Princessing for Christmas 2025

[estellacandance]

I haven’t seen a princessing thread for ages.

I feel like my self care has been sidelined this year.
My skin, weight and mental health have suffered the most.

So my list to prioritise:
Bed by 11, sleep by midnight
Remove make up at night
Night cream/retinol
Use my LED machines!
Hyaluronic serum in the morning
More frequent & thorough teethbrushing & use whitener.
Have water with me all the time
Take vitamins/supplements with my breakfast.
Daily stretches/yoga inc breath work
Outdoors every day, more forest bathing/blue space.
Drink green tea
Daily smoothie, raw veg & more fruit.
Weekly coconut hair mask.
Pelvic floor exercises 3 times a day
Morning Pages
Read from a book every evening
Squats amap
DIY mani/pedi inc self reflexology/Shiatsu
Reduce UHP foods/drinks
Daily relaxation/meditation with music/incense

Who wants to join?

What are your goals?

What time do you get up in the morning? I’m up for 6.30 so ideally I’d like to be asleep by 10.30… I think 8 hours is good to aim for.

I want to lose a bit of weight so that Christmas doesn’t make me even more obese!

Sort out teeth a bit (see dentist for implant) and brush more throughly with flossing at least once every day.

Drink water and eat clean.

Nice haircut.

Can I join? I think I’m doing ok at princessing. My normal routine is shower every day and wash hair. Full make up, blow dry. Earrings. Perfume. Always take make up off at night. Micellar water then vitamin E cream. Turn tv off about 11.15pm. Today I used Sanctuary Spa body scrub and shaved legs and underarms. I don’t drink much water tho and probs too many evenings not alcohol free. I’m loving reading everyone’s routines x

I would like to join but I’m not sure where to start.Ive slipped into a no self care place.I’m going to have a think and start small.

thank you @thesnailandthewhale really appreciate it! Hope your cold feels better soon.

@changedusername190 can you start with your fluffiest socks, or a hot drink, and work up from there?

@estellacandance this is the winter tea! I still havent done it but on my list!

Busy busy day today and no coffee outside! I almost had a feeling i failed my morning because i didnt wake up in time to work before i go to work and to prepare dinner so its ready when i get back home, BUT i did prepare myself a healthy lunch and i did wash my hair so i felt i was doing ok.
about to go to my bedroom and start my evening routine.
happy that i made plans with a friend for next monday
i drunk lots of water
had a good lunch and didnt feel guilty about carby dinner

tonight:
. prepare outfit for tomorrow
. read my paper (for uni but not OU!)
. Night hair serum
. neutral cream on face tonight
. Sleep early
. long PJ for warmth
. fluffy socks

Oh i am rubbish at copying links etc… here is the recipe for winter tea, courtesy of PP

Progress Days 2 and 3
✅Morning skincare
Healthy lunch and dinner, fruit as snacks
Water target met
Finished work (wfh yesterday) on time and had a soak with face mask
Alcohol free, although I could go all in for a glass of wine right now. I'm having a Becks Blue instead for the placebo effect
Read my book
Practiced spanish

❌Accidentally stress ate half a bag of chocolate coated pretzels
Worked late, cross with myself, ate the pretzels
Underwear drawer remains unsorted
Only 3k steps today

Oh well, there's always tomorrow

A good day here, I don’t work Wednesdays and always seem to have a good day. I went for a swim this morning and Pilates tonight. Didn’t have any sweet cravings either.

This is what I have achieved from my list today:

• Make up everyday
• No S diet
• Carry water
• 7 hours sleep every night
• Exercise everyday
• Journal everyday
• Meditate everyday
• No screens an hour before bed
• Read every day

I really fancy giving the winter tea a try, it sounds delicious.

Day 2 has gone pretty well
2.5 L water done
face & hair mask
on plan food wise
morning run & stretches
added daily pelvic floor routine (femalephysioco on insta)

Fell a bit short on steps but otherwise feels good to have some focus and getting some good ideas here.

Good morning, I got my 7 hours sleep last night and feel ready to take yesterday’s energy into today. Have a good one Princesses 👸

❌ A terrible day for me yesterday Princess-wise! Very stressful day at work so I didn't drink enough water and couldn't be arsed washing my hair when I got home from work so put dry shampoo in which I always hate because it makes my scalp feel clogged. I also did barely any steps as I was at my desk or in meetings most of the day.

On a positive note I did stay under my calories, stuck to my intermittent fasting and had a quick body shower.

I am expecting another busy day today but have tried to prepare better so I'm currently drinking my coffee with a candle lit in the living room, I've also planned a healthy dinner with chicken and lentils and have all of the ingredients in. I'm going to work from home so that even if I have to work late again I don't have the commute on top.

@GameOfJones i hate how work gets in the way of Princessing!!! I have the same problem. Maybe real princess dont work?? 😂

Don't think of it as terrible. You stuck to your diet, which is the hardest thing to do when stressed. I would've completely caved, so well done!

If only there was a thread about it .......

My achievements are nothing by other peoples but they are progress for me. Taken meds, bath and hair wash. I managed to blow dry my hair after months of going to bed with wet hair and wore make up today. Thanks for this post it’s inspirational.

@changedusername190 well done on blow drying your hair? I wish i knew how to do it… it is a skill i have yet to master!

Today I…
. stuck to my calories and resisted the sweets in the office (and the scales showed a loss this morning)
. took my vitamins
.drunk loads of water
. homemade dinner (slow cooking feels like cheating because its so easy but it works!)
. Skincare routine
. did not buy anything (apart from petrol)
. put on the clothes i had got ready for myself last night

Dinner is done and im about to have a nice shower, it’s retinol day for my face, then i can go to bed and read and do my pelvic floor execise

i did not do my steps 😰

A successful day here. Did most of my list, however the homemade soup for lunch and veggie curry for tea have given me terrible wind. I bet real life princesses don’t smell this rancid 😷

Successes

Evening skincare
Water intake
Proper wind down routine
Bed by 11, lights out by 11.30
Wearing outfits I have planned in advance
Exercise 4 x per week - two swims done, another booked for 7am plus yoga and pilates classes booked for the weekend

Partial success

Breakfast smoothie outside unless raining, missed this morning due to swim

Work needed on

Complete sewing project
Reduce phone time

Good morning, I am ready for today, I had such a good sleep. If I only stuck to getting 7 hours of sleep every night for 100 days, I would feel amazing. It making such a difference already.

I hope you all have an awesome day.

Hey girls,

Here is my list.

1. Skincare routine twice a day.

• Morning - Cleanse, vitamin c serum, moisturiser, factor 50 spf
• Evening - Cleanse, skin & me doser (niacinamide and azaleic acid) and moisturiser - also use ice roller on face

2. Brush teeth and floss twice a day

3. Go to sleep 10-10:30pm

4. Body brush twice a day and use body moisturiser after showers and baths

5. Vitamins daily (I currently take vitamin d, folic acid and iron but I might change or add to this)

6. Increase fibre and iron in diet

7. 1.5-2.5l water daily (hard!!)

8. Drink one glass of cacao bone broth with almond milk

9. Walk 30 mins a day

10. Weight train 2-3x a week and do cardio twice a week

11. Weekly hair mask

Yes I think it's the sudden increase in fibre.
I am My friend is having the same problem apparently.

Thanks I’ll save that.

Like most of us I’m finding some of my goals more achievable than others!
My walking/outdoors time has improved. As has my skincare routine. My skin already looks calmer.
I also had another everything bath last night.
My mood does seem to have lifted.

But I’ve missed 2 days of vitamins, struggle on the water, still don’t eat enough veg - none at all yesterday.

But that’s what this is for- trying to work at breaking bad habits and creating new good ones. It will be a bumpy ride. I think it helps seeing us all in the same boat, having different goals & all having successes & struggles.

its been a busy morning at work which has prevented a sugar craving. However lunch will be left over veg curry💨