The Skin Nerd: Seven self-care hacks to bring some pampering into your holidays

Self-care hacks to bring calm in the chaos of the festivities

Do you know what it is a wonderful time for? Pampering!

Merry, merry Christmas to all! I hope you have had a great few days and are enjoying the festive period to the fullest! Whatever your Christmas has looked like, it’s likely to have been a little chaotic at some point – be it the frenzy of gift buying, managing mismatched family expectations or navigating life with a naughty elf in the house! After the peak of Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day, we now find ourselves in that annual lull before the start of the new year. Eerily absent from scheduled tasks and commitments, a lot of us use this period to catch up with the sofa and re-bond with our PJs but do you know what it is also a wonderful time for? Pampering!

Because it is not just the aftermath of Christmas Day, it is the end of another year, and we deserve some serious self-care. I find that the best self-care hacks allow us to disconnect from our usual routines but also help line us up for healthy future habits. Here are a few ideas I recommend trying before 2024: