What's your morning routine?

[CushionsandCandles]

I was pondering this morning the huge number of products I use in 20minutes each morning and wondered what everyone else uses/how many? I am mid-40s and have definitely honed my favourites.

In shower
L'occiitane Almond shower oil
Aussie Purple Shampoo and Conditioner
Declor face wash
Sainsbury's shaving gel if shaving

Body
Mitchum roll on
JM blackberry and bay
Or
Origins Ginger Rush body cream
Then either
JM blackberry and bay perfume
Or
Origins Ginger Essence

Face
Biore watery essence
Trinny BBF cream/or tinted serum
Trinny eye BBF concealer
Eyes
Boutique waterproof brow pomade
Maybelline colour tattoo creamy beige base
Trinny victory over
Rimmel exaggerate waterproof eyeliner
No 7 stay perfect Mascara
Lip and cheek Trinny Phoebe and Vaseline over lips
Ambient hourglass palette over all if I need it
Trinny Sunshine to cheekbones
Hair- Aveda damage remedy hair cream
Elnett hairspray when finished

So- 23!
And a complete mixture of the market.
What's your routine?

Shower gel - Molton brown ylang ylang
Davies shampoo & conditioner

Clinique 3 step
Bobbi brown nude finish tinted moisturiser or Fenty skin tint moisturiser
Stila convertible petunia for cheeks
Lancome waterproof mascara
Lisa Eldridge lipstick

Perfume is Molecule 01 paired with penhaligons peoneve
Mitchum roll on deodorant shower fresh

Cleanser - Chanel oil
Shower gel - lavender one which I am too lazy to get up and check, Love Beauty and Planet maybe?
Hair - Liz Earle shampoo and conditioner
Body lotion - whatever is on offer, currently Neutrogena

Aveda Confixor on hair before blow drying

Inkey List hyraluaric (sp) acid
Clarins moisturiser
Smashbox primer
YSL foundation
Nars or Glossier blush
Hourglass ambient powder
Chanel balm highlighter thing
Maybelline nude eyeshadow
Lancôme mascara
Benefit brow thing
One of my many red lipsticks
One of my many perfumes

I can go from getting in the shower to put the door in under 30 minutes, so I have it down to a fine art.

Oh, deodorant too! Mitchum stick.

I shower and do my body skincare before I go to bed at night, so I don't shower nor do my bodycare in the morning.

Face:

• Brush teeth
• Use tongue scraper
• Cleanser
• Lip balm
• Serum (not always)
• SPF50

Makeup (light coverage):

• Peach-coloured concealer for under my eyes
• 1 pump of foundation for the whole face
• Bronzer
• Simple eyeshadow
• Eyebrow pencil
• Brown eyeliner with red undertone to pronounce my beauty marks and freckles
• Mascara
• Lipstick or lipgloss (rarely)

Hair:

• Brush hair
• Add hair serum
• Style hair (usually I put it up)

Lastly, I put on perfume on my skin, get dressed and put on jewellery.

I forgot to add deodorant as well. I put that on before I start on my makeup...

Shower; Dove beauty bar for face, body and shaving
L’Oréal Elvive shampoo and conditioner

Salt of The Earth crystal deodorant

For face - a plain moisturiser
Factor 30 during the summer

Makeup - No7 BB Cream
Liz Earle Cream Blush
Superdrug B lipstick
Burts Bees lip balm
Smudgy brown eye pencil and neutral eye shadow
YSL mascara

Liz Earle perfume (varies by season)

I’m pretty low maintenance compared to what I used to be.

I shower at night, so morning is

Ren evercalm cleanser
Beauty pie exfoliating drops
Elemis eye mask
Elemis ginseng toner
BP serum
BP hydrating elixir
Elemis ginseng toner
Ren evercalm moisturiser
BP spf50
Burts bees lip balm
Neals yard hand cream
BP primer
Erborium cc cream
BP one powder wonder
BP blush
BP eyebrow mascara
BP eyeshadow stick x 2 diff shades
Charlotte tilbury lipstick
Dior mascara

Glycolic acid in place of deodorant

20

Dove shower gel/soap bar
Aveeno body moisturiser

Garnier micellar water
Nip and Fab Vit C cleanser
Super Facialist Vit C serum

No7 BB cream
Eyebrow pencil
Burt's Bees tinted lip moisturiser

Dove soap bar in shower
Tresemme deep cleaning shampoo
Aussie spray conditioner
Dove stick deodorant
Dove body lotion
No 7 cleansing balm
Olay regeneration day cream spf 30
Glossier skin tint
Glossier boy brow
Rimmel mascara
Flower beauty cheek tint
Burrs bees lip balm or tinted lanolips (spf 30)

Forgot perfume, M&S plum blossom EDP

These are so interesting, I love lotions and potions. Here's mine:

Morning
REN Cleanse & Reveal Rosa Centrifolia Cleanser which I remove with a warm flannel
Shower with Sanex 0% (only one I can tolerate now)
Aveda Shampure & Conditioner
Towel dry & apply Aveeno body lotion
Apply Boots No.7 Protect & Perfect Intense Serum all over face and eyes
Brush teeth
Mitchum deodorant

Rub some Bedhead product into my hair for texture, then rough dry with a hot brush - only takes a few minutes as have a messy pixie cut. Finish with some Label M dry texture spray.

Makeup
Erborian BB Cream in Clair
Dab of Bobby Brown concealer in corner of my eyes
Bobbi Brown cream blusher in Powder Pink
Shade eyebrows in with IT Cosmetics Brow Power in Universal Taupe
Tight line upper lashes with a MAC pencil in a dark charcoal
Two coats of Max Factor Masterpiece Intense Mascara in black
Bobbi Brown tinted lip balm in pink
Light dusting of Hourglass Ambient powder in Dim Light.
Spritz with perfume, typically Blanc by The White Company in Spring/Summer and Tom Ford Black Orchid for Autumn/Winter.

So interesting to read all your routines and products.
I love the fact I forgot to add toothpaste and mouthwash to my products!!

Too many products! On face:

Cerave hydrating cleanser
Cerave serum
Cerave PM moisturiser
Eucerin SPF
Sometimes a primer, Nars
Bare Minerals foundation
Bronzer, several on the go
Blusher, a million on the go, often more than one used
MAC cream eyeshadow
Collection mascara
Collection eyeliner
Glossier Boy Brow
Eyebrow pencil, various types on the go
Concealer under eyes, few on the go and often more than one used

Evening
Simple eye makeup remover
Clean teeth Colgate sensitive

Shower - 10-20 minutes
John Frieda moisturising shampoo and conditioner
(John Frieda hair repair intensive conditioner once a week)
Simple regeneration age resisting face wash
Simple nourishing shower gel
Gillette sensitive shaving foam - shave legs once a week, armpits twice a week.

Drying - 20 mins
John Frieda extra strength hair serum - leave hair to dry naturally takes about two hours, usually often go to bed with it still damp
Simple soothing eye balm
Simple skin quenching sleeping cream
Nivea body lotion
Dove roll on deodorant

Morning - 30 minutes
Teeth Colgate sensitive
Hair - straighten with GHDs
Simple facewipes
Simple replenishing rich moisturiser
Dove roll on deodorant
Max factor eye liner (black)
Max factor mascara (black)
Max factor lipfinity lip colour indulgent

Any old soap and shampoo in shower,
EL advanced night repair,
Nivea oil free spf 50,
Powder foundation - studio fix,
Mac peach blush
Revolution hyaluronic spray,
Mac mascara, gel liner, liner pencil
Maybelline tattoo eye pot
Brown Mac shadow on brows
Maybelline matte ink

Shower:
Nesti Dante soap
If washing hair - aussie shampoo/conditioner or Bleach London silver shampoo

Spray face with rose water
Hada labo hyaluronic acid
Childs farm moisturiser on face and any left over on hands onto arms/legs

Brush teeth with whatever I have bought at the time.

La Roche Posay Anthelios factor 50 on my face
Sure roll on deodorant

If washed hair - aussie hair oil and tresemme heat protection spray before drying

No make up.

Shower:
Redken Extreme Shampoo & Conditioner
Haeckels Face Wash
Dermalogica Daily Exfoliant
Haeckels Exfoliating Soap (for body)
Wilkinson Sword Intuition (for shaving)
Pumice stone for feet

Face:
Superdrug Naturally Radiant Glycolic Tonic
Armani Eye Serum
Eve Lom Eye Cream
Dr Sebagh Skin Perfecting Cream

Make-up:
Either Erborian BB cream or Armani Lasting Silk foundation
Huda Beauty loose powder
Mac concealer
Trish McEvoy mascara
Armani lip pencil
Hourglass tinted lip oil
Marc Jacobs eye liner
Tarte eye shadow
Glossier boy brow

Body:
Secrets deodorant stick
Brazilian Bum Bum cream for body

Hair:
Redken One United
Kiehl's Oil-Infused Leave-In Concentrate

Perfume:
Penhaligons or L'Artisan Perfumeur

I’ll write down a work day as it’s different when i’m off and have time to mooch around:-

I shower in the evening so no shower products.

Face/body

• wipe face with wet facecloth
• eye cream
• serum
• moisturiser
• brush teeth
• deodorant

Makeup

• Trinny BFF
• Ere Perez concealer
• bareMinerals powder foundation
• blusher (either Laura Mercier chai or a Beauty Pie cream one)
• ELF wow brow
• Mascara, currently Max Factor false lash effect brown/black

12 products

Cold water face splash.
Mouth wash.
Hemp toothpaste.
Dove deodorant.

That's it.

Oh wait and Beauty Pie SPF, 13 things

Origins ginger fan here - just saying hi 👋

Shower - badedas shower gel, Korea Italy cloth on my bumpy arms then ameliorate cream on bumpy arms. Quick squirt of origins ginger oil on rest of body if I'm going out or aloe Vera spray If not. Ginger essence perfume or maja njai les fleurs.
Deodorant - Mitchum in summer, Sanex rest of year.
Face - hot cloth cleanser (liz Earle or Lidl dupe) Superdrug glycolic acid pads, revolution vit c serum. Then origins vitazing moisturiser.

If I've washed hair I'll have a quick squirt of hair oil and let dry naturally. If I'm going out I'll run straighteners over them as it's a bit frizzy when dried naturally.

Radox shower gel , Aussie shampoo/conditioner, whatever moistereriser lotion I clap eyes on and Clinique moisture surge for my face ! Job done 😊!

Body Shop Argan oil shower gel
Sanex deodorant
OGX shampoo
Body Shop Shea butter conditioner
Body Shop hair serum
Paul Mitchell hair thickener

Pixi Glow Tonic
Glam Glow Serum
La Roche Posay moisturiser

Beauty Pie tinted oil free SPF 20
Revlon concealer
Vichy powder
BP blusher and bronzer (1 palette)
Pixi eye stick
L’Oréal mascara
Maybelline lipliner
Mac lipstick

Wow! 17 products. Never previously added them up.