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].
My skin always looks so much better when I am exercising regularly and drinking lots of water! #sharingthebloglove
ReplyDeleteAnd yet we don't always do it because life. Apologies for judging you by my poor standards!
DeleteI am lucky with my skin but do find I need to look after it a bit more as I hite the menopause. Good tips
ReplyDeleteSame here. Things that wouldn't bother me at all now need to be handled much more carefully
DeleteSleep and good nutrition can never be underestimated when it comes to skin...you really have to love yourself from within! Thanks for linking this up to #coolmumclub and have a great summer! xo
ReplyDeleteSo true. Thank you for hosting and have a wonderful summer too! See you on the other side
DeleteThat's really interesting about how beneficial all of the different foods are! #fabfridaypost
ReplyDeleteI didn't know all that either. And some of the really good things are things I like! Try as I might, I cannot love kale!
DeleteWater is the key for me - I can always tell when I've not been drinking enough as the dark circles come back with a vengeance! I try really hard to stick to a good skincare routine too - I love my Liz Earle - but I have to admit that there are times (like now) where I'm less than great at keeping it up! Thanks for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
ReplyDeleteYou do have an excuse :) Good to see you back and hope you're all doing well
DeleteGreat to see how important the varied diet is! And it is very true how our mind is affecting our glow :)
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Whoever coined the phrase mind, body and spirit was definitely on to something. Thank you for hosting each week
DeleteIt is amazing the difference I see in my skin when I've been eating well and drinking enough. Sarah #FabFridayPost
ReplyDeleteI'm always surprised as well :) It really does make a difference
DeleteGreat tips. I really don't drink enough water, it's something I really need to work on! #fabfridaypost
ReplyDeleteI'm behind with my water drinking today! Time to get a move on
DeleteI do notice a difference in my skin when I haven't been taking care of myself. I get spots and find my skin is patchy. I'm fighting off a cold at the moment so my skin doesn't look great. I'll have to take note of some of your tips!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking to #pocolo
Hope they work well for you :) Feel better soon
DeleteGreat post - and yes to water, I need to be better at that - and it's true, we are what we eat. Thanks for sharing with #PoCoLo X
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting each week :)
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