Skincare You CAN and CANNOT Use Together | How to Layer Skincare| Dr. Sam Ellis
Listen, I know there are SOOO many skincare products out there and SOOO many ingredients and it can get confusing when you want to try some new anti-aging miracle skincare ingredient but you have no idea on how to incorporate it into your routine. And this is important because the order in which you use your skincare products matters – some ingredients actually deactivate others and you can waste a whole lot of time and money trying to figure out why your routine is not giving you the results you want. In this video I share what products can and CANNOT be used together in an anti-aging skincare routine and an acne skincare routine.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Which products inactivate each other
05:19 Sunscreen deactivators
07:11 Products that cause irritation when used together
08:56 Sample skincare routine
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Vitamin C intimidates me 😖
Question on red light therapy…thoughts on using a home device? If you like them, can you share a couple that you like?
i wish i had you in my back pocket to fix my face 😂
Damn it, I’ve been using hypochlorous acid spray on my hands between skincare routine steps to clean them so I wouldn’t have to run to wash my hands all the time… Might have been deactivating my retinal/tretinoin and other things with it even though I dry my hands every single time.. hmpf, great
Great video and content – am so glad I found you! My ongoing question is which goes on first – Niacinamide or Vitamin C (L’ascorbic acid) as I have seen differing ipinions. Or perhaps it doesn’t matter and is more about the consistency of the product???
Good video, thank you.
What about argireline and matrixyl? What can’t be combined with them?
Sr Ellis, is it ok to layer different sunscreens? Waiting a little in between application?
would it be okay to use a copper peptides serum followed by AA 15% gel?
Hello mem I’m from Bangladesh… Plz help me for body hayper pigmentation…..
My full body hayper pigmentation..
Love your videos and have used so many of your product recommendations! I mix Elta MD clear with Elta MD tinted. Since the ingredient list is otherwise comparable, is this OK? I find it leaves a nice sheen on my skin while retaining my pale complexion.
Can you do an am and pm layering skin care routine using Prequel products?
I alternate tretinoin .1 with copper peptides at night and use vitamin C,E, ferulic acid in the morning. Is it okay to layer a facial estriol cream on top of any of those products? Thank you!
Very useful information! I have never been told about any of these things from any dermatologist I have seen that prescribed me accutane. So here I was thinking I could use this and that, and probably caused myself more skin irritation.
I use vitamin C with niacinamide twice a day. In the morning, I wait a half hour after applying the vitamin C before applying anything else. At night, I wait an hour after vitamin C before using Tretinoin. I want to use The Ordinary’s 15% GF serum. If I wait a good long time, can I use Vitamin C afterward? Apparently, the PH of the vitamin C will deactivate the GF but I do love my vitamin C. As for how it is that I can wait so long between serum applications, I work nights and have plenty of time to do so.
Hi Dr Ellis! Quick question will using Naturium BHA and the 0.05% Retinal together be a potential irritant? I wasn’t sure since it is the precursor to retinol. I like using these two products plus Vit C and hyaluronic acid in my skincare routine but want to make sure I fully understand how they work together. Thanks!
So helpful! Thank you. Your prequel line has been a game changer for me.
Very informative video! Not sure if you answered this in previous videos but how long should you wait in between each application of product, especially sunscreen before putting another product on
Hi Dr. Ellis! I just got a ton of Prequel and have loved everything. I did get the Vitamin C but haven’t used it because I use both benzoyl peroxide and tretinoin in my routine. I usually do BPO in the AM and always Tret PM. How could I incorporate Vitamin C into my routine (and can I)?
Very good information! Thank you!
I looove this video.. answers so many questions! I’m still confused about AHA/BHAs with peptides.. is that a deactivating reaction?
Can I use a kojic acid 2% in the same routine with tretinoin?
What about azelaic acid and a peptide serum? Can I layer them together?
Thank you so much! What about growth hormones and retinols?
Man, I was hoping for a conclusive answer on the peptides+vitamin c question. Can we get someone on that? 😊
I have heard tazarotene and peptides dont work well together. Can you talk about that?
When will the Barrier Therapy cream be back for sale??? I absolutely love it but am almost out 😬
Can you use the drmtlgy needless serum in the morning with your vitamin c since it shows copper in it?
thank you, this is so helpful. I have heard it is safe to use copper peptides with vitamin c if you are using tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, but not okay if you’re using l-ascorbic acid. Can you please clarify? Am I misinformed??
Dr. Ellis thank you so much for all this info! Question: I use clindamycin phosphate and benzoyl peroxide gel, 1%/5% in the morning and tretinoin 0.1% at night, this has cleared up my acne almost completely! But I would like to start incorporating more anti-aging, collagen producing agents such as vitamin C and anything else you would recommend. When should I add these product into my routine? Recommendations for anti-aging products- just turned 28 and would like to hold off on Botox.
Hi Dr. Ellis….. Love your videos….Just a quick question… How do you feel about castor oil for skin care? I have scanned through your videos and couldn’t find anything
I recently heard an esthetician say that people with dry skin should only use physical exfoliators, not chemical. What’s your opinion in that?
Your videos are so informative. Thank you. Quick question I’m from South Africa 🇿🇦 and I am an Educator who specializes in Sport and swimming. I am out in the sun and pool most days. I don’t want my skin to age. I use hats. Glasses load of sunscreen however I am noticing freckles starting and spots on skin. What do I do for the most effective sun protection. I generally use sunscreen and foundation for extra cover
Yikes ive been mixing sunscreen together with moisturizer!
I think this video is my favorite one you’ve done. So much great information. Will be watching this one again and again. Thank you!
Love your content, thank you! Also love my Prequel products ❤️ Can you provide a list of the Prequel products that should not be used together in the same routine please? Might be helpful for us for hard fans that are using Prequel for all of their skincare. Thank You!
i’m guilty of making my own tinted sunscreen for a super natural makeup look. but! i always apply a layer of sunscreen first before DIYing the tinted sunscreen. hopefully i should still be getting sun protection when i do it that way 😅
I am recently using Dapsone, Spiralactone cream, Tretinoin and CeraVe pm moisturizer in my nightly skincare. What order should I apply them in?
Hi Doctor Ellis, can you combine L ascorbic acid to niacinamide?
Hello, I loved this video so much. I’m into Korean skin care and i love it. I have sensitive skin prone to acne. I’ve been using different products over the years, right now I’ve been using the Ginseng essence toner water from Beauty of Joseon, and I got a very bad reaction from my skin! The times where I mixed it with a vitamin C Serum and specially with a Serum from Cosrx, the advanced Snail 96 Mucin one power essence. The problem is that even if I use the ginger water days appart from the other Serums, I still see a reaction in my skin. Like if the skin barrier had different texture in patches. Can you explain more? Thanks for the video !!❤
Dr. Ellis, I’ve been loving the Prequel Hypochlorous Acid spray! I have rosacea and had a flare up while using Arazlo. This completely helped calm it down overnight. I’ve been using the spray AM& PM , Azelaic acid, but how can I incorporate the DRMTLGY peptide serum ? Thank you for all you do !
can you create a video on oil serums or using oils as a part of skincare in general ? 🙏
Dr. Ellis, if we want to utilize Vit C, copper peptides and tretinoin into our daily skin care routine, what should go when?
Can you use both tret and hydroquinone in one evening?
My derm recently gave me hydroquinone as a spot treatment and at night I put it on after my usual tret (and no other products go on except for some la Roche posay eczema moisturizer around my eyes and nose) but in the morning I find the hydroquinone spots are quite red. When I skip hydroquinone, I don’t get the redness.
this is so informative!!! can you post a link for the benzoyl peroxide referred to in this video please!!!!
Thank you! There is so much information out here and it’s sometimes hard to navigate.
Thank you very much for sharing your expertise again. I still have a question please- as I live in Sydney/Au where the sun exposure is so tricky to handle plus we still battle humid climate in summer, I am currently applying my lightweight Korean sunscreen ("Day-light protection Airy sunscreen from Neogen Dermatology") and then DRMTLGY mattifying moisturizer spf46 about 30 min later. Is that acceptable/sufficient time in between application or do I still risk deactivating one of the spf’s (specially as they use different filters)? I use this for daily activities with little sun exposure. When going to the beach, I focus on using the not so pretty heavy hitters (Anthelios XL 50+ La Roche Posay hybrid sunscreen) without layering makeup. Thank you!!
I loved this video but just saying, you actually didn’t mention how to layer skin care products.
How can I stay fresh throughout the day when I bike to work and sometimes exercise before and after? I want to smell like I just showered, but I can’t shower after my ride at work. Any hygiene tips?
Do you have any recommendations for treating spongiotic dermatitis?