Beauty Routine

A few girls asked me what my beauty routine was, so I thought I should reveal some of my secrets...

Even if I look pretty the way I am when I wake up, I do a few things to look even prettier before to go out, and when I want extra confidence I apply makeup, but it’s optional for me especially during summer.

With the videos now (read Happiness Activist), I even need to give extra attention to my skin.
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I’m not going to lie, I use lots of skin care products, but it takes only a few minutes and it’s worth it, especially when people think I’m 10 years younger than my age!

Morning:

• Cleansing in the shower with a foaming cleanser, cuz I’m lazy and I love the shower, so I try to do as much as I can during it.
• Spray my face with moisturising water mist
• Eye serum, serum, day cream. Just now you wonder why all of them, and what’s the difference?

First, eye serum and eye cream are very specific for the eyes, cuz the skin around is very thin. You must be careful there, if you use your face serum or cream, it might give you puffy eyes due to the richness of these products. That’s why it’s better to put your eye serum/cream before the rest of your products. Be aware also if you can use it on your eyelids, not all of them can be.

Let’s use visualisation to explain you the difference between a serum and a cream. Take a bed, you have a bed base and a mattress, the base underneath is the serum, and the mattress is the cream. You need both to have a maximum comfort and result.

• Lipbalm
• Spray my face again with moisturising water mist

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Night:

• Make-up remover with micellar water (or milk when my skin is dry)
• Eye serum
• Serum or night cream, I don’t put both at night, if my skin feels sensitive, I put the cream, otherwise just the serum​
• Lipbalm and perfume! If you watched my last video, you know that any scent can be very relaxing, and I find it really nice to smell good before to go to bed.

Weekly:
For this special day, I use a beauty device with a combination of accessories: brushes, sponges and a rolling massager, to clean, exfoliate and improve blood circulation.

• face exfoliator
• eye serum to protect the eyes from the mask, unless the mask is suitable for this area (sometimes I even use a specific eye mask)
• serum – to amplify the result of the mask
• mask – listening to relaxing music in the dark, to relax my face muscles
• cream

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Quarterly: 
Professional beauty treatment: deep cleansing + appropriate treatment (depends of my skin at this period) 

This routine works at any age, you just need to adapt the right products for your skin, your needs and expectations.

Some want to prevent aging, even if they’re 20, others only look for comfort…Everything is available on the market. Just try and create your own perfect beauty!

​It works for guys too!!

I haven’t used yet any cosmetic surgery or fillers, and I’m trying to postpone this step for as long as I can with this beauty routine.

Don’t forget the basic rules: food & sleep!! They are for sure essential for your skin.

And confidence really, since my solo wedding in Santorini, I gained a lot of it, and I totally embrace who I am without artifice. Self-love, the best way to increase your inner beauty…

Being beautiful is firstly in your mind, if you feel beautiful, people will see you beautiful!
Put some nice messages on your mirror: you are beautiful, you are lovable, you are enough… Reading them every day will increase your self-esteem, I talk more about positive thinking in my article Be Positive, go and read it again.

And I share positive vibes on Instagram, every day in my stories, to help people and me, to go through the day. Watch it!

​My previous beauty articles:                                   

• Helena Rubinstein
• Spas Around the World
• Navy hair
• Titanium Heart

 
Watch Shakira (43) & J.Lo (50) at the end of the article, to see how to be stunning at any age!!

Let your natural beauty shine!
 
Love & Care,
L.