At this (not so) beginning of the year, I’ve decided to give this space a bow. Of stories with science and science with stories.
Over the last few years, alongside with creativity in creating unique facial treatments, I’ve seen the birth of Amélia’s creativity in ballet.
Ballet first appeared in the Italian courts, more precisely in 1489, when an elaborate show was put on for the wedding of Galeazzo, Duke of Milan. Since then, ballet has become one of the most important forms of artistic expression. An expression that I saw grow in Amélia and that emphasised her creativity, lightness of movement and discipline day after day.
You might think that watching this transformation wouldn’t inspire my world and the reality of my day-to-day life, but the truth is that it has. And it has been since my own days as a dancer.
The lightness of the movements has always transported me to the simplicity of caring for sensitive skin, how it is so necessary to limit deep facial massages, the use of cosmetic products with fragrances or prolonged sun exposure. Today we also know that the simplest and lightest routines (with few cosmetic products), carried out consistently, with the same discipline as dance, are the ones that deliver the most results, they are also the ones that transform.
Dance is indeed sublime in this representativeness and touches on many other layers of our lives: how we walk or breathe, how we deal with frustration, how we develop our confidence and self-esteem. Themes that are so relevant to self-care.
I remember the dynamics of the shows, the preparation, the precise ballet bun and make-up, the smell of the stage and the cloths, the silence, the lights, the alternating entrances, the magic. And I see it today, all those moments and feelings in Amélia and her deep admiration for her artistic self.
In the end, ballet, in its most classical form, is pronounced and moves with rigour and that is, in fact, my greatest secret.