每个人的保健方法都不同，当你见到朋友的容颜保养得十年如一日的样子，你不妨向她请教一下：What's your daily beauty regime?（你每天的美容法是什么？）有些人早上和晚上的美容习惯都不一样，早上/晚上的美容惯例是 morning / evening beauty routine，有些人每周也做护理，英文叫weekly treatment（每周护理）。
对 话
Candy: It's good to see you here. I haven't seen you in years.
Rita: Thanks. I know, it's been a long time.
Candy: You look great. Tell me, what's your daily beauty regime?
Rita: Well, I get up at six and have a glass of warm water with lemon in it…
at five to mid-night I take off my make-up and put cold cream on and….
Candy: No wonder you never get out. See you in five years.
Rita: Wait! Wait! I haven't told you about my weekly beauty regime yet.
坎蒂: 很高兴在这儿遇到你，我很久没见过你。
莉达: 我知道，真的很久了。
坎蒂: 你看来容光焕发，告诉我你每天的美容法是什么？
莉达: 噢，我六点钟起床，然后喝一杯温柠檬水…五点钟至午夜我才卸妆和涂冷霜，然后…
坎蒂: 怪不得你老是不出门，五年后见。
莉达: 等等！我还未告诉你我每周美容法啊。
坎蒂见莉达容光焕发，问她what's your daily beauty regime? Regime有两个常见意思。一是指政权，往往带贬义，例如：Italy was then under a fascist regime.（意大利当时由法西斯政权统治）。Regime也可指‘有益的生活或饮食规则’，和另一个字regimen同义，可以通用，例如：He follows a strict dietary regime / regimen prescribed by the doctor.（他根据医生指示，日常饮食限制十分严格）。
女人多数都有一套修饰仪容的方法，这叫做beauty regime / regimen。Her daily beauty regime includes at least eight hours of sleep, a lot of hair care and skin care, and a very hot bath.即 ‘她每天的美容法包括至少八小时睡眠，仔细的头发、皮肤护理，以及一个大热水澡’。睡眠对美容十分重要，所以英文戏称为beauty sleep。 Without my beauty sleep, I'll get dark-ringed eyes. 即‘我睡眠不足，就会有黑眼圈’。
说到皮肤护理，有几个字必须谈谈：acne / pimple（青春痘）、blackhead（黑头粉刺）、zit（小脓包）。Acne是不可数名词(uncountable noun)，pimple则和blackhead、zit一样，都可以数(countable)。要说‘她左颊有一粒青春痘’英文是She has (got) a pimple on her left cheek，a pimple不可改为an acne当然，你可以说：She tried to clear up her acne/pimples with some herbal medicine.（她想用些草药去除脸上的青春痘）。
