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The Perfect Low Budget Facial

Here's to a successful mental health day.

Brooke Burney

Dec 19, 2018

Oklahoma State

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Most college students are running on low energy and low budgets, and most of those college students take a mental health day. Luckily, there are many cheap things you can buy to make your mental health/ spa day the best it can be. Thank goodness for dollar stores! This is the facial routine that I use that works for me plus some relaxing activities to make your day off the best it can be.

1. Exfoliate Your Face

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Whether you're taking a shower or just washing your face, exfoliating leaves your skin feeling nice and soft, removing all of the dead skin off of your face. Be careful not to exfoliate more than every two or three days. If you exfoliate every day, it might start cutting into your face and leaving it red.

Here's some cheap facial exfoliators!

2. Steam Your Face

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There are facial steamers like this one that you can buy on Amazon but the cheaper option is to grab a pot and boil some water. Once the water is boiling, you can either keep it in the pot or pour it in a bowl. Then, you place your face over the hot water and put a towel over your head to keep the steam in. Sit there for 10-15 minutes. This opens your pores and helps clear out some of the trapped dirt. You can also add essential oils if you want. Essential oils like peppermint, tea tree, lavender, and eucalyptus can help with allergies, acne, colds, and more!

3. Face Mask

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When your skin is clean and the remaining dirt is loose, put a face mask on! Here is a list of some relatively cheap face masks, most of which can be found at your local drug or dollar store. Most tubes last a really long time. If you have blackheads, I highly recommend using Biore strips. These strips pull them right out of your nose.

4. Moisturize

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After your face routine, be sure to moisturize! You can use whatever moisturizer you have but facial lotion or toners are recommended.

5. Mental Health Day Continued...

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This is the facial routine that I like to use whenever I take a mental health day. However, if you want more relaxation, keep reading!

6. Take a Bath

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I don't take baths often, but when I do, it's for pure relaxation. Maybe use a bath bomb and drink some tea while soaking in the hot water!

7. Jam Out

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Sing, dance, or just listen to your favorite songs!

8. Watch Your Favorite Show

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Now is the time to binge watch your favorite TV show or watch a movie. Just lounge around, today is your day!

9. Read a Book

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You finally have a day to read that book you've been putting off.

10. Get Your Nails Done

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There is nothing like getting your nails done!

11. Your Hobby

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Write in your journal, take some photos, take a nap, go for walk, whatever you like to do! This day belongs to you, enjoy it!

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The Perfect Low Budget Facial

Here's to a successful mental health day.

1. Exfoliate Your Face

2. Steam Your Face

3. Face Mask

4. Moisturize

5. Mental Health Day Continued...

6. Take a Bath

7. Jam Out

8. Watch Your Favorite Show

9. Read a Book

10. Get Your Nails Done

11. Your Hobby

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Appreciation for some of life's most discredited pleasures.

1. Sun showers

2. Smiles

3. Tight hugs

4. Discovering new foods you like.

5. Laying in bed after a long day.

6. And being completely relaxed

7. "This reminded me of you"

8. Breakfast foods

9. Over-sized clothes

10. Contagious laughs

11. Car rides with that one person

12. Random (I miss you/ I love you) texts

13. The city at night

14. Surprises

15. Blanket cocoons

16. Good hair days

17. Really good coffee

18. Days where you're in a good mood naturally and for no particular reason

19. Conquering a fear

20. When they give you a lot of guac at Chipotle

21. Being so comfortable with someone that you can literally talk about anything

22. Home-cooked meals

23. Tattoo stories

24. Leaves changing color in fall

25. Butterflies in your stomach

26. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches

27. When you can't stop laughing

Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

Coors Light Summer Brew:

Leinenkugel Summer Shandy

Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat

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Sam Adams Summer Ale

Hell or High Watermelon

Blue Moon Summer Honey

LandShark Lager

Corona

75 degrees and sunny, plus, no humidity. I mean do I really need to say more?

Perfect Weather

You'll get an effortless tan

You can exercise with a view

You don't have to worry about bug bites

In n Out all day, every day

We have outdoor concerts

We live where people vacation

Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

5. “I can’t wait to fall in love with you, you can’t wait to fall in love with me.”

6. “Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on.”

7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

8. “We ain’t ever getting older.”

9. “I didn’t know that I was starving until I tasted you.”

10. “Didn’t they tell you I’m a savage?"

11. “I’m gonna make you miss me.”

12. "Cheers to the freakin weekend.”

13. “Love’s a game. Wanna play?”

14. “You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to.”

15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

16. “Trippin’ on skies, sippin’ waterfalls."

17. “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days.”

18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

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Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)