Hello Lovely!
On this wonderful summer day I want to talk about the importance of taking care of our skin and my personal daily skincare routine in the morning and at night.
Often times, I feel like the importance of taking good care of our skin is often forgotten about. I know I am guilty of this sometimes. In the hustle and bustle of daily tasks, its sometimes hard to find time to do more than just quickly wash our face and put on some makeup. I encourage you to try to find sometime every now and then to show your skin some extra love. Even if that just means drinking an extra glass of water to help keep your skin hydrated or doing your own quick facial before bed or eating food that's good for your skin. Trust me, your skin will thank you. One think I like to always remember is that skincare is not limited to just your face so show some love all over by wearing sunscreen and moisturizing with those wonderful smelling lotions from Bath and Body Works we all hoard or whatever other pretty lotion you have.
My daily routine consists of easy products we all probably own, just maybe a different brand.
Each morning after I wake up and finally roll out of bed, the first thing I do is use my Clean and Clean 3-in-1 cleanser. I've seen a huge change in my skin since I started using it a while ago so its defiantly one I would recommend.
Following this I use my Neutragina combination skin moisturizer. I love this moisturizer! Again, another great product that has worked wonders for my skin and I would definitely recommend. Growing up, I never understood why people used moisturizers until I started using one daily and noticed a MAJOR skin improvement. I started using it everyday because I found out that without using daily moisturizer, your skin produces too many natural oils to make up for it and ends up causing more acne.
I also make sure that I apply sunscreen everyday to protect my skin from the sun. Make sure you use at least 30 SPF for a good amount of protection. You can always use a higher SPF if you want. My sunscreen is 70 SPF.
After I've done this, I brush my teeth and put my contacts in. Then I apply light makeup, if any, since I don't like wearing a huge amount of makeup in the summer. My daily light makeup consists of some cover-up under my eyes, a purple-ish/brown-ish eyeliner, some mascara and either a colored lip balm or just my favorite EOS lip balm.
After that, I'm ready to greet the day and whatever adventure it holds.
When my day is done and I'm ready to curl up in bed, or just curl up and watch some Netflix, I remove my makeup with some facial cleansing wipes. Then I use the same cleanser and moisturizer that I did in the morning.
About twice a week, to give my skin some extra love, I use one of the many facial masks I own and give myself an at-home facial. This one is my current favorite. It's Freeman's Anti-Stress Mask with Dead Ses Minerals. If I choose to do this, I like to wait to moisturize until after.
Another thing I will do 2-3 times a week is use an exfoliating scrub. This one is Apricot and White Tea from Bath and Body Works.
Then its time to take out my contacts, brush my teeth and skip off to bed (but not before reading a chapter or two of whatever book I'm reading).
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