Today’s topic came about when Mum and I were chatting about our skincare routines. Dad overheard our conversation and exclaimed “Can you please tell your mother not to use so much creams? She applies so many layers and the smell is suffocating me at night!“. This isn’t the first time he’s complained about this. I can’t even remember how much he’s complained about my mother’s lotions and potions already!
This made me wonder … does your partner/boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife/housemate/roommate complain about the amount of skincare products you use on your face? Do they find the scent too strong for their liking?
To be honest, Tim isn’t a fan of my evening skincare routine either. It’s not so much a matter of how they smell but more of how they look and feel to the touch. As I tend to apply lotions and creams in the evenings that are richer than my day ones, my skin does look shiny and can often feel slightly sticky to the touch. It doesn’t bother me at all but suffice it to say, he’s not a fan. He has mentioned on several occasions that my face looks and feels very oily during bedtime even though I didn’t think it was that bad.
At the risk of too much information, before, erm, “night cuddles” (ahem), I actually have to blot my face down to remove the excess oil because apparently, my sticky, lotioned-up face is not very appealing. Oh the cheek!
So here’s my question: does your partner find your evening skincare routine annoying? Does he/she complain about your shiny-perhaps-slightly-sticky-from-night-creams face? Or does he/she not even care? Perhaps you live with a housemate; does he/she find the smell of your products overpowering?
By the way, I had permission from my folks to blog about this. In fact, Dad’s been bugging Mum, who has been bugging me on when I’m going to blog about this because he said that there has to be people who hate this from their partners too. Mum’s response to Dad usually shuts him up for a while.
“WHY DO YOU THINK YOUR WIFE’S SKIN LOOK THIS GOOD AT THIS AGE?”.
*sound of crickets*
And I’m sticking to that excuse! 😛
Hahaha. My husband is annoyed when it’s time for bed and I go ‘just gonna take my makeup off’ and half an hour later… he’s like ‘where are you??’. You know, just makeup removing, cleansing, toning, seruming, moisturising….etc and then I had to lay in bed on my back for about 10 minutes to let everything soak in.
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Hahahaha I do exactly the same too except mine’s the bathroom. I’ll tell him “off to take a shower!” and 30 mins later I’m still not out. 😛
Hehe well surprisingly he’s not that bothered by the skincare routine (although I think he did describe the Emma Hardie cleansing balm looking like lard, the absolute cheek of him lol), it’s more the length of my makeup routine before we go out somewhere that he is massively not a fan of, in that if I get stuck trying to create the perfect eyeliner flick or whatever, he knows we are going to be late leaving to wherever we are going. And I hate being rushed so generally we are both walking out the door cranky. Oh and actually, he usually does emit a frightened shriek whenever I use three particular face masks – Glamglow, an Illici Sour Cherry one (which is red and makes everyone look like they’ve got a terrible disease) and my Lonvitalite sheet masks. Muahahaha.
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Hahahaha lard!! I haven’t tried the Glamglow on my husband yet (as in I freak the hell out of him with it on my face) but I’m so going to now! 😀
My husband is actually quite understanding, however, trying to make him use some of the products can be quite hilarious 😀
He tries to run away from the night cream 😛
xx
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Hahahaha that’s some lethal night cream! 😛
Haha. My hubby does complain about the oiliness and stickiness! A good way to turn him off night cuddles when I am not up for it, me thinks… :p ~
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Hahaha ding ding ding! 😀
My skincare routine is pretty fuss- and scent-free so nothing much for my boyfriend to grouse about. Interestingly though, he is the one who applies Vaseline religiously to his lips before bed (otherwise his lips crack, he claims) so I’m the one who grumbles a little when I can’t give him a proper goodnight kiss on the lips or when he can’t kiss ME when we’re lying in bed. But well, I guess it’s the price I have to pay since it’s to my advantage that he has soft, kissable lips the next day! *wink*
HAHAHAHAHA fab comment, Lynne! Small price to pay for good kisses the next day! 😉
My husband travels quite a bit so he’s not even aware of the stuff that I put on my face .. lol. So I’m of no help to your here .. lol.
Monica.
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Hahahahaha!
I was once reading Reader’s Digest for readers’ true life funny readings – There was a British woman who wore heavy hand cream and cotton gloves one night to moisturise her very dry hands. When she was going to bed, her husband saw her and instantly got out of bed. She asked him “where are you going?”. He replied, while putting on a bow tie “I didn’t know we’re starting to get so fancy” LOL
I’m single but there were once I scared my cousin while wearing sheet mask and friends/travel companions saying I have too many beauty products and spending too long getting ready for bed at night….But secretly my friends/cousins and mum try my beauty products I leave on my bathroom bench from my decreased night moisturiser jar and serum…. Sheet masks and rose hip oil (a few drops mixed with night moisturiser) are quickly absorbed onto my skin so I never appear shiny. I also tend to not buy any products with synthetic fragrance, only natural fragrance from organic or essential oils so the smell is not overpowering. My mum and grandma tend to always put a dab of Mont St Michel French eau de toilette after her shower before going to bed.
Hahahahah that’s a great story, thanks for sharing Amy! My my, bedtime sure is getting fancy, isn’t it? 😛
Oooh how very sophisticated of your mum and gran! Perfume before bed … so decadent, so luxurious. I love it!
My skincare routine is so quick and basic it doesn’t bother him the slightest to be honest! But I did change my face cream because it didn’t smell nice enough for him (“it smells like a grandma” were his words!)
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Tsk tsk grandma?? The CHEEK! 😛
My evening skincare routine does not bother my husband because there the products used on my face are usually not very fragrant or oily. But I did intentionally showed him my different face masks where I went from black (Origins Charcoal Mask) to white (Clarins Hydraquench Mask) and he went like ewww. LOL.
Hahaha I’d have loved to see his reaction when you went from really black to really white masks. I do that to Tim too and it freaks the hell out of him. That is one heck of an Instagram-worthy face! 😛
I think I’m pretty lucky here. My husband is either amused, neutral or downright approving of my night-time routine. He’s seen my skin go from terrible to pretty thanks to Clarisonic so he giggles at the “giant electric toothbrush for my face” but is approving of its use. He also loves the scent of H2O+ Face Oasis and will, when he has a sunburn, beg for the “nice ocean-smelling blue gel” to be applied to him.
Hahaha giant electric toothbrush! At least he didn’t actually suggest you try using an electric toothbrush on your face and not needing to spend that crazy amount of money on the Clarisonic (oh yeah, something Tim would totally say. Well, he’d tell it to my face now. Back when I got the Clarisonic, we weren’t married long enough yet :P). Ooh I like that nice ocean-smelling blue gel too. Your hubby knows the good stuff. 😉
haha i love this post! I just asked mr. bunny and he laughed, told me he uses more skincare than me (sometimes true, mostly not) and thought your post was great! I know sometimes if I put an overnight mask or really pile on the oil he’ll pat my face and pretend to be horrified by it. But really, i think i’m more bothered than him haha!
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Oh, this made me laugh!! I can completely relate! The more products I try the more baffled my partner is- he doesn’t seem to understand the constant change in textures and scents. He brought up the very same comments in his podcast- if you get the chance skip to about 13mins 40secs in the link below and check out the other side of the story 🙂 http://hashitout.com.au/hash-podcast-bacon-on-a-stick/
Haha right? Same here! To them it’s like, God forbid we ever walk out with brown muddy goo on our faces! 😛
hello! i’m a new visitor to your blog and i’ve been reading since this morning. 😉 i enjoy reading your post especially this one that it makes me laugh. i can definitely relate with the situation. my husband also complains my evening skincare products because he wants to kiss my cheeks! i look forward to your future posts…
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Hello Luchee and welcome to BA! Haha so glad you enjoyed the post. Tell him okay, you’ll wipe a tiny spot off your cheek so that he can kiss you. 😛