A self love night time routine 🌙🧸🪞🤍✨
Your night time routine is all about dedicating time to yourself. Your routine should be tailored to what makes YOU feel relaxed, loved, and cared for. You can add or modify any of these steps to make it perfect for you.
Cleanse & skin care routine. This isn’t just about hygiene. Cleansing your skin can also cleanse the day's stresses away. Remove makeup (if you wear it). Use a gentle cleanser. Apply toner, serums, or treatments if you use them. Moisturize to keep your skin hydrated.
Spend a few minutes decluttering and organizing so you can go to sleep with a clear mind.
Prepare for tomorrow. Pick out your clothes, prepare your lunch and create your to do list so you wake up with a plan of action.
Set aside electronics, especially those that might interrupt your relaxation (phones, laptops). Put them on the other side of the room, or another room to avoid distractions.
Spend a few minutes journaling or meditating on your day. Write down three things you're grateful for as well as your achievements or progress.
Make a herbal tea or warm milk. Stay away from caffeine, they will interfere with your sleep.
If you enjoy baths, now might be the time to have one with calming salts or essential oils. If you prefer showers, use this time to enjoy the sensation of the water, rather than rushing through it.
Spend a few minutes practicing deep breathing, grounding exercises, or meditation to calm your mind.
Choose a book, avoid anything too stimulating or stress inducing.
Stand in front of a mirror and speak kind words to yourself. Use positive affirmations that resonate with you, like “I am worthy of love and happiness” or “I did my best today, and that's enough.”
Dress in comfortable nightwear, ensuring your sleeping environment is cozy. This could be clean sheets and a comfortable pillow.
Dim the lights, play calming music or nature sounds, or use an essential oil diffuser with lavender or chamomile.
Before closing your eyes to sleep, visualize a peaceful scene or a memory that makes you happy.
As you lie in bed, silently express gratitude for the day. Set a positive intention for the next day.
Get full night's sleep. Make sure you’re getting 7-9 hours depending on your personal needs.
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Skincare Routine and Product 101 🧖♀️🫧🧴💕
Morning Routine:
Cleanser: Gently cleanse your face with a mild cleanser to remove sweat and oil.
Toner: Apply a alcohol-free toner to balance your skin's pH levels.
Serum (Optional): Apply a serum with antioxidants or specific skin concerns (e.g., Vitamin C for brightening).
Moisturizer: Use a lightweight, non-comedogenic moisturizer to hydrate your skin.
Sunscreen: Apply broad-spectrum SPF 30+ sunscreen to protect your skin from UV rays.
Evening Routine:
Makeup Removal: Use a gentle makeup remover or cleansing oil to remove makeup and sunscreen.
Cleanser: Cleanse your face again with a mild cleanser to remove impurities.
Exfoliating (1-2 times a week): Use a gentle exfoliant to remove dead skin cells and promote cell turnover.
Toner Apply toner to balance your skin after cleansing.
Serum: Apply a serum with ingredients like hyaluronic acid or retinol (if suitable for your skin type).
Eye Cream (Optional): Apply a lightweight eye cream to moisturize the delicate skin around your eyes.
Moisturizer: Use a slightly thicker night cream or moisturizer to deeply hydrate your skin.
Descriptions:
Cleanser:
Purpose: Removes dirt, oil, and impurities from the skin's surface.
Types: Gel cleansers, foaming cleansers, cream cleansers, oil cleansers.
Toner:
Purpose: Balances the skin's pH, preps for other products, and provides light hydration.
Types: Hydrating toners, exfoliating toners (with AHAs/BHAs).
Serum:
Purpose: Concentrated formulas targeting specific skin concerns (e.g., hydration, brightening, anti-aging).
Types: Hyaluronic acid serums, vitamin C serums, retinol serums.
Moisturizer:
Purpose: Hydrates and seals moisture into the skin, creating a protective barrier.
Types: Gel moisturizers, cream moisturizers, oil-based moisturizers.
Sunscreen:
Purpose: Protects the skin from UV rays, preventing sun damage and premature aging.
Types: Physical sunscreens (with zinc oxide or titanium dioxide).
Exfoliant:
Purpose: Removes dead skin cells, unclogs pores, and promotes cell turnover.
Types: Physical exfoliants (scrubs), chemical exfoliants (AHAs, BHAs).
Mask:
Purpose: Provides a concentrated treatment for specific concerns (e.g., hydration, acne).
Types: Clay masks (absorb excess oil), sheet masks (hydrate and soothe), sleeping masks (overnight treatment).
Eye Cream:
Purpose: Hydrates and addresses specific concerns around the delicate eye area (e.g., dark circles, puffiness).
Spot Treatment:
Purpose: Targets individual pimples or blemishes with concentrated ingredients.
Makeup Remover:
Purpose: Effectively removes makeup, sunscreen, and impurities from the skin.
Cleansing Oil:
Purpose: Gently dissolves makeup and sunscreen, leaving skin clean and hydrated.
Micellar Water:
Purpose: Cleanses and removes makeup using micelle molecules, requires no rinsing.
Essence:
Purpose: A lightweight, hydrating step that prepares skin for subsequent products.
Ampoule:
Purpose: A highly concentrated serum for intense treatment of specific concerns.
Facial Oil:
Purpose: Nourishes and adds extra hydration to the skin, especially for dry or mature skin types.
Your skincare routine should be tailored to your individual skin type, concerns, and preferences. Start with the basics and gradually introduce new products to observe how your skin responds.
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Tagged by @artemisinfurs! thank u!!
Favourite colour: controversially, in spite of my entirely blue living room and completely black wardrobe, I don't think I really have a Favourite Colour? I like jewel toned red/green/blue, gold/silver and black tho
Currently reading: Just finished I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy last night (yikes), currently reading Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before by Dr Julie Smith, and about to start reading Robert Fagles' translation of The Iliad <3
Last song: I've been obsessed with The Tumbler by Robert Hallow and the Holy Men all month
Last series: Stranger Things season 4 (my beloved), I'm gonna watch the new neil gaiman thing soon tho.
Last movie: Ehhh it might genuinely still be Everything Everywhere All At Once, haha, I'm so shite at watching TV :')
Sweet/spicy/savoury: Savoury every time
Currently working on: Aw my life has been so productive recently! I'm at day 21 of my duolingo streak, been cooking dinner most nights and batch cooking soup (a big deal for me, the queen of pesto pasta). I've been going to gym three times a week, and working through the couch25k challenge and a wee beginners weights routine. Been walking to work most days and keeping up my 10k steps streak. I've been going to writing workshops to motivate me to write my new original fiction urban fantasy thing, and I'm about to start a short story class, snowboarding lessons, and fiddle lessons! I'm working towards an exam in January, meditating daily, and trying to journal at least once every few days. And I've been working at making more pals outside my immediate circle of besties and being a bit more sociable, cause I like hanging out and vibing and whatnot. The euphoria of the work life balance is real, friends
I tag anyone who wants to play! 🥰
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MISSHA Time Revolution Night Repair Probio Ampoule Review
MISSHA Time Revolution Night Repair Probio Ampoule is a K-Beauty classic that probably every K-beauty enthusiast has heard of. This is their purple ampoule that many consider a dupe of the famous Estée Lauder’s ANR serum.
Formulated with 50% bifida ferment lysate, 10 other probiotics and 5 extracts from purple vegetables this ampoule is supposed to deliver deep moisture, repair, revive tired and dull skin, strengthen and even out texture.
Check out the full blog post here: MISSHA Time Revolution Night Repair Ampoule
Have you tried this before?
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