Reflexive verbs are often used in Romance languages with verbs of daily hygiene (to bathe, to get dressed, to shower, to brush your hair), verbs of change of status (to get married, to get divorced, to become), verbs of emotion, (to get angry, to feel) and to reinforce a verb.
With these verbs you have to use a reflexive pronoun, so when you say "je me lave le visage" literally you are saying "I wash myself the face".
This is how you use the pronouns. First add the reflexive pronoun, and then conjugate the verb as you would conjugate any verb . If you wash your car or wash your dog, it is not a reflexive verb so you would just conjugate laver appropriately. EX Je lave le chien or il lave sa voiture
Je me brosse
tu te brosses
il/elle/on se brosse
nous nous brossons
vous vous brossez
ils/elles se brossent
je m'habille
tu t'habilles
il/elle,on s'habille
nous nous habillons
vous vous habillez
ils/elles s'habillent
se brosser (les dents, les cheveux ) - to brush (teeth, hair)
se coucher - to go to bed
se couper les cheveux - to cut one's hair
s'habiller - to get dressed
se laver (la tête, les mains, la figure) - to wash (one's hair, hands, face)
se lever - to get up (je me lève)
se peigner - to comb
se raser - to shave
se reposer - to rest
se réveiller - to wake up
se sécher - to dry
s'amuser - to have a good time
se fâcher - to get angry
se sentir - to feel
se divorcier - to get divorced
se marier - to get married
se trouver - to be found/located
s'occuper de - to be busy with
se passer - to happen
Est-ce que tu te réveilles à six heures ? (question)
Je ne me réveille pas à six heures, je me réveille à sept heures. (negative)
Je vais me réveiller à huit heures pendant mes vacances. (infinitive)