babydoll

i love this ask SO much. i love talking about my favorite products and what i like to use and i love giving advice ! plus i literally smell like this:

layering/mixing body care

when showering my routine is in this order:

1. bar soap wash

2. shower gel wash

3. exfoliate

4. shave

5. shower gel wash

fresh out of the shower:

1. after shave oil or anything that helps with scars

2. moisturizer

3. deodorant

4. body mists/perfumes

5. body glitter

how to have a themed shower routine on a cvs/walgreens budget

best brands for moisturizers:

ceraVe, nivea, eos, native, jergens, ogx, palmers

amazing scents and paraben free!

best brands for bar soap:

olay, dove, nivea

best brands for shower gels:

soft soap, native, caress, dove, olay, ogx

best brands for deodorant:

secret, native, dove

best brands for exfoliates:

tree hut, soap and glory, dove

best brands for body mists:

body fantasies and bodycology

best brands for shave oils/creams:

tree hut, eos (i also like to shave with hair conditioner bc it glides easily and leave my skin so soft and fresh smelling)

buy mens razors

for body glitter you could mix a glittery highlighter with body oil! looks just as pretty as the more expensive options!

how to match body care products to the perfumes you wear

first ask yourself, what do you want to smell like? a garden of pink peonies? a cupcake shop? ice cream? sugared strawberries? marshmallows and chocolate?

the scents i typically layer together is flowers, marshmallows, strawberry cake, vanilla cupcakes, sugar cookies, buttercream frosting, roses, pink peonies and matcha!

for example: 🍰🌸🧈

bar soap - olay shea butter

shower gel - soft soap rose & vanilla

exfoliate - tree hut coffee shea sugar body scrub

shave cream - eos vanilla bliss

after shave oil - palmers cocoa butter body oil

deodorant - native buttercream and french vanilla

moisturizers - eos vanilla cashmere and bodycology strawberry cheesecake

body mist - body fantasy vanilla cupcake and bodycology strawberry cheesecake

Logging Off

As always, I suggest reading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

Take an audit of all of your social media accounts and internet habits. Ask yourself why you use them so much.

Think of all the things you "don't have time for" on your to-do list or list of goals. Imagine if you had 2,3,4+ more hours a day to get them done. How much would your life improve? Your self esteem? Your overall happiness? Your bank account, perhaps?

Understand that FOMO is stupid and you're not missing out on anything. Oh no, you haven't seen that meme or missed that tweet that was viral for 12 hours! Oh the horror!!! You missed celebrity selfie #22977, oh how can you live with yourself!!

Tell your friends to text you rather than DM'ing you. Call your family members and catch up for real, rather than just occasionally perusing their profiles. Better yet, go visit people in person. Your bond will be significantly stronger than if you just exchange memes and likes sometimes.

Most people start with app timers or blockers. I used to recommend them, but I don't anymore. Not when you're first getting started. I think a proper detox for at LEAST a week is necessary. But honestly, if you've been addicted to the internet for several years, a week won't be enough. You need a detox of a month (or longer). Once your detox ends, that is when I recommend to use blockers/timers.

Log off, and don't come back until your 30 days is up.

Staying Logged Off

You can't just log off and then....stare at a wall??? You need to fill your newfound time with something to do.

First, make a schedule for your day. Have some structure in your life. Do the things you said you were gonna do, when you said you were gonna do it. No more guessing about your day. Make a schedule.

Add in more exercise, cleaning, maintenance of your physical appearance, studying, music practice, language learning, get to those online courses you saved, go visit people, take a class, read some books, pick up sewing, get back to drawing or painting, the list goes on and on. Have a mix of things you can do indoors and outside of the home. Easy low-effort things like having a book to grab at a moments notice, and more effort-needing things like extensive workouts. Basically, have a plethora of hobbies to fill your days. So many hobbies that take up time that you won't even be able to do them all in one day. You will have a full life.

Read up on the dangers of extended internet/social media usage. Read about snapchat dysmorphia, how being exposed to ads all day hurts us, the rise of mental health crises in our overly-plugged-in generation.

Being Happy In the Real World

Once you get rid of the compulsion to visit those apps/websites because you've gone long enough without accessing them, you won't think about it much. You'll have so many more important and interesting things going on that mindlessly scrolling won't be so appealing anymore.

But don't stop there. Keep expanding your horizons and finding more things to have an abundant life. Making new friends, dating, leveling up your skills, etc. Life can and will just get better and better and better.

You may find that you want to forgo some internet spaces completely and just delete those accounts. Great! For the ones you do decide to return to, set a schedule. An hour a day? Unlimited time but ONLY after you've completed your to-do list? Only online on the weekends? Find what works best for you.