Seasonal Beauty

The seasons are a-changing, temperatures are dropping, central heating is being turned up, the sun loses its strength and the nights are drawing in, making the Autumn a perfect time to address your beauty, health and fitness regimes. Therefore, this will be a three-part blog whereby we give you some top tips each week on how to shake up your routines to ensure you feel and look your best during what can be a rather tricky season.

Autumn can be a very challenging time for your skin. The change in weather and temperature, not to mention the central heating can really dry out our skin and cause it too look a little dull and often uneven. Here, I have picked my favourite beauty products and top beauty tips that will help you to look totally gorgeous no matter what’s going on outside:

Clinique Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector

A great way to help undo the damage caused by the sun; those with uneven skin tone and/or facial pigmentation should definitely try this serum from Clinique. I have seen this do wonders on people who have had too much sun and bear the brunt of it on their face – one friend had pigmentation on her upper lip that completely disappeared after using the cream. Those that don’t suffer from sunspots or something similar will find that it will just even out the skin tone and make skin silky soft. It’s a win win. Apply before bed and under moisturiser.

Aveda Hair Damage Therapy Intensive Restructuring Treatment Central heating can cause our hair to frizz, fly, knot, dry and break – not to mention that this is all on top of the damage that has been done to it all summer. Aveda has the answer – something that I swear by that will get your locks looking luscious and lovely in no time at all. Damage Therapy Intensive Restructuring Treatment is a weekly treatment that is formulated to deeply penetrate the hair helping to repair it from root to end. It contains quinoa protein too, which will also give it extra shine. Apply from root to end after shampooing and leave on for 5 minutes for best results, then rinse and voila!

 

Moroccan Rose Otto Body Oil

Its ingredients include the healing Rose Otto Oil, Jojoba, Cranberry Seed

and Argan all of which combine to create the most amazing scent that will

transport your mind back to the holiday your still reliving and the soft, supple

skin you had there. After applying this from head to toe there won’t be a part

of you that won’t glow. It is perfect for dry and dehydrated skin, and therefore

is a great solution to combat the winter chills.

 

Kiwiherb Calendula Ointment

For those that suffer from eczema or dry skin patches, this ointment (more like a Vaseline in its consistency) is a wonderful, natural solution. Calendula, being a well known healing cream, is also a great soother and therefore seriously helps to heal whatever skin problem Autumn is throwing you. It is also all natural, so apply as much as you want. I found it was fantastic for dry patches under my eyes and for spots, and it’s safe for use on babies too.

 






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What the Magazines are saying about Health and Fitness This Month

Health and fitness is a hot topic these days, from diets to beauty secrets everyone wants to know what the best and easiest ways are to get into shape and get you looking your best. Here, I have scoured the magazine racks to bring you a snippet of the top health and fitness articles from some of our favourite monthly glossies, here's what they have to say on the subject in a nutshell:

Hapers Bazaar, October 2011
Losing those final few pounds
Sleep More: Sleeping releases fat-burning and appetite suppressing hormones.
Add Spice: Spices such as cinnamon can cause your metabolism to spike, add to coffee for great results.
Interval Train: Fast bursts of hardcore exercise interchanged with slower bouts, such as running and walking, burns more calories than running at one pace for the same amount of time.
Take Vitamin C: Those who do burn 39% more fat when they exercise.
Drink more: Water keeps the metabolism going and curbs appetite.

Elle, September 2011
Is your make up bag past its sell-by date?
What to look for: If a product has a limited shelf life (less than two and half years) EU guidelines require that its label displays a throw-out date. This will appear in a drawing of a jar - its not obvious so look hard for it. This is the life expectancy in months from when you open the product.
Mascara - 6 months life expectancy.
Powder-based Products - around 24 months life expectancy.
Wash your brushes: They harbour way more dirt than you would ever think.

Marie Claire, October 2011
A Healthy Pudding from Rock Star turned Chef Alex James
Roasted Pineapple Pudding
Ingredients:
2 medium pineapples
Lemon or Lime Marmalade to glaze
Method:
1. Preheat oven to gas mark 7/ 220˚C/425˚F
2. Peel the pineapples and cut into quarters lengthways. Leave on the foliage as it looks pretty once cooked. Rub all over with the marmalade and then place in the oven. Cook for around 30-40 minutes, turning regularly so it caramelises all over.
3. Serve with summer berries and crumbled Gorgonzola or yoghurt.

Red, September 2011
Make your Walk Count
Walking is the most effective strategy for building up fitness, says Timothy Ferriss author of the US best seller The 4-Hour Body.
Walk as fast as possible for 15 minutes - so fast that you should persistently want to jog - seven and half minutes out and seven and half minutes back in.
Walk farther each session, but always return in the seven and half minutes.
If you really push yourself and complete this three times a week, you could be in tip-top condition in only four weeks.


Enjopy the reading!

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Healthy pursuits in London

 I have been living abroad in Hong Kong for the last six months, having lived in or near London my whole life. It's been exciting, fun and busy, and because of the person I am (a health and fitness fanatic, that also enjoys 'the good life') I have been tirelessly pursuing the wellbeing scene out here. Digging out health hideaways and fitness treasures in the most unlikely of places has become a full time job (a world peace cafe in the heart of Hong Kong's red light district was an unlikely find) and I have loved every minute of it... But now that I have been here for four months I have unexpectedly begun really missing all the wonderful healthy activities and restaurants that London holds in it's hands. It's been an eye opener in that it has given me a new found appreciation for how easy it is to be healthy in London. Here are a few of my gems:

Daylesford Organic: For their almond milk lattes and brunch on a Saturday.

A run in Hyde Park: Possibly the best thing you can do on a summer evening when the TV is worse than rubbish.

The Third Space: A gym in London's beating heart, Picadilly Circus, that has a swimming pool, climbing wall and oxygen chamber.
Wholefoods, Kensington: 

Step inside their world of organic goodness and you will never want to leave. Have lunch in their upstairs food hall where there is a range of delicious and healthy international food.
A Le Pain Quotidien picnic on Hampstead Heath: 

Grab an organic open sandwich (half the bread, twice as much filling = no brainer), team with their house lemonade (or bottle of organic wine if it's raining) and sit and watch the world go by on this most wonderful patch of grass.
Rowing in Putney: Easy to join, but training is hard and sessions can start early, or go on late. But as Ratty once said "lots to be done, plenty of fun, when you're messing about on the river".

 Enjoy!
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