Glow Up Transformation In Korea Blackpink Nail Salon, Hair, Lash Lift, Selfcare, Journaling Etc!

So i need a change cleaning up, i'm taking care of myself and me drinking coffee. Take a sip. They say: i'm sparkling, hey guys! Welcome back to my channel if you're new, here hi my name is alex and thank you so much for clicking on this video. I'Ve honestly just been feeling very crusty. These days i haven't been taking care of myself as much and just overall, not feeling the best in my skin lately. So i felt it was time to maybe change some things up, so i thought it would be super fun to take you guys, along with me, on all of my appointments that i have made to just basically do a glow up transformation. I'M gon na be getting my hair done. I'M going to get my lashes and brows lifted. I have never gotten anything done with my lashes or brows before so i am very excited and nervous. At the same time, i have a nail appointment as you can see. My nails are super long now, but i haven't gotten gel nails done in over a year. I believe it's been a while. I usually never get my nails done, but i want to feel you know like. I got my nails done, i'm a brand new person. You know what i mean: i'm definitely trying to step out of my comfort zone. Try something new with my appearance, give myself a bit of a refresh, so i'm going to bring you guys along with me on this glow up transformation journey, and i hope you guys enjoy this video, let's get straight into it. So right now we are heading to the hair salon. I haven't been to the hair salon in like over a year, i think, or like almost a year now, and my hair has gotten a super long, because i've just had long straight hair for like the longest time, so i'm kind of tired of this hairstyle. I definitely definitely need to cut the ends of my hair because they are suffering right now. I have so many split ends and it's just not doing great. This is what my hair looks like now and i will come back and show you guys the after results. So let's go to the hair salon, so we just arrived at the hair clinic and i'm in the gown. Now i had to put on a mask that didn't have a string attached, so it's really smart. It has like a sticker that sticks right on your face. Just cut my hair, i'm gon na get a shampoo now so we're currently getting our hair clinic done right now, emily's getting hers done, i'm getting some kind of steam thing done to my hair and emily got her chamomile drink we're at o-a-o here, okay, so this Is the final result of my hair? I love it so much. I got curtain bangs, so much lighter and prettier we're gon na head home now. So today i have a lash lift appointment at 3 30 and i'm so excited because i've literally never gotten my lashes and browsed them before. So my friend joanna has a lash and bra business here in seoul and she recently opened up her studio. So i thought why not go visit her and get my lashes and brows done for the first time ever. These are my natural lashes right now and my natural eyebrows, let's head over to joanna's studio right now, do this is avena oatmeal in spanish she's eating a carrot, she's awake now! Oh, my gosh she's, posing she's so cute, so guys, i'm back home after getting my lash, lift and browlish. What this is the result um, i love it so much it's looking really. Nice joanna did an amazing job. These are my lashes they're all lifted up and looking gorgeous. My brows are still a little bit dark because she added like a gel type of thing on top of it, which i have to wash off after 24 hours. Thank you so much joanna for doing my lashes and brows. They look incredible. So we just arrived at kangnam station and we are heading towards the nail shop. I'M getting my nails done with emily and my friend dean today, yeah i'm so excited. I grew out my nails so that i could get gel nails on my real nails, so we made an appointment at a nail shop called unistella. I'M sure a lot of you guys have heard of unistella before, because those of you who are blinks should know that they always do blackpink's nails for like music videos, shoots or performances and also other idols as well. And we basically just asked the designer to do. What'S trendy on our nails, we didn't pick out a design or anything, so it's gon na be a surprise yo. This is what you can get when you guys come to the store. Yes, i'm getting it. I nailed my nails. They nailed these nails, so it's 10 p.m. Right now i just took a shower and i am in my background and everything and i'm about to do my nighttime skincare routine. A part of glowing up is taking care of your skin. Doing my skincare routine always helps me feel super refreshed, so i'm going to do that right. Now i'm going to be using these products that i've been using literally all summer, basically for like two months now, since we still wear masks almost everywhere in korea as soon as the korean summer humidity and heat hit, i was starting to break out on my chin Area a lot, but once i started using these products, i noticed such a big change in how soft and smooth and moisturized my skin became. As you can see, all the breakouts that had appeared on my chin all disappeared after i started using these products, and these are from a brand called kaine who is also kindly sponsoring this portion of the video. So kyna is a 100 vegan and cruelty free brand. At first glance, you'll see that their packaging is so beautiful, but not only is their packaging aesthetic, the bottles are all made of recycled glass and plastic and are 100 recyclable as well another thing about their packaging that i actually noticed wait. Let me go get the box real, quick. I literally saved all of their boxes, because i wanted to show you guys this. So basically they have these super encouraging and supportive messages in each of their boxes. Kind of like affirmations. So when you open it up, you can read like a cute little message. It says on the top here this one says every day is a fresh start. This other one says charge the day own your energy. This one says you are a sunshine in someone's life and the last one says live the life you've imagined, and i wanted to show you guys, because i found it so cute and sweet that they put those little cute messages in their boxes. To like lighten up your day, make you feel good. First off, i use the rosemary relief gel cleanser, you guys as soon as you try using this gel cleanser you're gon na fall in love with the scent. It'S super refreshing. It has this kind of like herbal scent, it kind of makes you feel like you're in a spa or you're cleansing your face in a rain forest. What makes this gel cleanser special is that it's infused with five percent rosemary leaf, extract and 0.45 dha, which is salicylic acid rosemary leaf, has actually been used as a medicinal herb since ancient greece and rome, and it is an excellent ingredient to soothe and hydrate the Skin, it's also known to be anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. At the same time, bha helps unclog the pores reduce breakouts and blackheads, which really helps skin. That'S acne, clean and sensitive. My experience with a lot of cleansers that i've used in the past. They tend to feel quite drying to the skin and make your skin feel very tight after cleansing. But, to my surprise, this cleanser does not make your skin feel tight at all, and your skin actually feels super hydrated after rinsing it off. You can really feel that it removes all of the dirt and impurities on your skin without stripping your skin of its essential moisture. Next, i'm going to use the kaine kombu, balancing ampule toner, which is a fermented toner and just a side. Note guys, if you haven't tried fermented toners, yet you've got to get your hands on one because they are absolute game changers. So this toner contains 60 fermented kombucha and the kombucha is made from carefully fermented green tea, which is locally grown in jeju island. It also contains eight times more vitamin c than a lemon, so it's super high in antioxidants as well. I love pouring a few drops of this toner into my hand and layering it onto my skin multiple times to give it those added layers of hydration to my skin. Another two key ingredients infused in this toner is one percent panthenol and eight different hyaluronic acids. Panthenol is considered amazing for skin vitality and skin regeneration. The eight different hyaluronic acids gives the skin intense hydration from the inside out, leaving the skin feeling hydrated and healthy all day. Long. Last but not least, i'm going to use the kaine vita drop serum and i actually like to call this a glow serum, because not only is it a glowing, yellow color, but it also makes my skin super glowy and radiant all day long. This serum is infused with 73 vitamin tree fruit extract, which is actually one of the best natural vitamin ingredients for sensitive or acne prone skin, as it contains 200 times more natural, vitamin c and e than in apples, and it's packed with antioxidants that give your skin A clear and vibrant tone: it also contains three percent niacinamide, which helps to target excessive sebum, enlarged pores and uneven skin texture. So it's an amazing formulation. That'S super effective in brightening, your skin and helping fade away, any acne scars or unwanted pigmentation. All of kindness products work for all different skin types, but i'd highly recommend it to those of you who have acne prone skin or sensitive skin like i do all of their formulations are super gentle, yet effective. They also have worldwide shipping. So you can easily get your hands on them via the link in my description box and thank you again kinda for sponsoring this portion of the video. So i'm on my bed right now. I finished my nighttime skincare routine and got ready for bed, but the last thing i quickly want to do is do some journaling life has been pretty hectic and busy these days, so i've kind of been neglecting. My me time, my self-love time, my journaling time, where i kind of like take care of my mental health and everything like that so yeah. This is usually a very important part of my routine, and this is one of the things i do for my mental health. So i'm gon na quickly take the time to journal before i go to bed and i'll share some of the things i do with you guys. Once i'm done, i have my three key sort of books and notebooks that i use for my journaling. This book is mainly for my affirmations and my to-do list, i kind of like to write down a to-do list for all the things that i need to accomplish the next day, so that when i wake up in the morning, i know exactly what i need to Do and then i have my five minute journal of course, there's a daytime one that you do in the morning and then there's a nighttime section. So i'm just going to finish off my nighttime section on that and then i have my journey to the heart. This is daily meditations. I usually read this in the morning to kickstart my day and set my intentions for the day, but i didn't read it today, so i'm gon na end my night with one. It'S also nice, to end your day. With this, it's super relaxing and it puts you in a good mood before bed. So join me for my nighttime journaling routine. This is a new notebook that i got by the way and it's so nice, because the pages are completely blank like there's no lines or anything, so i can scribble on it draw whatever i want write whatever i want so so so i finished my journaling in My notebook and i did some nighttime affirmations like this - i like to kind of like make it look pretty and stuff so for today's affirmations, i'll read it to you guys. I wrote i'm grateful for my sister. Emily learning is my super power. I let go of the burdens i carry in my heart, i'm always in the right place at the right time, i'm aligned with my higher self. I do work. That is important and valuable. I may make mistakes, but i recover and i keep going. I am full of hope and free of worry. I can change the world, so those were tonight's affirmations and i hope they help you guys too. I wrote in my five minute journal as well, but that's a little bit more personal, so i'm not gon na share that with you guys, but yeah journaling does really clear my head and make me feel so much better and i feel a lot more confident in Navigating my day once i have made a to-do list for myself, so i highly recommend trying that out. I'M gon na read today's daily meditation from journey to the heart. It has a meditation for every day 365 days and you can read one every single day. So today's is listen to the voice of the soul and now i am super super tired, so i'm gon na head to bed and i'll see you guys tomorrow, good night good morning guys so today, i'm going to do my makeup, my hair and put on a Cute outfit and show you guys the final reveal of this glow up transformation. So yeah, let's get started. No, so brows don't work for me and yes for those of you wondering i am in fact using a straw cleaner, but we don't talk about that because it actually works really well for your brows and i lost my brow brush. So this was as good as it was gon na get good. This is me, this is keep slowly moving, hey guys, so i just did my makeup off camera and i'm going to try to use this thing to curl my bangs, oh my gosh, that failed. Honestly. I mean all people that know how oh this actually works. Oh i shouldn't mess this up. That was scary. I like how my bangs look a lot, though just kind of want to cut this long piece off. I did it so scary. I don't know if that was right, i don't know it looks kind of funky. This is how my front hair looks. I like it a lot, so i'm going to curl the rest of my hair. Oh, i kind of like. Oh, i like that this is the vadana hair, curler hair, curling iron. It really makes like natural curls, which i really really like. That'S the final hair. Look, oh my gosh. This looks so good. It must be like how the hairstylist cut my hair, because it looks incredible. She really got the layers right and everything okay guys, so i just got dressed into a cute little outfit. This is a thrifted tommy, hilfiger top that me and emily got together. I'M obsessed with this top, it's super cute. This is the final look of my glow up transformation and i am feeling like a whole new person. A brand new person and just doing this glow up transformation has really helped me a lot to kind of get out of my rut and feel more confident in my skin. I did my hair all by myself. Oh my god. The light is so harsh. I'M sorry! It'S better here. I really hope you guys enjoyed this video because i actually had so much fun filming this whole glow-up transformation journey with you guys. So, thank you so much for coming on this journey with me and if you enjoyed this vlog, please like comment and subscribe. 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