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I don’t have time to apply make-up in the mornings when I have three little girls that I need to get up and ready so we can be on time for Kindy. Since becoming a Stay-at-home mum, my face routine is pretty quick and takes about 5 minutes.

I thought I’d share with you what I use and my 5 minute everyday face routine.

After I’ve showered and cleansed my face I will put a day moisturizer on. Straight after the moisturizer I will put on Garnier perfect blur which is like a primer before I apply my BB cream. Now that my body is getting back to normal after having Phoebe, I have had break outs, so applying the perfect blur evens out my skin so that when I apply my BB cream, it glides on easily.

Before I apply my BB cream, I will use Maybelline cover stick concealer under my eyes and over any blemishes. I will reapply this after I apply my BB cream for a complete coverage if needed.

Once that is done, I slick on some Oh My Gloss in Snog by Rimmel on my lips. This glides on so easy and adds a bit of gloss and natural colour to my lips. It’s one of the only glosses that my lips don’t dry out from.

To finish my look, I will apply Benefit They’re Real mascara. Sometimes I may go without mascara. It depends on where I’m going and what I’m doing that day.

From left to right: Garnier Perfect Blur, Maybelline Cover Stick Concealer, Garnier BB Cream, Rimmel Oh My Gloss in Snog and Benefit They’re real mascara

This is my everyday look

This is an non blurry everyday look

I’m pretty slap dash when I put my everyday face on. If I am going to a function, I will swap the BB cream with a foundation and add in a blush. I also change from Snog to Rebel Red for extra colour.

Oh My Gloss in Snog (top) and Rebel Red (bottom)

Wearing Oh My Gloss Rebel Red for a Mum’s Night Out

Do you have an everyday face routine? Do you prefer gloss or lipstick?

Disclosure: I was gifted Rimmel Oh My Gloss in Snog and Rebel Red. All opinions are my own.

I’m linking up with Essentially Jess for IBOT.

The moment I start breastfeeding, my skin goes dry as leather. It gets worse when our air-conditioner turns on Mid November.

During pregnancy my skin tends to glow and can be a little too oily in my t zone for my liking. I used Garnier 3 in 1 cleanser during my pregnancy but once I had Phoebe, I had to change cleansers to add moisture in.

I had a facial at the beginning of the year and my therapist told me what I already knew, that my skin was dry. She advised to up the anti with my exfoliation from once a week to twice a week.

How to keep your skin hydrated post pregnancy

The therapist encouraged me to be consistent with my Rosehip oil application as this would keep my skin hydrated when I’d sleep in the air-conditioning. I stopped using rosehip oil because I found my face was always getting too oily and it would seep into my fringe when I slept at night. This was because I was putting too much on! One drop is enough to dab onto my face and it leaves my face shine and oil free. I find using a night cream and adding the rosehip oil a great tonic for sleeping in air-conditioning and I’ve noticed a big difference in how my skin feels each morning.

I only put make-up on when going out on the Weekend. During the week I wear Garnier BB cream because it has sunscreen in it and is enough coverage to hide any blemishes.

I don’t like to have a bathroom cupboard full of beauty products and I also like to get more for my buck when purchasing products. I sign up to the Trilogy newsletter which emails me when there is a special on. I make use of those specials. My favourite ones are the buy two products and get one free or buy two products and get a free gift. The free gift is usually mini bottles of the products I already use which I keep in my toiletry bag when going away.

My local Malouf Pharmacy stocks Trilogy products and when I spend $200 in store I get sent a $10 voucher to use in store. This helps with the purchase of more rosehip oil.

When I stop breastfeeding, I will need to re-assess what is working and change my beauty routine. I don’t have time for faffing around in the morning so my usual routine is cleansing in the shower, then once I’ve dried myself I spray the hydrating mist, roll on deodorant and get dressed which gives the mist time to soak into my skin. I then dot in my eye cream (another recommendation from my beauty therapist) rub in a day moisturizer and my BB cream and then my face is finished.

Drinking enough water during the day to keep you hydrated from the inside is also important.

How do you keep your skin hydrated? Do you use Rosehip oil?

This is not a sponsored post, I’m just sharing about products I love.

I’m linking with Essentially Jess for IBOT.