- It's Freddie Like, and tomorrow,
I'm gonna be doing Tracee Ellis Ross's morning routine.
You all may have seen Chantel do Oprah's morning routine,
so I decided to follow suit with my personal idol,
as you all know, TER, Tracee Miss Rossafee-nasty.
My morning routine (laughs).
So I've started working out.
On the day where I'm working out, I'll usually wake up
at seven, get to the gym by 7:30, do like an hour workout,
get home by 8:30, and I'm out the door by like 9:15
to get to work, and then, the getting ready
all is like showering, teeth brushing, putting on a wig,
and then heading to work, that's it.
My cat eats dry food so I don't have to like feed her
every morning, everything is pretty like quick and seamless.
I'm just not really like a routine person.
I kinda just like do the bare minimum
that allows me to get the most amount of sleep possible.
The working out though has helped me
to sort of have a little bit more structure, which I like.
I really wanna do the routine because I love her,
and she looks great, she's upwards of 45 years old.
And she literally looks so good,
and I feel like there has to be a reason, right?
So I'm gonna try to just live like her,
and maybe I'll look like her at her age.
Shall we look at the list?
So I got research from our lovely research team,
and they found what they could
of Tracee Ellis Ross's morning routine
usually consists of on a day
where she has like a 8 a.m. call time to be on set.
So I've taken a look at the list,
but it actually is relatively chill.
It's just very early, and I am not a morning person at all.
I'm gonna arrive at BuzzFeed at nine,
and that's gonna be my call time.
So everything that she's doing, I'm pushing a hour later
because again, I'm tired (laughs).
So it says when she's in the middle of shooting,
she'll usually be up at 4:30 a.m.
Mhm, mhm, so now you see why I pushed everything an hour.
So I'm gonna wake up at 5:30 a.m.
It says, "As a result of this early wake up time,
"she prioritized living joyfully and getting enough sleep.
"To the best of her ability,
"she'll get eight hours of sleep."
Yay, let's do it!
I actually made a mistake and like fell asleep
as soon as I got home, and then, woke up
so I wasn't too tired, but I ended up taking some melatonin.
And I was able to get to sleep at a relatively decent time,
but I probably got about six and a half to seven hours
of sleep, which isn't terrible.
Okay, so it is 5:30 a.m.
When I woke up at 5:30, it was, of course,
still pitch black outside.
It says that she usually tries to not look at her phone
and will pray or meditate when she first wakes up,
and that is gonna be a challenge for me
because I look at my phone as soon as my eyes open.
I am going to meditate for like 10 minutes.
I haven't lifted my phone or anything.
Now, my worry with meditating at 5:30 a.m.
is that I will fall asleep (laughs).
In order for me to meditate without falling back asleep,
I sort of sat up, and I turned my Phillips Hue lights
onto blue to sort of set the mood.
I closed my eyes and just prayed for all my friends
and family, I prayed for everyone's health,
and I prayed for a positive, optimistic,
and really productive day.
Okay, so I just finished meditation and prayer.
It was a really nice start to my day.
I had to make sure that I actively prayed
versus just meditation 'cause I was scared
that I was gonna fall asleep,
but I set another alarm for 10 minutes
just to make sure that I was staying on track.
But I'm done with my prayer and now about to wash my face
and brush my teeth for the gym.
She has a whole face wash routine,
but I doubt that she did-- (upbeat music)
Berta, I doubt she does her whole like face routine
before the gym, she doesn't give specifics,
so I'm just gonna do that.
So to stay in line with Tracee's timeline
in the morning, I need to be at the gym by 6:30.
She eats her Special K with almond milk,
and then, she goes
to her Tracy Anderson Method workout class.
And I tried to figure out a way that I could go to the class
so I could actually have the true experience,
but we were unable to work it out.
Tracee has noted that if she has an 8 a.m. call time,
she'll try to squeeze in a workout class at 6 a.m.,
and she'll be in that workout class for 90 minutes.
That's a long workout.
It's 6:06, and I still have to make my bed,
throw on some workout clothes and eat some Special K
and get to the gym, and it's like a eight minute walk
to the gym, hopefully, I won't get there any later
than like 10 minutes behind when Tracee
would normally get there.
So I have on my workout clothes, I'm about to pour out
some Special K with almond milk.
So I've gotten the Special K.
I think I already have almond milk,
so it's nice to know that like I already have something
that Tracee already uses.
I know, it's just almond milk, but.
My almond milk just expired. (record scratches)
Thought I was doing the thing, thought I was prepared.
I'm not, so now, I just have this dry cereal.
(laughs) Yummy!
And I'm gonna eat it dry. (upbeat music)
Oh my god, I'm so much like Tracee.
Mm, look at these bags.
I wonder if Tracee has bags like these in the morning.
I'll probably get there like 6:40,
but I have on my workout clothes, I'm ready to go.
Deodorant stains all over my bra, top notch.
Gym time, I'm impressed that she can workout
for an hour and a half, get out at 7:30,
and then go straight to set and get there by eight.
Is she a superwoman, yes, she is.
So I'm just gonna go to my gym and do my normal workout,
but extend it an additional 30 minutes
and try to go a little bit harder than I normally would.
Mine will just be the regular gym that I attend.
Oh my gosh, it is freezing.
I'm like literally never out this early,
but I will say, I feel awake.
So I made it back from the gym, I am exhausted.
I did not know that adding 30 minutes
onto my already one hour workout would be that big
of a difference, but like, it is.
I did abs.
Leg exercises, did some like body weight work.
Dead lifts, and then, I got on the treadmill
and did 30 minutes of cardio at the end.
And it's noted here multiple times
that Tracee does usually record her workouts
and post them on her Instagram.
Now, I know that she's done that,
but this is truly woven into this
as if it's apart of her morning routine.
I hate recording my own workouts
and putting them on Instagram, like that is not something
that I feel comfortable doing.
I don't know have time for that on Instagram.
You know everybody on Instagram is an expert (laughs).
She does great, she's very funny.
It's entertaining, you can see that she's working hard.
She's usually sweating her butt off,
and also, they're a little thirst trappy.
Her little (bleep) be out sometimes.
She like does her booty workouts in the camera,
and I'm just like, girl, you look great.
I can't see myself doing this,
but you kill it every time so go on, sister.
My skin routine in the morning is very straight forward.
Usually, I'll wash my face with a Neutrogena face wash,
and then, I'll use like a cheap moisturizer
that had SPF in it, and then keep it moving.
Tracee's skin routine.
She washes her face with JULISIS Gold Wash Day.
I don't know how it's pronounced.
There's a lower third here to show you what it says.
So I'm about to hop in the shower.
I'm gonna wash my face with the face wash
that Tracee uses, the face wash was so nice.
Really sudsy, a little bit went a long way,
so price kind of makes it worth it
since I'm sure it lasts for a decent amount of time.
After washing, she applies
Vitner's Daughter Active Botanical Serum.
Smells like flowers, so the serum looks really oily,
but when you put it on, it's matte, which is really dope.
Then, she moisturizes
with Cosmedix Phytoharmony Balancing Moisturizer.
Get the ears and neck.
Wow, this is a really good moisturizer.
It's like thick, but not oily or greasy, which I'm into.
And for sunscreen, Ross prefers
Epicuren Discovery X-Treme Cream Propolis Sunscreen,
as it gives her a nice glow as opposed to white sheen
that comes from some sunblocks.
Oh my gosh, this smells amazing.
I was not expecting the sunscreen to smell like this.
This smells like, kind of like candy, which I'm into.
Not a lot of sunscreens can leave on brown skin,
which she is correct.
Oh my gosh, I feel moisturized and ready for the day.
Mm, these four products together were hundreds of dollars.
It's one of those things where I'm like,
I'm just gonna soak this up, no pun intended,
while I have the products, but I probably won't be able
to keep up with re-buying the products for myself
because I'm not on Tracee level yet.
Honestly, by the time I finish my skin routine,
it was nine, and I hadn't even gotten dressed yet.
After her workout, it also says that she'll get
a protein drink from Erro, Err-won.
(beep) Err-won.
So after her workout, it also says that she grabs
a protein drink from Err-won, am I saying it right?
So after her workout, she'll go to Err-won
and get a Berry Power Protein drink,
and it contains almond milk, bananas, blueberries, dates,
and vegan protein powder.
Now, I've never had a protein drink actually in my life.
Like I'll usually just do like a smoothie
with some protein in it,
and I've also never been to Err-won.
Are the drinks like $20?
Of course, it is 9:13, I still have to go get the smoothie
that Tracee gets after her workouts,
so I'ma be a little late for my call time.
But it's okay, I'm tryna see this entire routine through.
One thing left, I just left Err-won,
and they didn't have the protein drink
that Tracee gets, which is the Berry Protein drink.
So I just got a comparable one, another drink
that's high in protein, but it's a peanut butter one.
So I will drink this, I've never been to Err-won before,
so that was cool, very fancy.
Very pricey beverage, but hopefully it feels my belly
'cause I'm hungry.
I'ma take a quick sip right now because I'm hungry,
and I can't wait, hopefully, this also gives me
some energy 'cause I'm feeling tired from the workout
and from being up so early.
But Tracee doesn't do stimulates
so this is what's gonna have to do.
It's really good, then, I got to the office.
Guess what time I got to the office?
10:30 (laughs).
I know!
I was technically like a hour and a half late
for my call time, which is unacceptable.
This is what I realized, Tracee Ellis Ross,
I'm sure has an assistant who meets her maybe
at the Tracy Anderson Method.
She probably showers at the gym.
She probably has an assistant to bring her
like her drink and all the other things
that she needs so that she can be on her way to set,
or I honestly could've gone to Err-won the night before
and just had the protein drink ready to go.
But I didn't think about that.
I will say, yes, this kind of routine
does take some planning ahead,
or another set of hands to help out.
So that's something that I realized.
So I made it to work, just posted my morning workout
on Instagram (groans).
I did it anyway (laughs).
And yes, someone did critique my form.
So it's end of day, and this morning,
I did Tracee Ellis Ross's morning routine.
I'm up at 5:30 a.m., it's now almost 6 p.m.
I'm feeling it, I'm tired, but it was really fun.
I would say the hardest part was waking up early,
and then, also posting part of my workout routine
on Instagram, those were like the two most challenging parts
about it, I think my favorite parts
were the skin care routine and the protein drink
from the market.
Probably gonna try to implement those things in the future.
It was really fun, it was really cool to shake up my routine
and try something new.
Maybe I'll try to get up earlier.
Not 5:30, but earlier.
- What ya doin'?
- Vlogging. - What you talk about?
- I did Tracee Ellis Ross's morning routine.
- Oh.
I can tell. - Can you?
- Yes. - Do I have her glow?
- I can tell, this is beautiful.
- Oh, thanks, girl! - Keep it goin'.
(Freddie laughs)
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