My Weekly Haircare and Daily Skincare Routine for Spring/Summer 2012

There have been a lot of these flying about, which I have been reading and I can’t be the only nosey person in this entire universe, so I thought I’d share with you my current routine for all things skincare, haircare and generally girly! So, let’s begin! And if you’ve done one, please comment and show me where it is, so I can continue my nosiness. Yus.

So, let’s start with my stuff in the shower. Keepin’ it clean, obvs. I am still loving and using my Bed Head Some Like It Hot shampoo and conditioner. For those of you who haven’t read in my previous posts, I suffer from eczema on my scalp, so have been using this for a while as it’s sulphate free and I had read somewhere that sulphates can aggravate skin, so I’ve been giving this a good ol’ go for a fair few months. And I’m still on my first bottles of each and I wrote about these shampoos in like, October! Very girly, so the boyfriend doesn’t steal them too often as well. Bonus!

After this, I rough towel dry my hair and chuck in some Bed Head Ego Boost leave in conditioner to keep it nice and soft and with an attempt to look after my ends! If I fancy straightening my hair (which has become somewhat of a rarity since I’ve been growing it…), I will spray it with some Tresemme heat protectant spray, in another half arsed attempt to look after my ends. Mmmm, protectant.

I wash my hair every few days – it never really gets greasy, so I’m quite lucky. That probably means I should wash it fewer times, so that the natural oils can get working… Once a week, usually on a Sunday evening after work, I’ll use my Bed Head Treat Me Right hair mask and leave it in my hair for about 5 minutes. This is pepperminty and leaves my hair lovely and soft. I love the feeling of very freshly washed hair. HOWEVER. Last time I used my Bed Head hair mask (bearing in mind, I have been using this for YEARS!), it made my scalp weep, so I’m going to have to get a new hair mask – any recommendations, please let me know, but I think it was because I had coloured my hair a couple of days before, so my skin was extra sensitive! Bore.

The shower gel I’m using at the moment is this tasty Honey and Shea Butter one from Original Source collection. It’s so yummy (and girly smelling, keeping Jay at bay from stealing it 🙂) and if they don’t have this in stock, I’ll use the Vanilla and Raspberries one. Nom nom nom. When I get out of the shower, I use Johnson’s baby oil as my moisturiser, applying it to wet skin and patting it dry. It’s one of the nicest baby smelling things (you know, other than baby vom or poo…) and it leaves my skin so awesomely soft and amazing. It’s also inexpensive, so I’m not breaking the bank every time I need to stock up, and it lasts for ages. If I need a top up moisturiser, I will steal Jay’s Nivea intensive moisturiser to top it up, but this is extremely rare because the baby oil locks in up to 10 times more moisture! Awesome, eh!? Once a week, I will exfoliate my skin with an exfoliating glove and some shower gel, thus getting rid of dead skin cells. Yummy.

For my skincare, I’m still in love with my Body Shop seaweed collection, using the cleanser and toner and night time treatment. I have been using it for absolutely ages, but I think I might have to go and consult a Body Shop lady to ensure that I have two different types of collections for spring/summer and autumn/winter, so that my face gets a change!

For my moisturiser, I have been converted to a Superdrug Vitamin E one, which is so thick and creamy, and I even use this as a primer! I’ve been using it for a few weeks now and it’s awesome! It’s such a difference from the seaweed moisture cream, and I have really seen a difference after I’ve been swimming. Yay!

I think that you should put a specific eye lotion on your eyes as that skin is sooo completely different than the rest of your face. It’s so much thinner than the rest of your face skin (and it’s the part that ages the quickest!) so I use Body Shop cooling eye gel, which sinks into the skin nicely and I apply this every night before I go na-nights. I don’t put it on during the day time, because else it looks like I’ve been crying… Ha.

Once a week (Sundays after work), I’ll use my Body Shop Blue Corn Deep Cleansing mask, leaving it on my face for about 15 minutes before washing it off with an exfoliating pad. It does double up as an exfoliator and it’s obvs very imporant to exfoliate once a week to get rid of all those dead skin cells… I find that this in particular makes my skin look tonnes brighter for the week ahead 🙂

So that’s it. I do recommend all of the products I use, else I wouldn’t be using them, would I?! Well, apart from the Bed Head Treat Me Right one… I’m not so sure I should be using that anymore… Don’t forget to put a link to your’s, so I can be nosey and read what you guys have been using 🙂

Summary of 2011 Resolutions and New Year’s Resolution for 2012

I have my ‘What I Got For Christmas’ post in my drafts, but I’ve not had time to take pictures of everything yet, due to the brat of a dog running into every shot, so I’m doing this a bit backwards and publishing my resolution post first. Honestly, I will be blogging a bit better when I’m back at work and sitting at a computer for 8 hours with puppy running around my feet.

This time last year, I wrote myself a post of what my resolutions were to be for 2011 and, as it’s that time of year again, I figured I should probably review all of these to see what I stuck to and what I could probably carry forward to this year. If you want to read the original post, it’s here, but I will be going through each of them to see what exactly happened to my resolutions.

1. It probably doesn’t surprise you that a massive part of my resolution was to lose weight, as I have been banging on about losing weight all year. You know what? I had a good start this year. Well. A start this year. To be honest, I could’ve done better, but I really didn’t want to control my life by a diet. From January, I will be hitting the diet hard. It’s my brother’s 21st at the end of January (which may be a bit too optimistic to lose, like a stone or something!) and I’m throwing a birthday bash in April this year. Eventually, I will be my ideal weight and look 🙂
2. The second resolution of last year was to be nicer to Jay. I actually feel like I have been a lot nicer to Jay this year; maybe because it’s not really been as stressful year. I have generally been feeling happier and I think therefore I have been acting more positively 🙂 I even pick him up from the station without moaning and groaning. Awesome.
3. Don’t drink so much did appear on my resolution list. If you excuse the last few posts where I have been ‘drinking to get hammered’, I don’t think I have drank so often this year, but I do want to take this a step further and perhaps not drink for a certain amount of time and take regular detoxes this year. This will help with the weight loss as well, and my general well-being.
4. I have taken more photos this year – some of it spurred by my new ‘Week In Photos’ posts (Christmas has made me slack on this!). I have taken over a hundred pictures of Ozzy since we’ve had him! But I definitely would like to keep this up.
5. Lastly, we had to take care of my face. I have to say I have taken much better care of my skin since I made these resolutions a year ago. I don’t really break out as much anymore. Obviously you get those days, but really, I can’t remember the last time I had a massive spot on my face that didn’t magically disappear in a couple of days.

Generally, I think my resolutions went well last year. The ones to definitely carry forward are:

1. Lose weight. Well, duh. 2 stone this year please.
   
2. Don’t drink so much/Regular booze detoxes. I think I’ll have to look at my calendar and see when I get fit my detoxes in, but I probably won’t drink between New Year and lil bro’s birthday, and then the next big thing I can think of (off the top of my head) is my holiday in April.
3. Take more photos. And make sure they’re not all of Ozzy.
   

More to add to this?

1. Budget better. Hasn’t my budgeting been completely rubbish this year?! Hopefully, this will come naturally when my part time jobs finally get going (I have one of my first shifts on Monday day! Ahhh! And it’s on my own for 8 hours! Double ahhh!!), but I have really overspent in December. I think most people do though and, with Ozzy accessories and insurance and the suchlike, it was generally an expensive month.  A little saving goes a long way and all that jazz!
2. Continue my girly phase. 2011 was the year that I got completely girly and I LOVE IT. I really do enjoy my Glossy boxes and playing with hair and make up, as sad as that may sound. I am really excited to see where it takes me in 2012.
3. Get more organised. I noticed that my organisation at work was failing a little bit by the end of the year, so I want to brush this up when I start work again on Tuesday. I have already bought my 2012 work diary and have already a to-do list as long as my forearm to get on with when I get back. I am pretty excited to get back in my chair and get on with it, to be honest.

So that’s 6 New Year’s resolutions for 2012 to make a more awesome Franno. Is 6 enough? I can’t actually think of many more; that’s not to say I’m completely perfect as soon as these ones are all done! I’m sure I’ll think of more in time for next year.

Wishing everyone a happy New Year! What’s your New Year’s resolutions?