Self-care rituals for summer using slow beauty.
Vacations are the perfect time to stop, breathe, and reconnect with yourself. After months of hectic routines, obligations, and constant screen time, your body and your skin are asking for something different: attention, touch, calm. At Eleven Obi, we believe that beauty isn’t something you achieve, but something you cultivate, and it’s best to do so without rushing, whenever possible.
This summer, we invite you to experience a more conscious and sensorial beauty experience, where taking care of your skin is also a space for personal reconnection. We suggest small slow beauty rituals that transform the everyday into a small ritual.
1. Bare your skin, get back to yourself.
In summer, less is more. Give your makeup a break and let your skin express itself as it is: with texture, with light, with life. The key is to maintain its natural balance with products that respect its biology and nourish it from within. We recommend some tips for taking care of your skin slowly and paying attention to detail, without rushing.
- Cleansing: With our Lemon Sorbet Magic Gel to Milk Cleanser, this step will be the most sensorial of all. Massage your face with this gel-like oil, breathing in its fresh lemon scent, while dissolving impurities with circular movements, feeling the softness of our product. Then, add a little water directly to your face to work its magic and transform the oil into milk, finishing cleansing your skin and leaving it soft and luminous.
- Toning: Use the Le Jardin Sauvage Toner as a connecting mist. Spritz it on your face and décolletage, or if you’re feeling generous, on your pillow before bed. Pay attention to the incredible aroma of this product, as its botanical essences not only help your skin but also have relaxing properties.
- Hydration + Protection: Hydrate and protect yourself from the sun with our Pearlescent Eco Protect Age & Sun Shield SPF 30 or 50, thanks to the botanical heroes it contains, such as witch hazel, hyaluronic acid, and damask rose, among others. They keep your skin hydrated and nourished while forming a protective layer so the sun’s rays aren’t a problem this summer. Plus, to ditch the makeup and give your skin a break, it’s ideal to add a touch of color to your sunscreen for the perfect routine, thanks to our Island Glow Liquid Bronzer.
Slow beauty tip: The real importance of this routine recommendation, aside from the quality natural products that add value, is time and calm. Take a few minutes for each step, sitting in front of the mirror, breathing, touching your skin, and massaging it calmly, paying attention to every detail and slowly admiring each aroma and texture. Because summer is for doing things slowly and enjoying yourself.
2. Aromatherapy to anchor the moment.
Scents have the power to stop time. A botanical perfume or essential oil can become sensory anchors to bring you back to the here and now.
- Before going for a walk in nature or reading in the shade, apply a few drops of our most antioxidant serum (always with sun protection): The Eleven Radiance Cocktail. In addition to providing eleven antioxidants that will help your skin improve, we recommend deeply inhaling its incredible orange aroma.
Slow beauty tip: Close your eyes when you smell it. Let the aroma spread through your chest. Summer is also experienced on the inside.
3. Touch as a language of self-care.
Touching your skin with intention is an act of self-love. Take advantage of your free time to indulge in slow massages during treatments and product application, without any goals, just for the pleasure of feeling them. The recommended products for this ritual are:
- Flamingo Neck Flash Firming Concentrate, our specific serum for your neck and décolletage. Its light and nourishing formula helps maintain the firmness and softness of this delicate area, while its delicate aroma invites you to take a deep breath and connect with yourself.
- Botox Alternative Balancing Oil, the serum that helps smooth and revitalize your skin with an immediate tightening effect. As you notice how it blends with your face, breathe in its subtle aroma and let that moment be just for you.
Slow beauty tip: Do it without distractions. Turn off your phone. Let your hands speak to you and relax your entire body in a sensorial self-care experience.
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