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Actress Selma Blair has been in the game for a long time. From her Cruel Intentions days to now, we’ve forever admired the effortless beauty and aura she’s brought to the table. As she’s grown up, she’s refined her wellness ritual to what truly serves her and her body. After being diagnosed with MS in 2018, she has reevaluated the way she lives her life and incorporated routines that embrace her new way of living.
Selma recently spoke to Coveteur and shared all her insights from her wellness journey. “In my own search for wellness, I have realized some essentials. Feeling so unwell for much of my life, I could be quite ‘full on’ with attaining physical health in the past. I compartmentalized. I paid attention to the aspects of wellness that would get me feeling physically lighter, like gut cleanses and nutrition – using food as medicine. But it’s been a feast or famine not having the stamina because of undiagnosed MS and POTS. Now that I am recovering, I have embraced the physical with the emotional, mental, financial, spiritual, and social aspects of wellness.”
Blair goes on to reflect on exactly how the years during COVID have made her re-evaluate how she views wellness. “COVID isolation years have been a mirror, showing me that calming my nervous system really does involve so many areas of wellness. Writing, horseback riding, or even having my service dog as my ever-constant companion, help me focus and breathe. I have lassitude and extreme fatigue, so self-motivating is a challenge. I am proud that I can manage a lifestyle where my animals can give so much comfort and energy, so I can feel supported while raising my son. It took many years and a diagnosis to stop the treadmill of searching behind closed doors. Perspective and wellness are both reassuring.”
After being diagnosed with MS in 2018, Blair had to reprocess how she approaches beauty and wellness. She tells Coveteur, “I stopped looking in a mirror when alopecia gnawed out my eyelashes on one eye and bald patches took root (or lack of) on my head. So that part of my wellness took a hiatus. Prednisone, chemo, and lack of some taken for granted coordination were a hit to my beauty routine. The effort of even getting out of a bath was too much. When I tried applying makeup, my unruly fingers and blurry vision made long brushes, liquid liner, and eyelash application impossible for me then. That time let me free some ego and embrace being the best I could be as a person.”
So what does her daily wellness routine actually look like? She shares, “I am in the process of learning rituals that work for me. My wellness routine definitely involves makeup, cleaners, and lymphatic massages to move all the groggy cellular debris that wind up in my jowls. Being outside in the heat during the day is very difficult with my MS. I get very weak, lost some clear speech, and the left leg goes offline. So I must wear a polar products ice vest when riding Mr. Nibbles, my horse, of course. It’s essential, as is drinking more water than I ever dreamed of. Learning to keep my movements smaller and more fluid by playing and working on training with my dog is a big part of keeping me moving and grounded. Little tricks move the needle for me more now. I stopped my constant coffee drinking all day in lieu of this sports tea used by climbers. I have a tablespoon of sea moss jelly every morning and evening. I must swim as much as possible, in the ocean or in my cold pool. First thing in the morning I jump in; I need the shock.”
Forever inspired by Selma’s strength, resilience, and grace, her wellness rituals speak from the heart. We’ll be incorporating these into our routines in hopes of having a little bit of Selma Blair energy everywhere we go.
