Beauty and the Beast
Sometimes I feel like I have two jobs. One is my day job as a writer for The Times. The other is what's beginning to feel like a full-time career perfecting my night-time beauty routine. Beauty and the Beast John Dickson Batten (1860-1932) Photo Credit: Birmingham Museums Trust [Public Domain] At the moment, it begins with 45 minutes in a red-light sauna blanket that is meant to help inflammation and muscle recovery. While that's going on, I also whack on an LED face mask with a blue light function, which is supposed to help to manage my acne, and a hair mask meant to strengthen my hair. Once that's over and I've showered, I spend another 15 minutes attempting to meditate while sitting in front of a red LED panel, which is supposed to help to manage wrinkles and stress. Then it's back to the bathroom to begin the eight-step skincare routine that involves double cleansing, serums, oils, moisturisers and various face sculpting tools. Then time for dinner, before kic...