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After last week’s skincare confession, you are probably not be surprised to learn that I don’t have much of a beauty routine. In fact, I don’t even wash my face.
My face gets wet every day in the shower, when I rub my hands over it and rinse it in the hot water. It’s enough to make my face feel clean.
No wonder my skin looks so rough, right?
If I get especially sweaty or especially dirty, I do wash my face with soap. The same soap I use on my body.
Give me some credit; it’s unscented soap for sensitive skin. It’s not harsh or irritating.
That’s that, my skin care routine.
I don’t have time for much else.
In the morning, I have to get Grace and myself ready to walk out the door in about 50 minutes. I could get up a little earlier, but that’s a tough request for this pregnant mama.
In that 50 minutes, I take a shower, get dressed, work on my blog, eat, feed Grace, get her dressed, and get us both out the door.
In less than 6 weeks, we’ll be adding another human to the routine.
I’m concerned that postpartum hormones will make my skin even worse than it is. I’m concerned that the stress of a newborn and a busy preschooler, combined with a lack of sleep will leave me looking tired or worse.
But I’m not sure where I could take 10 minutes to clean my face once or twice a day. That seems out of reach when I recall that I had a hard time even bathing when Grace was a newborn.
After trying Olay’s Total Effect Moisturizer with Cooling Hydration, I am sold on its benefits. I am thinking that maybe I should at least try.
This is sponsored content from BlogHer and Olay.
Remember I said I got personal recommendations at Olay for You? It suggested that I try a few products from Olay’s Definity line. I’m going to compare the Total Effects products with the Definity ones and choose a new routine.
I’ll let you know how it goes.
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My beauty routine is soap and lotion
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my routine is simple, just wash face and moisturize. Sometimes some light powder makeup.
my routine is simply. I wash my face each and every day and ALWAYS use moisturizer
teechbiz at gmail dot com
Y’know, I guess I’m weird, because I’ve been purposefully letting my skincare regimen become less stringent and just sort of let my skin care for itself
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I just tweeted this giveaway here
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I use moisturizer daily. trinitygsd at yahoo dot com
I use moisturizer daily. trinitygsd at yahoo dot com
I wash my face with a gentle cleanser in the evening and use moisturizer. In the morning, I rinse it with lukewarm water and moisturize. Easy peasy and my skin is in good condition.
I wash my face with a gentle cleanser in the evening and use moisturizer. In the morning, I rinse it with lukewarm water and moisturize. Easy peasy and my skin is in good condition. mcgillrmcgill(at)charter(dot)net
I don’t have much time for a beauty routine with a 2 and 5 year old. A lot of times I don’t have time to wash my face either. I will grab a baby wipe and scrub my face with it. Then apply moisturizer before a quick makeup job.
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I don’t do a whole lot to myself. I know that I should but it just doesn’t seem like I have the time. I take a shower daily, brush my teeth, and blow dry my hair. That’s about it. If I have to go somewhere I try and put some foundation on since my skin has gotten so bad lately. thank you!
I wash my face and moisturize is basically all I do.
I like dove soap and a good moisturizer
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I have a few things I do for a basic routine… including moisturizer, night cream, and I use Olay products too.
well….i wash my face before bed and apply a night time moisturizer… im the am, I apply a litle more day moisturizer….. and then i apply a tad bit of concealer and MASCARA and Im out the door… less than 20 mminutes )
I make sure to wash my face both day and night and use a moisturizer
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lucky if I get to brush my teeth and splash some water.
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My beauty routine: I wash my face every night and moisturize. I use Olay’s antil-aging eye roller in the mornings for my puffy eyes. I swear that taking a fish oil suplement makes my skin shine and I drink lots of water.
i mousturize my skin dilay
My routine is to wash with cold or cool water when I get up and again before going to bed. Just want to get the daily dirt and oil off. I rarely wear make-up. None of this helps my skin look any better now that I’ve reached my 40s, but I don’t have a lot of wrinkles.
I don’t have much of one. I sleep with my makeup on-yup! And I wash it in the morning and put on makeup and some sort of mositurizer on my cheeks.
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My beauty routine is am/pm acne clearing wash followed with an oil free moisturizer.
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I Tweeted this giveaway. http://twitter.com/lisalmg/status/14339760327757824
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My routine is shower , moisturize (3 x a day) tweeze, and enjoy life
every day I wash and moisturize my face and use some lip gloss.
Shower, hair, and teeth, that’s it!
My daily routine is I just wash my face with plain water and using a good moisturizer.
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My skin care regimen exists solely because of my wife. If it wasn’t for her, using chapstick would be the extent of my efforts. She introduced me to sunblock, and moisturizer.
pauleyd68 (at) yahoo (dot) com
In the morning I wash my face with facial cleaner in the shower and then moisturize (always making sure I have at least SPF 15). At night I wash my face again and use nightime moisturizer. I also use a lot more hand and body lotion and lip balm in the dry winter months!
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