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6 Asian Beauty Rituals That Will Soothe Your Skin, Scalp & Mind
2023 concludes the dyanic, roaring 12 months of the Tiger and ushers in the Year of the Rabbit. In a lot of Asian traditions and mythos, rabbits are mild creatures that symbolize peace, longevity, and luck. The Rabbit embodies the softness of Yin, and contrasts from the intensity of the Tiger’s Yang. And now that it feels like the earth is last but not least commencing to settle into a feeling of normalcy soon after the chaos of the final number of decades, this last but not least feels like a instant to essentially slow down, consider our time to catch our breath, and soften the way we address ourselves.…
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The revival of ancient beauty rituals
Author Hannah-Rose Yee explained her grandmother’s gua sha ritual in Stylist magazine: “To this working day, she takes her gua sha and methodically runs it above her experience in easy, stylish motions each evening. I was obsessed with this ritual as a baby. I would sit at the foot of her bed and enjoy her, rapt, as she smiled at me in the mirror’s reflection. She as soon as gave me the gua sha to hold, and I don’t forget how chilly and hefty it felt in my fingers. When I got more mature, she confirmed me how to do it myself. Nowadays, I do a gua sha ritual of…