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The Art of Daydreaming and Other Self-Care Secrets
July 16th 2024
Arati Nar is the Founder & CEO at www.anaraskincare.com. She lives in West London.
“Launching my own skincare brand underpinned by my very own holistic ethos of self-care has been a life-long dream of mine. Everything about a beautiful skincare routine delights me. It’s been a consistent feel-good part of my life. When my skin is nourished, healthy, and looking radiant, I feel set to take on the day.
It’s this feeling of calm and empowerment that I wanted to share with the world. The Anara Skincare range has been designed to support the well-ageing process. Our products give your skin everything it needs to age beautifully and gracefully, whilst also delighting your senses. I wanted to create more than just skincare. I wanted to create a unique Anara Experience that is inclusive in the true sense of the word and makes you and your skin feel special and pampered.
Every step in the creation of Anara Skincare has been filled with honesty, integrity and loads of love.
I love all the products in the range and use them all daily, but if I had to choose just one it would have to be Radiance Moisturiser. I love how comforting it feels on my skin and the glow it gives and if I don’t use it for even one day my skin misses it.
It is a multi-use moisturiser, to be used day and night around your eye area, face and neck, and as it’s an all-in-one product, it’s also very handy to travel with. It was also the product that was the most challenging to perfect. It went through over 70 iterations before I signed it off and then a further one year of testing to get to the product we have today. It therefore feels extra special that it is our best seller.
My ideal day
I like to start my day early and naturally wake when the sun rises. Natural light and being surrounded by nature give me a lot of joy. It’s when I am at my most productive and creative too.
I love variety in my day and tend to play a lot of different roles as any small business owner does, so the days that consist of interacting with customers, exploring new business opportunities, combined with being able to let my creative juices flow with design and photography are my perfect kind of days.
I always promised myself a good work/life balance with this business, so I like to spend my evenings surrounded by family and friends. My day is not complete until I have my few minutes of beautiful calm with my skincare routine at the end of the evening and I love to end my routine with a relaxing facial massage using our Replenishing Face Oil and Rose Quartz Gua Sha.
3 self-care secrets
- Having quiet time to myself to truly get lost in my thoughts and my daydreams is my ultimate self-care secret. It gives me time to reflect and to clear my mind after a busy day and it also enables creativity to flow within me.
- I am a true believer in the power of positive energy, both from within myself but also by surrounding myself with people that make me feel uplifted. It’s essential for my emotional well-being.
- And of course, skincare is very powerful self-care for me. It’s my precious time for my skin and my soul at the start and end of each day.