Autumn Essentials: 13 Magical Self-Care Products For Busy Women
Level up your self-care routine with these 13 magical self-care products for busy women. From cozy candles to a luxury home spa and inspiring coloring books for adults, these carefully curated products will help you relax your body and mind. Embrace the magic of fall with these 13 self-care products for busy women.
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Self-care is something that should always be on your schedule….
…I know you know, but I also know that a lot of you beautiful ladies live super busy lives and on some days 12 hours are simply not enough hours in the day.
But busy lives come with demanding routines: rushing through a morning routine, grabbing a coffee and some breakfast on the way, commuting to work, demanding work days filled with meetings and tight deadlines, constant pressure to meet targets, networking events, social events, family, etc.
And all this does not leave much room for self-care practices. I get it. But at the same time, these demanding routines require a balance to maintain your physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
Today I will share 13 self-care products for busy women helping you relax and unwind from these demanding routines and stressful days.
But first…
The importance of self-care
Yes…I know you know, but it is always good to have a little reminder.
Benefits of a regular and consistent self-care practice:
- Reduced stress levels – Self-care practices such as e.g. meditation, journaling, a relaxing bath, etc. can help to relax the body and mind and manage stress more effectively
- Improved physical health – Self-care activities such as workouts, a balanced diet, a healthy sleep routine, etc. can boost your energy levels and support your general physical well-being
- Better mental health – Practicing mindfulness, journaling, gratitude, etc. helps you to live a more intentional life and gives emotional support
- Support a work-life balance – Self-care practices help you to establish a work-life balance that will help to avoid burnout and support a healthy lifestyle in general
- Increased productivity – Taking breaks to relax and recharge allows for a better focus which will increase your productivity
- Improved relationships – When you take care of yourself you are aware of your personal needs which allows you to set healthy boundaries in relationships which in turn strengthens and deepens your relationships with the people around you
- Enhanced self-esteem – Self-care activities can help to build a more positive self-image as you show yourself that you are deserving of love which will boost your self-esteem as well as your self-worth
- Long-term happiness – A consistent self-care practice builds a strong foundation and contributes to long-term happiness and a more purposeful and meaningful life overall
Keep in mind that you are the most important asset that you have and when you prioritize self-care you invest in yourself and most importantly you allow yourself to thrive in all areas of your life.
Tip: If you are looking for self care activities for women, this blog features a huge range of self care activities for women. You can find inspiration for self-care activities in our series ‘Seasonal Self-Care Ideas’.
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13 Autumn self-care products for busy women
Enjoy the most magical autumn moments and level up your self-care routine with these 13 autumn essentials and self-care products for busy women.
Indulge, relax, and unlock the beauty of autumn. You deserve it.
Autumn self-care products for busy women #1: Pumpkin cinnamon spiced candle
Finally! It is that time of the year…the pumpkin season has officially started.
The LA JOLIE MUSE Pumpkin Cinnamon Candle is a deliciously scented candle, a magical mix of pumpkin patch meets cinnamon rolls. Am I speaking your language? Yes?! If you ask me, this is the perfect combo.
The LA JOLIE MUSE Pumpkin Cinnamon Candle comes in a beautifully crafted luxury glass jar, embossed with a super delicate daisy pattern.
This magical candle easily beautifies any space in your home and is the perfect gift for yourself or a dear friend who appreciates beauty and detail as much as you do.
Featuring the fragrance of ripe pumpkin, toasted cinnamon, and sweet caramel, this delicious scented candle takes you on the most magical autumn date one can imagine.
- Luxury product, decadent and artistic, yet natural
- Natural fragrances paired with a vegan wax blend
- Different colors and different scents are available - find your perfect match
Autumn self-care products for busy women #2: Diffuser set
Smell plays an important part in how we perceive the world around us. And like music, it can change our mood within seconds.
Certain scents can have different effects on the body and mind. Lavender and chamomile for example can help you to create a sense of relaxation and help to reduce stress and anxiety.
Citrus, orange, and bergamot on the other hand can be very uplifting and energizing. The Cocorrína Reed Diffuser Set below features bergamot.
I LOVE autumn, but as we approach the second part of the year, life starts to slow down, and a little energy boost here and there is definitely needed.
Apart from that, who does not like the wonderful smell of bergamot?
Enjoy up to 90 days of fragrant aroma with this beautiful luxurious diffuser set. The perfect home decor item to make your autumn days extra special.
- The beautiful and high-quality design makes this diffuser set the perfect home decor item
- Long-lasting scent, 90 days of fragrant aroma
- Available in different scents and colours
Tip: There are many ways you can work with aromatherapy. If essential oils and aromatherapy is a topic that interests you, find out more…
Autumn self-care products for busy women #3: Cozy faux fur throw blanket
Let’s get cozy on the couch with this SUPER soft faux fur blanket. All the company you need on a cozy Sunday night. Oh and of course…pizza!
The Bliss Luxury Soft Fuzzy Faux Fur Throw Blanket comes in different sizes and colors and really adds a touch of luxury to any living room or bedroom.
Trust me, this blanket will be your new best friend this coming autumn and winter season. Wrap yourself in softness and enjoy a relaxing and rejuvenating Sunday movie night.
The Cozy Bliss Faux Fur Blanket is ultra-soft and cosy, ensuring maximum comfort during these autumn days. Get ready to wrap up warm.
- SUPER soft
- Beautiful high-quality luxury home decor item
- Available in different sizes and colors
Autumn self-care products for busy women #4: Journal
Journaling can bring a lot of mental health benefits during the autumn season, just as it can throughout the year.
As we spend more time indoors, journaling can be a great way to embrace the autumn season, engage in self-reflection, and spark personal growth.
Dive into your personal growth journey and start a shadow work journal, a gratitude journal, a dream journal, etc. The options with journaling are endless and the benefits of journaling show quickly.
The VICTORIA’S JOURNALS are beautifully crafted vintage-looking leather journals that make every journaling exercise and journal entry even more special.
It is an absolute delight to work with these journals and they are beautiful gifts too!
Treat yourself to a brand new journal and embrace the magic of autumn journaling and personal growth.
This vintage-style journal comes with a faux leather hardcover, beautifully raised embossing, gold-foil highlights and a gilded edge; making this the perfect journal for the autumn days.
- High-quality material and beautifully crafted
- Embossed, gold-foiling highlights and gilded edges
- Available in different colors to choose from - find your perfect match
Autumn self-care products for busy women #5: Body scrub
I don’t know about you, but I love a good body scrub, especially in the autumn/winter.
The Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Body Scrub is my absolute favourite one and has been part of my Sunday self-care routine for quite some time now.
The Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Body Scrub features a beautiful blend of crushed cupuaçu seeds, sugar crystals, caffeine-rich guaraná, and nourishing coconut oil. The wonderful smell still reminds you of these beautiful summer days and leaves a magical shimmer on your skin.
The scrub gently exfoliates, removes dead skin, and moisturizes at the same time. If you are looking for something to add to your Home Spa selection, look no further. This baby is the perfect addition to your self-care kit.
A soft-as-sand body scrub that gently exfoliates and moisturizes to reveal summer-smooth skin all year around.
- Pure indulgence: magical fragrance, high-quality ingredients, and beautiful packaging
- Great for areas that need extra care e.g. elbows, feet, etc.
- Leaves your skin super smooth and radiant within seconds
Autumn self-care products for busy women #6: Motivational coffee mug
…because the cup you drink your coffee from matters 🖤
Make your mornings extra special and treat yourself to a motivational coffee mug. The Sweet Water Decor Coffee Mug really is as pretty as it looks in the picture.
The Sweet Water Decor Coffee Mug is a perfect size (16 fl. oz) if you ask me and will definitely enhance and brighten up your coffee-drinking experience.
The design is stunning and features a gold embellished handle as well as a hand-drawn motivational quote. There are different quotes available, choose the one that best fits your dreams and life goals.
Gift yourself joy and self-belief with The Sweet Water Decor Coffee Mug.
This coffee mug is the perfect inspiration and motivation and will help to keep you focused on your overall life goals. You got this.
- Made from fine bone china, large and durable, perfect for everyday use
- Minimalistic, yet stylish design with a motivational quote/statement
- Perfect gift to yourself or a friend who needs a bit of extra sunshine
Autumn self-care products for busy women #7: Body butter
No autumn without the Body Shop Vanilla Pumpkin Whipped Body Butter. As soon as the leaves change colors, this is my go-to.
I love the Body Shop products in general, but this is definitely one of my favorite ones and another self-care product from my Sunday self-care routine.
The smell of this body butter is autumnly heavenly: vanilla extract from Madagascar, sweet baked pumpkin with notes of caramel, maple syrup, and almond milk.
This body butter is lighter than the classic Body Shop body butter variants which I think makes it easier to apply and it sinks straight into the skin leaving your skin feeling magically soft, smooth, and deeply nourished.
This vegan body butter features the perfect autumn scent, providing your skin with additional moisture leaving a healthy-looking glow.
- Leaves a healthy-looking glow and features the most wonderful autumn scents
- Rich product, 96hr nourishing moisture - perfect for dry skin
- Enriched with 96% ingredients of natural origin, including Community Fair Trade shea butter from Ghana, as well as Community Fair Trade sesame oil
Autumn self-care products for busy women #8: Luxury Spa collection
On some days you simply need to treat yourself…how about a Spa day at home?
If you are looking for a luxury Spa experience that you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home, look no further.
The Hemlock Park Artisanal Spa Collection includes the full set that you need for a complete luxury Home Spa experience.
The Hemlock Park Artisanal Spa Collection comes with a candle, organic shea butter and coconut oil soap, a shea butter bath bomb, and last but certainly not least a mineral salt bath soak sachet.
This luxury Home Spa package is made with organic ingredients including pure coconut wax, shea butter, mineral solar salts, and dead sea salts.
All the good stuff for all the good times.
Create a luxurious spa-like experience with this handcrafted set including everything you need for a relaxing and rejuvenating autumn afternoon at home.
- Naturally handcrafted products with organic plant-based ingredients
- Complete luxury home spa experience and set
- Available in different scents
Autumn self-care products for busy women #9: Cultivate self-love
This is a must-have on your autumn reading list if you are looking for personal growth and personal development.
Louise Hay, the author of the book The Power Is Within You expands on her philosophy of “loving the self” and shows you how to overcome emotional barriers through learning to listen to your inner voice, loving the child within, letting your true feelings out, etc.
I have both, the real book as well as the audiobook and I love to come back to this book and re-read certain passages or re-listen to certain chapters
Get ready to embrace self-love and self-worth this autumn and step into a happier and healthier version of yourself with Louise Hay and her book The Power Is Within You.
A must-have for your autumn reading list. Available as hardcover, paper cover, audiobook and Kindle. The choice is yours.
- An amazing and inspiring read if you are into personal growth
- We could all do with a bit more self-love in our life
- Wonderfully written and if you get the audiobook, super beautiful voice to listen to
Autumn self-care products for busy women #10: Colouring book
Time to sharpen your colored pencils and get ready for some serious arty fun.
I LOVE coloring books. They are super calming, fun, and inspiring at the same time. The Magical Jungle was one of my very first coloring books and it simply had to be on my list of self-care products for busy women.
If you are living a busy life, your head can sometimes be all over the place. The Magical Jungle coloring book brought me back to the present moment so many times and helped me to ground myself and quiet my mind within the first few minutes of starting a drawing.
Get creative with this colouring book for adults. Step into the magical jungle and discover a forgotten world of flora and fauna waiting to be coloured in. Simply enjoy and relax.
- Coloring sparks your creativity and allows for your unique expression
- Coloring helps to quiet your mind and bring you back to the present moment
- Get inspired by these beautiful drawings - fun is guaranteed
Autumn self-care products for busy women #11: Stress less and self-care cards
The Allura & Arcia 52 Stress Less & Self Care Cards is a unique self-care deck that contains 52 effective and engaging exercises for mindfulness, meditation, anxiety relief, stress management, self-care, relaxation and so much more.
The Allura & Arcia 52 Stress Less & Self Care Cards were developed by therapists, counselors, and yogi professionals to help you better manage your stress levels.
The cards are the perfect addition to your autumn self-care kit and whenever you feel the autumn blues coming up…these cards are a great way to help ground you and come back to the present moment.
Nurture your mind and soul with The Allura & Arcia 52 Stress Less & Self Care Cards.
This unique card deck contains 52 effective exercises for mindfulness, meditation, anxiety relief, stress management, self-care, relaxation & more. Breathe in and breathe out.
- A huge variety of stress-less and self-care exercises to choose from
- Anker back to the present moment whenever the autumn blues comes up
- Suitable for kids, teenagers, and adults - fun for the whole family
Autumn self-care products for busy women #12: Lavender hand cream
Hydrate and relax your hands with the smooth, light-textured Lavender Hand Cream, enriched with nourishing shea butter, magical lavender oil as well as grape seed oil.
The perfect combination leaves your hands super soft and smooth and with a relaxing smell.
This Lavender Hand Cream is definitely a must-have item in every handbag this autumn.
Smooth and light-textured hand cream with lavender essential oil and shea butter. Moisturizes and comforts the skin.
- Perfect size to drop in a handbag and carry with you 24/7
- Super soft and nourishing hand cream
- Magical, relaxing smell
Autumn self-care products for busy women #13: Twinkle star fairy lights
Create your private winder wonderland ambience in the comfort of your own home with the Twinkle Star 100 LED Star String Lights.
These fairy lights are super sweet and will definitely help you to relax and recharge after a long day at work.
And guess what…the Twinkle Star 100 LED Star String Lights come with 8 different moods to choose from, yes, that means 8 times the fun!
Get cosy, lean back, and relax in your winter wonderland.
Make your home extra cozy with these magical fairy lights. Decorate your living room, reading corner, bedroom, kitchen, etc. any corner that can do with a little bit of magic this autumn.
- Create a relaxing ambiance in your home
- Twinkle Star 100 LED Star String Lights are 5m long which is great for decorating a decent size corner
- 8 different moods to choose from for more fun
Make taking care of yourself this autumn a priority with these 13 luxury self care products for busy women.
How to make time for self-care
And now, after looking at all these magical self-care products for busy women, let’s look at a few tips and tricks to help you make time for these much-needed and well-deserved self-care practices and self-care products.
- Schedule it in your diary – I agree, this is not the most romantic way to do it, but be pragmatic about it and schedule the time for your self-care practices in your diary
- Set boundaries – switch off your phone during your self-care time, avoid shuffling your self-care time around in your calendar, commit to yourself, make space for yourself, and make it happen
- Leverage your routines – routines support us to make things happen. Leverage your existing routines e.g. morning routine, evening routine, Sunday routine, etc., and make your self-care practices part of your existing routine
- Start small – everything that you do for yourself will pay off; know that already 5 or 10 minutes each day can make a huge difference to the rest of your day and overall well-being in general
Keep in mind that you are the most important asset that you have and investing in yourself encourages self-love and self-worth.
At the same time, by investing in your physical, mental, and emotional well-being, you allow yourself to shine and thrive helping you to build a life that is aligned with your dreams and desires, filled with meaning and purpose.
Last, but certainly not least, make sure that your self-care time does not become an additional point on your to-do list. Enjoy your self-care time, celebrate it, and indulge.
Related resources I think you will enjoy:
- Autumn Serenity: 12 Super Cosy Autumn Self-Care Ideas
- 17 Self-Love Affirmations – The Ultimate Path to Your Happiness
- Sweet Escapes: The Best 17 Treat Yourself Ideas
I hope you enjoyed this self-care essentials list and self-care products list for autumn. If you feel like sharing, let me know which of the self-care products for busy women made it into your self-care kit or self-care routine. I would love to hear from you. Feel free to leave me a comment below.
Alright my beautiful warrior friend, enjoy the most magical time of the year. Most people would say it is Christmas, but for me it is autumn. Always has been and always will be.
Stay wild,
Nicolle
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Great ideas and product choices. Fall / autumn is definitely a time to brush up self care after a long, hot summer, followed by the back-to-school grind, and just before the rush of the holiday season. The season itself is a soul-warming season, but add in self care and sel rejuvenation and you’ll be ready for the hustle bustle of Thanksgving and Christmas. Love these ideas and products you shared. Pinning to my Fall board on Pinterest.
YAYYY!! Super happy to hear this…have a magical autumn season 😉
Great ideas for self care (and several make amazing presents for others!)
Thanks so much Sheila, happy to hear that you enjoyed the post and found it useful. Hope to see you back very soon 😉
Great post and ideas for Christmas as well.
X-mas feels so close now 😉
Super happy to hear that you enjoyed the self care products. Thanks so much for stopping by.
I love this list! Great recommendations for self care here. Will come back when I need to treat myself.
Amazing, can’t wait to see you back here on the blog.
Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, much appreciated.
Love the variety of items to choose from. Thank you for going beyond bubble bath. You Rock!
You are so welcome 😉
Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope to see you back soon.
Lots of lovely self-care products! I especially like the journals from Victoria with their antique look; adding it to my wish list. Thanks for this helpful post!
These journals are definitely a treat! So super pretty 😉
Amazing choices for women’s self-care products. I always love to snuggle under a cozy throw in autumn and winter!
Awesome post and ideas, I wish I take more time to take care of myself!