Shadowing Practice: The Nighttime Skincare Routine That Really Works! | This Morning - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Nadine Baggett is here with her favourite bedtime beauty essentials.
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Hey, Nadine.
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If you've got details of everything you're talking about today, scan the QR codes on screen now to take you to the free this morning.
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Dermot was wondering if you could have a basket so that you could do a bit of shopping, wouldn't you?
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you.
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I'll do the shopping for you.
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You'll take it, will you?
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No, no, no, I'll do it for you.
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Yeah, no, thank you.
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Because obviously you requested this.
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I'm really going to see it.
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No, the British public need to realise that he asked for a basket, you asked for a full -size trolley.
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Exactly.
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You know I'd want a trolley, but take it away, my darling.
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I'm going to sort out your circadian rhythm.
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If there's anything you want, I'll put it in the basket for you.
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Is it for me, is it?
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Thank you so much.
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Yeah, it's for you.
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I'm going to sort out your circadian rhythm because it has taken a bit of a hit.
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It has.
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Because even that hour is enough...
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Tell me about it.
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..to confuse your hormones, your sleeping patterns, your digestive system and your skin.
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It's true.
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Because your skin works on a circadian rhythm just like the rest of your body.
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I knew it was because this morning when I woke up, I wanted more sleep.
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So I know that hour, even though we get an extra hour, why am I still wanting more sleep?
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I don't know.
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That's not your job.
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How much sleep do you really need?
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Like, should you be after six, seven, eight hours?
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Like, what do you really need?
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I mean, you can run the country like Margaret Thatcher did on four hours sleep, or you can be like Alison and I, and we love our full eight hours.
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So you were just saying, literally, before we came back...
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About six, maybe?
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About six, and yet you've got so much energy.
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Yeah, he's so...
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Well, I am tired.
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Like, when I get to bed, so I could do...
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I'd like more, but...
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Do you go to sleep, is that right?
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I got a five -year -old.
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No, he has a nana nap mid -afternoon.
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Well, I wish I did.
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I thought he was just talking about he's got a nana.
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LAUGHTER
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right let's talk about sleeping cream how you can repair your skin
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while you sleep because that's what your body does your body repairs your skin
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while you sleep just as it repairs the rest of your body
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and one of the most common things that happens to you
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when you sleep and i don't know
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if it happens to you is do you wake up
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when your skin is dry and tight sometimes especially at this time of year yeah
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so what you need is you need a sleeping mask yeah
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and i've chosen one that i just think is your love
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and that's the naturium and that's the intense overnight sleeping cream Now, I'll be really honest with you, this is just a really rich moisturiser.
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And I'm a bit fussy because it is formulated for night, but you could use it during the day.
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So you don't see it, it's just a moisturiser you rub in?
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Absolutely, it's just a moisturiser you rub in.
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That is a deep, deep basket.
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But it's beautiful, it's in such a great range.
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Now, what I was going to say was, if your skin is slightly oilier, then you can use the Elf one.
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And this is Elf Holy Hydration, which means that it's lighter, it's less of a cream, more of a gel, but just as hydrating.
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And the idea is it seals your skin off so you don't lose water from your skin as you sleep.
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OK, so if you're oilier...
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Yep, perfect for teens, perfect for your son.
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What if you're a bit drier?
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Well, that one, the dermatitis will be taken.
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You're oily.
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Oily?
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Terrible thing to say.
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I love working with you too.
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Oily?
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Sorry, Nadine.
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There are other things you can do at night, right?
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You can resurface your skin at night while you sleep.
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Really?
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So this has got malic and lactic acid in.
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And it's from a brilliant range called Bubble.
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So if you've got breakouts or you've got sort of ingrown hairs, anything like that, it's a great one.
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It's a really nice one.
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And you just mentioned retinol before we came back live on it.
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Yeah, so I see it in green.
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What does it do?
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It's the gold standard sun damage reversal.
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And it's a vitamin.
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So it's literally vitamin A.
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It comes in lots of different formats.
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I've chosen this one by The Ordinary
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because it is the strongest form of vitamin A pre -prescription at the best price on the market by now.
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Is that for your eyes or is that for your whole face?
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That's for your whole face.
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You need that.
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And it's very, very unstable, which is why it comes in small amounts so that you can just replace it frequently.
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All right.
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I don't really understand.
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Sorry.
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So certain active ingredients in skincare, the minute you expose them to the air or daylight, they start to degrade.
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They're not as good as when they are when it's fresh out of the pot.
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Ordinary is great, though, isn't it?
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That's a good brand.
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Yeah, really good.
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Peptides.
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Now, CeraVe is a brilliant, high -street, American dermatology brand.
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This has peptides in it.
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Now, peptides biohack your skin to repair itself, so they speed up the repair process really clever, right?
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And you put it on at night?
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But interestingly enough, perfect question.
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We've all been using peptides during the day, and we've been getting it wrong.
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You're better off using it at night because that's when your skin's actually repairing itself.
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So you can use it morning and night, but why not?
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How much has this evolved since you started?
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I mean, there must be, like, leaps and bounds, right?
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Dramatically.
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It used to be cleansed, tone, moisturising.
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You'd have to spend an absolute fortune, and now you've got things on the high street, which is why I'm trying.
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You're constantly hearing things all the time, aren't you?
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Never better.
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Is that why you look so beautiful?
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I'm 120.
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And so many countries get so...
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I remember, like, when I was doing stuff with them, I remember the South Koreans are so advanced in singing.
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We're going to come up on that.
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So you mentioned dry skin.
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I just want to quickly shout out to this brand.
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This is Cetraban, which is a real dermatology favourite brand.
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This is for your face for dry skin.
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Really basic, really reasonably priced.
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But they do a body product
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because a lot of people get dry body during the night
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and then it starts to itch and scratch and then they'd open a cycle where they can't sleep, especially if you've got things like eczema or dermatitis, which is really common at this time of year,
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especially now we've put the heating on and it's cold outside.
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Which is why you've got to keep hydrating as well, right?
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You've got to keep that water next to your bed.
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uh you can drink it
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but it's much better actually to put your water in a humidifier
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and put it by the side of your bed
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so it goes into it goes into the air wow this
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is incredible now we're talking mind blown right uh now we're talking koreans i pretend to be asleep okay all right
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how exciting is my item that you're asleep no i mean with the humidifier so i get it
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this is number seven good intent you were talking about korean skin care we've chatted about it a This is number seven, which is a British brand inspired by Korean.
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And this is their sleeping mask.
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I put it on the back of my hand there.
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Can you see it there?
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You sleep in that all night and then it peels off in the morning.
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Urgh!
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I know you don't like that.
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Urgh!
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Don't be scared of that.
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It's a little bit...
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No, that's amazing.
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It's a little bit it puts a lotion in the basket.
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Yeah, it is, yeah.
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I know.
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I think that's a good one.
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But it really works.
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You peel it off in the morning.
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You look incredible in the morning it just essentially stops the water leaving your skin
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so any dryness any wrinkles they're really perfect yeah here's the
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thing very even though i've been married 20 odd years
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or like being with d23 years you still want to look good
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when you go to bed
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and put this put this on you may as well be putting up a white flag going listen
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but it's going to be dark it's going to be dark you're going to turn the lights off
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and ultimately it's going to be dark no one can see
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your face you might as well bang it on don't forget
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your hair can i just say although i've there's not a lot of difference between night moisturisers
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and day moisturisers there's a lot of difference between a day conditioner
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and a night conditioner okay so that's formulated to go into the hair really quickly
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and not mess up your pillowcases don't forget your lips very
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important absolutely i know nobody wants a greasy pillow no dr
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jart is another korean range absolutely lovely i use them that's one of my favorite ranges
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if you look at it really closely uh you sure
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that isn't your finger just splodged in there there's a little
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sort of finger mark in there where somebody's had a quick test earlier on oh
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that wasn't me
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that wasn't me no okay i couldn't open it i didn't
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know how to open it it's basically just oh there you go yeah lip mask look how cute is
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that lip mask yes so you basically a lot of people get really dry especially
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if you snore then the air goes over your lips
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and dries them out
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while you sleep yeah right these sort of eye masks here
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these are from patchology you would we've all used these before a big nta red carpet
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that sort of thing but you actually sleep in these as well i'm sorry derma Not if you're D, obviously, you can't.
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But you sleep in them and peel them off the next day.
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Are they sticky enough?
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Yes, they stay there all night.
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Do they feel more comfortable and not wetty?
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No, not too wet, which a lot of things do, right?
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Yeah, I know.
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And then I've got three top tips to get a great night's sleep.
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Yeah, go on.
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Invest in a great set of noise -cancelling headphones.
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Loop is the trendiest brand.
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That's up to 21 decibels, which is like...
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That will cut out car noise.
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I love it.
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If you're in a hotel and it's noisy, somebody's partying down the road, plain noise, that will cut that out it's a funny one
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that isn't it because i think
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when you first wear your plugs i don't really wear them you hear your heartbeat
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but you you know it takes maybe a day
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or two to get into it
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and then once you do it you can't imagine without it
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yeah it's you do get attuned to sort of almost the sound of your own breathing
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and your which is quite zen yeah uh there is one supplement
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and generally i don't recommend blind supplementation
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that is guaranteed to help you to sleep
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so i i'm not a doctor and you're just taking something that hasn't been prescribed for you.
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Oh, for sure.
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Yeah.
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Absolutely magnesium.
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And this is three types of magnesium, citrate, glycinate, yeah.
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It's Mother Nature's Valium and it works on the muscles.
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It's going to calm you down.
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So it calms, soothes you.
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And it's in different sorts of magnesium.
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Yeah, and I think glycinate is the best for sleep.
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Glycinate.
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Yeah.
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And then finally, a light block -out mask.
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Now, this really divides people.
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I don't like them.
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I just find it really annoying on my face.
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It's a bit spooky, is it?
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Oh, well, look, can I just take this one off here and show you?
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Look at that. So, it's...
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It's super soft and it doesn't touch your eyes or your eyelashes.
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I like it.
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Not so much in the winter, but in the summer, yeah.
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That is super comfortable.
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Check that out.
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There you go.
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Does it get any better than that?
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Is it nice?
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Is it not annoying?
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No. The only disadvantage is you're not going to wake up as the light, as the light comes off, you're not going to wake up.
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Actually, I've got to be honest, that was quite nice.
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I was like, oh, they seem to be drifting off.
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Maybe it's me or maybe it's...
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 244 sentences and 2226 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:28. The speaker talks fast, about 235 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| repair verb | /ˈɹiːpɛɚ/ | To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy. |
| mask noun | /mæsk/ | A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection. |
| basket noun | /ˈbæskɪt/ | A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. |
| rhythm noun | /ˈɹɪð.əm/ | The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. |
| vitamin noun | /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/ | Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found… |
| peel verb | /piːl/ | To remove the skin or outer covering of. |
| finger noun | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other… |
| asleep adjective | /əˈsliːp/ | In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. |
| lip noun | /lɪp/ | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. |
| nana noun | /ˈnɑːnə/ | A banana. |
| tone noun | /ˈtəʊn/ | A specific pitch. |
| format noun | /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/ | The layout of a publication or document. |
| bound adjective | /ˈbaʊ̯nd/ | Obliged (to). |
| acid noun | /ˈæsɪd/ | A sour substance. |
| guarantee noun | /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ | Anything that assures a certain outcome. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| sort out verb | To clarify by reviewing mentally. | |
| come off verb | To become detached. | |
| cut out verb | To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something). | |
| drift off verb | To fall asleep slowly. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | Hydration, which means · unstable, which is · street, which is |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has taken · i've chosen · we've put |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is formulated · will be taken · be cleansed |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 81 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, breathe /bɹiːð/, soothe /suːð/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, shout /ʃaʊt/, prescription /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, eyelash /ˈaɪlæʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, reasonably /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, circadian /sɚˈkeɪ.di.ən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like repair, mask, basket.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.