108 HEALTH & BEAUTY Indulge yourself Health & beauty advice from Rowena Kitchen
There is something about the word that makes us think that to indulge is a bad thing, not an everyday thing or is seen as a selfish action.
So, if you have a bath for the reason that you are simply cleansing your body then it’s just a bath. If you light a few candles and throw in some fabulous products then you are indulging yourself. Remember that all bathrooms used to be lit by candle light and our fore fathers threw themselves with gratitude at electricity. They would think we had lost the plot. Liquid soap, hot water from a tap and a dedicated
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room just for bathing would seem dream like. Now we have decided that having old fash- ioned roll top baths in the bedrooms of some of our posher hotels is the height of luxury! Bathing is always a moment for
ctually indulge means ‘to allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of an action or event’.
Not everyday
indulging. Make your own scrubs or buy some but always have some to hand to make sure you are tackling dead skin build up and increasing circulation. You have to have soap and shower gel so get some you love. Yes, some of them are expensive but I could compare the cost of two cups of coffee with a Korres shower gel and I know which one I’m getting. Always apply an oil or lotion afterwards to damp skin to trap moisture and again use this time for a free boost of circulation with those long sweeping strokes. More oxygen whizzing round in my skin? Yes please! I say everyday should be a day of indulging.
Why not get the most pleasure out of everything you do. Yes, I know that dragging the hoover around or travelling in a packed tube to get to work seems hateful but what if you twisted round your point of view and saw it as something else? Hoovering is a form of exercise
that can be done in a way that it works different muscle
brings lollipops and rainbows, I
groups so you are toning your body. Firm muscles equal a happy person who is ready for swimsuit season. Use the commute time to organise the inside of your head, fantasise about your next fab holiday or start that best seller. Time to think when you cannot be asked to do something else, is a luxury to be prized. It’s all in how you perceive your life. If you are happy then the people around you will be happy in a knock on effect. We all know that stress equals snappy… If you are making sure that you are being the best that you can be again it is a win win for your family and work colleagues. I say get on with indulging and thinking about your- self right now! Your day is broken up into regular
know that but you can have a good go at creating your own.
events and occasional ones. Each and every day you must cleanse, eat, sleep,
work and move about. If you don’t have a paid job you are bound to be working to raise your family or being part of the family
business for no money! So start with cleansing: try to turn the boring make-
up removal part of the day more fun and more spa like. Take time to massage in products and remove with long sweeping motions that increase circulation. Apply moisturiser with circular motions. Invest in a towelling head band to hold your hair away from your face and neck so you are cleaning right up to the hair line and right down to the decollate. Familiarity breeds contempt in everything. Check ingredient lists and try to have more natural products in your arsenal. Be more adventurous: try an oil cleanser or moisturiser or natural deodorant. Environmental issues are affecting more of us as we travel around cities being bathed in pollution resulting in skins that are con- fused. Purepotions is a fabulous range of natural products that address the is-
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