Urban Sanctuary

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🥂INVITATION 🥂

You are invited to celebrate with me this Saturday 27th February from 5pm - 6pm. I will be hosting my first instagram live to launch my brand new website www.thebeautycoach360.ie

I am so excited to be able to share this with you. I have lots of new products to tell you about. Please invite your friends and let's have a bit of fun. Prosecco is optional but highly advised 🤣
I can't wait to see you all.
I hope you can join me.
The Beauty Coach 360

Happy Valentines Day everyone. Hope you all have a wonderful day. Please check out my new page The Beauty Coach 360 where you will see more posts and stories from me. Sending you lots of love today.
Helen X

We are all so aware in recent years on how valuable it is to nourish our minds with healthy, positive thoughts. I choose this as my number 1 tip because I believe that if my mindset isn’t right, well nothing else can be right either. I know when I’m positive and calm the decisions I make are the right ones and when I’m negative and anxious I don’t make decisions that are right for me or anyone else close to me. Life can be very challenging at times, especially now more than ever for a lot of people, the following are some ways in which I take time to focus on my mental health and bring calmness and peace to my life.
I love walking, breathing in the fresh air and getting movement is so important to me, walking in daylight is even better when we can get the most of the Vitamin D that’s out there. Even if it’s only 20-30 minutes a day you will notice huge benefits.
Checking-in with myself at the end of the day. My little niece who’s only 7 bought all her aunties and uncles a small gift this Christmas. I was delighted to receive a lovely little diary, I keep most of my to-do’s, appointments etc on my phone so I was thinking of how I would use it. I’m reading Dr Rangan Chatterjee’s 4 pillar plan at the moment and he suggests that every night you write down your 3 blessings, a lovely exercise to do to focus more on gratitude in your life, so I couldn’t think of a better use for the diary.
Recently I’ve subscribed to Calm App it’s a meditation app and its really simple to use. I’ll be honest I’m not great at meditation but I do try, this app teaches you how to meditate, even if you’re an absolute beginner like myself.
I love singing, it’s been a passion of mine all my life. I love all kinds of music, but especially Musical Theatre. I can get completely lost singing along with songs on my spotify playlist, imagining I’m on a broadway or westend stage, when really I’m preparing dinner for my family, this is such a stress reliever for me.
Please comment and let us all know some ways you like to take care of your mental health? It may help or inspire someone else. Don’t forget

Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all keeping well. As some of you know I'm rebranding my business at the moment and I have a new page. Please pop over to The Beauty Coach 360 and give me a like and a review, it would be very much appreciated. I will be keeping my Urban Sanctuary page going for a little longer, however I will mostly be posting on my new page. I would like to thank all my followers for your support and loyalty over the last 10 years with Urban Sanctuary and I hope you will still follow me.

The Beauty Coach 360

Are you up for a personal challenge where the benefits may well last longer than the lockdown??? Incorporating beauty, well-being and lifestyle. If the answer is YES then read on.
We are now 1 week into a new year and what a start we’ve had, ok so it’s not the ideal way to begin 2021, however, we have been in lockdown before and for me I’m not as shocked as I was first time round. For some of us we are now finding ourselves with a little more time on our hands. How we decide to spend this time is very important to our wellbeing and our mental health, we can choose to be upset, we can choose to be angry, we can choose to be frustrated (I know only too well how these emotions play out and sabotage my happiness) or we can choose to be positive, choose to be happier, choose to be loving and kind, choose to be calm and relaxed. It’s all a CHOICE and only you can make it, only you will know what’s right for you.
Personally, I love January. I feel it’s such a lovely month to reset after a very busy Christmas season in the salon. I love the crisp fresh mornings, feeling the cold air on my face is so invigorating. Cosy nights in by the fire watching movies with my family and the comfort foods like winter stews and soups make it all worth it and keep me going.
So with all this extra time on our hands I thought I would share with you some of my top selfcare beauty tips and tricks to get you through the next few weeks. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I will post on my Instagram and pages, my favourite and most beneficial tips on how I take care of my beauty needs and my wellbeing, I hope you find these helpful. Please feel free to tag me in any posts where you are taking charge of your own beauty and wellbeing needs. Whether you’re out for a lovely walk, taking care of your skin or taking time with your family or maybe you’re not coping as well as you thought you might, this too can be shared and maybe we can all be a support to each other during this time. No matter what, I’d love to hear from you . I am going to run a little competition and for each time you tag you will be entered into a draw for a fabulous pamper box with lots of goodies to pamper yourself at home the winner will be announced end of January.

Take care, and stay safe.

Helen X

Back to basics today. Hope you all have a brilliant week ahead. Keep safe and stay at home.

Another few weeks to appreciate all we have on our doorsteps. I absolutley love this walk, the Navvy Bank is a walk I've been doing since childhood. It holds alot of memories, a very special place. ❤️❤️❤️ It was a cold one today, but very refreshing.

What a fab way to calm the mind and get creative. Thank you Caroline Duffy Designs for the inspiration. Looking forward to the next one.

I know I haven't been very active on my social media platforms recently, I have to be honest it was very much planned that way. I had a beautiful Christmas spent with my family and I enjoyed the break from social media. however, I'm sitting here after stealing a few quiet moments in front of my stove, enjoying a nice cup of coffee, and it made me think how much I love new years eve, not so much for the big parties (although I would love to be dressing up all Glam and heading out to meet with family tonight), but today I'm looking back at 2020, what a roller-coaster year it was. Like many of you the first lockdown was a shock to the system, I didn't know whether I was coming or going, the fear, the shock, the uncertainty left me feeling very anxious for a while, but once I settled into it there were some beautiful moments that only came from the stillness of life during that time. We all had a chance to slow down, I'll admit it's something I find difficult to do, but it was a chance to reflect on life and on what matters the most. At this stage we are all learning to live with covid, and while we are still not through the woods yet, there is hope.
I would like to wish each and everyone of you a very happy and healthy 2021 and may we all look forward to better days.
To my amazing clients, I can't thank you enough for all your support and kindness throughout the year, you all got me through it. For your continued loyalty I am forever grateful. I'm hoping in a few weeks my doors will be open again to welcome you all back, but in the meantime stay safe, take care of yourselves and your families and we all see eachother soon.
Helen X

Happy winter solstice to you all today. Family means everything to me. May 2021 bring peace, happiness, joy, health and love to you all.
❤️ Helen