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Sick Day Essentials

Pardon the lack of posts this week, lovelies!  I've been fighting off the most dreadful of throat infections, so my schedule has been largely Tylenol 3x a day, and lots of sleep.  Funny enough, I find being sick brings more people to your bedside than when you're healthy.  It must be my schmexy drag queen voice.

And because I've had a few visitors, I've been using my hands to apply Laura Mercier Oil-Free Tinted Moisturizer in Bisque (I might be in love...) all over, focusing on areas I might need it.  For any redness around the nose and blemishes, I've been using my Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage in SC-3 on a Beauty Blender, my lazy-day face tool.  I also use it to blend out Bobbi Brown Corrector in Light Peach to hide any darkness under the eyes.  Here's a little cheat I do when I'm feeling very tired, I take the lighter colour from my Secret Camouflage compact and do the Kim Kardashian highlight.  I apply this oil-free concealer in a triangle shape under my eyes to help brighten the area and lift any darkness and hide puffiness. Miracle.  Depending on how healthy I want to look, I'll add a couple dots of Stila Convertible Colour in Peony, for a quick, blendable flush.  Because my eyes also get quite swollen, I'll put on a cream shadow -- my favourite of late has been NARS Cream Eye Shadow in Mykonos, but more on that later.  Five products, no brushes -- proof that I really am ill... -- and you'll be rocking an almost-healthy glow!

A few other essentials that have helped me through a four-day apartment lockdown:


Water, water and more water.  It's exceptionally dry in my apartment, so I've been throwing back 1.5L bottles just so I don't have to travel to the kitchen.

An eye mask.  For those times when you need to catch up on sleep because you've spent the night coughing away. I particularly love the 40 Blinks by Bucky, it really blocks out all the light. The best part is the molded cups -- they don't put more pressure on your eyes and they don't crush your lashes.

Book Three of the Game of Thrones series.  For times when you feel a little better but really shouldn't go around prancing outside.  I'm addicted.  I'm also having more and more trouble resisting the show before I finish the books.

Homeoplasmine.  I speak about this French pharmacie favourite endlessly, but it really is the best product for the inevitable dry, chapped skin you'll get from blowing your nose.  My hands have also gotten awkwardly dry this weekend -- you know when the webby skin at the base of your fingers gets dry? Yeah.  You can see how well-loved mine is.

Penhaligon's Elizabethan Rose Eau de Toilette -- the fresh, green cut of this soliflore makes me feel like I'm outside, enjoying the amazing weather with everyone else.  It settles into a not-to-sweet floral that smells more realistic than any other rose fragrance I've ever sprayed.


28 comments :

  1. Penhaligon's! That bottle looks so pretty. Want to sniff.

    Feel better soon!

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  2. Suck that you're so ill! Hope you feel better soon! Water is usually my secret for getting better too! :)

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    1. And by "suck" I meant "sucks that you're so ill". Ugh, the long weekend has me going crazy!

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    2. LOL me too! I'm like, ...why does it already feel like Thursday?

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  3. Yikes. I've been sick for the past few days too - not fun! Feel better soon!

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  4. I hope you feel better soon :( I'm addicted to Game Of Thrones but spoiled it all for myself by reading up on spoilers haha.

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    1. LOL It's probably better -- if I start a new show, I'll watch all the episodes at once if I don't spoil at least a couple of them for myself. I finished Nip/Tuck in like, a month!

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  5. Awww-feel better soon! xo
    Homeoplasmine-where do you get it? I'd love to try it!

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    1. It was discontinued, but it was re-released as Cicadermine, I think. I get mine from health food stores!

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  6. Feel better soon!~
    The eye mask looks interesting - I might pick one up just like that!

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  7. Oh dear, that sounds awful! Feel better soon!!!

    I must say though, you must be the most stunning sick person around. When I'm sick--even with just a cold--there is NO getting me to put on ANYTHING, let alone tinted moisturizer and cream blush and concealer and powder! If you wanna visit me when I'm sick, you do so at your own risk! :P

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    1. Hahaha I like that you stick to your guns! If I'm really, really sick -- like, can't be conscious for more than half an hour sick -- I definitely don't put anything on. But if I'm kind of up and about, technically "resting" then I usually end up playing with makeup =)!

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  8. Oh hahaha I thought the eye mask was a bra from that angle!
    Hope you feel better soon! x

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    1. LOL I think someone said that to me once! They were like, ...why do you have a tiny little bra on your desk?

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  9. Aww I'm so sorry to hear you were sick! That drag queen voice comment cracked me up so bad!

    Glad you found stuff that works for you! I usually give up on everything when I am sick, which makes me feel worse :p

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  10. Get better soon!
    ps love that eye mask! At first I was like...what do bra shapers have to do with sick day essentials?? haha

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    1. LOL everyone who sees it thinks its a tiny bra. That's what makes it so comfortable though!

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  11. Aw, being sick sucks :-( I hope you feel better soon! X

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  12. Sorry to hear you are not well, sending you healthy vibes!
    The Penhaligon sounds nice, I keep meaning to try some of their scents as I have had a few of their showergels in the past which have been quite nice x

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    1. Thank you! They definitely help =)

      Their scents are just so light. I like to reapply my fragrance throughout the day as a little pick-me-up but I'm very conscious about doing it with a stronger fragrance. These disappear a little quickly, but I don't even mind because I can keep spritzing myself with rose fragrance all day!

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  13. I hope you feel better already! And I love the LM Secret Camouflage :-)

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    1. Thanks! It's one of my favourite items, but I recently broke the clasp and now it won't close!

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  14. I hope you are getting better soon dear!
    That penhaligon bottle is so pretty! I love the smell :) Yes water is very important for you to recover, make sure you stay hydrated. Get well soon!

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