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Professional Counselor Katherine Glick says: Makeup and skin-care application can also invoke a powerfully positive neurochemical response simply through touch. “When you’re engaging in hygiene activities, it’s almost like a self-soothing ritual,” Glick says, adding that the sensation of touch stimulates the brain’s release of neuropeptides like oxytocin (also known as “the cuddle hormone”), which helps the body relax.

A Lipsticky List Of How Makeup Can Actually Improve Your Mental Health [As Told By Rihanna GIFS]  was originally published on globalgrind.com

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