How She Gets To Bed: Vivian Chen, Founder & CEO of Rise
How She Gets to Bed is a deep dive into how women who kick ass during the day spend their night. Tonight, we’re excited to share the routine of Vivian Chen, the founder & CEO of Rise, a modern work platform for ambitious women. Prior to becoming a tech startup founder, she spent many years in beauty and luxury goods marketing. Like the women on Vivian’s platform, she is an ambitious woman herself! From Brooklyn, NY, here’s how she gets to bed.
Background
Industry: Tech
Occupation: Founder & CEO of Rise
Age: 32
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Awake by: 8:00 AM
Asleep by: 12:30 AM
Late Night Snacks
A fresh pint of Van Leeuwen ice cream. But lately, I have been consuming a lot of Magnum ice cream bars.
Products to Get Unready
Despite working many years in the beauty industry, I am not the best when it comes to having a regular routine. I’d say I teeter back and forth between going ALL in, like 10 steps of regimen, to not doing anything at all and just letting my skin breathe.
Right now, I love applying all my products with a jade roller. It really feels like the products are penetrating deeper into my skin. I wake up with the most hydrated dewy skin. Also, jade rollers are a super old Chinese beauty tool. I grew up seeing my grandma use it but always dismissed it as something not very hip. Now, I realized how wrong I had been and that the old Chinese grannies really knew what’s up!
Activities to Relax
I love ASMR. I discovered it a few years ago when I read a YouTube report on hidden trends. I have a few videos that can lull me to sleep within 30 minutes, guaranteed.
Nighttime Routine
7:30 — Dinner, I cook about 3 times a week.
8:30 — Watch John Oliver, Seth Meyers, and Trevor Noah to get my ‘news.’
9:30 — If I’m in the mood I’ll start my skincare routine. A few times a week I will start with an exfoliator/scrub followed by a more gentle facial cleanser. In terms of what I put on my face, I generally start with a toner, followed by a serum, then an essence or light moisturizer. Since it’s night time, I will put on a heavier cream to seal all of it in. Of course, between each step, I will roll the products in with my trusty jade roller. This will take about 30 mins. I find it very relaxing and pampering to do.
10:00 — Archive any junk mail that came in since 7 PM.
11:00 — Watch a few YouTube videos! Right now, I am really into anything to do with history or linguistics. This then slowly turns to me putting on an ASMR video and drifting to sleep.
Follow Vivian along for more inspo at Rise and @joinrise.co ✨
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