My Morning Routine

My Morning Routine!

I was just pondering ideas for new blog posts a little bit ago when I came across the idea to write about your morning routine. My morning routine is pretty much dependent on what classes I have that day and what time I have to get up, but it's fairly consistent. So, without further ado, here is my morning routine for you guys! 

1. Wake up and quietly sneak out of the bedroom so I don't wake up AA.

My classes start a couple of hours before her's do so she gets to sleep longer than me. Plus, she's one of those girls that can wake up 20 minutes or less before class starts and be there on time. Me? Not so much. 

2. Use the bathroom and wash hands! 

I always wake up with a full bladder so I have to get that out of my system and I always make sure to wash my hands afterwards (not that I don't usually), because I know I will be touching my face while doing my makeup so I don't want to get germs all over my face. 

3. Take out retainer and brush teeth

Yes I have had my braces off for 4 years now and yes I do still wear my retainers. My teeth and head hurt so much when I forget to wear my retainers and I do not want to have my teeth shifting around on me. My retainers make my breath and mouth taste so gross though, so I have to brush my teeth really well when I wake up in the morning. 

4. Makeup routine! 

This is the part of my morning that takes the longest to accomplish. I used to do my makeup super fast and just rush out the door, but I realized that if I take my time with my makeup, it looks so much better and it lasts longer throughout the day.I always watch YouTube videos while I am getting ready, which is likely one of the reasons it takes me so long to get ready. I plan on writing a different post about my full makeup routine, because if I wrote it all out here, this post would be incredibly long. 

5. Put on clothes

This one tends to vary in position. Depending on what I'm wearing, sometimes I have to put my clothes on before I do my makeup, so I won't mess it up when I put my head through the shirt hole or whatever. I usually put my clothes on after my makeup and before my hair though.

6. Hair-do

This one sometimes varies in position in my routine as well. Sometimes I do my hair before my makeup so I can know if I need to blend out my makeup on my neck really well or not. Most of the time, I definitely put my clothes on before I fix my hair, especially if I'm wearing it up, so I don't mess it up.

7. Deodorant and perfume

About this time in my routine I am running late because my hair wouldn't cooperate or I spent too long on my makeup, but I don't leave the room without putting on deo and spraying some perfume on. 

8. Put on jewelry or shove it in my pocket to put on in class

Most days I don't have time to put my jewelry on before class so I just put it in my pocket as I'm running out the door and put it on when I get to class. I wear pretty much the same jewelry every day so it's a routine I'm used to. 

9. Put on shoes

By this point of the routine I have about 2 minutes before I absolutely must leave the room or else I will be late, so I'm pretty much frantically tip-toeing around our dorm room trying not to wake AA up and get out the door to be on time to class.

10. Grab backpack, breakfast, meds, water bottle and head to class! 

My normal breakfast on Monday, Wednesday, Friday is a pack of granola bars, because I can grab them while I head out the door and eat them in class. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I usually have time to actually eat cereal or a bagel because class doesn't start until 10. I take some allergy meds, because screw you pollen, and some Hair, Skin, and Nails gummy vitamins to help my hair thicken back up. I always carry a refillable water bottle with me to class and we have a Brita pitcher in the room to keep filtered water in the bottle. Then I get my backpack out of the room and head to class, generally running late, but hey, what are you gonna do about it? 

~Em