Love The Skin You're In. Simple Skincare for Minimalists

I try to look after my skin.  With varying degrees of success.  Here are some good habits I try to stick too:

• Water.  Staying hydrated helps you feel and look good and is reflected in your skin.  A litre water bottle sits on my desk and I try to drink every drop.  When I manage it, I do feel better.  (The extra exercise I get walking too and from the toilet also helps!)

• Eat.  Eat fruit and vegetables high in healthy vitamins and nutrients.  Hannah over at Thank Your Skin created this great Infographic of foods with the best vitamins and nutrients for your skin: 

• Exercise.  We're built for movement, not sitting on sofas.  Exercise relieves stress and makes us feel happier.  

• Mind.  My skin always looks miserable when I'm anxious and stressed.  Usually because I'm not looking after myself properly.  I'm eating crap, watching rubbish TV etc instead.

• Sleep.  It's not called beauty sleep for nothing. 

• Skincare.  If you're not looking after the inside, there's only so much you can do on the outside. But it helps.  Cleanse, tone, treat / serum and moisturise with decent products and job done. Plus an SPF for day time.  If you read beauty blogs, it can sound like you need a complicated, ten step routine with products that cost a fortune.  Ain't true.  Most of my skincare comes from Superdrug as it's Leaping Bunny:

• In the morning - Wash face with cleanser, tone, treat / serum, apply SPF and moisturise.
• In the evening - Double cleanse, tone, treat / serum and moisturise.  (Never sleep with your makeup on.  However knackered you are).  
• Once a week - Exfoliate, deep cleanse with a face mask and treat any skin issues with an appropriate potent but gentle product.  

• Work on your inner beauty.  The most important thing.  You can wear expensive makeup, beautiful clothes, eat right, do loads of exercise and use the best skincare products, but if you're not a nice person, it shows in your face.  Smile, be grateful for what you've been given, use your words and actions to spread love and kindness, forgive others and don't judge ... 

How do you love the skin you're in?  

[Disclosure:  Hannah at Thank Your Skin asked if I'd share this Infographic and as it's really helpful and fits with this post rather nicely, I have.  We all know we need to eat all the good stuff, but we don't always know what the good stuff is].