Usually, we look to Black Friday for a brand’s biggest sale of the year but Lush does things differently. On Black Friday, the retailer rolls out new products as part of the Green Friday campaign. The UK-based company’s big sale is on Boxing Day instead, which starts the day after Christmas. Lush’s Boxing Day sale for 2020 is its only big sale of the year and trust us—it’s worth the wait. 

Get 50 percent off on selected items (look for the items with the ’50 percent off’ tag online or in-store). As products fly off the shelves—and virtual shelves—Lush will continue to restock so you’ll want to check back. Holiday products and gift sets are included in the half-off sale, of course, as well as non-seasonal items like soap, shower goodies, fragrance, skincare and haircare.

Need some last-minute gifts? Here’s your chance to grab them at a discount. But don’t forget to pick up some self-care items for yourself, too. The holidays might look a little different this year but that doesn’t mean you can’t have your own celebration.

The Lush Boxing Day sale starts on December 26. Check out a few must-haves, below.

Lush.

Show Showers Gift Set

Be set with shower gel for the year, with yummy Sleepy, Yog Nog and Roasting Chestnuts on an Open Fire scents.

Lush.

Veganese Conditioner

This lightweight vegan conditioner is perfect for anyone with fine hair, including curls.

Lush.

Clean & Calm Hand Care Kit

Get your dry hands in check with hydrating 13 Soap Unlucky For Dirt and Sleepy soap, Dream Cream lotion, Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter and Tiny Hands Hands Serum.

Lush.

Jingle Bells Bath Bomb

This festive bath bomb has a gentle orange-patchouli scent.

Lush.

Once Upon a Time Body Lotion

Hydrate your body with murumuru butter and jojoba oil.

Usually, we look to Black Friday for a brand’s biggest sale of the year but Lush does things differently. On Black Friday, the retailer rolls out new products as part of the Green Friday campaign. The UK-based company’s big sale is on Boxing Day instead, which starts the day after Christmas. Lush’s Boxing Day sale for 2020 is its only big sale of the year and trust us—it’s worth the wait. 

Get 50 percent off on selected items (look for the items with the ’50 percent off’ tag online or in-store). As products fly off the shelves—and virtual shelves—Lush will continue to restock so you’ll want to check back. Holiday products and gift sets are included in the half-off sale, of course, as well as non-seasonal items like soap, shower goodies, fragrance, skincare and haircare.

Need some last-minute gifts? Here’s your chance to grab them at a discount. But don’t forget to pick up some self-care items for yourself, too. The holidays might look a little different this year but that doesn’t mean you can’t have your own celebration.

The Lush Boxing Day sale starts on December 26. Check out a few must-haves, below.

Lush.

Show Showers Gift Set

Be set with shower gel for the year, with yummy Sleepy, Yog Nog and Roasting Chestnuts on an Open Fire scents.

Lush.

Veganese Conditioner

This lightweight vegan conditioner is perfect for anyone with fine hair, including curls.

Lush.

Clean & Calm Hand Care Kit

Get your dry hands in check with hydrating 13 Soap Unlucky For Dirt and Sleepy soap, Dream Cream lotion, Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter and Tiny Hands Hands Serum.

Lush.

Jingle Bells Bath Bomb

This festive bath bomb has a gentle orange-patchouli scent.

Lush.

Once Upon a Time Body Lotion

Hydrate your body with murumuru butter and jojoba oil.

When we move from one home to another, we anticipate a learning curve. We expect that waking up those first few days will feel strange in that unfamiliar room, even if it’s in the same bed. We know we’ll have to set up yet one more kitchen.

If the relocation’s purpose is to be near children or grandchildren, we look forward to more active involvement in each other’s lives. If we’ve moved to improve our weather, we might have to swap out our wardrobe. We assume we’ll get to know our neighbors and make new friends.

Moving Home

When I recently migrated from the Midwest to Florida, I figured in all of that change. But there’s one thing I didn’t quite see coming after residing 36 years in the same house. With different living space, I had to rethink every ordinary habit.

Remember when masks first became a thing? You had to establish a place to keep them so you could get to one quickly before you left the house. Was that in a drawer or on a shelf? Did you stack the masks on a tray, hang them on hooks or throw them on a counter?

Did you don the mask before you left the house so you could check the mirror, or did you grab and go, waiting until you spied another human before fitting the straps from ear to ear? You probably had additional masks stashed in your car, purse, and coat pockets.

I’ve been facing those types of decisions for every single item I own, and let me tell you: it’s exhausting. And on top of choreographing movement within my indoor geography, there’s the entire outdoors. I’m taking not only a new route to the grocery store but becoming acquainted with a different grocery chain altogether.

Truly Starting Over

Since I was starting anew, why try to replicate what went where and in what order I did things? I wanted to determine what should go where and in what order I should do things.

The habits I formed and the way I navigated my spaces in my 30s and 40s may not work as well in my 60s. Bending and reaching aren’t quite as easy, and there are only two of us living in this house – no small children to consider or teens to give input.

So, I have reconsidered everything from what to keep in my desk drawers to where I, the night owl in my partnership, should watch low-volume TV in the wee hours.

Like many challenges, this one has its benefits once you get through it. New patterns exercise the brain, plus years of ingrained habits and resistance to change can keep you from exploring methods that turn out to be more pleasant or efficient.

The Two Drawers

For example, in my last house I dedicated the prime real estate of a kitchen drawer to nail polishes and other manicure necessities, which I probably began doing when the first of my three daughters entered her teens.

This drawer sat above a larger one that was home to wrapping paper, bows and ribbons – supplies I wanted to keep at easy reach for the constant stream of birthday parties the kids attended, along with various other occasions that required gifts.

By the time I moved, both drawers looked much the same as they had for 30 years, even though these needs could no longer justify a claim to such prominent space. In my new home, I’m stocking just a few shades of nail polish in the bathroom and storing a roll or two of wrapping paper in a back room closet.

New Layout

I’m discovering that much of the change is driven by the layout of my new space. So many large rugs, so few big rooms! And our current house lacks a linen closet.

My daughter pointed out that we don’t really need one anyway – we’re as much hotel as house now. Since the extra bedrooms are for visitors, even when they’re family members, she suggested that we keep each room’s linens in that room’s closet. Makes sense!

With a living room much smaller than our last one, the piano just didn’t fit. So, my office has become home to the piano, and the unexpected result is that now I actually sit down and play. In the living room in our other house, the piano seemed invisible and sat idle almost all the time.

New Beginnings, New Decisions

After I unload each box and determine where the objects should go, maybe my decisions will be permanent and maybe they won’t. Gradually, getting used to living in this house, I may find that I made mistakes.

I’m especially shaky on spots for books, mirrors, artwork, and framed photos. And if anyone has ideas for where to put four somewhat tacky and altogether creepy harlequin dolls we displayed in our previous foyer wall niche, I’m listening!

Have you recently moved to a new home? What were your reasons? What’s different in this new home from your old one? Are you arranging your things as you did before or in new ways? Please share your strategy!

Twice a year, Bath & Body Works pulls out all the stops and discounts holiday and everyday favorites up to 75 percent off, which new discounts throughout the week. The Bath & Body Works Semi-Annual sale for holiday 2020 is no different—actually, it might be even better. We’ve got the details on all the goods so you can game-plan your shopping trip.

Of course, deals will be online as well as in-store so if you feel safer shopping from your couch, you can still stock up on Bath & Body Works favorites. Now’s the chance to score the beloved holiday fragrances before they’re gone (until next year), as well as throwbacks including Secret Wonderland, Honeysuckle and Sensual Amber brought back just for this sale. Christmas body care will be just $4.95 and select Christmas 3-Wick Candles will be $11.95.

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For the best of the best deals, you’ll want to dig for those 75 percent off products. These include body care, candles, hand soaps and tons of non-holiday items you’ll want to use all-year round. You’ll even be able to find some best-selling fall body scare scents and ones you haven’t smelled for months. It’s basically like a rummage sale where you never know exactly what you’ll find.

The sale begins Saturday, December 26. If you’re shopping in store, don’t forget your face mask and hand sanitizer and maybe even consider going on off hours to avoid the crowds. Or, there’s always delivery! As much as we want to shop and treat ourselves this year (we deserve it), we also have to stay safe too. Set your iCal and get ready to get your haul on. Then, have big New Year zoom with friends to share exactly what you got.

Are you noticing your balance more than you used to? Do you sometimes hesitate when you’re walking or worry about tripping and falling? Do you feel nervous or unsteady coming down the stairs?

Even if
you are not someone who makes New Year’s resolutions, this is a time of year
when we tend to take stock, make plans and look ahead to the New Year.

In doing
so, whether intentionally or not, we set our priorities by how we schedule our
activities and plan our time.

Is Balance an Issue?

The new
year is a great time to take a second to notice our balance. Try asking yourself
the following questions:

• Is my balance as good as it used to
  be?
• Am I having more problems than I used
  to?
• Are my balance issues affecting my day-to-day
  activities more than I think?

Often,
when things change gradually, we get used to them without realising what is
happening. But if you take a minute to consider whether you notice your balance
more than you used to, you might be surprised how much things have changed.

Perhaps
you weren’t so worried about uneven pavements or coming down the stairs without
a handrail. Maybe you just don’t feel as confident or steady on your feet as
you did a few years ago.

So, if you
have realised that balance problems have crept up on you, then keep reading. I
am going to make the case for why you should put balance at the top of your
priority list for the new year.

What Do You Need Good Balance for?

Put
simply, good balance is essential to everything else you want to do.

Think
about your plans for the new year. Are you taking any trips? Going to see
family or friends? Have you booked any holidays or city breaks? Maybe even a
cruise?

What about
day-to-day activities? These may include going for walks with friends, volunteering,
tending to your garden, looking after grandchildren, going across town to shop
or go to an exhibition.

You need
to have good balance to do all these things.

For
example, if you are feeling unsteady on your feet, you may not want to take the
train across town to meet a friend (the stairs at the train station might be
tricky).

If you are
worried about falling, you might not enjoy those walks with your friends so
much.

If you are
anxious on bumpy ground (e.g., cobblestones and uneven pavements), that trip to
Paris or Dubrovnik might become much less enjoyable. You could spend the
weekend looking at your feet, not at all the beautiful sights around you.

If you
don’t feel confident when you are out and about, you might find it harder to
look after your grandchildren or take them out for the afternoon.

And, of
course, if you were to fall and break a wrist or a hip, then many of your plans
will be on hold for some time.

Maintaining
your balance is essential for you to do, and enjoy, so many of those other
things you are planning for the next year (and beyond).

I want you
to have great balance, to feel confident on your feet and to feel confident
every day going out into the world and doing all the things that you want and
need to do.

And I want
you to avoid trips, falls and broken bones.

Where to Start When Improving Your Balance?

The best
thing you can do is to start doing regular balance training exercises in small
bouts.

Doing a
class once a week can be great. Having an instructor to guide you is very
helpful, and people often push themselves a bit more in a class setting.

However,
if you want to improve your balance, you need to be doing something most days
of the week. It doesn’t need to be a lot. Just a few minutes a day (at home) is
all it takes. You don’t even need any equipment.

Here’s a
simple balance exercise that you can start with right now:

Tandem Stand (Balance Exercise)

For more exercises, check out our free, four-week Balance
Boost video series.

Don’t Lose Sight of Balance

Remember
that balance is more than the duration for which you can stand on one leg.
Balance equals confidence.

Better balance means you feel more confident going to
new places, walking on uneven ground, talking to your companions and enjoying
the scenery around you.

More confident walking down flights of stairs or being
out and about with grandchildren.

More confident travelling, going abroad and visiting foreign
cities, perhaps going to historic houses or gardens.

And that’s why, if you are having trouble with your
balance, you need to make it a priority this new year.

What is your #1 resolution for 2021? Do you think balance should be your top priority? What can you begin doing today to improve your balance? Please share with our community!