Lovers the world over have something to rejoice about this year for Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday i.e a weekend! This means you can spend the whole day with your Valentine (thereby avoiding the dinner crush) or it could mean whole day for primping for the hot dinner date. :)
Here are 5 things you can do to get ready for your Valentine dinner date:-
- Paint your nails in the morning – Nails always take time to dry so if you paint them in the morning, you have time to let them dry properly and if you make a mistake its less stressful to repair than if it was just an hour before your date.
- Do a mask in the day – take half an hour to yourself and slap on a tissue mask. It helps cool and calm your skin and aids in instant skin brightening. You can use a ready made tissue mask like the Garnier brightening mask or you can use a tissue mask soaked with moisturising lotion (toner). Careful that you do not use a toner that has too much alcohol. At the same time, you might want to try a coconut milk soak for your hair too.
- Scrub your body – Get into a hot shower and use a body scrub or loofah to exfoliate your skin of dull dead skin cells. You can easily make a scrub yourself using some coarse salt and honey or you can just use a store bought one like the Garnier body scrub or H20+ Milk Body Scrub. It’ll leave your skin feeling smooth and silky which is a delight to the sense of touch.
- Moisturise your body – Don’t forget to slap on the body lotion once you get out of the shower. Using lotion or cream on damp skin helps with absorption and keeps your skin feeling soft and tactile.
- Layer your perfumes – To help perfume last longer on your skin, layer it over a shower gel and body lotion of a similar scent. You will smell good all over, not just on your pulse points.
What you should NOT do before a hot date is:-
- Go for a facial – sometimes, your skin might react during a facial or during the extraction process. You should not put on makeup after a facial so its best you book your facial for another day.
- Squeeze your spots – if you have spots, don’t squeeze them! Not only before a date but at all – your skin might be inflamed and it doesn’t look good. Instead, if you have spots, try dabbing tea tree oil on them to reduce the swelling. Or use a concealer like Make Up For Ever Full Cover to cover the redness until you can get it treated.
- Try something new – If you have never tried using false eyelashes or green eyeshadow, now is NOT the time to experiment. You don’t want the false lash to fall out halfway through dinner or for your date to ask you why your eyelids have strange colours on them! Stick to what you know and the colours you know work for you and flatter you. Save the experimentation for another day.
I’ll be at home – no date for me – so I might treat myself to a bit of a home spa. :)
Feel free to share any more tips to get ready for a hot date, and enjoy your Valentine’s Day and the weekend ahead!
Stay beautiful,
Paris B
I don’t have any tips for you. Just want to say that I like the idea of pampering ourselves on V-day, having a date or not. I haven’t done that enough. Home spa sounds good
Hi Halifax
Why not make this V-day a first for a pampering home spa? :) Enjoy!
Good tips! But I kinda lazy to do all..:-P Gonna have date with my girlfriends instead. :-)
Hi Natalie
Have fun!
paris, staying at home sounds so familiar… me staying put at home too…. no hot date but definitely gonna doll up with a diamond peel facial….
Hi Rin
Ooh a peel facial sounds so good! I don’t want to have to contend with crowds either hehe… Enjoy your night in ;)
Can I add?
Do not try to be someone you’re not especially if it’s going to be your first date :D
Happy Valentine’s Day PB!!!!
Hi Nikki
You hit it right on the head! Happy Valentine’s Day :)
Hi PB,
I am married and I am quite averse to joining the thousands of others cramming all the restaurants…..for us, Valentine’s Day is celebrated by having dinner on another less stressful night! But I will be starting my V-Day tonight!! I hope to have some time to do that hot shower and body scrub thing and wear something extra special for some good lovin’!
Hi JackieA
Funny how many of us want to avoid the crowds yet there are always people forming such crowds? Anyway I hope you have a great day today and tomorrow! ;)
Happy V day to all of you ladies!
I totally agree that – never try something new on a important day :D
Hi prettybeautiful
Yep! especially if you don’t know how its going to turn out :)
Yeah, I’m in a relationship of 8yrs now but we never really gone out celebrating. 1st the price would be much higher, 2nd normally during this event the food sux :P 3rd, waste money hahahaha. Normally I’ll just prepare us a meal or just go mamak stall :P hahahaha He ain’t a romantic man and I think tomorrow he needs to stay in the office :( There’s my Valentine’s day…
Hi notcute
Well, Valentine’s isn’t about wining and dining. I’m sure you have your special days too.
none of the above will apply to me this Valentine’s Day…I’ll be in Batu Pahat with the extended family…and staying at *shudder* the hotel made infamous by Chua Soi Lek! :s
I’ll be staying home in the evening too, exhausted from the action-packed day of lessons.
No wining and dining for me and hubs this Valentine’s Day. I can’t bear the thought of splashing extra amounts of money at restaurants marking up the prices just for the occasion. We’ll be eating at home, with me sans makeup and in my PJs :p
Yeah… Aiyoo old d… no time to go for all this :P Making ends meet more important. Now the economy is not so good and work load has doubled… ‘cham’ :|
We’re having a family Valentine this year :)
No alcohol (read:no bubbly) cuz duh…I’m preggers…
Happy Valentine’s Paris!
Happy Valentine’s everybody!!! Outside everywhere is so jammed up… In town has closed down many roads… Super Jam and Packed with people 0.0~ So crowded… Me no like crowded places… too crowded…
Hope everyone enjoys their Valentine :)