AM TO PM BEAUTY: Najwa Hubaishy shares her morning to evening beauty routine

Beauty

Talk us through your morning routine.
I start my day with my beauty routine. For my face, I use the Tower 28 SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray and do eight minutes on my Shark CryoGlow LED Face Mask. Next, I apply a light moisturizer with no active ingredients.

How does your evening routine differ?
In the evening, I like to unwind with a slow and nourishing ritual. I like to wash the day off using the Youth to the People Superfood Cleanser. Next, I go in with a thicker cream to treat my skin barrier, which is the La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5+, Rhode Peptide Lip Boost and the Kiehl’s Avocado Eye Cream. I focus on intense hydration for the evening and use more active ingredients.

What are your go-to skincare products?
I am such a simple girl when it comes to my skincare, and I learned that the hard way! I focus mainly on unscented face creams, thick and rich body butters, like the Fenty Skin Butta Drop Whipped Oil Body Cream, and hydrating my skin from within using electrolytes (Rite Mango Flavored Electrolyte Sticks are my favorite).

Are you a fan of masks?
Yes, yes and yes! I fly through the Medicube PDRN Collagen Masks, and I can’t live without my Shark CryoGlow LED Face Mask – it’s worth every penny. How would you describe your approach to makeup? I like bringing out my features rather than putting on a whole new face. I focus mainly on my eyes and eyebrows, and they are my most prominent features. I also love a bronzey look all year long. I feel my best when I have my bronzer on.

What can always be found in your makeup bag?
Definitely mascara and eyebrow gel! I love the Rare Beauty Brow Harmony Gel and it’s the only one that keeps my bushy brows up and tamed without looking crunchy by the end of the day. My favourite mascara is the Exagger-Eyes Volume Mascara from Charlotte Tilbury. No mascara is as black, as lengthening and as thickening as that one. Also, I always have a lip balm as I prefer it over a lip combo any day.

Which fragrances are your current favourites?
This is the hardest question you can ever ask me as a perfume collector (I have 117 perfumes). But if I had to answer, it would be Palatine by Parfums de Marly layered with Tears from the Moon by Gucci for the day. For the night, I love mixing Moonlight Patchouli by Van Cleef & Arpels layered with Matière Noire by Louis Vuitton.

Talk us through your hair routine.
I like to try to keep it plain and simple. In the shower, L’Oréal Professionnel Absolut Repair Range. Post shower, I use K18 Molecular Repair Leave-In & Darya Magic Scalp Serum. I always pick the Dyson Supersonic or Airwrap for styling.

What is the most unusual item in your makeup bag?
I hate leaving the house without earrings, so I always have a pair of gold tone earrings just in case. This can actually ruin my day, and I know it’s dramatic.