My Morning Routine (Depending on the Season)
Rise and shine, beauties!
On days when I need to face the world head-on, I put on my full face of makeup. Truth be told, on lazy days off if I don't leave the house, I wash my face and that's it. If I know I'll be outside, I put on a moisturizer with SPF in it.
However, if it's a work day or if I'm headed out, the full arsenal comes out.
I live in southeastern Minnesota, and have Seasonal Affective Disorder, and due to the change in light during the winter months, I change up my entire routine. Despite medication and treatment, I have trouble getting out of bed in the winter, especially since it isn't light out until 7 a.m. or so. I get up between 5 and 6 and work at 8, and I work in an office that is very, very far from a window. Some days I am out in the field, but that could be another building or a flower garden, depends on the day.
In the summer, the sun is up at 5 or so, so that's no problem, and I function a lot better in my daily life. I shower, eat breakfast, pack lunch, other healthy habits. Winter, not so much. I stay in my nice warm bed as long as humanly possible. I will shower if I've managed to get up in time, but I shower at night a lot in the winter while I'm still awake and upright. In the summer, I shower daily or every other day, again, it depends on the day.
In terms of skin, in the winter, it is dry, and in the summer, it is normal/oily. I swap out my cleanser (the Up&Up version of Clean and Clear's Morning Burst cleanser) for a rich emollient cream like Ponds Cold Cream and use coconut oil exclusively as a moisturizer. In the summer, I use a BB cream with an SPF or a light moisturizer with an SPF. I love love love Garnier's BB cream, the normal to oily in the large tube. I'm on at least tube number 3. I started using it when it came out, and it's a huge tube and I use a small amount. It's available at most drug stores.
As soon as I'm out of the shower, I put my hair in a Turbie Twist (about $10 at Walmart, Target, or Walgreens) after squeezing out any excess water. I put on Mary Kay's Pore Minimizer after my eye cream, right now I'm using 5 in 1 Eye Cream from First Aid Beauty, which I purchased at Sephora. It's very nice, doesn't make my under eye area greasy or my makeup break down, and it seems to have made a scar under my right eye fade faster than my skin normally fades scars (especially under the eye!). The Pore Minimizer I got as part of a set with the Microderm Abrasion cleanser, which I use in the shower once or twice a week.
I try not to blow dry my hair unless it's a special occasion, so most days I use John Freida Air Dry Foam and it makes my natural waves quite lovely and touchable. A spritz of hairspray along my part and hairline to keep the baby hairs away, and it goes up in a clip until I'm done with makeup.
Thanks so much for reading... and please please please comment with your favorite morning products! What product helps you rise and shine?
On days when I need to face the world head-on, I put on my full face of makeup. Truth be told, on lazy days off if I don't leave the house, I wash my face and that's it. If I know I'll be outside, I put on a moisturizer with SPF in it.
However, if it's a work day or if I'm headed out, the full arsenal comes out.
I live in southeastern Minnesota, and have Seasonal Affective Disorder, and due to the change in light during the winter months, I change up my entire routine. Despite medication and treatment, I have trouble getting out of bed in the winter, especially since it isn't light out until 7 a.m. or so. I get up between 5 and 6 and work at 8, and I work in an office that is very, very far from a window. Some days I am out in the field, but that could be another building or a flower garden, depends on the day.
In the summer, the sun is up at 5 or so, so that's no problem, and I function a lot better in my daily life. I shower, eat breakfast, pack lunch, other healthy habits. Winter, not so much. I stay in my nice warm bed as long as humanly possible. I will shower if I've managed to get up in time, but I shower at night a lot in the winter while I'm still awake and upright. In the summer, I shower daily or every other day, again, it depends on the day.
In terms of skin, in the winter, it is dry, and in the summer, it is normal/oily. I swap out my cleanser (the Up&Up version of Clean and Clear's Morning Burst cleanser) for a rich emollient cream like Ponds Cold Cream and use coconut oil exclusively as a moisturizer. In the summer, I use a BB cream with an SPF or a light moisturizer with an SPF. I love love love Garnier's BB cream, the normal to oily in the large tube. I'm on at least tube number 3. I started using it when it came out, and it's a huge tube and I use a small amount. It's available at most drug stores.
As soon as I'm out of the shower, I put my hair in a Turbie Twist (about $10 at Walmart, Target, or Walgreens) after squeezing out any excess water. I put on Mary Kay's Pore Minimizer after my eye cream, right now I'm using 5 in 1 Eye Cream from First Aid Beauty, which I purchased at Sephora. It's very nice, doesn't make my under eye area greasy or my makeup break down, and it seems to have made a scar under my right eye fade faster than my skin normally fades scars (especially under the eye!). The Pore Minimizer I got as part of a set with the Microderm Abrasion cleanser, which I use in the shower once or twice a week.
I try not to blow dry my hair unless it's a special occasion, so most days I use John Freida Air Dry Foam and it makes my natural waves quite lovely and touchable. A spritz of hairspray along my part and hairline to keep the baby hairs away, and it goes up in a clip until I'm done with makeup.
Thanks so much for reading... and please please please comment with your favorite morning products! What product helps you rise and shine?
