Who cares if people like clean beauty. It’s not bull shit. It’s not hurting anyone. I agree that a lot of chemical ingredients are safe but what’s the problem with going with more natural stuff and leaving most of the chemicals out. We could all do with less chemicals in our lives.
But that’s the issue. Even the use of the word ‘chemical’ as if it’s a bad thing. Everything is a chemical. Clean beauty, with all due respect, is mostly bullshit. It relies on outdated and incorrect information that’s not based in science and does more harm than good by making people believe cosmetics they have easy and affordable access to are ‘dirty’ or filled with ‘toxic chemicals’ when in reality, natural ingreidnats are more likely to irritate your skin. Clean beauty pushes outdated and non-evidence backed claims like, chemicals enter our blood stream, chemical sunscreens are bad, parabens cause cancer. When in reality none of this is accurate. But because the media and these brands use these incorrect ideas to sell their products through fear, many people out there believe this is science fact. When it’s not. So I will have to disagree and say it’s hurting people and it is in fact a load of bull shit
Water is a chemical. It's frankly a dangerous trend to demonise more complex scientific formulas while hyping up all things natural. Just because an ingredient exists in nature does not equal safe or better. But it does play into anti science propaganda we're witnessing nowadays. Clean beauty means nothing but adds negative connotations to the "chemical" products.
Just because something is found in nature, doesn't mean that it's safe. There are plenty of plants and naturally occurring elements that can make you sick, or even k!ll you.
It's the issue when it is a claim made in an unregulated field with no proven benefits for the health, environment or Idk fair trade, to boost up the sales. False marketing is illegal and this is a grey area that needs regulation. Otherwise is fine. Produce your own organic plant and eat it or apply anywhere you want if it's your thing.
The reviewer not knowing that kryptonite is Superman’s weakness, and not something he is attracted to truly bothers me every time I hear something about the story.
apparently Pamela Anderson stopped wearing makeup because her makeup artist passed away a few years ago and she just never felt the same getting her makeup done by someone else. so kind of as an homage she just stopped wearing makeup
its so true my friends cousin used that bumbum cream and it attracted a spider! they have been married 6 years and have two beautiful spider babbies now.
The Sol de Janeiro thing was crazy. I saw it start on the the Sephora Subreddit, and people generally knew it was a joke. It took me five minutes of research to find the review and see that they had made an almost word for word identical review on another random item on Sephora in March 2023. They were obviously just trolling, maybe even trying to get viral by repeating the same outlandish review half a year later. Someone on the Ulta Subreddit said they threw out all their Sol de Janeiro items and were told they wasted all their products for no reason because the spider review was a joke.
lmao, I saw the sephora subreddit comment, I didn't see the ulta one! That's hilarious. I mostly hide over on the AB sub because the fearmongering and overreactions on the other skincare subs tests my patience.
Honestly as a women in my 50s, like Pamela Anderson, I’m happy to see a celebrity rocking a real natural look complete with some wrinkles….I’m interested to see if they actually market this line to mature women or like every other brand, use young women, with zero wrinkles and say they’re “mature”…it’s so frustrating
@skulltaylor1616 She also advocates for freeing Assange. Both by helping his family and by using her voice in MSM. Her facelifts and other stuff matter shit.
When I used a certain fake tan I would get stung by a wasp or a bee, happened like 5 times I thought maybe it’s the tan until I had a think about it maybe it’s because I wear tan in the summer, I’m more likely to be showing more skin and I’m outside more so it’s more likely to encounter a bee, though I wonder if it’s freshly applied moisture maybe the spiders just gets stuck and bites because it can’t get away 🙈 I got a huge wasp stuck in my arm I guess my freshly applied tan was sticky!
random fact about fragrance and bees: isoamyl acetate is the compound bees use to provoke each other to sting in presence of a threat. It’s also a primary part of banana scented products (can be used in other fruit scents as well)! this can mean two things: one, bees have a higher chance of getting mad at you if you are using a banana scented or based product and two, an angry beehive will sometimes smell like bananas. 😛
I've been all over the place, different countries, camping and whatever else all my life's summers long. Never once been stung by a wasp or bee or bitten by a spider.
Spiders/Tarantulas are my passion, i own Tarantulas, jumping spiders & also a Giant House Spider. When they run at you it's because they're looking to hide in a dark place & your shadow is the perfect hiding spot to them. They don't run at you to attack you.
@@meganmacabre they've got special sensory organs on their legs that they taste with & i think smell with, to an extent, but i don't think it's as advanced as we can smell. I think it's more just for finding water & a mate. I could be totally wrong here though. It's something I've never thought of, but now I'm intrigued & off to do some research lol!🤣
This reminds me of something that happened over the summer. My favorite brand, Kikiz Cosmeticz, kept having one person leave reviews on her products, saying the lip gloss she got had poop in it and rating it 1 star. She left several of these poop reviews on every product Kikiz Cosmeticz currently had on their website. So she had to change the way her review system works. Someone needs to teach their kids leaving fake reviews is messed up😂
That's not even how kryptonite works! If the body butter was Kryptonite to wolf spiders, the spiders would lose their powers and become very weak in the presence of it. They wouldn't be chasing it. Gosh.
I'm honestly a bit disappointed it doesn't attract wolf spiders. I love little wolfies. They're adorable. I remember last summer seeing a small on on the road, right at the edge of the grass, just chilling in the moon light. I was so excited I stopped to look at it for a couple min (I really wanted to pet it but I know better than to pet wild animals. 😆) I sometimes get them on my front porch (as well as many other spiders. The stray cats have been keeping most of them away this yr but many spiders nest underneath amd around it and there have been nights my front porch will be covered in a couple thousand spiders of various species.)
I actually really like retinol Bakuchiol combo. Bakuchiol is a lot more gentle and makes up for the lower percentage of retinol in the product. I also find I can use it way more frequently than a pure retinol product.
Yayy you're back!! I've been re-binging your "when beauty turns ugly" series these 2 weeks :) Also just when I am about to turn 30 they decide to limit retinol?😅Let's hope this "ban" doesn't extend to India 🙏
Even in the US Retinols/ Vitamin A are regulated but in different categories based on the percentages, the higher the percentage the more likely you need to get a prescription from your doctor. Alpha Arbutin isn't regulated the precursor to hydroquinone which is. It interesting that they are regulating Kojic acid. As for Green Washing it started in Cleaning products and then it started to move into beauty and Skin care here sectors. I guess you could say hybrid and electric car along with MPG cars were marketed as "Greener" options but it's more about regulation and incentives for those types cars here in the US.
I understand why the EU is limiting retinal for the concerns over overuse, but I don’t think they should legislate just because someone might be over using something. It’s being very overly cautious. And I am far too paranoid to trust the certification for what is considered green. It’s probably just my trust issues talking though. I guess we’ll see how well it works when it’s fully implemented.
the thing is: the regulation serves to protect people that do not know better. basically: cosmetics you can get over the counter should be useable by everybody without them having to know exactly how and how often to use it. You can get higher percentages either by buying cosmetic ingredients to make your own cosmetics, or by getting a prescription by a dermatologist, which may not be covered by the health care system, but you still can get it this way. Since it is a so callled "privately paid" prescription you can get it even via those tele prescription services. So it mostly gets down to anybody wanting a higher percentage needing to show they talked to somebody who told them how to properly use it for their skin.
I’m not sure if I read it wrong, but I saw something about retinol being linked to loss in bone density and osteoporosis when used in high pourcentage for a long period of time.. 😅
@@pantherhealingI mean any high percentage can cause harm. Americans can use a very high dose of whitening stuff, the Uk and EU cannot (or it’s not really ideal).
@@abigray8585 yeah I think the EU bannes a lot of stuff in general. It’s not that whatever they banne will kill you asap and other continent who don’t follow are trying to necessarily harm us, but more of a « let’s not risk it ». 🙃 also more and more children are using skincare so I guess it’s good that they regulate these active ingredients 🙌🏻
@@pantherhealingthe thing is: the EU has another approach to these things. basically you have to demonstrate your product/ingredient is safe to be allowed to sell it. Not the EU having to show it is not safe. The percentages allowed are the amount that producers and scuentific studies demonstrated that they are safe to use even for people with no education. You can get higher percentages as prescription or with certain licenses still.
I disagree. Retinol IS effectively being banned because most people need to use a percentage over 0.3 to get sufficient results. I find it very misleading when people claim that it's not being banned. Yes, there are loop holes like switching to Tretinoin or Retinal, but effective high potency Retinol is banned.
Well considering up until 2020 we could run to any pharmacy and get 0.05 or 0.1% tretinoin but now I got to a dermatologist in hopes that I’d be able to get a prescription tube of the same stuff I was able to get without prescription half a year ago (still in 2020) only to be told it’s not available at all anymore … like it’s not made or imported in the country anymore. I’m sure they definitely want to completely wipe any remaining functional forms of vit A entirely. Nobody can convince me otherwise.
I will just buy my products from another not EU country like the retinol serum from trinity London (english bramd). Just like I buy Korean products from Asian online markets.
@@binarytrash there is not real benefit to wiping it off the market entirely. The reason it's not being imported is because it isn't profitable enough to do so for the small amount of people just accessing through prescription and with it being a recent change there probably also isn't as many brands approved to sell it as a medicine marketing the ingredient.
"green" and "clean beauty" gives me the ick. like that is the best way to turn off educated consumers. unfortunately, many people arent educated lmao. anyway, as someone who is actively studying to be either a dermatologist or cosmetic chemist, yea, clean beauty is just ghsjhgsjfhgeahjfgdagfhdaghjdagfjdhagfgdgjha
I was really sad the spider lotion turned out to be fake. I love invertebrate macro photography and I was hoping the cream could help me get started on a collection of photos of bugs you commonly find in the home without having to hunt them down and bother them. I guess it’s true that if something sounds too good to be true it probably isn’t.
Happy Sunday James! I can always count on you to bring clarity to the utter craziness that is marketing and influencer claims. You are so refreshing. Oh and I refuse to even give a moment of time to the whole f’ing spider fiasco. Just stop it people.
I believe I also read that Pamela Anderson cut back/stopped wear makeup because her makeup artist (for years) passed away. That kinda helped push her to stop wearing it and reflect on why she was wearing it. I don't think it was a publicity stunt either.
In the Netherlands i can buy products with retinol and retinal online but not with tretinoin. It is only available with permission from your GP. It can really change the skin structure and something that can reach so deep into the skin is seen as medicine. General practitioners do not prescribe tretinoin 'just like that'.
What I couldn't establish from the EU regulations on retinol is whether this also covers Tretinoin? I purchase my tretinoin from Spain currently (based in the UK) as its stronger over the counter.
yay James is back! Reddit really do be competing with twitter for The most incredulous & Extra mfs on the internet, I swear. Also wtf EU? Those are some really low retinol percentages. I hope the market share doesn't impact availability of higher percentages in the US. It's already hard enough to find non-beginner retinols...
Hi James! 🖤 would you mind doing a video about fine lines under the eyes / wrinkles under the eyes? I’m 24 and idk if it’s because I’m tired but man they will not go away 😭
James, I wanted to thank you for inspiring me to start a regular skincare routine. It's only been a week and I'm already getting compliments. I'm also enjoying the process, even though it's just a three/four step routine (wash, vitamin serum [vitamin c, e, b, and niacinamide], retinol [every other night until I get used to it] and moisturizer). I tried adding a toner a couple days ago, but it made me itch (nothing more than itching, thankfully) so I'll probably give it away
James have you ever tried/reviewed STRATIA ? obsessed with Liquid gold (called Lipid gold now I guess?) and couldn't find it on your channel - every time I stop using it I miss it and order it again. works so well and great "user experience" - I generally have to be fragrance free but it has a DIVINE natural scent (from sea buckthorn I think). I use it like a serum under another moisturizer because I'm dry. Interested in ordering their other products
I pretty much use Stratia' s products exclusively. You really should try their Interface moisturizer, which is a peptide based cream. I also recommend their Rewind Serum. Oh, and their Velvet Cleansing Milk is amazing as well! I love it all. Especially the prices!
I started going makeup-free during the pandemic, and realized how much I enjoyed it. I was raised by a mother who refused to even get gas without a full beat, and I was exactly the same. But going out bare faced DOES feel vulnerable & honestly freeing, after years of being scared to be seen that way. Now I wear makeup when I feel like it, as opposed to wearing because I feel ugly without it. I can totally believe that Pamela Anderson’s makeup-free journey was similar & authentic.
Hi James! With retinol being a derivative of vitamin A, can it be said that vitamin A could be added to your daily vitamin intake in order to improve skin from the inside out? Thanks 😊
James! Marina Abramovíc has come out with a skincare line which has really rocked the art world. I appreciate it from a conceptual perspective, let the woman make her coins, but I'd love it if you reviewed it or dug a bit deeper into the products and their claims though be warned! It does feel like a ✨clean✨ skincare type of vibe.
honestly being prescribed differin and struggling starting it under supervision (!!!) made me question it being OTC overseas. that being said the retinol restrictions 👀
@@abigray8585 They don't literally mean the black market. There is a legit website that sells tretinoin imported from India and they ship from within the EU
What's crazy about the spider thing is I *have* been mimicked by a recluse before in my house lol. For whatever reason it didnt want me past it, so if I moved right, it would move to my right to "block" me and did this for minutes with me freaking out trying to figure out what to do... This was years ago, so very unrelated to anything skincare, but they can behave that way and follow you around. Its really freakin odd LOL.
James! I’d love to see a video of you doing skincare routines from start to finish at different price levels. Skin care can be so confusing and with so many products out there, I’d love to see your recommendations and how to use them from start to finish 🙂 it would also be nice to see different price points of products used for the same routine. 🫶🏻
Well my retinal and adapalene are not so I am fine. Also you can in the same EU order whatever online for third country you just won't be able to purchase it in your drugstore, pharmacy or whatever store ypu were buying it without the prescription. They also banned titanium dioxide last year (not frot the sunscreens but it was common conservation ingredient in many pills)
Wolf spiders are absolutely a menace if you live in an area like I do where they are native. Yes, they will chase you around the room and they are huge. Had this happen in my home years ago. But it’s absolutely absurd to think they are attracted in any way to skin cream or beauty product. Typically, they go into your home to seek shelter because their previous home (shrub, landscaping) was disturbed in some way.
Grandissimo James!😉😘..Unico e simpaticissimo ! ..Ma tu, a parte tutte queste eveventuali restrizioni sui retinoidi, vorrei chiederti: .. ami il retinolo o derivati?..o preferisci altri attivi e componenti ..nei sieri in particolare? ..Ciao ..Grazie mille!😘🌷💖⭐
Actually this is the maximum % allowed here in Brazil. I think it's a good thing, because a lot of people don't have access to information that has quality and reliability
The spider cream thing is one i can actually vouch for. I got two free samples from either Mecca or sephora, and yea they definitely attract at least one if they're around. Its odd, but I can't say it's a lie sadly.
I tried retinol creams several times but even those at 0.3% irritate and burn my skin :( even when I try to use it progressively it just does not work and leaves my skin breaking out and irritated for days if not weeks. Anyone else having the same experience as me with retinol?
I seen the sol review when it was first posted and brushed it off. I never thought that it would be a viral thing…lol. I have the body butter and spray. I can say that it doesn’t attract spiders but it does attract men👍🏽
SDJ #59 is the only SDJ product that i actually like, because it’s the only one i can actually smell. i’m glad to know it’s kryptonite and not magnetic 😅
So, what are the UK online shops which sell Paula’s choice and deliver to EU, which you would recommend? Alternatively, which physical stores in UK sell Paula’s choice you would recomment? (Because in the end, in the season the return flight ticket to London is like 20 euros…)
So if I buy my Korean skincare with retinol from yesstyle I wont have to worry about the retinol restrictions? Cause istg I hate having to switch products that I'm already used too
After trying the new Sol de Janeiro lotion, I haven't noticed any spiders 😂. The scent, however, isn't for me. It reminds me of Estee Lauder Sensuous perfume from the early 2000s, and gives me a massive headache 😢. It's a great formula though.
Because she has the nerve to try to convince women with less money than her to ditch their makeup and buy her expensive skin products so they too can be “beautiful and free.” She knows we will never look as good as she does without makeup, but she knows some people don’t know that. That’s what celebrities like her and the Kardashians do- they act a part to sell you things. Her beauty comes from her money, but she’s trying to tell us it comes from her skincare… She’s had more work done than most people in Hollywood for f***s sake.
It’s complete bullshit yes sometimes it works but that doesn’t mean it’s because it’s “clean” honestly why would you scare people of other products when it own product is great
Excerpt from coslaw “Furthermore, the SCCS identified maximum safe limits for the use of Vitamin A in cosmetic products. Consequently, the European Commission transposed them into the new draft regulation. The restrictions concern the following forms of Vitamin A: Retinol, Retinyl Acetate, and Retinyl Palmitate.” So retinaldehyde should be fine.
As a European I don't think ''banning retinol'' is being too causios because here are some teenagers who are starting to use retinol as a anti-aging product and are overdosing it and burning/ruining their skin barrier or even their skin.
As an American with very strong British ties, I must say I am extraordinarily proud of what parliament is doing with the green washing laws. Many other countries, including the United States need to take a page out of Britain’s new approach having better and safe products for not only people, but the environment as well.
I don’t understand this whole “it’s like kryptonite to…” saying?!? Kryptonite was the one thing lethal to Superman….why would wolf spiders (or any spiders, for that matter) go full force toward something that will kill them? I’ve recently heard the saying used in other contexts as well. Am I missing something?
When Supes was briefly exposed to Kryptonite, before it fell away from him into the nuclear waste pit he was standing beside, a tiny wolf spider, irradiated by both the nuclear waste and the Kryptonite, chose that moment to chomp on his hand. (This is the pre-Crisis-On-Infinite-Earths Superman, by the way, with the dizzying array of incidental powers, like Super-Ventriloqism.) The momentary vulnerability allowing the spider to break the skin and pull a drop of Kryptonian blood. The already mutagenically changed spider began to absorb the solar supercharged blood cells, and but held onto the Man of Steel as he began to fly away (Clark was unaffected by the spider bite, actually healing before he even left the ground). The spider’s mutation rapidly adapted to the Kryptonian physiology. It’s super-spider brain gained approximately human-level intelligence, as Superman returned to the Justice League satellite. The spider observed the comings and goings of the various heroes, and eventually decided to try its hand (leg?) at using its powers to be a hero (it had gained numerous other powers: invulnerability, flight, super-strength, the whole host of vision powers, as well as Super-Webbing). It escaped the satellite by hitching a ride with the Flash using a teleporter to beam down to Central City. After a few months of being a moderately effective hero, but without any recognition because he was still a tiny wolf spider and people failed to notice who their mysterious benefactor was, SuperSpider decided to retire from active hero life, making his way back to the JLA satellite to live out his days and guarding his new home from occasional super-villain attacks. (It was after singlehandedly repelling one of these and rescuing several JLA members that he finally came to the League’s attention. The Martian Manhunter made telepathic contact, and he became an honorary member of both the JLA and the Legion of Super Pets.)
okay, insects can be weird. i bought my daughter glitterglue pens because she liked the look of them for crafts. she opened one when we got home and a bit later, a ladybug flew over and started eating the glue. by that time, i grabbed the glue and put a bit on paper to see what would happen. it finished it's meal and flew over to me to have seconds. so, this glitterglue was 'like crack' for this ladybug lol my husband and i were going to make dinner, and we'd just rinsed off a knife and put it on the counter. it had a little bubble of water on it and looked kinda cool. a spider came out from under the drying rack and ran straight for the bubble of water. it was interesting watching this little spider drink. when it was done, it went back under the drying rack.
Who cares if people like clean beauty. It’s not bull shit. It’s not hurting anyone. I agree that a lot of chemical ingredients are safe but what’s the problem with going with more natural stuff and leaving most of the chemicals out. We could all do with less chemicals in our lives.
But that’s the issue. Even the use of the word ‘chemical’ as if it’s a bad thing. Everything is a chemical. Clean beauty, with all due respect, is mostly bullshit. It relies on outdated and incorrect information that’s not based in science and does more harm than good by making people believe cosmetics they have easy and affordable access to are ‘dirty’ or filled with ‘toxic chemicals’ when in reality, natural ingreidnats are more likely to irritate your skin. Clean beauty pushes outdated and non-evidence backed claims like, chemicals enter our blood stream, chemical sunscreens are bad, parabens cause cancer. When in reality none of this is accurate. But because the media and these brands use these incorrect ideas to sell their products through fear, many people out there believe this is science fact. When it’s not. So I will have to disagree and say it’s hurting people and it is in fact a load of bull shit
Water is a chemical. It's frankly a dangerous trend to demonise more complex scientific formulas while hyping up all things natural. Just because an ingredient exists in nature does not equal safe or better. But it does play into anti science propaganda we're witnessing nowadays. Clean beauty means nothing but adds negative connotations to the "chemical" products.
Water = H2O…chemical. Everything is a chemical, so they need to be more clear in the definition of “chemical”. Know what you’re saying, though 💜
Just because something is found in nature, doesn't mean that it's safe. There are plenty of plants and naturally occurring elements that can make you sick, or even k!ll you.
It's the issue when it is a claim made in an unregulated field with no proven benefits for the health, environment or Idk fair trade, to boost up the sales. False marketing is illegal and this is a grey area that needs regulation. Otherwise is fine. Produce your own organic plant and eat it or apply anywhere you want if it's your thing.
The reviewer not knowing that kryptonite is Superman’s weakness, and not something he is attracted to truly bothers me every time I hear something about the story.
lol was about to comment the same thing!
😂😂 this bothered so many people
@@JamesWelshI’m glad it wasn’t just me! 😅
THIS!!!!!
I can see why reports turned it into "cr@" instead but honestly that's just trash reporting anyway because it's not what the reviewer claimed
apparently Pamela Anderson stopped wearing makeup because her makeup artist passed away a few years ago and she just never felt the same getting her makeup done by someone else. so kind of as an homage she just stopped wearing makeup
Yeah I came here to say this. Very sad but genuine reason and definitely not PR.
That’s kinda sweet.
Pamela is my cohort, she's always been a beauty. I wish her all the best with her new business venture. Go girl!
Lol and you really believe this???
@@KGG2 who would use someone’s death as a pr stunt ?? i don’t believe her to be so money hungry
Good on them for taking a step towards banning greenwashing which is basically a loophole for just doing false advertising.
Exactly 😊it's a shame that anything can be labeled" all natural "in the usa & we have to beg companies 4 a fragrance free version of everything.
Had a spider chase me once. Had nothing to with cream I applied, but had everything to do with the fact that I live in Australia.
Omg this comment right here 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The spider thing is so real. One chased me down on the street and begged me to tell her what I was wearing. Big compliment getter. Highly recommended.
If that cream was “kryptonite” to spiders wouldn’t it repel or weaken them?
That’s what I was thinking… clearly, the poster has never seen Superman 😂
Exactly what I was going to say!
Thank you!
Yeah 😂
yep someone didn't google what kryptonite was!
its so true my friends cousin used that bumbum cream and it attracted a spider! they have been married 6 years and have two beautiful spider babbies now.
😂😂
The Sol de Janeiro thing was crazy. I saw it start on the the Sephora Subreddit, and people generally knew it was a joke. It took me five minutes of research to find the review and see that they had made an almost word for word identical review on another random item on Sephora in March 2023. They were obviously just trolling, maybe even trying to get viral by repeating the same outlandish review half a year later. Someone on the Ulta Subreddit said they threw out all their Sol de Janeiro items and were told they wasted all their products for no reason because the spider review was a joke.
lmao, I saw the sephora subreddit comment, I didn't see the ulta one! That's hilarious. I mostly hide over on the AB sub because the fearmongering and overreactions on the other skincare subs tests my patience.
Nice investigative work!!!
"kryptonite" for wolf spiders would mean that the spider hates and is killed by it. So stupid, though.
I think they got it confused with catnip
@@phoenixfritzinger9185haha
Honestly as a women in my 50s, like Pamela Anderson, I’m happy to see a celebrity rocking a real natural look complete with some wrinkles….I’m interested to see if they actually market this line to mature women or like every other brand, use young women, with zero wrinkles and say they’re “mature”…it’s so frustrating
She’s had numerous facelifts tho and eye bleph’s. Nose jobs… and so on
You've got to feel for Pamela Anderson, she can't do anything without being criticised for how she looks and what she does.
@skulltaylor1616 She also advocates for freeing Assange. Both by helping his family and by using her voice in MSM. Her facelifts and other stuff matter shit.
@@skulltaylor1616 she had those in her younger years
@@charisma-hornum-fries When I se MSM I think of sulphur. 😅
When I used a certain fake tan I would get stung by a wasp or a bee, happened like 5 times I thought maybe it’s the tan until I had a think about it maybe it’s because I wear tan in the summer, I’m more likely to be showing more skin and I’m outside more so it’s more likely to encounter a bee, though I wonder if it’s freshly applied moisture maybe the spiders just gets stuck and bites because it can’t get away 🙈 I got a huge wasp stuck in my arm I guess my freshly applied tan was sticky!
random fact about fragrance and bees: isoamyl acetate is the compound bees use to provoke each other to sting in presence of a threat. It’s also a primary part of banana scented products (can be used in other fruit scents as well)! this can mean two things: one, bees have a higher chance of getting mad at you if you are using a banana scented or based product and two, an angry beehive will sometimes smell like bananas. 😛
I've been all over the place, different countries, camping and whatever else all my life's summers long. Never once been stung by a wasp or bee or bitten by a spider.
You should probably wash off the fresh tan before going outside next summer and see if you get stung less lmao
Spiders/Tarantulas are my passion, i own Tarantulas, jumping spiders & also a Giant House Spider. When they run at you it's because they're looking to hide in a dark place & your shadow is the perfect hiding spot to them. They don't run at you to attack you.
Truly one of the most misunderstood types of animal on the planet!
Spiders are cuteand also beautiful
Most of my Ts run AWAY when they see me haha
not to mention they can’t smell, right?
@@meganmacabre they've got special sensory organs on their legs that they taste with & i think smell with, to an extent, but i don't think it's as advanced as we can smell. I think it's more just for finding water & a mate. I could be totally wrong here though. It's something I've never thought of, but now I'm intrigued & off to do some research lol!🤣
This reminds me of something that happened over the summer.
My favorite brand, Kikiz Cosmeticz, kept having one person leave reviews on her products, saying the lip gloss she got had poop in it and rating it 1 star. She left several of these poop reviews on every product Kikiz Cosmeticz currently had on their website. So she had to change the way her review system works. Someone needs to teach their kids leaving fake reviews is messed up😂
That's not even how kryptonite works! If the body butter was Kryptonite to wolf spiders, the spiders would lose their powers and become very weak in the presence of it. They wouldn't be chasing it. Gosh.
This is how we know a child wrote the review. Didn’t grow up with Superman
I'm honestly a bit disappointed it doesn't attract wolf spiders. I love little wolfies. They're adorable. I remember last summer seeing a small on on the road, right at the edge of the grass, just chilling in the moon light. I was so excited I stopped to look at it for a couple min (I really wanted to pet it but I know better than to pet wild animals. 😆) I sometimes get them on my front porch (as well as many other spiders. The stray cats have been keeping most of them away this yr but many spiders nest underneath amd around it and there have been nights my front porch will be covered in a couple thousand spiders of various species.)
I actually really like retinol Bakuchiol combo. Bakuchiol is a lot more gentle and makes up for the lower percentage of retinol in the product. I also find I can use it way more frequently than a pure retinol product.
Yayy you're back!! I've been re-binging your "when beauty turns ugly" series these 2 weeks :) Also just when I am about to turn 30 they decide to limit retinol?😅Let's hope this "ban" doesn't extend to India 🙏
Sorry I'm late, Robert rudely had a live when you uploaded.
buahahhaaaaaaaaaa:))))))))))
I don't think we should blame spiders for not knowing how kryptonite works 🤣
Even in the US Retinols/ Vitamin A are regulated but in different categories based on the percentages, the higher the percentage the more likely you need to get a prescription from your doctor. Alpha Arbutin isn't regulated the precursor to hydroquinone which is. It interesting that they are regulating Kojic acid. As for Green Washing it started in Cleaning products and then it started to move into beauty and Skin care here sectors. I guess you could say hybrid and electric car along with MPG cars were marketed as "Greener" options but it's more about regulation and incentives for those types cars here in the US.
Exactly
I understand why the EU is limiting retinal for the concerns over overuse, but I don’t think they should legislate just because someone might be over using something. It’s being very overly cautious. And I am far too paranoid to trust the certification for what is considered green. It’s probably just my trust issues talking though. I guess we’ll see how well it works when it’s fully implemented.
the thing is: the regulation serves to protect people that do not know better. basically: cosmetics you can get over the counter should be useable by everybody without them having to know exactly how and how often to use it.
You can get higher percentages either by buying cosmetic ingredients to make your own cosmetics, or by getting a prescription by a dermatologist, which may not be covered by the health care system, but you still can get it this way. Since it is a so callled "privately paid" prescription you can get it even via those tele prescription services. So it mostly gets down to anybody wanting a higher percentage needing to show they talked to somebody who told them how to properly use it for their skin.
I’m not sure if I read it wrong, but I saw something about retinol being linked to loss in bone density and osteoporosis when used in high pourcentage for a long period of time.. 😅
@@pantherhealingI mean any high percentage can cause harm.
Americans can use a very high dose of whitening stuff, the Uk and EU cannot (or it’s not really ideal).
@@abigray8585 yeah I think the EU bannes a lot of stuff in general. It’s not that whatever they banne will kill you asap and other continent who don’t follow are trying to necessarily harm us, but more of a « let’s not risk it ». 🙃 also more and more children are using skincare so I guess it’s good that they regulate these active ingredients 🙌🏻
@@pantherhealingthe thing is: the EU has another approach to these things. basically you have to demonstrate your product/ingredient is safe to be allowed to sell it. Not the EU having to show it is not safe.
The percentages allowed are the amount that producers and scuentific studies demonstrated that they are safe to use even for people with no education.
You can get higher percentages as prescription or with certain licenses still.
I disagree. Retinol IS effectively being banned because most people need to use a percentage over 0.3 to get sufficient results. I find it very misleading when people claim that it's not being banned. Yes, there are loop holes like switching to Tretinoin or Retinal, but effective high potency Retinol is banned.
Well considering up until 2020 we could run to any pharmacy and get 0.05 or 0.1% tretinoin but now I got to a dermatologist in hopes that I’d be able to get a prescription tube of the same stuff I was able to get without prescription half a year ago (still in 2020) only to be told it’s not available at all anymore … like it’s not made or imported in the country anymore.
I’m sure they definitely want to completely wipe any remaining functional forms of vit A entirely. Nobody can convince me otherwise.
I will just buy my products from another not EU country like the retinol serum from trinity London (english bramd). Just like I buy Korean products from Asian online markets.
@@binarytrash there is not real benefit to wiping it off the market entirely. The reason it's not being imported is because it isn't profitable enough to do so for the small amount of people just accessing through prescription and with it being a recent change there probably also isn't as many brands approved to sell it as a medicine marketing the ingredient.
@@binarytrashmine was confiscated I bought from Amazon USA site
@@Nicole-yw4vqcustoms confiscated mine.
"green" and "clean beauty" gives me the ick. like that is the best way to turn off educated consumers. unfortunately, many people arent educated lmao. anyway, as someone who is actively studying to be either a dermatologist or cosmetic chemist, yea, clean beauty is just ghsjhgsjfhgeahjfgdagfhdaghjdagfjdhagfgdgjha
I was really sad the spider lotion turned out to be fake. I love invertebrate macro photography and I was hoping the cream could help me get started on a collection of photos of bugs you commonly find in the home without having to hunt them down and bother them. I guess it’s true that if something sounds too good to be true it probably isn’t.
Happy Sunday James! I can always count on you to bring clarity to the utter craziness that is marketing and influencer claims. You are so refreshing.
Oh and I refuse to even give a moment of time to the whole f’ing spider fiasco. Just stop it people.
I believe I also read that Pamela Anderson cut back/stopped wear makeup because her makeup artist (for years) passed away. That kinda helped push her to stop wearing it and reflect on why she was wearing it. I don't think it was a publicity stunt either.
finally someone that's talking about the Retinol Ban
Also, don’t spiders do little dances when they want to mate? I don’t think they chase 😂
They do a happy dance when you feed them.😊
I love watching the jumping spiders in my garden, they have various leg-lifting dances.
Johnny and Kevin were freaking hilarious reviewing the spider craze 😂
In the Netherlands i can buy products with retinol and retinal online but not with tretinoin. It is only available with permission from your GP. It can really change the skin structure and something that can reach so deep into the skin is seen as medicine. General practitioners do not prescribe tretinoin 'just like that'.
Love your channel, content and all advice on beauty. Keep up the great work and also love your accent and voice.
What I couldn't establish from the EU regulations on retinol is whether this also covers Tretinoin? I purchase my tretinoin from Spain currently (based in the UK) as its stronger over the counter.
Great channel! Super good research, as always.
yay James is back! Reddit really do be competing with twitter for The most incredulous & Extra mfs on the internet, I swear.
Also wtf EU? Those are some really low retinol percentages. I hope the market share doesn't impact availability of higher percentages in the US. It's already hard enough to find non-beginner retinols...
Love your informative videos 🫶 Thank you for making them!
Hi James! 🖤 would you mind doing a video about fine lines under the eyes / wrinkles under the eyes? I’m 24 and idk if it’s because I’m tired but man they will not go away 😭
Sleep on your back
@@06KK really? Just that would help…? I sleep on my back half of the night, but I’m a toss/turner lol
James, I wanted to thank you for inspiring me to start a regular skincare routine. It's only been a week and I'm already getting compliments. I'm also enjoying the process, even though it's just a three/four step routine (wash, vitamin serum [vitamin c, e, b, and niacinamide], retinol [every other night until I get used to it] and moisturizer). I tried adding a toner a couple days ago, but it made me itch (nothing more than itching, thankfully) so I'll probably give it away
I’ve just finished a long shift at work, what a treat James
James have you ever tried/reviewed STRATIA ? obsessed with Liquid gold (called Lipid gold now I guess?) and couldn't find it on your channel - every time I stop using it I miss it and order it again. works so well and great "user experience" - I generally have to be fragrance free but it has a DIVINE natural scent (from sea buckthorn I think). I use it like a serum under another moisturizer because I'm dry. Interested in ordering their other products
I pretty much use Stratia' s products exclusively. You really should try their Interface moisturizer, which is a peptide based cream. I also recommend their Rewind Serum. Oh, and their Velvet Cleansing Milk is amazing as well! I love it all. Especially the prices!
I started going makeup-free during the pandemic, and realized how much I enjoyed it. I was raised by a mother who refused to even get gas without a full beat, and I was exactly the same. But going out bare faced DOES feel vulnerable & honestly freeing, after years of being scared to be seen that way. Now I wear makeup when I feel like it, as opposed to wearing because I feel ugly without it. I can totally believe that Pamela Anderson’s makeup-free journey was similar & authentic.
kryptonite doesnt attract superman, it weakens him. it takes away his abilities.
We see that in Bernie Sanders whenever Biden gets too close. Bernie simply forgets everything he ever fought for and gets extremely bendable. 😂😅😂
Happy Sunday James, have a wonderful rest day! 💜
Hi James! With retinol being a derivative of vitamin A, can it be said that vitamin A could be added to your daily vitamin intake in order to improve skin from the inside out?
Thanks 😊
James! Marina Abramovíc has come out with a skincare line which has really rocked the art world. I appreciate it from a conceptual perspective, let the woman make her coins, but I'd love it if you reviewed it or dug a bit deeper into the products and their claims though be warned! It does feel like a ✨clean✨ skincare type of vibe.
200 euro's for a face cream and then here telling us that we're all addicted to having new things🤡
It HAS to be a new art performance
honestly being prescribed differin and struggling starting it under supervision (!!!) made me question it being OTC overseas. that being said the retinol restrictions 👀
While we can find OTC tretinoin on the black market in the EU, we will find retinol as well
Black market isn’t known for being safe, you could die trying to find your favourite product.
@@abigray8585 They don't literally mean the black market. There is a legit website that sells tretinoin imported from India and they ship from within the EU
What's crazy about the spider thing is I *have* been mimicked by a recluse before in my house lol. For whatever reason it didnt want me past it, so if I moved right, it would move to my right to "block" me and did this for minutes with me freaking out trying to figure out what to do...
This was years ago, so very unrelated to anything skincare, but they can behave that way and follow you around. Its really freakin odd LOL.
Thank you, as always, James.
Lovely, informative video- as usual! ❤
James! I’d love to see a video of you doing skincare routines from start to finish at different price levels. Skin care can be so confusing and with so many products out there, I’d love to see your recommendations and how to use them from start to finish 🙂 it would also be nice to see different price points of products used for the same routine. 🫶🏻
Hello. Good Afternoon James 💜 Happy Sunday 💜
Redefining green. Pretty cool I think.
Well my retinal and adapalene are not so I am fine.
Also you can in the same EU order whatever online for third country you just won't be able to purchase it in your drugstore, pharmacy or whatever store ypu were buying it without the prescription.
They also banned titanium dioxide last year (not frot the sunscreens but it was common conservation ingredient in many pills)
Wolf spiders are absolutely a menace if you live in an area like I do where they are native. Yes, they will chase you around the room and they are huge. Had this happen in my home years ago. But it’s absolutely absurd to think they are attracted in any way to skin cream or beauty product. Typically, they go into your home to seek shelter because their previous home (shrub, landscaping) was disturbed in some way.
Grandissimo James!😉😘..Unico e simpaticissimo ! ..Ma tu, a parte tutte queste eveventuali restrizioni sui retinoidi, vorrei chiederti: .. ami il retinolo o derivati?..o preferisci altri attivi e componenti ..nei sieri in particolare? ..Ciao ..Grazie mille!😘🌷💖⭐
‘These VISCIOUS rumours…’ 😂
I know a good troll when I see one.. that spider story was hilarious tbh
as a spider, I can't stand that Bom Bom. Returned it to Ulta right away!
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I have the samples and didn’t like the smell …my house has tons of spiders and they showed no interest in it either 😂
Actually this is the maximum % allowed here in Brazil. I think it's a good thing, because a lot of people don't have access to information that has quality and reliability
Ok so… I’ve been using that body butter and have encountered two spiders in my bed. Never had them before so like… 🤣
I am confused, so if they think there is a safety risk then what about tretinoin? im using that 5 times a week
You make me laugh so much! We have the biggest spiders here in Australia without the cream LOL
Love this beauty news! Thanks so much for making these. Genuinely appreciated 🤍
The spider cream thing is one i can actually vouch for. I got two free samples from either Mecca or sephora, and yea they definitely attract at least one if they're around. Its odd, but I can't say it's a lie sadly.
I tried retinol creams several times but even those at 0.3% irritate and burn my skin :( even when I try to use it progressively it just does not work and leaves my skin breaking out and irritated for days if not weeks. Anyone else having the same experience as me with retinol?
I seen the sol review when it was first posted and brushed it off. I never thought that it would be a viral thing…lol. I have the body butter and spray. I can say that it doesn’t attract spiders but it does attract men👍🏽
I wish that celebrities would just go back to launching perfumes again. There were so many affordable, nice options back then.
Pamela Anderson is beautiful with and without makeup. Not sure I’ll purchase her products because I already have a good skin regimen
SDJ #59 is the only SDJ product that i actually like, because it’s the only one i can actually smell. i’m glad to know it’s kryptonite and not magnetic 😅
I put on retinol tonight and there was a spider right next to my pillow 😅
So, what are the UK online shops which sell Paula’s choice and deliver to EU, which you would recommend?
Alternatively, which physical stores in UK sell Paula’s choice you would recomment? (Because in the end, in the season the return flight ticket to London is like 20 euros…)
So if I buy my Korean skincare with retinol from yesstyle I wont have to worry about the retinol restrictions? Cause istg I hate having to switch products that I'm already used too
it's not illegal for you to own retinol products over the legal amount. that restriction is just for the companies.
After trying the new Sol de Janeiro lotion, I haven't noticed any spiders 😂. The scent, however, isn't for me. It reminds me of Estee Lauder Sensuous perfume from the early 2000s, and gives me a massive headache 😢. It's a great formula though.
I just put Retinol on my face before starting the video 😂
Glad you are back. Why are people upset with Pamela Anderson?
Ah, just got to it
Because she has the nerve to try to convince women with less money than her to ditch their makeup and buy her expensive skin products so they too can be “beautiful and free.” She knows we will never look as good as she does without makeup, but she knows some people don’t know that. That’s what celebrities like her and the Kardashians do- they act a part to sell you things. Her beauty comes from her money, but she’s trying to tell us it comes from her skincare… She’s had more work done than most people in Hollywood for f***s sake.
Kryptonit.... That would be a thing one avoid right? Not attract...
James, you look gorgeous! 😍
I live in Eastern Europe anddd thats not happening here... Not sure for "what" Europe this aplies 🤷♀️.
So happy they’re being more strict about green washing! I hate all the misleading nonsense brands put on their packaging. It’s disgusting!
What’s the difference between retinol and tretinoin
Nooooo. Not the retinol 🥲
how do i use retinol correctly? i'm breaking out a bit
They need to do the same thing for "clean"...
It’s complete bullshit yes sometimes it works but that doesn’t mean it’s because it’s “clean” honestly why would you scare people of other products when it own product is great
Do a video on Grande Lash! They were filed a lawsuit because of the side effects from the ingredient that is in the formula!
Excerpt from coslaw “Furthermore, the SCCS identified maximum safe limits for the use of Vitamin A in cosmetic products. Consequently, the European Commission transposed them into the new draft regulation. The restrictions concern the following forms of Vitamin A: Retinol, Retinyl Acetate, and Retinyl Palmitate.”
So retinaldehyde should be fine.
Ahh I’m here early !! Love your videos I don’t really comment but 😊have a nice day everyone who sees this
THERE YOU ARE🥰
I've never seen a fresh drop before. Glad I clicked
Is retinal free from restriction?
As a European I don't think ''banning retinol'' is being too causios because here are some teenagers who are starting to use retinol as a anti-aging product and are overdosing it and burning/ruining their skin barrier or even their skin.
As an American with very strong British ties, I must say I am extraordinarily proud of what parliament is doing with the green washing laws. Many other countries, including the United States need to take a page out of Britain’s new approach having better and safe products for not only people, but the environment as well.
Im from the UK so it's good we don't have those strict EU rules, but then again do we just establish our own rules, or do we copy the EU or US?
Hahaha, spiders coming out to make a move on you. Thank you James ❤
I don’t understand this whole “it’s like kryptonite to…” saying?!? Kryptonite was the one thing lethal to Superman….why would wolf spiders (or any spiders, for that matter) go full force toward something that will kill them?
I’ve recently heard the saying used in other contexts as well. Am I missing something?
Who would make up spider stories? lol... the competition. I tried their roll on fragrance and I love it.
Brands need to start sueing people
When Supes was briefly exposed to Kryptonite, before it fell away from him into the nuclear waste pit he was standing beside, a tiny wolf spider, irradiated by both the nuclear waste and the Kryptonite, chose that moment to chomp on his hand. (This is the pre-Crisis-On-Infinite-Earths Superman, by the way, with the dizzying array of incidental powers, like Super-Ventriloqism.) The momentary vulnerability allowing the spider to break the skin and pull a drop of Kryptonian blood. The already mutagenically changed spider began to absorb the solar supercharged blood cells, and but held onto the Man of Steel as he began to fly away (Clark was unaffected by the spider bite, actually healing before he even left the ground).
The spider’s mutation rapidly adapted to the Kryptonian physiology. It’s super-spider brain gained approximately human-level intelligence, as Superman returned to the Justice League satellite. The spider observed the comings and goings of the various heroes, and eventually decided to try its hand (leg?) at using its powers to be a hero (it had gained numerous other powers: invulnerability, flight, super-strength, the whole host of vision powers, as well as Super-Webbing). It escaped the satellite by hitching a ride with the Flash using a teleporter to beam down to Central City.
After a few months of being a moderately effective hero, but without any recognition because he was still a tiny wolf spider and people failed to notice who their mysterious benefactor was, SuperSpider decided to retire from active hero life, making his way back to the JLA satellite to live out his days and guarding his new home from occasional super-villain attacks. (It was after singlehandedly repelling one of these and rescuing several JLA members that he finally came to the League’s attention. The Martian Manhunter made telepathic contact, and he became an honorary member of both the JLA and the Legion of Super Pets.)
I love this. Runnnn, a spider wants my face cream😂😂😂😂 🕷. .
okay, insects can be weird.
i bought my daughter glitterglue pens because she liked the look of them for crafts. she opened one when we got home and a bit later, a ladybug flew over and started eating the glue. by that time, i grabbed the glue and put a bit on paper to see what would happen. it finished it's meal and flew over to me to have seconds.
so, this glitterglue was 'like crack' for this ladybug lol
my husband and i were going to make dinner, and we'd just rinsed off a knife and put it on the counter. it had a little bubble of water on it and looked kinda cool. a spider came out from under the drying rack and ran straight for the bubble of water. it was interesting watching this little spider drink. when it was done, it went back under the drying rack.
I heard lady bugs bring good luck, so congratulations.
I tried buying from the USA. It was confiscated by customs