This is amazing! I'm so glad your skincare routine is able to benefit you in more than one way. It's often the seemingly little things that bring us so much joy and I feel they are sometimes more important for that reason.

My experience and realisation with skincare wasn't anywhere near as profound as yours. One day I got pretty high with my boyfriend whilst on a sunny holiday. It was my first time getting that high and the day was full of emotion and adventure, so by the time we got back to our hotel room I was pretty exhausted, but I just could not bring myself to go to bed without washing off all the dust and sweat. I was sobering up but everything was still overwhelming so I really didn't want to do this, but once I started it immediately soothed and grounded me. It was in that moment that I knew that this is a thing I truly love.