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Beauty
Natural winter skincare tips for your skin, lips and hair
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he winter months can be a tough process. A build-up of toxins in the body remembering sun cream and conditioner,
time for skin and hair. Not only are will cause skin to look dull and lifeless, so most of us forget that skin and hair need
our bodies deprived the multifaceted watch your diet for bad fats, refined extra nourishment in cold weather.
benefits of Vitamin D from sunshine and sugars, processed food and too much Winter skin can look dull and dry, so
anti oxidants from summer fruits and alcohol. Your body also needs to be well exfoliate once a week by rubbing gently
vegetables, but we also have to cope oiled if your skin and hair are to retain with a lufer or skin scrub to remove the
with harsh weather, central heating and their natural moisture and glow, so top layer of dead cells. As well as
an increase in eating not-so-healthy getting the right essentials fats in your improving the appearance of skin, this
comfort foods. diet is crucial. will also aid drainage.
It is a fact for most of us that shorter Nutritionist Yvonne Bishop-Weston says Use only natural ingredients.
days and colder weather mean that we “One of the most important factors for Remember, skin absorbs about 60% of
exercise less and eat more fatty, sugary, healthy skin and hair, apart from proper what is put on it, so beware of
low nutrient foods during the berry- hydration through drinking enough chemicals. Use natural soaps and
barren winter months. Add to that the water and avoiding caffeine and alcohol, shampoos and a good daily moisturiser
coming festive season, with all the rich is to ensure the correct balance of that suits your skin type. Buying from
foods, late nights and chaotic schedules, essential fats. Hemp oil (Good Oil or your health store will guarantee the
and it really can spell disaster for your skin Yaoh) is a great help.” Yvonne quality of the product, so ask their
and hair. Let a few simple preventative recommends Hemp not only for the good advice. Moisturisers containing Vitamin
steps help you out this winter. ratio of omega 3, but also small amounts A will hydrate as well as improving the
of Stearidonic Acid (SDA) and Gamma thickness of the skin and Vitamin E aids
Beauty from within Linolenic Acid (GLA) that helps your body cell production. Allow moisturiser to
Skin and hair benefit from a healthy, convert oil to the potent longer chain absorb for about 10 minutes before
balanced diet. In the winter months you fats. “Add hemp oil cold to any dish in putting on make-up.
will need to think ahead about your diet, place of olive oil or butter and rub it A good night moisturiser is also
as fresh fruit and raw salad vegetables onto dry skin, lips or hair to get the essential, as it is during sleep that your
are less appealing to the palate when benefits inside and out” body replenishes itself. Men as well as
the weather is cold. Include plenty of women benefit from good skin care –
natural anti-oxidants in your diet, as A little extra help hydrated skin always looks better than
these will protect your skin against Harsh weather and central heating are a dry, flaky stuff! Also, don’t forget hands
pollutants in the environment which lethal combination for skin and hair. and feet during the winter months, they
damage cells and accelerate the ageing After the summer months of benefit from a good care regime too. n
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