The 5 Kyushi Pillars of Skin Health
Welcome to the 5 Kyushi Pillars of Skin Health. Once a month I do a deep dive into these 5 areas which covers all aspects of mind body and spirit. I refer back to the Kyushi circle of Life click here to download it and use for your own journey. This month we cover one of my favourite clean makeup brand, a beautiful online event, restaurants and lots more.
What We Use
Goop Presents Beauty Closet
Empress of (Irresistible) Clean Makeup
One of my favourite clean makeup lines is Westman Atelier by Gucci Westman. Gucci is known for creating beautiful natural ‘glowy’ skin. If you’re a fan of enhancing the natural beauty of your skin, with makeup that is caring for your skin throughout the day. This foundation is the closest I’ve found to your classic Chanel Armani foundations. I use my kyushi oil as a base and it created the most beautiful seamless buildable coverage. As you’ll hear in the podcast they are also trying to make the packaging as eco friendly as possible.
Vital Skin Foundation - Westman Atelier
Mind Nourishment
Aromasounds
You’ll remember last month I mentioned I was joining Lisa for her session, it was so wonderful and I really recommend it. This month it is Vetiver, followed by a beautiful sound healing.
“Join me in our MAY AromaSounds my friends. To experience radiance. To feel restored, steady and soothed. To create the intention to be deeply nourished through this time together.
We will welcome in the harmonising properties of Vetiver oil and receive the therapeutic vibrational sounds of the Alchemy Crystal bowls. This offering has emerged over the past few years my friends... through my passions, learnings, exploration & wonder of the synergy between our natural healing state and the gifts nature holds for us.
AromaSounds weaves together 4 synergistic therapies, that stimulate and catalyse our bodies natural healing responses, so to bring about balance and harmony within our physical & emotional body, to open up spaciousness within our heart and to foster a deeper connection to our soul.
My intention in creating AromaSounds is to offer a space, a vessel if you like, for these potent modalities, to bring the many therapeutic properties to the receiver.
I am so happy to invite you to 2 dates in May, a Friday evening 28th 7-9pm and a Sunday morning on the 30th at 10-12pm.
Please do join us my friends. And if you wish to know a little more about it, have a read of some of the glorious experiences from our April session.
The session is £25 and payable through my PayPal link in my bio. You will receive the link and the Vetiver AromaSounds Guide a week before for our session. You will then be sent a recording of our time together following our session for you to rewatch and to receive whenever you wish 🕊” Lisa Pauley Rise & Bloom
Movement & Energy Flow
Since moving to the countryside full time there is one really big thing I miss about London. Heartcore reformer pilates classes. My nearest one is an hours drive away which feels a tiny bit excessive. I’m curious though, would you go to the gym in makeup? I encourage movement to get the body warm, moving and sweating which is so great for the skin but if during all your sweating you have makeup disrupting the self cleansing process it could leave you susceptible to breakouts.
If leaving the house au natural makes you not want to leave then I would suggest popping on some face oil, using a makeup range designed with skin health in mind, like RMS, Westman Atelier, Kjaer Weis etc is a better option. You’ve got 3 stages really, skincare and mascara, skincare mascara and eyebrows, skincare, mascara, eyebrows concealer and a little bronzing situation. Be sure to give your face a gentle cleanse and your skincare routine post gym workout too, the Kyushi Discovery set is the perfect size to keep in your gym bag.
The Discovery Set is the perfect size to take to the gym, for glowing skin on the go.
Physical Nourishment
Restaurants are back, going out for lunch, dinner, coffee, cake is my main hobby so I cant wait to get back.
A few i’m excited to go back to are:
London
City Social - Jason Atherton. Its always strange going to the city at the weekends but this restaurant is up really high so you can see the London skyline. Incredible cocktails, incredible food. Big fan of all of his restaurants.
Farmacy - Vegan & Healthy such delicious food, I love the cauliflower & pasta.
The Wolesley - One of my favourite places in London, the hustle & bustle, Ive been for breakfast, lunch, tea and cake and even 11pm dinner it just feels like London to me. If you haven’t been you can pop in for a cup of tea and a piece of cake for the same price you would pay in Starbucks.
Farmacy Kitchen - Notting Hill
Norfolk
Socias - Burnham Market, such beautiful food, I managed to snag a lunch spot in June but they are pretty booked up for the summer. Also such a beautiful village to stroll around.
The Dabbling Duck - Great Massingham a wisteria fronted country pub with delicious food and that lovely cosy pub feeling.
Siding - Bakery in Melton Constable. Such amazing sourdough, and probably the best Pain au chocolat i’ve ever eaten.
Still not quite ready to go out yet my favourite at home finds available nationwide:
Hawksmoor at home - If you eat meat this is such a great dinner option.
Pizza Pilgrims - amazing pizza and so easy to make at home, great with a family.
HAME by Adam Handling - If you’re missing fancy restaurant food this is such an amazing box, lots of options.
How We Show Up in the World
Re integration into society is so bizarre isn’t it. Dealing with anxiety as we enter back into society. I love George & Mae CBD oil, Ashwaghanda & Maca of an evening. Melatonin to help with sleep. Im very fortunate to have a large window in my bedroom, ive been struggling with sleep recently so rather than sit and watch Netflix until bedtime ive taken myself off to bed and allowed my body and mind to experience the changing light from the sunset which kicks my melatonin into gear.
George & Mae CBD
Sending Love
Alice x
Any Skin questions you can reach me directly on alice@kyushi.co.uk