Tag: Morning Tips

📸 Main Character Mornings – Romanticize Your Life, One Ritual at a Time

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Soft mornings are trending — and not just on TikTok. Whether it’s tea in your favorite mug, golden hour journaling, or a slow yoga flow, Main Character Mornings are all about starting your day with presence, intention, and a little cinematic flair.

It’s not about the hustle — it’s about feeling good. Romanticizing your routine isn’t just cute — it’s calming, grounding, and, honestly, a total vibe.

☁️ Morning Rituals That Feel Like a Movie Scene

Here’s how to ease into your day — soft, slow, and centered:

  • Wake Up Softly: Ditch the blaring alarm. Think sunrise lamp, ocean wave sounds, or a playlist that feels like a cozy hug.
  • Tea or Matcha Moment: Pour slow, sip slower. Bonus points for frothy matcha and your go-to mug that just feels right.
  • Sunlight + Journaling: Set the tone with a morning prompt: “What energy do I want to carry today?” or “Today I’m grateful for…”
  • Stretch + Flow: A 5-minute yoga session, breathwork, or light movement. Move your body like no one’s watching — or like your future self is.

🎶 Soundtrack Your Start – Main Character Morning Playlist

Every main character needs a soundtrack. Here’s the vibe: indie, dreamy, soft pop.
A few faves to start:

  • “August” – Taylor Swift
  • “Coffee” – beabadoobee
  • “Cherry Wine” – Hozier
  • “Golden Hour” – JVKE
  • “Sunday Morning” – Maroon 5

✨ Listen + Follow: Beauty Babe Mornings – Spotify Playlist

🌸 Scent Pairings for Every Mood

Set the scene with a fragrance that speaks to your vibe:

  • Calm & Cozy: Lavender + Vanilla
  • Fresh & Focused: Citrus + Mint
  • Romantic Energy: Rose + Sandalwood
  • Sun-Kissed: Coconut + Sea Salt

Roll-on oils, candles, or a spritz of your go-to fragrance — small moments, big mood shift.

💡 Main Character Tip:

Film your morning for you. Add a soft filter, aesthetic music, and let yourself be the vibe. Life’s too short not to romanticize the little things.

💬 Your Turn — Let’s Glow Together

How do you romanticize your morning? Show us your soft start — a journaling spot, a tea moment, or a glow-up ritual.

✨ Tag @BeautyLeeBar and use #BeautyLeeBarMornings for a chance to be featured. Let’s create main character energy, one morning at a time.

4 Ways to GENTLY WAKE UP

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Waking up in the morning is rarely pleasant. (Unless you’re one of those weird morning people, —how??) The transition from sleep to awake is often jarring a brief moment of confusion before the realization hits: it is time, yet again, to cosplay as an adult human who has their sh*t together. Studies have shown that stress anticipation first thing in the morning can negatively affect our entire day. So, to help make mornings (and the other hours we are awake) a little easier, we have rounded up our favorite tips for waking up gently.

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TRY A SLEEP-TRACKING APP

We like ShutEye, an app that tracks sleep quality, record sounds such as snoring, talking, walking, and time spent in each phase of sleep, and wakes us up in our lightest sleep phase. It also has a mix of sleep sounds and stories for the ones who have trouble falling asleep. Another good similar sleep tracking apps are Sleep Tracker (there are 2 Sleep Tracker apps with that same name, and both are amazing)

USE A SUNRISE ALARM

These alarms mimic the sunrise to help us wake up naturally, without a noisy alarm sound. Brookstone is one such alarm. It has many cool features that help improve sleep, including gentle white noise/radio stations, customizable light colors, and a wind-down routine. Since we can’t figure out where we got the Brookstone sunrise alarm, below are four similar ones:

CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE

Getting out of bed feels even more challenging when it’s too hot or too cold. A smart thermostat can automatically change the temperature at a set time to help us fall asleep and wake up better. Or try the Eight Sleep Pod Pro Cover, a smart device that goes over your mattress and automatically adjusts the bed’s temperature.

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Do a quick yoga flow

Take a moment to go through a few yoga poses that can be done without getting out of bed, like happy baby, pigeon pose, and butterfly, to help calm anxiety and practice mindfulness.

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