The Ravings of an Insomniac

Lip balm is something I absolutely cannot live without. It has to be everywhere in my house... My bathroom, my kitchen, my dining room, living room, and obviously, bedroom. I have various ones stashed in my home (I wasn't kidding about that everywhere in my house thing), but I have to say, my favorites are my Rose Salve and Nivea Lip Butter in Vanilla and Macadamia Kiss. I slather either one of these on while I'm lounging around in my bed (a lot of the time, my friend).

Hand cream is something else that I love, however not to the obsessive amount as lip balm. I do love it enough to always have one by my bed. The one I'm using right now is the Bath& Body Works Sea Island Cotton Hand Cream, which is very lovely. The fresh and clean scent, combined with the rich and hydrating (and fast absorbing, I must add) formula makes me swoon for this cream.

I have a body mist that I actually use as pillow mist... I know, it's kind of weird, but the scent (Sea Island Cotton to match the hand cream!) is really clean and relaxing. I spritz some on my sheets before climbing in for the night.

I keep a hand sanitizer by my bed in case I feel like my hands are dirty, and the one I have is the B&BW Japanese Cherry Blossom Pocketbac.

You must stay hydrated. I drink so much water throughout the course of a day, and that includes at night too. I keep a mug by my bed and fill it up to the brim before I retire to my room for the night. Before I go to bed, I try to drink at least half the mug, and then I drink the rest in the morning.

By my bed, I also keep some random essentials. My phone, iPod and dock, a hair clip, and chargers. There's also a pair of tweezers for stray hairs!

Thanks for reading! What do you keep by your bed?

I always have to have a lip balm with me. If I don't, I steal yet another one of my boyfriend's. I have a growing pile of his stashed in a drawer of my desk. However, his lip balms are no competition when it comes down to using either mine or his. I always have my favorite lip balms floating around on my desk... my current favorite is the Fabulips Softening Lip Balm.

I'm too cheap to slop out $18 dollars for a Caudalie Beauty Elixir, which in my head is just a glorified toner, so I have a toner on my desk. This can be seen as a bit strange to some people, but I like to spritz it on my face whenever my skin is feeling a bit dull and drab. It really revives my skin and wakes me up. The toner I have right now is the H2O+ Oasis Mist.

Speaking of refreshing my skin, I have a refreshing eye roller in this little pile as well. It's the Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Puff Roller. I think this product is a bit gimicky, as it doesn't actually depuff eyes, but it does feel cooling and lovely on eyes.

This is another essential I usually have on my person, eye drops. My eyes get very dry and tired sometimes, and these hydrating eye drops from Visine always perk them up and rewet them.

Of course, to care for my ever dry hands, I have two creams: Nivea Creme, and the L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream. Both of these are deeply hydrating and help heal my sad little hands.

For hair, I've got one of these tiny claw clamps and a hair tie!

I have some random essentials here as well, a pair of JLab headphones (I love these bad boys), my flashdrive with all my blogging work on it, and a microSD card reader!

Thanks for reading! What products do you keep by your desk?