People assume an esthetician’s bathroom is full of serums. Mine mostly isn’t. Most of what my skin needs happens in the treatment room; at home I keep it short, and I keep the things that make the routine feel like a ritual rather than a chore.
Here is what is on my counter this month. Nothing here is sponsored, and none of it is sold in the studio. These are just the things I keep buying again.
I don’t wear fragrance in the treatment room, so this is the first thing I put on when I get home. Two sprays on the wrists, never on the face.
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Mandarin rind, rosemary and cedar. I wash my hands forty times a day, and this is the one that doesn’t leave them tight.
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A sheer brown tint that looks like your lips, only better rested. One lives by the sink, one in every coat pocket.
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Rings come off for every facial, so the ones I keep have to earn their spot on the counter. This sculptural silver one always goes back on.
Shop at jenny-bird.comThe best routine is the one you enjoy enough to do every night.