What if we took one day a week to slow down and pamper our skin (and our mind)? Invitation to cocooning with this “slow” beauty program that combines detox and softness.
Take the time, a luxury for some, used to running around. Stop. We put the injunctions “must”, “I must” on stand-by. We calm this mental whirlwind by refocusing on the essential, us. The must: set aside one “off” day a week and pamper yourself a little outside and inside. No inspiration? Here are ideas for treatments that are both detoxifying and relaxing to take care of yourself.
Warm lemon juice upon waking
When you wake up on an empty stomach, squeeze half a lemon diluted with lukewarm water (or even hot for the bravest). The benefits of squeezed lemon diluted with warm or hot water are known: a depurative action that helps the liver to cleanse itself naturally. A detox ally, lemon juice helps the body get rid of toxins. It improves digestive functions. These same detox properties of lemon have a “boomerang” effect on the skin, which regains radiance. Exit the blurred complexion, our face lights up thanks to the minerals and vitamins of this citrus fruit. A gesture to adopt on a daily basis.
A detox hammam
We treat ourselves to a relaxing break in the hammam. This hot steam bath is a perfect detox ritual that makes you sweat and flush out toxins while releasing muscles and tension.
After 20 minutes, the pores of the skin are fully open and are more receptive to exfoliation (a scrub once every two weeks is sufficient). The epidermis is cleansed of its impurities and dead cells are pushed out.
A homemade scrub
Make your own cosmeticsis a good way to relax while offering more natural products that respect your skin.
You can make a homemade body scrub with very simple active ingredients: a scrub combining vegetable oil (olive, jojoba, hazelnut, argan, etc.) to “grains”, for example sea salt, sugar or coffee grounds. A pledge of soft skin!
Ditto for the face, there is no shortage of natural recipes: read our article A lemon face scrub.
Mindful facial care
A detail can change a routine. Example in the morning in his bathroom where the gesture of cleansing the skin to removing make-up has become an almost Pavlovian (conditioned) reflex. We leave this automatic mode to rediscover the pleasure of healing body and mind by adding mindfulness to these trivial gestures. Concretely, we are entirely present in what we do when we apply our facial treatment. Apply slowly by massaging the skin with movements from the inside to the outside of the face. We do not skip the neck and décolleté. For the neck, apply your treatment from bottom to top.
When the mess of thoughts distracts our attention, we quietly return to our sensations: contact of the treatment on the face (is it cold, hot, pleasant). It calms the mind and smoothes the features (since you spend more time applying your treatment).
A refreshing mask
An alternative of choice to classic care, the mask penetrates the active ingredients deep into the skin. We take advantage of the exposure time to do nothing and return to our breathing. We follow the air that enters our lungs and the path of the air that leaves our mouth or our nostrils on exhalation. You can also count your exhalations. One, two, … up to ten. And we start again.
Even slower beauty option: make your radiance mask yourself. Read our carrot revitalizing face mask recipe
Self-massage of the scalp
The skull also has the right to its self-massage. We massage his head for a few minutes with the fingertips from the temples to around the skull. Super relaxing, this ritual oxygenates the scalpand restores some fluffiness to flattened hair. To be done without moderation but before brushing!
More broadly, we are reconnecting with the art of self-massage. We take a few minutes to massage different parts of the body: the hands, the body and the feet (with a treatment or a moisturizing oil for the body) in the morning in the bathroom or even the belly (clockwise watch in the morning to stimulate transit). Read also An express massage from head to scalp
A slow spa experience
In case of severe fatigue, treat yourself and treat yourself to a spa, institute or thalassotherapy treatment. Our favorite of the moment: the Arctic Wonder Ritual by Thalgo. 90 to 120 minutes where you let yourself be pampered with an effervescent crystal bath, a scrub with salt flakes and an Arctic Wonder massage with water bubbles. These combined treatments are inspired by Nordic rituals, playing on the combination of relaxing heat and invigorating cold. Guaranteed escape.
A relaxing bath with honey and shea
At home, a hot bath a week encourages laziness and letting go. A large tablespoon of honey is poured into the water to which a teaspoon of shea balm is added. We thus combine the myorelaxant effect (which relaxes the muscles) with the moisturizing and nourishing virtues of honey and shea.
Thanks to Manon Faucheux beautician-modeler at the thalasso Thalazur Helianthal of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Thalgo Arctic Wonder Ritual of 1h30, 132 €
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