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Foreign. Hey, guys, welcome back to another episode of the Bondest podcast. I am your host, Savannah Boda.
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And I am your co host, Tyler Jacoby.
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And today we're going to talk about how I got my skin back. Yeah, it was, like, very rough, guys. I don't think anyone knows the extent of how terrible it was, but, like, Tyler can tell you. I was so depressed and so spiraling over it because it's my job. 1. It'd be, like, one thing if I was, like, just an esthetician, but I'm also an acne specialist, and I've cleared thousands and thousands of people. And so it's funny because I feel like my personality is like. I'm like this with everything. I'm, like, the worst client, to be honest. Okay. I will, like, always like, Tyler, do you think if I do this and this, it'll fix me? He's like, bitch, I do not know. Like, you are the esthetician. That's my. All day, every day. Like, I can just look at somebody and be like, they need this, this, and this, and I can clear their skin, easy peasy. But then when it comes to me, it's like, everything I know goes out the window. And I'm just, like, so insecure in, like, my knowledge. And I just, like, don't trust myself with myself, if that makes sense.
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Like, you'll, like, she'll pick a pimple that she has and she'll be like, tyler, is this gonna scar? Like, is this gonna scar? I'm like, I don't fucking know.
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Like, But I just want affirmation. I want someone else to hold my hand. Cause I hold everyone else's hand all day, and I'm like, I know it's gonna be fine, but it's someone else. Say it. I don't know.
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And then I say, I don't know. And she's like, what do you mean, you don't know? Like, it's like, so it's gonna scar. It's gonna scar. And I'm like.
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And I, like, fully spiral. Yeah, no, it's bad. Like, it's really bad. Like, I am like that all the time. Like, I'll get like. Like when I got my sunburn in Hawaii.
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Oh, yeah, that was bad.
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I was like, tyler, what do I do? He's like, babe.
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And that's honestly when I put her onto carboxy mousse.
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Yeah, it was.
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That was, like, months before we actually started carrying it. But I was like, use it.
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Yeah. Because it wasn't until, like, around September October. November.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Crazy, though. So what happened? Well, let's see. There's.
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Do we still know or not? Do we know the reason?
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It was like. Well, the thing about acne, it's like the perfect storm. So it's like, not just, like, one thing. It's like everything happening together at once creates, like, this massive storm. It has to be, like, the right weather conditions, the wind speed. I don't even know anything about weather. I'm trying to, like, pretend like I do.
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Humidity.
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The humidity. I don't know how many mountains or lack of there are. I don't know. But, yeah, it's basically just like all of these elements come together and then a big eruption happens. So it's like a lot of things. That's why when it comes to treating acne, as we all know, it's not like, okay, you just put you on, like, one product and it's going to clear your skin. Like, there's so many more things that go into it, like what you're putting in your body, like, external factors, your lifestyle, your stress levels. Um, it's just like, you have to be a detective to clear your acne. Like, that's literally how I am with every client. If they have acne. I'm like a detective. I have to, like, peel back the layers. Like, I want to know what you do when you wake up to the moment you fall asleep. So I can, like, find things in your day that could be contributing to your acne. So for me, okay, so this is how I think it all started. So I was always using Oxygenetics foundation, which is acne safe, and they also have a version that, like, actually fights acne, too. So it's acne safe and acne fighting. And I never really, like, wore makeup, to be honest. Like, I really would just wear tone smart sunscreen to work and sunscreen makeup. So where everything went awful for me was when I got into my makeup era, which I'm. It's bittersweet because thank God I got good at doing my makeup. But you only get good at doing your makeup if you're doing it consistently. And at the time, my makeup artists, I would always do my makeup for photo shoots had moved, and I was like, fuck, I have to go find someone else. And I was like, you know what? I'm 20. Whatever. At the time, 25, 26. I was like, I need to, like, figure out how to do my own makeup. And one of the girls that works for me was like, you do your. Your makeup like a millennial Which I'm not really sure what that means still to this day, but I don't think.
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It'S a good thing.
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I don't think it's a compliment.
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Yeah.
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So. And to be honest, like, girls, when they have a bunch of girlfriends, like, you know, everyone gets ready in a bathroom together and they're like, oh, my God, like, look at this new, like, bronzer that I got. Or like, I saw this technique on TikTok. My best friend's a man and he does not wear makeup.
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Hey, I started using Color Science bronze.
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He does contour now. He does contour now. But, yeah, I ain't getting no advice over here. You know, like, it's crickets. So I don't have, like, that girl time to, like, learn new tips and tricks. Okay. So anyway, I started asking the girls, like, you know, makeup suggestions. So it's their fault, basically my staff's fault that this happened. No, I'm kidding. They just are telling me all, like, the new makeup and stuff to use, yada, yada. Like, I'm really not on TikTok unless I'm, like, trying to get ideas or just, like, market research for, like, what's trending to do for my page. So I really not, like, I don't have time to do that. Right. To research things.
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You're not watching a Get Ready with Me makeup tutorial.
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I'm not. And that's why it's so funny when other people, like, oh, like, she probably saw that and copy. Like, I don't look at what you're doing. I don't even have time to, like, look at what I'm doing half the time.
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Yeah.
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Like, I am so busy with a toddler, building a spa, building a house, keeping my social media presence up, taking care of myself. Like, now that I'm back into, like, working out and taking care of myself, like, there's just so much to do. So anyway, where was I going with this? Oh, so I'm trying new makeup and it was the NARS light reflecting foundation that I thought was causing it. So I started getting, like, a lot of, like, really non inflamed bumps, closed comedones on my forehead. And also during that time, remember I was drinking a shit ton of those energy drinks from Dutch bros because I just opened one near where we're building the new house. And we were going to a lot of, like, on site meetings during that time. And yeah, I was drinking, like, a lot of energy drinks. Energy drinks are so bad because one, it raises your cortisol levels, which are your stress levels, which is going to make you produce more oils and cause inflammation in the body. And then two, it's full of B12 and biotin. So biotin is awful for the skin because it's funny because they say like hair, skin and all supplements. But it's not good if you have acne because when you have acne, you have something called retention hyperkeratosis. So retention meaning stuck, hyper meaning a lot. And keratosis is skin. So you have a lot of dead skin cells that are being proliferated throughout the day and it gets stuck inside that pore. So when you're taking biotin, like you're just adding more keratin, more shedding, right? So you're just like basically increasing your chances of having a lot of congestion in your skin. And then with B12, it's increasing the amount of P. Acnes bacteria, which is actually now called C. Acnes bacteria. Tomato, tomato on the skin. So it's like feeding that bacteria. So yeah, energy drinks, horrible. So anyway, started getting a bunch of like close comedones on my forehead. So I switched my makeup, thought it was going to get better. And then my hairdresser was like, there's this amazing like leave in conditioner, like you should start using it. And I'm like, fuck yeah. And like, I'll be honest, I'm not a person that usually break out breaks out from poor cloggers in hair care. Like, it's just never been a big trigger for me. Like I've never once looked at my hair care to see if it had poor cloggers in it. Even though I am extremely acne prone, it just was never a thing. So anyway, I start getting more breakouts on my forehead and I'm like, what the fuck? I stopped drinking the energy drinks. I cut out the NARS foundation. Like, why is this happening again? Takes me months to figure it out that this first ingredient is coconut oil. So I cut that out and I'm like thinking back and I'm like, when was my skin the best? What was I using in my hair? I was using Unite. So I look up the unite detangler leave in conditioner and it's acne safe, by the way. Guys, it's amazing. And if you can't find it or like don't remember what I said. It's on our shop my shelf on Instagram. You just go to links in my bio, go to shop my shelf and then I have like all everything acne safe, makeup, acne safe, hair care, perfume recommendations. Outfits I've worn, everything is there. Yeah. So I cut that out. Clears up. Okay, then. When was this? Was like, right around March. It was, like, crazy. Like, I just, like, woke up.
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It was February.
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Oh, you went to right before the Maldives. So I was, like, fucking upset because I was like, what is happening right before my trip? Like, I. And it sucks because as much as I tell clients, like, your skin doesn't define you and all of those things.
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My skin does define me.
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It does define me. Like, if my skin. Skin is good, I'm in a good mood. If my skin is bad, I'm in a bad mood. Like, it has such a hold on my emotions. And I think a lot of it is because of the pressure that I am, like, this famous esthetician, and I'm known for being amazing at my job and clearing acne. And then if I'm walking around, you know, with breakouts, even though skin to skin and shit happens, like, it still sucks. Like, let's be real, because I know people are going to try to twist this and be like, it's okay to have acne. Be an esthetician. It is. But it's not a good thing. It doesn't feel fine. It's not. Like, we all are probably, like, not happy about it. Like, let's be real. Like, no one's like, I am so happy I have acne. Like, you're not. Yeah, no one wants it. That's why I have a job. If they did, I would be out of a job.
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Yeah. And it's like, also, at the time, you had a bunch of speaking engagements coming up and stuff like that. And it's like, you're meeting so many.
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People for the first time, and I'm like, they're going to think, like, my. I have always had bad skin, and I just, like, lie or, like, use filters or something. That's true. I was like, they're gonna see my bumps from, like, from sitting when I'm on stage. I was so upset about that.
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Yeah. Because we had that. North Carolina. South Carolina.
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Yeah.
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And then we had New York IACSC coming right around the corner. So it wasn't just the trip. The trip wasn't great.
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Oh, it got worse there.
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Yeah.
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It was so bad. And so. Yeah. And then, of course, like, I'm doing everything wrong that I'm not supposed to do. Like, I'm picking my skin, I'm switching up products. I'm like, you know, doing everything I tell people not to do, basically, and just, like, absolutely spiraling. Like, I'M not going to lie. Like, for sure. Spiral. Like, I'm like, I'm going on Accutane.
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Well, because this is. I mean, even. I mean, it was a different type of acne because I feel like when you had acne when you were younger, that caused you to get into this industry. It was like bigger cystic acne. But it wasn't necessarily a lot of it.
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Like, it'd be like one or two.
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Yeah.
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Like, once in a while. But this was, like, everywhere.
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Yeah.
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Under the skin. Comedones. Inflamed. Non inflamed. Like, literally a crunch bar on my forehead. I'm not kidding.
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Yeah. I wouldn't describe it like that, but.
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It was literally a crunch bar on my forehead.
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It was a lot. It was the worst your skin had.
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And, like, Tyler's honest with me. I'm like, is it bad? He's like, yeah. Like, what's happening? And I'm like, I literally don't fucking know. Like, I don't know. Like, as it's been since, you know, I started struggling with this, like, around the end of October. So from October to March, my skin had just been fluctuating so much where it would be, like, really bad, then it'd be okay, then it'd be, like, bad again, better. Bad, bad. And then it just went from, like, the entire month of March and February. The worst skin I've ever had in my entire life. Like, horrific. And I won't get into this as I'm not ready to really share about it, but I have a lot going on in my personal life right now. And so I think that obviously stress levels are there. And building a house, building a spa, everything that I have going on, it's just, like, a lot of stress. I was under a lot of stress. I wasn't sleeping. My body was really in fight or flight. I, you know, had a lot of emotions happening, a lot of negativity around me. And that does affect your skin. 1000% toxic. People in your life, big life changes, moving, um, death, divorce. I mean, everything can affect your skin. New job, getting fired, whatever it is. Um, yeah, when your body's in fight or flight like that, like, you're producing so much cortisol and inflammation, and it's just bad. So anyways, for my energy drink addiction, then started my HTO addiction. And Cyrus perpetuated that because he became obsessed with it.
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Coconut tea.
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Coconut tea. Every time we pass, he's like, want to go to the coconut store? I want to go to the coconut store. And these Motherfuckers have popped up everywhere. Okay? They're like a Starbucks in Texas now. Like, everywhere I go, there's a hto, and my son is so smart. Like, he knows signs. Like, he'll be like, see chick fil a be like waffle fries. He sees hto, he goes, coconut store. So he just knows. Can't get anything past this kid. I'm like, we need to blindfold him when we drive. But, yeah, so started drinking a lot of that, obviously. Ton of sugar in there. A lot. Sugar is one of the worst things. So I go through phases. I'm very adhd, and if you guys didn't know yet by now. And I do this with everything. And I get this from my mom, because she's like this too. Like, I'll become obsessed with something, and I will absolutely eat, drink, listen to it, watch it until I hate it. And sometimes it'll be like, a week. Sometimes it's two weeks. Sometimes it's two months. Like, Tyler knows this. I'll listen to the same song and make him play it like, 50 times in the car, and then I'll never want to listen to it again.
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Savannah Boda does not know moderation.
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No. I'm 0 to 100, babe. That's why my business is 100%. That's why I've been so successful, and that's also why I don't have a lot of friends, because I can't really do 50% relationships. Like, my. Maybe it's like. And I do think I have a bit of, like, autism. I think everyone's a little autistic, but I think that's one of my things is like, I don't know the difference between all or nothing.
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Yeah. Like, you. You just can't do it.
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And how I'm like, have to unpack everything and color organize everything. I've just, like, a little bit of, like, autistic tendencies, I think, which I love them. I think they make me amazing.
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Well, I also think that so much of your life maybe feels out of your control just because of how big everything's gotten. So you are a very type a person. So the things that you can control, you need to really control them, have a grasp on them.
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That's true. That is also very true. Yeah. So things are like, if my physical realm is organized, clean, color coded than. And all the mess inside me emotionally feels less like a mess. Yeah, that's true. I don't even know where I was going with this. Oh, so the hto. So anyways, got obsessed with it. Drink it for, like, two months. And then I was like. And I'm really, usually really good about drinking water. Like, I take my yeti to work every day. And, like, even my personal assistant Maria was like, you have not been drinking water. I used to fill up your, like, yeti, like, twice a day, and you, like, don't. And then I asked Lance, and I was like, have I been drinking water? He's like, no. Like, every. Like, your water's, like, been full. Full, like, next to the bed.
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She's been around me too much.
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Yeah. Your anti water propaganda is infiltrating me. And so I was like, like, I. And hear me out, because I know people are gonna be like, drinking water does not clear acne. Not drinking water can give you acne. Okay, it can. It can not solely the cause. But again, remember what we said. It's the perfect storm. There's, like, little teaspoons of ingredients that create this acne. And that was a key. That was a puzzle piece right there was not drinking water and having so much sugar in my diet. And at that time, too, I got obsessed with bonbon candy, and I was eating a fuck ton of Swedish candy. So, like, sugar on sugar on sugar. A bitch was full of sugar. Okay. So much sugar and sugar causes inflammation. Terrible. So anyway, that happened. What else? Oh, I was, like, not being good about taking my clear skin supplements. Like, I just, like, was like, anti pills for a bit. I wasn't taking a probiotic, which is in the clear skin supplement. And so my gut health was absolutely wrecked. I was, like, having diarrhea every day. And, you know, it's like, really up. And I was talking to the. To somebody about this the other day. It's like, oh, because her daughter wants to become an esthetician. And she was like, it'll always be a job. Like, people will literally, like, have, like, headaches constantly and not go to the doctor, but, like, will go get their nails done.
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Yeah.
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You know, or, like, somebody will have, like, IBS or whatever. And, like, we'll go get Botox, but, like, won't to the doctor. Like, I avoid the doctor at all costs, always. I hate going. I don't know what it is. Like, I don't know why everyone's like this, but, like, that is me. And I'm like that too. Like, if I'm in pain, I'm like, oh, my, like, stomach hurts. I'm cramping. And then the girl's like, oh, here's some Midol. I'm like, no, it's okay. But if someone was like, here's this magical pill. Pill that will make your skin perfect. Like, I'd be like, give me 50. I'll take them every single day.
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Yeah, I'll take them every day.
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Like, why is. Why do we care more about our vanity than our, like, body health? It's, like, such a thing.
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I mean, I'm not like that, but I. That is the general population.
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It is. It's a thing.
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I love the eating er.
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Yeah, well, you like attention.
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No, I just like feeling safe.
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That's so funny. I'll tell her that's his, like, booty calls. The er. Yeah, his sneaky link. Like, see where he's at at 2am he's at, like, the Dallas Urgent Care.
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I love it. I would live in a hospital if I could.
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That's crazy. I was gonna say. Oh. But, yeah, so I'm having all these, like, symptoms internally, right? So, like, I'm having a lot of fatigue. My stomach's having issues. I got really bad dark circles, like, all of these signs. But then the second my skin starts breaking out, I'm like, oh, my God. It's a reflection of what's going on internally. It really is. Acne is truly a reflection of how you're treating your body and your mental health. Everything. It's a reflection of your health. It truly is. And that's not to say that if you have acne, you're unhealthy. That's not true. You just have certain things in your diet or lifestyle that are triggering inflammation in your body and triggering this response. And it is a inherited disorder of the follicle, too. So it is something that you can, you know, be predisposed to, but there are a lot of things that trigger it. So it's not the cause. I really want to be cautious about that. There's. These things aren't causing the acne in the first place. It was already there. It's just basically adding fire to a bunch of wood that was sitting there. Right. And then causing this big, like, ambush fire. Was it called brush fire? Sure. I don't care. One of the two. Ambush. Ambush is when you attack people.
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It's certainly not ambush.
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I was thinking brush fire is brush fire thing. Or is that the taco at Torchies?
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That is also a taco at Torchies.
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Okay, well, anyway.
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But it has. I'm sure it's named that for a reason.
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That's true.
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I mean, brush is, like, the dead shit that you, like, throw into a fire to, right?
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Yeah.
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I don't know. I'm not an outdoorsy person.
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I am. And I don't know. Yeah. So all that was happening and then what else started happening? Oh, I stopped doing Pilates because remember I like had herniated my disc so I was like out of Pilates for a bit.
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It really was the perfect storm.
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Yeah. There was just so many things happening and then there was something else. I don't know. Oh, I stopped being very consistent with my skincare because I was like, again, going through a lot of stuff in my personal life, so I was just very depressive. And like when I got home, like I just wanted to go to bed. So I wasn't cleansing for 60 seconds. Like I literally was doing like the most half assed cleanse. Sometimes not even double cleansing. Ain't gon lie. And then I would literally just like put on alpharette and go to bed. And I was really over exfoliating at that time too because I wasn't really using any of my hydrating serums because, like, lipids out. I'll be honest, if you're like someone that likes to take a sled and romanticize your skincare routine, like, Lipid's amazing for that. But if you're someone that's like this, like, I want to get it open, like, Lipid would piss me off during this time period. Okay. Because I was in Fight or Flight. I wasn't in the girly pop, like, romanticize your life era that I'm usually in. Like, I was like, I want to get this done as soon as possible. And that's my favorite hydrating serum. So I wasn't using it anymore. And that helps so much with inflammation and just making sure that your pores don't get clogged because it hydrates them. If you are dry, your pores are like gonna be a boa constrictor. They're gonna get so tight and nothing can proliferate through them. So you gotta keep her wet and juicy for her to open up. It's like, you know anything else in life. Yeah, I wanted to say that on stage once, but then I was like, I can't, but I can say it on the podcast and like, sad vagina dried up, closed, Happy vagina, wet, juicy, open. Yeah, that's the same as your poor. Your pore is essentially a vagina. So keep her wet. And then. Yeah, so that's what happened. So what fixed it? Okay. I started listening to healing frequencies, which actually has helped me so much, guys with like navigating My life right now. I have a bunch saved on my Spotify. It's this just called the Dallas acetition on Spotify and it's saved on there. Started going to therapy again, started going to pilates again to release all of this angst, like a teenage angst that I have. And then started being consistent with my skincare regimen. There are four products that I can contribute to clearing my skin. Lipid serum ondue. If I could pick one, it would be ondo. But like honestly, the combo of lipid serum with ondue saved my fucking life. And then how I got my glow back was the hydrobiome mist from Epicutis. Obsessed with that shit. And then carboxymus helped so much with the inflammation with the acne and creating basically an environment where bacteria can't survive and help heal the scars that I had from picnic my skin.
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And then intensium. I'm gonna add a five for all the pie.
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Yeah, intense helped a ton. So those five really were the key. And then spot treating with the charcoal accelerate spot treatment has helped me a ton. Sulfur spot from faciality was always my go to but my skin kind of just like stopped responding to it. So I switched over to that and it's been a game changer. So I still. But now I can alternate the sulfur back in and my skin's like now reacting to it again in a good way. Like it's like, okay, something's happening. So I go back and forth between the two of those and all that's on our website, guys. Savannahboda.com and then again start taking my clear skin supplements. So one of them is a zinc probiotic. So gut health and also helping with inflammation. And then the other one's omegas and antioxidants. So omegas help like loosen the sebum in your skin and make it just easier to flow through the pore so it doesn't get so sticky and stuck. And then just helps with all over skin tone and quality. So I take those every day, two of each, four a day so your skin can slay and keep acne away. And then I started taking magnesium at nighttime and I started taking glutathione in the morning and that has made a huge difference. So magnesium for helping me sleep and stress levels because again, you can't have your body in fight or flight. It's awful. And then glutathione helped a lot with just all over skin quality bounce to my skin. My skin was more plump, more bouncy, more juicy. And then Also antioxidants. So it's going to help with dullness. It's going to help so, so, so much with any kind of free radical stress too internally. So, yeah. And then I'm trying to think of anything else. Water. Drinking a ton of water. Like, you should have seen me. I literally, I'm peeing all the time now. I'm like a pregnant woman. I'm pissing everywhere. And we'll peed in the car on the way here. So, yeah, a lot of water.
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Icing your skin.
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Icing my skin consistently. And LED therapy.
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Yeah.
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Oh, and then the hydra therapy mask that.
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Oh, the CBD hydrotherapy.
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Oh my God. Yeah, that, babe, I had that on my face like all day, every day. Like that is so beneficial and so helpful. So, yeah, that is my long story of how I cleared my skin. And we're fingers crossed I don't have to go through that again.
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You won't.
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No, I won't. Manifesting great skin for life.
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You'll never have to go through that again.
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We get a close up on this skin today. Yeah, it was really bad. It was really fucking bad. Guys, like, wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
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And like, what you always say is like, it's temporary.
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And I knew that, like, I knew one day it'd be okay. But I feel like when you're in it, it's kind of like depression. It's like you don't think there's a lot at the end of the tunnel. And like, that's why a lot of people don't make it through depression, because it doesn't feel like you're ever gonna get out of it. And the same thing with acne, like, when you deal with it at that magnitude. And again, I thought I was sad about my acne when I. Before I came an esthetician, babe, that was a fucking walk in the park compared to what I just dealt with.
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Yeah.
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A
Like, one, it was worse. And two, it just felt worse. Given the circumstances of. I am an esthetician. I am an acne specialist. I'm about to have to go see people in person and talk about acne on stage for two hours and they're gonna think I'm a fucking joke.
- [24:42]
B
Yeah.
- [24:43]
A
You know, or that I'm a liar because they're, you know, you can't ever tell on social media with stuff. People put filters on everything. I've been so transparent about my life and skin and it was just, you know, I didn't want to talk about the acne. I was Dealing with until I'd cleared it. So now I'm like, fine talking about it, but like, when I went through it and I wish I took more photos and pictures, but honestly, guys, like, I was really sad about it and I don't want anyone to feel bad. Like, if you're listening to this and you have acne, like, again, it's different circumstances for me because I mean, everything in my life at that time felt like it was falling apart. And then I lost my skin, which is like, it's like being a fat personal trainer or a broke financial advisor. Like, it sucks. And like, remember that week that it was like, it's worse and every person was coming up to me like, oh, my God, the doll's has a tissue. Like everywhere we were, like when we were in Highland park village shopping, someone came up to me when we went to that fucking weird little brunch place with all those like, elders. It was horrible food, horrible service, and it was like, we were like, are we. We're the youngest people in there by probably 30 years? Yeah, I'm not kidding. Which, that's fine. But it was just like, it was not the vibes. Okay. And someone knew me in there of all places. And then I went to a pilates class and everyone in the class knew me and it was just like, it was just embarrassing. Like I was just. I mean, again, it doesn't make it. I'm not minimizing anyone else because I don't want it to sound like, oh, if you're not necessarily back me. Like, you can't feel bad about it. Like, you can. I'm just explaining why it was so hard on me.
- [26:10]
B
But we're back and better than ever.
- [26:12]
A
Yeah, honestly, my skin's better than it was before I went through this.
- [26:15]
B
Yeah.
- [26:16]
A
And it also reminded me just to like not take your skin for granted, you know, I definitely was. And that's why I started slacking on my regimen. Because I'm like, oh, I haven't broken out in a long time. My skin's gonna be fine. And I just like really was neglecting my self care and not being consistent with my regimen and not using the things that kept me clear. But yeah, I mean, again, I was in fight or flight in all aspects of my life, so. But I still am. But I have now new ways to manage my stress. Nothing has changed on that front. Still building the house, still building this ball, and still dealing with other things in my life. But we have the healing frequencies, we have the water, we have the Supplements. We have lipid serum and Ondo to save the day. And we're gonna be all right.
- [26:58]
B
Yeah. And I think, like, it really goes to show, like, how quickly acne can show up. And, like, you always. You used to tell me, like, it's not that hard to trigger the acne, but clearing the inflammation can take a lot longer than.
- [27:14]
A
Yeah.
- [27:15]
B
You know what I mean? Like, you kind of have to run all the diagnostics and do all the things.
- [27:19]
A
Yeah. And it sucks. It's not cured. It's controlled. So you just gotta, like, always, you know, be mindful of her. And the second she catches you slipping. Oh, she's coming. She's waiting. Literally lurking. Waiting to find you vulnerable. And then she'll come attack. Yeah. Any thoughts?
- [27:41]
B
No, my skin's been doing okay.
- [27:44]
A
Good.
- [27:47]
B
No stress here. I'm always stressed, but I'm consistent.
- [27:51]
A
Yeah.
- [27:51]
B
I don't slack.
- [27:52]
A
He is consistent. He just doesn't drink water.
- [27:54]
B
Yeah. I don't drink water, and that's why I get maybe a pimple a month. But.
- [28:00]
A
Look good.
- [28:00]
B
I have one pimple right now, but we've been traveling a lot.
- [28:04]
A
Yeah.
- [28:05]
B
So.
- [28:06]
A
But that's that on that baby.
- [28:10]
B
Yeah. I don't think I have anything else.
- [28:12]
A
No, just your forehead looks great. Thank you.
- [28:15]
B
So what I'll say, Dude.
- [28:17]
A
Guys, I'm not gonna say it for the 10th time, but I am, because I love to beat a dead horse. One thing about Spina butto. She loves to beat a dead horse. Like, I will. And Tyler, that's probably his honestly, biggest pet peeve about me is if there's something that I think is a good thing that I said, or if I have something that I think is extremely important that I want people to understand, I will say it five times in five different ways.
- [28:36]
B
Yeah. Or like, she'll ask you, like, the same question, like, five times, and I'm like, scroll up in our messages. One. Scroll.
- [28:45]
A
Oh, my God. I just want to make sure we're still having that verdict. I just want to make sure that your stance hasn't changed. Just fallen through.
- [28:52]
B
Yeah. In the past 10 seconds, it hasn't changed.
- [28:56]
A
You know, love me for me.
- [28:59]
B
Beat the horse. What were you going to say?
- [29:02]
A
I don't want to talk about it anymore. You made me feel sad.
- [29:04]
B
Stop it.
- [29:06]
A
I don't know what I was gonna say. Honestly, I forgot squirrel. But that's. That's it.
- [29:11]
B
We love you guys.
- [29:12]
A
We love you and it's okay. And your acne does not define you, but it damn hell sure does define.
- [29:17]
B
Me and you know what? Follow. I mean, honestly, a lot of it comes down to your lifestyle book, a console. We have a whole little printout of everything lifestyle related when it. Whether it's dietary or what other things.
- [29:32]
A
Birth control, stress products you use outside.
- [29:35]
B
Of, obviously skincare, lack of supplements, and then products. She named her Holy grail.
- [29:42]
A
Yeah, no, I fully believe that if you use lipid serum and Ondo carboxy mousse and the charcoal spot treatment and do all the other lifestyle things I talked about, that you can clear your skin.
- [29:54]
B
Yeah, no, it's. It's real. And ice your skin.
- [29:57]
A
Like, I'm telling you, it was so bad, guys. I wish I took more videos, but I was so upset.
- [30:01]
B
Great. When you were taking the videos you did take, I feel like it was with like, one eye open.
- [30:05]
A
I was like.
- [30:06]
B
Like, you couldn't look.
- [30:07]
A
I can't see. I blood. But yeah, it all was okay in the end. Just like everything in life. It all will be okay in the end. Yeah, you just gotta.
- [30:15]
B
You have to trust in the process. One foot did not trust in the process. She was throwing everything in the kitchen sink.
- [30:23]
A
Oh, I was like, this has to go today. Like, how do I get acne gone in a day? Like, I was that client. Yeah, it's like, what the fuck? Like, I did my regimen. Why is my acne still here tomorrow? Like, that was me. But I know we're joking about it, but guys, it was really bad. Like, I was, like, in tears almost every day and, like, did not want to go anywhere, did not want to do anything. Almost canceled our trip. Just really bad. But.
- [30:48]
B
We love you guys. Have a wonderful rest of your week.
- [30:53]
A
Have a good Monday. Drive safe and we'll see you next week.
- [30:58]
B
Bye. Bye. Bye.