TikTokers Are Shameless Liars, More Dodgy Doctors & Greasy Skincare Girlies - Worst Of Beauty Tiktok

[@Snigelkrantz]

Went on a blind date once. Turned out the other person was over 60% water. 🤬

[@feliciasjoberg9886]

*in Raymond Holt voice*: That is amazingly funny

[@imfinereally]

😂😂😂

[@kszoknyik]

OMG HORRIBLE 😂😂😂

[@wassermelonification]

I can help you with the analogy for the surgeon not knowing sh*t about skincare: I'm a trained pianist as such I can call myself musician. My bf is a trained trombone player as such he calls himself a musician. I don't know sh*t about trombones, neither does he about pianos

[@oOVanillaMelOo]

This is such a great analogy! Often since a lot of people don't understand most science fields, they just group them all together and if you are in any science field you are thought to know about all of them. But Noooooo!! I study biology and the first thing I realized is that even within the umbrella of biology, there is sooooo many people that are specialized and do not know much about the other fields. A microbiologist will not be able to give you much answers on plant biology and even within the microbiology sphere, they could still know only about one specific specie. Science is an behemoth of knowledge and nobody can know all of it. All of that to say that your analogy with musical instruments is perfect to help people understand this!

[@tf8187]

Great analogy. Well explained.

[@squash6497]

True, but ANY doctor should have a basic grasp of organic chemistry that can't be debunked by someone who last saw a chemical equation in grade 12. Piano and Trombone are different instruments, but neither of you is going on the internet saying no symphony should have a minor chord because they're ✨toxic✨

[@christinanichols-cooley5264]

@@squash6497 I’m a doctor (psychologist) and I guarantee that you don’t want me doing your brain surgery, or telling you anything about the latest sunscreen studies 😂

[@wassermelonification]

​@@squash6497 The point of analogy is not to take it literally I think. I've never said my profession has the same consequences for public safety. P.S. Also knowing one minor chord (or having a basic knowledge of how harmony works) wouldn't make you a composer for an entire symphony pretty much like knowing one chemical equation (or having a basic understanding of chemical reactions) wouldn't make you a chemist for an entire formula of a product.

[@minohki]

I’m not gonna buy wine, or soda, or chicken stock, anymore! You’re basically just paying for water!

[@JamesWelsh]

Omg 😂😂😂

[@swolerabbit]

my thing is that girlie clearly didn’t need an mlm, she needed to drink the water she was complaining about? like girl it’s not your mlm oil, you’re fucking dehydrated? 😭😂😂

[@minohki]

@@swolerabbit 😂

[@TheInkPages]

There's water in my water! I want a refund! lol.

[@BinaBecker]

The funny part is, the same people who are just suddenly refusing to pay for water...are probably buying expensive bottled water that's just tap water with a label.

[@nightporter2023]

Someone tell her that many fruits and vegetables are mostly water as well. An apple is 86% water

[@ChrystalVanDusseldorp]

Don't tell her that cucumbers are 96% water! 😂

[@jodimyers410]

@@ChrystalVanDusseldorpliterally came to say the same thing!!! 😂😂😂

[@jodimyers410]

@@ChrystalVanDusseldorpand can’t forget tomatoes either! 🤦🏻‍♀️😅🤣

[@maryeckel9682]

Watermelon! Cucumber!

[@annid5984]

She herself is 70% water. What is she going to do about that? 🤔

[@Danisuzette]

I am still having a full on fight with a tiktoker . I'm 6 months off a 2 year cancer battle (I won) and they told me and keep telling me that my cancer WILL come back if I keep using sunscreen. 🤬

[@108ladylena]

What the f***!?

[@108ladylena]

And congratulations on winning of course!

[@Danisuzette]

@@108ladylena right? I'm still so sensitive to sun and heat that I have to wear it under my clothes because my skin will literally melt into my clothes (that was unpleasant) and thanks for the congrats

[@27alelin]

On. My. God. This reminds me of one of the MLM huns saying their essential oils “cured” her son’s autism and how traditional beauty/skin products (e.g. sunscreen) cause disease. Blaming and belittling an actual cancer patient?!?! Wtf is wrong with them 😑😑😑 Also proud of you for kicking cancer’s ass 😌😌

[@corrinsheart]

⁠@@DanisuzetteMELT INTO YOUR CLOTHES?! Send them example pics of it and tell them to stfu because holy-

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Asking a plastic surgeon about your skincare routine is like asking a car mechanic about your broken oven.

[@corrinsheart]

Facts, either it was my my dad who is a semi mechanic mainly(also works on standard vehicles and farm equipment) or my grandfather who did the same thing(except the semi truck part, instead he worked on planes in the military I think) that put in our bath/shower faucet and now you have to f-ck with it for 5mins to just take a shower. Moral of that long ass story, get a plumber or someone who knows what they’re doing or isn’t drunk. 😅

[@shannon701]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@samanthadelgado494]

“She either had an affair with her dad or she’s lying.” I legit choked on my lunch from laughter from that.

[@daisymoo100]

😂😂

[@kiyotan1048]

me but with my breakfast 😭😭 james' humor while spitting straight facts is something i'll always love

[@Keshlynne]

I choked on my chicken. Too funny!

[@helenamcauley3135]

​@@Keshlynne U choked Ur chicken!!!😮😮😮

[@jenniferjohnson5821]

Me too!😂😂

[@chloedeboer1903]

Doctors making these kind of statements on sunscreen need to be fined or have their licence removed, you would think it goes against the oath they took. Pisses me off no end.

[@jamesnylan]

The oath is basically rubbish at the point; and most doctors are sadly only in it for the payday. I have a friend who was kicked out of several doctor's offices, and the illness was dismissed as "anxiety". This person was almost gone from Sepsis. They had one foot in the grave. It was the closest call.

[@simplifykelsey]

@@jamesnylan I'm sorry about your friend. Theres a lot of "bad" doctors but i don't think it's fair to say most just care about the money. These people dedicate a huge portion of their lives to study medicine and at least in my country they don't make nearly as much as they should. I will always respect any career that actively helps society. There's bad people in every single career.

[@cniknik9863]

​@simplifykelsey thank you

[@thebabythesavage]

@@simplifykelsey People have a hard time with that kind of nuance because of survivorship bias, I think. I’ve been the victim of medical abuse and I’ve also been taught to advocate for myself from the example of some wonderful physicians who have cared for and worked with me, but if I only had the first experience, I’m going to have a pretty strong negative bias. Folks also have no idea how the healthcare system works here in the States, it’s the dang insurance companies and political lobbying that make it complicated- but insurance carriers aren’t out there posting BS. They have PR and legal departments 🤣

[@sannik2634]

@@simplifykelsey I think a lot of it also has to do with not having enough resources. Where I live doctors have insane work loads, and when they don't have enough time per patient, and are constantly overworked and tired, mistakes happen. Sometimes those mistakes can be dangerous to patients. It benefits everyone when doctors get adequate pay and rest and are able to focus on their jobs. That being said, every single profession has people who are good at it and people who are bad at it, not trying to dismiss anyone's bad experiences, I know I've had some that left me feeling less than confident in the doctor I visited.

[@sylmaerie]

SKINCARE THAT CONTAINS WATER? That’s what the girlies are hating on now?? that’s wild 😭

[@coffee_2234]

Facts it wild a statement

[@Crystal0139]

INSANE 🤦‍♀️

[@27alelin]

Wait till they realise that the human body contains water 💀

[@mr.bingusthecat]

@@27alelin​​⁠ RIGHT! when she was like: ‘if one of the first ingredients is water, it means 70 something percent of your product is water’ but like the human bodies is around 60% water… dawg that’s one of OUR top ingredients??

[@swolerabbit]

we finally did truly land on “water IS a chemical omg!” i fear

[@jaqsre]

“reply SKIN for details” oh so it’s an mlm? that’s mlm coded 😭 edit: lmaoo knew it.

[@superbowl2298]

I caught that too!

[@_IH_]

My first thought exactly! 😂😂

[@victorian298]

i got suspicious when James said she got product to sell then saw this comment…smh…why am I not surprised…

[@creativefierce]

The "reply WORD" to get details just triggers an automatic message in Instagram. :) All kinds of businesses use them, not all are shady.

[@emneeson3419]

Yep. James mentioned that in the video

[@tsktsklookslikerain4578]

I KNEW IT! That first woman is an MLM shill! With Monat sinking, so many girlies have been jumping ship to otp and the misinformation is UNREAL

[@Pupura.rt2005]

i was just about to comment about that too!

[@gameplaygirl3268]

As soon as she said comment x below, knew straight away.

[@KitschyBitsch]

Whenever they use acronyms it’s always an MLM

[@lolamurder1882]

Yep. If you have to comment to find out what product it is, it's an MLM.

[@DarkVeracity]

Like straight to jail ​@@gameplaygirl3268

[@user-vi9vf2bu4q]

“there is a way to do your own research” YES i studied biology (undergrad and grad school) and so much of class was spent teaching us how to find reliable sources, how to read research articles, how to look for bias, etc etc. statistics can be used to influence people in weird directions as well! it can be so catchy to say things like “oh wow products with water have 70% water”. if it feels funky it’s ok to question it! i wish everyone learned how to do proper research in grade school, would make the internet so much better.

[@sarahg2653]

Yes. I wish I had this knowledge.

[@JBUHJBUH]

Everyone used to groan about it (because it was a compulsory course regardless of your major) but this was a big part of what I taught in academic language - correct referencing first requires good references. Of course you can use Wikipedia and Google, but only as a starting point - not the whole source!

[@Grace-mb8tb]

As an Australian aka a country with the most skin cancer I was so shocked to see in recent yrs the discussion about how ‘toxic’ sunscreen is. If you haven’t experienced Aussie sun you don’t know what toxic is 😂 sunscreen works and is essential in summer and winter. Absolutely crazy how people talk about it

[@ShayLaLaLooHoo]

Yes! Winter too! People don't know that snow can reflect UV rays!

[@AgingStudent]

I had eye freckles! Nothing like the threat of eyeball cancer to make me pull out all the hats, umbrellas for the summer. I live in the Pacific Northwest in Western US. We are having scary heat domes that absolutly highlight the need for sunscreen....we used to only have 6 weeks of sun!

[@AllMusicalThings]

Aussie Ginger here! I've already had one skin cancer cut out of my arm. For the Love of God please use Sunscreen 🙏 ☀️

[@rachelleellehcar6589]

The USA is notorious for adding terrible chemicals to our food and products not allowed in other Countries.

[@cassidybrewer]

I’m not Australian, but I am from the Arizona Sonoran desert and that sun was super intense too. Sunscreen is essential!!

[@Laura-ln3or]

2:29 thats like saying a tea is 99.999% water....like are you just gonna chew on the teabag or on coffee grounds?

[@qutie424]

Not chewing the tea bag! 😂😂😂 but even your spit still has water content.

[@stephaniegrehan9084]

Better snort the tea leaves I guess

[@JaneDaly]

Omg this is perfect

[@jessiejnbaptiste3791]

😂😂😂

[@nyxie2877]

@@stephaniegrehan9084If you rub it on your gums and they go numb, that’s how you know it’s the good shit

[@ann18o96]

"In my opinion don't wear any makeup, it's probably better." Yeah as a programmer, in my opinion don't wear any clothes, because I got a rash once that was really bad and painful. I've concluded it must be the synthetic fibres fault, cause like they're made in a lab or something, and natural is always better, right? xD

[@ithalaine]

That’s why I exclusively cover myself with natural, foraged poison ivy, no synthetic devil fibers will touch this skin again. Oh my graphically blistered skin? That’s just toxins leaving my body hon! It’s called a detox, look it up, sweaty💅

[@galatea5455]

What he's really saying is, "don't wear sunscreen or makeup, come see me instead when your face is horribly aged from UV radiation; I'll fix you right up!😘" If he was a medical plastic surgeon I would think this was a seriously malicious way to drive up the number of people who will need reconstructive surgery after their skin cancer is cut out; it would be good for business.

[@p5ych0_w1tch]

​@@galatea5455i commented something very similar lol but you don't even need to go that far: - not wearing sunscreen ages your skin faster, which adds more insecurities for people to want to correct with like, facelifts, fillers, and botox... so, plastic surgery. - not wearing makeup, in a society that has increasingly more and more insane/unrealistic beauty standards, will help a person notice all the small things that can be perceived as imperfections, which through evil marketing turn into deeply rooted insecurities, which "only" plastic surgery can "fix"...

[@Marie-jz1qw]

The last video was so ridiculous, "I forgot my sunscreen but let me get out my huge bulk of shea butter, my bowl, my 2864 ingredients to COOK some" 🤦‍♀

[@syddlinden8966]

How is water not bioactive??? MLM out here acting like we're not 70% water 😂

[@hiitskaitlyn]

This scares me so much that these doctors make videos, because people will just blindly believe it- and even defend their info just because they’re a doctor. Scary stuff.

[@sallyenglish5929]

100%!!! as soon as someone says they’re a medical professional people blindly believe what they say.

[@harrietxo2310]

Imagine if Andrew Wakefield had a TikTok when he had his med licence 😭

[@grrbarking]

What scares me more is that they are PROFESSIONALS. And making these ridiculous statements. It makes me second guess every doctor and what they lie about to us as patients behind closed doors

[@PineappleQTpie]

A few decades from now we will know how horrible sunscreen is! Open your mind to listening to opposing opinions! My kids wear hats, uv protective rash guards and we avoid the sun from 10:30 to 4pm. We spend thousands of hours outside a year literally and never have had sunburn thanks to the Lord!

[@lolwut6635]

Literally Dr Oz

[@_DROM_]

As an Aussie, I get so angry every time I hear someone say "chemical sunscreens are terrible". The alternative is worse, mate. I might be an exception, but mineral sunscreens break me out bad

[@gabrielametodieva8360]

The only thing is agree is that chemical sunscreen can break people with sensitive skin out (eg rosacea). But I have rosacea and I’m perfectly fine with say Bondi sands and LRP face sunscreens (chemical). Just because it’s called “chemical” it doesn’t mean it’s toxic lol. If it doesn’t work on their skin fair enough, just get mineral sunscreen.

[@Kim-vt8yr]

These are the same girls and ‘influencers’ who use sun beds all the time too which is a main cause for skin cancer

[@talklikeahick2u877]

Where I live in the US it is landlocked. A few lakes and very rural. If someone at the lake started pulling out bags of crap and heating it up everyone would think they’re cooking meth😂

[@candacebarlow9296]

Also from the rural US and 100% people would think you were making meth

[@talklikeahick2u877]

@@candacebarlow9296 Right? It would be mayhem😆

[@sarahg2653]

Lmao. Yes. Esp in my state.

[@sadiejane610]

Im not even landlocked but people would still think you were making meth. Lmao.

[@selenawilson9085]

By the time she melted that stuff she already had a sunburn lol.

[@chillzen]

How ironic that the “doctor” said “you need to do your research” when he clearly hadn’t done his 😂

[@Aya-xc7su]

A LOT of doctors in my area (mid US) have gone full qanon or jumped on other conspiracy theories. They have so much money, have been so privileged their entire lives, and are so incredibly out of touch that they do/say anything they want and nobody has ever told them to shut up.

[@missmewness]

Good luck finding lotion without water as the first ingredient 😂

[@p5ych0_w1tch]

even the advertised product at like 5:37 actually has water (aqua) in the list of ingredients, just lower down lmao

[@amandak.4246]

i have lotion with aloe vera juice as the first ingredient. and it's from the drugstore. it's not impossible or even hard

[@missmewness]

@@amandak.4246 sounds like a rash for me 😆 I'm allergic

[@FirstAid_K1T]

​@@amandak.4246...girl, aloe vera is still mostly water

[@feedthepanda_92]

As an Australian, avoiding sunscreen is absolutely not an option.

[@StarShine-xb5gg]

I forgot my sunscreen but I decided to pack the things I will need to make "sunscreen" in case I forget my sunscreen at home 🥴

[@dismurrart6648]

Thank God she remembered the giant bowl

[@sebumpostmortem]

She was casually narasmithing😎

[@pinkestpeaches6302]

It’s almost a rule of the internet at this point but if something is being demonised THEY’RE TRYING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING. It’s a pitch! It’s never legit and always involves lying.

[@JelenaP991]

these people don't realize that plant extracts contain water too. If you look at new Korean labels, it is obvious that 100% extracts contains less that 10% of the actual plant. But I think many of us believed that misinformation at some point

[@maryeckel9682]

That's how they're extracted lol

[@222o-u3t]

@@maryeckel9682 yes that’s what the comment’s saying

[@Freetimeofyuni]

Tbh, Korean/ japanese toners/ essence are just water + glycerin. The ingredient lists may be long and complex but they are nearly non-exist. Just selling point

[@kyletirion6137]

‘She had an affair with her dad…’ I died and came back from the dead. That comment took me out🤣🤣.

[@harrietxo2310]

Resurrection realness

[@loganmorningstar9122]

We are singlehandedly keeping our local necromancers in business!/j

[@claireeyles7560]

As someone who has an actual cancer diagnosis (Marginal Zone Lymphoma, which is a type of Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma), and is currently on what is called a 'watchful waiting' program (essentially my cancer is Stage 4, but I'm currently fairly non symptomatic so they don't need to jump straight to treatment), I asked my haematologist a metric fuck tonne of questions when I was first diagnosed. Everything from diet, nutrition, supplements, food additives to avoid, ingredients in skin care, hair care, household cleaners, etc. His advice (and this is one of the top Professors in the field of my particular type of cancer) was basically just try and eat a balanced diet, get some exercise a few times a week if you can, work on reducing stress levels, try and get a good night's sleep, use common sense when it comes to things like Covid and other viral or infectious risks, wear sunscreen, and essentially don't get sucked in by fear mongering when the evidence just isn't there.

[@KarmatheCorgi]

Good luck in your fight.

[@claireeyles7560]

@@KarmatheCorgi Thank you.

[@jamesnylan]

I've even seen Chiropractors pretending to be medical doctors, who can write scripts. They go way out of line and give supposed "medical advice" about things that they have absolutely no knowledge of. The plastic surgeon you showed annoys me; and you are spot on about him being full of it with the sunscreen discussion. I dislike his videos every time they show up on my FYP. All of these "experts" should be on Quackwatch.

[@jodimyers410]

Have to agree. The amount of chiros who start out as naturopaths then later pair with plastic surgeons, cosmetic professionals, etc drives me mad.

[@galatea5455]

You should look up the founder of Chiropractics, Daniel David Palmer. He was without a doubt a quack, and it perfectly explains why chiropractics is the way it is today. Palmer started as a 'magnetic healer' and his first chiropractic adjustment 'healed a man, who was partially deaf, through a spinal adjustment'.

[@galatea5455]

@@jodimyers410 Not surprising considering the founder of chiropractics was a 'magnetic healer', and the early philosophy was rooted in vitalism, naturalism, magnetism, and spiritualism. I remember seeing a social media chiropractor guarentee on his platform in 2020 that people wouldn't get COVID if they had regular spinal adjustments and took Zinc. It's criminal.

[@jamesnylan]

@@galatea5455 I will, and I also cannot stand Eric Berg DC.

[@jamesnylan]

@@galatea5455 That is so nuts!

[@CreekSideLagotto]

Some people are soooo scared to just say facts straight up. It’s always “my opinion” or apologizing when stating a fact. So I appreciate James for unapologetically saying what’s correct and factual.

[@blackrosenuk]

"I DEMAND A REFUND!" "What's wrong?" "I paid $6 for basically WATER." "Um, you bought a watermelon." "YEAH. It's WATER."

[@TheElf_Online]

Don’t you know? The water is listed before the melon in the ingredient list!

[@dafrastar]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@leviacronym6770]

Not to mention most people have to pay for water bills and water bottles and such. Water isn't usually free. 😂😅

[@user-uk8yq8vb8y]

It’s amazing that a bloke who very likely made the majority of his money convincing people to have major surgery, in order to put foreign objects into other peoples bodies. Many of which are themselves are linked to potential cancer risks, alongside rupturing, and infections. Would go on about how awful it is to put “chemicals on your body”. I have no issues with people wanting plastic surgery, and I know nothing about this plastic surgeon. For all I know he could only work on people who require medical intervention, maybe he hasn’t profited from other’s insecurities who would be willing to spend a lot of money and brave the risks of going under the knife in order to quash them. But somehow I doubt this. For a doctor to sit there and have the audacity to spout misinformation against any advice that a dermatologist would say really boils my piss.

[@briannaobrien4419]

"boils my piss" is a new one 😂

[@Lasagna_Garfield_]

He’s also the same guy insulting the women on Love Island for their plastic surgery when he’s literally shilling the same thing

[@222o-u3t]

qualifications mean nothing yet. qualifications + reputation + proven results are the ONLY thing people should believe when it comes to professionals of any kind! ESPECIALLY to do with health.

[@sandramatras8345]

I mean...if water is bad, What do these people shower in? Or don't they? In which case - eeewwwww! 🤮

[@street_art_revolution]

They bathe in magical unicorn 🦄 dust 😉🤣

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Ok somebody come up with a joke referencing Robert’s bit about Europeans not drinking water & see if James notices!

[@disgrunty]

they actually have used so much nilaqua (the stuff they use in hospitals to wash people in bed) that they have a permanent coating of it.

[@harrietxo2310]

@@standdownrobots_ihaveoldgloryLMAO

[@jayf545]

They’re over 70% water! Water has oxygen in it! Oxygen ages you! 🤢🤢Toxic! 🤮🤮Needs to go! ☠️☠️

[@Gaius_Sinstone]

4:49 When you said “2-min consultation” i literally said out loud “oh no … MLM?!” 💀 🎯

[@AlexisBKenn]

Oh yes, we did guess right 😂

[@tacotahlia2095]

my people ❤

[@hkandm4s23]

I'm so sick of professionals acting outside their scope. A plastic surgeon is not a cosmetic chemist. A heart surgeon isn't a nutritionist. I'm a therapist and apparently everyone who went to 2 sessions of an online therapist is now an expert on mental health. I'm just tired. It erodes peoples trust in professionals and research, it's an abuse of power and they're always selling something.

[@cs4849]

So true. I’ve been in practice as a clinical psychologist for more than 30 years and long ago I learned that EVERYONE fancies themselves a mental health expert.

[@AgingStudent]

Agreed. My chiropractor and I spend part of my session each week laughing about all the weird internet chiros that, for example, know all about the uterus and female hormones or giving chickens adjustments or whatevs. It's a good laugh, but it's not my profession's reputation on the line😅

[@disgrunty]

"Don't wear any makeup" I can hear Robert's outrage from here.

[@stephaniehuthmacher4214]

I haven't worn makeup in about 20 years. I am convinced not wearing it is a contributing factor to my skin looking pretty damned good for 70.

[@theresabobeeesa]

Paraben alternatives in my shampoo caused me a fair amount of hair loss!! Thank you for constantly working on demystifying skincare for us peasants 😌

[@cheekyb71]

Same!! "The Itchy M's"!! Itchy, flaky, raw, red scalp... so awful

[@maryeckel9682]

There's a common replacement called methylsomethingziosone 😅 anyway, it irritated the heck out of my skin, and the sensitive skin body wash I tried that used it has been discontinued! I was so itchy!

[@JBUHJBUH]

Oh interesting, what was the ingredient if you don't mind sharing? Think I'm going through this now, as someone with curly but fine (& thinning) hair 😔 sigh

[@clemfandango-se1wj]

tiktok has been such a net negative for society, it’s unhinged 😂

[@ChrystalVanDusseldorp]

I agree. These videos just keep confirming I don't want anything to do with it. 😄

[@jedisarah501st]

So glad I nvr followed the hype. Already have more mental issues just from using Facebook and Snapchat. Planning on getting rid of those now too but it's so addicting lol

[@stephiek.3267]

Flashback to when I bought some perservative free lotion, lip balms, and body wash from a person's online store out of her home. They arrived spoiled. Black mold in the lotion and one lip balm, threw those out. Other lip balm was rancid, tossed. Body wash was okay but the fragrance disappeared after two uses, tossed out. 😠 Hail to preservatives! 🙌🏻

[@mmmmmmmmaria]

omg ewww that’s so disgusting

[@AgingStudent]

That means she also did not sterilize anything. I was trained as an herbalist 30 years ago and I see a lot of "teachers" online that are going to successfully teach their students to brew deadly botulism

[@ThatGirlJD]

That makes me think of the pink sauce lady Chef Pi sending fresh preservative free food to customers in the middle of the summer in the US during a heat wave. Its best to make small personal batches of your own preservation free skincare, if thats your thing or you are allergic to the popular preservatives. You also may have to refrigerate those items.

[@amandak.4246]

i've bought natural skincare without preservatives and it was fine. her issue is that her workspace was contaminated, she didn't sanitize her packaging. but without preservatives, you do have to use stuff really fast

[@Vilaun.]

I can’t stress sunscreen enough !!! In the dating scene I’ve met SOOOOO many men who I ABSOLUTELY ASSUMED were older than me only to find out so many were 22-25 and easily looked 30 ! And with 27-30 year olds looking AT LEAST 35 !!! People do not realize the severity of damage the sun can do to your skin & health !

[@AgingStudent]

Two women I worked for had to have skin from their noses and foreheads removed from skin cancers. A "scared straight" for me. I always remember to get the areas on my nose and the fine "baby hairs now"

[@leviacronym6770]

Yeah, I'm a couple years from being 40 and most people mistake me for 18-26. I use sunscreen and I stay out of the sun when it's at it's hottest. Plus I don't smoke or drink excessively, either. But you got these teens tanning 24/7 and looking FORTY already. 😂😂😂

[@TheSolipsist0]

I HATE the fear of chemicals. Literally everything is chemical. Apples, water…. from an untouched island… all chemical…. not at all inherently bad.

[@TheSolipsist0]

@@Sgoze I see where you are coming from. There I also a moral connotation „natural“ equals not harmful/ good for you and „chemical“ or „synthetic“ equals harmful. People seem to forget that arsenic or asbestos are from natural origin and clearly harmful.

[@TheSolipsist0]

@@Sgoze what exactly do you mean by „natural medicine“?

[@amandak.4246]

apples are not chemicals. you're arguing semantics to avoid actually listening to the point. which is that some people prefer olive oil to isobutene, etc etc

[@lucyla9947]

​@@amandak.4246 apples are made of chemicals, definitionally they are.

[@DarkVeracity]

I'm sorry but that first girl literally looks like all she did was put on a good moisturizer, stopped scrunching up her face and changed the lighting like pls don't piss me off loool

[@Persefone94]

So true about ”glass skin”! I am in these skin care and tretinoin forums online, right, and regularly there are these people showing their ”new glass skin” compared to their old, supposedly dull skin. The ”dull” skin pic is taken with nothing on the skin in normal or even dark:ish lightning with mouth turning down. Then there is this ”after” pic taken in bright, but warm lightning and with their skin smeared in whatever shiny, goopy serum or lotion. That is their ”new glass skin”. And people go ”aaaah, oooh, the results!”. 😩

[@thebabythesavage]

Lemonade? Disgusting. I just add a little sugar to my lemon juice. I’m not PAYING for WATER. 🙄 /s

[@sarahrenee1007]

Oop, well I hate to break it to ya but the lemon juice has water too. So let’s switch to dehydrated, crystalized lemon because you and I are too smart to be tricked into buying water! 😂😂😂

[@thebabythesavage]

@@sarahrenee1007 Omg bestie you are so right, can’t be like those SHEEPLE 🤣

[@MarieObscured]

It makes me so flipping mad seeing people on Facebook marketplace selling homemade "natural beef tallow sunscreen" 🤮

[@sjpink99]

oh….no no no……….🤮

[@eventhorizon2264]

Ewww

[@toshabeans]

A store near me sells tallow products and they smell so terrible. There is no covering that smell

[@MarieObscured]

@@toshabeans I don't even want to know 😣 icky stuff

[@maryeckel9682]

The stink! 🤢

[@jacaen]

Only tangentially related, but I went to a wax salon once, and the waxer said my armpit hair was growing in different directions because I shave in different directions and waxing would fix that. I couldn't believe the AUDACITY of that lie. And the room was so hot, and she had to pluck so many hairs from my legs that she broke off. I never came back.

[@JBUHJBUH]

The only way to fix it is by laser hair removal. Signed, ~Someone who went through the same gaslighting (along with the ingrowns to prove it)

[@AgingStudent]

That's so strange. It's just your hair pattern😂

[@fitofpaige]

Love it when the beauty community crosses paths with the anti-MLM community ❤😁

[@wisteria_love]

Thank you for talking about this. I feel like people are just talking out of their butts for attention as usual.

[@gwlad1575]

I make custom-made cosmetics and mostly work for tattoo studios. I had to explain soooooo many times to a tattoo studio that I could NOT make a custom sunscreen for their studio because it wasn't as simple as they thought it was. Thank you for saying how difficult and expensive it is to actually make sunscreen !!! ❤❤❤❤

[@mmmmmmmmaria]

i’m so curious what do you make? like aftercare creams?

[@gwlad1575]

@mmmmmmmmaria when it comes to tattoo studio , yes I make aftercare cosmetics, specific soaps, I had to make skincare to preserve tattoo colors as well . And for other people, it really depends on what kind of skin care they are asking for. But some things are really regulated like sunscreen, some exfoliants are as well, any medical use ointments. (Even if I test all of my formulas) those examples need very specific tests and certifications. I'm from France and we are extremely strict on that.

[@Keshlynne]

I love the point you made about doctors. I'm a doctor, too. Of *psychology.* I can tell you how to move past specific childhood trauma through individualized therapy.. I have no idea what is best for your skin. Maybe see a *dermatologist.*

[@memnailss]

About Hydroxytyrosol lady, I just don't get why we can't share what we like/what works for us without putting down or sharing misinformation about what we don't like/ what doesn't work for us. It's always so telling when people lead with fear-mongering or misleading "DiD YoU kNoW" nonsense. Edit: Of course she's grifting product by an MLM 🙄Should have seen that one coming

[@KarmatheCorgi]

Yeah, whenever there's demonizing something... money grabbing is sure to follow.

[@angelicrose8406]

They claim to do research but forget that tbh you shouldn't be using google for all your sources. Find databases with fact checked studies, peer reviewed, full text, etc.

[@titaniumelemental]

I'm fairly sure that olive leaf cell extract is probably a water-based solution. Also crazy that she acts like hydroxytyrosol is somehow a replacement for water in products, rather than just an antioxidant listed in the middle of the ingredient list, not even close to the base of the product. And I'm sure other OTP products are the same, because hydroxytyrosol is a solid at room temp.

[@KatT89]

The best thing is when someone points out to a rep that their 'waterless skincare' has water in it and they say its ok because its not 'dead' water

[@stephiek.3267]

Preservatives keeps things from spoiling on the shelf. They are usually necessary ingredients. No one wants moldy or rancid products.

[@Crow_Smith]

I feel like I'm crazy because when I see super shiny people - even if their skin looks flawless, my brain doesn't go "OMG THEIR SKIN IS PERFECT, AM JELLY" - I'm like "Are they okay? Are they greasy? Slimey? Sweaty?" James always looks fabulous and since I know why he's shiny it doesn't make my brain confused but XD

[@mmmmmmmmaria]

same. as a person with oily skin and nasolabial folds i’ll never get behind that trend

[@missdenisebee]

I can’t get into the whole glass skin thing, either. I’ve got mild rosacea on my cheeks, so if I’m rocking shiny skin, I just look flushed & sweaty, like I just ran several miles. And I live with a dog & two cats who shed PILES of hair, all year round, so I need to keep my skincare as matte as possible, or I’ll be picking dog & cat hair off my face within 2mins of application😭

[@sarahg2653]

@@mmmmmmmmaria me too. I've accepted the folds. They just keep getting deeper so I've decided to start storing nuts for wintertime.

[@stephe1506]

Theyve got that "freshly hatched" aesthetic 🦎🥚 😂

[@reverie6034]

@@missdenisebeewe are the same person 😂😂😂

[@stina9659]

My Lupus skin cant handle mineral sunscreen and it absolutely can not just be covered with clothes

[@dismurrart6648]

Chemical buyer who works for a big skincare company. Listen to James. Also, the water typically used is going to be as filtered and purified as possible. Even for our products not made for humans, we use a really expensive osmosis filter.

[@Crochet_by_mic]

A close friend of mine is one of the worlds leading cancer researchers and we always have a good laugh about people on socails demonising sunscreen It does turn really harmful when people believe these "experts"and decide against wearing sunscreen

[@jodimyers410]

I live in AZ in the U.S. and quite literally we are taught very young that even riding in the car with your arm out the window with no sort of sunscreen can and WILL cause skin cancers later on in life. My adopted dad has spent the last 15 years having skin cancer removed from his face and arms on a regular basis. He was a framer for decades working in the AZ sun without sunscreen in the 70’s through the 90’s before getting an office/corporate job.

[@pamelajackson6954]

This is so accurate. I'm a biochemist we are taught to read research papers and the statistics that are used. So we know if they did some creative math. I watch you because I can get truthful information not just your opinions. Thanks James.

[@harrietxo2310]

SLAY

[@Azira_Amane]

James roasted that surgeon so hard you could toast marshmallows, 11/10 would recommend

[@verdantvixen96]

There are so. many. fantastic one liners in this video. I feel your frustration and I truly empathize. I recently found a comment section full of people spewing nonsense about sunscreen and felt that I would’ve been better off spending my afternoon having an aneurysm. After a childhood full of severe sunburns because no one in my family ever thought to give me sunscreen, I really felt it when you said “fine, go burn yourself, I don’t give a shit anymore.” At least they didn’t rub beef tallow all over me? “She either had an affair with her father… or she’s lying” took me out though 😭

[@ems2417]

As a biomed/chem student, i really appreciate you actually confirming and asking professionals in the field, as well as doing your own research. It’s so so appreciated

[@GiannaBrachettiTruskawa]

9:51 Thank you for explaining the bias in search results when googling things. Not a single week goes by where I don't find myself having to explain this to people - might as well just refer them to this part in your video instead 😊

[@raisinbreanncrunch]

Thank you for using credible sources to help fight claims on misinformation. ❤ I always feel like I learn a lot from your channel.

[@karencooper3428]

The lady who doesn't like water in her skincare, is she British? coz obvs we're all dehydrated 😂

[@harrietxo2310]

LOOOOOOOL

[@Forflower33]

Yes we are sooooooooooo dehydrated I can't find a bottle of water anywhere 😂

[@JBUHJBUH]

​@@Forflower33 You mean a BO'UL OH WAA'UHH!

[@Forflower33]

@@JBUHJBUH lol yep

[@efolinsky]

Naw she’s from an mlm called olive tree people

[@aeonb.2517]

This is completely out of nowhere but watching your videos, mostly ones about shit going wrong in the beauty world, has encouraged me to get up and take care of my skin today. I don’t know how long this will last, but I’m grateful you’ve been able to just passively give me that push, as I struggle with self care. Thanks dude!!

[@spinstercatlady]

Glad James is the voice of reason! The vast majority of this misinformation is coming from people who are hawking products, and I can't believe how many folks fall for it smh. If someone is shilling a product, beware of any "information" they spew.

[@undercovertopz]

2:31 sounds like something Big Water would say.... /j

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

😂😂😂 well done!

[@Boooo_39]

Can't believe James has fallen into the clutches of big water 😔 I've heard rumors that he even DRINKS water. Everyday! So sad to see someone I trusted become a shill for water

[@user-rq6tw4zp4w]

😂😂😂

[@klyrln]

That doctor did not pay attention during his pharmacology and biochemistry classes.🤦🏻‍♀️

[@grape123]

I genuinely can’t stand the misinformation with the chemical/mineral sunscreen topic. I used mineral sunscreen for ages because I have sensitive and acne prone skin, but my skin was still breaking out badly while using it. Took me a long time to realize it was something in mineral sunscreen that was causing the reaction. No one’s skin is the same, I’m pretty sure I’m sensitive to zinc or something because the same thing would happen when I used Head & Shoulders.

[@jessicazaytsoff1494]

The store I work at sells scrubs and lab coats. And stethoscopes. It's campus bookstore but maybe we need a sideline in selling "the influencer fake medical credentials kit"?

[@SienAppelsien]

This feels like ppl saying that you are paying for vaseline when buying oitment... Most medicines are also mostly filler ingredients, but without them, your medicine wont work properly and might actually be bad for you.

[@ML-of6sz]

7:54 Also, I don't want to be that person, but based on his skin, he's not been using *any* sort of sun protection for like ever, so I think it's interesting he thinks he's qualified to give advice on sun protection

[@flowerpower3618]

I’m 97% British DNA. I live in southern Calif and use 70% spf everyday of the year. I never deliberately go in the sun but still have tan skin. Some British folks are pink but more warm undertones. Plus he might be part Indian being from the uk

[@ML-of6sz]

@flowerpower3618 Completely understand your point! I live in the UK myself, so I wasn't commenting on the tan (spf doesn't prevent getting a tan) or the pinkish hue, but on the fact that his skin looks sun-damaged. Also because he clearly doesn't understand how spf works yet still gives advice on it 😌

[@dw3403]

You are talking about the anti sunscreen doctor? My first thought about him was he is probably one of the first candidates for skin cancer. He better stay in his office so he doesn't prove himself wrong as he ages.

[@SwirlEye]

you know what I noticed abt that first cream? it has maltodextrin. which is known to trigger inflammatory autoimmune conditions. I can't have one of my fave drinks, monster, anymore bc it has maltodextrin and I have probable celiac. and lots of maltodextrin is made from wheat. ahaha. if that cream got in my mouth (which sometimes happens with skin care bc its goin on yr face!) id probably have bloating, diarrhea, and mood instability for at leasta few hrs and have no idea what caused it.

[@rosacanisalba]

And of course maltodextrin is basically a sugar. As a chef I know very well that sugars are a preservative. Soooooo... yup, it has a preservative in.

[@devonlara9286]

Hearing James say “ya’ll” with his accent 😂😂😂

[@TinyTaco14]

16:00 stopppp “either she had an affair with her dad .. OR she’s lying” just made me laugh and wake up my dog 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Beccaleigh457]

With that NMN lady I genuinely said out loud 'wait, she's having an affair with her dad?' At exactly the same time as you said it, James 😂😂😂

[@allaboutgirl9665]

I’m a nanny so I’m waiting in a beautiful public garden waiting school dismissal and this video came at a perfect time!

[@CadeAver]

That's fantastic! Hope you (and the kids) have a wonderful day :)

[@hippopotamusanonymous1580]

Leave my preservatives, I don’t want mold and bacteria in my skincare.

[@jojomarch]

I'm not being shady but the first woman's terror at water in skincare when her 'before skin' was clearly just desperate for some hydration is wild to me. How is a practising MD not under investigation for spreading dangerous misinformation?! (is he an MD even?)

[@hptwillightfan123]

The sunscreen ingredients in makeup is probably those foundations that have spf built in (though it’s barely any). Also love the lady who used to be a nurse practitioner but still uses her old scrubs/her dad was a plastic surgeon so he gave her his old scrubs

[@harrietxo2310]

My jaw has dropped

[@seanmari]

MAKING YOUR OWN SUNSCREEN BY THE BEACH? That's insanity

[@amandarecoveryjones8216]

Correct James. Companies also PAY Google to have their information on there. We can't truly just google it.

[@ritzee13]

As a biochem student, how else are skin care companies suppose to dilute acids in skin care other than water?! Do these people want to put undiluted strong acids or bases on wtf!

[@EdenAlchemist]

Whenever someone says, "Hear me out," I tend to tune out.

[@floreanchannel]

I was working in chemical company for a brief moment, my role was to mix powders in a professional chemical mixers. Mixing powders took from 1 hour to many hours alone. Not to mention making emutions, water ot fat based, is equally long and complicated. Emulsifying whatever cosmetics home with a spoon for one minute is not only unhygienic, but also the slurry you produced is not properly mixed. This may lead to differences in the end product concentrations of your active ingredients (if they are even active anymore bc I assume you dont have a proper chemical equippment and wrong transportation may destroy thes ingredients), but also it may create a pockets of highly concentrated substances causing irritations or in some cases chemical burns.

[@Jigglypowerpuffgirl]

The sunscreen agreement drives me crazy!!! I had a mother and daughter at work tell me that you shouldn’t put sunscreen on specially just your face. Mom was shopping for foundation. She liked bare minerals of course, but she learned that sunscreen is bad if put on your face. I was too flabbergasted to ask more questions

[@sarahwatson3192]

I hate “clean” skincare and beauty in general… I have crazy sensitive skin and Canada is still big into “Clean beauty” so when I was a teen struggling I didn’t understand that “clean” didn’t mean good. After one product left me with chemical burns on my cheeks I stopped trusting the Sephora girlies and did research into Korean/Japanese skincare and switched over to Korean beauty. That was about 10 years ago and I will never go back. Also water is a chemical so I don’t care.

[@bellewhite3764]

New game... We all take a shot of water each time James has to say "sunscreen" in this video... Stay hydrated, friends 🤘 ...and terrify the woman in the first short, obvs 😇😂

[@beautyextravert]

I was brushing my teeth when you said, “Either she had an affair with her Dad…” and now I’m wiping toothpaste off my mirror. 😂

[@alexp712]

I KNEW that was gonna be Olive Tree People. Their founder literally believes their olive trees have magical properties lol What a quack.

[@gravyz2cute4u]

I'm glad people are becoming more aware of skincare and use of sunscreen (myself included). Solariums and tanning beds have been banned from commercial use here in Australia because skin cancer is so prevalent here. There have been national campaigns since I was young highlighting the use of properly tested sunscreen to combat this so it's quite baffling to watch people in this video concocting their own fake sunscreens. At first I thought you were going to discuss that influencers were avoiding water in skincare because they fear that deadly di-hydrogen monoxide hahah

[@sebumpostmortem]

Can y' all hear it? It' s Hippocrates turning over in his grave in Larisa🇬🇷. Even from the opposite shore of the Mediterranean, it' s perfectly audible🤦🏻‍♀️. 🧛🏻‍♀️🖤

[@cayladelorenzo4047]

This is why I love this channel. James finally simplifies the problems with, “doing your own research” and how to find the right people for advice. He also emphasizes how important it is to understand what you’re reading. For example, I only use NSF rated collagen for a supplement. Now, if I didn’t read up on what the certificate meant I might of thought it was to judge the effectiveness of the product…NO! It only means that the product contains what it says it does, that’s it. I love how James is so popular and actually seeks out the experts to discuss beauty products❤

[@em.freyaa]

TikTok is honestly a plague at this point 🤦‍♀️

[@sparklinggtee]

I get so frustrated with the fake factual information because I see people believing it daily!

[@imsoyancy]

"Trust me, I'm wearing scrubs."

[@briannaobrien4419]

I'm so here for figuring out how to make skin care without water. But like in the "add your own" way like how my house hold cleaners and shampoo are. Not the "water bad" way.

[@patsylune7243]

4:53am an a Saturday in Australia and James has blessed us!! Absolutely loving all your hard work and diversity of content on your channel. 💜

[@katrinareggio3270]

This video is the perfect combination of information, comedy, and go-into-battle-with-me energy 💪🏼🔥