As we all get used to the new normal of staying at home and keeping a social distance to stop the spread of coronavirus (aka COVID-19) – we thought we’d do our part to help encourage the indoor fun.
So if you’re worried you’ll run out of things to do or become bored, bookmark this page and you’ll always have 100 self-isolation activities at your fingertips…
2. Organise your entire makeup collection with these DIY makeup storage ideas
3. Give yourself a salon quality manicure at home (and make it trendy with these autumn nail colours)
4. Or finally try your hand at some nail art designs
5. Watch ‘The Stranger’ on Netflix (a British mystery thriller worthy of bingeing)
6. Treat yourself to a long, luxurious bath. bh recommends: Gernétic Bath Salts and Buckley & Phillips Happiness Artisan Candle
7. And hey, shave your legs while you’re at it. You may not be going anywhere, but the smooth feeling is still satisfying. bh recommends: TriShave 3in1 Shave Crème For Women and Schick Hydro Silk
8. In fact, now is also a great time to consider longer-term treatments such as IPL. The SmoothSkin Bare Intense Pulsed Light Hair Removal Device is still available for delivery!
9. If you really must watch a pandemic movie, make it one of these
10. Missing live music? Watch Harry Styles’ Tiny Desk Concert (or dive through the archives for the likes of Lizzo and Coldplay)
11. Get a little silly and learn some Tik Tok dances
12. Bake a cake
13. Bake some cookies
14. Bake a pie
15. Bake some sausage rolls (anxiety baking is a thing ok?!)
16. Try an at-home peel. If any redness occurs, you’ll have plenty of down time to recover. bh recommends: Nimue Glyco Mask and Dr. LeWinn’s Reversaderm Corrective Skin Peel
17. Introduce retinol into your routine
18. Treat your eye area to some much needed lovin’. bh recommends: Elucent Anti Ageing Eye Cream, USANA Celavive® Hydrating Eye Essence and Skin Republic Brightening Eye Mask
19. And while taking a look at your skin care, toss any expired beauty products
20. Do a puzzle
21. Read the entire Harry Potter series (again)
22. Paint
23. Try a colouring in book
24. Write a letter to a loved one
25. Give yourself a hair makeover using a DIY colour. bh recommends: Garnier Olia andL’Oréal Paris Casting Crème Gloss
26. Or go back to your natural roots with the help of Colourless Max Effect
27. Then, with your at-home salon up and running, turn your talents to any unsuspecting males in the house… bh recommends: Restoria Express Men
28. Dust off your old copy of ‘The Sims’ computer game and re-live the glory days
29. Or embrace your modern day gamer with the self-isolation video games everyone’s raving about
30. Host a pub quiz for your friends on the House Party app.
31. Host a ‘murder mystery’ evening for your friends on the House Party app.
32. Break out ‘Monopoly’. You might actually finish a game of it for once
33. Make playdough for the kids
36. Commit to a daily cleansing brush routine and reap the rewards. bh recommends: LUMISKIN™ Ava 2 in 1 Sonic Beauty Device
37. And every once and a while, go all the way with an at-home facial
38. Watch your favourite beauty vloggers on Youtube
39. Donate or sell the clothes you no longer wear
40. Colour co-ordinate or seasonally organise your wardrobe
41. Wash your doona covers (because let’s be real, we never do it)
42. Let your eyebrow hairs grow out and then use our brow shaping guide to finally get the style you want
44. And tint your lashes while you’re at it
46. Write product reviews on beautyheaven!
47. Exfoliate your body from top-to-toe. bh recommends:UpCircle Body Scrub Coffee & Peppermint and Essano Coconut Oil Invigorating Body Scrub
48. Then slather on a beautifully scented body lotion or oil
49. Or coax someone into giving you a full body massage. bh recommends: Sensuva Me And You Massage Oil
50. Perform some self care for your downstairs. bh recommends: Svakom Alice and pjur Woman
51. Wake up early and watch the sun rise (cathartic AND less to no people around)
52. Go for a run, walk or hike somewhere quiet
53. Try an at-home fitness routine using a workout app
54. Learn how to meditate
55. Teach yourself the top 10 yoga poses for beginners
57. Indulge in an at-home hair treatment
58. Wean yourself off everyday hair washing (because FYI it’s bad)
59. Try out some new hairstyles for autumn
60. Learn how to use a curling wand
61. Wipe down all your kitchen cupboards, inside and out
62. Re-arrange the living room
63. Give your indoor plants a shower
64. Clean your window blinds
65. Adopt a puppy
66. Train puppy
67. Teach puppy tricks
68. Watch ‘Scrubs’
69. Learn all the lyrics to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
70. Give yourself a foot peel and then watch in equal measures of horror and delight as you shed an entire layer. bh recommends: Milky Foot
71. Or just stick to a regular DIY pedicure
72. Try whitening your teeth at home
73. Make the switch to natural deodorant (it takes a bit to get used to…)
74. Sort through all the photos in your phone and delete all the unnecessary screenshots
75. Have your favourite photos printed and put into frames or albums
76. Commission a local illustrator/artist to draw your pet (to be gifted later…)
77. Learn how to nail winged eyeliner for your eye shape
78. Or try out these seven smokey eye techniques
79. Master the art of applying false lashes
80. Or try your luck with a lash and brow serum
81. Have a giggle at some 2020/2021 memes – the last year has been a lot
82. Write down your goals for the rest of the year (because it’s not too late and there is light at the end of the tunnel)
83. Plan your travel for 2022
84. Have a backyard picnic
85. Try out dermal rolling
86. Or jade rolling
87. OR learn how to use a gua sha. bh recommends: Samson & Charlie Rose Quartz Gua Sha
88. Teach yourself to knit
89. Learn how to sew (buttons totally count)
90. Learn how to fold like Marie Kondo
91. Then use your new skill to reorganise your drawers
92. Take on the tupperware drawer. Anything without a lid, goes
93. Make your own flower crown
94. Or create your own Easter eggs
95. Practice some date night makeup looks
96. Or go on a virtual date (because IT IS possible to date during coronavirus, you just have to adapt a little…)
97. Try out the scalp brushes everyone is raving about
98. Get your Dr Pimple Popper on with the best blackhead banishing products
99. Or simply leave your skin alone because ‘skin fasting‘ might solve all your problems
100. And lastly, every time you miss something, write it down. This will then become your bucket list for when coronavirus is over. We’ll get there.
Main image: @kaiagerber
Which of these suggestions is your favourite? How are you passing the time while social distancing?
Saved and will revisit for more ideas soon 🙂
Whoaa so many good ideas! I might do a face mask tonight 🙂
I have also started meditating daily and learning a language!
I have reported Elisa01’s spam post below on the “SERIAL SPAM MEMBER ON BH” thread.
101 – Sleep
Lots of great ideas BH
I’ve had a list of things I’ve been needing to do for years and finally I have the time to do them haha.
How have you been so productive! All I’ve done is watch Netflix haha- although I have been trying to learn French!
Haha I love that Tiktok is on here, but one thing I need to do is CLEAN MY BRUSHES AND SPONGES!
Haha, well I am someone that is usually out and about on the weekends, so it’s a lot of down time that I am not used to having and I get bored easily, so this keeps me entertained/busy so, I don’t get so stir crazy 🙂
Nothing wrong with netflix, I still do my fair share of that too!
Ooh french, lovely, Bonjor mon ami xx
Love this huge list of ideas!! I love watching my daughter’s tik tok thingos.
Great list ;D
As difficult as this year has been it’s been a blessing as well. It’s made me reassess priorities, get back into my fitness mojo, dedicate more time on self care and use up products that I have instead of buying more, spend more quality time with family (sometimes too much), I’ve painted some old furniture, tried some new crafts, baked, read lots of books particularly self improvement books and reduced my time on social media and limit the news I watch.
Number 43 just made me remember that I have Maybelline Tattoo brow gel tint in my bathroom that I still need to try so might do that after dinner.
I seem to have some wonderful ideas and thoughts, but somehow never seem to get around to any of them. Just too busy thinking about them all I guess.
Lots of face masks!!
I need to do some organsing!
I love this!!
2 x 6 weeks of lockdown sorted!
I do love being at home
I think I’ve done most already
So many things to do at home. We do lots of baking and trying new recipes. Some of them comes out great.
I’ve done lots of these 😀
I’m so sad I didn’t see this 7 months go. I’m just coming out of lockdown now in VIC!
This is a great to do list for the month.
keep safe
Exactly, time for ourselves
How lovely, You sound like a kind person
Good on you. Hope it goes well for you
Now that’s something I can’t master
Good idea. Turn it into a positive
me too
So many things to do
i just love it, get a lot done and have fun too
I have had Netflix since September, I was wondering if you have any shows that you really enjoyed and if you do would share them with me please. I liked the Queens gambit.
So many great options
Doing outdoor exercise, getting fresh air on a walk and reading were very high on my list 🙂
Anything to get away from the computer.
I think I’m going slightly mad…….(in Melbourne)
It is odd that healthy people are isolating here in Sydney now. I mean if you are fluey, natural course of action is rest and have some fresh fruit and teas (or even fast on water when person has nausea) until well at home. Worked for centuries. This now is going overboard.
I’m currently in hotel quarantine for 2 weeks and I’m enjoying long showers and relaxing baths, diy facials and looking forward to having an excercise bike delivered today
Ooooh – timely reminder to clean my make-up brushes!!