近年生活習慣轉變很多，用在身上的都選最少的。會在倦極過後的日子，撒手什麼也不做，讓身體自己回到本來的模樣。身邊朋友都有自己的重啟按鈕，有朋友已習慣只用清水洗臉，身體就用肥皂潔淨。大概在不知不覺間，從前體內的躁動都已靜下來，會珍惜發懶的好，空白之必要。
My lifestyle has undergone some radical changes recently, I am trying to apply as little as possible on my own body. On one of those exhausting days, I would opt for doing nothing and let my body return to its original state. Many of my friends have their own ways of “resetting” their bodies; for instance, some of them prefer to wash their face with only water and clean their body with soap. The body would sooner or later cleanse itself from the unease when it can finally understand the beauty of being lazy and the necessity of blankness.
發現這個來自斯德哥爾摩的化妝品牌後觀察了一段時間，起初被其包裝設計與各種視覺吸引，一再細讀之下了解到雖然是化妝品卻顯然不只是那麼一回事。擁有二十年化妝師經驗的創辦人Susanne Manasi Persson，從六年前開始研發化妝品。源於十多年前讀過一本書，關於食物裡的不必要添加劑，便生起對健康與營養的關注，更加意識到不只是吃進肚子裡的事才重要。
「一切都關於平衡。」
It was the branding and packaging of this Stockholm-based cosmetics brand that first caught my attention. After a while of observation, I realized they actually have a very comprehensive concept about cosmetics. Their founder Susanne Manasi Persson has 20 years experience as a makeup artist. 6 years ago, Persson began her own cosmetics research and development. This project all started with a book she read over ten years ago, revealing how unnecessary additives are to food production. The book inspired her to have a greater concern for health and nutrition, it also taught her the fact that food is not the only critical matter that contributes to or affects health.
“It’s all about balance.”
(M)anasi7的名字代表著七項宣言：Slow, Select, Pure, Natural, Simple, Symbiotic, Contemporary。
團隊會與乎合七大宣言的原料供應商與農家一起合作，以緩慢的週期作小量生產，把用水量、環境資源浪費都減到最低，並不會使用動物測試。從天然礦物、野生植物中萃取的原料能夠天然防腐。並採用有機認證的油和蠟作基底，觸感滋潤得像保養品。每件產品的成分、每個成分的作用、分別來自哪裡都很用心地說明，而其實也是想說一件事：自然的就已很好了。
漂亮的包裝除了希望大家會不斷重用，其實也能分解不傷害地球。大部分產品也擁有多個用途，同樣為了減低可能會用不完而造成的浪費。「站在大自然的同一邊，而不是抗衡它。」
The number 7 in (M)anasi7 is a declaration of 7 essential elements including slow, select, pure, natural, simple, symbiotic, and contemporary.
The (M)anasi7 team only collaborates with suppliers and farmers that comply with their 7 declarations for small scale production at a sustainable pace to minimize water consumption, environmental impact, and waste. Their products are also never tested on animals. Extracts from minerals, wild plants, and flowers can be used as natural preservatives so that no chemical needs to be added for this purpose. Using certified organic butter and waxes as the basis of the cosmetics formulas, the products take care of the users’ skin as if they were skincare products. Every ingredient is carefully listed along with its function and origin, so the customers can be well informed of the details of the natural ingredients used. The message is a consistent one — natural ingredients are always the best.
The beautiful and reusable packagings are made of degradable materials that do not bring harm to our environment. Many of their products are made to be multi-functional, hoping to reduce the chance of producing waste because of how products are not being fully used sometimes. All of these echoes with the line written in their declaration that says, “it works with mother nature, not against it.”
沾一點點，用指尖在臉上輕揉，在介乎看見與看不見之間，那會讓你氣息看來很好，卻不遮去本來的模樣。就像照片裡，女生臉上不遮掩的雀斑，頰上的橘紅透著底下毛孔，毛孔又泛著光澤，像日曬後泛紅的臉。自在就是最好的生活模樣了。
Simply apply a fingertip unit gently on your face, the difference can be so subtle but strong enough to make you instantly look glowing without altering your original facial features. As you may see in the product demonstration, the girl does not fully cover up her freckles, pores are still under her rosy cheeks; she looks so vibrant as if she has just gone sunbathing. Be true to yourself is always the best look one can have.
