11 p.m. Four hours of binging later, it’s time for a change of scenery, so Manny moves upstairs to grab his Nintendo Switch to “play some Super Smash Brothers and try to beat some kids online.”
Then it’s time for a long look in the mirror as he does his skincare routine. “I’ll do the whole thing,” he notes. “Cleansing toning, serum, moisturizer, night cream.” His current rotation of favorites includes products from CosRX, Hendrickson, Paula’s Choice and a heavy retinol every four days. “I love Hendrickson toner and I use that and then I’ll love a Paula’s Choice SPF,” he explains. “And I do switch out my stuff so often because I do try out so many things.”
To entertain himself while he cleanses, he’ll pull up his YouTube “and just kind of scroll through my subscription feed, and see if there’s anything that interests me,” he says. “I try to be as plugged in as possible without being too overly stimulated.”
After all, this is what he does for a living, a fact that still leaves him in awe. “I think that’s the part that’s really, really fun: Getting to actually do what I want to do and be independent and not have a boss and all that stuff,” he says of his gig. “Everyone wants that, I think.”
(Originally published Oct. 21, 2021 at 9 a.m. PT)
