- Hello everyone, it is Ellie Thumann.
And today we are going to be waking up with me and elle.com.
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I have a very interesting morning routine
because my life kind of looks different
every single morning
I'm in a hotel and that seems to be kind of a pattern
going on in my life.
But I do try and keep a lot of the parts
of my morning routine consistent no matter where I am,
just because I think how I start my mornings
really impacts my overall mood and how the day's gonna go.
And I've learned to really love them
despite not being a morning person at all.
If I don't really have like a reason to get up early,
I still try and get up at a decent hour
just because it keeps me in kind of a good habit
and routine.
But the first thing I do is I always go on Pinterest,
read a couple good quotes
to get myself in a good head space.
It might sound a little cheesy
but I swear it does work once you do it for long enough.
I also like to check my email, my text, you know,
see what's on the agenda for that day,
what's going on because I never really seem to know.
I also really enjoy journaling in the morning.
No matter where I'm traveling to,
these three heavy journals come with me.
I have my self-discovery journal here
that I use every morning with like a new prompt
about, you know, yourself, mental health.
I think it's really important for me to do that first thing.
I have my kind of free writing journal here
which I can really write whatever
with no really prompt to it.
And that kind of just depends on the day of, you know,
how I wake up, see what I'm feeling,
tackle that in the moment.
And then my favorite is my agenda.
I'm a very structured person, maybe a little too much,
but I love going in, you know,
seeing what's literally on the agenda
for that specific day before anything.
So I try and do that,
and then get in a really good head space for the day.
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One of my favorite parts about coming
and living basically at hotels at different times
is trying to figure out
how the different coffee machines work.
I feel like they're all so different and so confusing.
So this, I need to schedule like 30 minutes
to figure it out.
This one I've never used before but we're gonna try
and make a little coffee, get some water, see how that goes.
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Definitely not doing this right (giggles).
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Now, I wish I could say I'm a tea person in the morning
'cause I've heard that in a lot of ways it's better for you,
but I do tend to love my coffee.
It just makes me happy, it wakes me up.
One part of my morning routine
that I also trying to stay consistent with
is taking vitamins and medicine.
I have hair vitamins that I take
because I noticed my hair kind of stopped growing
once I dye it from blonde,
and so finding ways to kind of help that
and get the length back to it and make sure it's healthy,
it's really important to me.
Then I also just take little probiotic every morning,
helps with everything.
Maybe wondering too, what this scary green water is.
It's chlorophyll water.
It comes from plants and it helps with nails, skin, hair,
all that kind of stuff, and also like digestion.
So I try and take it with my coffee in the morning
before I eat.
I'm not good at this,
so let's try and get these down without panicking.
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So now that we've had some good me time this morning,
it's time for the next best part
which is skin care and everything's fun and bathroom.
So I'll meet you guys over there (giggles).
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All right, first thing first, I gotta get my hair up
and outta my face 'cause I have so much hair.
First thing I do when I'm in the bathroom
before skin, makeup, getting ready
is I use this ice roller, helps to depuff in the morning,
really kind of wake me up.
You get used to the initial shock.
I normally just will like throw it in a bucket of ice
or in the freezer.
And then you begin to almost enjoy it
instead of feel very uncomfortable with how cold it is
on your skin first thing in the morning.
But because I'm not a morning person,
I think it also alongside coffee
really helps to jump you right into the day (giggles).
A product that I use every single morning is right here.
I actually don't even know how to pronounce it,
Epionce Renewal Facial Cream,
heard such great things about this.
Actually beginning in January, I decided to try it out
because I feel like I used to kind of grab
all sorts of different skin products.
But then I realized that consistency
especially with makeup and skin for me
became really important,
and my skin started to kind of trust
the certain products I was using
instead of throwing something new on it every single day
like I used to.
I stuck with this, and I put it on my face
and all over my neck,
and I've seen such a difference with dryness in my skin,
with breakouts and just really keeping it consistent.
So it's a pretty heavy cream, the one I use.
I know some people like something a little bit lighter.
But for me I do have dry skin
and with traveling and with all the different weather
and time zones and everything,
I just feel like a really thick cream,
it helps to make my face glowy
and really kind of nourish in the morning.
So I will just rub this in,
give myself a little morning facial.
It also smells so good.
The other skin product I use here
is the Pacifica Vegan Eye Cream.
I tend to get some dark circles
especially with all the travel and everything.
I've also just naturally always had kind of darkness
under my eyes.
This really helps to brighten them up, blend it on in.
But those are really the only two main skin products I use
in the morning before putting on any sort of natural makeup.
I don't wear a lot of makeup on a day to day basis
if I'm doing it myself.
So this product right here
is called the Supergoop! Glowscreen SPF 40.
So it's basically sunscreen but also works
as like kind of a tinted moisturizer sunscreen.
How something feels, honestly to me is more important
than sometimes how it looks,
and the way that it makes my skin feel,
and how it lasts throughout the day
is like why I just love it so so much.
And it's really what I use as a foundation.
I don't use a traditional foundation.
I literally use this and kind of treat it like it.
The three products that I use and swear by everyday
are really special to me because they're my own products
that I've come out with.
In collaboration with Beaubble,
I have my priming and setting mist here
that I use every single day
no matter how little or much makeup I'm wearing.
So first just do a little priming here,
really helps keep any makeup kind of on and consistent
throughout the day
but it doesn't my makeup which I love.
Kind of going alongside having dry skin,
this really helps to make it look super glowy
and dewy all day long.
And then I go in with the Multi-stick
which is like the perfect little sun kissed shade
that you can put on your eyelids,
on your cheeks, on your lips.
So for me, I normally will just put it on my cheeks
and kind of go up rather than down,
and then just literally blend it in with my fingers.
You don't need any sort of like magic brush
or anything crazy for this.
I also like to put a little bit of it on my nose.
I think that's kind of fun.
The last product that I wear every single day
even if I'm not wearing anything else on my face
is the lip pumping oil here
that works at a gloss, a plumper and a lip oil, all in one.
And then after I applied a couple times
I'm gonna wait a few minutes
and I will feel it plumping and also hydrating,
and I love it.
And this is literally all I do basically
for everyday makeup.
I don't have too much I do with my hair.
I have a couple products that I try and stick to
alongside everything else with the consistency.
We're just gonna take it down
and see what we're working with today.
I typically blow dry it after I wash it
like three times, two to three times a week.
And then it's kind of left like this,
but we're gonna fix this with a couple key products here.
First up my hair oil.
I have very thick, dry hair.
And I think with dye too,
it's definitely changed a lot of the texture
and motion to it.
Using this on the ends just really helps
with any sort of like frizz on it,
and just overall makes it look a lot shinier and healthier.
So I will just throw this in kind of at the bottom.
I've also done it where I've put way too much
and then it just looks extremely greasy
so I try and monitor how much I actually use.
From there, it's already kind of tamed down a bit.
The last thing I like to use as well
is either a dry shampoo or texture spray.
I use this OUAI right here.
I absolutely love this.
It smells amazing,
and I think it just adds some really good texture
through all of my hair.
Spread it in the roots.
Do a little shake.
It smells so good.
Little bit over here, little shake.
That is basically all I'm doing for the hair today.
Sometimes I'll curl it, straighten it.
It really does just depend.
But today, I'm feeling the more natural look with the hair.
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Another part of my day that I honestly love
is picking out an outfit.
Fashion has become something very fun for me
in a way to really express myself.
Even if that's in a hotel room,
I love really setting attention with what I pack
for where I'm going.
My go-to, if it's just a normal day,
is like a simple little top or a body suit,
those are super easy to throw on,
little bit of gold jewelry I'm always wearing.
Well, now we are officially ready to take on the day.
I do wanna go head down and get some food,
feeling pretty hungry this morning.
Gonna go have myself a good day.
But thank you for waking up with me
and I will see you later.
Bye.
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