I don’t know about you but I don’t think I practice adequate self-care. I have some self-care tips here for you.
Granted, I have been trying to do better myself at it these days. I am by no means a ‘master craftsman’ at it yet but I want to share with you some of my ideas because I believe some people don’t practice self care enough because they deem it to be expensive and it does not have to be.
To help with the cost, I am offering for free a Laxcare Hair Removal System! Awesome I know, you can thank me later, if you win it!
Self-care is important. It is not about spending lots of money and spending lots of time. It is about recognizing that you have only 1 body and it has to last for your entire lifetime. It is recognizing that you are made up of physical, emotional, Intellectual and social elements and taking care to look after each segment of you! You don’t have to try everything you have ever read about self-care because then it might become too overwhelming, which might lead to you giving up before you reap the benefits.
So my recommendation is that you start with a few steps from those listed here. You will be glad you did. Good luck!
Oh! I might as well tell you about this giveaway. I have used the Laxcare hair removal system for some time now. Although female, I happen to have facial hair which grows back like every 2 or 4 days. Since I have become an adult, I have used razors to get rid of the hair which is not nice, let me tell you because it scrapes my delicate facial skin and no amount of moisturizing gets it back to how it should be.
Since I have been gifted this hair removal system I still have a problem with facial hair but it is now more manageable, my skin does not burn when I have finished using it as it just gently works its magic on the hairs on my face. I have given away a few of these already because I do believe they are wonderful and I want others to experience it. To be in with a chance of winning this useful system, comment and let me know what is the one self-care habit you cannot give up.
Frugal Self-Care Ideas for the whole man or woman
- Find some time to read, even if it is the last few minutes before you retire to bed. Reading has many benefits including making you more relaxed and widening your horizons.
- Every once in a while, run yourself a bath, drop rose petals in and burn a lovely scented candle too. Tell yourself you will think only positive thoughts whilst you are there, and really do it.
- If you do manual work, practice wearing gloves and give yourself a soothing scrub every now and again using basic ingredients you already have such as cornmeal and honey.
- Spend some time outdoors, look at the sky. Try to ‘find’ objects. You might surprise yourself with what you find.
- Plant something. Anything. There are few other feelings as rewarding as seeing something that you planted, flourish.
- Smile. Each time you remember, just smile.
- Do something each day to plug into your renewal source. What do you believe in? What is your faith? Reconnect each day. Pray, meditate, sing and feel joyous!
- Seek to make positive relationships and sustain those you have already. Reach out to those you have not heard from in a while.
- Make your feet beautiful,
- do your nails
- Have a girl/friends meetup and pamper each other.
- Make yourself something, even a card….write in it what you love about yourself and place it under your pillow. Seal it and put it away somewhere safe (that you will remember) then when you don’t feel so good about yourself, reach for your card and read it aloud.
- Rid yourself of negative influences in all its forms: people, possessions and even places.
- Drink a lot of water. I’m sure you have heard of its benefits. I believe the claims.
- Enjoy the sunshine and all it’s benefits
Start with those ideas or some from the list above and tell us how you get on. And don’t forget to tell us about your self-care habit that you could not give up. Your tale might just win you this Laxcare hair removal system. Good luck!
have a nice long soak in the bath, wash and dry my hair then climb into a bed made with fresh, clean linen…works for me 🙂
That sounds so lush and comfy
I love to have a nice long bath with a face mask on and lots of bubbles x
I love to get my hair cut. I am terrible.for hair care and it gets battered with my hair dryer and straighteners…so going to get my hair done properly is always a treat I love – especially the head massage during the wash!
Now you’re talking our language! We love this too. Although recently we have been doing each others’ hair so we save more money.
I love a good hair conditioning treatment but you’ve got to have lots of time and privacy to have your hair all collected up under foil for it.
I love a long relaxing bath with Epsom Salts x
Love this!
I love a long soak in the bath with aromatherapy oils
i keep myself healthy by exercise
I love a good pamper night! Face mask, bubble bath and a good book! 🙂
What a great article! Thank you so much for pointing out how very important self-care is, I needed a reminder of that today. My favorite self-care routine is to get a big mug of tea, and sit down somewhere with a good book. Just that bit of time to ‘reset’ is a great way to power through a rough week!
I’ve been hearing a lot about people getting back to reading ‘real’ books.
have a skincare routine you will feel so much better about yourself
I love to give myself a manicure and pedicure it always makes me feel fab
I like to have a healthy refreshing breakfast
Yum, that sounds good.
For me it has to be a nice hot bubble bath and paint my nails when i’m done.
I can just imagine how good that makes you feel.
I love a long soak in the bath with candles and a glass of wine xx
I treat myself to a cheeky pie and a pint
i always make sure i take ccare of my skiin if my skin looks healthy it makes me feel good
I love to have a manicure and pedicure, makes me feel so much better In myself
And we do too. Good luck with the giveaway.
I like to look after my skin and always remove my make up before bed
We must admit that we forget sometimes! Oops!
Hairdresser as often as possible
My favourite thing to do for self care is to pamper myself and get my nails and hair done.
I love to keep my hair short & tidy and dont overdo with the makeup & keep my skin soft
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a nice hot bath with bubbles, wine and music
long bath with a face mask
a nice cold cider
moisturise everyday
I love hiding in the bath with a good book and a cuppa
A long relaxing soak in the bath and a early night
Have one evening a week when i give myself a pampering, hot bath etc, it makes me feel good
Would love to win this fab prize
I enjoy a hike on hadrians wall in northumberland, and the wild open space – which is beautiful in a rugged way – foes wonders for your peace of mind x
A manicure & pedicure
steam my face twice a week – really helps improve my skin
Bath,. red wine, music
I love painting my nails
Spend a hour a day reading a book, which helps me to relax.
A nice hot bath with a bath bomb and candles
Soak in the bath with some lavender oil, face mask, maybe a glass of wine 🙂 – lots of moisturizer afterwards and bed with fresh sheets – listening to some relaxing music or affirmations – Heaven!
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I take a coffee back to bed at six each morning. It gives me a few minutes to think about the day, before the family wake up
I have tubes of hand cream dotted around the house. Bathroom, by the kitchen sink, and on my bedside table. I always try to remember to apply some if my hands have been in water, and last thing at night as I get into bed.
That sounds fab. You must have really soft, nice hands.
Minutes to myself are few and far between with a teen and a toddler, but once a week I have a long got bubble bath, with a good book and a glass (ok, bottle) of wine lol then I pop on a face mask and paint my nails 🙂
I love taking a hot relaxing bath followed by a pamper night
I love moisturising with good quality moisturiser
Having my nails painted, always makes me feel instantly more glam
a long long soak in a hot bath
I do several face masks a day and I indulge in chocolate
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I love pampering myself and putting on some fake tan, it always makes me feel that little bit better even after no sleep
It goes a little something like this, the evening to myself, the house is fairly clean, clean bedding, a pamper shower (a shower where I shave myself and exfoliate!), moisturize, clean PJ’s, a takeaway, diet cola, movie of my choice! WOW !
I like to have a long soak in the bath with lots of bubbles x
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Thank you for your article on self-care
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I love my nighttime routine, cleanse, tone then moisturise and the same in the morning
Sounds fabulous!
Exfoliate and moisturize my skin.
A lovely long bath!
Having a bath with bubbles…it sounds daft but I only ever feel like I have time for a shower and I spend shower time stressing over what needs doing for the day and rush. A bath with bubbles means I’m taking at least a few minutes more, having some baby free time and finally having a soak.
Relaxing soak in the bath
I like to set aside an evening of pampering with no interruptions
I love to spend time outside – either a cup of coffee/ glass of wine in the garden after work or going for a brisk walk. Both give me time to enjoy a bit of peace and time on my own.
If the weather is nice I like to spend time in my garden on my swing seat, sometimes reading, sometimes just looking around at my garden. I love growing flowers. I have also started a new face care routine which I always made excuses that I didn’t have time for before.
I love to use perfume on a regular basis – fragrance is good for the soul. I also enjoy reading as much as I can – its a wonderful form of escapism from life’s stresses.
I enjoy my pamper routine… wax legs, shave armpits etc followed by a relaxing bubble bath and a cleanse tone moisturise facial followed by a face mask… the only thing is my skin is so fragile it tends to split and cut and tear within moments of the razor touching me or the wax strips being pulled… no matter what I try it just doesnt help and im left with cuts then…. would love to win this
I love to relax with a good hair mask and face mask.
I also love to give myself a pedicure
I love doing a some yoga then having a bath with a book, classical music on and a glass of wine!
Having a long hot bubble bath with some music playing. So relaxing but sadly I don’t get to do it as much as I’d like!
fantastic advice on self care we all need “me time”
go for a long walk with our dog
I have a good skincare routine and drink lots of water , I do yoga and deep relaxation exercises I suffer with Generalised anxiety disorder so I do need to use relaxation techniques. Even so I try to keep looking and feeling good inside and out . I eat as healthily as possible and take vitamin supplements . I do like a gin and tonic now and again , a bit of dark chocolate – naught but nice . A bit of what you fancy does you good so they say
i love a warm bubble bath with the radio playing and have a face mask on whilst I relax
Drink 2 litres of water a day
I love a long soak followed by an all over moisturiser
My hands and feet can get quite dry. So every so often,before going to sleep, I cover them in a good moisturiser, then put on some cotton gloves and socks. I can really see an improvement in my skin in the morning.
I love to go and have my nails done. A nice manicure always makes me feel better
I like to do a calming meditation. I really like the Insight Timer app, which is completely free.
My favorite thing to do for self care is to sleep well.
Paint my nails
I love a bath with a lush bath bomb followed by a face mask
I love using a nice moisturiser
A hair cut and conditions treatment is my fave
long soak in the bath with lavender oil
Bubble bath 🙂
Use mouth wash to keep my Mouth fresh and clean.
I love a hot bath with a good book x
I always use a moisturising face cream with an appropriate SPF.
I do 10-15 minutes of meditation twice a day (when I remember!).
A long soak in the bath with a brew and some magazines
I like to find 30 mins each day to do the things I enjoy – listening to music or reading.
I love relaxing in a hot bath followed by reading a good book snuggled under cosy covers x
My favourite thing to do for self-care is to get all my pampering bits out, give myself a facial, manicure and pedicure. Take a long, hot shower and use sugar scrubs and fully body masks and a hair mask. Then I smother myself in moisturiser and get in my comfiest PJ’s and get a good book out.
a long soak in the bath
A lovely bubble bath and a good book
I love to paint my nails
Take a couple of hours dedicated to self care. Nice soak in the bath, paint toenails, wax and tint eyebrows. Feel brand new at the end!
I put a face mask on my headphones on and listen to the Harry Potter audiobooks narrated by Stephen Hawkings
I couldn’t give up my evening bubble baths, I love to relax with a bath bomb once kids are in bed and just let the stress of the day melt away x
due to moving house we only now have a shower, so i bought a foot spa, that i love to use and have a nice vino
I love a lovely shower with lots of amazing smelling soaps and washes and when i get out i like to put lots of body lotion on.
I love going to the hairdressers to get my hair done. It’s so relaxing and I feel so good afterwards when my hair is lovely and well groomed instead of a frizzy mess
I wouldn’t say I enjoy it, but I workout nearly every day to keep healthy
I treat myself to a soak in the bath listening to a story at bedtime on radio 4
l do love a bubble bath, with some chilled music and candles, so relaxing!
I put on a face mask before having a long soak in a scented bubble bath xx
I love lighting some scented candles and sitting and mediating, I find it really helps me to relax and feel so much better afterwards.
A soak in the bath. ( I do enjoy complementary therapy of aromatherapy massage, as a treat. It eases aches and pains, helps me to relax. It is not self care, as I need to attend complementary therapist.)
Conditioning my hair. I love that soft clean feeling.
I love going to the hairdressers once a month for a relaxing wash cut and blow dry I could easily fall asleep while they wash it so relaxing and it always looks ten times better than I ever get it id go every week if I could afford it
I do love having my eyebrows done
I don’t do very much that you would consider self care really. I always read articles like yours and it reminds me that I should do more, then I just find myself doing ‘more important’ things. You have convinced me to at least go and slap on a face mask and put some foot cream and foot gloves on. Sometimes even 15 minutes can make you feel better, thanks for the reminder!
That’s your reminder. Now go!
I love a long soak in a bubble bath with a good book and sometimes a lovely glass of wine too – bliss
ooooh a lovely long hot soak in a bubble bath! Bliss
Relaxing at home after a busy day at work and treating myself to a Shellac nails treatment or getting my hair cut.
I love a good face mask – nothing beats sitting there with it drying on your face looking like a ghoul and then when its peeled off your skin feels amazing 😀
I soak my feet in hot water with a few spoonfuls of epsom salts – really soothing for tired, aching feet and leaves them nice and soft
nice long soak in the bath
A nice hot shower and then a face mask in my pjs! With chocolate of course!
Awesome post! I love getting my hair done in the salon, and enjoying a warm bath after a long day. It’s a great way to practice self-care.