Thursday, November 29, 2012

Nightly Beauty Routine

I tend to either hit a wall while blogging and fall asleep in no time, or enjoy taking my time to pamper myself before bed. If I can be bothered, these are the star products kept close to my sleeping quarters.

 
To be honest, The Body Shop Moringa body butter has been joined by the new Vanilla Bliss* fragrance, I alternate between festive and yummy or floral and summery to keep my skin soft. I can’t get enough of my Victoria’s Secret Amber Romance lotion, that stuff couldn’t smell better if it tried. Hands are treated to my all-time favourite cream, Endota Spa’s Lavender & Alpine Pepper*. Never would I have considered putting lavender with pepper, so I guess it is lucky there are places like Endota around!
 
 
I’ve been really loving my Antipodes Avocado Pear Nourishing Night Cream, it has kept my skin soft and supple while helping out with the flaky skin issue as well. It smells good, is well-priced and the packaging is sexy- what more could I want?! My Korres Lip Butter in Jasmine is too milky pink for me to wear during the day, but I use it every night before bed and it soothes my lips and smells yummy.
 
 
I’ve almost used up my QV Heel Balm, and love slathering it on before I go to bed to keep my feet from getting dry and horrible. There is nothing worse (in my opinion) than seeing someone wearing a killer pair of shoes, with cracked and peeling heels. Avoid at all costs, prevention is better than cure in this scenario. My L’Occitane Lavande Cologne* smells too good, and relaxes me if I’m feeling anxious or having trouble going to sleep at night. This sits on my desk and I use it quite frequently to soothe my mind (and make myself smell good in the process) Huge bottle is a lifesaver! I tend to give myself a manicure before bed, so that I can sleep in a little later in the morning rather than having to do my nails then. Seche Vite is a topcoat I am trying out at the moment (and Sally Hansen Diamond Flash*, too) I’m leaning towards vampy nails right now (bottle pictured is from the essence Breaking Dawn Part 2 collection) I’m also loving festive nails, but summer is coming so I am sure brights will be gracing my nails quite often as well.
 
What products are in your nightly beauty routine? How often do you change your nail polish, or moisturise your whole body?
 

*Marked items were provided. Honesty, always.



8 comments:

  1. Great post, mine mainly consists of my monu combo skin set, clinique and sudocrem ;)

    Charlee
    http://charmedcharlee.blogspot.co.uk
    xxxx

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    1. Thanks Charlee, I've heard a lot of good things about Sudocrem! I appreciate your comment, but please refrain from leaving personal links in the comment section-I check all the blogs of all who comment anyway :) Thanks x

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  2. I love seeing a nice round-up like this! I've been wandering towards the lavender shelf at L'Occitane a lot lately but can't bring myself to pay that price so soon after my recent shopping escapades. BUT YOU ARE MAKING MY LEMMING GO CRAZY!!! ;)

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    1. Thanks Liz! I'm fond of round up posts too, a good way to rave about a bunch of things at once. I really enjoy L'Occitane products, perfect for stockings for a bit of luxe I think. Lemm away my love ;P

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  3. My nightly routine is on a 3 nightly rotation system - which seems to be working quite well! I double cleanse (oil then cleanser), then apply either a prescription vitamin A cream, Clinique Turnaround Concentrate, or Trilogy Age Proof Booster Serum, followed up by Clinique Comfort On Call Cream, and Origins Spot Treatment on any breakouts, and my eye cream which is currently the Alpha-H Age Delay one. I slather myself in body lotion daily, without fail, sometimes twice daily. I also have Soap & Glory Hand Food beside my bed for applying before bed. I should really be applying foot cream more often too - as well as nail treatments! They're just always items that I forget about!

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    1. @Lucy I love double cleansing, makes such a difference to my skin! How are you finding the Clinique Turnaround Concentrate? Alpha H eye cream is intriguing, I loved using their Age Delay cleansing oil so might look into that. Good on you for moisturising so regularly, I'll bet your skin is incredibly soft!

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  4. You are so cute - falling asleep while blogging! I am very pedantic about all over moisturising, so even if I grumble the whole way through I will apply body lotion before bed. The key is to find one that absorbs quickly!

    I won't come anywhere near a nail polish bottle past a certain hour, I'm clumsy at the best of times so I'd probably end up with nail polish on my elbows ;)

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  5. I moisturise every morning after my shower, I have to in winter it's so dry here I feel like a dried out husk! I also use Antipodes Avocado Pear Night Cream too!

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