Restoring order to your beauty, style and wellness regimens
After the holidays of indulgence, disruptive sleep patterns, and that strange period between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day when it’s near impossible to remember what day of the week it is, your routine might be a little unraveled right now. To help you get back on track and ready to tackle 2022, we share how to purge and reset your beauty, style, and wellness routines. You’ll be feeling bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in no time.
The Beauty Reset
It’s time for a makeover
When it comes to a beauty overhaul, start with the canvas – your skin. You might already know that a proper cleanse does your skin a world of wonders — it keeps congestion and breakouts at bay by removing all traces of grime, pollutants, and those 30,000 to 40,000 cells that skin sheds every day. What you might not realize is that the deep-set dirt in your pores that comes from inadequate cleansing means your serums and treatments can’t penetrate your skin the way they should, leaving your liquid-gold products much less effective.
To reset your skin so it can properly receive all that goodness, start with a detox mask, such as Omorovicza’s Deep Cleansing Mask, which draws out impurities using Hungarian moor mud, or Tata Harper’s Purifying Mask – a detox treatment that purges pores using 100 percent gentle natural superheroes such as prickly pear seed oil and broccoli extract. For a proper detox reset, apply the mask every day for three days, then reduce it back to one to two times per week. Continue on with a daily double cleanse, morning and evening, first with an oil-based cleanser, such as Shu Uemura ultime8 Sublime Beauty Cleansing Oil, and second with a water-based cleaner, such as the Soy Face Cleanser from Fresh. This will help you get a continually clean slate.
The Style Reset
Back to the essentials
Signal the start of a new year with a wardrobe refresh, starting by saying goodbye to those “what-if” clothes. If a piece doesn’t spark joy or fit with the lifestyle you’re living, or if you haven’t worn it in a year, think about donating it to charity or hosting a swapping party to keep fashion circular with friends. It’ll also make space for step two — resetting your closest with a hard-working capsule wardrobe. It’s rooted in the concept of building a small group of core essentials that transcend past trends, and while “essentials” will mean different things to different style personalities, the capsule in traditional form is about timeless basics.
Ferragamo does this beautifully — cue their versatile Vara Bow pump for women, and their leather briefcase range for men. For jewelry and timepieces, it’s all about those “forever” items you’ll wear now, and twenty years down the line. The Hermès Heure H watch for women and the DFS global exclusive The Longines Master Collection 40.00mm stainless steel men’s watch are perfect examples.
The Wellness Reset
Refresh from the inside out
After a season filled with champagne and mince pies, a week or two of kicking — or at least cutting down on — caffeine, alcohol, processed foods, added sugars, gluten, and dairy, can help eliminate toxins from the body, improve digestive health, boost immune function, and help balance your body’s pH level. Not sure what to switch your daily espresso with? A tea that helps restore energy, such as Hocha Elite Signature Vitality Tea, can give you a comforting boost you need to start the day. After the initial detox, assist your body with a natural ongoing detoxification process with a daily supplement, such as Grown Alchemist Detox Complex, or Swisse Ultiboost Liver Complex.
Alongside diet and supplements, regulating your sleep schedule after festive period is important. To help get back into a bedtime routine, remember those healthy habits: disconnect from your phone, lower the lights, and prepare for bed 30 minutes in advance, always at the same time. As for bedside essentials? The fan-favorite sleep range from This Works, including Deep Sleep Pillow Spray and Stress Check Roll-On, both part of their Choose Sleep Kit, are calming companions worthy of keeping within close reach.
