As for semi-permanent makeup, I just stick to long-lasting products I apply in the morning. Waterproof eyeliner, tubing mascara, long-wear lipstick (love the Dior liquid lipstick) or a good lip pencil and lipstick. I worry I would smear the products overnight with my tossing and turning and end up having to cover it all up.

I’m definitely low maintenance but vain, so I do like the idea of semi permanent makeup but the application seems too high maintenance for me. Honestly, I have my skincare and makeup routine down pat so it takes less than 5 minutes for me: skincare to keep my skin looking decent on its own and then tinted moisturizer, eyebrow gel, mascara, sometimes cream blush and sometimes lip stain. I think I would love lash extensions but I’ve been to lazy to get them.

My hair is the most high maintenance part of me – it looks best if I do it but it’s pretty good if I don’t. I did invest in a shark flex style to make drying / styling fast. It looks best if I wash, dry, and use the blow out brush. I usually shower at night though so use a heated straightening brush to smooth out weird kinks in the morning. But, as I said it looks fine air dried and not styled. I also occasionally color my hair, but only do balayage so it’s easy to grow out.

For low maintenance but nice nails, my struggle was how to find the best mix of affordable, long lasting, not time consuming, and something that didn’t destroy my nails. I have an elaborate but quick Essie routine – I paint my nails 1-2x a week, it lasts 4-5 days usually and it dries quickly thanks to the speed setter coat! I still prefer the shellac look of gel, but they’re too hard on my nails and too expensive to do gels regularly.

I did laser hair removal, and that’s been so nice for low maintenance! My eyebrows have also after ~15+ years of waxing them stopped growing in. I’m so glad that when waxing I just kept my natural shape and slightly enhanced the shape rather than forcing something and trying to follow trends. I very, very rarely have to pluck an errant hair but I haven’t had them waxed in ~5 years.

Finally, I have a semi capsule wardrobe: I usually prefer muted neutrals so have an unofficial capsule wardrobe. However, I’m not strict with it. And I also love really flashy clothes (bright colors, sequins, fun fabrics) so I also buy as many flashy clothes as I want. It’s easy to pull together a capsule outfit when I’m in a hurry, but I still have plenty of fun with my wardrobe!