Thursday’s $10 Sephora Gift Card Giveaway: How Long Does it Take You to Get Ready in the Morning?
*Editor’s Note: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner Carmen K!
Nicki’s Answer: “10 minutes. The biggest time-saver: I get blowouts for my hair 2 times a week, and preserve it between by using a shower cap and twisting my hair up at night. The rest is just cleansing, FutureDerm Vitamin CE Caffeic, sunscreen, powder, blush, eyeliner, and lipstick. Good to go!”
Natalie’s Answer: “Did I miss my alarm this morning? I can be ready in five minutes, but if I have the time, I usually take 20.”
Tell us how long it takes you to get ready in the morning, and you could win a $10 gift card to Sephora! The winner will be randomly selected and announced in the comment section on the morning of March 8 — so keep an eye out!
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Editor and Contributing Writer Natalie K. Bell spent years mining the depths of the Internet, asking doctors absurd questions, and experiencing the unfortunate trial-and-error of adolescence to accumulate beauty and make-up knowledge. Natalie holds a degree in English Writing and Cultural Anthropology. She enjoys cooking and eating exotic food, spoon collecting, both high-brow and trashy literature, unrealistic romantic comedies, bad horror movies, and vintage jewelry.
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Nancy
45 minutes — shower, hair, makeup.
Lucy
15 min! Wash face, brush teeth, sunscreen, simple eye makeup.
(I prefer showering at night)
Selina
It takes me about a half hour to get ready.
Jen
5 minutes for no makeup, 15 with makeup.
Grace
1.5 hrs. Shower, hair, makeup. The mornings are ‘Me’ times I don’t like being rushed.
Taylor
It takes me about 1.25 hours to get ready, including showering and doing my hair.
Cate
It usually takes me 20 minutes to get ready in the morning, although if I’m rushed I can be ready in less than 10.
Andrea Darst
At least half an hour…I’m pokey!
Carmen k
Typically 50 minutes:
1. Shower 10 min
2. Skincare 2 min
3. makeup 15min
4. breakfast 10 min
5. clean my Bunny’s living space, refill water and food 8 min
6. Get dressed 5min
Diana Devlin
If I want everything to come out as perfectly as possible, it’s close to 2 hours. But most days, it takes 1 1/2 hours. So much work to be beautiful!
Mae
If I shower, do my hair, full on makeup and pick an outfit, 1 hour.
If I just wash my face (shower at night), skincare and simple makeup and hair = 40 minutes.
If I just wash my face, skincare, simple hair + no makeup = 20 minutes.
I’m pretty high maintenance and I don’t like rushing when it comes to my skincare or makeup. I eat my breakfast at work.
Sheena Mariee Eaton
It depends on what look I am going for! If I am going for natural and chic it only takes about 15 minutes to get ready! I just curl my eyelashes, put on My perfekt beauty skin perfection gel, mascara, and lip gloss and I am good to go! When I am going for a bold look it takes about a half hour or so to get ready sometimes longer depending on my hair! But I typically shower at night and blow dry my hair so its all ready in the a.m.!
Domniki Sarri
It takes me about 20 minutes!!
Tiffany Cheung
It takes me about 15 minutes, I make sure to have washed and moisturizer my face!
Jessica Maurer
It takes me 45 minutes if I have to shower & apply makeup. If I blow dry or flat iron my hair, tack on another 30 minutes (I have long, thick hair). If I am only applying makeup, 15 minutes.
Linnea
20 mins. Not much to my routine .
Chance
About 30 minutes
Kimberly
Ten minutes if I’m running later. Thirty minutes if I am on schedule so I can let all the stuff I put on my face sink in.
Aysha
About 20 minutes – hair and makeup
irene
15 mins! wash my face + brush my hair + teeth and dash out the door!
Taylor McDonnell
The total amount of time it takes me to get ready from getting up to leaving out the door is usually around 50 minutes! That includes: shower, makeup, getting dressed, blowdrying, straightening, and getting my daughter ready!!!
Ginger G.
20 minutes if I showered before bed : ) A whole lot longer if not! haha
Olivia F.
About 15 minutes- I like to sleep more than I want to look pretty!
Kimberly
About 40 minutes
Melissa Mazzur
I would say 45 minutes
Cortney Marie
Usually 45 minutes…. 25 mins to shower…. 20 mins to fix the rest
Michelle P
It takes me about an hour with all of the interruptions from my 4 year old.
Tanya
I give myself 45 – 60 minutes including breakfast
Rozy
I don’t get up in the morning, I have idiopathic hypersomia (IH) and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS)
Vicki N
15 minutes-appearance wise. I take my time drinking my coffee though
liz l
20 minutes for routine and getting dressed
Justine
15 minutes! 5 minutes if I’m very rushed.
Cynthia
10 minutes at the bare minimum, about an hour for full-on glam!
Jennifer f
55 mins regular speed, 30 mins of pressed for time
Stephanie
1.25 hours- wake-up, read e-mails, eat breakfast and sip my tea, shower, skin care, makeup, get dressed and tie hair back.
Chris
1 hour from the bed to the door. Shower, breakfast, hair, news.
Manu
About one hour.. shower, dressed, breakfast !
Julie
It takes me at least an hour. I wish I could be faster, but I haven’t figured out how yet!
Tiffany C
It takes me about 15-20 minutes if I don’t shower, add another 15min if I do!
stephanie c
tales me 30 min! but i could easily spend another hour just sitting around doing nothing to relax in the morning :p
Lynn
a good hour, i’m really slow or i get distracted…like i guess apply make up doesn’t take that long, but i get distracted like if my eye brows need to be plucked
Sissy
1 hours, but I also catch up on news while I’m doing my hair and makeup, so that takes longer.
Jenny
Just 5 minutes, keep it simple!
Sheena Mariee Eaton
Congratulations Carmen K!