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Are we here yet? Yes we are! Hello January 2022! 2021 definitely was a year full of highs and lows for most people, but it’s fair to say it came and went quickly. Who knows what 2022 will bring. I can only hope it’s mostly good stuff. Personally, I could write about how I want to lose weight, go to the gym and eat more vegetables, but this isn’t THAT type of blog. So instead, I thought it would be good to think about some of the things I want to change or focus on, when it comes to skincare, bath, body products and even my beloved wax stash!
Sun Protection!
The sun doesn’t come out to play and cause damage to the skin just in the months between May – September. You can suffer from sun damage even when it’s cloudy and the sun isn’t beating down on your face. So I want to find and use a sunscreen designed for the face that protects me from the damage the sun can do to the skin, but also provide skincare benefits. AND leave no white caste on the skin. It needs to be affordable too. No point in finding a product which I love, it costs £20 a pop and then when it runs out I can’t afford to repurchase it.
I have a massive bottle of a spf50 sun cream at home which I use in the Summer but I want to use something for my face all year round. Why is this important? I want to look after my skin more. I’m not getting younger and I want my skin to be in the best possible shape it can be and this is step number 1. If you do anything to help your skin stay healthy and look good, protect it from the sun with the right sun protection. This is on my to buy list for 2022.
Buy Skincare Because It Targets A Problem Not Because It’s Pretty Or Appealing.
Oh this is a big one! I love skincare. I also love products with different textures, I l love nice packaging. So I will be honest. A lot of the time I buy something because I want it not because I need it. I’ve been lucky that my skin hasn’t had too many concerns so I can get away with trying different things and not needing particular things to help with xyz. But that’s not the case anymore, and I have issues I want resolving. So I need to focus on those and not have my head turned by a good deal, a brand or a new product if it doesn’t potentially offer a solution to a problem I suffer with.
If It Doesn’t Work, Bin It!
I know this seems so wasteful, but I have too many opened products floating around that I didn’t like or they didn’t work for me. So why are they still here? Unless it’s something that hasn’t been opened and used, or possibly the packaging means I haven’t touched the product, then I could pass it on to a friend. But for hygiene and space reasons BIN! I don’t want to open a museum or a chemist.
Stop Hoarding Get Using!
This goes for everything for me including skincare, body care, bath and shower products and worst of all wax melts! I couldn’t tell you how many body butters or lotions I have in drawers. And wax melts….oh my goodness lets not start there! The problem is you have, say, a box of wax melts. You buy a few more. Forget about the original ones. Get gifted some, buy some more and then you are overrun with them. Same with anything and everything. So use, use, and use some more.
Open More Open Boxes.
Just in case you didn’t know, there are quite a few small businesses who do something called an open box. Lots of wax vendors do this, and all it means is you can add to your order whenever and how often you like. Each time you add to the order you pay for whatever you’ve added. And when you are ready to have the whole lot shipped out, you close the open box by paying the postage and then it gets delivered. This is such a great way to ekk out purchases. It’s budget friendly, affordable and you can time your open box according to special occasions e.g birthday, special offers or sales.
So I know these don’t sound like the most exciting goals, but these should improve how much money is in my wallet, how much space I have in my home and the best possible products will be on my skin so better results. Not ground breaking, but practical, worthwhile AND achievable! Happy Goal Setting!