Becoming more consious of your routine actions and doing them with a focused intention is a simple and effective way to transform a repetitive action into a ritual.
Your makeup application is the perfect moment to slowdown, take a deep breath and connect with yourself. The fact that all your Catherine B makeup is infused with essential oils gives you an extra bonus of a beautiful aroma to help make the moments feel a little more special.
For example, as you apply your foundation, inhale deeply and allow the relaxing aromas of Rose Geranium, Frankincense, Copaiba and Ho Wood essential oils to help calm your nervous system and to ground you.
As you apply your mascara, focus on what you love about your eyes.
Talk to yourself out loud. Start a practice of saying what you would love someone to day to you supports and nourishes you, and it doesn't matter if you don't fully believe what you are saying.
When I do this practice, I imagine the words are coming from someone who sees me and loves and supports me and knows the perfect things to say that make me feel uplifted and empowered.
It can go something like this:
"Hi Beautiful. You have the most amazing smile. I hope you have an incredible day, and all your interactions with people today are smooth, easy, and leave you feeling on top of the world."
Or
"Hey Gorgeous!
Ok I just have to tell you how amazing you look today! That outfit on you is chefs kiss, and you will turn heads where ever you walk".
Or
"Happy Monday!
I know you are feeling nervous about today, but you've got this. Remember anxiety and excitement run on the same pathways in your body, so let's flip the focus, you are an awesome powerful woman and I'm so blessed to have you in my life!"
You can create a mini mantra for when you reapply your lipstick
"You are looking awesome today."
"You've got this."
"I've got you."
You might feel silly doing it, but it's just between you and the mirror. And you don't even have to do it looking in the mirror if that feels overwhelming, you can do it while getting dressed, driving the car or putting on your shoes.
I pep talk to myself while I'm washing my hands in the bathroom.
I find it easiest if I dissociate myself from being the person saying the words. I imagine I'm reading a text message, or hearing the voice of my best friend or my biggest cheer leader.
And the more you do it the easier it becomes!
You can even do the ritual at the end of the day as well, as you are removing your makeup.
"Hi beautiful, how was your day?
What was the best thing that happened today?"
And then take a moment a focus on the beautiful things that you experienced today.
If it was a rough day
"Hey lovely.
I know today sucked, but this will pass, it always does. And I've got you. I'm here and I'm sending you a giant hug".
These are my words, so please play with changing them to match your own language. It needs to be the words you would say when you are talking to someone from a loving, supportive and kind place. The mean bully voice that likes to pick on you has no place in this process.
And if this resonates with you and you start this ritual and then forget, don't beat yourself up, thats ok, just start doing it on the days you remember. You can write a post it note reminder and stick it on your mirror, or use a whiteboard marker to write a message to yourself on your mirror.
The more you honour yourself, the more the people in your life will honour you.
Changing how you speak to yourself will begin to transform how you see and feel about yourself. Doing this little gesture regularly can make such a difference to how other people treat you, because your base line of how you treat yourself changes, therefore what you receive from other people will reflect that.
Owning our own magnificence is a life journey made up of little steps. Play with this one and see, after a month, how you feel about yourself.
I'd love to hear some of your self love/ self support messages you come up with!
❤️
Catherine