'm wearing throughout the day.
04:45Then I would go on with my Step 2 You To The People Kale Wash Cleanser.
04:50Once I'm out of the shower and I pat my skin dry,
04:53I use a toner.
04:55I would either go in with the Glow Recipe Toner,
04:57or I would use my Idem Cashmere Peel Toner.
05:00And then I would use my retinol.
05:02I like to use the Peach and Lily Retinol.
05:05Then I would follow up with moisturizer and end off with the oil.
05:10In the morning, I use face wash and face scrub from Black Wolf Nation.
05:14And then after, once I get out of the shower,
05:16I use face lotion and I use eye cream from Supply Company.
05:20So after I get home from work, because I work the night shifts,
05:23I go back in the shower.
05:25I work in a cigar lounge, by the way.
05:27So I'm covered in smoke, got a shower.
05:29And I put on the face wash, just a face wash.
05:32And then before I go to bed, I put on some eye cream as well.
05:35Because I wear a lot of makeup, I like to just in the morning
05:39go in with a makeup wipe and some micellar water on that
05:43to just make sure I've gotten everything off my face.
05:46Then I typically rinse it with cold water
05:48and then go in with some moisturizer that has an SPF as well as a primer.
05:54When it comes to my nighttime routine,
05:56I like to go in with a makeup wipe with some micellar water on it,
06:00rinse my face within a Vino hydrating cleanser,
06:03and then typically put on a night moisturizer.
06:06My skincare routine takes place mainly at night.
06:08I use face wash, Quail Nara Black Bean Face Wash once every night.
06:13And if I have any acne spots, I use salicylic acid gel.
06:17So in the morning time, I wash with either black soap or turmeric soap.
06:23Then I proceed with the Lilian or Liliana eye cream.
06:28After that, I have a serum that has several different ingredients
06:32that includes jasmine oil.
06:34I believe it's Ling Ling oil and some other great stuff.
06:38And I put that on my face to even out my tone.
06:40Following that, I will usually, still at night,
06:43it's basically the same routine, use Curology.
06:47Very important.