The Bossticks - How To Fix Your Skin, Avoid Skin Health Mistakes, Slow Down Skin Aging Ft. Lauryn's Aesthetician Staci Christie

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

#836: Join Lauryn as sits down with Staci Christie –  renowned aesthetician, skincare expert, & Lauryn's trusted go-to for nearly 20 years. From navigating skincare during pregnancy to avoiding common mistakes that accelerate up aging, Staci covers it all. In this episode, Staci pulls back the curtain on misleading beauty brand claims, shares practical tips you can easily apply to your routine, & debunks major skincare myths – like the truth about tretinoin & pore size!   To Watch the Show click HERE   For Detailed Show Notes visit TSCPODCAST.COM   To connect with Staci Christie click HERE   To connect with Lauryn Bosstick click HERE   To connect with Michael Bosstick click HERE   Read More on The Skinny Confidential HERE   Get your burning questions featured on the show! Leave the Him & Her Show a voicemail at [phone].   This episode is brought to you by The Skinny Confidential   Head to the HIM & HER Show ShopMy page HERE and LTK page HERE to find all of Michael and Lauryn's favorite products mentioned on their latest episodes. To learn more visit stacichristie.com and shop all skincare products using code skinny10.    This episode is sponsored by The Skinny Confidential Optimize your daily beauty routine. Shop The Skinny Confidential Mouth Tape at shoptheskinnyconfidential.com.   This episode is sponsored by SmartMouth Find SmartMouth at Walgreens, Walmart, Amazon or visit smartmouth.com/skinny to snag a special discount on your next SmartMouth purchase.   This episode is sponsored by Nowadays Visit trynowadays.com and use code SKINNY at checkout for 20% off your first purchase.   This episode is sponsored by Active Skin Repair Visit ActiveSkinRepair.com to learn more about Active Skin Repair and to get 20% off your order with code SKINNY.   This episode is sponsored by SAKS Shop SAKS.com.   This episode is sponsored by Primal Kitchen Head to primalkitchen.com/skinny to save 20% off your next online order with code SKINNY at checkout.    This episode is sponsored by YSL Beauty Shop all 9 dreamy shades of YSL Loveshine Plumping Lip Oil Gloss now at Sephora.   Produced by Dear Media

The following podcast is a dear media production. She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire. Fantastic. And he's a serial entrepreneur. A very smart cookie. And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostic are bringing you along for the ride. Get ready for some major realness. Welcome to the skinny confidential, him and her.

Stacey Christy, my friend, my family friend, my esthetician, for God, I don't know, 15, 20 years. I've known her forever. I met her when I was broke. I was working at a boutique in San Diego and she came in and her energy was absolutely fabulous. And the first thing I noticed when I'm probably, I don't know, 17 was her skin. And I was like, wait, what do you do to your skin? Like what's what is happening? I remember being 17. interviewing her like I would for a show or a blog post and trying to get all the information. And when I did launch the blog 14 years ago, The Skiny Confidential, she was one of the first people that I reached out to. She truly has the most beautiful skin that I've ever seen in person.

And I'm so lucky to be able to call her my medical esthetician. She's helped me so much with my skin, my skincare routine, and just taught me so much about taking care of skin. The neck, the chest, the hands, the arms, the toes. Stacey really thinks of the body as a whole. She doesn't just think about the skin on your face. She's the one who really taught me to wear hats and visors. And she's also just a lovely, amazing person. She is one of my mother-in-law's best friends. She's at all our family events, my baby shower. She works on Michael's skin. She works on my dad's skin. She works on my best friend's skin. My sister's skin, my stepmom skin, my best friend's skin. Like, it's crazy. I love going to her. World renowned, esthetician, skincare expert, and my trusted go-to for nearly 20 years.

Welcome back to the show. This is the skinny confidential, him and her. Stacey Christy? Yes, dear. Back on the show third time. I told Anna, your assistant that I do not invite anyone on the show three times that is not a pro on the mic. Oh, thank you, Lauren. I'm happy to be here and thank you for having me. Thanks for coming. We decided to kick Michael off. Oh, because this episode's for the girls. Okay, girl on girl. This is girl. I mean that in a good way. Taylor don't. Taylor's, who knows what Taylor's doing. This is for the girls, beauty, pregnancy skin tips, skin tips for the face, products. We're going to get into it all. First, before we do, why don't you give us a little breakdown of who you are,

just in case they haven't listened to your other episodes. Okay, so hi, Stacey Christie here, 61 years old. I've been in business as an aesthetician since 2001, and prior to that, I worked in plastic surgery for about 15 years in the operating room. I pride myself on customized skincare needs from treatments to products because skincare is not one-size-fits-all. And it's just, I love to make people look and feel the best about themselves. I think the skin is so important because it is like a resume when you walk into the room. Absolutely. It's your largest organ. And, you know, I will often come across someone that'll say, you know, I just don't really care. Well, you know what? You do. I don't think that there's any human being on this planet that doesn't really appreciate the reflection of the mirror. We all are not going to look like Kim Kardashian, right? I mean, there's some absolutely. gorgeous people in this world, men and women both, but I think everyone should take care of their

skin, not just from an aesthetic point. Skin cancer is real and can kill you. And, you know, my husband is a skin cancer survivor. So I enjoy tailoring your skincare regimen to your budget, to your needs. And that's also evolving. It'll change through a calendar year. You might become pregnant. You might get sick. You might move some stress. And so skin, is going to reflect everything that's going on in our life, from the food we eat to our environment, to our stress. It's funny because I met you when I was 20 probably, and you walked into the room into the boutique that I was working in, and the first thing I noticed about you was your skin. And I think that's such a tribute to everything you're saying. Thank you. You know, I, genetics also

plays a role. My mom has beautiful skin and so did my grandmother. However, they also took care of their skin and that was taught to me as I was a little girl. Now, when I was growing up, sunscreen was not even available. And sunscreen is so vitally important to all of us. I mean, I think you asked me, actually when you were a bartender at Delicius, you said, what's the best tip you can give me? And I said, keep your face out of the sun, keep your skin out of the sun. Wear a sunscreen and to wear a large brimmed hat when you're outside. That is what all of us need to do, bare minimum. And here's the thing, you and I don't hate the sun. No, I love it. I love to be outdoors. This is a misconception. It's not that I hate the sun. It's that I'm thoughtful about the sun.

Exactly. So on my phone, I have the UV up where it tells me the UV. So I know when to like invest in the sun, meaning like I'll go out in the morning or the late afternoon when it's low. But are you wearing a hat in your sunscreen? Yes. Good girl. Well, not in the morning, maybe. Okay. I don't wearing sunscreen.

It's zero in the morning. Is that okay? Well, I don't go outside without, you know, if I'm going to take the dogs out first thing in the morning and I'm, you know, just, I probably slippers on. I wear a hat. Even at seven? Even at seven. Fuck. Yes.

You have your Eric Jarvis hat on at seven? I sure do. I'll even wear my visor with my robe on. I don't. I mean, but I just, it's just, I'm programmed that way. Got it. You know? And the sun in the morning in the front of our house, you've been to our home.

I mean, the sun is blazing because the sun rises and the sun is this blazing. And Ed will come out there and sit down in the chair and open up the newspaper, no hat, no sunscreen. And I'm just, you know, going crazy, running and grabbing a hat and slapping it on him. And a little vitamin D, of course, I mean, it feels good. It's like a nanosecond of sun is not going to cause skin cancer. But we just have to be mindful. You know, if you're just going out real quick with the kids, it's fine. It's just me.

It's my habit that I've taught myself how to live my life. I literally, if I'm outside in my face, neck chest is exposed to the sun, I'll even just put my hands up. You'll find me doing that. Okay. I just don't like, I don't like what it does. And a plastic surgeon who did my facelift 10 years ago, Dr. Timothy Martin in San Francisco, He told me, Stacey, two minutes of sun exposure can cause you, the fibroblast, you know, our collagen

and elastin, it will help to decrease that. So it's going to age you. Jeez. So we really have to be thoughtful even at 7 a.m. Oh, yes. Yes. I mean, I'm always like a sun freak, but I didn't know it's seven. Yeah, but if you're just outside for like I said, you're just in and out, it's okay.

But if you're going to be outside for an extended period of time, I would be, you know, Or when I wake up in the morning, you know, I at least splash my face. And if I'm going to go take the dogs for a walk, I'm not going to do my entire skincare regimen. Right. But I'll do a quick cleanse, a moisturizer, and a sunscreen. And go do my business. Then I come back and take a shower and do my entire routine.

Which takes how long? My routine honestly takes maybe six minutes. Okay. We can deal with that. We're going to get into that. Don't worry. What is something on social media that you see everywhere that drives you absolutely fucking nuts when it comes to skin. Do you have an hour? No, you don't. Yeah, please say it all. I do have an hour

actually. What drives me nuts on social media? I don't consider myself an expert by any means. I do. Okay, thank you. Not myself, you. There is a lot of people out there who will ramble off a lot of stuff that they don't really know what they're talking about. And they have a following for some reason and they will they will coerce people to try a product to invest in something that's not good for their specific skin care needs. I think skincare is my wheelhouse. I understand it. I try every product on myself. If I promote it or recommend it, I've tried it on myself. And it drives me crazy when people who really don't even have an education are out there spewing whatever the hell that they've read or someone told them to say because they're going to pay them to say it

about skincare. I mean, I've met a young girl actually just yesterday. She told me that she saw an ad. She purchased this product. It was for hyperpigmentation. It burnt the shit out of her skin. I said, so how'd that work out for you? And so what I really like to do is if I can get a one-on-one face time and talk to each individual and get them on the right skincare for their needs, but it drives me crazy to listen to people who have no education just because they've been paid to say something or to use a product and sell it to someone else when they have no idea what they're doing. What's a product that drives you crazy? Just call it out. You've got to call something out. Oh gosh. You know, I'm not a huge fan of like face reality or any of the

multi-level marketing products. And there's a lot of them out there. To me, Lauren, medical grade is the research and development behind medical grade skin care. It's going to cost a little bit more money. But like I said, you don't need to use 10 products. You know, we could nail it down. But medical grade skin care is going to give you a result. But there's a lot of multi-level marketing products out there that are just not good for the skin, in my opinion. What about the apricot scrub?

Oh, my God. With the plastic beads in it. You know, there are people that still use that. I know. And I try to, when I speak with people, though, I don't ever want to make someone feel bad. Because honestly, it's just that they're not educated. They don't know. So if I can educate you on proper skincare, I'll tell you more often than not, since we did our last podcast, a year and a half ago or whatever, as I said, I start doing these virtual consultation.

So I'm able to reach a lot more people because there's only one of me. and I have had so many people, they will reach out to me. Stacey, within two weeks, two weeks, Lauren, they see a difference in their skin, a significant difference in their skin, which just then they start working out more, eating healthy. You know what I mean? It just takes their whole lifestyle to a whole different level. And that makes me feel so good.

If I can provide that with the few people that I get to see, I mean, it just really does make me happy to do that. You and I have seen some guys in our day, like some of my guy friends, that just don't take care of their skin. Oh, my God. And I end up having to send them to you. What happens if you just don't take care of it? Like, what is it going to look like? With social media now, you can see people that you went to school with. So I see people my age.

You know, like, you know, boy, that kid was cute in school. I'm like, holy shit, he looks like hell. Or she looks like hell. You are going to age. You're just not going to look healthy. people that are smoking cigarettes, drinking too much alcohol, partying, all that is this going to make you look old and rugged and not glowing? I can tell someone from across the room if they smoke cigarettes. Nicotine is terrible.

Probably worse for the skin than sunshine. It almost gives you dull. Very dull. Can you imagine what the guy from your high school is doing when he looks at your pictures? He's like beating his meat. He's like, oh, he's like, oh my God. God, what is she eating? Well, you know, and okay, eating that also, what we eat, as you know, you've known me how many years, I love salmon.

I just one of those people that I love salmon. Omega's. I eat salmon probably three times a week. And thanks to you, I start eating meat. I am eating. So proud of you. I am eating, you know, Edel cook filet mignon, and I'll eat half of a petite filet and make my salad. But I am enjoying it also.

And I'm feeling better. I do. I feel like my, I don't know, my brain is sharper. It makes you have a little bit more energy. It does. Wait till I get you on organs. Oh, Lord, have mercy. I'm telling you organs for hair and nails and skin.

It makes sense. There's an ancestral blend from force of nature. You can't taste it. Okay, I cannot stomach liver. When I was a kid, my mom would cook liver. You can't taste it. You can't taste it. You can't even taste it.

Ed, we got to get the burgers going with the ancestral blood. He'll eat it too. He loves red meat. It's like you telling me, Lauren, you have to wash your face in the morning. Yes, Lauren, you have to wash your face in the morning. Okay, and another pet peeve I have is Lauren not washing your face. Is Lauren not washing it? Or it's actually when people don't wash their paste before they go to bed.

That is a no-brainer. I want to set people up for success. Okay, guys, listen to me here. You don't have to do your evening skincare routine right before you go to bed. No, you get home, it's 3.34 o'clock. Kids are home. Get them to do some homework. If you have 15 minutes and it's 3.34 o'clock, go into your bathroom, make it a little ritual. Light a skinny confidential candle and do your skincare regimen. It doesn't have to be right before bed. Now your evening regimen is on. It's taken you 10 minutes and now you can go cook your dinner, do whatever you have to do.

and then if you have a glass of wine and watch some television after dinner and you're tired, you don't have to now go do your skincare regimen. It's done. It doesn't have to be done. That's more strategic and I'll tell you why. If you come home with a bunch of makeup on your face and you leave it on until 9 o'clock,

you might as well take it off at 3.30. Yes. Personally, I don't want any makeup on my face if I'm not working. Like people see me in makeup. I'm working. When I don't have to work, there's no makeup on my face.

Well, you see me working 99% of the time. I'm not wearing any makeup. I wore some today to try to look pretty for you. But the second I get home, I am cleansing my face because I can feel, I think it feels gross. I feel like I have a layer on my skin. Like I need to wash it off. I don't like it. I totally feel the same way. So I think that tip is so good. It's like get it off the second you get home. Yes. As soon as you have that opportunity where you have 10, 15 minutes to yourself, go into your bathroom, do your evening skincare regimen. You know, because that's cellular turnover in the evening is when we want to create our cellular turnover and also heal the skin barrier. So the sooner you get that on, the better you are. Why do you think there's so much hyperpigmentation in melasma right now? Because I'm noticing people talking about it more than ever. Well, I think it's because, you know, our ozone layer is shot. And so a lot of people, honestly, they just don't wear sunscreen or protect themselves.

So they might have on a Trader Joe's SPF 15 or, oh, there's sunscreen in my makeup. I'm fine. No. And if you're outside and out for a walk enjoying the beautiful outdoors, which I encourage people to do, you must wear a large brimmed hat. Eric Jarvis is your favor, right? I love Eric Jabbitt's hat. Javitt's, I always say same. I love them. I mean, you know, I even thought about creating my own hat, but you can't recreate perfection. That's why I don't have my own skincare line. Because the research, research, and development behind skin suitical, skin medica, alasthen, epicuritus, hydrinity, epicurean. It is milestones above and beyond anything I could ever create. So the research and development in medical

grade is going to give you results. Eric Javits created the most beautiful visors with UPF 50. There's that little piece of material that goes on your forehead. You can remove launders so you don't have that bacteria build up on your forehead. The visors are fabulous. Two sizes, I've got the large ones and the smaller ones. So if I'm active and I'm playing tennis, I'm wearing the little large or a smaller diameter. But when I'm out walking the dogs or out in the garden, just out for a walk, whatever, outside with the dogs playing, I've got the large visor. This is true, you guys, because Michael's parents live across the street from Stacey.

Our best friends. They're best friends. And I always see Stacey out with the hat. So this is not a lie. You've never seen me outside without a hat on. However, something I keep getting asked is about my pregnancy skincare. Good question. We adjusted it a little because I can't use Alpharet.

No, you cannot. And, you know, I want to talk a little bit about Alpharet because you and I, when we're at my office, we had a little banter about retinae. Yes. So I stand corrected. Now, I am not a fan of prescription strength retinae and Trent Noah. Now, there are oftentimes someone with, God bless them, those people, with, terribly thick acneic skin. They might need a big gun like that. Okay. Now, the ingredient in

Alpharet Overnight Renew by Skin Better Science is a retinoid, and it is a derivative of vitamin A. So retinae, retinol, retinoids, they're all derivatives of vitamin A. But the formulation of Alpharet overnight renew, which contains a retinoid, also has alpha hydroxy acids, lactic acid, holioronic acid, so there's no irritation. And I read a study, I think it was a 12-week study, neck-in-neck-trentinoin, alpha-red, very parallel results, however, with zero irritation, zero downtime, zero redness in peeling. So you and I are like, well, I don't like retinae, no, I don't like retinae or trinone either for myself. And I have come across a couple of people that I will suggest get your butt to a dermatologist because there's,

is so severely achnaic, those people can benefit from that. But the overall consensus of retinae, retinae and trinan has gotten a bad rap, but the ingredient, derivative of vitamin A is what you need for cellular turnover. And that's why I love that product so well, because, I mean, there were so many people that, my God, these Karens came out of the woodwork at me after that podcast, or after the story you and I did when you were in my office about retinae. Now, so retinae and trinanoin, not my cup of tea. But the elfrette overnight we knew which has a retinoric acid in it, it's a retinoid. It's a derivative of vitamin A.

And that product I like because of the way it's made. I love that product too. I hate, for my skin, I hate retinae and trinone. I would never use it. No, me either. I'll tell you why. my facialist in Austin, Jamie, she's a Korean facialist. She told me Trenton-No one doesn't play well with others.

I agree. So she said, like, people that are using it, like, use it, by all means, if you have to use it, if you have really acneic skin. Right. But understand that don't bring a bunch of other products into that. No, it does not play well with those. The main ingredient in Trenton-N-Oen-N-A, you know, and so I just want to kind of stand clear that, yes, retinae has its place.

and Alpharet Overnight Renew has a retinoid in it, which is a derivative of vitamin A, and it is a kick-ass, fabulous product that, in my opinion, everyone needs to be on. And they make a clearing serum, which is Alpharet with salicylic acid. So that's for your terribly acneic patients. And I've had unbelievable success, and it is a product that I use every single night. And you can use it every day because you're not going to get red or irritated. And that is called Alpharet. Alpharet overnight renew.

And I use that every single night before I would. pregnant and I loved it and I loved it and I don't know much about it. I just know about it through you. It was like no like you said no irritation like it just gave you, it's almost like Tretanoan is like six bottles of vodka and Alpharet's like a beer. There you have it or a shot. Yeah. Yeah. So it's like a subtle. Yeah it's so subtle user friendly. You're not going to be red itchy, peely, bitchy, you know, irritated. I saw my dermatologist because I go, everyone should go for a yearly exam, and she was wearing a mask. And I said, hey, you know, are you sick? She's like, no, I did a VI peel. You know, I do VI peels all the time on people. I did a VIP peel and I'm on

steroids. I said, why? She goes, well, I've been using Trent Nohen. And this is a doctor. I've been using Trent Nguyen, and I gave myself a peel and my first pass at Frosted, what that means is it turns white. So when I am applying a peel to someone, if I see it turn white, that means frosting, you stop. You do not continue. She continued, used the entire peel, then she left it on for 24 hours. Okay, she had to go on steroids. Her face got infected, and I'm thinking, you're a dermatologist. You know, I'm sorry, my skin looks better than hers. And I told her, I said, look, doctor, you can just use Alphabet overnight renew. I gave her this speech. And I said, there's a study 12 weeks, using it every day, you get a similar result. And I stop using my alphabet maybe two

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So you need to, at night, do your, you know, your everyday skincare routine and your evening regimen is going to help with cellular turnover and to heal your skin barrier. Your morning regimen, that's going to consist of your vitamin Cs and different antioxidants to protect against the barriers of the outside, you know, all of our pollutants. So your morning regimen is antioxidants, hydration protection, your nighttime is cellular turnover, hydration rebuild your skin barrier. I think that something you've taught me to is there's this little scrubber you gave me. Oh, the spa cell sponge, yes. Yeah, that's really helped me exfoliate my skin because I'll do an oil cleanse with that and then do my cleanser. Can I talk? Well, you know what? I want to address

hyperpigmentation, then I want to get to oil cleanser. So your question on hyperpigmentation, and my feeling is it's more prevalent because people just don't use as much sunscreen or protect themselves with the hats as much as they should. Now, you're pregnant right now. So there's a lot of products you can't use for your cellular turnover and your hyperpigmentation. And when you're pregnant, oftentimes people will get a pregnancy mask. That's a little melasma going on. And, you know, that's just from hormones. Now, I have come across this product line, two different ones actually. And I want bring to your attention first, hydrinity. So this is all pregnancy safe. There's like nine ingredients in these products. The first product, this hydrinity highest in active spray, it's hypochlorous acid. Everyone,

everyone needs hyperchlorous acid. Now, you can buy hypochloric acid on Amazon for 20 bucks. This does retail for 60 bucks. The reason being, once air hits hypochloris acid, now spritz it on your face, You can use it anytime. You can even use it as a makeup setter. 99.9% of bacteria is killed within 30 seconds. You can use that on the kids. It can get in your ears, your eyes, your nose, your mouth. It's not going to hurt anyone.

It is fantastic. True story. One of my clients, he had a little rash on his elbow. It's red, irritated. It looked like psoriasis may be coming on. I said, use this followed by the restorative H.A. serum, which heals the skin barrier. three days, clear it up. It's incredible. So it matters what kind of sprayer it has? Yes, it's once air hits hypochlorous acid. So the products that are on Amazon, they're just in a little chinty

plastic bottle with a little scrape thing. This is triple contained. So air is not going to hit this product. Every time you get that fine little lovely mist on your skin, air is not going to get into that bottle. So it's going to maintain its integrity of hypochloris acid until it's done. You can use this on everyone in your family. Go on with the pregnancy situation. So they have a vivid brightening serum. This is also pregnancy safe. This is for hyperpigmentation.

This is a gift to you, by the way. Thank you. So excited. Hygrenity. I told them I was meeting with you, but it's an accelerated scientific product with minimal ingredients, all pregnancy safe.

This product right here, vivid brightening serum, this is going to help with your hyperpigmentation. And then there's these two HA seren So HA stands for holoeronic acid. The brilliant thing about hydrinity's technology is haluronic acid is their delivery system. And what that means is for a product to penetrate your epidermis, it needs to have a brilliant delivery system.

Halironic acid, both large and small molecule, and basically what that means is one of them works on the surface and one of them works at the depth of the skin is going to hydrate the skin. So the renewing serum is look at this as Fountain of Youth. This is going to hydrate your skin like no other halioronic acid I've come across. I'm obsessed with this. You can use it and then apply your makeup. I mean, simple, simple, simple. You can just cleanse your skin, spritz your skin with this, put that on to some sunscreen, and go walk your kids.

And you are covered and you are going to love this product. Now, you know how sometimes, Lauren, you will get a little. little bit of dermatitis if maybe you've had the dermatitis around my nose yeah from different situations so next time that players up you're going to do your gentle cleanser you're going to spritz with your active spray and then you're going to use the restorative ha serum this company started out as a company for wound healing this can be used on post gnarly lazered ass skin and it's going to heal the skin. I did a microneedling on myself and I was completely healed in two days using the hypochloric acid spray in this. This is also for you. I can't wait. You also have a lovely

hydrating lipper, like so, lip plumber that's super hydrating to the lips. And this guy right here, this little restorative H.A. mask. So it's a sheet mask. It is the best sheet mask that I've come across. If I'm doing microneedling or anything aggressive, the skin is compromised in any way. It is the restorative mask. You put this on 15, 20 minutes and you can use it with your red light. It's incredible. So this is a gift for you too. Thank you very much. You're welcome. You're welcome. You also said I could use all agent natura products. All agent natura, all epicure. You also said I could use skincytical CE. You can use CE frule like yes you can. Also ptox it says this okay. Yeah, Ptiox. That's just a powerful punch. So Ptiox is topical Botox. That is one of my. It works. Absolutely.

That skin suiticles, PTOX, how do you say it? Ptiox. That shit is like Botox in a bottle. It is. It literally is Botox in a bottle. So what you do is you do your vitamin C first, whether it's Florotin CF. Once you, and that's the vitamin C I want to switch you to because that's going to target pigment at a little bit deeper level and it's safe. Floretton CF, then your Ptokx and your haleronic acid and your moisturizer.

That's your morning routine. Top it off with sunscreen. You're good to go. Anyone who's pregnant, she just gave you the whole. whole thing. Okay. Now I have another one. What's for stomach? What's for stomach? What you mean for a stretch mark? Yeah. Hydration. Just hydration. So you know what a fan I am of Epicureen. Epicureen, kukui, coconut, orange blossom. Every time you're out of the shower. Before you get in the shower, you dry brush, right? Yep. I mean. Not my stomach, but dry brush everywhere.

Oh, you're not, you can't. Not really, just above. Okay. Something about it doesn't intuitively, I don't know. I dry brush my whole body, but not my stomach. Okay. hydration is number one. You know what I'd like to have you do is actually put on a little of the HA serum, the restorative serum. Just put that on first because that's just going to draw hydration to your tummy and top it off. I love, I've been using Epicureen's body lotion since I was 26, Lauren. Wow. Head to toe every time I shower. I don't see how people don't put body lotion on. You know, your skin doesn't stop at your declite, your nipples. Your skin is your entire body. I take care of my entire body like I do my face. I mean, I'll use tightening products on my arms, tightening products

on my legs, on my butt, but I will then hydrate every single time I shower. Agent Natura's body balm is also lovely and pregnancy safe, okay? Pregnancy safe. And I also love Epicureen's body love. That's their body washes. I don't use this regular soap on my skin. It's too drying. I use the body love. I want to play a game with you. Okay. So I'm going to give my opinion too. They might be different. That's okay. But I also want your opinion. Okay. I'll let you go first. Okay. What's the biggest mistake people make with their skin that ages them faster? Not using sunscreen. Okay. I'm also going to give you another one. I think it's using the wrong foundation. Makeup. Yes. I think that makeup makes you look older or younger. I agree. And I actually

think when you're older like I am, makeup, I have not yet found a makeup. I'm wearing Shantukai today and on top of all my skincare regimen, but I feel that all makeup makes me look older. I prefer wearing a tinted sunscreen. I agree with you, and I think that if you don't have a good skincare routine underneath the foundation, fucking forget it. Thousand percent. If your skin isn't well hydrated before you put on even your tinted sunscreen, you're going to look old. If you put makeup on me without any like skincare. Like say like I got glam. And there was no skincare on.

I would look like a pig. Like it would look like a pig. Yeah. Well, you don't think you could ever look like a pig. Do you know what I mean though? Like I have to have like a five step situation before I even touch foundation. Hydra. Those H.A., they are renewing is the most beautiful, beautiful foundation for makeup.

Under makeup. Yes. Okay. 100%. What is one miracle skincare ingredient that actually works and what's one that's overhyped? Oh, Lord. Well, there's two that actually work. And that's vitamin C and the Alpharet. They just really do work. I mean, when I put my patients on a good vitamin C and I'm a huge fan of skin suiticles vitamin C as well as Skin Better Science, they're Alto Advanced. It's vitamin C with 19 other antioxidants. And both of those products. I personally double dip. I do CE in the morning and I do Alto Advanced at night before I use my Alpharet. But they are both vitamin C. and Alpharet are products one in the morning, one at night, that make a tremendous difference. Even if you just added those two to your skincare routine, it would make a big difference.

Yes. Yes. I love, just like personally, the colostrum. Oh, yod yes. From Epicurean. And another one I like is H.A. The halerronic acid. Yeah. So, holiuronic acid is what's in these two products.

Okay. And in my little go-to kit, which contains the cleanser, herbal cleanser, holioronic acid, colostrum, and the body lotion. You know, there's different levels of molecular weight, and that's over at most people's heads. But as long as you're using a good quality, holeronic acid and a moisturizer, colostrum's my moisturizer in the morning. It's beautiful. It's the best moisturizer I've come across for morning. It just gives you, gives everyone dewy skin. Yeah. What's something that's overhyped? I think Trent Noan. Sorry, I'm not a Trinan. I don't ever, I don't understand why every single person,

person on the planet's using it. You know, I'll agree with you that being said, there are a select few people that do need a Trenton. A select few people, but everyone using it, like everyone's using it. Or too young of an audience wanting to use aggressive skincare. That's something I'm seeing. You know, these darling 10-year-olds, 12-year-olds, you know, mom, let's go to Sephora and drop a grand on skin. They don't need those products. It's actually not good for their skin. Zaza, when she ready to start. Oh, I will take care of Zazza. In two years. No, I'm just going. Zazma's wearing sunscreen and hats now. Zazen wears her mineral stick that you waver. Yes. What's the brand that she uses? M.D. Solar Science. It's just, it's no ingredients.

No, it's made, it's developed by a few dermatologists and it's super, super safe and wonderful and easy to use for the kids too. Yeah, I just rub it on. Yeah. Like it's a stick. Yeah. It's none of that like white copper-tone shit. No. No, no, no, no. What is the truth about pore size? So pores is what makes your skin breathe. Okay. So what makes your skin, your pores appear larger? Because no one, you can't shrink pores.

What makes a pore looks larger is when there's debris in the pore. So the pore actually opens up. So when we get our skin nice and cleansed and hydrated, your pores are going to appear smaller. So the better you care for your skin, the more exfoliated and hydrated your skin is. your pores will appear smaller. I can think of someone that I know that has huge black pores. That is just a lot of muck in their pores. So they're just going to clean it out.

They need a good hydrophational. Are those bior strips bullshit? Oh, God, no. You don't want to use bior strips. Okay. Yeah, no. Because those are like ripping on the skin. Yeah, yeah.

I'll get to this because there's something in this. Tell us about this. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. Epicutus.

This is also a gift for you, Lauren. This is from Epic. This oil cleanser right here, there is nothing. Oh my God, they don't want me to get it out. There is, well, okay. This oil cleanser right here, there is nothing on the market that's this good that I've ever used. And you get a little... Thank you, Stacey. Oh, you're so welcome. And you're also going to get a little enzyme exfoliant with it. One to three times a week, you're going to mix this enzyme exfoliant with the oil cleanser. And this is going to go in and just clean out your...

And fine to have during pregnancy. Yeah, all pregnancy safe. limited ingredients and all of this. You have a talk about pregnancy for your belly. This is a lipid body treatment. Pregnancy safe. It's going to hydrate your skin. Lovely.

This lipid serum, nine ingredients in here. This just hydrate your skin and then a moisturizer. By the way, one thing I love about you is I feel like you are very curated like a tastemaker when it comes to your products. Oh yeah. And I try everything, as you know, on myself. If I don't like it, no one's going to like it. And I am so picky. I've been doing this for so long.

I know quality and I know bullshit. That's why I was so flattered when you like the ice roller and the mouth tape. Are you kidding me? That mouth tape, both Ed and I, last night I went to bed and I, oh, wait, my mouth tape ran back. You can't forget it. No, my little hyerronic acid and then my Epicure lip balm, mouth tape. It is a game. change your night's sleep.

But it is the best mouth tape on the market. It's the strongest. I've tried every single one. And you know what's funny? I have an aura ring. I want to get one of those. I tracked my sleep for a couple months, mouth taping. And then I was like, I'm going to try one night, even though it's going to be miserable

without mouth taping. My sleep score was horrible. Is that right? Completely changed my sleep. Oh, yeah. No, there's, if you haven't tried it, you're missing out. And your mint roller is probably one of my favorite products. It works great.

Especially in the morning when you're puffy. Is there such thing? This is a great question. That's too much skincare. Yes, there is. I'm educated enough. I know when my skin needs what. You know, I believe that a cleanser, during the day a cleanser,

and I'm now doing my hypochloric acid spray, of course, my active spray, a vitamin C, a holieronic acid, a more. a moisturizer and a sunscreen, but then I'm also doing FidoA on myself. FidoA is the skin suiticals product that you were using, that's good for your skin, tone, and texture, and redness. So, and then, of course, I also use PTOX. So, you know, I think that I don't feel the products that I use, which are how many are there? There's vitamin C, there's Ptiox, there's H.A. A. And moisturizer and sunscreen. I'm only using five products. I think sometimes what you and I do, though, is like, we'll mix it up. Like, sometimes,

Sometimes during that night we'll use discoloration. Yes, that's why I said like, you know, so. It's kind of like a chef. It is like a chef. And I always say I can't cook to save my life. I only use five products in the morning and the night too, but I mix it up. Yeah, and different days of the week, different times of the month, your skin might need something different.

Hey, every once in a while, you might want to do a little bit more of an exfoliation so that your powder, you're only going to use that one to three times a week, but that's going to really clean out your pores. then you can use this hydrating mask in your red light. Or if I have like dermatitis, I'm not putting 20 products on my face. If you're having dermatitis, you're using nothing active. Something like Agent Natura serum. Actually, from now on, you're going to use your hypochloric acid spray and your restorative H.A.

serum. And it'll be cleared that within two days. And I've been doing my red light panel every single day. Good. Are you loving it? I love it. If you guys have not listened to that episode, go back and listen. Stacey's on it. More rapid fire questions.

What's your skincare pet peeve? people picking their face. Yeah. Yeah. Bacteria. Oh my goodness. Yeah. People picking their face and not washing their face at night.

Okay. Tell us about how you wax people's nose hair because this is amazing what you do. Well, you know, I mean, I don't ever want to embarrass anyone, right? But if I'm working on you and I'm upside, you know, you're upside down and I could see those little hairs moving when you're breathing. Oh, my God. I mean, it used to make you want to gag, but then I will just ever so delicately while I'm doing a little dermap plane, I might say, have you ever thought of maybe delicately removing those little hairs from your nose? Oh, you can do that? Yes. And then I just stick the end of a cutip in a ball of wax and I jam it up their nose and then I pull it out and oh my God. It looks like a little Christmas tree on the end. But just to, and I don't go high. I just stick the tip in.

Guys used to say that, right? Just put the tip in. But oh my God. Sorry, honey. But honestly, I'm not going to go all the way up, but just the little inside rim. You know, you just. stick the tip in. This sounds so fucking nasty. I'm so sorry. But then you yank out those hairs and you breathe better, but there's nothing more unattractive than hair hanging out of the nostrils of a human being. You're not supposed to have hair hang out of your ears or your nose. Taylor, book an appointment. ASAP. I saw a literal like piece of fur hanging out of your nose earlier. Taylor, I don't know. Do you trim your nose hair? Do you? Well, you know, sometimes people try to get in there with a pair of scissors or one of those little twirly things. Those don't work. And it's done in a now. It doesn't hurt. I've done it to you. It doesn't hurt. No. I've done it to

myself. What's the biggest lie beauty brands tell us to get us to spend more? Oh, that it's going to make you look a certain way. You know, oh, you want to look like this J-Lo. You want to look like J-Lo? Use this. Or you want to look like Kim Kardashian. Use this. It's bullshit. And I think it's false advertising. most people are going to believe that. And that saddens me that, you know, here's a kid. She maybe doesn't come from a rich family. She's saving her babysitting money. And she's going to go spend $75 on something that's going to make her look like Taylor Swift. And it's not going to. You know, and I'm not saying any of these celebrities have tried to pimp products like that. But I really have a problem when people are going to make a promise to someone that you're going,

going to get this result by using this product because skin care is not one size fits all. I keep saying that. What's something controversial that you think about skin that people don't agree with? Probably my opinion on retinae. Geez, people get, this is what I think. They got really bent out of shape. And again, I love my Alfred overnight. When you, and it has a retinoid in there, folks, and I am all about it.

But its other ingredients make it much more easy to use without irritation. My thing is when you've been using a product for a really long time. Say you've been using Tret for five years. And you hear someone say that. It's scary. Well, you know, some people that have been using a retinol product for a long time, their skin's acclimated to it and it works for them. I applaud that.

Then I will also say, hey, before you come in for even a hydrofacial, right, let's not use it for five days because I don't want to wax your eyebrows or do something like that while you're using that product. in my opinion, you can get a beautiful result with the Alpharet overnight renew. And there might be other products out there that are similar to Alpharet, nothing that I've come across. I mean, I will sing the praises to Skin Better's Alphabet Overnight Renew. What I've seen it do to my own skin after already having decent skin, I saw a significant result. And it does contain a retinoric acid.

What I've learned from you the most about skincare is it's not something you do like once a week. It's not something you do once a month. It's something you do every single day. It's reps at the gym. It is. Skin care is, you got to, it's consistency, right? So if you're going to go to the gym, you can't just bang out a few bicep curls and if you crunches and look like a million bucks after once or twice at the gym.

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That's shop skinnyconfidential.com. Your facials are very expensive. They are. It's, it's hard to get in with you. Someone posted the other day that they couldn't get in for two years. That's not true. Anna, is that true? Maybe. No. No, come on. People can't get in. No. I'm like, who do I have to fuck to get in? Well, you know, I mean, I will, I come in on a deal. I'll come in on a deal. I book my appointments four months in advance to see you. Now, my facials are expensive, but guess what? In New York and Beverly Hills. By the way, they're not, they're way more expensive. Don't have to justify your, if I were you, like, your facials are perfectly priced. Yeah. But here's my question. I spent two hours with you also. People want to

book with you all the time. You're packed. Yes. My question and my comment is that you know that. And so what you did is you made it accessible to everybody, which is so amazing. So tell people if they can't afford your facial or they can't get in what they can do because you made a little program. Yeah. Well, the virtual consultation. So you contact the office, DM, whatever, and I do virtual consultations on Tuesdays and Fridays. I spend 30, sometimes 40 minutes with you and we delve into everything. What's bothering you? I will curate a specific skincare regimen to fit your budget, to fit your needs. And it's amazing 100% of the time the difference. People will reach out and say, I can't believe the difference in my skin after just a week or two weeks. Yeah, it's like

eating. If you're eating Captain Crunch and McDonald's every single day. And McDonald's every single day. Right. And then you strip it and you go to like a whole food diet. Well, you know, and this is where so, and I care. So I worked, I'm going to tell a quick story. I worked on this darling 18 year old kid that was sick with strep and she had strep throat and she also had something else. She was sick in bed for six or eight weeks, long time, clear skin. After having strep and she had something else going on with her, her skin was riddled with acne. So the doctors put her on something, probiotics, prebiotics, after all of these antibiotics, and her skin was so angry.

So I actually put her on the hypochloric acid spray and the restorative serum and said, let's back off of everything, including taking all those probiotics and prebiotics, because I've taken a couple of courses from medical doctors talking about the probiotics, not being good for everyone's gut and can make you break out. So I had tears on my eyes because she was grasping at straws. You know, the doctors wanted to put her on acutane. And, hey, I mean, I would like to do everything in my power so someone didn't have to go on acutane. But I invested my, I care about her.

As a matter of fact, you know, we're going to be following up with her this week to make sure that we're on the right path. But that's what I like to do is to help each individual's needs. And no, I can't see 100 people in a week. I just can't. But I, you know, I do have my clients. I do have my set clients. I now have another aesthetician, Lauren. Her name is Mary. And Mary has 25 years experience as an SD. She's fantastic. I trained her to do things my way. Not that my way is the best way, but, you know, you know how I work. I'm a perfectionist and so is she. So she's seeing some patients who I can't see. I'm comfortable with her working on my skin. She's very, very good. So that also allows people.

people to get in and get a service done. But the virtual consultations is the way to go and allows me to work with people literally all over the world. It's so cool. I think it's amazing that you have that set up. So I enjoy it. Yes. And like you said, it doesn't have to be 10 products. No. Whatever is going on with you, I can make a skincare regimen to suit your needs and to suit your budget. Is slugging good for your skin? I don't even know what slugging is. Slugging is a skincare. technique that involves a thin layer of Vaseline. God, literally choked me up, Lauren. So all these girls on TikTok are putting tons of Vaseline on their face.

Taylor's putting his on his dick. Oh, my God. And then they leave it on all night because it gives you deeply hydrated skin. No, no, no, no, no. Vaseline is going to give you Millias, folks. And talk about plugging up your pores. So it... Explain what Millias is.

because people don't know what that is. Amelia is a little hard, round ball under the skin that you are not going to be able to extract yourself and it's just a buildup of dead skin cells and debris. The little white dots under your eyes. Or anywhere on the face for that matter, not having your skin clean enough. So it's an occlusive. So they're looking for something occlusive to hold in the hydration. Right here, your H.A.

Yes. The H.A. renewing serum. That is going to, you can put that on at the end of your skincare regimen and it's not going to plug up your pores. Vaseline, aquifor, you know, sometimes people use aquifer after a really aggressive laser treatment. I would much rather use the restorative H.A. serum. My thing is why would anyone put petroleum on their skin? Is it petroleum? Is that how you say it? Well, yeah, yeah, that's Vaseline. Go Google what petroleum does to your skin. I highly advise against that in my opinion. I think you have to be really careful, just blindly

following trends on Instagram. TikTok, Instagram, that's, you know, the pet peeves. I mean, this is people getting out there and I don't know, just creating the most ridiculous things for people to try. What drives me crazy is these sheep of people that just follow along. Okay, let's give it a try. I mean, come on. Use some common sense.

Or, you know, speak to a professional, speak to an esthetician or a dermatologist. I mean, I can't believe one aesthetician would say, yeah, I think it's a great idea to slather your face in Vaseline before you go to bed. I think that a lot of people don't have access to an expert or a doctor, and so they use Instagram as that.

Agreed. And I can get my message out there. I mean, I'm probably not the only esthetician either that provides a virtual consultation. You know, you don't need to come in. But get the advice of a professional. And, you know, whether it's your dermatologist or an esthetician. To me, I actually think an esthetician might do a little bit better job because

germs are doctors. I mean, look at my derm, you know, using Trenton and then putting a peel on her face to where she had to use a steroid to heal her own skin. But an esthetician who knows what they're doing can help guide you to the right skincare regimen. What would you say, and I've never asked you this on an episode, My Skin Journey, has been with you? Well, I think that we've struggled with your pigment, And that's just because you've had these three pregnancies. And you used to not be as diligent about some protection. And skincare. I mean, I've always been a skincare person.

Yeah, but your skin. But you made me like militant. Yes. And I've seen a huge difference. And then also sometimes you might dermapplain your face a little too aggressively or too often, which can create the little dermatitis. Yep. So to be careful of that.

Yes. And now your hypochloric acid spray is going to be your new best friend. How often should I dermis? plane. No more than once a week, Lauren. No more. I don't do it, you know, I mean, once a month. I mean, if you get a little few hairs on your upper lip, you could just take those off real quick. Okay. And you can, you know, you use your little blade or even just a razor, not a disposable razor. It has to be like a man's fusion, but your blade is perfectly fine. I think my, I like my skin better now than 10 years ago. You look younger now. Your skin is more vibrant and beautiful and glowing. Your skin, when you walk into the room, it's the first thing I see.

Well, I see your big, beautiful eyes and your beautiful smile and your great hair, but your skin is a huge focal point of you now. Well, I would attribute that a huge, to your teaching, and also the skincare routine that you have me on. Yeah, and we change that up, right? It's not always the same thing. You flow with it. Yeah. We did the same thing with Michael.

Michael's skin is just gorgeous now. Peter Attia. Do you know who that is? He wrote the longevity. or outlive. I know, I don't know him, but I know who he is. Fabulous. We went to dinner with him and the next day, he messaged Michael and says, what do you use on your skin? I love that. Michael should set you up with him. Yes. Well, you move, I can do a virtual consultation with him. Yes. Yes. Or come to Austin and do

all of our facials. Yeah. And schlep all my stuff. Anna, are you ready for that? I do an Austin pop-up. Stacey Christine Austin. Can we do a code for our audience to shop? Absolutely. Skinny 10. Skinny 10. What's the website? www. Staceychristy.com and my handle is Stacey Christie's skin. And if I'm going to pick three skin products that I would start with and then you can pick yours. Okay. I would definitely get the CE skin zuticals.

Yes. The vitamin C. That's a no-brainer, like you said. That's a must. I would also get, I'm going to say the agent to tour mist. I love that mist in the morning. Holy water. And then I'm going to say the Chlostrum.

Okay. Epicure and Chlostrum. The C. The C.E. might not be suitable for everyone. Okay, and this is perfect. You tell them what's suitable for everyone. Well, I mean, I love the C.E. Fruelic or the Floritan C.F. But something that might be a little safer would be the Alto advanced by skin better,

because that is your vitamin C along with 19 other antioxidants. So you just want me to choose three. So a vitamin C and then the Alpharet for nighttime cellular turnover. I'm not going to talk sunscreen because that's a no-brainer for every. I'm going to say the H.A. serum here. The renew H.A. serum. What if they want to book with you?

Well, if they want to book with me, they could book through the website or DM social media. We will have a response. I mean, I do virtual consultations Tuesdays and Fridays, and Katie will set those up with people and you can book that directly

online. And she'll be available in 2014. No, that is not true. Now, my skincare, my skincare, My calendar changes constantly, and you can get in to see Mary for a facial much quicker than me, but I am taking new clients. Now it might take a minute. Anna's rolling her eyeballs like a slot machine. Now, I am taking new clients, but it might take a minute to get in to see me. It's like, it's hard. Well, you know, and I honestly, you guys, I love what I do. At the end of the day, yes, I'm 61. I have no intention. of retiring, I love to make a difference. If I can make any individual feel the best version of themselves, nothing makes me happier than that. Nothing. Stacey Christie, my facialist sense, God, I want to say, how many years? Close to 20? Yeah, long time. Long time. I don't fuck around

when it comes to skin, you guys, and she's the best of the best. She's a great friend. She's changed my has-been skincare routine. Taylor, book an appointment now for 2040. Thank you for coming on the show. Thank you, Lauren. Lamp your Instagram out before you go. What's the Instagram handle? Instagram handle, Stacey Christie's skin website, www. www.stasychristi.com. That's S-T-A-C-A-C-R-I-S-T-I-E. Have a great day, guys. Thanks for having me, Lauren. Thank you so much for coming on. Big hug. You can shop product at stacychristy.com. That's st-a-c-c-christy.com and her handle on Instagram is at Stacey Christie's skin. And if you want to use a code on her site, you can use Skinny 10.

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