Monique Van Tulder

BEAUTY AT ANY AGE

THE BEAUTY MINDSET

The secret to ageless beauty is all about refreshing your mindset and makeup. Being inspired, keeping things fresh, and trying new things, including updating your makeup.

Mid-life mentor Monique Van Tulder shares her best tips to update your seasonal look and reset your mindset.

And how she changes out her beauty for a season refresh with some favourite products.

REFRESH & RENEW

A new season feels like a natural time to regroup, refresh, and renew, but how can you harness that natural energy for yourself? And are there secrets to ageless beauty.

Oh, I love a seasonal reset! If you have been pondering introducing some change into your routine now is the time perfect time to draw a line in the sand.

Leave sluggish seasonal habits behind and take steps to reinvigorate.

1. Set yourself a goal: WHY you might want to renew for a special event, for better health and wellbeing. Or simply because it is YOUR time.
2. Then have a think about WHAT form your changes might take. It could be more exercise, a new beauty routine, better nutrition, or a wardrobe refresh.
3. Now get specific. HOW are you going to begin to make a shift? I suggest daily baby steps – if you remain consistent, they accumulate to deliver GOLD and a wonderful sense of accomplishment.

A MORNING MOMENT

What are the most common negative thoughts to let go of now when it comes to your mindset?

I find most women have so much on their plate that adding one more thing seems overwhelming. Perhaps reframe ‘I don’t have time’, to asking the question, ‘what else can I let go of in order to make this happen for me?’

An easy switch for me was going to sleep 30 minutes earlier so I could wake 30 minutes earlier and get in a walk before everyone else woke up. A win/win – it’s peaceful in the morning. I had time to think and listen to a motivational podcast. Exercise was done so I did not have to feel guilty all day at the thought of not doing it. Fitness came swiftly with this small lifestyle tweak.

SEASONAL HABITS

What are your favourite new seasonal habits to introduce into your life?

1. Getting up earlier to go for a swim.
2. Eating lighter meals. Experiment more with salads – lots of herbs and veggies not in season in winter.
3. A wardrobe refresh. Pack away all the last season clothes, get things mended.
4. My skin feels better, less dry – so my makeup looks better. I will make an effort each day to apply ‘my face’. Change my lips and nails to fresh, happy colours.

What’s the most successful way to work new habits into your life?

Baby steps per above – small shifts, performed daily, will brings results. Maybe not swiftly, however they will then become an unconscious part of your lifestyle – and that’s how you can measure your own personal success.

WHAT YOU NEED

What are some key things that you do to ’refresh’ your mindset? 

More yoga, more time to sit and watch the ocean, more time spent with friends and community as we all come out of winter hibernation! The last point is key – humans are social creatures and the more we surround ourselves with good people the better we feel, and look – we know this but now science has proved it to be true.

A BEAUTY MOMENT

Pastel eyes are a trend this season. If the thought of blue or pink shimmer makes you shiver, try a soft gold, green or peach. Mavala Eye Shadow Crayon makes application easy – simply swipe along your lashes and blend onto your lids.

Lush hair that’s swingy, full of life and in great condition. Have you tried Color-Soin Mask For Coloured Hair? It’s made with 99.2% ingredients of natural origin and helps prevent breakage, strengthens and nourishes hair and leaves it shiny and radiant.

Modern nails in self-expressive shades like mauve, brown and coral look elegant and cool at the same time, and are an update and refresh for Spring. Mavala’s Digital-Art Colour Collection is so gorgeous it’s hard to choose just one nail polish colour.

The Secrets To Ageless Beauty. Beauty Life Moments thanks Mavala Switzerland and Monique Van Tulder for sharing this story. Refresh your mindset and makeup with these beautiful suggestions.

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