London Fashion week A/W 2015

Some favorites from London Fashion Week A/W 2015

Giles Deacon

Erdem

Vivienne Westwood red label

Make up seems diverse from strong black lips worn at Giles Deacon to nude faces at Erdem.

Love it !

Positive Feedback

It is always great when you get positive feed back. I was inspired to write the article Dry skin for older years, when asked for advice from a lovely lady who lives near to me. My main advice had been to use vitamin E to moisturize and keep hydrated by drinking water. I recently saw the lady in question and she said the advice worked. She is now using vitamin E morning and night and her skin has improved greatly.
Perfect.!

Dates for the Diary

22-23 Feb 2015 Professional Beauty London - Ecel London

3-4 March 2015  Health and Wellbeing at work - NEC Birmingham

19-20 April 2015 Natural Beauty &Spa @ Natural & Organic Products Europe -Ecel London

Friday Inspiration

EAT REAL EAT BALANCED THINK POSITIVE EXERCISE HAVE FUN

Mother's Day Collection form Neals Yard

Neal's Yard Remedies has announced the launch of its new Jasmine and Ylang collection in support of Fairtrade Fortnight, from 23 February to 8 March. The collection comprises: Shower Gel, enriched with fairtrade honey and rooibos to cleanse skin; Body Oil, with an infusion of jasmine and ylang ylang essential oils, as well as fairtrade apricot kernel oil and Brazil nut oil; and Body Cream, a nourishing cream enriched with uplifting essential oils and fairtrade organic honey. Additionally, to celebrate Mother's Day, the brand has unveiled its Beautiful Hands Organic Collection, a limited edition set comprising a trio of hand creams. Hand Creams included are in scents: Garden Mint & Bergamot, Wild Rose and Geranium & Orange, and each contain skin-softening, nourishing and protecting plant extracts and aromatherapy essential oils.
With prices £14.00 - £30.00 seems a perfect Mother's day gift 


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Miss Vogue launches online

Miss Vogue, Vogue's younger sister publication, has announced it has now launched online. A standalone section on the Vogue.co.uk website, the digital iteration of Miss Vogue will be a hub for teenage style, featuring fashion, beauty, celebrity style, video, and a ‘What’s Up’ section, dedicated to those need-to-know questions. Presented as an image-led tile design, regular content such as ‘Miss Vogue Style Crushes’ will keep readers up-to-date on the latest celebrity looks, while ‘Spotlight On’ will handpick the young singers, actors, and models readers need to know. Other special features will include ‘Date For Your Diary’, a monthly round up of cultural must-dos; ‘One Hit Wonder’, the product the Miss Vogue team love most each week; and ‘Dare You’, where readers will be challenged to try out a particular style or trend. Produced by the Vogue team, Miss Vogue provides an opportunity for the title to talk directly to young women who are already passionate about Vogue, producing content specially commissioned for their age group. While offering a similar editorial mix to Vogue, the content incorporates more ‘how to’ and ‘bulletin’ style information, featuring a broad range of price levels and labels. Miss Vogue debuted with the June 2013 issue of Vogue and in 2014 went biannual, accompanying the April and October issues. 

Valentines-Beauty

Love Box

Glossybox has announced the launch of its LOVE box for Valentine's Day. In anticipation of the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey film screening, the brand has included the Fifty Shades of Grey mineral eye shadow from US colour brand Marsk, and a coral lip balm from Royal Apothic. The box also features the Wilkinson Hydra Silk Razor. Presented in a collector's edition box, the LOVE Glossybox is worth over £45 and contains four full sized products.

Launch date: this month
Price: £10 (+P&P)
Stockist: glossybox.co.uk
Twitter: @GlossyboxUK

Beauty good enough to eat-Dry skin in older years

Dry skin in the older years

As many as 75 percent of people over 65 have dry skin.

Having worked as beauty therapist and make- up artist for many years I can definitely vouch that your skin lets you get away with nothing and as the largest organ in the body we need to treat it with the care it deserves.

One of the annoying facts of winter is often the onset of dry skin. Having problems with dry skin can be really uncomfortable your skin feels tight, even painful, and it can look red, blotchy and flaky. It can sometimes itch, making you want to scratch and then open to infection. Skin is made up of layers with a thin layer of fat which keeps it moist and smooth. Dry, cold air, harsh soaps, chlorinated water and certain cosmetics can strip away these fatty oils, leaving the skin unprotected. However the causes can often be internal such as a genetic predisposition or other medical conditions, including diabetes, psoriasis, hypothyroidism or malnutrition. If untreated, dry skin can lead to dermatitis.

When the dryness comes from within it is usually when the skin is dehydrated the difference from lack of oil is if you think about the difference between the oil when cooking chips or lack of water(dehydration) is like the steam from the kettle.

Dehydration is lack of water and comes from within, it is important to stay hydrated, however, drinking excess water will not help. The causes for dry dehydrated skin come from the body being under par maybe unwell or recovering from illness, tiredness, excess alcohol, excess smoking, poor diet, medication and change in hormones. Certain medications can impact the health of your skin as well. Drugs for high blood pressure can have diuretic side effects. Flying especially long hall is also a big culprit. Diuretic drinks like tea, coffee and alcoholic beverages promote drying of the skin.

Age is a huge factor for dry skin problems and can especially plague older women because of hormonal changes and older men and women higher risk of use of medication and often sitting in the warm dry heated conditions.

So what can we do about it?

Most of the solutions will be useful for anyone not just older women as one thing for certain we are all constantly ageing.

·         Limit your time in hot showers/baths  as prolonged exposure to water, especially hot water, can wash away the natural oils that protect your skin.

·         Drink at least 7-8 glasses of water a day

·         Use an aqueous cream to wash instead of soap

·         Avoid harsh chemicals on your skin or in your diet (e. numbers)

·         Vitamin E oil (great for anti -ageing)

Wrinkles

Wrinkles form quicker on a dry skin as oil keeps the skin supple, however they eventually come to to us all from age,. Wrinkles also come from free radical damage, improper skin care and poor habits such as smoking and drinking alcohol in excess. the most effective treatment externally is vitamin E oil as it prevents the formation of wrinkles by blocking free radical damage. It treats wrinkles by boosting collagen production, a connective tissue that keeps skin elastic. Vitamin E oil also treats wrinkles by supporting new skin cell growth and speeding up cell regeneration and helping to keep the skin moisturised and supple.

·         Use a humidifier in our home

·         Limit alcohol

·         Moisturise morning and night

·         7-8 hours sleep

·         Good diet and exercise

Foods that can help combat dry and dehydrated skin from within

·         Foods high in omega-3 fatty acids offer great benefits for your skin, too. They are richly present in cold-water fish like salmon, tuna and trout. If you are not much of a fish eater, you can substitute with flaxseed oil, avocado and walnuts.

·         Vitamin C throughout the winter months. Besides strengthening your immune system, vitamin C is essential for the formation of collagen in the body. Collagen allows the skin to absorb moisture.

·         Vitamin A found in dark green leafy vegetables like spinach and kale, can help to repair skin damage. Foods rich in carotene – carrots, sweet potatoes, butternut squash and pumpkin – are also useful in this regard.

·         Vitamin E does not only boost the healing of skin tissue but also enhances moisturizing and bolsters defence against UV damage. Good sources for vitamin E include nuts, seeds, avocado, wheat germ, flaxseed oil and broccoli.

·         Zinc: shell fish, crab, lean turkey, beef and beans, Zinc is a mineral that is especially useful for healing wounds and cracked skin

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