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- 0:00So, I'm assuming you clicked on this
- 0:01video cuz you want to be
- 0:04>> [music]
- 0:06>> All right, but actually. Maybe you want
- 0:07to get shredded, maybe look better in
- 0:08the face, or learn how to style your
- 0:10clothes, or gain a social media
- 0:11following, or maybe actually talk to a
- 0:13girl for the first time in 3 years. But
- 0:15whatever it may be, I understand that
- 0:17you probably want to look better, talk
- 0:18better, and just feel better. Well,
- 0:20don't worry cuz you've got an absolutely
- 0:22expert on this
- 0:24All right, but on the actual more
- 0:25serious end, I can give you some no-BS
- 0:27advice on how I got more attractive in
- 0:29just a few short [music] months and the
- 0:30steps I took to get there. The diets,
- 0:32the products, the ideas, etc. And I
- 0:34promise you this is not going to be one
- 0:35of those crappy Pinterest picture
- 0:37slideshow videos spamming a bunch of
- 0:39sponsored products with all the Facebook
- 0:41charts and info. Nor is it going to be
- 0:43some hopeless black-pilled guide on how
- 0:45to perform shoulder width and knee
- 0:47surgery at home. It's actually going to
- 0:48be the steps that I took over the past
- 0:50few months and the steps I took over the
- 0:52years to go from this to this.
- 0:57But anyways, I'll be including a full
- 0:59guide on how I improve my face and my
- 1:01skin and how I added a halo to that by
- 1:03building an aesthetic physique. And
- 1:04finally, how I tied everything together
- 1:06by actually learning how to talk to
- 1:08people and finding a style that actually
- 1:09suit. And additionally, for those
- 1:11curious, I'll be going over whether or
- 1:12not the tides are worth it. But anyways,
- 1:15let's get started on how to actually
- 1:16glow up this summer and be the best
- 1:18version of you.
- 1:27All right, so first things first, your
- 1:29face and your skin. And look, everyone
- 1:30wants to look better. It's pretty much
- 1:32just facts at this point. It's hard not
- 1:33to scroll on your For You page and see
- 1:35back-to-back Damon Salvatore and David
- 1:37Laid. And of course, not start feeling
- 1:39some type of way about your own skin and
- 1:41your face. But it's important to
- 1:42understand that you can always take
- 1:44action on that. Looking better is still
- 1:45always possible. And I'll show you that
- 1:47through the routine that actually made a
- 1:48difference for me in just a few months.
- 1:51And no, it's not some overcomplicated
- 1:5340-step routine on a bunch of random
- 1:55products promoted by 10-year-olds trying
- 1:57to show their jawline on camera. But
- 1:58it's the real things that I did to start
- 2:00looking better day by day, which I know
- 2:02can work for you, too, as long as you're
- 2:03willing to take action on it, which I'll
- 2:05help you do with personal steps that you
- 2:06can do at the end of each section to
- 2:08better yourself. But to start, the
- 2:09single most impactful thing you can do
- 2:12for your face, and this is something
- 2:14people genuinely underestimate, is just
- 2:16getting lean. Like before you buy a
- 2:18single product, before you touch
- 2:19anything else on this list, understand
- 2:21that even just dropping a few
- 2:22percentages in body fat will do more for
- 2:25how your face looks than almost anything
- 2:27else you can do. And if you're already
- 2:28sub-11% body fat,
- 2:31>> [music]
- 2:33>> but for everyone else, a simple 2-month
- 2:35cut is probably the most important thing
- 2:36you can do this summer / spring. But
- 2:38I'll go way more in-depth on how to cut
- 2:40properly in the gym and fitness section.
- 2:42But something you can do now that works
- 2:43way faster than losing body fat, like
- 2:46within literal days, so you can actually
- 2:48see results and get that sweet release
- 2:50of instant gratification. But the number
- 2:52one thing when it comes to de-bloating
- 2:54is water. I genuinely mean the amount of
- 2:56water [music] that I used to make this
- 2:57script using ChatGPT. Just kidding,
- 2:59guys. I don't use AI. My jokes are all
- 3:01homemade. But we're talking about 3 to 4
- 3:03L a day, and I know that sounds like a
- 3:05lot,
- 3:07but just trust the process because the
- 3:09effects on your face are actually really
- 3:10good. And beyond water, of course,
- 3:12there's other aspects to this, like
- 3:13sodium and potassium. Ideally, you want
- 3:15to get your sodium down to about 1,500
- 3:18mg and your potassium up to around 3,000
- 3:20mg. And this is the main problem. Most
- 3:22people are doing the complete opposite
- 3:24of this without even realizing it.
- 3:25Because snacks and processed foods are
- 3:27basically just sodium hydrogen bombs
- 3:30disguised as food. While whole foods
- 3:31like bananas and avocados, which are the
- 3:33ones that actually have potassium in
- 3:35them, nobody really eats. So, simple
- 3:37fix, a potassium supplement first thing
- 3:39in the morning around 700 to 1,000 mg.
- 3:41Drink your water all throughout the day.
- 3:43Cardio helps de-bloat as well, and try
- 3:45to actually hold real food instead of
- 3:47like Walmart brand reproductive harming
- 3:49noodles. You're going to notice a
- 3:50difference in your face within a week,
- 3:52and you'll also start feeling a lot more
- 3:53energetic and healthier, too. But, let's
- 3:55also talk about the effects that eating
- 3:57healthy foods has on your looks as a
- 3:59whole. But, it has a real effect on skin
- 4:00quality, acne, and the tightness of your
- 4:03face, and even your hair. All of that is
- 4:04heavily tied to what you're putting in
- 4:06your body. So, to help you all optimize
- 4:08that, I'm going to list out my whole
- 4:09grocery. I set a personal rule where I
- 4:11can only eat what I buy myself from the
- 4:13grocery store and not whatever random
- 4:15stuff my parents have lying around. That
- 4:17way, I don't eat a whole apple with kiwi
- 4:18[music] and papaya every year. But,
- 4:20regardless, my grocery haul is usually
- 4:22fajita mix because it goes with
- 4:23literally anything and has three
- 4:25vegetables in it. Ground beef, chicken,
- 4:26salmon, eggs, nuts, berries, bananas,
- 4:29avocados, sweet potatoes, [music] rice,
- 4:31spinach, sourdough bread, and raw honey.
- 4:36For my sauces, I usually do low-sodium
- 4:38pasta sauce, buffalo sauce because it's
- 4:40super low-calorie and actually it's rice
- 4:42vinegar, full-fat Greek yogurt instead
- 4:44of sour cream. But, I allow myself a
- 4:46little bit of yum yum sauce to keep my
- 4:48sanity intact. The overall rule is just
- 4:50try and keep fat and sodium to as low as
- 4:52you realistically can. Don't overload
- 4:54the sauces, though. That's the main
- 4:55thing that increases sodium. And try to
- 4:57eat whole foods the majority of the
- 4:58time. But, don't make your life
- 4:59miserable over it because eating seven
- 5:01to eight out of 10 healthy meals
- 5:03consistently is always going to be 3
- 5:05days of being perfect and then spiraling
- 5:08back into eating [music] complete
- 5:09garbage every single time. If you
- 5:10actually want to track how healthy your
- 5:12food is with a visual score, you can use
- 5:14the CalAI app. For every meal that you
- 5:16track, it gives you a rating out of 10.
- 5:17Not to mention, tracking meal also shows
- 5:19us calories, fats, proteins, carbs,
- 5:21etc., which will be useful in the
- 5:23cutting section of this video. But,
- 5:24before we get into that, let's review
- 5:26some face products that I use. And by
- 5:27the way, I'm going to keep this section
- 5:29a little tighter because you genuinely
- 5:31do not need much. The things that
- 5:32actually made a difference for me are
- 5:34under eye cream because the eye area is
- 5:36one of the first things that people
- 5:38notice about you. And I usually fix my
- 5:39dark circles around my eyebrows with it.
- 5:41Castor oil and a lash and brow growth
- 5:43serum actually works really well, too,
- 5:45cuz who doesn't want fuller eyebrows and
- 5:47lashes to look like a Arabian prince?
- 5:49Sunscreen every single day is also
- 5:51non-negotiable because UV damage
- 5:53compounds over time and you're not going
- 5:55to notice it now, but you're going to
- 5:56notice in your 30s when you start to
- 5:58look like this lady from Monsters Inc.
- 6:00So, just start now. It'll benefit you a
- 6:01lot. Whitening strips are actually super
- 6:03underrated for how easy they are to use
- 6:05and how much they do for you. Lumify if
- 6:07your eyes are always red for whatever
- 6:09reason. Vaseline on the lips if they get
- 6:12dry. And I know some of this may seem a
- 6:14little girly, but just taking care of
- 6:15yourself and grooming isn't something to
- 6:17be ashamed of. But for actual skin care
- 6:19instead of just accessory products, I
- 6:21personally don't have a lot of acne, but
- 6:23I found that literally just washing my
- 6:25face with cold water twice a day worked
- 6:27better for me than literally anything
- 6:28else because layering way too many
- 6:30products was actually making my acne
- 6:32[music] three times worse. But for most
- 6:34people who have mild acne, I would
- 6:36consider trying to get Tretinoin.
- 6:37Tretinoin is like a prescription-based
- 6:39acne product that you usually pair with
- 6:41a cleanser and a hydrator. It's usually
- 6:42meant for people with mild acne. And if
- 6:44you go to a dermatologist, you should be
- 6:46able to get prescribed with it. It
- 6:47worked really well for my friends who
- 6:49got on it and their acne went away in
- 6:50about three to four months. If you have
- 6:52severe acne like one of my friends did,
- 6:54you can also go to a dermatologist and
- 6:55try and get a prescription for Accutane.
- 6:57Now, Accutane will pretty much clear
- 6:59every bit of acne you have up, but it
- 7:01may have some side effects. But for my
- 7:03friend, he definitely said it was worth
- 7:04the risk and it cleared up almost
- 7:06everything on his face. And acne really
- 7:07isn't about complicated 40-step routines
- 7:10with a bunch of products. It's about
- 7:11going to a dermatologist, finding what
- 7:13type of acne you have and how to fix it.
- 7:15And if you really don't have bad acne
- 7:17like me, but you see sudden flare-ups,
- 7:19it's more about [music] your diet and
- 7:20maybe you're overloading your face with
- 7:22too much product. But moving forward
- 7:23into hair and mainly the foundation of
- 7:25it in general like texture and quality,
- 7:27castor oil is your friend for hair
- 7:29texture and growth. Use a natural
- 7:31shampoo and conditioner, too. I use Base
- 7:33Body Works. I filed a lawsuit against
- 7:35Base Body Works. But anyway, and it
- 7:37doesn't have ingredients sourced from
- 7:39like, I don't know, Breaking Bad's
- 7:40laboratory or like, what even is this?
- 7:42And if you're already noticing early
- 7:44thinning, then try and get on minoxidil
- 7:46sooner rather than later. Trust me on
- 7:48that, please. And honestly, the most
- 7:49underrated thing on this entire list is
- 7:52just going outside. Like actually just
- 7:54touch grass and get some sun. A week of
- 7:56real sunlight will do more for how you
- 7:58look than half of what I just listed.
- 8:00Just wear your sunscreen and you should
- 8:01be good. Sunlight makes your hair
- 8:03lighter and healthier, [music] your skin
- 8:04brighter and less blemishes, helps up
- 8:06your mood, and there's just so many
- 8:08benefits. Sorry to get off topic with
- 8:09the sun, but moving back to hair in
- 8:11general. Some extra products you can use
- 8:13for your hair type, whether or not you
- 8:14have curly, wavy, or straight hair are
- 8:17Curly guys usually want curl cream or
- 8:19milk. Wavy guys grab sea salt spray and
- 8:21a light mousse. And straight hair guys
- 8:23go sea salt spray, texture powder, or
- 8:25clay. No, not that type of clay, you
- 8:26idiot.
- 8:28But overall, that's pretty much it when
- 8:30it comes to your face. But there's some
- 8:31important extra things you can do like
- 8:33cold showers in the morning, which can
- 8:35debloat your face and reduce puffiness,
- 8:36and prioritizing your sleep as well.
- 8:38Also, the gym can have a positive effect
- 8:40on your looks, too. And the final step
- 8:42for this section, and of course with
- 8:43what I said earlier, I want you to
- 8:45actually do something with [music] this
- 8:46video and not just let it be more
- 8:48dopamine slot. So, the actionable step
- 8:50for this section is to make a skin care
- 8:52{slash} facial routine and or hair
- 8:53routine. I'll go ahead and give you all
- 8:55a sample one real quick. Feel free to
- 8:56just take a glance at this or pause the
- 8:58video if you need. [music]
- 9:01All right, I hope you like the skin care
- 9:02and facial routine. You can edit this,
- 9:04make your own skin routine, do whatever
- 9:06with it. But now, it's time to add that
- 9:08physique halo and angle max all of your
- 9:10gym pics so you can look five times
- 9:12bigger than you actually are. And I'm
- 9:13also going to be dropping my supplement
- 9:15stack in this section, and we're going
- 9:16to be going over all the spicy hyped
- 9:19methods of getting shredded, lean, tan,
- 9:21[music] and looking better nowadays. And
- 9:22I'm going to tell you my opinion on them
- 9:24personally. But anyways, let's hop into
- 9:26getting jacked this summer so you can
- 9:28match that new and improved face card.
- 9:30>> [music]
- 9:38>> Hey guys, so before we start this
- 9:39section, I'd like to go ahead and say
- 9:41something real quick that might change
- 9:42the pace of things on this video. So as
- 9:44you know, I'm a high school student
- 9:46trying to manage making videos with my
- 9:48school itself. And the main problem with
- 9:50that is time constraints. As you can
- 9:52see, I'm nearly averaging 4 months
- 9:54between every upload. And right now, I'm
- 9:56currently only finished with this part
- 9:57of the video. Mainly because ACT prep
- 10:00and AP classes are really just kicking
- 10:02my butt right now. So of course, I don't
- 10:03want to disappoint you guys or leave the
- 10:05channel dying by not uploading for at
- 10:07least another 4 months, which is how
- 10:09long it'll take before I get the other
- 10:10part of the video finished. So I think
- 10:12I'm going to leave this part as a
- 10:14standalone section of how to improve
- 10:16your face. And I'll upload the second
- 10:18parts of the video once I'm complete.
- 10:20Let me know if I should upload that as a
- 10:21whole video or I should upload it in
- 10:24sectional parts for each section. But
- 10:26anyways, thank you all for your
- 10:27continued support and just help me get
- 10:29through these tough times where it's
- 10:30kind of hard to manage the channel
- 10:32[music] and manage my school and soccer
- 10:34at the same time. And of course, seeing
- 10:35your social life stuff. And if y'all
- 10:37could do me a favor, just subscribe and
- 10:39like the video and just show interest in
- 10:41maybe my coaching or my community since
- 10:43it helps me out and helps me make these
- 10:44videos [music] a lot more popular. And
- 10:45if I ask y'all one thing and also you
- 10:47probably get cool benefits out of it as
- 10:49well, you can follow my personal and my
- 10:51new gym Instagram. You can get a look
- 10:53into my personal life and also my life
- 10:55at the gym. And also to a random three
- 10:56followers that follow my personal
- 10:58account, I'll DM you a free chance to
- 11:00have a fitness and or self-improvement
- 11:02coaching call and or a habit tracker and
- 11:05full blueprint to glowing up your face,
- 11:07body, style, social life, and [music]
- 11:09social media and more. And you can also
- 11:11find that in the comment section and
- 11:13description of this video. And also my
- 11:14channel bio, which has my community and
- 11:16other links in it, too. And thank you
- 11:17all for watching the video up to this
- 11:19point. It really means a ton to me
- 11:21[music] and I just cannot express how
- 11:22much I thank y'all for helping me blow
- 11:24up and spread my ideas [music] to so
- 11:26many people. I love all y'all and the
- 11:28number one thing I love doing is reading
- 11:30positive comments and people [music] who
- 11:32I've helped, so just feel free to drop
- 11:34one. I try to respond to all of them.
- 11:35And I cannot just thank you enough for
- 11:37giving me this [music] platform and
- 11:38opportunity. And I hope you can bear
- 11:40with my crappy upload schedule. But I
- 11:41love all of y'all and thank y'all so
- 11:43much for tuning in for [music] this
- 11:44video. Much love and peace out. And I'll
- 11:46try and get y'all those videos as soon
- 11:49as I possibly can. I promise. All right.
- 11:51Bye-bye for real. Thank [music] y'all so
- 11:52much. Love all y'all. Bye-bye.
- 11:57>> [music]
- 12:03[music]
- 12:06>> JP
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