April 19, 2025
Your April 2025 SKINCARE BLÜHPRINT
April showers are said to bring May flowers... but why jump ahead when we can savor this month, with all its signs of spring and fresh beginnings? With so much going on (good, bad, indifferent), it's easy to get distracted, disconnected, and overwhelmed. This month's Skincare Blühprint is a gentle reminder to stay grounded in the present, and to enjoy those April showers... in both the weather and your daily self-care routines. We're sharing a few of our favorite tried-and-true grounding techniques, most of which you can engage anytime and anywhere to quickly return to the present moment in times of stress, anxiety, overexcitement, or overwhelm.
Get grounded with us:
- 5-4-3-2-1: Take a minute to engage your five senses and anchor yourself firmly in the present moment by naming (aloud, on in your head). 5 things you can see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell, and 1 thing you can taste.
- 333 rule: This helps you connect you with your surroundings, but also with your physical body. Identify 3 objects around you, 3 sounds you hear, and 3 moving body parts.
- Body Scan Meditation: Body scan meditations systematically bring your attention to different parts of your body. You can follow this mindful practice on your own, or use a script or guided meditation. This one from New York-Presbyterian Hospital is a great starting point!
- Take a deep breath: Our breath is always with us, and is often the most accessible way to reset, refocus, and get grounded. Simply focusing on your breathing pattern, in and out, can be a wonderful way to ground.
- Get outside: Connecting with nature seems to factor into all of our Skincare Blühprints, but for good reason! Stepping away from our phones, the news, and social media notifications to mindfully enjoy the outside world is infinitely restorative, and certainly grounding. Bonus points if you can leave all your electronics and shoes behind!
When it comes to your actual April showers, we've designed an April Skincare Blühprint to make the most of your showers, elevating your daily routine to something a little more special! We've included three Blüh Alchemy products to help ground you before, during, and after your shower or bath time.
- Before you shower, begin with our dry brush! Beginning at your feet, start with short, gentle sweeping motions moving up your legs and continuing towards your torso, arms and shoulders, keeping movements in the direction of your heart. Gradually increase the pressure only if it feels comfortable. Our dry brush is hand crafted featuring beautiful beechwood. It’s large oval shape and smooth wooden handle fits comfortably in your hand for ease of use. The firm bristles are sustainably sourced sisal fibers from the agave plant. The invigorating action of dry brushing is intended to encourage circulation, inspire lymph flow while exfoliating the skin for silky-smooth, radiant results.
- Detox and renew with our award-winning Exfoliating Cleanser. Once you're in the shower, give the warm water and steam a few minutes to soften your skin. Apply a quarter size amount to damp skin, after activating it with a little warm water in your palm first. Gently rub in a circular motion, avoiding the delicate eye area. For a deeper level of detoxification, leave on for a few minutes and then rinse off with warm water. Our Exfoliating Cleanser is formulated with potent antioxidants, regenerative bioactives and essential fatty acids to activate cellular renewal, detoxification and optimal skin tone. The result is a noticeably brighter, smoother, supple complexion.
- Before stepping out of the shower, soothe and nourish your skin with our award-winning Active Relief Body Oil. For optimal results massage into damp skin (this is why we keep a bottle in the shower!), or use anytime you desire soft, nourished skin. This potent treatment oil integrates cell nourishing fatty acids, phytoceramides and powerful antioxidants with herbs used in plant medicine for centuries. Methodically formulated to boost hydration, improve skin tone and bring soothing relief to overworked muscles. Copaiba Oleoresin, Hinoki, Arnica and Holy Basil contain potent anti- inflammatory and fortifying properties that support the overall health of your skin. This luxurious body oil absorbs quickly, leaving your skin silky-smooth and deeply nourished, and its grounding aroma is customer favorite!
Wishing you a grounded, peaceful month! As always, I am so grateful that you are part of this beautiful community.