So, Debra and I have been reviewing skincare products these past few weeks and I figured I should share my little face washing secret with you all since we are on the topic. It’s better than sharing the products I use– this post is all about method. You’ll see.

Let me begin with explaining one of my pet peeves. Every night when I wash my face, I tend to cheat and do it quickly for the following reasons. Here I am washing my face. face cleanser and water drip down my arms to my elbows, drip off on to the floor, so I lean over the sink. As soon as I lean over my hair falls into the face washing session. strands of hair are caught up on my sudsy face and eventually from leaning over, my back begins to hurt. I can’t possibly stand there and scrub for 2 minutes (I have heard you should scrub for 2 minutes) when I have all of these mini annoying catastrophes occurring. I get frustrated, rinse off my cleanser and finish my routine abruptly. Now. What if I told you I discovered a method that encourages you to wash your face for a longer amount of time, comfortably? Read on, friends…

Let’s go back to October. When Jordan dressed up as Little Miss Sunshine at our Halloween party. I never thought his costume accessories would have a second life. From lens-less sunglasses to knee pads we figured these things would be stored in the basement until eternity. As we cleaned up from the party, bottles here, knotty wigs there, I spotted a little pile of Jordan’s terry cloth wrist bands and sweatband. I tossed them in the washing machine with the rest of the beer soaked costumes and socks that had found their way under the couch to sop up spills, put that baby on extra hot and let it wash away. As I was pulling out various costumes and things from the dryer and handing them off to guests on their way out, I inadvertently put the wrist bands and headband into our sock pile. At this point you’re probably wondering where this is going. seriously. (I have a problem- I can’t just tell a story without giving you the entire background story and background story beyond that)

Fast forward a few months and I’m digging through my sock drawer only to find some little pink terry cloth wrist bands and a cherry red sweatband. I had this sudden, amazing idea.


I slid on the Little Miss Sunshine collection of wrist bands and sweatband. Even though I look like a complete ass, I know I’m on to something. With hair pulled back and protected from falling onto my face (thanks to the sweatband), and wrists enveloped in terry cloth wrist bands I begin. Turn on water, rinse face, apply cleanser to hands, lather up (… amazing… nothing is dripping. The wrist bands are already my hero). I begin to lather up my face properly- slowly in circular motions, not too rough, not too soft, and viola! No mess, no face wash dripping, no ponytail in the way. Just the most beautiful face washing session you could imagine. TWO FULL MINUTES of pure facial cleansing. It’s a beautiful thing.

I probably should have just written a 3 sentence post explaining why one should incorporate such tools into their face washing routine, but I felt as though you should earn these pearls of wisdom and also know the ridiculous origin… plus this way you also get to see Jordan in his costume. Either way, totally go get yourself these little terry cloth accessories. They will change your life and you’ll be on the road to proper face washing technique. scrub a dub dub!