Posts Tagged ‘Relaxation’
written by Raulla S. Mitchell
As you know, when seasons change, it’s the perfect time for a gentle detox. Dandelion detox (internal cleanse), sugar exfoliation detox (externally removing old dead skin cells for softer smoother skin), and now 3 more detox tips to cleanse mind, body and spirit and maintain a healthier you:
Hydrotherapy Yoga Sleep
written by Raulla S. Mitchell
August can be one of the hottest months of the summer. Cool morning baths or showers to get moving, and warm evening baths to slow down and unwind offer wonderfully pampering holistic treatments for your skin and your spirit. → Read more
written by Raulla S. Mitchell
Long hot midsummer days cooled by end of the driveway neighborhood lemonade stands and swimming pools. Wet children and dogs. Packing for summer camps and long holiday weekends. Sunburns, insect bites, picnic lunches at the beach, patio dinners on the grill, conversations into the night under the stars. Thoughts of work and school routines fade. Schedules seem more elastic. Release yourself to the easy flow of summer.
At the end of your day, whatever the temperature outside, a warm bath remains an inviting treatment for summer skin. Unwind in a realm of tranquility or energize your spirit for a night out, perfect for whatever the evening holds in store for you. Luxuriate in two of our yummiest bestseller summer fragrances… DREAMSICLE SMILES and MIMI A TAHITI! → Read more
May 24
The Best Bath Ever!
written by Raulla S. Mitchell
Take a bath tonight, cherie. For those of you who know me well, you know this is my modus operandi for just about everything. And, I love to share it with everyone I truly love. So here goes…
The bath is your isolation tank. It’s where you keep it real! An oasis to reconnect with your genuine self. Let go of all the stuff that you won’t remember next week. Feel work, family and worldly you melt away, leaving only the real you that deserves the best bath ever! Create this super fab bath just for YOU. → Read more
written by Raulla S. Mitchell
Want to shine, shimmer and dazzle this season, but feeling like you’re sliding into overdrive or pandemic sadness? Thanksgiving travels, or family in from out of town? Or not, this year with the global pandemic still hanging on and creating concern for you and your vulnerable loved ones? Many of us are deeply missing our families who live far away from us, and choose to stay put, and not risk air travel at this time. Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday,…what’s next…marketing names and games to get you out of the house and into the stores (or on-line as many of us are doing to stay safe) for uber holiday shopping. Entertaining family and friends, and parties that normally sweep you away on a magic carpet of energy and excitement may be replaced by smaller nuclear family celebrations, and many of us may be alone this year, and may understandably feel lonely, sad, disheartened. All of these emotions can also leave your your skin fatigued and stressed out.
Skin, the largest organ of your body will show the first visible signs of lifestyle imbalance including excessive dryness, inflammation, acne, eczema, itchiness and irritation. Beautiful skin, at its foundation, begins with healthy lifestyle choices. Your skin is effected by every thought, feeling, emotion and action. If you are stressed out trying to do it all or feeling sad or depressed for any reason (in a seemingly effortless manner), chances are, so is your skin.
Your mind can be comfy in de-Nile, but your skin will tell the truth. Listen to your skin.
10 Ways to reduce and manage stress naturally this holiday season with healthy lifestyle choices (we’re talking big rewards for just a few common sense easy ideas, no major overhaul):
written by Raulla S. Mitchell
Amidst all the spiritual gratitude, bliss and goodness we share with our family and friends at this time of year, our holiday schedules begin to rev up, responsibilities to others pile up, and potential chaos can quickly send our heads spinning, creating stressful or anxious feelings which we know are not good for our skin. Stress has been shown to be at the root of many chronic illnesses, and can not only result in skin sensitivities, irritations and eruptions, but is a primary cause of premature aging. Who wants any of this? Not us!
Our skin, the largest organ of our body, reflects what is going on below the surface physically and emotionally. If you notice your skin acting up, don’t panic. Maybe it’s just time to take a look at your lifestyle choices this time of year. Your skin is your best friend, and she’s trying to tell you something important.
4 ways to reduce and manage holiday stress and recharge our emotional batteries: → Read more
written by Raulla S. Mitchell
Are you a Lebenskunstler? It’s one of the most beautiful words I know, and no it has nothing to do with Oktoberfest. The first chill in the air, falling leaves, autumn storms, and a recurring desire to make my hibernation nest cozy and warm makes me want to get in touch with my inner lebenkunstler.
It’s too good a feeling to keep to myself, so I want to share this feeling with you. Maybe it’s time for you to discover YOUR inner lebenkunstler too?
Leben (life) and kunstler (artist) combine to make a yummy word that describes someone who makes an art of her everyday life. Now, who wouldn’t want to be a lebenkunstler?
Don’t worry if you’re not feeling it right now, or never thought of yourself as an artist. No one is born a lebenkunstler, and it’s not at all hard to become one.
We’re not talking about a visual (Picasso) or dramatic artist (Meryl Streep).
A lebenkunstler is more of a ritual artist, a decorative artist in the way she decorates her moments, hours and days, as well as the space in which she lives.
Elements of everyday life touched by creative rituals add love add meaning to our lives. As it becomes clear that colder weather has come to stay, our indoor environments, where we spend more of our time until spring (in Minnesota where I live and in other four season climates) send out a siren call to become the most inviting, genuine expressions of our unique selves.
What are some of the everyday little rituals that add meaning to your life? That make you feel excited to jump out of bed and start your day, or happy to slip between the covers of your winter duvet, read, binge watch Anthony Bourdain (may he RIP) eating strange foods in amazing countries you might never otherwise visit and experience (or maybe you’ve been there and relive the memories),…
Whatever you choose, remember, they don’t have to be monumental to be meaningful and memorable.
I feel my inner lebenkunstler smiling right now? How about you? → Read more
written by Raulla S. Mitchell
You’ve had a wonderful busy week, and now it’s time for YOU.
Halloween costumes for my daughter, myself and our dog (what can I say, HomeGoods had an irresistible canine cow costume, which I promise wasn’t the reason I went there – it was a tablecloth which I couldn’t find, but the costume had our dog Sugar’s name all over it, in my vision, if not in Sugar’s), bags of Hershey’s, Nestle Crunch, Snickers, Red Licorice and Starbursts (that should be anywhere but on our dining room table within my reach – I’m chewing a lemon Starbust as I write this – yumm…),Frankenstein’s illuminated head and hands rise from his grave of leaves along our walkway…
Squirrels know it’s over. Our large oak tree sends acorns spilling everywhere, bounty for a bevy of bushy-tailed hearty squirrels who quickly discover our outdoor pumpkins every year. They’ve make considerable progress taking apart my daughters ornately carved, painted and decorated pumpkins, pull off the wooden witch head inserted at top to make room for mucho nibbling. They’ll eventually make a total mushy mess of no longer recognizable Jack O’Lanterns, and only then will I remove them from the stoop. Right now, I let the viewing and feast planning to gain momentum.
I adore the only holiday that encourages you to transform yourself into someone else for a night. It’s primal. It’s creative. It’s dreamy. It’s freaky. It’s whoever you are or want to be, just for a night. Like fragrance, they’re memories that I want to linger.
Sometimes, my m.o. is why not flow from one holiday to the next? Abrupt transitions imply that one can’t wait to be rid of something that brought joy just a short time ago. I leave old Frankenstein’s head and hands crawling out of the ground out there, long after Halloween is over. He makes me smile. Why not make more days feel like holidays? The calendar may say one thing, but allow your heart to feel whatever it desires. How about you?
Okay, back to YOU TIME and fragrance chat. We promised. We’ll deliver.
