My #28daysofskin Journey

I joined the #28daysofskin challenge to get back to a routine that had fallen off after the Pandemic started. I used to have this very organized process in the morning before leaving for the day. When I stopped leaving, I sort of stopped the rest of the morning routine. What used to be shower - skin care - lipstick turned into meditation - email - coffee.

 I am happy to say I have re-established my routine and even improved it, being more on top of the evening steps.

Through posts, lives and a fun VIP Beauty Lounge skin care class, I have had lots of fun staying real, authentic and accountable. But I learned some great bonus lessons too. Here's what I got out of the doing the #28daysofskin challenge -

• Making a decision to complete a task is just as easy as making a decision not to - it's a choice I make each day. The power of the habit is the choice gets easier as I have history and evidence. And I can apply this to any area of my life.
• Masking is not a luxury...as I reach toward 50 I want to keep getting compliments like "OMG I thought you were my age!" from 35 year olds. Masks are not optional and should be done 2x per month. I tried the Lumière de Vie® Moisture Intense Facial Masque on the final day of the challenge. It was halloween so why not do a Facebook Live in a MASK! Not only did it smell amazing, the feel of the aloe and hylauronic acid were amazing on my skin. Plus as the weather turns to winter it was a perfect time to super-hydrate my face. I woke up this morning and my skin still felt and looked soft and satiated.
• Attention is not the same as obsession but for me there is a fine line...as my dad says "marry yourself to the process and divorce yourself from the result." As weather and hormonal shifts affected my skin I had to divorce myself from the result and trust the process.
• EVERYONE needs a rose quartz roller! LOL Ok so maybe that's a stretch but I went from thinking this was a silly gadget that was trying to part me from my money. Then I saw the before and after from the founder of the Lumiere de Vie line and I was sold...literally. I use it daily now. Here's my before and after, trying it for the first time.
  
• Skin care routines require breaks between each step so you can let the product do its work and absorb into the skin. This used to be a real tripping point for me because I would use the break to do a random task, get distracted and forget the rest of the routine. But being mindful of the breaks between each step of the process, I can make that time work for me instead of letting it distract me.
• There are a lot of things I can do in 5 minutes during those breaks! Feed my pets, body weight squats, arm exercises, stretching, fluffing pillows on my couch...so many things!
• I LOVE 28 day challenges! It gave me social media accountability and allowed my friends to cheer me on. Their well wishes and compliments definitely helped, I'll admit. I also felt the absence of updates if I skipped a couple of days because I knew they were watching. Plus I won some prizes and that was very cool. =)

Here are the products I landed on for my skin care and wellbeing:

Makeup Remover and deep clean (watch the video you will know why!): Lumière de Vie® Micellar Cleanser

Cleanser: Cellular Laboratories® De-Aging Facial Cleanser

Toner (light, herbal, inexpensive, can reduce head discomfort): Skintelligence® pH Skin Normalizer

Vitamin C (for antioxidant protection): Lumière de Vie® Brightening C-Serum

Serum (my MUA friends call it magic in a bottle LOL): Lumière de Vie® Serum Concentrate

Repair (spots, discoloration, pigmentation): Lumière de Vie® Super Crème

Eye Serum (love the applicator): Lumière de Vie® Hommes Firming Eye Serum

Lip Care (from time to time but more often in winter): Motives® MUAH Vanilla Lip Scrub

Wrinkle prevention (my secret weapon for a decade to hide my age): Pentaxyl