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0:00Today I'm doing a little bit of a
0:01different episode. This is one that my
0:02producer Anna has wanted me to do for a
0:04while because she finds it so
0:06fascinating and it is answering the most
0:09googled questions about me. Welcome to
0:11Glow Lab. We're going to have a lot of
0:13fun and learn a lot together. [music]
0:14The reason why we think this is so
0:16fascinating is it's just kind of
0:17interesting to know what people want to
0:20actually know about you. I'm going to
0:21assume these are people who don't know
0:23much about me, maybe didn't follow me
0:24before on social media, had never seen
0:26any of my content, but these are really
0:28interesting questions. So, here we go.
0:30The most Googled questions about me.
0:32Starting with number one, who is Susan
0:34Yara and what is her expertise. So, if
0:37you're new here, my name is Susan Yara.
0:39It's actually Yatada. A lot of people
0:40don't realize that my last name is a
0:42Spanish last name. I think probably
0:44because a lot of the time you've heard
0:45me say Yara. And that's really because
0:47at some point in my career, I realized
0:49this is how people pronounce my last
0:51name, Yara. When I was a news reporter,
0:53I was always like Susan Yara. Susan
0:55Yara. And now it's like Susan Yara,
0:57which has just become like the the
0:59easier way to say it in the US, I guess,
1:01even though I grew up in the US. I grew
1:03up in a predominantly Latino area in New
1:06Mexico. And so, everyone actually just
1:08pronounced my name, yada. In fact,
1:10people didn't even call me Susan. A lot
1:11of the time they would call me Susana,
1:13even though my name is actually Susan,
1:14but they would say Susana because it's
1:15just like the way that a lot of Latino
1:17people will say your name. So, my name
1:18is Susan Yatada, and my expertise is
1:22actually I'm a journalist. If um if we
1:24like go back to what I studied in
1:26school, I studied as a journalist, got
1:28my degree in communications and
1:29psychology. How did I come into beauty
1:31is is basically what I think people are
1:33asking. I went from hard news. I was
1:36first like a producer. I did all of the
1:37things behind the scenes in the news in
1:39local news while I was in college. And
1:41then I moved to New York City to become
1:43an on camera news reporter. I was really
1:45like focused in on the Bronx, mostly the
1:47South Bronx, because there's a lot of
1:49crime there. It was really eye opening
1:50actually for me to be in my early 20s
1:53and covering crime and news that
1:55happened in the South Bronx mostly. When
1:57you're a news reporter for television
1:59news, they really want you focused in on
2:01what they think is salacious. And the
2:03salacious stuff is the, you know, that
2:05whole saying of like if it bleeds, it
2:07leads. episode be about murders, drugs,
2:10crimes, burglaries, what's happening to
2:13tenants of buildings where the landlords
2:15aren't giving them, you know, hot water
2:17or heat and it's freezing outside. Like,
2:19you would just see so much bad happening
2:22in this area after being in the news for
2:24probably like five, six years, it
2:26started to feel a little depressing to
2:27me and it's just a really heavy topic.
2:30If you feel a lot, it's just a heavy
2:32topic. And so I eventually went into,
2:33this is like my my long way of saying
2:35how I ended up in beauty. I ended up
2:37going into the publication world. I went
2:39to Forbes magazine and at the time there
2:42was this new thing happening in media
2:44and that was the dot era. And I know
2:46that sounds crazy. It sounds like such a
2:48long long time ago, but it really wasn't
2:50that long ago that that publications,
2:52magazines were actually not doing online
2:55video specifically. Forbes magazine was
2:57starting online video and also
2:58Forbes.com where they were going to
3:00focus in on topics that were more
3:02lifestyle focused like yaching and fancy
3:05cars and really expensive real estate
3:07and stuff because that's the kind of
3:08magazine they are. They really cover
3:09things for billionaires and millionaires
3:10and what people with money are doing. I
3:12went over to this magazine to help them
3:14start their.com and mostly focus on
3:16starting their video network. And that
3:18really helped me start my online career
3:21because this was something that not a
3:23lot of people were doing and it was
3:24really hard at the time. like think like
3:26like dialup uh internet and stuff. I was
3:29going to say Wi-Fi, but that didn't even
3:30exist back then. It was like dialup
3:32internet and Facebook was just starting
3:34to become a thing where it was going to
3:35be public and you know people could
3:36actually use it if they weren't in
3:38college. And there this was just like
3:39this new era. And while I was at Forbes
3:42because they were focusing in on
3:44wellness as well and lifestyle, I
3:46started to kind of make my way into the
3:48beauty world. It was more wellness and
3:49health focused at first. Then I went on
3:51to become full-fledged beauty. Like
3:54everything became beauty. I went on to
3:56People magazine actually to be more of
3:58like a celebrity reporter. But at that
4:00moment when you were interviewing
4:02celebrities, it was all about like what
4:04are their favorite beauty brands, who's
4:06their makeup artist, who's their hair
4:07stylist. So it started to really move
4:09into beauty. And then I became a beauty
4:12editor after that at different
4:13publications. And I was doing video for
4:15all of them all for you know like
4:17their.coms and their YouTube channels.
4:18And then eventually I'd started so many
4:20YouTube channels for different
4:21publications that I was like, why don't
4:23I just do this for myself? I guess I had
4:25like a different understanding of social
4:26media as well on the media side of
4:29things. And so while I was starting my
4:31YouTube channel, I was doing all these
4:32other things where I was trying to I
4:34guess make money because when I was
4:35starting my YouTube channel,
4:36sponsorships weren't as abundant as they
4:38are now. So I had a video production
4:41company where I was working with beauty
4:42brands to help them build, you know,
4:44content for their own YouTube channels
4:46and their own social media. And at the
4:48same time, I was helping plastic
4:49surgeons and dermatologists in Los
4:51Angeles also build their Instagram
4:54handles and stuff. Like they were really
4:55trying to go hard on that and a little
4:56bit more on like Snapchat and stuff. So
4:59everything was like just starting to
5:00take hold then. And what happened was as
5:04a producer I was really having to break
5:06down things for especially like the
5:08dermatologists like really break down
5:10skincare and ingredients in layman's
5:12terms because a lot of the time even the
5:15dermatologists at the time like they
5:16really weren't they didn't even really
5:18care about the products that you're
5:20using at home. Like they did in one in
5:22one way but like they were only really
5:24focused in on skin issues like skin
5:26disease like acne, rosacea, skin cancer.
5:30These were like their big focuses. And
5:31then also the cosmetic treatments like
5:33Botox, lasers, that kind of stuff,
5:36right? But when it came to your actual
5:38your actual skinincare products and the
5:39ingredients in your products, they
5:41really didn't have a good grasp of it
5:43and how to explain it because it wasn't
5:45a prescription. Like if it was
5:46prescription like aelic acid or your
5:49tininoan, they could maybe explain it to
5:50you a little bit better, but even at
5:52that, they weren't about like explaining
5:54to you, you know, like how to sandwich
5:56your your tininoan so it doesn't make
5:58your skin so flaky or burn so fast and
6:00stuff. They just really would prescribe
6:01things and let let you go. So I started
6:03explaining to them, you have to break
6:05these things down a little bit better.
6:06You have to have a better understanding.
6:08And when I say them, I mean I mean the
6:10clients that I had at the time that were
6:11dermatologists, I kept saying to them,
6:13you have to explain this a little bit
6:14better. So I would have to go and take
6:17like an ingredient for instance like
6:18silicone dothicone in your in your
6:20skincare products and then break it down
6:22for them like this is what people want
6:24to know about this ingredient in their
6:25products. this is how you should explain
6:26it instead of explaining it like it's a
6:28textbook ingredient, you know? And so
6:32after I did that for years, like trying
6:33to break things down for people, I
6:35started realizing like this is what I'm
6:36good at. I'm really good at breaking
6:38down the science behind a lot of these
6:41products in more of a easy to consume
6:44way. And that's just where it all went.
6:46Like I really started to just focus in
6:48on skincare, cosmetic treatments, and
6:51explaining it to people in a way that I
6:53would want it explained to me. And I
6:55think it's because I had that journalism
6:57background. I also had the beauty editor
6:59background where I could where I could
7:00like really spot trends because that's
7:02what I did a lot of the time in as a
7:04beauty editor was like a lot of trend
7:06spotting like of the new products that
7:07have come out, which ones are really
7:09standout products and you know what are
7:11ingredients that seem to be trendy right
7:13now and stuff. So that was something
7:15that I really got like as a skill as a
7:17beauty editor and then working with
7:19these doctors on their social media, I
7:21really started to understand how to
7:22break things down for people. So, that's
7:24how it all kind of came together. Is
7:26Susan Yara a dermatologist? The answer
7:28is no. As I kind of said in that first
7:30answer, I'm not a dermatologist, but I
7:33just have a really good grasp of
7:35formulation and ingredients. And I think
7:38that really just comes from being in the
7:39industry for so long. I've been in the
7:41beauty industry now for over two
7:43decades. And I've had a skincare brand
7:45and now a hair care and fragrance brand.
7:47And I've been on the product development
7:49side of that for so long now. It's been
7:50like 6 years. Can I go into a lab and
7:52actually formulate something for you?
7:53Absolutely not. But I do know what I'm
7:56looking for and what I want. And I think
7:59that that really helps with with making
8:01amazing products for everybody. How old
8:03is Susan Yatta? And actually, as I'm
8:05filming this, I am turning 45 years old,
8:09which surprises a lot of people. I
8:11actually feel like when I look in the
8:12mirror, I I look like I'm in my 40s. But
8:14I think a lot of people are like curious
8:16about what my age is and I take that as
8:18a compliment because they're if they're
8:20unsure then that means that I'm doing
8:21something really good. So yeah, 45 years
8:23old. Is Susan Yatada married? The answer
8:26is I am divorced. I used to be married
8:29and a lot of people who followed me
8:30probably watched as I went through like
8:32my marriage journey and having children
8:34and doing that whole thing. Now I'm in a
8:37new era and that is as a divorced woman
8:40which makes sense that the next question
8:41would be is Susan Yara dating and the
8:44answer is yes. Does Susan Yara have
8:47children? And the answer is also yes.
8:50Like I said I've been married. I had a
8:52lot of people follow me through my
8:54pregnancy journey and having children
8:56early on. I kind of I've kind of stopped
8:59posting my children. Every once in a
9:00while you'll see them pop up in my
9:02stories and stuff, but I never really
9:03put them in my feed anymore. I never
9:05throw out like it was their birthday or
9:07anything like that just because I just I
9:09don't know at some point as they started
9:11becoming a little bit older and the way
9:12social media has changed. It wasn't even
9:14that I was worried about weirdos online
9:16like like predators. Not even because uh
9:19I'm on the internet but I just feel like
9:21any kid on the on social media like on
9:23any of these platforms can experience a
9:25lot of weird stuff and I just don't want
9:28that for them. Also, I feel like they at
9:30this point because of the way social
9:31media is moving and because we won't
9:33know in the next 5 to 10 years what goes
9:36onto the internet and what what it I
9:38guess like how it's going to track you
9:40and come back to you. I really don't
9:42want their personal information on the
9:44internet anymore unless it's by their
9:46choice, you know, and I don't want to be
9:48the person in charge of all of that. So,
9:50really until they have their own ability
9:52to make decisions about what goes on
9:54about them on the internet, I've just
9:56kind of pulled back over the last few
9:58years. And this has been a while now. I
9:59used to post about them all the time
10:00when I was pregnant and you know when
10:02they were babies and stuff, but now I
10:04just feel like they they need to have
10:05their own agency over this stuff. What
10:07ethnicity is Susan? That's also a really
10:10good question. Um people get confused
10:13about that. So I was born in Seoul,
10:15South Korea, which tells you something.
10:16I am Korean. I'm half Korean. My mom is
10:18Korean, born and raised in Korea. And
10:21then she met my dad. And my dad is we
10:24say Mexican because that's the easiest
10:26way to explain it. He is from the state
10:28of New Mexico, which is part of the
10:30United States, which a lot of people
10:31don't seem to realize even this day in
10:34this day and age when we have the
10:36internet and everything. People don't
10:37realize that New Mexico is actually in
10:39the United States. And the reason why we
10:41say my dad is Mexican, is because New
10:43Mexico at one point, just like a lot of
10:46the Southwest, used to be part of
10:48Mexico. So, you could consider everybody
10:51in that area basically Mexican if
10:53they're from there. If you really dig
10:54down deep, it's a little bit more
10:56nuanced than that. Like it's just easy
10:58to say Mexican. If you ask my dad, he
10:59would say he's cho and it makes a lot of
11:02sense because he's grown up in like this
11:03era of like ceue and like we can do it,
11:06you know, like that kind of thing and
11:07like you know, just being really proud
11:09like he's he's like a he's a lara kind
11:12of guy, right? Like he's he's really
11:14really proud of his Latino heritage and
11:16stuff. But if you really go deep into
11:19his ancestry, New Mexico was around
11:22before the United States, right? Like
11:24the Spaniards, the concistadores, the
11:26Spaniards came over in like the 1600s, I
11:28want to say, and conquered that whole
11:30area that is now New Mexico and parts of
11:32the Southwest. And then, you know, they
11:35mixed with the indigenous people. Kind
11:36of made what we are today on my dad's
11:38side of the family. So, there's like a
11:40little bit of a mix of like the
11:41indigenous and also Spanish ancestry in
11:45there. And eventually that's kind of
11:46what became of Mexico. But this is why I
11:49think Latino culture is so interesting
11:51because there's a lot of this in the
11:53history of Latino culture. It's like
11:55where did Spaniards go and basically
11:58conquer and colonize and then what did
12:00they turn these people into? So we all
12:02are just like part of Latino culture,
12:05but we can be Caribbean, we can be
12:06Mexican, we can be, you know, more like
12:09indigenous native to the areas that are
12:11now the United States. It's all really
12:13really fascinating. So, Mexican, if we
12:15want to keep it short and simple, but
12:17much more nuanced than that.
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15:02Okay, now we get into some of the like
15:04complicated things. What happened with
15:06Ntorium? I'm going to assume that this
15:08question goes back to the starting days
15:12of Ntorium when I announced that I was
15:15the founder and also you know part of
15:17the brand and everything. I have
15:18explained this so many times at this
15:21point but I what I've learned about the
15:22internet is you can explain yourself. If
15:24you can give a true answer, you can even
15:26have a government agency, in this case
15:27the FTC, prove that you are telling the
15:31truth and when people have made a
15:33decision like a like something has been
15:35put on the internet about you and people
15:36have made a decision about it, it does
15:38not matter if you show them that that
15:41information is wrong, they will just
15:43continue to say the wrong thing like the
15:47lie that was told about you. But it's
15:49fine. So what I think uh what this
15:51question is asking is what happened um
15:53with Ntorium and that is when I had
15:55announced that I was the founder of
15:57Ntorium people came back and said that I
15:59had been promoting a brand that I was
16:01the owner of and I wasn't disclosing my
16:04ownership of the company and the truth
16:05is I had actually talked about Ntorium
16:08but I was not the owner at the time and
16:10then because we went into lockdown and
16:12COVID and weird things started happening
16:14shifts started happening in the world
16:16then I actually became an owner of
16:18Ntorium and announced that I was the
16:20founder and part of the brand. And
16:23people were like outraged by this. And
16:25this whole thing started and before I
16:27could even really explain it, it just
16:29kind of took on its own life. And it's
16:31still something that's talked about to
16:32this day. I see it in my comments all
16:33the time. She showed herself when, you
16:36know, she when she, you know, promoted
16:38her brand without disclosing that she
16:40was the owner of the brand and
16:41everything. This gets Googled a lot
16:43apparently because it's in the top top
16:4510 questions of what people Google about
16:47me. Why did Susan Yata leave Ntorium?
16:50So, I think that I Well, first off, I
16:52have I have not left Ntorium. My my
16:54brand is still it's only it's going on
16:56six years old. So, I I think that it is
16:58still a baby brand. It's like a toddler.
17:01It's not even a teenager when you think
17:02about other beauty brands that have
17:04existed. This one is just getting
17:06started. And so, even though I sold the
17:09company to E.L.F. about 3 years ago,
17:11which is why I think people think I left
17:13Ntorium, I've stayed on with the brand
17:15to just make sure that it keeps its
17:17identity. It keeps growing in a lot of
17:19ways. We're building the identity of
17:21Ntorium. And so I want to make sure that
17:23the products are still high quality
17:24products. They're still accessible in
17:27where you get them and also in the price
17:28point. They're still amazing formulas.
17:31So that's what I do with the brand now.
17:32I don't handle a lot of the day-to-day
17:34business stuff because it's a lot of
17:37work to do that and you have to really
17:38be committed full-time, but I'm doing a
17:40lot of work on the other side of making
17:42sure that you're getting a brand that
17:44you really love and that can be
17:46something that a lot of people
17:48everywhere, everyone really finds value
17:51in. So, to answer that question, I did
17:53not leave Ntorium and I'll probably be
17:55with Ntorium for a little while because
17:56again, I think it's a baby brand and it
17:58needs me. It needs mama. What skincare
18:00product does Susan Yatta use? I mean,
18:03that's a tough one. Obviously, there's a
18:04lot of Ntorium in my skincare routine at
18:07all times, and I'm constantly switching
18:08things up. I do have some holy grail
18:10products at this point because there are
18:12so many Nutrium products. I'd say that I
18:14for sure cannot live without the
18:16Multipeptide Advanced Serum. It is one
18:18of my absolute favorites. I always end
18:20up going back to our vitamin C complex
18:22serum, which is an OG. This was one of
18:24the first products that we ever
18:25launched. I'll move on to like other
18:27vitamin C serums just because there's so
18:28many on the market and if you guys have
18:30followed me for a while, I constantly
18:32promote other brands. I constantly try
18:34other brands and I think it's important
18:35one as a person who has a brand to just
18:37know what's out there. But it's also how
18:39I started my career and that was in
18:41being a content creator and talking
18:42about skincare and telling you about
18:44products that I love. So I think it's
18:45still important to do that. Some
18:46products that I've been using from other
18:48brands have been let's see I started
18:51using Sweet Chemistry. I think it is
18:53such a fascinating brand. It's a little
18:54bit pricey, but I feel like their
18:56peptide technology is really, really
18:59interesting. I only just started using
19:01it and I did receive it in PR. I was
19:02about to purchase it myself and then one
19:04of the founders reached out to me and
19:06offered to send it to me. So, I was
19:07like, "Yes, please." But their peptide
19:08technology is really interesting. I'll
19:10probably eventually once I finish the
19:11products and have a really good grasp of
19:13it. I'll explain a little bit more, but
19:16look into it. Sweet Chemistry. I always
19:18use like Tower 28, their hypocchlorous
19:20acid. I'm I bounced between that one and
19:22the one from Prequel. And that's just
19:23because I have perioral dermatitis
19:25constantly. Let's see what other brands
19:27have I added to my routine lately. You
19:30know, I've been adding obviously it's
19:31like easy to add some of the Korean
19:33brands in my skincare routine. I always
19:34use the Sunoon Editor collagen mask. I
19:37know that it was really trendy last
19:38year, but I still use it every time I'm
19:41traveling and stuff. I use one of these
19:42masks because you just need so much
19:44hydration after being on an airplane for
19:46hours. And I love it. I think it's like
19:47the best way to get off the airplane, go
19:49to your hotel, take a shower, clean
19:51yourself, and then do a really good
19:53hydrating skincare routine and it always
19:56always has a collagen mask in it. Yeah,
19:58I guess I'm just into trying whatever
20:00whatever's trendy, I'm I'm down. I'm
20:01down to try it. What cosmetic procedures
20:03has Susan Yata had? Well, it's a long
20:06list of of treatments that I've tried.
20:08Um, a lot of them have been posted on
20:10the internet somewhere, whether on my
20:12YouTube channel or on Instagram, I'd say
20:15lately. Well, I'll start with um the
20:18like the actual plastic surgery, though
20:20I kind of consider all of it plastic
20:22surgery at this point. Like it all goes
20:24together from like invasive, like truly
20:26truly surgical to like non-invasive, I
20:28guess. But the things that I think have
20:30made a huge difference in my life
20:32surgically, the nose job that I got done
20:35a few years back, and also my boobies. A
20:38lot of people don't realize that my
20:39boobies are fake, and that's just
20:40because I after having babies, I just
20:42wanted my boobs back, maybe like
20:44slightly better. So, I didn't go for
20:45anything big. I just wanted to get rid
20:47of the saggy sadness that happened after
20:49having babies. So, I did have my boobs
20:52done. I had a tummy tuck, which I did
20:54last year. And I'll tell you, that was
20:56by far one of the worst elective
20:59surgeries ever. The recovery from that
21:02was really, really brutal. And there was
21:03a point like at like 6 weeks post
21:06surgery where I started to feel really
21:08regretful and I wondered why I did this
21:10to myself. But now that I'm a little
21:13less than I'm not even a year out, but a
21:16little less than a year out, I'm very
21:18happy that I got it done because what I
21:19the reason why I got the tummy tuck, it
21:21was not like a true true tummy tuck
21:23where they had to like remove skin and
21:24do all that stuff. They just had to cut
21:26me open to go in and sew together my
21:29muscles, my ab muscles, because I had
21:31diastasis recti, which is where your abs
21:33separate during pregnancy. And even with
21:35all the working out that I do, I could
21:37not get them to go back together. And it
21:39was trying to make me feel a little bit
21:41bad, like I was getting you like lower
21:43back pain and I was starting to feel
21:45like I just wasn't strong enough. Like I
21:47was getting further and further in my
21:48workouts. But then I there were certain
21:51workouts that I just could not do really
21:52well. So I was like, you know what, this
21:54is going to affect me when I'm older.
21:56And now that I'm in my 40s, I feel
21:58really great and I want this to
22:00continue. So I think I'm going to do
22:01something to make sure that my core
22:03stays tight. And I think that your core
22:05is so important to your overall muscle
22:08strength and your health. So, I got this
22:09done and now I'm really really happy
22:12that I did it. But if you asked me from
22:14anywhere from like the day I I got the
22:16surgery done to about 4 months out, I
22:19might have told you I wasn't sure if I
22:21liked it. Something that I also did
22:23towards the end of last year was a fat
22:25transfer. I I I love saying this. It's
22:27so funny to me. I put my thighs, my
22:30saddle bags into my face. And at first I
22:32I was like freaking out about it because
22:34we put we kind of like overdid it
22:36because we wanted it to to stay. And so
22:39like in January I feel like I didn't
22:41look like myself completely. I looked
22:42like a little bit like more tightfaced
22:44or something. And then as it started to
22:46settle probably at like the 2 month mark
22:48I started then being like oh my god do I
22:50like this? Did it all go away? And I
22:52think it's just like you look at
22:54yourself so much especially if you're on
22:55camera you look at yourself so much that
22:57you start to think that like you see a
22:59difference. And it went from being so
23:01intense to being like totally settled
23:03and fine that I felt like all the fat
23:06had disappeared. But now I look at
23:07myself in the camera and like in the
23:08mirror and stuff and I'm like, you know
23:10what? I'm happy I did [clears throat]
23:11it. I actually do think it made a big
23:13difference for my face and I'm happy
23:14with where I'm at now with it. So again,
23:17this is like 8 months post fat grafting
23:20and now I'm really happy that I did it
23:22and maybe I'll do it again one more
23:23time. Undecided, but I'm throwing out a
23:26maybe. Besides that, I've done I mean I
23:27always do my my neurotoxin treatments
23:30which is your Botox, your um Dysport,
23:33ZMN, any of those brands. The one that I
23:35use right now is called Latibo. It's
23:37from Korea. And the reason why I've
23:39switched from all these different brands
23:40is because it's the only one that really
23:42works on me now. I've been getting Botox
23:44since I was 30 years old and gradually,
23:47you know, like picked up the pace of how
23:48much I was using. And I think I just got
23:50a little bit immune to it, which is a
23:52weird topic and one that I think is
23:53going to get studied more and more
23:55because more and more people are
23:56becoming immune to their detox
23:57treatments and it's a little bit weird
23:58and we're all reliant on them. So, we'll
24:01see. When it comes to actual filler,
24:03like your hyaluronic acid filler,
24:04obviously I I got it dissolved before I
24:07got the fat put in. A lot of the time
24:08your doctor won't want to do a fat
24:10grafting or a fat transfer to your face
24:12while you have old filler in your face.
24:14So what I had done was just they use
24:17something that's called hyaluronase and
24:19they can you inject it into your face
24:21where you have hyaluronic acid filler
24:23and it dissolves it. For me because my
24:25filler was so old, this was like before
24:28I ever got pregnant. They had to really
24:30go in there and do it like three, four
24:31times and I just felt like my face was
24:33looking a little bit more saggy and
24:35skeletor like, you know, like the more
24:36they dissolved it, they're also
24:37dissolving your own hyaluronic acid
24:39naturally and it supposedly grows back.
24:41I don't know. I don't know about that. I
24:43went ahead and got the fat grafting
24:44done. And I don't plan on doing any
24:46hyaluronic acid filler anymore in my
24:48face, but I reserve the right to always
24:50change that decision if I need it. I
24:52think it has its time and it's like
24:54serves its its purpose, right? It has a
24:56time and a place for it. And sometimes
24:57you might be a candidate for it. I still
24:59think it's the best when you want to do
25:00lip filler. And so I did have my lip
25:02filler dissolved a few years back. I put
25:04this on social media as well. I think
25:06this was just like a real that I did or
25:08something. So I had my lip filler
25:09dissolved. And [clears throat] then more
25:10recently, like a year ago, I'd say, I
25:12had them put a little bit of lip filler
25:14back into my lips, but not in the same
25:16kind of way. It was more to shape my
25:18lips again, like give it more of that
25:19like shape because once again, like once
25:21they dissolve it, it kind of just
25:23changes your shape. And I think what's
25:25more important for for lips is not the
25:27size, but the shape of it. And then
25:28besides that, you see this constantly,
25:30I'm doing lasers, like CO2, doing a lot
25:33of these like energy based devices,
25:35these ultrasound devices, like softwave.
25:37I did a couple of times. I'll probably
25:39do some of these other devices. Maybe
25:41I'll take a trip to Korea and you'll see
25:43me do a bunch of all at one time.
25:44We'll see. But, you know, that I'm just
25:46down. I'm kind of down for everything.
25:47As long as you're not, you know, like
25:49completely, you know, going too crazy. I
25:52think it's like you just kind of, it's
25:54fun to experiment with everything.
25:56What's Susan Yata's skincare routine? I
25:58think the best again cuz it's always
26:00changing. It's best to just follow me.
26:01Follow me on social media. I'm just @
26:03Susan Yatta. And then I have my YouTube
26:06channel still and I still post
26:07occasionally a skincare routine here and
26:08there because my skincare routine is
26:10constantly changing. When it comes to
26:11your skincare routine also, your skin is
26:14dynamic and I think that's really
26:15important for people to understand. Your
26:17skin just doesn't stay the same all the
26:19time. The climate can affect it. The
26:22change of seasons can affect it. What
26:24you start using can affect it. Your
26:26hormones can affect it. So, you should
26:28be paying attention to your skin and
26:29using products that you need to use, not
26:32necessarily products that stay the same
26:34at all times. Like, if you really pay
26:36attention to your skin, you'll start to
26:38realize what it is that your skin needs.
26:40What foundation does Susan Yata use?
26:42Okay, so my favorite foundation at the
26:44very moment. Again, this changes often,
26:46but my favorite one right now is the
26:48Makeup by Mario, the more recent one
26:50that he launched. It is so good. I can't
26:52remember what the actual name is, but I
26:53find I travel with it. I just think it
26:55makes your skin look really pretty. It's
26:56not too luminescent and it's not too
26:58matte. It's just perfect. What hair
27:00products do Susan use? So, I have to
27:02plug my new hair care brand. It's called
27:04Playa, which means beach in Spanish. And
27:06it's a fragrance forward hair care and
27:08body care brand. And the product that I
27:11think is probably the most gamechanging
27:14for people is our first product and that
27:16is our fragrance depositing glosserins.
27:18We have it now available in two
27:19different fragrances. We have Nova Soul
27:22and then we also have made in Miami.
27:24They're both like kind of different. The
27:26Nova Soul, which by the way is a really
27:28fun name because I know it's like more
27:29of a feminine take on on soul, but the
27:32whole brand is about like being in your
27:34feminine and being sexy and just feeling
27:37good about yourself and everything. So,
27:38we decided to call it Noba instead Novo
27:41Soul. So, it's Nova Soul. And when we
27:43talk about soul wear, we're talking
27:45about the sun, but we're also talking
27:46about that like new feeling, that like
27:49feeling that you get when you step into
27:50the sun, especially on vacation, and
27:52just like makes your soul feel really
27:54good. So, we're like playing with this
27:56name a lot. Everything about our
27:57fragrances are beachy, but they feel
27:59elevated. And so, this one's like a
28:01daytime beachy fragrance that has
28:03coconut milk in it and jasmine, but it
28:05also has a little bit of a skin musk to
28:07it. So, it's sexy and it just feels like
28:10something you want to wear every single
28:11day. And it's not giving it's not giving
28:13like obvious tropical. You're not going
28:15to be smelling like a pinina colada,
28:16which I love, don't get me wrong, but it
28:18smells beachy but elevated. Same with
28:20Made in Miami. Made in Miami feels a
28:22little bit deeper. I like to wear this
28:24one in the evenings at night when I'm
28:26going out to dinner. It has, you know, a
28:29floral element to it, but then it has a
28:31spiciness to it. It has a little bit of
28:34this like pineapple punch to it, but
28:36it's not obvious. And that's what I
28:38really like about it. So, you can choose
28:39between either of them. I like to think
28:41of it as a liquid conditioner. The way
28:43you use it is you wash your hair. So,
28:45shampoo it like you normally would. Then
28:46you take the gloss rinse and you just
28:48put it kind of like from I actually put
28:50it we say midshaft to ends, but I kind
28:54of put it around here. You're really not
28:56supposed to put it on your scalp. It's
28:57made for your hair. What it does is you
28:59put it in, it feels kind of like you're
29:01putting water through your hair. And it
29:03uses lamelar technology, lamelar
29:05deposition. And what that means is all
29:07the damage on your hair, each hair
29:09strand has a negative charge. Anywhere
29:11it's damaged, it's a negative charge. So
29:13we have conditioning agents in the gloss
29:14rinse that are positively charged. So as
29:17it's rinsing through your hair, it's
29:19finding all of those negative charges
29:22and then magnetizing to it. And while
29:24it's magnetizing these conditioning
29:26agents to the damaged areas, it's also
29:28depositing the fragrance right between.
29:31So think of it like the conditioners
29:32find the damage and they kind of like
29:34find each other like a magnet and then
29:36it deposits that fragrance. And we ran a
29:38study in 80% relative humidity. So kind
29:41of thinking about like that humidity
29:42that we deal with here in Miami. We
29:44found that after just one use, it cut
29:46down that frizziness by 55%. So you can
29:48imagine how your hair starts to get
29:50after continued use. You can see I it's
29:52a super super humid day here and I'm
29:55getting a little bit of frizziness. Like
29:56I'm getting that that puffiness a little
29:58bit to my hair and I have naturally wavy
30:00hair. But what ends up happening is it
30:01keeps it much more smooth and shiny even
30:04in high high humidity. So it's amazing
30:06for all hair types. Besides that, I'm
30:08obviously testing a lot of hair products
30:09that we're making for Playa. So a lot of
30:11lab samples. There's some really great
30:13products coming. But then we also have
30:15uh let's see our next product. By the
30:17way, you're going to love it. I'm so
30:18excited about it. But that's not going
30:20to be for a little while. So we're not
30:21going to talk about it yet. I love
30:22L'Oreal, for instance. I think L'Oreal
30:24Professional puts out some really great
30:25products. Kate team puts out some really
30:27great products. I've been trying a lot
30:28of hair care products that I find at
30:30Sephora just to kind of see what's going
30:31on there. I've been testing a lot of
30:33different things and I always kind of
30:34come back to the Pier products right
30:36now. What supplements does Susan take?
30:39So many. I'm such a sucker for
30:40supplements. I want to try them all. I
30:42always throw this out there. I make sure
30:44to get my labs done to see what things
30:46that I actually need, what I'm lacking
30:48in my body, right? So, I think that's
30:50always really important. I don't think
30:51you should just start taking supplements
30:52because you think you need them. you
30:54should actually get proof that you need
30:55some of these these ingredients,
30:56especially vitamins and minerals because
30:59they're not all treated equally. Like
31:01sometimes they're just like fine on your
31:03body. But I think that sometimes because
31:05supplements are so easy to get. People
31:08don't think of them as medicine, but in
31:09a lot of ways supplements are medicine.
31:11It's just not really regulated. It's not
31:12a category that's regulated hard in the
31:15United States. So I think it's really
31:16important to get labs done and find out
31:18what it is that you actually need. For
31:19instance, like even something like B12,
31:21vitamin B12, it's water soluble. So if
31:24you don't need it, your body's probably
31:25just going to, you know, piss it out and
31:27you're good. But at the same time, then
31:30you're wasting your money, right? But if
31:32you're taking something like you're
31:33overdoing it with like vitamin D or your
31:36iron or anything like that, then it
31:38could actually become dangerous. Like it
31:40can make you feel worse or make you feel
31:41sick. And you want to be aware of that
31:43because if you don't need it, you can
31:44have adverse reactions. So just be aware
31:46of what it is that you actually need.
31:48So, think of it kind of like medicine.
31:50What I personally take, I always say
31:51this, I'm taking B12. I get B12
31:53injections all the time. I have
31:54something called pernicious anemia where
31:56my body actually cannot create B12 or it
31:58can't utilize B12 from anything that I
32:00eat the way it normally the way most
32:03people's bodies could. So, I actually
32:05have to get it I have to get it
32:06injected. I can't even take a an oral
32:08supplement for my B12. It has to be
32:10injected into my blood. But, I only have
32:11to do it like once a month or so. I take
32:13creatine daily. I'm obsessed with
32:16creatine. I think if there's any
32:17supplement that can do most people
32:19really well, it is creatine. I love to
32:22work out. I like to be a gym girly. So,
32:24strength training has been like one of
32:25the best anti-aging things I could ever
32:27do and and the best thing I do for
32:28longevity because I'm always working out
32:30and doing strength training. I feel like
32:32creatine has been such a gamecher and
32:34helping me maintain my muscle mass and
32:36really help my my recovery when it comes
32:38to that soreness that you get from
32:39working out. But then there's also these
32:41other studies. Creatine is like one of
32:43the most studied of the supplements out
32:46there and it shows that creatine is
32:48really great for cognitive health. So,
32:50I've even gotten my parents onto
32:51creatine. They're not as consistent with
32:53it as I am, but I really want them to be
32:55because studies really show it helps
32:56with cognitive health. So, it really
32:58helps your brain. It helps prevent
33:01dementia, which is one of the big
33:02reasons why I want my parents to take
33:04it. And it's just good for your brain
33:07overall and for muscle recovery. So, why
33:09wouldn't you take it? It's really easy.
33:10You just need like five grams. Some
33:12people are now starting to take like 10
33:13grams, 15 grams. I just do five grams
33:15every day and it has been wonderful. I
33:17kind of bounce around with like my
33:18probiotics and prebiotics and all those
33:20kinds of things. Like if there are the
33:22there are the vitamins that I take and
33:23then I like fall off and then I take and
33:24I fall off and I take and I fall off. So
33:26there's a lot of these kinds of of
33:28supplements in my system. I I'm really
33:30into like the electrolytes, but I really
33:32at this point want like these packets,
33:34these powder packets to be combination.
33:36Like give me my electrolytes, my
33:37creatine, and my, you know, like even
33:39some protein or something. put it all
33:42into one so that I don't have to mix too
33:43many different flavors and everything. I
33:46drink like a protein shake for instance
33:47every single day. So you could say
33:48protein and collagen protein are
33:50definitely in my supplement stack every
33:53day. And every once in a while I do
33:54peptide injections. I'm actually not on
33:56a peptide injection right now. It's
33:58really because I cycle through and I
34:00haven't gone and done new labs with my
34:02nurse practitioner uh Mimi who I've had
34:04here on the on the show a couple of
34:06times and she won't put me on anything
34:08new until I get my labs done. So, it's
34:10really on me. And then I can get on more
34:12more peptides. What does Susan eat in a
34:14day? Let's see. I think I think about
34:18protein so much these days. Like my
34:21protein intake. I need to up my protein.
34:23This is something that becomes really,
34:24really important as you age. As a woman
34:26especially, I think for everybody as
34:28you're aging, your protein intake is
34:30huge because you want to maintain muscle
34:32mass. And for muscle recovery and muscle
34:34mass, you have to have more protein. And
34:35you're also trying to shift that balance
34:37of like the amount of protein you're
34:39eating versus the amount of simple carbs
34:41that you're eating. So think like bread
34:43and you know like your dairy like
34:44cheeses and all of that kind of stuff.
34:46Like I'm trying to shift like downshift
34:48on those and not completely get rid of
34:50it. I am actually one of those people
34:51that thinks everything in moderation is
34:53the way to go because if I find myself
34:56like really pulling back on something,
34:58then I find I want it more, right? So, I
35:00I think balance is the way to go, but I
35:02probably focus on getting more and more
35:04protein in. Hence, I do a protein shake
35:06every single day. You you'll see me
35:08getting a lot of animal proteins in. I
35:10love eating a steak. Um I love a rack of
35:13lamb. I'm not a huge chicken fan, but
35:15I'll eat chicken if I have to just to
35:17mix things up. And then I love fish.
35:19Sushi is probably one of my top foods
35:21ever, but I also love a cheeseburger, so
35:23you never know. My guilty pleasure
35:24though is French fries. And I eat French
35:26fries like three, four times a week
35:27because I just can't help myself. I love
35:29French fries so much. And then we're on
35:31to the last question. And what is Susan
35:33Yatta's new brand? I just talked about
35:36it a little bit, but it's called Playa.
35:37Fragrance forward hair care and body
35:38care brand. I'm really proud of it. I
35:41had acquired this name uh about like
35:43almost two years ago at this point, and
35:45it's because I just had this vision for
35:48this brand. I felt like I could really
35:50create something that, you know, I I
35:52wanted to kind of bring in my Latino
35:53roots. And if you're from New Mexico, if
35:56you're Mexican, you can kind of see the
35:58symbolism and the themes kind of running
36:00through it. Like we have the Sacred
36:01Heart as one of our logos. Uh it's a
36:04part of the brand identity. And to me,
36:05it's just like really important because
36:07I I grew up with the Sacred Heart as
36:09like I don't know. It's like something
36:10that's it's part of Catholicism, but
36:12it's also like when you grow up in New
36:13Mexico, it's like considered art. Like
36:15you put it all over your walls. Like
36:16people make art with it. It's it's a
36:18beautiful symbol to me. So I made sure
36:20that that was part of the brand identity
36:21and just having fun with it. I'm an
36:23American that grew up with this like
36:25strong Latino background and so, you
36:28know, like it all kind of comes
36:29together. You know, I'm like this first
36:31generation kid and yeah, I have like the
36:34Korean side of me too, but I grew up,
36:35like I said, in New Mexico and so I felt
36:38like there could be a lot of really fun
36:39themes running through this, but I also
36:40just wanted to do something different. I
36:42wanted to make a brand that feels sexy.
36:44I wanted to, you know, play around with
36:46fragrance. I wanted to, you know, look
36:48at hair care and see if we could do
36:50something different with our
36:51formulations that just like give some
36:53change to the beauty industry. I feel
36:55like everything is so boring sometimes.
36:57It's very rare these days that I find a
36:59brand that's very very interesting to me
37:01and doing something different. Even if
37:02it's just like slightly changing the
37:04game a little bit, like just slightly
37:06changing the the marketing style, just
37:08slightly changing things up when it
37:10comes to ingredient technology and
37:12formulation. And so I really wanted to
37:14do this with this brand just to have a
37:16really good time with it and with our
37:18marketing. You can see we do a lot of
37:19parties. We call them playa parties and
37:21we're like finding all of our playa
37:23girls and everything. And I don't know,
37:24it's just so much fun. And yeah, I want
37:27to work on this one as a as one of my
37:28babies for a long time. Anyway, so those
37:30were the top Googled questions about me.
37:33I hope you learned something. If you
37:34didn't, you can always ask in the
37:36comments. You can find me on social
37:37media. I'm at Susan and I'll talk to you
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