If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, STYLECASTER may receive an affiliate commission.

It’s a truly humbling experience having acne — or even just clogged pores and textured skin – on your butt. You work so hard on the skin on your face, it’s easy to forget your body, especially when you don’t see the area every day. Butt masks can help. Just like the skin on your face, the pores on your butt can get clogged causing rough skin and breakouts. You might even see ingrown hairs. These masks make skin baby soft and are pretty fun to use at the same time.

Now, it’s important to note that a mask is not going to get rid of cellulite or stretch marks. It’s not going to give you a more lifted booty. (You don’t even need these things anyway!) But hydrating and detoxifying ingredients can leave skin looking and feeling smooth, plump and maybe a little firmer. Summer is right around the corner so grab your bikini and get ready to show off smooth skin.

Body Blendz.

Body Blendz Booty Clay Mask

This cooling mask contains artichoke extract, levan and caffeine to firm and lift, Australian White Clay to help detoxify, and vitamin E, shea butter, macadamia oil, aloe vera and hyaluronic acid to leave skin smooth and hydrated.

Megababe.

Megababe Le Tush Butt Mask

We love Megababe for its problem-solving products, such as Thigh Rescue anti-chafing stick. This butt mask is also genius with glycolic, malic and azelaic acids combined with eco-friendly exfoliating beads resurface the skin. Willow bark extract helps clarify (and banish breakouts!) while squalane and kelp extract lock in moisture.

Bawdy.

Bawdy Sheet Mask Kit for Your Butt – 4 pack

This cheeky sheet mask kit has everything you need no matter your skin type. Bite It moisturizes dry, dehydrated skin, Squeeze It brightens, Slap It retexturizes and detoxifies and Shake It firms skin.

Yes To.

Yes To Booty-Ful Paper Mask

Another paper mask, this vegan one contains caffeine, coffee and guarana to brighten and tighten skin.

Truly.

Truly Buns Of Glowry Tighten & Glow Smoothing Butt Polish

This yummy-smelling mask and butt polish contains wheat protein to reduce the look of cellulite, watermelon extract to fade discoloration and jojoba seeds to exfoliate away blemishes.

lapcos.

Lapcos Lifting Booty Mask 5 Pack

This booty sheet mask contains 17 amino acids and patented Levan to smooth, lift and firm skin.

Anese.

Anese Down with the Thickness Collagen Booty Mask

Try a clay mask if you’re prone to body breakouts. This one has kaolin clay to cleanse and remove excess oils from your skin while vitamin B5 and B3 nourish and soften.

Maelys.

MAËLYS Cosmetics B-Tight Lift & Firm Booty Mask

Hydrated skin just looks and feels more plump and firm. This mask uses guarana seed extract, pink pepperslim and hyaluronic acid to energize, hydrate and lock in moisture.

E.l.f.

E.L.F. x American Eagle Get Cheeky Clay Mask

Our two fave brands came together on a denim-inspired beauty collection that launched earlier this week. It includes a blue clay mask with kaolin, shea butter, vitamin E and blueberry extract. You can use it on your face, too!

As a non-medical person, I’m always interested in learning more of practices for wellbeing. Last year, I became aware of the term Heart Rate Variability (HRV).

The term came to my attention first through a heart rhythm meditation (HRM) study I was invited to participate in. This year, it came around again in the form of a new Garmin, my smart watch. Apparently, I’m destined to explore further. 

Web MD has a simple definition: Heart rate variability (HRV) measures the difference in time between each heartbeat. The Cleveland Clinic defines HRV as where the amount of time between your heartbeats fluctuates slightly. 

Heart Rhythm Meditation

The purpose of the Heart Rhythm Meditation Study was to determine: 1) if the practice of heart rhythm meditation (HRM) for 10 weeks would improve wellbeing and 2) to determine if the regular practice of HRM would improve HRV at rest (resting, not during meditation).

Prior to our first meditation session, we were given surveys with many questions, most relating to our general feeling of wellbeing, After the survey, we were each given an EKG. Following our 10-week sessions we answered a survey again and had an exit-EKG.

The expectation was that in the other six days of the week the participants would meditate on their own for a period of at least 20 minutes.

Once-a-week meditations were done as a group over Zoom, There were three leaders and approximately 50 participants.

Although I have been engaging in meditation off and on since young adulthood, this form of meditation was new to me in several respects.

Participants were encouraged to sit in a chair with back support, feet on the floor and upright posture. We would meditate under guidance of one of the leaders.

The heart is the center of this form of meditation; the physical heart and the emotional and spiritual heart. Focusing on the heart, it becomes a portal to going deeper into oneself.

We learned to breathe in rhythm with our heartbeats. We inhaled to a count of somewhere around five to six beats, depending on the heart rate of the participants. We would then, as fluidly as possible, exhale to the same count.

This conscious rhythm breathing required us to listen for and find the rhythm of our heartbeat. It was more successful on some days than others. If we couldn’t otherwise feel or hear that heartbeat, placing a hand on our heart was helpful in bringing heart and breathing into rhythm.

Meditations began with breathing in and out with mouth closed (earth breath), then as guided breathing with an open mouth (air breath), exhaling in through the nose and out through the mouth (water breath) then followed by inhaling with an open mouth and exhaling through the nose (fire breath). Finally, sessions would end with a brief time returning to earth breath.

Review of HRM

As meditation began, we were encouraged to keep a journal, what one of the leaders described as a conversation with the soul. I went back to my journal in writing this article. I was surprised by the insight I recorded in those early days of HRM.

As a review of this form of meditation, I found I went deeper into myself, and the meditation brought up memories and emotions that I had long forgotten about on a conscious level.

One of the most beneficial practices for me was being taught to figuratively invite another person into our meditation, thinking of it as a guesthouse where someone you are concerned for or have had differences with can have a seat. What occurs when you do this is surprising.

Although the study has been completed for some time, a number of participants in the study continue to meditate together through Zoom. I believe that is a testament to the strength of the meditation form.

If you are interested in learning more about this form of meditation the website for the Institute of Applied Meditation is informative.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Do you monitor your heart rate and heart rate variability? What do you use the data for? Do you meditate for a healthier heart and wellbeing? What practice has worked for you? What do you think about meditating with others?

Do you like listening to music? Music has never been more accessible than it is now. Streaming music services have practically replaced CDs and other types of music formats. You can listen to all your favorite music from your phone, your tablet, or your computer.

1. Spotify
2. YouTube Music
3. iHeartRadio
4. Shazam
5. Amazon Music

Ok, these music apps are not only for older women, but I have selected a few that I believe have extensive music selections and that are user-friendly.

Most have a free version of the service that typically includes ads. I like to pay a monthly subscription and have an ad-free experience. Also, I like to know that the artists are being supported.

The paid subscription pricing model is taking over the planet now. In 2020, the total sales of physical album copies dropped by a whopping 30%, while paid subscriptions grew 12% from the previous year. Despite the shift in how people listen to music, artists still earn payouts (albeit a lot smaller) from royalties – just like they would from physical copy sales. These streaming platforms pay the artists to put their songs on their library. As a return, the artists will get a certain amount of payouts every time users play their songs.

—Headphonesty

Top Music Apps

Spotify

Spotify is one of the top music streaming apps out there. You can browse the thousands of artists and songs, follow your favorites, and create your own unlimited playlists. You can also share your playlists with friends and follow other Spotify users’ playlists as well. The platform will make suggestions based on your listening preferences to personalize your experience.

Spotify has a free version that allows you access to almost all the features but that frequently interrupts your listening experience with advertisements. You can try the premium service for 30 days before committing to a monthly subscription.

Spotify for Android

Spotify for Apple

YouTube Music

YouTube also has a music streaming service that is similar to Spotify. It includes access to thousands of songs, recorded concerts, live events, and artist interviews. You can find practically all your favorite artists and discover lesser-known content creators as well. You can create playlists and share them with fellow YouTube Music subscribers.

The $10 monthly subscription lets you view videos and listen to music ad-free. Unlike the free version, you can continue to listen to music even when the lock screen on your device activates. Try it out free for 30 days to find out if this is the right music app for you.

YouTube Music for Android

YouTube Music for Apple

iHeartRadio

Do you like to listen to the radio? Now you can listen to all your favorite stations from your phone, tablet, or computer. Browse the hundreds of stations and create your own station with your favorite songs. You can then select your favorite station as an alarm clock.

The free version of the service is ad-free, but the paid subscription gives you access to more features and unlimited song skips.

iHeartRadio for Android

iHeartRadio for Apple

Shazam

Shazam is not technically a music streaming service, but it is unique in that it can identify music that is playing and tells you what it is and who the artist is. If you hear a great song in a store or while watching a movie, you can ask Shazam to tell you what it is.

You can then create playlists from your saved songs and share them with other users. Turn the app on or off as you wish, but remember that when left on it will be constantly listening for music and identifying it. Also, some songs have the option of displaying the lyrics.

Shazam for Android

Shazam for Apple

Amazon Music

If you have an Amazon Prime account, you have access to Amazon Music for free. Simply create an account from your Amazon Prime and get access to millions of songs ad-free.

Amazon Music for Android

Amazon Music for Apple

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Do you listen to streaming music on your phone? Which one is your favorite music app? Do you have any other music streaming apps to suggest to our readers? Tell us about it in the comments below.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, STYLECASTER may receive an affiliate commission.

It’s a truly humbling experience having acne — or even just clogged pores and textured skin – on your butt. You work so hard on the skin on your face, it’s easy to forget your body, especially when you don’t see the area every day. Butt masks can help. Just like the skin on your face, the pores on your butt can get clogged causing rough skin and breakouts. You might even see ingrown hairs. These masks make skin baby soft and are pretty fun to use at the same time.

Now, it’s important to note that a mask is not going to get rid of cellulite or stretch marks. It’s not going to give you a more lifted booty. (You don’t even need these things anyway!) But hydrating and detoxifying ingredients can leave skin looking and feeling smooth, plump and maybe a little firmer. Summer is right around the corner so grab your bikini and get ready to show off smooth skin.

Body Blendz.

Body Blendz Booty Clay Mask

This cooling mask contains artichoke extract, levan and caffeine to firm and lift, Australian White Clay to help detoxify, and vitamin E, shea butter, macadamia oil, aloe vera and hyaluronic acid to leave skin smooth and hydrated.

Megababe.

Megababe Le Tush Butt Mask

We love Megababe for its problem-solving products, such as Thigh Rescue anti-chafing stick. This butt mask is also genius with glycolic, malic and azelaic acids combined with eco-friendly exfoliating beads resurface the skin. Willow bark extract helps clarify (and banish breakouts!) while squalane and kelp extract lock in moisture.

Bawdy.

Bawdy Sheet Mask Kit for Your Butt – 4 pack

This cheeky sheet mask kit has everything you need no matter your skin type. Bite It moisturizes dry, dehydrated skin, Squeeze It brightens, Slap It retexturizes and detoxifies and Shake It firms skin.

Yes To.

Yes To Booty-Ful Paper Mask

Another paper mask, this vegan one contains caffeine, coffee and guarana to brighten and tighten skin.

Truly.

Truly Buns Of Glowry Tighten & Glow Smoothing Butt Polish

This yummy-smelling mask and butt polish contains wheat protein to reduce the look of cellulite, watermelon extract to fade discoloration and jojoba seeds to exfoliate away blemishes.

lapcos.

Lapcos Lifting Booty Mask 5 Pack

This booty sheet mask contains 17 amino acids and patented Levan to smooth, lift and firm skin.

Anese.

Anese Down with the Thickness Collagen Booty Mask

Try a clay mask if you’re prone to body breakouts. This one has kaolin clay to cleanse and remove excess oils from your skin while vitamin B5 and B3 nourish and soften.

Maelys.

MAËLYS Cosmetics B-Tight Lift & Firm Booty Mask

Hydrated skin just looks and feels more plump and firm. This mask uses guarana seed extract, pink pepperslim and hyaluronic acid to energize, hydrate and lock in moisture.

E.l.f.

E.L.F. x American Eagle Get Cheeky Clay Mask

Our two fave brands came together on a denim-inspired beauty collection that launched earlier this week. It includes a blue clay mask with kaolin, shea butter, vitamin E and blueberry extract. You can use it on your face, too!

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, STYLECASTER may receive an affiliate commission.

It’s a truly humbling experience having acne — or even just clogged pores and textured skin – on your butt. You work so hard on the skin on your face, it’s easy to forget your body, especially when you don’t see the area every day. Butt masks can help. Just like the skin on your face, the pores on your butt can get clogged causing rough skin and breakouts. You might even see ingrown hairs. These masks make skin baby soft and are pretty fun to use at the same time.

Now, it’s important to note that a mask is not going to get rid of cellulite or stretch marks. It’s not going to give you a more lifted booty. (You don’t even need these things anyway!) But hydrating and detoxifying ingredients can leave skin looking and feeling smooth, plump and maybe a little firmer. Summer is right around the corner so grab your bikini and get ready to show off smooth skin.

Body Blendz.

Body Blendz Booty Clay Mask

This cooling mask contains artichoke extract, levan and caffeine to firm and lift, Australian White Clay to help detoxify, and vitamin E, shea butter, macadamia oil, aloe vera and hyaluronic acid to leave skin smooth and hydrated.

Megababe.

Megababe Le Tush Butt Mask

We love Megababe for its problem-solving products, such as Thigh Rescue anti-chafing stick. This butt mask is also genius with glycolic, malic and azelaic acids combined with eco-friendly exfoliating beads resurface the skin. Willow bark extract helps clarify (and banish breakouts!) while squalane and kelp extract lock in moisture.

Bawdy.

Bawdy Sheet Mask Kit for Your Butt – 4 pack

This cheeky sheet mask kit has everything you need no matter your skin type. Bite It moisturizes dry, dehydrated skin, Squeeze It brightens, Slap It retexturizes and detoxifies and Shake It firms skin.

Yes To.

Yes To Booty-Ful Paper Mask

Another paper mask, this vegan one contains caffeine, coffee and guarana to brighten and tighten skin.

Truly.

Truly Buns Of Glowry Tighten & Glow Smoothing Butt Polish

This yummy-smelling mask and butt polish contains wheat protein to reduce the look of cellulite, watermelon extract to fade discoloration and jojoba seeds to exfoliate away blemishes.

lapcos.

Lapcos Lifting Booty Mask 5 Pack

This booty sheet mask contains 17 amino acids and patented Levan to smooth, lift and firm skin.

Anese.

Anese Down with the Thickness Collagen Booty Mask

Try a clay mask if you’re prone to body breakouts. This one has kaolin clay to cleanse and remove excess oils from your skin while vitamin B5 and B3 nourish and soften.

Maelys.

MAËLYS Cosmetics B-Tight Lift & Firm Booty Mask

Hydrated skin just looks and feels more plump and firm. This mask uses guarana seed extract, pink pepperslim and hyaluronic acid to energize, hydrate and lock in moisture.

E.l.f.

E.L.F. x American Eagle Get Cheeky Clay Mask

Our two fave brands came together on a denim-inspired beauty collection that launched earlier this week. It includes a blue clay mask with kaolin, shea butter, vitamin E and blueberry extract. You can use it on your face, too!