Night Time Routine

Since I spoke about my morning skincare review yesterday it's only fair that I give you a rundown of what I do at night. My nighttime routine is a little but more complex but it's still easy and I think once you get the hang of it, you will see that it's an easy routine to adhere to. 

I start off by getting home and using facial wipes to take my makeup off. At the moment I am using Botanics Cleansing Face Wipes All Bright and I just started using them. I know I hauled it a while back but I was still finishing up my other pack of face wipes. So I've been using this now for about 1 week and I can see a difference in my face. Now, I am not sure if all the brightening effects are just coming from these wipes since I've been using other brightening agents in my routine that have roughly started around the same time. I also use a special eye wipe to remove my eye make up. I haven't been able to give a full review in this product but I will soon because I've been using them for over a month now. The eye wipes are the Simple Eye Make-Up Remover Pads. I like these wipes because I use a lot of eye makeup especially with tight lining with waterproof liner or using waterproof mascara. I want to make sure that I am able to remove everything. I also got LASIK last year so I want to make sure that I can take my eye makeup off gently. 

Once my makeup is completely removed, I usually put a mask on. I rotate between around 7 different masks. I can do a review on all the masks I use. At least once or twice a week I use H2O Plus Sea Mineral Mud Mask. This mask is a ocean blue and it tingles on my face which I like because I feel like it's actually working on my skin. This is a clay mask and it stains any wash cloth you use to remove it so beware. Once this mask dries completely, I usually do other things like pick up my house from my morning getting ready, I feed my puppy, Pistachio Francesco or just catch up on emails or my other social media outlets. After this dries I usually just go take a shower and while I'm in there I will wash the mask off and take a cleanser and use my +Clarisonic. I warn you that if you have sensitive skin, a clay mask and then exfoliating daily is probably not the best for you but I have pretty damage free skin so I can so this routine. The cleanser I use is either Borghese Facial soap bar or since I got a sample recently I am using First Aid Beauty polishing cleanser. I used it for the first time last night and I have to say that this cleanser is really good. I already have the full size in my Sephora cart to remember to buy it. It has a menthol effect to it so you can feel you skin cooling. I like that sensation on my skin. 

After that I'm done with washing my face and I let it air dry a bit. Once it's almost completely dry, I mix my moisturizer with a self tanning oil. Okay I know this sounds weird so I'm going to lay it out for you.  At the moment I am using my Dr. Brandt Overnight renewal retinol cream and with that I'm now using Clarins Radiance Glow. I will review this product completely soon but basically it is a an oil and what you are suppose to so is mix 3 drops of the product into your moisturizer and blend it into your face, neck and chest. I just started this into my routine so once I do the full review, I can give you more details but the reviews on this product is ridiculous. It is a new products from Clarins and I trust the brand so I figured I'd give it a try. 

Once I finish with my face, I go in add eye cream to my eyes. I use the same eye cream from Loreal Eye Defense from my morning routine. I probably should get a different night one which has more powerful agents but for now I like this one. I add a lash serum that I found in the drugstore and its from Wet & Wild, nothing fancy and then after that I just put lip balm from Nuxe that I hauled a while back. Other than that I just put some lotion on my hands and go to bed. Now, my bedroom, I sleep with a humidifier, its said that keeping the air humid will keep your skin plump so it will help your skin from wrinkling. Another thing that I sleep with every night is a silk pillowcase. I read somewhere that cotton pillow cases not only wrinkle your skin but that they also break your hair. I sleep with my face to my pillow, I try to sleep with my head elevated and on my back but it just doesn't work. I sleep on my side so this pillow case is suppose to help the signs of aging. My is from Amazon and they have so many different colors, why not try it.

This is my bedtime/night routine!! Hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you do religiously before you go to bed. I'd love to hear from you!!

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Glow by Dr. Brandt Review

Back to skincare!! Oh how I love skincare! Probably my most favorite part of the day. At the end of the day when I get home, I put my sweats on and then I tie my hair back and I use my makeup remover wipes. I remove my eye make up separately and then my face make up. This makes my skin feel so good after all day wear and tear. Living in NYC, there is so much pollution and guck in the air that the second I get home I just want to wash my face clean! After I cleanse, I usually like to tone and then put on a nighttime moisturizer. I will talk more about my actual routines in my upcoming posts but thats generally what I like to do. 

I recently started to fall in love with the skincare brand Dr. Brandt. He has a lot of different products that work really well with my skin. I haven't tried something that I don't like. Lately, I've been really wanting to use products that will brighten my skin up and allow more of a natural glow. I saw that Dr. Brandt has a Glow set that has the nighttime daytime moisturizers. The overnight renewal treatment is said to time-release retinol complex to promote radiance from within. At night is when your skin regenerates new skin cells and using a product like this one will help get that product into your skin as fast as possible. It helps with diminishing the appearance of lines, wrinkles, and enlarged pores. Along with the night cream, this kit comes with a Ruby Crystal retinol hydracréme which has little skin illuminators in it and it creates a glow to your skin that will help the appearance of your skin overtime. This day cream provides a smoother surface which helps when you apply your foundation or bb cream since it gives you a smooth surface to work with. Since these products have retinol on it, I use SPF 20 or more just to make sure that my skin doesn't get dried out for the time that I am in the sun. If I know that I am going to be out in the sun all day like at the beach or something, I do not apply this product. I haven't ever had a bad reaction to retinol and I think it's because my skin is so oily, it creates sort of a barrier on my skin and it helps my skin not have bad reactions to these different products.

If your skin is more sensitive, I would recommend trying this product once a week at first to get your accustomed the retinol unless you use something else that has retinol in it. Its better safe than sorry since retinol can really burn your face if you aren't accustomed to it. A little tingling is okay, its when the tingle is completely unbearable that you have to be careful with. Anyway, I've been using this set for about a month now and I love it. I can see my face glow. Not like glow in the dark but definitely it has this glow that is just amazing. My foundation goes on so much easier and I can feel the night cream work better as well. This retails anywhere from $65-70 which is not cheap. I know this isn't cheap but I bought this on +Groupon so I got it for half price. You can either find these separately or in a set. I got the set but probably will get the single once I see if one or the other runs out first. I recommend this to anyone who  is looking for a higher end product. If you don't want to dish out the money without knowing how you are going to react to the product, I recommend you going to +Sephora and ask for a sample of these. At least you get to try the products first to make sure its a good fit for you.

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