Posts in Body Care 101
Skin, Body and Soul Rituals for Fall

Autumn is in full swing and you're probably noticing some changes in your skin! At Everly Grace Beauty we believe in offering some self-care and daily ritual changes with the season so you can feel your best as the cooler morning and shorter days come in. This is a season of deficiency and change and when temperatures drop, the body needs to find ways to keep from losing heat. Below you will find ways to keep not only the skin but the body in balance as well.

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Deep Breathing to Relieve Stress

At Everly Grace, we start each facial with three deep belly breaths. This is very intentional and not only meant to set the tone of the experience to a calm one and relieve stress from outside the room. We have you take deep belly breaths, where your stomach and waist expands while your chest remains more or less flat.

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Intuitive Skin Care

The concept of listening to your skin sounds odd, I know. It falls into the category of trusting you intuition - like that little voice in your head. Throughout each day, our bodies are constantly giving us signals - like when to eat, when to sleep, or to look out for this or that. Some signals are super obvious, like “this is hot! do not touch!” or not so obvious “I don’t know the answer to a problem and need to talk to a friend.”

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Practicing The Art of Receiving

“Appreciation is an excellent thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us, as well.” ~Voltaire. While the old proverb tells us it is better to give than receive, countless people bemoan the absence of grateful receivers. Thank you letters seem to be a relic of the past and expressions of gratitude are often drowned out in a sea of complaints about what is wrong with the world.

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Anxiety and Herbs

Sadly, to most people, the idea of feeling a sense of calm, getting quality sleep and not feeling stressed out all the time seems like a vacation. Believe it or not, getting bored is critically important for your health. Maybe not the kind of mind numbing boredom that most of us try to avoid but rather the concept that when we are constantly living a go go life our body never gets the opportunity to reach the parasympathetic state that is required to balance out and reset our body to be in a more harmonious and healthy condition.

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All About Oils

Many people are hesitant to add an oil to their skin care routine, as it implies oily or shine on the skin surface and we’ve spent so many efforts trying to prevent that! Often, a facial oil is part of many facials, so when you’re laying there with your eyes closed all relaxed, it’s very likely that some sort of oil is being applied to your face.. why not make it part of your daily routine?

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Your Skin Notices Change Too!

Our lives are different now than they were a month ago. From social events, to work to school, it’s very likely we all have a new routine now. That’s 100% ok. To get to this state, it took a bit of a shift. We had to change our expectations and plans. We had to let go of what was comfortable. By now, many of us are adjusting to a very different way of life and that’s something worth celebrating. While there might be moments of discomfort or frustration, you are here and you are doing it. Good job.

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The Importance of a Skin Care Ritual

Any ritual can help create balance. Whether it’s an exercise ritual, a morning ritual or your ritual of a glass of wine after work on a Friday, when your mind and your body has an idea of what to expect, it will respond and accept this ritual as a routine. Everly Grace Whole Beauty is about balance. Balance in your skin. Balance in your body and Balance in your soul. When this balance is correct, we can really thrive.

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The Whole Story Behind Healthy Skin

At Everly Grace Whole Beauty, there’s a clear reason we included the word WHOLE in our name. Beauty isn’t just following every step of skin care routine and treating symptoms (acne, dry skin, oily skin etc.) as they arise. Whole beauty is about our diet, stress level, hormones, activity level and mental health. It takes more than applying serums and moisturizers to have healthy skin and a healthy mind.

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Your Skin Microbiome

Just like our gut, our skin has a microbiome, a complex collection of bacteria that’s serves as a basis for healthy, radiant skin. On the blog this month, we’re talking about microbiomes. From over washing (not good) to exfoliating (good) there’s a fine balance to achieve when caring for your skin’s bacteria.

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Winter Skin Care

Winter weather strips your skin of moisture and of its natural, moisturizing oils. Heating your home, removes moisture from the air, making your home environment dryer. Those cozy hot shower, hot tub sessions and baths also drain the skin of natural moisture and oils. That ski lift, winter show shoe adventure or hike can also have winds and winter sun that effect the skins’ natural balance.

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