I curl my eyelashes, even if I'm just going to the grocery store. It makes you look so much more awake, and in my case, makes me look way less homeless.When I apply self-tanner, I put big globs of regular moisturizing lotion on my elbows, knees and between my fingers. It's great at preventing the tanner from concentrating on the dry spots. Is that a secret? Probably not, but I thought I was super smart when I figured it out.
My Routine:
Workdays, about 45 minutes. Weekends, sometime me and the gals take so long we don't end up leaving!
My Horror Story:
Well I didn't have at-home perms, but my mother did take me to this wretched children's salon called "The Lollipop" to get them. Not to mention each and every day, I would have to sit on the toilet seat while she curled my bangs. Did I mention I'm a wash and go gal?
For a long time I had resigned myself to the fact that eyeshadow and I were just not meant to be together. I would collect drawers and drawers of beautiful, (not to mention expensive) colors, all to be eaten by my oily eyelids in a matter of hours. I had almost thrown in the makeup remover towlette when all of you began singing the praises of UD Primer Potion. One day, on one of my Sephora binges I threw it in my basket and said "what the hell." And my makeup life has been forever changed. I CAN wear eyeshadow. You can actually go to the gym and work out and still have perfect eyes when you are finished. It's that awesome.
I'm not a morning person. At all. And in the summer, I'm all about the citrus. This takes care of both. The Lemonade scent is so invigorating and not all dish-cleanser-like. I use this in the morning and spritz myself a few times with Lemon Sugar by Fresh and I'm sweet and clean! Actually, I haven't found a fruit scent of Philosophy's that I don't love. I LOVE the Crisp Apple, the new Lime one is also good, and Tangerine is another great one.
Imagine, a facial exfoiliator that smoothes out your pores, gets everything all nice and clean but doesn't feel like it's ripping your skin off! Absolutely amazing.