Watch Usher Do His Pre-Show Skin-Care and Wellness Routine

[upbeat music]

Hey, what's up? It's Usher.

I'm gonna walk you through my everyday routine.

The essence of the candle, the scent.

All your senses are being activated in this moment.

There's a candle that I get from a store

by the name of Church, in Los Angeles.

It's a very specific Om scent.

This is Gardenia.

I start everyday prep with a hot rag.

[snappy beat]

You know, black men,

we really are specific about our hairlines,

so I'm gonna be really, really careful.

It's almost like painting this work of art.

I learned this technique

by not having access to any of this [beep].

To be honest, a hot rag will get you a long way

but you do have to be very careful

of what you put on your skin.

What it does is actually exfoliates

Jao if you don't know, okay?

Really important.

Clean your hands, right?

Mario Badescu Rosewater.

I love the scent.

I love the smell of it.

Soothing, gentle cleanser.

[gentle beat]

When you, you know,

use cleansers that don't necessarily lather,

you almost feel like you're not really cleansing your skin.

[gentle beat]

And I went through a great deal

of really, really bad acne as a kid.

I mean, my face broke out so bad,

so I had to find something

that was simple enough to be able to keep up.

If you have enough time,

which today we happen to,

I'm getting calls,

they're trying to pull me away

because they didn't want me to share this incredible,

life-changing experience for you

to keep you looking young like I do, forever.

These are really cool 'cause they're like, golden.

Peter Thomas Roth eye mask.

[gentle beat]

Of course you're doing this by yourself.

Don't feel all right 'cause goin' in

with your wife and your girlfriend or something like,

what are you doing, dude?

You got, like, eye mask on?

Yeah, I'm taking care of me.

Am I not supposed to?

[snappy beat]

This whole purpose and point of taking a moment for you.

Some people choose to meditate.

Some people choose to say a prayer

Whatever it is that you gotta take care of you

in order to be able to take care of anybody else.

Gotta straighten your own mask

before you get anyone else's straight.

And this toner that I'm using,

it actually is a rejuvenating toner.

[gentle beat]

It says, a daily C antioxidant serum that I use for my skin.

Now, this is a personal moment.

I said I was gonna let you in on the secret.

I use a brush for my face.

Most people, they use their hand.

Ain't nothing wrong with you using it.

I, just, I'm particular about my line.

I just really can't really mess with this line.

[snappy beat]

In summertime, you do know

that you're gonna sweat,

perspire a little bit more.

So there is a difference in terms

of how much product you use

and what type of product you use on your skin.

Typically, I use what is called

a calming moisturizing gel,

take a little bit in my hand.

It has, like, cooling properties inside

of it that actually chills the skin out.

I had a facialist

and I just really enjoyed the feeling of a brush on my skin.

It just makes me feel like I'm in a spa.

This is my moment,

so I want to feel like I'm in a spa.

So I'm gonna use a brush.

And if you've got something to say about it,

you don't have to.

This ain't your skin.

This my skin.

[snappy beat]

I really like to take care of my, my face.

I like to take care of myself.

Can I say I'm vain?

Yeah! Because I care about myself.

I care about my skin, I care about how I look.

This thing, I'm preserving for you [laughs].

For, you know, our entertainment.

Break for exercise.

[snappy beat]

You know, I don't, I don't know.

That was wrinkles.

So you have to like, stretch it, stretch it.

Okay, here we go.

There's a Caudalie product that I really do like.

It is a, a beauty elixir.

A mere lip balm, it's very, very, very, very precious.

I don't use a lot of it,

but I take, like a little,

like just a little bit on my thumb there.

[snappy beat]

And this is a Jack Black lip balm.

This is, uh, an intense therapy for your lips.

It's really, really good.

I use this throughout the day.

I keep it on me.

[snappy beat]

Nobody likes dry lips, right?

La Creme Main, Chanel product,

is really, really good.

I love the way it makes my hands smell.

[snappy beat]

[inhales deeply]

That pretty much concludes my daily regimen.

I have really enjoyed sharing it with you.

Peace to you.

Ommmmm.

[blows out flame]

This is the wrap-up,

and the beginning of me going back

to my day job in Las Vegas

for this Vegas residency.

Now that we really, really, really got it done,

Hey man, how you doing?

Hold on to that for me.

You hold that.

There you go.

Okay, cool.

This is my home away from home,

ladies and gentlemen.

You got a chance to see it.

I took you up close and personal.

Hopefully you enjoyed it,

and, uh, know that I did.

[snappy beat]

Love y'all.

Hope to see you soon here in Vegas.

Peace.