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Jackie Aina is one of the funniest, most honest, and trusted beauty bloggers on Youtube. She loves a drugstore find as much as she does a boujee skin cream—and we can't get enough of her expert advice or sing-songy introductions. As anyone who wears a lot of makeup knows, a solid skincare routine is vital at the end of the day to keep your face clean. "Those of you guys who are sleeping in makeup, I am calling your grandmothers and I am snitching on all of you," Aina says. "Stop doing that." Like everything she does, Aina's nighttime skin ritual is so perfectly extra.
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Simple Simple Kind to Skin Cleansing Water, Micellar
CLINIQUE Take The Day Off Cleansing Oil
Dermalogica Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel
SK-II Facial Treatment Essence
Neutrogena Neutrogena Deep Clean Purifying Hydrating 100% Hydrogel Face Mask
Fresh Rose Deep Hydration Moisturizer
"Good skin is good health, ladies and gentlemen," Aina declares as she jumps into her first step: micellar water. She soaks a Q-Tip soaked in cleansing water to loosen up her lash glue, so she doesn't have to rip off her false lashes. Then she pre-cleanses her skin with a Clinique cleansing oil. "Face wash doesn't get paid overtime," she says. "You've gotta prep your skin. Give it some backup dancers. You can't just so straight in and expect it to work." For her acne-prone, oily skin, she uses a gentle gel cleanser from Dermalogica.
After patting her face dry with a towel and still finding makeup residue, Aina goes back to her cleansing water and wipes away all the leftover residue. "I try to get off all the makeup, every single trace of it," she says. The next step is exfoliating. Aina is a recent convert to chemical exfoliants rather than physical ones like a scrub. She's currently using Dermalogica's super-fine powder exfoliator, which she says feels like a mini facial. "My theory with physical scrubs is I feel like a lot of them are a little to harsh for darker skin," she says.
To add moisture back into her skin, Aina loves the Fresh Rose toner. After pouring a few drops into her palm, she pats and presses it into her skin. "Something I have been trying and love is the whole 10-step Korean skincare routine," she says. That's why she's added an essence to her routine. "bBecause I'm boujee and extra, I am going to take my SK-II essence. It's a little on the pricey side, but I really like it," she says.
Then it's time to layer on the serums—hyaluronic copper peptide serum and a growth factor serum. Aina uses two Guidance to Glow products from her esthetician in Los Angeles. "Make it fun, make it therapeutic. Skincare is like self-care...so enjoy," Aina says.
See Aina's entire routine in the video above, or catch more of our Go To Bed With Me episodes below.
