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Products to help improve your sense of wellness

Adding some self-care in to daily routine can make a difference

Small additions to your daily routine can make the world of difference to your overall sense of wellness – it’s not about being perfect, it’s about feeling like you’re doing something good for yourself.

For €25 a treat of this calibre for your body skin is just the ticket. It’s a vegan body butter enriched with organic almond oil, grape seed oil, date tree oil and sustainable shea butter.

Caudalie Vinotherapist Replenishing Vegan Body Butter, €25

A smart watch should be many things, including lightweight. The Huawei Band 6 has all the tracker bells and whistles you’d want, but is also – mercifully – light as a feather.

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Huawei Band 6 Smartwatch in Sakura Pink, €59

Irish candle studio Sómas have paired peony, plum, blackberry and of course rhubarb to make this fresh-as-a-spring-day scented soy candle.

Sómas Studio Rhubarb and Peony Soy Candle, €29

These Irish-made supplements are biodesigned with Fucoidan extract which comes from seaweed. As a brand, Seabody are all about harnessing the power of the ocean. They also contain biotin, zinc, vitamin C, copper and manganese to protect cells from oxidative stress.

Seabody Beauty supplement, €85

Lululemon’s Align leggings are synonymous with those wellness, comfortable concepts for a reason – the softest and most body-adaptive on the market, they will be all you want to wear to feel good while exercising.

Lululemon Align leggings, from €98

If you’re looking for a versatile way to switch up home workouts, the YBell Neo is a dumbbell with extras. It has four different gripping points that allow you to swing it like a kettlebell, grasp it with two hands like a medicine ball, stabilise your body on it like a push-up stand, and of course do standard dumbbell exercises.

YBell Neo, from €60, YBellFitness.com

Beauty Complex by Revive Active is a little bit different in that it’s a beauty-focused supplement in powder form. It contains collagen peptides, phytoceramides, hyaluronic acid and water-soluble biotin, all of which go a long way toward healthier skin, hair and nails.

Revive Active Beauty Complex, €59.95 for a 30-day supply

If you've been on Instagram Stories lately, chances are you've seen someone's "Whoop" – their recovery statistics or how well they've been sleeping? An activity tracker that goes a step beyond, this wearable records data 24/7 so doesn't base your readiness to train solely on the previous day's information.

Whoop Miami Edit Superknit Band 4.0, €49

For anyone dedicated to Irish beauty and wellness, Ethos is spot on. Every month Ethos’ founder Eileen Hannon from Galway curates a bespoke gift box containing four full size products; no two products or categories are repeated in succession so that you have a chance to use and enjoy everything that is inside. Sustainability is also a focus for the brand.

Ethos subscription, from €65, ethosbeauty.ie

One of Kiehl’s best-selling ranges is Midnight Recovery, and the cleansing oil from the range is a cult favourite. Taking that oil blend and hitting it with omegas 3 and 6 as well as some “liquid crystal emulsification technology” which presumably gives the cloud-like texture, this new iteration is perfect for a pre-bed sensorial experience in skincare.

Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery Omega-Rich Cloud Cream, €46.50, available from Arotts and Brown Thomas

The ultimate in wellness tracking, the Oura is the platinum standard for understanding your body's baselines. It tracks rest, heart rate, relaxation time, even your period, as well as having guided audio sessions for meditation, sleep, focus and more. It'll sync up with your Apple workouts or Google Fit.

Oura Ring Generation 3 in Gold, €419

Sandra O'Connell

Sandra O'Connell

Sandra O'Connell is a contributor to The Irish Times