Night Routine

Spent forever talking about our night skincare routines with who else this lovely (freezing) Friday evening :)

My routine changes from night to night because I have so many different products I'm trying to use .. and I'm still trying to find my perfect routine. So this is what I did tonight. I know it's kind of excessive but it's fun for me. Hehe.

Tonight's routine:

*Shu Uemera Cleansing Oil (still have some left!) - to remove makeup
*Lush Ocean Salt scrub - to exfoliate
*100% Pure Eucalyptus Seafoam Cleanser w/ Clarisonic - to further clean pores & make sure all makeup is gone
*100% Pure Brightening Tonique - to tone ... and help fade my sun spots
*MAC Fix+ - really hydrating and refreshing, love this step before applying moisturizer
*100% Pure Super Fruits Eye Balm
*100% Pure Red Wine Resveratrol Nourishing Cream - rest of my face
*Josie Maran Argan Oil - even more moisture
*Rosebud Strawberry Lip Balm

I like this idea, maybe it'll help me see what's working for me and what's not if I record it. Goodnight!

Lush Ocean Salt

I picked up Lush's Ocean Salt on a whim while at the mall using my Gap gift certificate. Lush was right across the way... I couldn't help it! Anyway, I had heard of the product before, last summer when I was really obsessed with watching beauty videos on YouTube, but had no intentions of really purchasing it or anything else in the store that day.

Until... one of the lovely workers there approached me and asked if I needed help. I told her about my smelly Buffy bar and she gave me a rundown of the different scrubs that Lush carries, and ended up doing a "demo" with the Ocean Salt on my hand. It felt amaaaaaazing - I love really rough scrubs - and my hand was really soft afterwards. I was pretty much sold on that alone.

Lush

Okay so my coworker (hi!) keeps telling me I should blog about beauty stuff because I'm always talking about it at work and giving her tips and whatnot. So I'm going to try :)

lush buffy, in little pieces

But first . . . I'm off to shower and wash my hair with my shampoo & some baking soda thrown in! One of my best friends told me about this so I am gonna try it and see what kind of difference it makes. I am a huge fan of baking soda. It does EVERYTHING . . . when I first discovered all the uses of baking soda last summer, I went on a bit of cleaning spree with it. Fun times.

Anyway, my friend also recently introduced me to Lush's Buffy, a moisturizing body scrub bar, and I absolutely lav it. Some say it's too abrasive for their skin but I don't really have sensitive skin. I loooove how scratchy it is and that I don't need moisturizer after I get out of the shower! (Except my knees/elbows/etc.)

Reading some reviews on makeupalley gave me the idea to cut it up in little pieces and store it in this little container. It looks funny but hopefully it will last longer this way. Every time I go to use it, I'll just take out a little piece or two instead of taking the whole bar into the shower, which feels like it melts the bar pretty fast.

(EDIT: DO NOT PUT THE PIECES IN A METAL CONTAINER. IT SMELLS HORRIBLE. The scrub picked up the metal scent and the entire thing stunk so bad I had to throw it out. Very sad.)

I really like the smell, too. I am into SHEEEEAA (BODY) BUTTA' though.

fever message bar

Ooh then afterwards . . . I'm finally going to use my massage bar from Lush that I bought a long loooong time ago and never used. I hope it's still okay/not expired. It's called Fever Massage Bar . . . was it called something different before? The name doesn't sound familiar at all. Anyway. I think I'm getting obsessed with Lush again. This could be bad. Must. save. up. for. Clarisonic! :)

deets:

Buffy - $11.95 for 3.3 oz or $22.95 for 7 oz.

Fever Massage Bar - $11.95 for 2.2 oz