Natural Sip Is The Best Drink For Any Yummy Mummy This Summer

Nataly | July 13, 2009

Drinking enough water when youve just had a baby is essential to allow your body to cope with the changes that its undergoing, particularly if youre breast feeding.A totally refreshing flavoured water, sip is a 100% natural and delicious alternative to plain water. With no artificial sweeteners, it has been delectably sweetened with fruit extract its the perfect treat when youre feeling hot and bothered in the sun or when youre thirsty on the go.As Yvonne Bishop-Weston, a leading nutritionist from Foods for Life, says: Water is essential for healthy cells and body function. Water is also a key component of breast milk and essential for good lactation.A natural flavoured water, such as sip, is a great way to up your water intake because lets face it plain water can feel boring. sip nurtures you from within with vitamin, antioxidant and botanical properties. Vitamin C, white tea tincture and selenium, and extracts of rose petal and sweet violet have been included to enhance the integral benefits of water, all sourced from an organic farm in the UK.And youll be in great company too, because sip is fast gaining a reputation for being one of the coolest and stylish drinks on the shelves. A regular backstage at London Fashion Week, sip is a firm favourite with fashionistas and with the gorgeous yummy mummy-to-be Coleen Rooney.Its available in four refreshing flavours: Elderflower, Ruby Orange, Mango and Lemongrass & Ginger. So as a new mum why not look glowing and gorgeous and feel your absolute best this summer with a little help from sip?Available from stockists including Waitrose, Boots, Tesco and Sainsburys.RRP 1.29 for 500ml

Natural Empathy Anti-ageing Skin And Hair Care Range Launches In Selfridges

Nataly | June 23, 2009

The Natural Empathy range of luxury products launches in Selfridges Oxford Street store on 2 July. Its combines a love of the British countryside with a passion for natural anti-ageing skin and hair care.Made with extra virgin, cold-pressed rapeseed oil grown from a single seed variety at Yellow Fields farm in Northumberland, the paraben and sulphate free Natural Empathy range of skincare products combines specially blended pure organic essential oils up to 12 per formulation with naturally derived vitamins and clever natural active ingredients.Britains answer to olive oil, rape seed oil is one of the most natural and healthy oils in existence – richer and more nutritive, easily absorbed and wonderfully softening even the farmers on the Yellow Fields farms use this natural product to protect their skin from the elements.Designed to both pamper and protect, the range includes natural anti-ageing facial moisturisers including a mens moisturising skin conditioner, hand and body washes, body butter, bath milk, shampoo and conditioner. Selfridges, impressed with the quality of the ingredients, British-made ethos and performance of the products, will include the range in their main Beauty hall for two weeks from 2 July, and from there will be housed in the Living Beauty section for at least three more months.The Natural Empathy range is produced by the Stuckey family who live in Northumberland close to the Yellow Fields farm where the main and key ingredient, rape seed oil, is grown and pressed for the products. Mother and daughter Beverley and Maddy Stuckey of Empathy Skincare, who together with polymer scientist husband and father Philip, personally formulated the often complex blends of essential oils which make each individual product work in harmony with the body and senses to create a feeling of well-being inside and out.The ranges designs are inspired by British legend William Morris, who famously said Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.Natural Empathy Range available at Selfridges:Skincare: Clean & Green floral cleanser 12.50 200mlCare & Repair No 1 Signature Day Moisturiser 25 50mlCare & Repair No 3 Signature Night Moisturiser 25 50mlBathing Beauty bath milk 15 200mlBotanical bodywash 10 200mlEverybody hand & body lotion 14 200mlHerbal handwash 8 200mlLuxury Body Butter 18 200mlMens Skincare:Care & Repair Signature Moisturiser for Men 25 50mlAll-in-one hair & body wash 12 200ml Haircare:Natural Zing grapefruit & rosemary shampoo 12 200mlPure Luxury jasmine & lavender conditioner 12 200ml

Oily skincare

Nataly | October 3, 2008

Do you have oily type of skin? Besides advancement of spots, it can be very irritating as it can force to thaw your cosmetics. The oil skin also contains a lot of skin fat and tends to accumulate more dust and a dirt than other types of a skin. Except use of clearing means and tonics for an oil skin, it is important to use natural obverse masks to prevent spots and other problems of a skin. Try to make them – made natural recipes of a mask of the person:

Strawberry and yogurt facial mask:

Well, there was a first strawberry so it would be time to offer probably a little more recipes of beauty for strawberry fans. Strawberry there is a considerable quantity of the copper stimulating development of collagen (this substance does a skin gentle and elastic). Therefore every possible strawberry masks, tonics, creams with strawberry addition well influence a skin. My strawberry recipes, and there is more  information about using  strawberry masks after which the skin literally in the face of looks younger and is bleached.
Place 4 fresh, ripe, clean strawberries in a bowl. Smash strawberries using a fork. Add one teaspoon of plain yogurt. Stir well until the mixture turns smooth. Apply the mixture to every inch of your face.

Apple and honey mask

Grate one fresh apple finely. Add 4 tablespoons of honey.

Apply the mixture  to your  face, avoid area round eyes.  After 10 minutes, rinse it with warm water.

Avocado facial mask

Separate yolk from one egg. Add one teaspoon of lemon juice to the egg white, and mash with half an avocado until a soft pulp is formed. Place all these ingredients in a blender until it forms thick mixture. Apply the paste to your face and leave for 20 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water and dry your face with a towel.

Important! Before application of a mask face should be pure and clean. Not to leave a mask on your face  more than for 10-15 minutes. Before  using a mask try to relax to reach the best results. Use a mask two times a month and your skin will shine healthy.