GET COSY WITH A NEW WINTER WELLBEING RITUAL
Hello, darkness my old friend – it must be 5pm again.
What do you do when the evenings are endless and 7pm feels like bedtime? Alas, hibernation – while tempting – is not the most viable option, so use the long nights to establish a self care routine that promotes your wellbeing and helps to ensure you’re prepared for the imminent spring. The perfect excuse to get ‘hygge’ with it, we’ve cherry-picked seasonal staples – from sleep aids to candles and mood-boosting scents (not forgetting bath-enhancing salts and soaks) – to lighten the (interminable) dark.
A great time to foster new habits, introduce a supplement (or two) to help offset the side-effects of wintry weather, too many carbs (guilty!) and far-too-little vitamin D. The Nue Co.’s bioavailable range of ingestibles spans immunity-boosting Defense Drops, Prebiotic + Probiotic Capsules (which support 'good’ gut bacteria) and Vitamin D in a fast-acting spray, so there’s something for every predicament. And if it's radiance you’re craving, promote your inner glow with Vida Glow Collagen Liquid Advance supplement sachets – one-a-day servings of hydrolysed collagen peptides with vitamin C and manuka to plump and replenish your skin from within.
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More time indoors calls for comforting candles – the cornerstone of any winter’s evening. With flickering flames and cocooning aromas, there’s no quicker way to create a calm, cosy environment. Simply strike a match, sit back, relax and imagine you’re sunning yourself in a field full of heavenly roses (cue: Malin + Goetz’s Otto Candle), or snoozing by the fireside with Herlum’s Comfortable Silence Candle – a reassuring blend of soothing sandalwood and spicy black pepper.
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Once you’ve set the right tone, count to zen and continue your wind-down regime with a loooong, uninterrupted soak. Reach for ache-easing, skin-softening oils, soaks or salts and relax as you slowly relinquish your grip on the strains of the day. From ritualistic crystals to skin barrier-boosting blends, there’s a calming and comforting cocktail to meet every end-of-day need – whether you need some post-pilates pain relief or a quick pick-me-up, we’ve got the best jar for the job. Try Susanne Kaufmann’s St. John’s Wort Bath for its heavenly scent and skin-softening benefits, or 'check out’ of the everyday chaos and turn your bath into a Japanese sanctuary with Earl of East’s Bathing Ritual Bath Salts in ‘Onsen’ – a reinvigorating mix of eucalyptus, peppermint and mandarin that helps you ‘reset’ before bed.
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Ilāpothecary's Beat the Blues Body Oil is undoubtedly the best next step in any winter wellbeing routine – harnessing the power of essential oils to envelop your senses with a reassuring blend of musky clary sage, petitgrain, rose geranium and tuberose to elevate your mood and soothe your skin (aaaaand breathe).
And no head-to-toe winter ritual’s complete without, well... toes. Our feet work incredibly hard but are subject to chronic neglect so, before sandal season’s upon us, show them the love they deserve with Patchology’s PoshPeel PediCure – low effort-max impact socks laced with softening acids to quickly eliminate scales for pieds to be proud of.
Finally, don’t underestimate the power of fragrance to alter your mindset and help you contend with the energy dips that accompany winter. Commodity’s Milk+ Bold is a blanket of warmth when you crave reassurance – wrapping you up in a hug of mahogany, tonka bean, resinous amber and marshhmallow – while a quick spritz of Jo Malone London’s Wild Bluebell is tranquility, bottled. Think: walks through a sun-dappled wood during Great British springtime... it can’t come soon enough.
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Rina is Cult Beauty’s Midweight SEO Copywriter and has always had a passion for beauty and skin care (rich moisturisers are her obsession). What started as a love for The Body Shop and their famed Born Lippy lip balms (in ‘Watermelon’ of course!), she is now more interested in finding products with proven effectiveness instead of broken promises. A loud and proud VIEVE fan, Rina owns nearly every item of the range and recommends the brand to anyone who will listen... When she’s not intently reading ingredient lists, you can find her either immersed in multiple true crime podcasts or a fantasy romance novel, with an *extra* hot cappuccino in hand.
