It baffles me how "skinfluencers" still have skin on their faces 😅. How do they manage to keep trying so many products without ruining their skin?!!!

Thank you for this verbal smack. I probably need to watch this once a month to stop me from continually switching what I use. I have acne prone skin with large pores and post-acne hyperpigmentation. I can't seem to stop myself from trying out recommendations from skincare "experts" even though logically I know there is no magic bullet and being consistent will benefit my skin far more than product hopping.

I’ve struggled all my life with very difficult skin. Just recently I’ve kept to the same routine with the same products and my skin was the best it had been for years. Then I ran out of my main product and used something else for a couple of days and BOOM, major break outs all over. Arghhhh! Luckily, I found some more of my fav stuff and I’m hoping to get back to calm skin again very soon!

I see so many KZfaqrs using so many actives daily. I thought maybe that was the norm. Glad I watched this video since I have sensitive skin and am fairly new to using retinol and actives. Thanks!

I agree for the sensitive skin, it makes sense to not throw a lot of different products on top of your skin, but education and knowing your skin and tolerance is key to success with a skin routine

Probably the best and most important skincare video on the internet, love Dr Sam. Following her advice my skin is sooooo much better.

Sephora will hate this, but so right! Thanks! Elaborate skin care rituals and cleansing-- hmmm describes all too many beauty channels.

Thank you so much. This is so helpful. Please do step by step recommendations of actives and product lines.

I would always recommend a simple skincare routine.

Thank you 😊. Your skin is amazing. Do you have a video on the products you use?

I fit that description perfectly :) I laughed listening to you knowing I've done exactly that. I've never had problem skin - I have combination 65 year old skin that has almost never given me trouble. Of course the usual too much sebum on my nose and chin leading to enlarged pores but generally my skin is pretty good. Even my MD recently commented on how "lovely" my skin is when he was removing (freezing off - which doesn't work that great by the way) skin tags on my neck and decolletage. BUT now I do have "sensitivity" on my lower checks. It started off with an unfamiliar "roughness", which progressed to a slight redness and burning. I've stopped everything! I had been using retinol but only a couple of times a week in the evening, and Vit C in the AM under my sun screen. I have no idea what's caused the problem - my cleanser is very mild (oil first then a mild non foaming gel cleaner). Maybe more exfoliating (chemical) than usual but this issue is focused specifically on my lower cheeks and no where else. I suspect STRONGLY it's the Vit C because I've been using a powder mixed with my toner and Reversetrol and ferulic mixed with it but somehow it FEELS like Vit is the culprit. The problem is that acting like a product magpie hasn't helped at all! I have to do a shout out here to Aloe Vera by the way. I developed a rash on my armpits (caused by shaving using a shampoo as a shaving cream - SILLY I know!) and the ONLY thing I could put on them was Aloe Vera gel mixed with a bit of lactic acid (to eat the odour) and its' working like a charm. Actually this has become my new favourite deoderant :)

So true.. I have very sensitive skin with mild acne like redness in cheek area and a lot of hormonal breakouts. I use differin gel 3 times a week, azelaic acid 3 times a week both with Niacinamide. And 5% mandelic acid toner once a week. This regimen took me 4 months to come to. After starting with azelaic acid only In the beginning. Slow and steady wins the race with sensitive skin.

Terrific advice, many thanks.

I love your simple, sensible approach.

I'm an Esthetician and I love watching your videos! Helps tremendously!

Looking forward for a “Flawless Mineral Sunscreen”! 😁

My routine isn't perfect, but I do enjoy my very gentle cleanser, retinoid, Azelaic Acid, and sunscreens.

I love your videos but I wish you had better sound quality. Thanks for all the amazing info 🙂

So true. I actually prefer retinol and avoiding AHAs for where I am with my skin. Seems like an unpopular opinion these days, especially with everyone swearing by the Ordinary's Peeling solution (way too much for me!)

OMG I have been wondering about this for so long. Part of this is my skin was always nice and easy to take care of. I would use one brand for a year or more and then maybe switch but then with too much curiosity using different products just became like a fun past time. But when I was younger I would use the same damn moisturizer with sunscreen for like five years 😂 I think skin care KZfaq and constant product launches are making us over complicate something that can be so easy and still fun

Thank you Dr Sam. Can’t wait for next upload ❤️

Great advice, Doc! Everybody seems to be loading on so many layers of chemicals! It can't possibly be good!

V good advice that id wish id known when treating my oily, acne-prone skin harshly with foaming cleansers and aggressive scrubs. Gentleness and simplicity has proven much more effective

This is so helpful. I've suffered from acne/skin sensitivity for the last two years and never considered that product hopping could be the root of the issue. Will keep it simple from here on out - thank you!

Thank you, DrSam, it was very helpful! :) P.S. The sound is quite bad, we would appreciate a microphone :D

Great advice thank you. Looking forward to your next video on restoring the skin barrier as my skin is so inflamed at the moment and I need help!

Just come across Sam Buntings range, looks amazing can’t wait to get the night serum.

Would love to see a video of your professional critic on dermal rollers.

derm offices are full of people who have damage their skin barrier due to overuse of products. Your skin is happiest and healthiest when left alone to do its job.

You just described how my face feels right now. I’m a product junkie and then just stopped everything but gentle cleanser and mineral sunscreen. But weird thing is: it’s really itchy after a windy rainy day if I’ve been outside much.

Dr sam .... would love to know your opinions on the link between magnesium deficiency and hair loss 🙂❤

Thank you so much, dr. Sam, you saved me! I still have some issues with tretinoin though, is it possible that it casued perioral dermatitis? Thank you for everthing!❤

Thank you Dr. Sam for another informarive video! I Wish your products shipped to the middle east :(

thanks for the amazing information

I wish there were more budget friendly mineral sunscreens, given the amount you have to apply ☹️

actives in serums are the latest fad and people are overdoing it, especially since the popularity of low cost brands like The Ordinary

I love this advice and get horrified by how many actives some people want to use. It’s almost like they want to fix their skin by burning it off! A question I do have: totally agree about how most people don’t need both a retinoid and AHAs... but I think I’m doing it backwards from your advice. I use lactic acid a few times a week, and I tolerate it well. I know all the benefits of retinoids but since I’m wary of how my skin will tolerate it, and I know I tolerate lactic acid fine, I’ve basically decided to use AHAs and not use retinoids. Is there a reason why you recommend the other way around?

I’d say two actives are a good balance for me. I was greedy before as I added azelaic acid and tretinoin to my benzoyl peroxide routine(I use them at different time). And I broke out so bad as a result.

I'm a very loyal person I keep with your products❤

Hi I get the odd under the skin pimple on my face just wondering what would help prevent these and what spot treatment would you recommend. Thank you

Thanks a lot for answering my Question ❤❤ min 5:00

I am so careful with my skincare but still have cheeks that flush no matter how careful I am (no stinging). Using Tolerance and restorative balm products from Avene and La Roche-Posay. No actives. Can you just have really reactive cheeks?

I like your videos but the quality of the sound is usually terrible. Not criticism but feedback so you can improve your content.

please do a video about maskne, please!!!! :'(

Would you consider creating a mineral/physical sunscreen? 🤔😁 Use and love most of your products! ❤️❤️

Totally agree Dr Sam. When I started my skincare journey I was bowled over by the number of products I saw people on Instagram using. So excited, I wanted to try them all!!! ... Didn't end well! I ended up with perioral dermatitis. It started very slowly just around my nose and mouth, but I kept going thinking (hoping) it would disappear. When I saw it spread I was disappointed and annoyed at the money I wasted. I stopped everything for quite some time (maybe 12 months) to give my skin a chance to go back to the way it was - then I started again ... very slowly! Introducing super gentle cleansers (Your flawless cleanser is my holy grail!) only cleansing at the end of the day and using water to wash in the morning. I built my routine up gradually and did my research before purchasing products and I made sure to use up the whole bottle before trying something new or stuck with what was working. The shiny sparkly new products are hard to resist especially when they're being promoted so enthusiastically by so many friends on social media ... takes a lot of will power and research (reading reviews etc) but my motto now is to keep it simple and consistent. Thanks for this clip, I love your work Xx

Please post something for dark circles

Dear Dr Bunting, I suggest you to review inorganic sunscreens with titanium dioxide, pigmentary titanium dioxide and pigmentary iron oxides. Avene Mineral cream 50 ml and Mineral lotion 100 ml use those components and I am very happy using them. Their Mineral fluid use titanium dioxide (11,4 %) and zinc oxide (14,6 %). I easily remove them all three with lipid based cleansers like Avene XeraCalm oil 400 ml or Tolerance extreme lotion 200 ml. I stopped using organic sunscreens as they leave yellow stains after washing because of avobenzone. I believe that titanium dioxide is excellent and underestimated filter and that by varying the size of particles and its concentration in formula it can protect against not only UV but also VL and IR. White cast is reduced by pigmentary iron oxides. Complete sunblocks like camouflaging facial foundations or surgical foundations contain no water and they contain the large amounts of titanium dioxide.

The only product hopping I plan to do is using products that are still gentle but at different price ranges (sometimes I can’t always afford the high end stuff).

Is it ok for a person with rosacea to get a gold filltox facial?

I'm 95% sure zinc oxide based sunscreen messed up my skin. It is the only variable I"ve been able to isolate and I generally do little to nothing to my skin. Now the only moisturiser I like/tolerate is the rather heavy LRP cicaplast Jaume.

So true

Are you talking more about hopping around with skincare "actives" or is using or trying out different cleansers in the same "gentle" family ok?

Because of Dr. Bunting's great information I no longer look really really bad. After 40 years of battling the mess I used to call a face, I can totally relax knowing that her beautiful soul has blessed me with her passion for what she does Hope that came out right. I'm so very thankful for your so giving videos. A+ for Dr. Bunting !!!!!! God bless your spirit. Know that you definitely helped me. Smooth face with some scars that don't bother me a bit. Not one pimple. Nothing.....all gone.

Excellent video!! You are amazing. But the audio is terrible; 😩

Hello my dear favourite doctor I love u soooo muchhhhh...😍😍😍pls use mike doctor

My routine for 6 years includes tretinoin at night, vit c and aha from ZO and obagi sunscreen.

I used a very long time no products. Then just a cleanser... Then I need some moist. But everything I tried I can't use... I just use an cleansing oil, toner, serum and a cream. Everything is fine till the creme. That is when the reaction starts. Masks are even worse!

Am I product promiscuous? How very dare you! 😆 No, I'm a dedicated Buntington/Buntinger - not sure of the correct terminology. I have ALL the products (except the lip balm 🤫) and love them. My skin is so much smoother and more evenly toned. Thank you. Dr Sam for making it so effective and so flippin' easy. Disclaimer: I'm in a long-term, committed relationship with my current lip balm and although I'd love to try yours in the future, I can't bear to dump my current beau. You see, not promiscuous at all. ❤

Even the Avene Tolerance extreme cream makes my skin burn..🙁

By product hoping do you mean with actives ? Or even moisturizers and cleansers ?

The sound quality really puts me off watching. The sound is very bad quality and too quiet.

I thought they say using the same products for years they can eventually stop working the way they’re suppose to because your skin get used to them?

Can u do a vid for dealing with skin when having t wear PPE masks all day for work? We're all breaking out and have no idea how to deal with it! Help!

But the dr bunting morming serum combines actives?

What helps sabeceous hyplasmia

Today I bought Avene thermal water and read that pH is 7,5. Strange, I don't know if it should be used for skin. Moreover, if you wipe it does anything stay on the skin? Maybe someone knows an answer?

Volume at max, but still soft audio.

Is Vanicream Gentle Face Wash considered foaming and alkaline? The company said the pH is 6 to 7.

interesting that our skin gets more alkaline with age

Skin doesn’t stay he same everyday. Something to be said for changing routine. Adding or subtracting products depending on need

I've a really sensitive skin and fair complexion, but it bothers me to apply Aloe Vera. Is it possible? Thanks a lot 🧡

Can I use Retinol and Hyaluronic acid together at night?

You didn't address one of the main reasons people change up their skincare routine. It is a very widespread belief that if you use a product very often, your skin becomes accustomed and it stops working (it also applies to hair products).

I experienced the cleansing part first hand. I was so tired of the rough cleansers that I started using oatmeal+chickpea flour aa my cleanser. My skin transformed for the better. It's the best cleanser ever! Pls try it and if it works, visit my channel! ❤️

Does her videos have a low audio issue?

Guilty 😔 🙋‍♀️

Have you considered that once you start your own product line, what you say in your videos is open to question? Your products appear straightforward and I do believe they have been tested adequately. But, as you of course know, each person has unique skin to some degree. I think this video is geared toward encouraging people to stick with your brand. This may very well be good advice for some, but certainly not for all.

I am about to step up my Tretinoin to.1 next week and just ordered my Dr Sams products ready for the inevitable onslaught ha... what is everyone's opinion on using mugwort to calm inflamation? I see it doing the rounds on KZfaq recently.

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You have done lot of videos on female make up, but not one on men's styling product. I believe styling gels and sprays are bad for hair but what about pomade Atleast share your your views on pomades commercially available and DIY, are they safe for scalp/hair, can they be used daily

I think you should invest in a good microphone and maybe a cam lol. But as always great content

So why do Koreans have that amazing glass skin? Why not following the 10-step-skincare routine? Dr Sam??

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Morning skin care routine :: Neutrogena foaming face wash The ordinary niacinamide serum Faceshop aloevera gel Purito water comfy sunscreen spf 50...and Night time skin care routine :: Mon , tue , wed :: Bioderma micellar water Neutrogena foaming face wash Retin a 0.05% Aloevera gel Thu , fri , sat :: The ordinary glycolic toner The ordinary lactic acid serum 5% Aloevera gel Sun :: calcium bentonite clay with acv or The ordinary aha bha mask Aloevera gel Rose water and lavender water

Girl, no disrespect, but you really need to invest in a better mic!!

Looking forward for a “Flawless Mineral Sunscreen”! 😁