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You might not recognize Sierra Teller Ornelas by name yet, but chances are shes made you laugh before.
Reginald Cunningham
Ornelass newest show,Rutherford Falls, may be the fullest expression of her voice yet.
I even used togardenin my office.
When I was on staff on a very stressful show, I would propagate succulents in my window.
The nature of Ornelass work makes keeping up a consistentdaily routineyear-round pretty tricky.
So it just depends.
Here, she lays out her bedtime routine.
Its actually pretty therapeutic.
And then well lay with him.
Some days putting him to bed is not meditative at allwere chasing him and hog-tying him into bed.
Sometimes its kind of soothing.
So we give that to each other.
My mom had COVID last year, and when that happened, we got much closer.
Just to check in on how shes doing.
Its really nice to do.
I start at around 8:30.
I start with taking off my makeup, if I had Zoom meetings or things to do.
I want to shout out Cheekbone Beauty.
I love their makeup, and I love how easy it is to take off my face!
Its a Native-owned makeup company.
I got one of their starter kits, and I just kept buying and buying.
Its really great stuff, and they have great options for different skin tones.
Then I will use rosewater.
I really like this one from Quwutsun Made, a Native-made company.
Its a mixture of rosewater and aloe.
I dont know what nettle is, but it just makes my face feel very clean and very nice.
I will either use this Tatcha Luminous Eye Serum, or this Pixi Retinol Eye Cream.
My splurge purchase is this SK II Essence.
I put it in a spray bottle and use just one spray to cover my face.
And then I love this CosRx mucin power essence.
Its a Korean product thats snail serum.
Then Ill do a face oil.
My face cant handle a lot of oils, so I mix it up.
I like this Herbivore face oil that smells really good, or I will do this C.E.O.
Glow Sunday Riley Vitamin C Oil.
So I bought these little RoC Retinol Capsules from Target.
Ive found it works really well.
Then I top it all off with a Tatcha Water Cream, which is very light.
And Ill do a rose quartz roller.
There are really awesome bundles made out of juniper or rosemary or lavender that you might find on Etsy.
Her brand is Aonehc Aonehc.
I wasnt able to have a birthday party, so I was like, Im buying these expensive earrings.
And now I swear by them.
I found him onInstagram.
Hes great, very nonjudgmental, which I feel is what I need right now.
I love it because its verylow impact, a lot of stretching.
Im very much about normalizing BIPOC people being in therapy.
My therapist suggestedMeditation Minis With Chel Hamilton.
I have a really hard time meditating for long stretches of time, but these are like 10 minutes.
Whenever I can sit and do them, I always sleep better.
Her voice is so soothing.
There are some foranxiety, some for sleeping.
I have a hard time sleeping, but Im getting better at it.
Then Ill usually just lie in bed and be on my phone.
We have thisappon our phones called White Noise that my husband and I will both use.
Theres all these different typesI like the pink noise one.
And so its like a cacophony of noise that just kind of puts us to sleep.
He’s teaching us self-care.
I either dont waste it as much, or I dont feel guilty wasting it.
Because Im like, I get to do what I want in these two hours that are my own.
And I always venture to find a moment to do a little something for myself.
So Im trying to remember to do that for myself as Ive become a mom.
