Alexa Chung shows us her skincare favourites

Intro good morning a couple of weeks ago I went and spoke to Dr Wasim who is an aesthetic doctor to talk about my skincare routine I felt like I learned a lot I went in with no knowledge I came out with a whole routine and I'm going to show you what I've been using and what I've been enjoying as well anyway Essence now that I am in fact Simply Clean I'm going to start with the most vital Essence here C fic antioxidants are absolutely essential to my routine what it does is it protects s against pollution nastiness in the air that your skin can encounter throughout the day so this is really really vital you can use three to four drops of that obviously depending on the size of your face maybe you need six going to Pat it in some more turns out I've got a really long head I like that even the bottle looks like we're in a science lamp and that's because we are the fact that they've spent 30 years putting Research into this is very nice I like that they Skincare approach can have done the high maintenance stuff so that I can be low maintenance my approach to Beauty has always been quite laidback I've always wanted my skin to look like skin I really don't like heavy foundations I really don't like plowing on too much makeup and recontouring my face and that's why skin care becomes more and more important to me as I age because I want the foundation of my actual face to be as clean and clear as possible so then I'm just putting the bare minimum on I do have regrets about SPF how much SPF that I used but here we are speaking of SPF now this one's really great because it's giving me protection from the Sun and it's also moisturizing and hydrating at the same time even if you live in a place with an overcast gray sky like I do here in England it's so important that every day you're applying an SPF I feel like you already know this by now but if you're like me and sometimes forget it's a reminder to not forget this vital step so this has got a really gorgeous silk texture to it it's working on discoloration at the same time as giving you protection from the Sun I do feel like with skin Outro products I'd rather invest in really good products that I can use less of than an array of getting it wrong so rather than layering up kind of eight different things just desperately trying to like quench my skin definitely less is more is my Approach not in life necessarily more is more please that was it thank you for hanging out with me in my bathroom for my uh very complex ingredients wise but very simple skincare routine it's been a pleasure waking up with you until we meet again