Holiday Glow: A Guide to Beauty from the Inside Out
Simple habits and a nighttime ritual to bring back your glow this season.
Reviewed by Jessica Flowers, Certified Clinical Herbalist
It’s one of the great contradictions of this time of year: as the world sparkles with new-fallen snow and festive decorations, our own personal glow can fade under holiday stress, dry, cold weather and the hustle of parties and family gatherings.
Why not start a new tradition this season by putting yourself first, with quick and easy beauty rituals to bring out your glow from the inside out?
Tips for glowing skin
One of our favorite books on the subject is The Little Book of Healthy Beauty: Simple Daily Habits to Get You Glowing by Pina LoGiudice, ND, LAc (TarcherPerigee, 2016). This gem of a book is packed with natural, timeless wisdom about keeping your skin at its best, whatever the season throws at you.
Sleep is your best friend for a fresh, rested look, and a nighttime beauty ritual with Moon Mother Hemp helps you wind down and make the most of it. As Dr. LoGiudice writes, the foundation for a good night’s sleep includes:
- Aim for a bedtime between 10:30 and 11pm every night. Consistent sleep times train your brain and body to fall asleep and stay asleep. A nightly routine, moisturizing your skin and keeping electronics out of the bedroom all set the stage for calm.
- Try a self hug. Lying in bed, bend one arm across your chest and rest your hand on the opposite shoulder, then wrap your other arm around your waist. This gentle “self hug” feels like being swaddled and brings an instant sense of comfort.
- Adopt a bedtime mantra. Often the hardest part of falling asleep is quieting the mind. Breathe in and say to yourself “sleeeeep,” breathe out and say “noooow,” and repeat until you drift off.
- Make hemp part of your nightly beauty routine. Evening is a lovely time to care for your skin while it rests overnight. Our CBD serums are rich in natural antioxidants and deliver intense hydration, so you wake up to skin that looks and feels soft, calm and refreshed.
Our skincare products
Herbalist formulated, all of our skincare and body care products begin with the highest quality certified organic herbs, botanical butters and oils, and our whole plant hemp extract. Each one is carefully crafted by our founder, a certified clinical herbalist, for a harmonious blend of herbs, hemp and essential oils. You can rest easy knowing you’re giving your skin 100% organic TLC.
Glow Skin Serum
Glow is a daily moisturizer suitable for all skin types. Nourishing, balancing herbs are infused in jojoba oil and argan oil with rose and our whole plant hemp extract, harnessing the power of Mother Nature to soothe, moisturize and replenish your skin. Apply 1 or 2 pumps to cleansed, dry skin in a circular motion, or pump the serum into your hands and gently press it into your skin.
“Natural ingredients are a mainstay of all Moon Mother products, but they especially shine in the brand’s Glow Skin Serum. The serum makes moisturizing magic by combining full spectrum hemp extract with argan oil, rose, and jojoba oil. Hemp oil [is] soothing on skin, so it’s no surprise that this serum made a much-needed difference in managing my post-winter dry skin. After just a few days, I was waking up to softer, happier skin.”
Claire Hannum, writer and editor, Beautytap
Renew Eye Serum
Renew your eyes with our hemp eye serum, made to reduce the look of fine lines and puffiness. Our proprietary seed-oil blend is restorative and rejuvenating, and brightens and plumps the look of tired skin. Roll it gently under your eyes before bed, keep one at your desk for a refreshing swipe during the day, or apply it before a day on the slopes for extra moisture in cold, windy weather.
Nourish CBD & Manuka Honey Mask
Nourish is a nourishing, mineral-rich mask that leaves skin hydrated and glowing, and helps it look younger and more radiant with every use. Spread a thin layer over your face and leave it on for 20 minutes before rinsing, or use it as a daily cleanser to help brighten the look of your skin.
The Skin Care Bundle
Want it all this season? Put our Skin Care Bundle, with Glow, Renew and Nourish together, on your holiday wish list, and start every day glowing.
“I am currently using the Glow Skin Serum and CBD Renew Eye Serum every day and have seen a difference in how smooth and hydrated my skin is. The Nourish CBD & Manuka Honey Mask is such a great treat: my skin felt hydrated and nourished, and looked amazing. I would definitely recommend Moon Mother Hemp to anyone who wants to use a CBD line with good quality ingredients.”
Avigale Lagrass, former Director of Wellness, Nalu Kinetic Spa
Happy holidays from Moon Mother Hemp… now go get those ZZZs.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
