Comments on: What’s Your Beauty Routine?

By: Francesca

Francesca — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:28:57 +0000

I agree that clean skin and moisturizer (complete with SPF) are my absolute top priorities when it comes to my daily make-up routine. But my time-saving secret is to use a tinted moisturizer. If it’s just a casual day out, it suffices as foundation. But I haven’t found one with an SPF higher than 15, which just won’t do in the summer…so it’s more of a winter-friendly technique than summer.

By: Nickole

Nickole — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:50:03 +0000

My Goodness – Ladies, what can I say – I am very proud of my beauty regiment and most importantly that it doesn’t take forever. I look like a high maintenance kind of gal but in reality I am not. I am a very organized person and I got my routine down.
In the mornings:
I get up, after a little 3 min exercise I jump in the shower where I wet my hair and while I am doing that – I wash my face with a cleanser. Apply shampoo and massage hair with one hand, while pouring shower gel with another hand.
As I am washing off the shampoo I brush my teeth, and floss if I feel like it.
Apply conditioner – and since I like to keep it on for a few min – this gives me a perfect time to shave, exfoliate and wash with shower gel which I prepared earlier. Then rinse everything and I am out.
Towel off and apply moisturizer while I am walking back to get dressed. On Sundays I usually pick out outfits for the whole week and this is a huge time saver. I get dressed and start working on my hair.
I sprits some heat saver spray and volumizing moose and work them into my hair.
I have a hair drier with a brush attached to it – Conair makes those – it takes me 8 minutes to style my hair. The moose provides volume and the brush helps me straighten at the same time.
While I am doing my hair I pick out my jewelry. Make up for work is very minimalist and I can do it without a mirror. More moisturizer, eye shadow – something light, eye liner, foundation which I apply with a special brush, bronzer, mascara and I am done. I will apply some lip gloss or lip balm later when I get to my final destination.

And in the evenings: Same thing, I plan my outfit, I plan my accessories, I wear shows that I feel like wearing that night, without worrying too much about red or black, I am goal oriented and I work fast. Also, I think having worked as a makeup artist helps. I can do what looks like a lot in a very short time.

By: Dana Omari

Dana Omari — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:41:43 +0000

My morning and night routines are the same except for the make up.

So I brush my teeth, wash my face, use toner and moisturizer with spf. I use acne spot treatment if I have a zit. Then I put on eye cream and chapstick.

I have big dark eyes, full lips, and olive skin so I can get away without makeup. When I do put it on, I put on brown eyeliner, a little bit of neutral eyeshado and then some mascara to curl my lashes. (My lashes are dark and long, but they are also stick straight without mascara).

Then I brush my hair and leave!
It’s a 15 min routine.

Now when I go out, I like to get creative particularly with my eye make up and hair. And that can take anywhere from half an hour extra to a couple hours if I’m curling my hair or something!

By: Jennifer B

Jennifer B — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:30:01 +0000

It doesn’t take me long to do my face. I don’t like a lot of makeup I feel like a clown. I MUST have mascara though. I have blond eyelashes and small eyes so I need help there. That’s about it.

By: Jennifer Sausal

Jennifer Sausal — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:43:56 +0000

My beauty routine is plain sweet and simple. I wash my face every morning with oil of olay facial wash, afterwards I use the same brand moisterize my face with a facial lotion which includes spf. The only time when I wear a full face of make up is when I go out at night time. But during day time I keep it simple with a little spf foundation, bronzer, and blush. all courtesy of Bare Escentuals.

Also at night time when I wear tons of make up I always make sure to wash my face with a foamy facial wash from oil of olay.

In addition, I drink tons of water, no soda, no coffee, no caffeine, and exercise daily and get plenty of beauty sleep!!

And when I do wear make up I always make sure to keep it simple, beautiful, and natural.

And most importantly, don’t stress! When you stress, it shows on your face!!

By: caramelo flavor

caramelo flavor — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:38:48 +0000

The best money you can invest is the Mary Kay timewise cleanser. I bought it from my friend who sells the product and I used it twice daily. It is fantastic. Keeps my skin really clean so when I remove make up at night I’m utterly fresh and it makes it easier to apply my day make up. I’m pretty quick for my morning routine, a little bit of foundation for sunblock, blush, eyeliner and lipstick (a must. The routine takes about 3 minutes max. The longest part is if I have to do my hair- but that’s not even an issue now that I did the keratina. My hair is pin straight.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:50:43 +0000

The most important aspect for me is washing my face really well every morning, to make sure every bit of makeup that may have been missed the night before is gone.

It all depends, if I have previously showered the night before. Then I would say 20-30 for face and hair. But thats taking my time.

By: styleezta

styleezta — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:42:44 +0000

Basically I have my ten minute face for everyday and then my 30 min face for a night out or a special occasion! Piling on makeup during the day is not a good luck so I keep it simple, powder blush mascara and lip gloss