My Bed Time Beauty Routine to Wake Up Beautiful!

My Bed Time Beauty Routine - Steps and Tips

Hey Everyone!
What do you do before you go to bed at night? Watch television or go for a walk.. or munch something? Alright! what do you do to your skin and hair to wake up beautiful the next morning? Have your ever wondered about your bed-time beauty care? Fine, cool. I am not getting sleep now so came here to share my bed time beauty routine with you all. I have been waiting to make this post since long but missed it every time. Check below the steps of my beauty routine; these are what I do before I go to my soft bed every night :) This routine really helps me wake up fresh, energetic and ofcourse confident. I have been following this routine for more than 2 yrs now and my skin and hair have been improved a lot after that. No long steps; these are just the normal ones which we can follow at our home easily. Let us move on to the steps now?

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Brush Teeth & Clean Mouth

Brushing my teeth is the first thing I do every morning after I wake up from sleep and also before going to bed every night. I just can't live without brushing my teeth at least twice a day. It is essential to keep our mouth clean in order to maintain good health and to avoid bad odour. So before going to bed at night, I brush my teeth with a mint toothpaste and goggle with a refreshing mouth wash following by the tongue cleaner usage. Get a baby tooth brush and keep it in your tooth brush stand. Once you are done with brushing your teeth, gently scrub your lips with the baby brush and wash away with cold water. This will make your lips baby soft!

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Warm Water Bath

However tired you might be, just have a warm water bath with your favorite fruity smelling shower gel. This will lift up your mood and make you energetic in minutes leaving all the dullness and tiredness behind. I usually have my night bath around 10 pm in lukewarm water. If you are afraid of getting cold, make it a quick warm shower. Having a relaxing warm bath at night relieves stress and refreshes you for a better sleep. Do you have those 'slippery feel giving' shower gels and bars unused, those will take ages to get washed away from skin completely? They may raise your temper in busy mornings; hence spare them for night baths! I love having my night bath with strawberry, pomegranate or citrus shower gels depending on my mood.

Tidbits: 

• While having your bath, soak your feet in hot water (in bearable heat) for 5-10 minutes and scrub gently with a foot scrubber or a loofah pad. This will ensure the removal of dead skin cells and softens feet.I don't do it everyday due to laziness :P but at least twice a week is really good.
• Use a good makeup removing cleanser to remove all the makeup, dust and pollution from your facial skin. Removing make up is a must before you go to bed every night.
  

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Moisturize Face and Body Skin

Okay we had a warm bath now to refresh the body, senses and to remove the impurities, sweat and dirt from the skin. What next? The warm water with cleanser would have taken most of the moisture from our skin. To combat moisture loss, I put on my body lotion and face moisturizer soon after I come out of my bathroom. Wipe your skin with a soft towel and apply the moisturizers evenly over your face and body skin. Never ever use creams those others simply recommend because it works on them; everyone's skin is different and you need the apt one for your skin. Heavy moisturizers are good for night usage as you need to keep your skin moisturized for next 8-12 hours (Do you sleep for twelve hours? :P I do many times!).

Tidbits: 

• Before putting on your facial moisturizer, spray some rose water or a skin toner over your face to tighten pores and remove the leftover dirt from your skin.
• If you find any particular moisturizer that suits your skin the best, but still you can't use that due to the 'No SPF' factor, spare it for night usage. I find few of my good working moisturizers turn dewy on my normal-oily skin after 2 hours of application and hence I don't dare to put them for day use; but you see, they fit perfectly as my night cream.
• Do not forget to apply your foot cream while moisturizing your face and body.

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Apply Lip Balm or Lip Butter

Our lips turn dry when we fail to moisturizer them. We are needing our lip balm many times in a day but many of us fail to think about the nights our lips face. We need to moisturize our lips heavily at nights, especially in winters if we want to wake up with soft lips instead of the dried and chapped ones. Soon after I moisturize my face, body and feet, the next thing that my hand searches for is a 'lip balm'. I apply a thick coat of my lip balm or lip butter every night to ensure my lips won't turn chapped. As it is night, try to skip the tinted ones and go for flavored ones to refresh your senses! How about a sweet vanilla or sheabutter one?

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Comb & Detangle Hair

This is one of the main steps of my bed time beauty (hair) care routine. I gently detangle my hair with a wide toothed comb and apply some oil on my scalp if in case I am planning to wash my hair the next day morning. It is highly risky to sleep with ponytails as they may result in thinning of hair or even alopecia in long run. So never ever sleep with tight braids or pony tails. Just detangle your hair and wear loose braids before you go to bed. If you havea  really short hair, then you can sleep with loose hair but in case if you have a lengthy hair, it is better to wear loose braids as the natural oils of your hair can cause pimples if comes to contact with the skin.

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Pillow Cover & Blanket - Are they Clean?

Yes, I do check this every night. Most of the people, even if they follow a good skin care routine, experience pimples due to sleeping in pillows without making sure the cover is clean. They won't be having a clue why they are getting pimples whatever anti-acne cream they use. Hence, it is better to wash pillow covers twice every week; this avoids skin problems, acne breakouts and other skin allergies. I always make sure that both my pillow cover and bedsheet are clean before falling asleep! Do you have this habit? If not, cultivate it for your skin sake from today itself.

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Relax Eyes with Cold Cotton Pads

Be it cucumber juice or rose water,  I always have any one of these chilled and ready in my refrigerator. Once I am done with all the other steps of my night time beauty routine, I dip two clean cotton pads into rose water or cucumber juice, squeeze them and put them over my eyelids. Wow! What a relaxing feel it is! This method treats my tired eyes which works on computer for long hours everyday. Why don't you try it too?

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Close Eyes and Sleep Well

Now I am done with everything! :D It's time to get deep into the good night sleep. Whatever problems, worries, tensions I have, I just throw them away, take a big breathe and sleep calmly. Once you are done with the above mentioned skincare/haircare steps, automatically you will be getting a happy refreshed sleep.
         
And in the morning..?? Someone is going to wake up with gorgeous skin and hair :) If followed every night, you can visibly see changes on your skin and hair appearance.

Did you like my bed time beauty routine? What is yours? Share below!

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Daily Skincare Tips For Men - Part 1

Hey my brothers! Good Morning all. Many of you asked me to do a post on Men Skincare as I have never posted such thing on my blog. I was thinking about it for a long time and now comes your post. I am just going to make this a easy peasy post for skin care beginners (Men) and later we can look about advanced beauty ideas. In this post, I am going to give few ideas for your daily skin and hair care routine. You don't need to spare separate time for this, but make sure you are doing the correct thing. Follow this and let me know how your looks changed.. And girls :P note this down for your guys. 

Early Morning

Do you know something? Waking early in the morning provides you fresh oxygen and keeps you fresh and energetic throughout the day. It also brings a glow to your face if followed regularly. So try waking up in between 5 and 6 every morning for a month and you will stick to it. Waking is not just enough. After waking up, splash cold water on your face, towel dry and go for a walk, a jog is better though :P Early morning exercises speeds up your blood circulation which results in good skin and firmer body. Because of the sweat release during exercise, your body will get rid of toxins. Of course your skin too.

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Bathing and Shaving

After your early morning jogging/exercise, you need a refreshing bath to prepare you for the day. I highly recommend to bath in warm water or just take a warm shower. Make sure to choose your skin cleanser which suits your skin type. Check your skin whether it is dry, oily or normal. Our body skin type and facial skin type differs most of the times. So you may be having oily facial skin and dry body skin or dry facial skin and sweaty body. Check these things first and note it down. If your body skin is dry, go for nourishing soaps like dove and gentle ones like pears. A soap free body wash or shower gel is much better than chemical containing soaps. Sweaty and oily body skin types go for herbal or oil control soaps. Use loofah everyday in your bath, it will surely improve your skin texture a lot. A loofah pad is nothing but a dry fruit fiber which you can get from herbal shops in a cheaper rate. Use this to scrub your body after applying the soap or shower gel as it exfoliates the dead skin cells to remove the dullness and roughness. Don't use loofah on your face unless your skin is very rough. After bath, wash loofah and dry it to keep it sanitized for next use. Shaving should be done after a warm bath or a warm face wash as the hair strands would be soft after the warmness of the water. Don't wash your face with cold water before your shave, it's a blunder mistake.

Moisturizer and Sunscreen

After shaving and because of shaving, your skin would have lost excess moisture and would be more prone to the harmful UV rays from sun. For this you need to moisture your skin first, followed by a good sunscreen. If you get a moisturizer with SPF, it's very much better. SPF is nothing but the Sun Protection Factor. I highly recommend to use very light moisturizers, not the greasy ones as you boys always roam in sun, do field work or play cricket etc. If you have extremely oily skin, carry an oil control face wash in your bag and wash your face thrice a day followed by a light moisturizer, once in the morning while bath, once in the afternoon (2-5 and once in the night. After you reach home from study/work place, wash your face and keep it clean. Each and every second with sweat and dirt is spoiling your skin's beauty, keep this in mind. Washing your face before going to bed with clean water (Soap/face wash is not necessary as your cleansed it in the evening) and nourishing it with a cold cream or a good moisturizer is always great. This softens your hard skin and repairs the damage whole night. Hey brothers, I am advising you to wash your face many times isn't it? but please never go for soaps. A soap free face wash would be mild and gentle. Excess soap usage damages your skin and makes you look older soon.

That's it! I didn't give any hard tips isn't it? You know we girls do facial, bleach, oil massage, steam and it's a big list :P. I know many of you brothers are not patient to do these things. So, note all the tips down, follow it correctly and let me know how it works. I will do my next post on Men Skincare seeing your responses.

Happy day! Stay healthy and fit! Try to avoid roaming in sun and save your skin!

Take care all my Brothers. See you soon again :D