I Took On 10 New Accounts at Work This Month And It’s Kicking My Butt Here’s 4 Products I Use To Keep Myself Looking Bright, Fresh, and Awake

Wakey wakey friends!

I hope you’re doing well over there. That your work week was productive, that you had plenty of time for play, that you were treated well and your treated others just as well, and that you were the good humans I know you are!

I’m not a morning person at all but I push myself to get an early start to my day. Every morning I’m up at 4:45AM to get my day going! I get my workout in, my morning meditation, I start taking pics for the blog and writing articles, and prepare for the day ahead. At exactly 8:00 every day I start my real workday (no, I don’t blog full time).

If it were up to me I’d rock n’ roll all night and party my way through sleeping in the day. I hate mornings with a passion. I’m built for the night but in my adult version of the world, I have to be up early and get my day going. One thing I love about being on the West Coast is the fact that the days seem so much longer! My biggest complaint about being an East Coast dweller is that the time goes by so fast and it feels like there are simply not enough hours in the day to get everything done. Not the case here on the West Coast! I feel like I have hours and hours to get what I want to be done and still have hours and hours left over. It’s a novelty but it also means I don’t always look my best.

Me getting up at 4:30 AM here means that it’s 1:30 AM back home. Yeah, not fun. Basically, my body is telling me, “Hey! You should be sleeping!” I’ve been trying to get a video chat in with a wonderful, incredible online friend (see her pic below) that lives in Denmark (She’s an actress, one of her films is on Amazon! Go watch it! I wish you know her because if you did you’d be amazed at her transformation in the film!). We get into the discussions about life, the universe, and how maybe 42 isn’t the answer after all (Haha..I know I piss all my fellow geeks off when I say that! I got nice hate e-mails about it! I promise, I don’t believe that! 42 REALLY is the answer!). In all seriousness, she’s one of those people you connect with and all the superficial BS of the platform you met up on goes away for a moment, it’s background noise, and what really comes through are the discussions you have sharing feelings with one another. Anyway! I think it would be far easier for her if I just stayed up until 1AM or something to do the call and my mind is fine with that as I’m still living that East Coast time zone over here but I know in the morning my body and face won’t thank me. I stayed up a bit last night to catch a little bit of a Live a creator did on Instagram but man, I’m obviously old because decided the best thing for my body and my mind was to go to bed so I wasn’t looking like a zombie this morning.

This month was a good month for work. I took on ten rather big corporate accounts and yeah, it’s kicking my butt but I love a challenge and I never shy away from hard work. It does mean the blog has been suffering a little content-wise lately but I’m def powering through things over here. It’s a lot to take on for someone who is self-employed with a smaller workforce but I LOVE the hard work and I know I’ll do great by these accounts. I’m sorry if that comes across as vain but the one place I know I excel at is work.

So, kicking my butt at work also means I look run down lately. Puffy eyes, puffy face, a bit pale, and day I say haggard? I’m simply amazed that my boyfriend can wash his hair, face, and body with a bar of Irish Spring soap and proceed to look like a 19-year-old but I have to apply 25 different lotions and potions to look half as good.

This is not fair.

I don’t like it.

Who do I complain to?

But Here’s How I keep myself looking bright, fresh, and awake when I feel like I’m looking tired AF.

Puffy Eyes
Oh, you awful, terrible things! One thing about having eyes as big as mine is that puffiness is a problem. In the morning when I first wake up I could probably take a trip around the world in 80 days with this baggage. I’m convinced Yerba Mate Wake Up Eye Gel helps. I leave it in my skin fridge so it’s nice and cool! It’s a lightweight gel I typically apply before my eye cream. I used to love the eye serum Good Molecules Wake Up Eye Serum but I think they simply replaced it with the eye gel. I admit I did prefer the eye serum but the gel is lovely as well. I could be delusional but I’m convinced this helps with my puffiness so much! After it sets I apply Tarte Wink of H?O Vegan Collagen Eye Cream which I’m equally convinced does wonders on puffiness not to mention it’s really hydrating! These are my two buddies in the AM and the first thing that touches under my eyes. Of course, of COURSE, my bestest friend on the planet is Tarte Shape Tape Concealer. I have yet to find a concealer that is as pigmented and as long-wearing as Shape Tape. It pretty much wipes the tired right out from under my eyes and makes me look awake, bright, fresh, and like I had 12 hours of sleep!

Firming Up Your Face
I hate admitting this but you know I tell you guys everything but here goes! I look puffy in the morning when I’m tired. I don’t mean my under eyes just my entire face kind of looks puffy and less than firm. It sort of reminds me of a child that cried too hard, went down for a nap, and woke up all puffy. That’s me! I use a lot of lotions and potions to get myself looking much better in the AM but the very best thing I can do for my face is splashing very cold water on my face as soon as I wake up in the morning and I do again after I get out of the shower. On the daily, I mourn J.One Jelly Pack Firming Skin Primer. It was my best friend. It was discontinued sadly! It made my face look so much smoother and less droopy-looking when I was tired. I replaced it with E.L.F. Jelly Pop Primer and I swear this stuff just makes my skin look so much smoother and plumped up. I was so sad when it disappeared after its initial Summer launch back in 2019 but it seems permanent now and I stocked up as soon as the relaunch happened! Believe me, if you have issues with your skin looking puffy, tired, and less than firm try this under your foundation.

Brighter Skin Makes You Look More Awake and Healthier
Brighter skin is best achieved using great skincare but sometimes we all need a little push in the morning to look brighter and more awake. One of my absolute favorite foundations that I’ve been using without fail for a long time now is Makeup Revolution Conceal & Hydrate Foundation. I love this stuff. It’s light, creamy, and provides the perfect canvas for my makeup but most importantly it makes my skin look bright and healthy! If you look at my recent Tiktok I did I’m wearing it and I think it makes my skin look so natural and beautiful!

I’d love it if you shared some of the ways you keep your face and skin looking beautiful and awake when you’re feeling a bit tired!

Do comment them below!