Work's been crazy lately. We all have a 11/30 deadline and every manager would push for their stuff to get done first. Obviously, I'm always getting caught in the middle. Then clients are all having a fit too, because they are in the middle of yearly closing and they can't be bothered. I tell ya, the attitude mean mugging in this company is insane! Who the hell greets their auditors with "what do you want?"... actually almost everyone. oh wells. that's all the rant I have for work.
Work - Street - Shopping. That's just a logic flow. You can't change it even if you tried. It's in our blood. So yea, I rape Sephora, Ulta and the countless wonderful beauty blogs when I'm taking a break from number crunching.
Let's see.... Sephora - $75, Ulta - $26, CCO - $200, Nordstrom- $20. All in 1 week. Christmas shopping hasn't even began I'm already broke. All I can say is, bonus better be good this year.
So with all of these stress and long hours at the office, my skin is just pissed off. So to mend our relationships, I pulled out my winter skin care reginme this weekend.
First, I got a whole body scrub/massage with Judy. This is our all time favorite spot, only because the treatment is effective and fairly on the cheaper side. $65 per hour. We strip to our birthday suit, sit in a steam room for 10 minutes, then get called to a huge shower room with massage tables. Korean old ladies in bathing suits will then proceed to pour warm water on our naked body, start scrubbing away in what looks like dish washing clothes (I'm sure it's to use on body, but it's the very course and scruby gloves). They DO NOT miss a spot. I mean they are so close to my private parts that I think they might slip a finger in there, lol. I mean, they are thorough, get to every spot, behind the ear and all.
We wash off all the grim balls (greasy/dead skin, yucks). Padded dry, then they lay us down again, this time to lube us in oil and whipped egg white. This is the time for a good ol' massage, but my lady's fingers were so strong and boney, it hurts me more than it pleases me.
I feel like I really don't like any part after that. The mini facial they do with minced cucumber and spread over our face, then wash our hair. And then put whipped egg white on my facial and gives me a super hard scrub/massage with her fingers. wtf? I felt like she wanted to poke holes in my face, No really, she wanted to bruise my face!
Ok. That's finally done and over with. 20% tips later (they'll chase us if we gave them less, cussing our asses out in korean, of course). I felt relieved and finally ready for winter!
So here is what I do everyday to keep up with the harsh drying winter air.
I don't like to feel greasy after a shower. I love the squeaky clean feeling. However, we all know that it's too drying for our skin. So this is what I do. I turn off the water to the shower, wrap my hair in a towel and lightly pad my body dry. Then I pour the Neutrogena Light Seasame Oil over my body, especially my elbows and feet. Then I lay on my favorite lotion in the world - J&J Baby Lotion. I don't care what anybody says, it's the best and that's that. then I wrap myself in the softest robe and sit down and watch The Hills.
I promise you won't feel greasy and your skin will be silky smooth. The smell of the oil isn't so bad, I actually like it. Give it a try~
The second best thing I do is for my nails. My cuticules are the first to tell me about dry air and how I wash them too often. Since I've been busy, I haven't had time to get a manicure and my nails are looking gross!
To get a polished natural nail look w/o the manicure, here is what I do. I step out of the shower and immediately (even before the lotion part), I use a cuticule pusher and push the cuticule back and trim it with cuticle cutter. Sometimes I'll file it, sometimes I won't. Then after I watch The Hills and before going to bed, I warm up Burt's Bee Lemon Butter Cuticle Creme in my thumb and smooth it over all the cuticles. Then I put on some heavy duty hand lotion and head to bed.
The second day, you will wake up with shiny nails and no hangnails!
ok. I gotta go back to work now. Play time's over.
See ya later~
4 comments:
I love Burt's Bees!!
I LOVE that cuticle cream. I bought it while I was bored at the bookstore a couple years ago, but I ended up loving it. Can't believe I forgot all about that.
That body scrub sounds intense. I want! I love that squeaky clean feeling all over. Absolutely hate body washes and face washes that leave that "soft" greasy feel.
LOL I loved your description of the body scrub Steph :)
I'd love to try something like that but would be major shy to strip down and do it =)
Hiyeee! The MAC 180 brush looks like its more ideal for applying mineral or powder foundation, because it has a smaller, controllable head and allows you to get into hard to reach places like the sides of the nose, etc. it also has a contoured handle to fit your hands and give you better control. The MAC 183 (LE)brush has much wider bristles and if you look closely the handle is just wide, no contour. It looks pretty big comparative to the 180 and may be hard to get into the hard to reach places. So I suggest the MAC 180 brush, but see for yourself and see which one benefits you better. I am actually going to the MAC store today to go pick up my cool piggies! :)
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