Bodylicous Beauty Tips!

One of the biggest things you can do for your skin is to stay hydrated. It's no myth that when you're dehydrated your skin will get dry and flaky, and lose some of it's elasticity and healthy glow. Make sure you get plenty of WATER every day so your body can take care of your skin.

 

Dehydration can also lead to blotchiness on the skin, so you want to avoid that.

 

Try a little experiment, dry body brush half your body for a week. Always working towards the heart. Best when using a DRY long handled body brush, lightly brush your skin to aid lymph lymphatic flow, sloughing off dead cells as you go, whilst boosting your circulation. Do BEFORE hopping into your shower!

 

Starting from your toes, in light quick strokes up to your outer thigh, then toes up to your inner thigh, sweeping around your tush towards the bikiniline, where the lymph nodes are. From below naval height, brush towards your bikiniline. Above naval height brush towards the heart. Fingertips up to your outer arm towards the heart & fingertips to inner side of arm into the your underarm. With your back, split down the middle & in sweeping movements towards your underarm. Guaranteed you will see a difference in the tone of your skin on the side you brushed & the side you didn't!

 

Scrub up well! Exfoliate exfoliate exfoliate. Our body naturally exfoliates daily, its not dust particles as you flick the duvet to make the bed, its tiny bits of you!! Use a granule based body exfoliant, twice a week, Dermalogica Body Scrub is fast & easy to use (use 50pence size for whole body!) on dry skin, yes dry skin & then hop into the shower & work the product over your skin with a little water. For added pampering hydrate the skin afterwards with a body moisturiser, if concerned with sun damage, scarring from surgery or stretch marks, have a try of Environ EssentiA Oil & Environ AVST Hydrating Lotion for that extra hydration & silky softness.

 

Trim your nails every week for 4 weeks in a row, this help strengthen the nails, by looking at your cuticles & filing your nails to follow that shape, will automatically flatter your hand...good advice for men & women!

 

Create a spa at home experience! Candles round the bath, soothing music, heavenly scented perfect temperature bath all for you..no interruptions, no phone..no one else sharing!...its all just for you. Using something like our Ultra Buffing Cloth to gently exfoliate your skin. Truly soak & unwind, allowing your mind to wander & dream...warm fluffy towels..you get the message!

 

Do the snuggle test..the inner child in you will love this! Try feeling all different fabrics & materials, what works for you...can you feel the difference between 50%cotton/50%poly cotton & 400count Egyptian cotton? Absolutely!  What feels better for you? Chenille, faux fur, silk, 600count cotton?..having your favourite bedding to snuggle into is in one word heaven.

 

Time to clear your mind & try some mediation, attend a class, make your own class, follow a CD. Quieten the mind & the little voices of internal dialogue quieten too! Just start with a few minutes a day & build up. Don't have time?!...light a candle & just sit quietly, mesmerized by the changing beauty of the flame.

 

Stuck in a gut with your skincare? Book in for a free consultation in a beauty & holistic centre to see what they could offer you..most places will happily spend time with you, usually its a 15 mins consultation..if they don't do it..its not the place for you!  You don't know until you ask!..it could the start of a very good thing. Why not book one with us at Skincare Essentials!