My Pamper Routine | January 2017

I feel like this time of year is perfect for having pamper evenings and I have been having a lot recently because it's the perfect mood for them (and also probably because I've been quite stressed lately). I usually do this once a week and it has become one of my favourite times of the week because I don't have to think about anything.

1. Usually I will start of my pamper evening with putting on my cozy dressing gown (it's from F&F at Tesco but I do want to get a new one) and choosing what products I want to have in my bath and usually that will include some bath soak (or sometimes a bubble bar from Lush) and a bath bomb from Lush

2. I will then start running the bath and putting in my bath soak/bubble bar and whilst the bath is running I will be choosing what products I want to use including what shower gel and scrub. 

3. When the bath has finished running I will throw in my bath bomb and wait for it to dissolve (which is always takes a long time!). While waiting I will set up my laptop in a good position so I can watch YouTube or Netflix in the bath and usually my laptop is on the toilet because it's a good way away from the bath.

4. In the bath I will just zone out from life whilst watching whatever I'm watching. I will also wash my body using the Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel and the Soap & Glory Scrub Of Your Life Body Scrub. Sometimes I will wash my hair (but it's not very good) and at the moment I have been using the Alberto Balsam Sunkissed Raspberry Shampoo & Conditioner.

5. After washing I will get out, take my laptop and towel to my room and simply relax whilst continuing watching whatever I've chosen, which on this day was some Vlogmas because I was very behind.

6. If I washed my hair when I'm in the bath I will brush through it with a Tangle Teezer and briefly dry it with my hairdresser but I do leave most of it to air dry as I don't like putting too much heat on it.

7. I will put my pyjamas on afterwards and at the moment I'm wearing these pyjamas from Primark and they're really cosy and not too tight which I like. 

8. Lastly to relax I will read a book and at the moment I'm reading Bridget Jones' Diary which I'm really enjoying and I don't like reading in the bath because I'm scared I'm going to drop the book in the bath and ruin it. 

So that's everything I usually do on my pamper afternoons/evenings; obviously I don't do this every single time but I will always have a bath and most of the other stuff I will usually do.

Girls Night In Tips

Today I'm going to be giving advice on how to have the best girls night in ever and I'll be giving you some tips and ideas. Obviously you could have a girls night in anytime of the year but they're really cool to have in the autumn as it's cold outside and who likes the cold? (I know lots of people do but I don't!)

As soon as your guests arrive get them to drop their phone into a bucket and then they're no allowed to use it the whole night apart from emergencies. These means you will actually be spending quailty time together and the whole world doesn't need 1000 snapchats/Instagrams from your night in.

Or on a completely different level you could ban any electronics however this means you won't be able to watch films or listen to music but what you will get out of it is a stronger friendship and loads of lol's.

Before the sleepover/night in why don't you get some matching pyjamas for all of your guests because in photos it will look super Tumblr and everyone will be like goals. A cheap place to buy these pyjamas is Primark and they do some really cute ones for good prices.

Make sure you have loads of sweets/popcorn/drinks because you don't want your guests to starve and a night in is the perfect night just to binge and not really care about what you eat. Make sure you get food and drink that you know your guests like and have plenty of it. 

Also plan what movies you want to watch beforehand because arguing at a sleepover will not be fun and you're going to enjoy it and it will be awkward for the rest of the time. Plan a list of movies everyone wants to watch and check before you actually have it or it's on Netflix because you don't want to spoil everyone's excitement.

A fun activity to do is to have an at home spa. Have some face masks (with cucumber) and nail polish at hand so you can all do each other facials, manicures and pedicures. This is also something fun to do if you are having a no electronics night.

Lastly another activity to do that doesn't use any electronics is play a board game. Okay this might cause some arguments but if you put a spin on it, it will turn out more fun and everyone's going to be laughing not arguing. If you are using electronics you can play on your xbox/playstation.

They are my tips on how to have a great girls night in and if you are going to be having one anytime soon I hope it's really fun and let me know on Twitter (@_louisecarter_) if you used any of my tips.

My Pamper Routine

Everyone deserves a pamper evening and even if you are so busy you can still make time for one as afterwards you will feel a lot better and a lot less stressed. I have also done a blog post on Ways To Relax and De-Stress so read that if you want to be de-stressed as this post is all I do on my pamper evening but some of the points do link.

First of all I like to choose a dressing gown, slippers and pyjamas (that I forgot to take a picture off) so I'm really comfy and it's the dressing gown and slippers are good for before I take a bath (oooh spoilers) as I don't want to be wearing the clothes I was wearing that day or walking around naked so a dressing gown and slippers are my best friend. This dressing gown is from F&F at Tesco and my slippers are from Primark and were in my Primark Haul.

I then like to run a bubble bath because I think no pamper evening is complete without a bath as they're very relaxing and you don't get to take a bath everyday so it's a nice treat, especially with a lovely Lush (or any other brand but I like to use Lush) bath bomb and also some lovely bath soak/creme. The bath creme I used was from Tesco and it was the My Senses Shea Butter and Almond Blossom one and I used the last of it so I need to get a new one.

While my bath is running I choose all of the products which I want to use including the bath bomb. Yes I know it's not Christmas but I did use one of the Lush Christmas bath bombs as I still have a view left and this one is the Luxury Lush Pud which made lots of colours and had a very nice scent. I also used a bunch of other products because I like using a lot to pamper myself.

Bath Bomb- Luxury Lush Pud from Lush

Face Wipes- P.S. Love Your Skin Deep Cleansing Face Wipes

Bath Crystals- Beauty Boutique Bath Crystals

Shower Gel- Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel

Bath Creme- Tesco My Senses Bath Creme in Shea Butter and Almond Blossom

Body Scrub- Zoella Scrubbing Me Softly Body Scrub

You probably all know how much I listen to music and as Little Mix put it perfectly 'Music is my drug.' so obviously I would listen to some during my pamper evening. Most people would put on a relaxing, calm playlist but I put on my main playlist, which has over 240 songs, which has a mixture of fast and slow songs and I do like having a bit of a sing song in the bath.

When I come out of the bath I like to do my skincare routine as a pamper routine is about taking care of yourself I also want to take care of my skin and even though I do this everyday, I still like to do it during a pamper evening. Most people would probably do a face mask but to be completely honest I'm not the biggest fan of them and they don't really do that much to your skin or so I heard.

I will then have a nice drink and a naughty little treat. I do eat quite bad on a pamper evening (being honest I eat naughty all of the time) which I know is not the best but sometimes I do have fruit but we didn't have any fruit I like (I'm very picky) so I had an Easter egg which is very naughty and you're probably wondering why I had an Easter egg, it was Good Friday when I took all of the pictures.

I will then sit on my bed with my drink and treat and watch something. Sometimes I watch Friends or any other TV programs or a film but today I wanted to watch some YouTube so I watched some Samantha Maria (formerly known as Beautycrush), Amanda Steel, Fifth Harmony and Estee Lalonde as they were the latest videos to watch in my subscription box. 

When I'm in the bath I usually think of a lot of ideas so I like to write them down in my notebook as otherwise I will forget, I've learnt my lesson from this. I'll also write any other thoughts down as the bath is where I get my best thoughts so I need to get them down. This notebook is from Tesco and I love it as it's very Kate Spade-esc (I love the Kate Spade designs) and it was only £1.50 which is amazing for a super cute notebook.

Lastly I will just sort out my hair as I forgot to mention I do usually wash my hair in the bath (not my favourite thing to do but I like washing my hair which is weird) so I need to sort it out if it hasn't airdryed well. As I said I like to air dry it while I'm doing all of my other things as I don't want to put lots of heat on it especially as their hairdryer gets really hot and might damage my hair if i do that all the time.

Shampoo- Boots Apple Shampoo

Conditioner- Boots Apple Conditioner

Tangle Teezer- Topshop

Hairbrush- Primark

That's how I like to pamper myself when I feel like I need a bit of TLC and to relax. Hopefully you got some tips and I really like reading/watching these so I hope you enjoyed mine. The good thing was I got a pamper evening out of this and that Easter egg was very nice.