February 14 is the holiday of love. A day when we easily say "I LOVE YOU" and immerse ourselves in a romantic atmosphere. We buy something special for a loved one or give our all to do something that demonstrates our affection. We give flowers, chocolate, cards. And showing our love makes us truly happy. Because being in love is wonderful, isn't it? You have more energy and enthusiasm for life. You have a positive outlook on everything, even the most mundane tasks. Research clearly shows that falling in love has many health benefits, including lowering stress and blood pressure. Feeling affection and sympathy increases dopamine, which improves our mood and motivation, and also stimulates oxytocin, which helps eliminate pain.

The fact is that being in love is good for us. But what if we haven't met the right person to fall in love with yet? And why should we rely on someone else to fill our hearts with love when all we need is to love ourselves? When we start loving ourselves more every day, it's amazing how our lives get better. We feel better, we look better.

Thus we easily come to the conclusion that loving ourselves is essential to our overall well-being, happiness and success. We just need to focus our energy on falling in love with ourselves. It sounds simple, but unfortunately it is not. Quite the opposite.

Love is often defined as "deep appreciation." Given this definition, how do we nurture this deep appreciation for ourselves?

Of course, here comes the cliché that we should accept ourselves as we are, with all our flaws, weaknesses and failures. But in love, care, attention, understanding, gentle words and so much more are important. Making time for the person you love, creating special moments. Just as any good relationship requires attention and needs to be nurtured over time, so does the relationship we have with ourselves.

Studies show that unrealistic expectations and perfectionism can be our worst enemy on the road to loving ourselves. In the world we live in, "beauty standards" crush us with every social media opening. And so without even realizing it, we don't like ourselves. Along the way, our creator Stephanie has discovered self-love through fighting skin imperfections.

" In my personal battle with skin imperfections and overcoming the insecurities associated with them, I have found something much more than striving for perfect skin. I realized that every line and every pimple or blemish is a sign that I am just a person and that there are no perfect people. This process of self-acceptance and positive thinking has taught me the value of true self-care - not just through cosmetics, but through kindness and understanding of our own needs and feelings. In this way, I learned to take the necessary care of myself and live in harmony without beating myself up for not being able to reach the imposed stereotypes of beauty. I share this with you as a reminder not to be hard on yourself and that we each have our own unique beauty that deserves to be appreciated and loved exactly as it is. "