MY COZY FALL NIGHTTIME ROUTINE | Relationship Talk, Skincare, and Dinner!
so for today’s video i’m going to share with you guys my nighttime routine we’re keeping it comfy and cozy for this video which was kindly sponsored by function of beauty so let’s go ahead and get started naturally the first thing i have to do is set the mood and then go find my puppy to play with does anyone else baby talk their animals or is it just me and then he sneezed in my face so i thought okay back to work for me so typically i like to end my days around four or five i try to be pretty strict with creating boundaries especially since i mean i’ve always worked from home but i think since a lot more people are working from home it’s good to be very mindful about that so around that time i decide i’m done for the day and then i go get ready for my nightly walk now i don’t know if you guys remember this but this is what buddy how small buddy was when we first got him oh my gosh i can’t believe he was that tiny but yeah this was buddy back in april and then now this is buddy currently he’s getting close to about 90 pounds now so he’s a big boy and i taught him how to give me popo which means kiss he’s really good at it if he gets a treat so i wanted to show that off to you guys a little bit see he’s kind of aggressive honestly with his po-po’s and then it’s time for our nightly walk it’s just kind of a nice way to get out of the house get some fresh air and it gets all three of us out together alrighty it is early evening we do these like once or twice a day nice to get out and get the dog out i thought i’d spare you guys but these walks have been really valuable to us because even though my boyfriend and i have been working from home together i feel like it’s really good to set aside quality time to catch up and actually talk and interact with each other because i feel like it’s easy to get lost in the idea that you’re both home you’re spending time together but realistically that’s not what i’d consider quality time so it’s just like i said it’s a good time for all three of us to connect i’m gonna go upstairs do some sorting in my packages and relax and buddy is definitely tired from his walk he’s still a puppy and we take the long leash out so he can run around but pretty much after he has any activity he’s ready to sleep now i’m a huge fan of libby and i’ve been listening to a lot of audiobooks so whenever i’m just kind of shuffling around the house or doing errands or chores i’m listening to an audiobook so while i’m listening to that i take the opportunity to just straighten up the office there are usually products thrown everywhere so it’s nice just to kind of put them away so i don’t have to deal with them the next morning and i try to be good about this but you know sometimes it gets out of hand okay so i’m like straining at my office and kind of sorting through my pr packages and i got this package sent to me from function of beauty who is the sponsor of this video today so i actually went through and did the personalized skincare quiz that they had i picked my skincare type my skincare concerns and now i got my products and i’m so excited to unbox them with you guys i have my little paperwork here which shows what i picked out when i did the personalized skincare quiz so obviously my skincare type is dry i wear a decent amount of makeup my sensitivity is sometimes my skin goals are anti-aging brightening and hydrating and i also opted to have all my products fragrance free so here we have my cleanser next we have the serum we have a cream in case you’re wondering function of beauty also uses no paraben sulfates gmos or toxins and is 100 vegan and cruelty free so this is the first time i’ve ever used any type of personalized skincare or skincare routine and evidently with all the different combinations you can do there’s like over three billion different types of customizations you could do so you’re definitely getting something that’s customized towards your skin type and needs and i will be applying 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micellar gel and as you can see i have function of morgan on my bottles you could pick what you want to put on it so you can customize even the packaging so i just worked this into my skin just to remove the little bit of makeup i did have on that particular night and then i just rinsed it off next i’m gonna go ahead and hop in the shower and day to day i do take showers just because they’re quicker than taking baths so i wash my hair like i said i use the pyongyang shampoo this is new to me i’m using the fino premium touch from shiseido this is like a really deep conditioning treatment and i absolutely love it it’s like the thickest treatment i’ve ever used and then i’m using this mineral pink salt body scrub wash from too cool for school so after i’ve done all that i think it’s pretty self-explanatory i hop out of the shower and dry off and then i go into the rest of the skincare that i got from function of beauty now the next item that i’m putting on my skin is the serum this product in particular has the highest concentration of the ingredients that are tailored for the skin traits that i picked out during the quiz and then i like to gouache on my face i do this almost nightly i just feel like it relaxes my muscles and i feel like i tense my jaw a lot less or grind my teeth a lot less at night if i kind of loosen that muscle up and then i moved on to the moisturizer now this is also something you can pick you can pick between a gel lotion or cream i opted for a cream since i do have dry skin and i just apply that onto my face and naturally i never skip my neck or my chest don’t neglect the neck so all of that went on to my neck and chest as well moving back over to my hair i squeeze out as much excess water as i possibly can with a towel and then i use this perfect hair therapy from ledore i like to use like a serum and a mist in combination with my hair i don’t feel like this weighs my hair down it’s just always worked well for my dry hair type so i put in the serum first and then i move on to this mist this was actually the first time i used this hair mist but i really like this brand and the products from this line so i’ve been dipping a lot into japanese hair care i’ve been really enjoying them and i just massage all that into the strands of my hair now i like to treat my scalp as well i’ve been using this product from the door it has a little spigot which is kind of cool because you can get the product to the scalp directly and this is like tingly and stimulating on the scalp and i do this like every other wash because it does have i believe a salicylic acid in it so there’s a bit of chemical exfoliation to it so i don’t feel like it’s necessary every time i wash my hair but it’s definitely refreshing now it’s time for dinner and we actually did prep this earlier in the day because it is a crock pot meal but i just want to show you guys kind of what we did now again this is another time of the day that my boyfriend and i take to really connect with each other like i said even though we might be sitting in the same room both working we’re not focused on each other and our minds are in different places so i feel like this is a really good time for us to come together and like make meals together we’ve always been pretty good about that so yeah we made this like crock pot chicken meal i feel like it’s pretty healthy with like vegetables and chicken so and those jalapenos were from my garden i forgot to tell you guys that but i grew those jalapenos i feel so fancy and then i made rice as well i eat a lot of rice so yeah this was a a meal with rice and i rinse my rice as most people i believe should you rinse your rice to i actually don’t know why i don’t think it’s like because it’s dirty i think the rice just comes out better i just always saw my mom wash rice so i wash rice and i usually just rinse it till the water is fairly clear and then i use the finger method to measure how much water i should put in my rice to cook it and it always turns out really well so if you’ve ever wanted to know how to cook perfect rice either get a really good rice cooker or you know maybe use your finger to measure the water science so i cooked that up and let those just kind of do their thing while all that cooks up i usually prepare like something to eat on the side i actually made this over the weekend this is cucumber kimchi and this is like one of my favorite things to not only like eat but make because it’s so easy so i just pulled this out of the fridge and gave it a little stir and maybe had a little bite and then i also got my kimchi prepped now if i don’t have homemade kimchi i just get store-bought kimchi this one in particular has been really stubborn but i don’t know if you guys know this about me i’m like really strong so opening jars is no problem for me as you could tell did you guys see that you guys probably know what kimchi looks like but i’ll just show you anyways um kimchi now when it comes to assembling my bowl i just kind of throw everything together i guess i give my chicken a couple little spatula slaps and then i just throw a little juice in there because i like soupy rice so a little bit of the broth from the chicken goes in there i throw on my cucumber kimchi and then my other kimchi goes on top now i could be like really fancy and put these all in separate little dishes and eat them like that but i am obviously not a person who cares about their food touching in all honesty i kind of like mashing different flavors together when i eat so this is kind of right up my alley so once i’ve got that assembled i sit down and eat and i do try to just like sit and eat versus like being on my phone or watching tv or looking at something because i like to be present i read a book recently by tiknot han and he basically talked about being mindful in the moment with every bite so i’m trying to be a little bit more considerate so i’m just i guess slicing up my chicken with my chopsticks and then digging in this turned out really good by the way and the crockpot honestly has to be like one of my favorite kitchen devices it always nails it when it comes to the texture department because the chicken just fell apart kimchi was delicious and fresh and i did a bang-up job on that cucumber kimchi so i just sat there neat oh and if you’re wondering what my bowl looked like this is what it looked like i know the presentation is really great but you know don’t get too blown away by it the last thing i usually do to wind down is read i’ve been obsessed with my kindle and like i said using the libby app so i’ve been doing a ton of reading and it’s just a nice way to kind of chill and come down from the day and if time allows it i like to read for at least like an hour to two hours every night if i can or sometimes i just fall asleep while i’m reading which is usually how i fall asleep and then i wake up confused and wondering where i am so that’s usually my cue to go brush my teeth and go to bed i hope you guys enjoyed my fall nighttime routine just kind of what i’ve been up to and as i mentioned at the beginning of this video don’t forget to check out that link in the description box for that extra 10 off the function beauty skincare bundle in the free selfie spa headband as always i hope you guys are happy and healthy and don’t forget to rate comment subscribe share with your friends and family hit that notification bell and i’ll see you guys in my next video bye guys
