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No one knew exactly how to process the chaos felt globally in 2020, but for actress Alycia Debnam-Carey (who you might know from Fear the Walking Dead or The 100) returning home to her native Australia has finally offered some respite from the enduring uncertainty. “Having some distance from L.A., I’ve been able to see how pervasive and underlying the daily stress and anxiety is,” she says. “There’s so much we go through and accept as normal…it has shown me that I want to refocus on what self-care really means to me.”

Her particular pathway to peace includes a holistic, body-mind-beauty approach, which includes oceanic swims and journaling—and dedicated time to bring the fun back to beauty products. “I do love talking about beauty products with people and riffling through other people’s beauty bags,” she says. “It’s so fun to see what other people have.” Ahead, Debnam-Carey lets us mine her own beauty bag and creative brain for her path to a more mindful 2021.

RI:
What does self-care mean to you right now?

ADC:
Self-care is a really interesting one because you think, ‘I’m going to take a bubble bath. I’m going to put a face mask on and then watch a show’, but I think in this last year, having been in lockdown, it’s shown me that there are really no amounts of bubble bath and masks and sitting in front of the TV binge watching Netflix that’s going to help me calm down and relax. We’re all suddenly forced to keep doing versions of that, and for me, true self-care really had to come from a mental, emotional, wellbeing space, which is hard.

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