Have you thought about this one?
After I apply my Elseve royal jelly serum through my hair, I wash my hands. Then, when I apply my body lotion before bed, I do the same – wash my hands.
Here’s my logic for this quick and easy tip.
I may not go straight to sleep after my night routine and I usually don’t. So, after applying serums and lotions on my hair and body, I might do anything from touch my face to eat something like a fruit and I don’t really want to transfer chemicals or lotions from my hands to my face or to ingest it.
It doesn’t call for much really, just 2 seconds to pop into the bathroom, wash your hands and pop back out.
Do you do that? Will you, now that you’ve thought about it? Thoughts in a comment below!
Paris B
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yup yup! I do that too! I wash my hands before I wash my face with cleanser, wash it after I use hair serum, wash it after body lotion as well ^^ Wash it after using leave-in conditioner too O.o
Hi Esther
Wow that’s a lot of handwashing!
I usually only wash my hands if I don’t go straight to bed 
Twitter: huixin
January 12, 2010 at 9:55 am
i do wash my hands after applying hair serum…but not after body lotion. sometimes my fruits smell of my body lotion. LOL. but so far im still alive and kicking….
LOL Prettybeautiful
I guess I’m just a little too paranoid to handle fruits etc with lotioned hands
Twitter: giddytigress
January 12, 2010 at 10:10 am
but if you put hand lotion before you sleep, you don’t wash them after that, right?
Hey giddy tigress
Nope – not if I go straight to bed
I do the same! well most of the time, not unless its bedtime and I’m sure i won’t be doing anything
Hey Nikki
LOL Yep I guess I should have said that – only if I don’t go straight to bed
Twitter: lipglosseater
January 12, 2010 at 11:01 am
Yup i do!! I usually wash my hands after applying hair serum! And i usually put on my body lotion and hand cream right before i go to bed, so i don’t wash my hands after! haha!!
Hey Jenn
I guess the only thing that gets to me is the hair serum which I feel a bit grossed out by – glad to know I’m not alone
For hair serum i wash off because it tends to be a little sticky. But if face lotion i will rub it again my legs so it feels clean after doing that
Hi Cat
That’s a nice tip too! Face + leg moisturizer at the same time
I do too! Cos serums like these are really thick, and they just keep reminding me that my hands are dirty. Especially after applying sunscreen.
Hi Jyoan
Funnily enough I don’t get bugged by sunscreen but lotions and serums bug me. Hmm…
Hi!
I normally put on my face moisturiser first, then only put on hair cream/serum etc. Then only wash my hand and go eat frutis if any……;-D
as for hands cream and body lotion, i put b4 going to bed. if i need to eat after applying lotion, i’ll use a fork! ;-D
Hey Lemon
You know what? I should just emulate you and save time by using a fork too!
Hehe.
LOL. Yes, so do I. I wash my hands in the morning after applying serum and sunblock to my face. Or hair serum too. Can’t stand the goo-ey feel. I also wash my hands after applying my Face Oasis to my face at night. The only thing I leave on is body or hand moisturiser. Because it would be totally D.u.h to wash that off right? =P
LOL Syen – yes it would be duh to wash off hand moisturizer
i do the same too! i’m very afraid to touch my face or eat if i didn’t wash my hands. and hair serum n lotion aRE USUALLY very oily and creamy. but i always use a very mild hand soap so tat my hands don get too dry afterwards
Hi Germaine
Its all those silicones in hair serums that get to me and that’s a good tip to use a mild hand soap
This is something new for me…. I apply these stuff after I take a bath so I would assume I’m very clean. After I apply serum or lotion, I would just wipe my hands with tissue after.. that’s it! And if ever I eat, I always wash my hands before that.
Hi there
Tissue works too but I guess I just prefer washing
And yes washing hands before eating is another good idea – its scary the number of people who do not!
Actually, that’s why I hate to use hand cream except during the night. I don’t want to eat my hand cream. :p
Hi Sesame
Haha… same – I rarely use hand cream in the day too. My poor hands.
yep, I always do it! Unless I forget while going to the bathroom. I’m incredibly forgetful LOL
Definitely do the same
I don’t want chemicals to be transferred to the food I ingest
Thanks for the tips.
I always wash my hand after applying moisturizer/body lotion/serum, etc. Now I’ve a dog, I make sure my hands are clean before I go and play/hold him. I just don’t want him to lick anything left on my hands!