3 perfect treatments to relax

While taking care of yourself is always pleasant, it is undeniable that certain cosmetics and beauty rituals excel in the art of relaxing us to help us cope with our increasingly stressful daily life. Focus on three of them, to adopt as soon as the pressure is too strong.

A scalp treatment to enjoy a relaxing massage

Often forgotten, the scalp is nevertheless a part of the body very conducive to relaxation, and for which brands have designed many treatments capable of maintaining a favorable ground for good hair growth, to rebalance it when necessary. to regulate excess sebum or, on the contrary, to nourish it intensely when the scalp tends to be rather dry. There is therefore inevitably one adapted to your needs that will give you the perfect opportunity to dispel the tensions accumulated over the days, in addition to working to provide you with more beautiful and resistant hair.

Indeed, to be formidably effective, this type of treatment should not be applied just any way but be applied to the skin by performing a real head massage which is most soothing. When trying to reduce stress, the application of a special scalp treatment is therefore timely. This scalp massage is necessary to best stimulate the blood microcirculation and thus ensure good irrigation of the hair bulbs so that they receive all the nutrients necessary for the health and growth of hair. But in order for it to act as the perfect stress reliever, there are a few tips you should know. Indeed, in order for it to provide maximum soothing, the treatment must be massaged from the top to the bottom of the skull, exerting light pressure in order to eliminate residual stress.

The right method? Take a few drops of scalp care on your fingertips and apply them to your scalp using small circular massages from the forehead to the back of the neck. To continue the massage, place your palms flat on each side of your head and then rotate down towards the back of the ears. You should then feel your scalp moving under your palms. Repeat this gesture twice in a row. Then, rest your forehead on one of your hands and with the fingers of the other hand, exert pressure on the top of the skull, at the level of the central line. Follow the latter to exert four more pressures of the kind along this midline going towards the neck. Exhale deeply with each pressure. Finally, place your palms on either side of your head, above the ears, with your fingers facing up. Then take three deep breaths to inflate your lungs and breathe out while applying pressure with the palms of your hands.

Shopping treatments for a head massage:

René Furterer Complex 5 stimulating plant concentrate

MoroccanOil Dry Scalp Treatment

The Body Shop Scalp Serum – Ginger

A Bach flower mask to invigorate the skin and mind

The beneficial and soothing effects of face masks are well established. There is, in fact, nothing like taking a break from well-being and offering deep skin care to relax. Except maybe do it with the Anti-stress Mask from Les Skincare with Bach Flowers which promises to hydrate and invigorate the skin, while making you enjoy the famous liquid plant extracts that soothe the emotions and calm anxieties and the stress. Enough to offer you a moment of relaxation just as deep as the treatment enjoyed by the skin. This clever mask indeed contains all the extracts that have made the anti-stress elixir of Bach Flowers a success, namely extracts of agrimony, oak, impatiens, white chestnut, pine, apple tree. wild and verbena that together help to find peace of mind. You can thus maximize the relaxation offered by the mask's application time, while enjoying a quarter of an hour of intense serenity.
On the skin side, the formula is moisturizing and nourishing – thanks to the combination of sweet almond and jojoba oils which mix with shea butter – but also restorative thanks to the presence of vitamin E, and soothing due to a duo of hydrosols of lime blossom and lemon balm that comes to the aid of the skin to restore all its radiance.

The right reflex to adopt? You create a real bubble of well-being to fully enjoy your mask. We settle in a quiet room and we light up in a subdued light, why not there by the light of a few candles. We do not hesitate to lie down to relax thoroughly and put on soothing music if it helps us to disconnect from the rest.

Anti-stress Mask from Bach Flower Care

A foot bath to relax your whole body

If bathing is not always possible in small bathrooms equipped with a shower cabin, the footbath remains accessible to all as long as we have a large enough basin available to be able to submerge correctly both feet. And if we only had to choose one bath to relax, it might finally be this one since the feet, like the back, concentrate a lot of our tensions and our nerve endings.
By pampering them, it is therefore possible to promote our overall well-being and easily resolve the tensions in our body due to stress. The foot bath reveals relaxing effects on our feet as on our morale. There is no question, therefore, of missing out on the anti-stress benefits of this beauty treatment, admittedly a bit outdated, but which has more than proven itself to relieve fatigue and stress! In addition, it has the advantage of being inexpensive and can be made with a few ingredients found in your kitchen if you do not want to invest in a specific bathing pleasure like salts or soothing milk.

The right recipe for a stress-relieving foot bath at home? Heat some water, between 32 ° and 37 ° depending on your preferences and your sensitivity to heat. This is an important step because it is the heat that will relax your feet and invite your whole body to rest. Pour hot water into your basin before adding a tablespoon of coarse salt and a few drops of essential oil of lavender or ylang ylang for their soothing properties. Immerse your feet in it for about ten to twenty minutes to fully benefit from the relaxing effects of the foot bath.
The trick to being able to maintain an optimal water temperature throughout the treatment? Heat a little more water than you keep in a nearby teapot so you can add hot water to the footbath as desired.
Once the foot bath is finished, remember to dry your feet well and do not forget to moisturize your tootsies with a comforting cream.

Shopping to enhance your foot bath

Bath Salts – Stress-Fix by Aveda

Collosol milk water

High Nutrition Foot Cream – Cold Cream Marine by Thalgo

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