Kiehl's talks Fall, Winter skincare

Detroit where we talk about all the good happening in and around our city. Our next guest is here to talk skin care. If you're trying to get your routine together or trying to switch it up as we transition into these cooler months, we have Michelle Pericola from Kiehl's joining us now. Welcome. Thank you. So for people who don't know about the skin care brand Kiehl's, because we know there's so many of the brands out there, talk about Kiehl's and what they focus on. They focus on proven ingredients. Kiehl's has been around since 1851 they started as an apothecary in New York City on 13 and 3rd I basically tell people we've been around for 175 years oh my god obviously they're doing something right it's a nice a nice mix of nature and science so they like to keep it as pure as possible we do source back to whatever we take so it's just a really nice pure simple brand that's gone from generation to generation i'm familiar with the brand i didn't know they've been around since the 1800s but that kind of gives you an idea of how trusted the brand is if they've been able to stick around for that long yep correct and that's what's nice that's what holds it back you know grandma brings the grandchildren and her mother brings the daughter in um just had a lady the other day come in and just swapped out all of the hair care from her daughter's shower as oh wow the same as hers so it's nice to see that because Kiehl's really does not advertised it's just all by reputation really and that's how you know you're i mean we have a lot of good luxury brands who don't have to advertise because of that word of mouth so similar thing for you yep exactly talk about the different products that you offer i know it's like a wide range it is a wide range but we start at every level so you know we have a lot of younger people come in and again TikTok shows them so many different things and i want to deep dive into the ingredients that their skin's not even ready for yet so I like to start you know we always like to start bare bone basics and it really doesn't matter what age you start that person at it could be 12 and new at skin care it could be 30 and new at skin care so we're going to start them out bare bone basics you know you want a good wash you want a nice toner you want a great moisturizer But at Kiehl's, we do complimentary consultations. I didn't know that either. Everything is complimentary. So we can deep dive with a derma reader, and that's how we met Erica. She came into the store, not quite sure. One of my Kiehl's pros did a derma reader, and she just loved it. It gave her so much information. Some people are nervous to deep dive that much. We can just do a simple test. We can test your skin barrier and your hydration level. wow so what's the derma reader is it something that you kind of do photo skin or yep it is with a photo skin it's a little bit more of a deep dive so it'll tell you what your dark spots are what your uv damage is how your are your um your pores clogged so you know goes that deep how are the circles underneath your eyes you know so it's a little bit more of a deep dive but again we do have the tools or even just talking with somebody because a lot of people don't want to know or may not not quite sure but as long as we're building their skin barrier which is the most important aspect of skin care and their hydration level so that's free that is free i need to go to Kiehl's that is free i've had people come in and just I'm like what products are you using and we're very you know we're honest we're transparent you know especially in today's age you know everything is more expensive it really is so you know we like to fit our Kiehl's products into their routine where it's needed if it's a face wash and they have one already you know once it's empty come on back yeah but we can still plug in Kiehl's here huh I love that you guys do that now you talked about um making sure they're getting products that their skin is ready for correct what did you mean by that very different many levels you know you have the younger generation who wants to come in and they want the vitamin C serum they want the retinol serum your skin's if your skin is baby soft you don't need that so there's levels to it so there is levels to it a lot of people have sensitive skin just so happens that our retinol is a micronized retinol so it's a little bit softer of a retinol you can ease yourself into it twice a week three times a week I always tell people listen to your skin your skin's going to tell you what it needs whether it's dry if it's a hydration level we have different serums that can fix that okay we have a new collagen serum which is a collagen oh very nice helps with the elasticity of your skin you want to keep it nice and taut it's going to help with the fine lines has a nice B12 so it's going to give you a little bit of that radiance okay so it just all depends at what level you're at but we can meet anyone anywhere anytime wow i love that so we're transitioning into some cooler months So what should people maybe be considering? Because we know our skin tends to get a little drier during the transitional season. Right, that it does. We have our nice ultra facial cream. That is our number one hydration. It does have a 4.2% squalene, which is really nice. And it also partners with a hydrating mask, which is overnight. It does not need to be rinsed off. That's at a 10.5 squalene. Your skin produces squalene. so you want to mimic what your skin is already producing we just launched last year the mega moisture which is a squalene body moisturizer so it's really important i always tell people to keep your face at that nice brand new kitchen sponge everyone loves that brand new sponge out of the package and that's how you want to keep your skin so i tend to run dry so i use our hydro plump which is a 15% glycerin that glycerin is just going to lock everything into your skin okay or you could use like a hyaluronic acid a lot of you know that's everyone knows what hyaluronic acid is is that the hydrating one it's a for hydration okay yeah but it's for hydration i feel as though the glycerin is a little bit more of an elevated but then again we can reach you where you're at are you new at this texture is so big into skin care yeah if you don't like how it feels you're not going to use it so we have a variety of different textures of different serums that can do the same thing yeah and eric and i we were talking about your skin care will depend on your skin type so what are the different kinds of skin types out there well you have a combination you have oily around the T-zone, you have dry dry skin, um most of your oily oily skin comes from people who are not hydrating their skin, I call it your oil glands in your face going to like survival mode, so it's producing more oil but then once you know you explain that simple task to that person, they know to add moisturizer to the skin, it tricks your oil glands not to produce more oil, wow, because it doesn't need to, it's not in survival mode anymore, so anywhere from combination, dry, oily, sensitive, acne prone, we do have a nice acne line with a salicylic acid okay, that will help that out, we also have a natural line, our Rare Earth, which is an Amazonian clay that will pull those oils out of your face naturally so it just depends, it's a good mix between nature and science as I indicated so you have the ones who want to go down the nature road yeah, and you have ones are like no, let's get this fixed right now, what's more popular, let's get this fixed right now, I love that, so what, okay we know uh cleansers, typically every brand has that, the cleansers, the toners, uh moisturizers, face masks, we see a lot of different masks out there, we see the the peel off kind, the serum kind, you just put on your face or the one you squeeze out the bottle and you, it's one better than the other, it all depends on the ingredient and what do you want you know, and what you want it done, you know, can't forget the eye cream as well yes we have our famous avocado eye cream which is very nice it kind of gives you a nice little iridescent underneath the eyes you're gonna make me run if you're going out at night plus you're hydrating your eyes as well so you know a lot of people come in i want an eye cream or i want a mask all of our man you know they have the nice little sheet mask everyone loves the sheet mask it's nice and it's nice and easy to do yeah well we also have a rare earth mask we have a turmeric cranberry seed mask that has little tiny cranberry seeds oh wow sorry try to tell people do it before you take a shower use those fine ingredients in that mask as your exfoliator which will help with your clogged pores wow and then you do your cleanse afterwards okay so i have oily skin what would you recommend for the oily skin girlies oily skin girlies i would go with probably once twice a week the rare earth exfoliating cleanser okay even though it says daily you want to listen to your skin it is gentle enough to use daily but if you feel as though it's drying you out a little bit too much yeah then you want to back off i love our calendula face wash it's from normal to oily skin okay so as the seasons change you don't need to change your face wash pair that up with the toner and you can easily put your toner in a mist bottle for that facial mist okay um i would still add an oil i would go with the um ultra facial cream okay during the day you can always add a glycolic acid at night or even a niacinamide which is niacinamide, yep, that and vitamin C I've been because I've had hyperpigmentation and the vitamin C has helped tremendously, now I don't really have any of that, but okay, I was going to say we have a nice dark spot solution which helps with the hyperpigmentation, okay we also have a sunscreen that helps even tone the skin, oh god, so there are many different elements that you can do, I love that, so for someone who has normal skin do they not have to worry about uh getting too many products is it a different lineup for them not necessarily, it all depends on what level they are, I mean we have the people who just want the four and done, one wants, they want the eight, the eight or the ten, you know, so just everyone's at a different level and that's where you meet them at, what would you like, you can easily layer your serums for you know whatever purpose it may may need, yeah I like the uh multi-step skincare because it's just therapeutic just being in the mirror, it is very therapeutic, I love to tell the new moms spend time for yourself, the self-care for the busy woman these days is just like you're worth it spend that extra time, treat yourself, you've got to take care of yourself before you can take care of others, that's a word, that's a word that's very important so you're partnering with the it girl we are, and we are so excited about Sunday, there'll be a lot of um fun activities going on, I'll have my whole crew there so we'll be able to meet every skincare need of everybody there excuse me will also be tons of goodies and surprises Thank you.