Self-Care and a Beauty Routine During COVID-19 – The Eyes Above the Mask
A beauty routine is a way to pamper your inner life and always remind you — quarantine or not — of your essential dignity and worth as a human being. Beauty is not superficial and not how others see you. Your beauty routine and enhancing your beauty are ways to express self-love and self-respect.
Self-care is a way of focusing on what you can control in these extraordinary times. The pandemic has disrupted our normal routines, and it would be easy to neglect your beauty regime when you may home most of the time or not socializing. Following a beauty routine is way to create your own happiness in and peace of mind in this time of crisis.
When all of your normal activities have changed, a beauty routine is the ultimate form of self-care. A beauty routine should not be dismissed as an indulgence, cherish it as fundamental to your health.
A daily routine makes it real – it is a framework for attention from your head to your feet. Moisturize your hands after constant washing and sanitizing, massage your feet with oil and wear socks to bed, apply a hair mask, and add olive or coconut oil to your cuticles instead of polish.
In the morning choose your apparel with thought about how your shoes and clothing will make you feel, pay attention to your hair (get rid of those roots), don’t leave the makeup on shelf, and get some fresh air and exercise (another important aspect of self-care). Get ready to go out and/or work from home.
The pandemic should also not stop you from considering other options beyond your normal beauty routine that will enhance your appearance. Eyes have become very prominent in today’s beauty environment.
There are a growing number of people following a new trend of enhancing the look of one’s eyes now that wearing a mask has become the new norm. Surgeons, aestheticians and makeup artists are seeing more people seeking ways to make their eyes deliver that great first impression including eye-catching makeup, Botox, brow and lash enhancement, or surgery. The eyes have become a significant focal point.
An increasing number of people working from home and participating in online meetings and video calls are ramping up their eye makeup, getting lash extensions, eyebrow lamination or microblading so they can enhance their face and eyes for the unforgiving camera.
The general trend is for bolder, fuller eyebrows and lashes to “lift and elevate” for a younger look.
Mask wearing is evolving makeup trends and people are trying services they have never tried before such as lash lifts, lash extensions, eyebrow and lash tints, brow extensions.
The bottom line is to make beauty a core value, and to stand up for your health and confidence. When something gets taken away, choose what fills that space. Self-care is the perfect addition.
Love,
Manuela Ramirez