🧴 Week 4: Skincare

Hi friends,

This week was all about skincare.

In case you missed it - my friend Jesse and I are embarking on a 90 day Blueprint challenge (learn more here) where we eat all BP meals, workout 7 days/week, and aim to get 100% sleep performance.

Here’s what we did this week and obstacles we faced & overcame.

☝🏽What We Did

This week I walked Jesse through the Blueprint skincare routine and we went back to the basics.

Here are the core daily products we used [listed on BP website]:

• Face wash

• Cerave am face

• Cerave body

• Cerave pm face

• Tretinoin .1%

• UVA+B mineral sunscreen

We split the skincare protocol into morning and evening routines:

☀️ Morning Routine

• Wash with just water

• Cerave am face

• Cerave body [if coming out of shower]

• UVA+B mineral sunscreen [if planning to go outside for more than 5 minutes]

For evening, here’s what we did:

🌙 Evening Routine

• Face wash

• Cerave pm face

• Cerave body [if coming out of shower]

• Tretinoin .1% [started Jesse off with adapalene]

Some other things we experimented with:

• Sauna - to increase circulation & create a natural '“glow”

• Microneedling [at home] - I used Banish, for acne scars on my jawline

  
  

🏔️ Obstacles We Faced & Overcame

• Skincare perceived at “girly” - Jesse has never done skincare in his life, and doesn’t have any men in his life who have either. There was concern for a moment that skincare and makeup were the same thing (which, for the record, they are not 😆 ). Once we focused on the fact that skin is the largest organ in the body and it deserves love and attention too (just like our brain, gut, heart, etc) then we were on the same page that skincare is worth a try.

• It’s too complicated - 3 or 4 steps in the morning and evening feels like not that much to me (compared to say my 12 step Korean skin care days), but for Jesse it was like I was asking him to make a three course meal. We overcame this by taking the pressure off. “Let’s try this thing - and if we forget a product or two it’s no big deal.” The goal is just to head in the direction of tending to our skin.

• How do I do this everyday? - It’s a habit like any other, and as Jesse explained this new habit felt a bit weird and awkward at first. But just like brushing our teeth, a little bit of focus on our skin every day goes a long way and becomes a natural part of our daily routine. So far we’ve both kept up with it!

Overall, Tretinoin has been the single product that has most helped my skin - mainly by eliminating acne and smoothing out my skin texture.

Besides that consistently great sleep, saunas, as well as diet and exercise have contributed greatly to rejuvenating my skin as well.

Do you have a skincare regimen you swear by? I’d love to know.

With care,
Sierra

🎬 My Latest Videos

💊 I Tried Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint for 90 Days [Day 15-21]. This week was all about sleep, which is our #1 priority for this challenge and (surprisingly) the hardest part for both of us. We tackle the issues straight on in a funny way here.

💥 Atomic Wins

What small change did you make this week to improve your health?

I’m calling these small but mighty moves ‘atomic wins.’ I’d love to know your atomic win this week (e.g. eating veggies, taking a walk). I’ll be giving a celebratory shout out to three people at the end of the next video episode, and I’d love for it to be you :)

Please share your atomic win here:
https://forms.gle/isEgiVJiZ9KxbnYv5

Thank you!