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A Thrifty Mrs · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject: Your beauty routine

Share with me if you will your beauty routine?

Mine is pretty basic:
Brush teeth, shower, body lotion, cleanse, tone then moisturise face. I then dry my hair - very quickly and no styling is involved at the moment. I then spend all of 10mins doing my make up.
I do exfoliate face and body twice a week and get my eyebrows dealt with every three weeks.
But I'd really like to step up my beauty routine. So I was wondering if any of you could give me an idea of what your daily and special occasion beauty routine involves. I want to start feeling special!

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Violet Ecstasy · Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 533 Location: West Midlands

Complete overhaul or every morning job?

Complete overhaul (e.g pre-shoot pamper).
* Shower
* Wash hair & condition - I use Brilliant Brunette stuff
* De-fuzz - used to wax but can't afford to atm Sad

* Scrub down with lovely smelling stuff (flavour of the month is almond & honey)
* dry off
* moisturise body with matching smelling lotion or body butter
* deal with manky feet
* Paint toenails & fingernails
* Straighten or curl hair as desired
* Facial skin care with Clinique 3 step system (occasional facepack)
* Brush teeth with Blanx toothpaste (good stuff for whitening!)
* Basic makeup = 10-15 mins (foundation, concealer, powder, blush, eyebrows, eyeliner & mascara then red lippy perhaps)

Daily is a shortened version of the above...

Herr Geist · Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 4956 Location: Brighton, England

Shower
Brush teeth
Shave (I'm lucky. Once a week. Thank you native American blood!)
Comb tangles out of hair and tie it back
Cover my body with whatever item of clothing is closest

That's the daily routine. When I'm preparing for an event, not much changes except for cologne and nicer clothes.
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Anna Fur Laxis · Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 314

At my age, life is one long beauty routine! Rolling Eyes

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Herr Geist · Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 4956 Location: Brighton, England

Well, keep it up! It's working nicely. Very Happy

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Cecilia Rouge · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1349

A Thrifty Mrs · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:20 am Post subject:

Thanks very much everyone.
So it turns out I'm not missing out some huge vital step?! Wahey.

Going into town today to treat myself to lovely pamper products.
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Anna Fur Laxis · Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 314

Do you wear SPF? If not, start today. x
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missrosethorne · Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 127 Location: London

I use a gentle face exfoliant every day, really helps give a smooth make up application. With age comes anti-wrinkle cream at night time too...Make sure to wash make up brushes, especially if you use one for foundation.

And like Anna says, wear SPF every day! Clinique do a base called City Block, which is good, but most make up primers have a SPF to them.

Lots of handlotion just before bed or before leaving the house too

R
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Lily Belle · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 246 Location: Bristol

ok, mine is big and long......just how I like things!

Morning:
Shower (in which I : Exfoliate, shave underarms, wash and condition hair)
All over body moisturize with expensive lotions
Tone and moisturize with Origins A Perfect world products
Put in leave in conditioner and mousse before blowdrying hair
Dance about in underwear for about ten minutes deciding what to wear
Spritz on perfume and roll on deodorant
Put base makeup on (primer, concealer, foundation,blush)
Get dressed
Brush teeth
Finish makeup (eyeshadows, eyeliner, mascara, lipliner, lipstick, lipgloss, highlighter, brow pencil)

Evening:
Bathe in deep bubbly stuff (only if needed)
More body lotions
Cleanse, Tone and moisturize with more Origins products
Brush hair and spray in some Fast Fixx
Apply hand cream
Apply Solar Oil to fingernails, cuticles and any hard patches
Lipbalm

Every two weeks:
Get nails done
Have eyebrows waxed
Top up the blue hair colouring

Once a month:
Legs and Bikini wax
Body wrap (when I can afford it)

Yes, I know its a lot. But I have no job, so I fill my time with beauty routines.
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A Thrifty Mrs · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject:

I do indeed use SPF - I have used a min of factor 40 for as long as I can remember. I burn if I so much as think about the Sun. Plus I don't want to look like a handbag in a decade.

Thanks for all of your lists and wow Lily Belle what a terrific list I shall be stepping it up to match yours now that I am working from home more often than not.
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Lily Belle · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 246 Location: Bristol

Why thank you! Most people just laugh at my routine, but it does the job.
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missrosethorne · Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 127 Location: London

it's not just SPF when in the sun, it's making sure your moisturiser has a SPF so you are wearing EVERY day - A lesson I learned a while ago....

xx

A Thrifty Mrs · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:28 am Post subject:

Cecilia Rouge · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1349

I feel rather appalled at my low maintenance beauty care here.

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