• water/ tea
• water bottle for liquids when in bed
• cold/flu meds
• minimal food intake
• garlic pills
• more water 

Most of the above are self explanatory, but the flu/ bad colds can affect a person differently. One might gets the runs while another loses their hearing temporarily (I lost my hearing and sense of smell, but was so hungry because I could still taste).

Just to help your body out, you need to keep fluid intake up up, more than you usually would, and should reduce food intake in case you get the runs, but you need to feed yourself to keep yourself strong while your body fights the bad germs! Garlic pills are helpful too, but careful as they are a blood thinner. It didn't stop me--I took about 60. Don't do that.

Hello all! It's that time again where I look carefully at my empties (trash!!! recycling!!!) and give some short thoughts. Enjoy!

Hello all! I thought I'd share a quick haul from literally the day before yesterday, from my local grocery store, mostly before I let the photos sit in my camera roll for a few weeks and it becomes tiresome to write! 💦💦💦



skincare


simple cleansing facial wipes & micellar water 

I'm hella cheap (just like saving those coins!!!); there was a $2 off any Simple product the other day at my local grocery store so I bought both of these bad boys. I've never used the wipes (yet) but I've been using the micellar water for a while now--this will be my fourth bottle.

Hello all!! Tony Moly, as always, offers a generous range of affordable products with its cute, fun packaging--a key element to its brand. I've been a fan of its hand creams for a while now and also the I'm Real Sheet Masks, as of late. I really love all the animal themed products too.

I picked up Tony Moly My Little Pet Eye Patch fairly recently from my local ULTA store but had been stashing it away for a special day of pampering and self care. It's been especially tough at work lately (mostly physically and mentally) and while pushing myself, my immune system and skin majorly suffers...💦💦💦💦 Tonight, I decided to pull this gel eye patch set from the depths of my stash and try it out! This is will be a full review but leaning towards a first impression review.

This evening, as I back up my laptop so I can send it to HP tech tomorrow (issues with the fan, causing it to make noises), I thought I'd whip up a quick first impressions review on Etude House's Vital Water Special Trial Kit.  🍑🍑🍑🍑

Over the past couple of months, despite switching a couple of products here and there (excluding ones I had been testing for those 0.8L reviews), I think I've finally managed to narrow down a solid routine with products that actually show results.

I'd thought I'd now share my current routine which includes products that I like, and either have repurchased or plan to repurchase.  My routine is kind of short and should include a few more items, but generally I'm living in a constant state of tiredness, so this is enough for now.


routine

if makeup:

• kose softymo or holika holika soda pore cream
• e.l.f. hydrating daily face cleanser
• silicone cleansing sponge thing or konjac sponge (not pictured)

 if no makeup:

• cosrx low ph cleanser

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• kikumasamune high moisture lotion
• hada labo gokujun lotion 
• 1004 laboratory acai berry 90 protecting ampoule
• mizon snail recovery gel (not pictured)
• vant 36.5 advanced moisture cream
• hada labo gokujun milk
• laneige water sleeping pack