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This week on Beauty With Mi, our host, Mi-Anne Chan turns her outdated bathroom into a spa for $25, $100, and $750. She does a mini bathroom renovation for just about any price point. Press play on this episode of Beauty With Mi to see her bathroom transform!   #athomewithme #athome  Click here to order Money Diaries: http://moneydiariesbook.com/   Items Mentioned: Otherland Stone Fruit Candle $36 https://fave.co/2NkVDQL Renée Rouleau Energy Boosting Toner $37.50 https://fave.co/2MTGDKq Energy Saving LED Daylight Light Bulb https://fave.co/2OpxVQV Cold Picnic Sleeping Giant Bathmat $60 https://fave.co/2MW0ysb Cold Picnic The Torso Bathmat $60 https://fave.co/2NmuQUo Raindrop Luxe Filter with Shower Head $120 https://fave.co/2Np2Y1C Diptyque L’Ombre dans l’Eau Shower Oil $50 https://fave.co/2MVqYdy Aquis Lisse Luxe Hair Turban $30 https://fave.co/2oN1sbX True Botanicals Pure Radiance Body Oil $48 https://fave.co/2wO3wUN NuFace Trinity Facial Toning Device $325 https://fave.co/2wQSHRA  ABOUT SERIES Explore the craziest trends, most unique treatments, newest products, and strangest subcultures in the beauty world alongside Refinery29’s very own beauty writer, Mi-Anne Chan. We dare to find and try the fringes of beauty — for better or worse.  ABOUT REFINERY29  Refinery29 is a modern woman's destination for how to live a stylish, well-rounded life. http://refinery29.com/  RELATED CONTENT I Froze My Face For $400 https://youtube.com/watch?v=5qEKcD3-J7o I Dyed My Virgin Hair For The First Time https://youtube.com/watch?v=_GcsQuOGPPk I Tried This Terrifying Facial https://youtube.com/watch?v=kUSFXFYEXa8  SEE MORE REFINERY29 VIDEOS http://refinery29.com/video  SUBSCRIBE TO REFINERY29 Subscribe to the Refinery29 channel: http://bit.ly/subscribe-to-r29 For the latest trends and videos, visit: http://refinery29.com Like Refinery29 on Facebook: https://facebook.com/refinery29 Follow Refinery29 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/refinery29 Heart Refinery29 on Instagram: https://instagram.com/refinery29/  TALENT Follow Mi-Anne Chan on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mianne.chan/ Follow Unbothered on Instagram: https://instagram.com/r29unbothered/ Follow OnHerTurf on Instagram: https://instagram.com/onherturf/ Follow Refinery29 on Instagram: https://instagram.com/refinery29/

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00:00Use it when you want something a little bit more luxurious, a little bit more...

00:06It's $50!

00:08Hey guys, it's Mi-Anne and this is Beauty With Me.

00:10My bathroom is disgusting!

00:13Well, it was until I finally stopped complaining and did something about it.

00:17My good finding coworker, Lindsay Sanberry, just penned a book.

00:20It's called Money Diaries.

00:22It is the physical culmination of our column by the same name

00:25that catalogs the real-life expenses of women all over the world.

00:30I always thought that changing my bathroom and making it more palatable

00:34would be a really massive expense.

00:37But after reading Lindsay's book, which isn't all about beauty,

00:40but does have some self-care elements to it,

00:42I decided to figure out some ways that I could make my bathroom a little bit more pleasant

00:46without spending thousands and thousands of dollars renovating it.

00:49I used to walk into my bathroom and want to immediately leave it.

00:54I hated its awful green walls.

00:56I hated the dingy bathtub.

00:59I hated the lack of organization.

01:01So I decided that I was going to figure out different ways

01:04to get my bathroom to look like a spa and feel like a spa

01:08for $25, $100 and $750.

01:13Before we get into it though, please make sure you are subscribed down below

01:17and check the description bar for more info on Money Diaries.

01:20First off, it's how to turn your bathroom into a spa for under 25.

01:23At the bare minimum, a bathroom should be a place where you can get clean,

01:28do your business, and also relax.

01:30You don't really need to shell out for hundreds of dollars worth of lotions

01:33and aromatherapy oils.

01:35You can if you want to, and we'll get to that later.

01:37But you can do things that are very affordable,

01:41will still make you feel like you're having this luxurious experience.

01:44The first thing that I did was make a DIY salt scrub,

01:48and this was so affordable and you can make tons of it.

01:51I just bought some grapeseed oil

01:53and a little bit of pink Himalayan salt.

01:56Mix equal parts of salt and the grapeseed oil

01:59and then lather up in the shower, scrub, scrub, scrub away,

02:02and you have nice smooth skin.

02:04I love grapeseed oil because it's a very lightweight oil,

02:07so it absorbs relatively quickly.

02:09And after you scrub your body, you can hop out

02:12and you don't have to put moisturizer on

02:14because you already have the oil on your skin.

02:16I saved you time too.

02:18After the body scrub, I decided to make a really affordable DIY mask.

02:23So really, all you need for this is some bentonite clay.

02:25I used some from a brand called Aztec Secret,

02:27and you can just mix it with pretty much anything.

02:30You can just make a very simple clay mask with just the clay and water.

02:34Put that on your face and let it absorb oil, dirt, debris, that sort of thing.

02:38But you can also give it a little bit more horsepower

02:40by adding something like honey for hydration, tea tree oil for cleansing,

02:44or yogurt for the little lactic acid exfoliation.

02:47Now, although DIY body scrubs and masks can definitely make you feel pampered,

02:52I wanted to do a little something to make the space feel better.

02:55So I went to the store and I got a $4 bunch of eucalyptus,

02:59grabbed some hamstring and some scissors,

03:01and tied my eucalyptus to the base of my shower head.

03:04It doesn't just make your bathroom look infinitely more beautiful,

03:07but it also smells amazing when the hot water is on.

03:10It kind of releases the steam and the essential oils kind of come out,

03:13and you smell like you're in a spa.

03:15If you close your eyes, maybe you're not in your bathroom.

03:18But then you open your eyes and you are.

03:20So the grand total for all of that was $24.38.

03:23Next up, here are some things you can do to turn your bathroom into a spa for under $100.

03:27This is a section for those of you who want to do a little bit more,

03:31you want to buy a few more luxurious things, but you don't want to go too far.

03:35In my case, this immediately brought me to candles.

03:39I just discovered this new candle brand called Otherland,

03:42and they make stunning candles.

03:44I have the scent, it's called stone fruit, and it smells like stone fruits.

03:50It smells good, it smells sweet, and they retail for $36,

03:53which is kind of the largest, but it's not the most you could spend on the candle.

04:00So they retail for $36.

04:01They look beautiful on a bathroom shelf or on your bathtub, so I recommend.

04:06Next up, this is something that you can do to kind of feel like you're in a spa,

04:09but you are in a spa and you didn't spend like $150 for a treatment.

04:13Last year, I went and got a facial from esthetician Renee Rouleau,

04:16and toward the tail end of the treatment, she used these little frozen toner bits

04:20to shrink my pores and also soothe my skin.

04:24This is something really fun and actually a real treat to do at home.

04:28I used Renee's energy boosting toner, which is a great toner.

04:32It has ginseng in it, it's very soothing, it doesn't make my skin feel tight or dry.

04:36I poured a little bit of this into ice cube trays, stuck it in the freezer,

04:39held tight for a few hours while it froze.

04:41Then I popped those suckers out, glided it on my skin after cleansing

04:45to soothe and tighten and all that good stuff.

04:48This is kind of a fun little treat you can do for yourself at home.

04:52After my face is cleansed and toned, I like to whip out this Jade Gua Saw tool.

04:56I learned this facial massage technique from an acupuncturist named Sandra Lanshan.

05:00She actually did acupuncture on me, and I really like it because it doesn't just feel really good

05:06and it's very relaxing, it simulates lymphatic drainage and circulation,

05:09but it's also a really nice and easy way to apply your facial oil.

05:14Obviously, you can swap out different items to keep costs low.

05:16You can obviously squirt a little more if you want something a little bit more luxurious,

05:19but these are just a few tips.

05:21My total for this round was $98.50.

05:25Now, here is the big expense.

05:27These are the things that I did for my bathroom to kind of turn it into a bit more of

05:30a spa-like environment

05:31for under $750.

05:33I love a good oil, scrub, whatever, but it didn't really change the fact that my walls were still green,

05:39my bathroom was still kind of dingy, and I just wanted to do things to overall just brighten it up.

05:44The first thing I did was remove the horrible green walls in my bathroom and paint it white.

05:50I was so, so shocked at what a huge difference a few layers of paint and a couple of hours

05:57could make instantly brightened up the room,

05:59and it cost me like $60 for all the supplies.

06:02I also switched out the tungsten light bulb in favor of an energy-saving LED one in a daylight setting,

06:09and this was also, like, as soon as I turned that light on, we were all just like,

06:14it was so, like, gross and yellow before, and now it's so bright and open.

06:17It makes it so much easier to put on makeup in the bathroom.

06:20I don't know why I didn't do it sooner, but I didn't stop there.

06:22I have been eyeing rugs from a brand called Cold Picnic for years and years and years,

06:28but I never really bit the bullet in terms of buying one.

06:32I purchased two mats.

06:33The kind of more abstract one is called Sleeping Giant, and then their most popular bath mat is called The

06:38Torso.

06:38Not only is the brand Brooklyn-based, but the textiles are absolutely beautiful and they are also washable.

06:46I'm obviously only keeping one of these in my bathroom, so let me know in the comments down below which

06:50one you think would work better in the space.

06:53To deal with all the clutter on all the surfaces of my bathroom, I went to TJ Maxx and got

06:58a bunch of little baskets on sale.

07:00I have a lot of beauty products, and I had so many of them, like, stashed on my bathtub, on

07:04shelves.

07:05I decided to put them all in a few baskets.

07:06It made it look so much more organized.

07:08So I used to have my cleaning products just, like, on the floor, around the sink, which was really very

07:13unattractive.

07:14So I got a nice little basket as well and put it on the floor, put all my cleaning products

07:18in there, and I'm telling you,

07:19it might be the thing that gives me the most joy when I walk into the bathroom.

07:23Like, I thought it would be the paint, but actually just not seeing, like, random toilet cleaner on the sink

07:28and in a nice basket makes me very, very happy.

07:30When I was brainstorming for this video, I started to think about some things that spas always have in their

07:36waiting rooms and in their bathrooms

07:37to make it look really nice and relaxing, and I landed on greenery.

07:42Now, I don't have any windows in my bathroom, so having little succulents or hanging plants in the bathroom was

07:47kind of not an option.

07:48If you have a window, you should get real plants, but I couldn't.

07:51I got a few fake plants and put them on shelves and on different areas of the bathroom just to

07:55make it look a little bit more natural and warm and inviting.

07:58So I've been looking to switch out my shower head for something a little bit more water efficient.

08:02The average flow rate for, like, a typical shower head is about 2.1 gallons per minute.

08:06I want something lower than that.

08:08So I found this really awesome shower head called the Raindrop shower head.

08:12It costs $120, and it has a filter on it, and the filter should be replaced every six months, and

08:18it costs about $53.

08:19So the filter filters out bacteria, algae, chlorine, and other trace minerals, and according to the brand,

08:25it can help improve the texture of your skin and your hair and keep your color fresher longer.

08:30I've only been using it for about a week, so it's too soon to tell whether or not it's really

08:34improving my hair,

08:35although I used it last night, and I'm really into what my hair looks right now.

08:38But I'll definitely update you guys in another video.

08:40If you guys are interested in that, please let me know down below.

08:42While in the shower, I think it's sometimes fun to indulge in a fancy shower oil.

08:47This one from Diptyque is my favorite.

08:49This fella is $50, which is expensive for what is essentially a glorified body wash, but it is absolutely beautiful.

08:56I don't think you should use it every day.

08:57I think you should use it on the days that you really want to pamper yourself.

09:00When you want a kind of body wash slash hydrating product slash aromatherapy product in one,

09:07it leaves my skin feeling super good.

09:08A couple pumps cleans your entire body.

09:10After you shower, you can still kind of smell the product like lingering on your skin.

09:15I know this because I had a crew member confirm.

09:17The next product seems a little gimmicky, but trust me, it works.

09:23The Acquisse Hair Towel.

09:25It is a hair towel that dries your hair faster and causes less friction on the hair.

09:31So I, personally, with color treated hair, try not to heat style it.

09:35I never blow dry my hair.

09:36But it's annoying when I shower before I go to bed and my hair is not dry when I go

09:40to bed.

09:40So I've been using this.

09:42It works.

09:43It dries your hair so much faster.

09:44My hair feels so much softer since I've been using it.

09:46So before hopping out of the shower, I like to use a moisturizer or a body oil to hydrate.

09:51And this one, it's the Pure Radiance Body Oil from True Botanicals, is expensive.

09:55It's $48.

09:56But it is the best body oil I've ever used.

10:00It is ridiculously lightweight.

10:02It absorbs in seconds.

10:04It smells amazing.

10:06It truly smells like a spa.

10:08I used to kind of think that a robe was like an extra unnecessary thing to have

10:13because you can just put your pajamas on.

10:15But I did get a robe and it is really nice.

10:18I got a really affordable one for $15.

10:20It's just black.

10:21It feels really soft.

10:22It has like this extra little tie places.

10:24It doesn't come out all the time when you're wearing it.

10:26I'm a robe person now.

10:28Last but not least, if you want something a little bit more powerful than the Guasa tool,

10:33I suggest getting a facial treatment like this one.

10:37This is the NuFace Trinity Treatment.

10:39It costs $325, but you can get the mini version for $199.

10:44And I'm not going to lie to you guys, that's very expensive.

10:46However, my hook current technology is great for improving the tone, the contouring,

10:51and the overall texture of your skin.

10:54This is an at-home version, so it is less powerful than what an esthetician would use on your skin

10:58at a spa,

10:58but it is something that you can use multiple times a week.

11:02If it's something that you want to splurge for, go for it.

11:05But if not, obviously, there are a lot of other things in this video that you can get as well.

11:08So that is it. Everything that I've done in my bathroom over the past month, pretty much,

11:14for under $25, $100, and $750.

11:16I cannot tell you how thrilled I am with the NuSpace.

11:20Walking into my bathroom isn't a debilitating experience anymore.

11:24Now, there's a beautiful white wall, a beautiful daylight bulb, nice-smelling things around me.

11:33My cat started sleeping in the bathroom.

11:36At the very least, it's kitty-approved.

11:38But please let me know down below if there's anything that you've done to your bathroom

11:40to make it feel a little bit more zen.

11:42I would love to do more things.

11:44And also, let me know while you're at it what you'd like to see on Beauty With Me next.

11:47See you next time. Bye!

11:49Thanks so much for watching, guys.

11:50Click here to subscribe to Refinition29.

11:52Click here to watch another video.

11:54And add me on Instagram, at meann.chan, so we can hang out there, too.

11:57Bye!

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