People: Bonita Kye
Name: Bonita Kye
Occupation/Business/Creative Outlet: Founder of KYE Intimates
Starsign: Capricorn Sun, Libra Moon
Favourite Number: 3
First thing you did this morning? Drink a tall glass of water and straight to the beach with my pup.
What does 'wellness' mean to you? Listening to what your body is telling you that it needs physically / mentally, not what you think it needs. Doesn't have to be a whole production but doing simple things everyday that make you happy.
Products found in your shower/by your bath? Dry Brush, Everyday Oil, Dr. Bronner’s Liquid Soap
Three things that can always be found in your kitchen cupboard? Matcha, Maldon salt, crushed red pepper
Favourite kitchen utensil? Bamboo Whisk
Favourite Travel destination? Every part of Italy! Would love to visit Mexico City or Kyoto next.
Currently reading? Less is Enough: On Architecture and Asceticism by Pier Vittorio Aureli
Currently browsing (.com)? vogue.com, nytimes.com
Favourite breakfast food? Always craving a croissant! Smoothie (greens, banana, papaya, oat milk + a tsp of superfood powder from the farmers market), my husband’s homemade bread (toasted w/ olive oil, + tomato).
Three items in your wallet / bag? Currently a reusable water bottle, RMS lip and skin balm and fabric swatches for FW2020.
An album/mix that calms your nervous system? Bon Iver, Michael Kiwanuka, and my friend Lilli recently shared with me “Remedy Pictures” by Dear Gravity .
An album/mix that hypes you up? Alternative R&B, Frank Ocean, The Internet …
Most commonly used apps on your phone? Spotify, Podcasts, Google Maps, Instagram
Favourite form of movement/exercise? Swimming in the sea, heated yoga, hiking
One thing you'd like to incorporate into your day/week that you're currently yet to? Painting! I really miss it
Nighttime rituals? Cleanse and lather LESSE Ritual Serum on my face + coconut oil on my body, hydrate, do a guided meditation, read, have pillow talk with my husband until we fall asleep.
I feel most creatively fulfilled when... I am completely immersed in what I am working on that it becomes almost meditative. Creating with friends who inspire me a whole lot (be sure to check out KYE for LESSE ;))
I'm currently working on... Unplugging often and being more intentional with screen time — a poem about our relationship with phones by Karina Zimmer has really stuck with me recently:
“whenever I have a free moment
I spend it with you
instead of spending it with myself”
This time last year, I wish I knew... How to say ‘no’ (which is still a work in progress!)
I'm grateful for... Family, friends, my pup, the sea, and KYE Intimates for teaching me everyday to surrender
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