Romy Raves

For the last ten years or so, I’ve had a weekly ritual that every Sunday night is my pampering night. With few exceptions, every Sunday after my son goes down to sleep, I spend a couple of hours indulging myself in beauty treatments. I always do some sort of face exfoliation, a face mask, a hair mask and sometimes a big yummy bath with intoxicating oils that relax and transport me. Whether it’s one treatment or five, I always make sure I get some ‘me’ time on Sunday nights to unwind and prep for the upcoming week.

So that you can partake in a DIY Spa Ritual of your own, I have created a list of some of my favorite homespun spa treatments and rituals that you can easily do yourself at home. Take a look at my list, see what inspires you and share some of your DIY spa rituals and beauty routines too!

ROMY’S FAVORITE AT HOME SPA RITUALS

• Make sure to carve out a regular weekly or monthly time slot to pamper and indulge yourself, you won’t regret it!

• Start with an aromatherapy or a detox bath. I love using the refreshing yet relaxing combo of orange and lavender essential oils in my bath, ahhhh! And, when I want to detox, I use a minty essential oil of some sort and a few cups of Epsom salt to pull out the impurities

• After your skin is soft and warmed up, it’s time to break out those loofah gloves baby! You can find them at your local drug store
• When I get out of the bath and my skin is moist, I love to spritz my skin with a hydrating cocktail of water mixed with a few drops of my favorite fragrance or essential oil to keep my skin supple and smelling yummy
• Make sure to put on an oversized soft and snuggly robe, so that you can truly emulate that at-home spa experience

• Create the perfect canvas for product absorption with regular exfoliation. I always make sure to exfoliate my face on my pampering nights with either a microderm scrub, an enzyme scrub, or a peel

• Sometimes I add a lip scrub into the mix (you can easily make one by combining brown sugar, a dash of cinnamon & oil) or use a dry toothbrush on your lips

• I follow-up my face scrub with whatever type of mask my skin needs, which usually is a hydration mask of some sort

• There are so many great recipes online to guide you through how to create your own fresh masks at home or visit your neighborhood drugstore for effective and affordable options
• While my mask is doing it’s thing, I like treat my eyes with sliced cucumbers to reduce puffiness or just a fun mask to block out the light

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Neutrogena is one of those brands that I have grown up with and it holds a special place in my heart because it was among the first anti-aging skincare lines that I ever tried. And let me tell you, it has come a long way baby! The brand has remained a constant and respected mass skincare brand for a long time and I have continually been impressed by how well this brand has kept up with innovation, technology and skincare trends. I am especially fond of their sunblock products and the light as air formulation of Fresh Cooling Body Mist Sunblock SPF 45 is among my all time favorite go to products for full body SPF protection.

So given my affinity for this brand, I was delighted to be asked to review Neutrogena’s latest foray into the green beauty skincare category with Neutrogena Naturals

This is an exciting new eco friendly line of skincare products from Neutrogena that harnesses the power of naturally occurring bionutrients to deliver safe and effective results without harsh chemical sulfates, parabens, petrochemicals, dyes or phthalates. Bionutrients are highly concentrated chemical compounds found in nature that are essential for healthy-looking skin and they promote skin resilience and support replenishment and detoxification of the skin.

The Neutrogena Naturals line has seven better for you products and here are four of my favorites:

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As most of you know, I am currently the West Coast Brand Ambassador for AVON and I am totally delighted to be working with this established brand. I love their long history and lineage and I especially like that they constantly come out with exciting new, innovative, fun and affordable products. Lately, there have been so many new products, I can barely keep up. Following are my picks of my fav new products from AVON’s current releases. Check out all this great assortment of seasonal products that I have personally curated for you, and consider treating yourself to one of these affordable indulgences!

Strappy Colorblocked Wedge ($39.99)

Aren’t these strappy wedges the cutest?? I love the festive and bright spring colors (tangerine orange is the ‘it’ color of the season BTW) and the totally on trend straw-covered platform wedge. I will definitely be rocking these fab shoes with my maxi dresses this Spring and Summer = HOT!

Floral Scarf ($19.99)

This beautiful watercolor scarf also incorporates the hottest on trend colors of the season and it totally says Spring to me! I think this yummy scarf will brighten up your Spring wardrobe or make the perfect cover-up for your Springtime outfits.

Rebecca Minkoff Delight Bag ($60)

I am loving this slightly edgy rock-n-roll feeling purse that Rebecca Minkoff designed especially for mark. It’s the perfect size purse that can take you from day to night and I just love the metal stud accents, super cool and very hip! I  LOVE carrying this bag!

ANEW Genics Eye Treatment ($36)

I am smitten with AVON’s new Genics line because I am totally seeing results! I have noticed that my eyes appear brighter and the lines around my eyes are softer. The active ingredient in the Genics Eye Treatment is called Youthgen™ Technology and it is designed to help your skin cells act younger and potentially undo up to 10 years of aging form the look of your eyes (I’ll take that, won’t you?) This potent little cream diminishes fine lines, wrinkles and crow’s-feet and re-energizes, smooths and brings back elasticity to the eye area.

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