🌸 Simplify Your Beauty Routine & Boost Self-Care! 🌟
Your dose of beauty tips and tricks, self care ideas, and more!
It’s been a minute since I’ve popped in your inbox - what a whirlwind of a time it’s been! I’m thrilled to be back and share ways to simplify your beauty routine and boost self-care 🌟
Beauty Tips & Tricks
The weather is warming up and travel is on a rise so I’m taking this opportunity to share a few beauty travel tips. I recently came back from a Europe trip with a couple of my besties and these tips were super useful for keeping makeup and skincare at a minimum. PS: I have a bunch of my favorite travel favorites here.
If packing isn’t your strong suit, I recommend checking out this book: How to Pack by Hitha Palepu. It has helpful tips to travel smart for any trip and makes a nice gift for the person in your life that can use a little support in this department!
Pack mini’s of your favorite products or use a TSA friendly cosmetics kit like this to pack your favorite skincare and makeup products.
Audit what you packed. I asked myself questions like “am I really going to use all these different lipsticks or will I most likely lean on one or two"?” and “am I really going to do my full skincare routine when I don’t even do it at home? Most likely not so I pack the essentials. You can see the skincare I ended up packing for a week in Europe here.
A functional cosmetics bag is a must. I started using this one that is a great size and has 2 compartments. I was able to fit my makeup and most of my skincare for a week in Europe on one side and toiletries on the rest of my skincare in the other.
Product Spotlight
Sharing a couple favorites I’m wearing this photo - full deets of this look are here
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First is this little luxury - the Dior Addict Lip Glow Balm. I’m wearing shade 001 Pink and it’s a classic and something that can be worn everyday.
Second is the Satya Jewelry Cultivate Intuition Lotus Moonstone Necklace. If you follow me on IG, it’s no news how much I adore this necklace and the lotus ring. Satya Jewelry creates inspiring, spiritual jewelry and their pieces bring joy!
Claw clips have been all the rage lately and I was so excited when one of my go to accessory brands, Kitsch, released a claw clip collection with BT21! All 8 are still in stock from when I last checked!
Self-Care Ideas
Self-care doesn’t have to be complicated or over the top. I find it helpful to have moments of self-care to sprinkle into daily or weekly habits and routines. Here are 3 ways I give myself moments of self-care through everyday life.
Reading - I love a good psychological thriller and currently am going through Freida McFadden’s work. I was hooked after reading The Housemaid and The Housemaid’s Secret. I like having a personal development book on hand to read as well - currently continuing Atomic Habits by James Clear. I’ve heard nothing but great things and so far it’s been such a great read!
Evening Shower - evening showers are a great way to unwind and help signal my body that it’s time for bed. I’ve been working hard on building healthier routines and going to bed at an earlier time is one of them. Evening showers help my body relax
Minimal Social Media in the Evenings - limiting my social media consumption has done wonders for my mental health. It was challenging at first since I am a digital content creator and spend quite a bit of time on social media for creator purposes + as a consumer. I first started reducing the amount of endless scrolling during the day and then took it a step further a few months ago and made a rule for myself that I would open any social media apps after a certain time, usually 9-10pm. This doesn’t happen 100% some nights, especially weekends, but I have noticed I spend less time with mindless scrolling. Reducing time I spend on social media has helped me get better quality sleep and it overall feels great not being glued to my phone as much as I used to.
Moments of Joy - Food Edition
Current drink I order often: Iced Honey Green (or Oolong depending on the day) Tea with herb jelly + 30% sweetness from Share Tea.
These Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Cookie Bark from Tates Bake Shop are soooo good and have the perfect crunch and melt into your mouth.
Joellas recently added chicken nuggets to their menu and a friend and I recently had lunch and checked them out! 10/10 would recommend. I get them hot with a side of parmesan garlic fries.
Hope the rest of your week is full of moments of joy!