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- I'm all for social distancing
so we can protect each other,
but it can be hard to stay motivated in the morning.
So, creating some sort of structure for myself
has been very, very necessary.
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I think it's time to, get a little up
and then I might need a little help with that so hold please
I know what you're thinking,
why I do I have a bed like that?
Honestly I think the question is why not?
Good morning Elle, it is Laura Marano here,
and, I am super excited to show you my morning,
however weird this whole situation is
I am currently filming this by myself,
which I think is hilarious, but no matter what, it's fine
we're in this together, Well guess what?
Let's do it.
Oh, are you excited?
I'm excited.
Here is kind of where I've been working out
next to the grill
because nothing motivates you like a promise of making food.
Okay guys, you ready to do some working out?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
First things first,
I'm gonna put my heart monitor on, because at my gym,
there is an app and you can monitor your heart rate
if you put this little bad boy on,
you know, let's start with 15 jumping jacks
and 20 calf raises and kind of go from there.
Wow, I feel like I'm teaching a class, this is fantastic.
Okay, what my trainer has been having me doing
is the EMOMs, which stands for every minute on the minute.
So there's two sets of exercises,
you try to complete both of the exercises each minute,
so if you have time to rest, you can rest
but every time the minute starts,
you have to get started again.
These are supposed to be like a warm-ups,
but like, arms really are burning.
Do that for five minutes, it's fantastic,
and now we're going to do another one,
we're gonna do eight burpees and 10 squats.
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- Hi, what's up?
Glasses falling.
Okay, having some form of physical activity
has been incredibly helpful for me in keeping up stability,
and just making me feel good.
It's created a new sort of discipline,
but there are some days where I'm like,
I am gonna just stay in bed all day
and no one will stop me, dammit.
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Okay I've officially finished showering,
you can now come in and see my beauty routine.
I usually put my hair in a paper towel in a bun,
but I'm currently rationing paper towels,
so, not gonna do that,
but I will definitely just put it up and I keep changing
the way I spin the bun, like every few minutes,
it dries in a really pretty way.
Doesn't look necessarily great right now,
but it's going to dry pretty, I promise.
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I have to say with staying at home a lot,
I have usually been wearing my glasses, but you know,
some days I wanna treat myself
and feel like it's gonna be an even more special day,
so I put my contacts on.
I'm not gonna show you putting my contacts on,
cause some people get weirded out by that ,so.
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Okay, now I can see, and it looks like I've been crying,
maybe I have, maybe I have.
Next thing, I usually just try and like hydrate my lips,
So I'll just use some good old Vaseline.
I need as much kind of hydration as possible,
I do have combo skin, so I get dry and oily, super fun,
but also I just have super dry sinuses,
so as you can see here, I have this lovely little bottle,
it's not a sippy cup bottle,
I typically tried to clean up my nasal passages
once a day, maybe twice a day from being crazy.
Again, not gonna show you guys that,
cause I want to give you guys a break.
I'm not gonna lie, I am pretty lazy,
but, I also don't love
using a lot of products for hair using my blow dryer,
using straightener or anything, sometimes I do,
but I just feel like it's actually healthier for my hair,
and also again, lil' lazy.
So now I'm going to flip it the other way
that I'm not used to.
So it's gonna be a much more terrible bun.
Okay, actually I did a pretty good job, yes.
First things first, I say it's the thing first
and I've done 5 billion things already,
but for skin, I washed my face in the shower,
I used First Aid Beauty Face Cleanser,
absolutely lovely on my skin,
and so I use a few other things
now to kind of keep it hydrated.
So I'll do a little spray, on before I put any products on.
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prep, set, refresh.
Oh man, do I feel refreshed?
Then, I'm gonna put on Retinol Eye Cream.
Okay, so I also do this thing where, I keep all the boxes
for my products, everyone in my life,
my mother has always resented me for it,
because just boxes build up.
Coz I feel like, I can put them in the package
and it feels nicer to me.
I don't know guys, does anyone else do that?
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I also put it around here, just all kind of around the eyes.
Hello, I'm gonna keep rubbing in everything.
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Hi, next thing I am gonna put on this glorious bad boy,
Coconut Skin Smoothie Priming Moisturizer.
It's from again, First Aid Beauty.
So I can kind of put makeup on afterwards,
coz it's a primer or I can just keep it on as a moisturizer.
I think I might just leave it on as a moisturizer,
cuz, I don't want to put makeup on.
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Boom, I shaved my legs today, huge accomplishment,
really, really proud of myself for that,
I'm gonna do big things today guys.
I use this lovely Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula
makes my legs and my body feel just scrumptious,
I've also been washing my hands a bunch,
I wash my hands a lot anyway,
coz I'm a bit of a freak about that,
but, given the circumstances been wash my hands even more
and my hands have been drying out,
so I've been using another wonderful
First Aid Beauty Product.
It's the Ultra Repair Cream, yes.
Absolute goodness, so I put that on my hands,
I put that on my neck as well,
Cause I have this weird line on my neck,
I think it might be because I look down on my iPad
and down a lot.
Moisturize, is the key of life,
I also listen to music typically in this part of my routine,
so I'll have some Lizzo, Dua Lipa recently,
loving the new album,
but sometimes it goes to like Jeff Buckley
and a little Joni Mitchell, so it kind of depends.
I have this whole organic essential oil kit
that my lovely makeup artist gave me,
and she gave me a little diffuser,
which is super calming and super lovely,
I think just introducing any sort of calmness
in this time of hyper anxiety and uncertainty
is, very needed and I really, really enjoy it.
Okay also, I'm just looking at my, crazy eyebrows.
I kind go back and forth with eyebrows,
sometimes I fill them out, Sometimes I don't,
sometimes I put little, lotion situation
to kind of keep them the behave a little bit.
This one is so nice
and this one is just the bane of my existence,
but I still love you.
That's my morning beauty routine.
I keep saying morning routine,
but I still have so much more show you.
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Okay, I promise you I am not always in a robe,
I am going to get dressed,
but I am just a little bit hungry,
so I'll make myself a protein shake.
Gonna get some good old nutrients after my workout.
So, first I'm gonna put some milk in,
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I'm gonna make this for two people,
So it's gonna seem like a lot, but don't worry about it.
I'm so excited.
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Just gonna really put that baby spinach up in here.
I'm kind of like, the more the better,
barely can taste it inside my protein shake,
and it's just super good for you.
I'ma put ice in here,
to make this protein shake that much better.
It's just super easy to make,
I try to have, a bit of, greens in my diet
as much as I possibly can everyday
looks like, kind of two to three handfuls,
so this is nice because it kind of gets what I want handful.
(blender blades whirring)
I'm so excited to drink this.
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Who's gonna get the smaller one?
I don't know, wouldn't you like to know?
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As you can see, I have a lot of heels,
I won't be wearing those,
I'll probably stick with my slightly messy old Ugg slippers.
I, literally been re-wearing clothes
because I'm like, let's just conserve.
It comes a certain point where I'm like
I've worn this for a week, I should probably wash it,
but, you know, you can still look cute
and comfortable, fun fact, by the way about the robe
got this on Austin and Ally,
it was actually a gift for our last season,
It has Ally on the back.
Okay, finally getting dressed for the day,
See you in a second.
(Laura snapping fingers)
Look at that, I'm now changed.
The magic of editing,
also I think my hair might be ready to be put down,
let's see how crazy you've got it,
or if it looks pretty or maybe it's somewhere in between.
It doesn't look too bad,
hey, how are you doing?
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I'm gonna get started on work pretty soon,
and I'll show you that process a little bit,
but before I do that, I wanted to make some tea.
My favorite tea is Throat Coat.
It is so wonderful, I didn't use to love it,
I started taking it when I was on Austin and Ally
and, taking it sounds weird, I started using it,
I don't know, putting it in tea,
I didn't really like the taste
and everyone else loved the taste
and I was like, what am I missing?
And now I love the taste,
I'm not sure if I just got used to it,
I don't know what the situation is, but I love it so much,
and it makes such a huge difference on my voice.
So, definitely gonna have some Throat Coat here
and we're definitely gonna do some honey.
I think I'm going to use my favorite mug.
I am such a nerd, my positivitea,
and it's a little cup saying, "you've got this."
I love it so much coz it's really,
it's really just me, to a tea.
Pointing, I've never been super into coffee,
I, don't love caffeine, I have a lot of energy without it,
which is a good thing.
I also do love Throat Coat
because they have Throat Coat quotes,
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"Bring me the sunset in a cup," Emily Dickinson.
And again, it just makes you feel really happy inside,
makes you feel just, huh, I can do today.
I think that's what my whole morning has been today,
doing things that make me feel inspired for the day.
Okay, here we go, yes get some honey,
I don't always lounge and stir my tea,
but when I do,
I look like this, okay, hold on, got caught, (mumbles)
I also love keeping my teabag in.
I keep it in forever, I just never take it out.
I shall deal with you later, okay.
Let's get to work, you got this.
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I, have been playing piano since I've been nine,
I'm always trying to push myself to be better.
So I have been playing that
and I've been trying to keep that in my morning
and really working on that kind of keeps me inspired
and keeps me like, Oh okay,
I've done this amount of practicing for the day,
then I kind of go into a little bit more of creating.
I've really been working on more of my music right now
than necessarily any acting thing.
Obviously for the time being,
you can't really do more than just pitch and develop,
what I love about music
is that, it really can be all in your control,
there's obviously still things
that aren't completely up to you,
but in terms of creating,
you really can just turn to yourself and create.
I've kind of created this little makeshift studio here,
It's a little bit messy,
but, I guess my creative process is messy as well,
my wonderful boyfriend
is a very talented writer and producer,
so he's been working here and I've been working here,
we've been working here together,
so that's been really cool.
I feel like this is the best time to create,
and, yet I haven't been creating as much as I want to,
and I know that's because, I'm anxious
or not as motivated as I wanna be,
so having kind of little goals for the day,
at least what I know,
what I wanna get through sometimes breaks
the barrier of creating and being on the piano,
I will sometimes spend a whole morning or afternoon or day
working on a cover,
sometimes I'm working my own music.
Elle, thank you so much for spending your morning with me,
this has been absolutely lovely,
I hope you enjoyed it, if you don't mind,
I'm gonna be playing some piano,
working on, some situations over here,
but have the best rest of your day.
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