Brand A027 designer Lucy Andreeva about balance and favorite cosmetics
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About care
The specialty of my cosmetic bag is the emphasis on caring products. I prefer well-known and pharmacy brands, I feel better when I know that this cosmetics has passed a thousand and one checks before I get on the shelf. At least, I want to believe it.
I have a few rituals that I try to follow in all situations, even when lazy, sad or dying to die. Every day I use micellar water, wash my face and use a moisturizer for the face and around the eyes. After noticeable outbreaks of acne, I started visiting the beautician once in two or three months and several times a week making masks: cloth, clay and oat. Frequent visits to a specialist taught me to follow my skin: clean, moisturize and protect from the sun in a timely manner. When I have time, I do a dry massage with a body brush, use a scrub, add salt to the bath - this is not always the case, but this is the perfect sequence. After the bath, I do not wipe off with a towel, but immediately apply body oil on wet skin.
About lifestyle
Self-care for me is good nutrition, exercise and mental balance. Unfortunately, I cannot boast with the balance of all these areas right now. A few years ago, I abandoned a strict regime of food and training, but I still continue to practice yoga and spend time with my dog on the street. Now, for example, to restore balance, I began to go to a psychotherapist: we regularly monitor my diet and mood throughout the day. It seems to me that the ability to work with emotions is the best self-care.
About accepting yourself
At school, I was always a skinny child with a “huge” nose and blue bags under the eyes. I did not consider myself beautiful, but I took my appearance with great pleasure. The first difficulties appeared when I was fifteen and my chest began to grow: instead of talking, the boys immediately began to move on to active actions. I was extremely frightened of this — I wanted to go to concerts and draw, and not kiss on the doorways. Then I decided that I would look like “my boyfriend”, so I stopped wearing dresses and skirts, pierced my lips in several places and stretched a huge tunnel. It seemed to me that I finally accepted myself and decided that I was different, but it turned out that this was only the beginning of the journey.
The next stage after the denial of her sexuality was her "protrusion": hair extensions and eyelashes, huge heels, short skirts and colored hair. Now I understand that that aggressive image didn’t correspond much to the internal state. My appearance in those years seemed even false to me.
About nutrition
At the same time, food was my only reason for joy. To overcome this dependence, I had to learn to live again: eat and drink differently, walk more and maintain an adequate regime for a week. That summer I was in practice in Switzerland, in a quiet city without entertainment, friends and the Internet. Then I realized what it really is to be alone, alone with my head.
The next three years it seemed to me that I had found the best way of life. I got involved in sports and healthy nutrition, started a blog and a channel on YouTube, where I talked about the daily regimen, goals and diet. The focus of my attention shifted: every year I discovered many new things, refused sugar and studied raw foods. Periodically, I had breakdowns for a "healthy" food: I could eat a bucket of Greek yogurt along with 300 grams of walnuts and raisins. After that, of course, the only thing I wanted was to cry and go to bed.
I did not understand where such destructive behavior came from, and after three years of total control over life, I decided to quit everything and focus on the causes of overeating and excessive drinking. Now again it seems to me that harmony is not far off - but I try to regularly check myself and monitor my emotional state.
