Mindful Skincare Routine That Feels Like Peace
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Mindful Skincare Routine That Feels Like Peace
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Mindfulness can be an easy way to bring more calm and intention into your day, and a mindful skincare routine is an easy place to start.
I love mindfulness because it can be practiced whenever you want, doesn’t require a set amount of time, and can happen anywhere.
In fact, your skincare routine may already be one of the easiest places to practice mindfulness.
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To practice mindfulness during your skincare routine, you do not need a longer routine, more products or a perfectly styled bathroom.
So keep the same products and the same routine.
You have everything you need.
The shift is simply in where your attention goes while you complete your skincare routine.
By slowing down one step, noticing the physical sensations and giving yourself a few intentional minutes, an everyday skincare routine can start to feel more like meditation.
Keep reading for a simple way to turn the skincare routine you already have into a mindful practice.
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Table of Contents
How to Turn Your Skincare Routine Into a Mindful Practice
Why the Mirror Matters
Morning and Evening Skincare Have Different Jobs
What Invites You to Slow Down
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Mindful Skincare Routine That Feels Like Peace
First, think about what skincare already gives you.
When you practice your skincare routine, you repeat many of the same motions each day.
For example, your hands are physically touching your skin. There is a clear beginning and end. And for at least a few minutes, you have a built-in opportunity to focus on one experience at a time.
Call it wellness habit stacking, one of my favorite mindfulness techniques. Instead of adding another practice to your evening, you are pairing mindfulness with a routine that is already part of your day.
That combination is what makes skincare such a natural place to practice mindfulness and one of my favorite mindfulness activities for adults. You are already there, already touching your skin, already repeating the same few motions.
All you need now is to bring your awareness and attention into focus, and that is practicing mindfulness.
Skincare also gives you something many other routines do not: a mirror.
We naturally use the mirror to check our appearance, our skin, to apply products and notice changes, which makes it either a distraction or a cue, depending on how you use it. There is a version of this practice for each, and both are below.
With both approaches to mindfulness, the skincare routine itself can stay exactly the same.
What changes is your attention.
How to Turn Your Skincare Routine Into a Mindful Practice
Start with one step.
First, before you begin, choose one intention for the minute ahead. The intention you set can be as simple as, I am here and I am present for me.
Then, let’s begin our skincare routine.
Personally, I enjoy doing steps of my skincare routine and using mindfulness throughout each one because it is a different experience.
For this demonstration, let’s focus on the step in your skincare when you apply your moisturizer. In fact, if you want to start simply, that can be the only part of your skincare routine that you initially practice mindfulness during.
To start, as you move through your routine, notice the temperature of your products. Their texture. The pressure of your hands. Then notice where you may be holding tension around your jaw, forehead or eyes.
When your attention drifts, bring it back to one of those sensations.
If you want something to gaze at, instead of watching yourself in the mirror, look at your hands. Feel the texture of them along with your moisturizer.
How does the temperature of your hands compare to the temperature of the moisturizer or perhaps skincare tools you are using?
Also, pay attention to how it feels between your fingers.
Feel the pressure you are using as you apply it.
Check whether you are holding tension around your jaw, between your eyebrows or around your eyes.
When your mind wanders, which it might (because that’s natural and okay), simply return your attention to your hands or another sensation you’re experiencing.
Always bring your focus back to the present moment and what is happening now.
Right now the focus is your self care, completing your mindful skincare routine.
The practice is choosing one thing to notice, such as a sensation, a sound, a sight or a thought, and returning your attention to it.
Then try this mindfulness exercise for sixty seconds.
Honor the intention you set. That’s also self care.
Once you’re done, if you want an extra boost, it’s a great bonus also to journal about your experience. Perhaps noting how you felt before, during, after. You could even use the Aurela wellness app to log your journal prompt and check off your AM or PM skincare ritual for the day.
No matter what you choose next, be sure to express gratitude for taking time out for yourself and hold on to any positivity that comes from the experience.
That is the difference between simply completing your skincare and treating skincare as self care with a mindful skincare routine.
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Why the Mirror Matters
The first mindful skincare practice above asks you to look away from the mirror. That is one option and here is another way to practice your mindful skincare routine while using a mirror.
I love using a mirror during skincare, and bonus if you pair it with affirmations!
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Press play while you do your skincare or as you drift off to sleep.
Benefits Of Using The Mirror
After all, the mirror helps you see what you are doing, notice your skin and move through your routine with intention.
For this version of a mindful skincare routine, use the mirror to bring more awareness to your experience. In other words, the mirror itself becomes the cue to slow down or take notice of specific aspects. It’s now an additional tool and never a distraction.
Remember, this is about noticing your senses and staying present. It's okay if your mind drifts and you can take note of those thoughts you want to return to…but later not now.
Now we still honor our intention of self care.
If your mind drifts, simply bring it back into focus. It’s okay and it’s normal.
Next, look in the mirror and notice what you see. Pay attention to what you feel. Explore your senses.
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Take in your whole face rather than immediately focusing on one area. Then, for one step, let your attention move to your hands and the way the product feels against your skin.
Notice the texture, the pressure and your facial expression.
Also, take note of how you’re feeling physically and your mood.
Relax your jaw. Soften your brow. Give yourself one quiet minute of care.
Then continue to stay present as you complete your mindfulness skincare routine.
When you’re done, express gratitude, journal, and enjoy the moment. You deserved it and it’s available again whenever you’re ready to return.
Overall, your mirror can be more than a place to track your skincare progress. Your mirror can become part of your ritual—a reminder to be present with the face you are caring for today.
If you have ever wondered how to make skincare feel like self care, this is where I would start.
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Morning and Evening Skincare Have Different Jobs
Morning skincare and evening skincare each have a different job in a mindful skincare routine, so I gave them their own guide.
Then read Daily Skincare Routine: Calm Morning and Night for busy mornings, slow evenings, tired nights and body care.
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Have you tried mindfulness practices before?
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What Invites You to Slow Down
The products and tools you enjoy using are usually the easiest ones to slow down with.
So for the tray, moisturizer, cleanser, skincare tool, face oil and candle in my mindful skincare routine, read Skincare Products That Help You Slow Down.
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The Mindful Skincare Routine Series
Ready to bring more calm into the skincare routine you already have? Then explore the mindful skincare routine series:
Mindful Skincare Routine That Feels Like Peace
First, the full mindfulness practice, with and without the mirror.
Daily Skincare Routine: Calm Morning and Night
Next, mindful skincare for busy mornings, slow evenings, tired nights and body care.
Skincare Products That Help You Slow Down
Finally, the tray, moisturizer, cleanser, skincare tools, face oil and candle that invite me to slow down.
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Final Thoughts
I love to practice mindfulness because it's an easy and effective wellness tool. Basically, I don’t need anything and I can do it anywhere anytime.
Completing a mindful skincare routine has been a great way for me to slow down, relax, and really be more present with myself physically and mentally.
If you want, having a mindful skincare routine can become a part of your regular practice too. After all, everything you need is already part of your skincare routine.
Mindfulness meets you where you are and there is no way to mess up or do it wrong, just dedicate time to channel your awareness and bring your attention back when needed.
So use the products you love. Slow down at least one step.
Notice the texture, temperature and movement of your hands.
Relax your jaw.
Above all, let yourself enjoy a few quiet minutes that belong entirely to you.
The shift is in your attention.
When you’re ready, choose one step in your skincare routine and be fully present for it.
Skincare products can be a cue to slow down. Here are the moisturizer, cleanser, skincare tools, face oil and candle for a more mindful routine.