In an effort to keep my mental-emotional health in good shape for the un-quantified time to come in quarantine, I am committed to the daily self-care routines. This includes, but is not limited to, working out regularly, excellent personal hygiene, skincare, getting dressed, feeding myself, and tea–lots of tea.

I’m too shy and private to post makeup selfies or even outfit-of-the-day photos. I might be able to work up to it at some point. I am aware that this is a somewhat ridiculous hangup to maintain considering I have zero readership (unless my bff Joslyn happens to be checking back in, in which case, oh I love you). I guess that could be a goal through this house arrest… work my way up to the confidence for makeup and ootd selfies. Such lofty goals, no?

Skincare routine of the day:

From left to right, in order of use:

1. Kate Somerville Goat Milk Moisturizing Cleanser
2. The Inkey List Vitamin C – it’s fine, I usually use it for travel, but when I opened my medicine cabinet it fell out, so I used it today
3. Drunk Elephant C-Tango Multivitamin Eye Cream – This is a great eye cream, I have sensitive, dry skin and I am fussy about my eyes. I like this one, among others.
4. The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 – This is a staple
5. Clarins Double Serum – a good and reliable serum, something I keep as a fallback or “daily driver” but not necessarily a problem fixer
6. Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream – Obsessed. My skin really likes it.

Lipstick of the day:

From right to left:

1. Chanel Le Volume in black – The queen of mascaras, my queen.
2. Clarins UV PLUS Anti-Pollution Broad Spectrum SPF 50 Tinted Sunscreen Multi-Protection in light – This is one of my most relied-upon products. It’s a great sheer tinted sunscreen that I use more often than anything else.
3. MAC Powder Kiss Lipstick in A Little Tamed – Joslyn, mentioned above, and I each bought this color on a Nordstrom adventure together. It looks good on both of us and we have incredibly different skin tones, eye color, and hair color. It’s beautiful, it’ll make you feel beautiful.
4. Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat lip liner in Pillow Talk – By the photo you can clearly see that this is a well-loved and oft-used lip liner. It’s fairly universal.

Parting thought of the day: