It is that time of year when the
nights feel like they will never be light again, the weather feels as though it’ll
never be warm again and my skin feels like it will never be nourished again! I
find it so hard to keep on top of a good skincare routine for my body during
these winter months as it is just too darn cold to expose my skin for any
length of time! My hands, face and neck seem to be the only areas of my body
that are allowed to see day light and so buffering, moisturising and fake
tanning all take a back seat until I can bare to be bare! I have also really
been struggling to hold on to a good sleeping pattern since Christmas. With the
hype of Christmas and New Year, visiting friends and family, drinking and
eating more, it is enough to throw anyone a little off balance. However, as you
might already know, I have been off work since Christmas, due to me working in
a National Trust property and for conservation reasons they have too close the premises
for eight weeks of the year. So, when everyone else was gearing themselves up
to go back to work after the festive period, I’ve been staying up late,
sleeping in and generally messing up my inner sleeping routine.
I have been attempting to overcome
this set back however as cold weather and a break from work is no excuse not to
look after my body and sleeping pattern. I thought I would include in a post
little ideas that I have had and little tweaks I have been making to my routine,
in order to look after my skin a little better and help relax my mind on an
evening in an attempt to get to sleep a little earlier.
I have been having baths two or
three times a week of late which I have found not only helps me to relax but
the soak is really improving my skin. I have got into a lovely little routine
when it comes to bath time, I actually get really excited when I know I am
going to have a bath in the evening! It is a great chance for me to have a
little ‘me-time’, get away from the world and escape into a good book. I start
by turning on the taps and pouring some of Soap and Glory’s Calm One Calm All
bath soak in while it is filling up, which is a great little number that will
moisturise your skin whilst you sit and soak (full review here). While the taps
are running I will get changed into my big pink fluffy dressing gown, light
three or four candles and take off my makeup. I tend to then brush my hair, run
some oils through it and tie it up in a top knot. I will then usually add a
lush product of some sort, whether it is a bath bomb, a small squirt of Snow
Fairy or my new favourite, a break off of Unicorn Horn crumbled under the
running tap.
Once my bath is filled I will
slip in with a face masque on, usually an Avon mud masque and dive into my latest read. I
usually stay in my baths for about an hour, I like getting into them when they
are piping hot and after an hour it tends to have list most of its warmth. I
find it so relaxing walking from a hot bathroom into a cool bedroom. The
change in temperature I feel clears my head, and a deep intake of breath feels
like a huge surge of oxygen going to my brain. I will usually then pop on an
episode of whatever series I am currently watching on Netflix, at the moment it
is House (which is incredible!) and moisturise my whole body. Due to the heat
of my bath, my core body temperature is still relatively high and so even though
it is cold outside, I have a quick window of opportunity to give my skin some
TLC. I then will get into bed with a hot cup of peppermint tea, set my alarm
and continue to read my book until I nod off to sleep.
I have also tried to put down electrical
devises before getting into bed, and stay off social media/the news at least
half an hour before going to sleep. I have read a lot of articles saying that
this is a major factor for interrupting people’s sleeping patterns. The fact
that people are spending so much time on their phones before going to sleep means that
the back-lit devices increase brain activity and so it takes longer to wind
down and switch off to let you drift into a deep sleep.
So whether it is the dark nights throwing
you off kilter or the cold weather getting in the way of baby soft skin, I hope
this post helped to provide some ideas or inspiration to help you out! Please
tell me of any tips you have or if you have any ideas to help me get to sleep
easier or on a night or if you know of any remedies to help out your skin
during the winter.
How do you relax or keep your skin summer ready in these colder and
darker months?
Maddy
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