{"id":283,"date":"2026-09-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/a-slower-morning-in-four-steps\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:00:00","slug":"a-slower-morning-in-four-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/index.php\/a-slower-morning-in-four-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"A slower morning, in four steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A morning routine gets loud very quickly. One more serum, one more tool, one more promise. The version that actually happens on a Tuesday is shorter.<\/p>\n<p>Start with a wash that does not leave the face tight. If the skin already feels calm, water is sometimes enough. Then a few drops of serum on damp skin, pressed in, not rubbed until it pills.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a-slower-morning-in-four-steps-2-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"A slower morning, in four steps\"><figcaption>Healthy Aura by Nikki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cream next, a small amount, including the neck. The last step is sun care if you are going out. That is the whole list. Hair and lips can wait until you are dressed.<\/p>\n<p>If you only manage two of the four, make them the wash and the sun care. The shelf will still be there tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wash, a few drops, a cream, and the last step before the door. A morning routine does not need a dozen bottles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikki.kinothen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}