Tips and tricks for flawless skin
FIVE is no longer the magic number for the recommended daily intake of fruit and veg. It’s seven now.
If you’re struggling to reach your target with your diet, the skincare shelves are exploding with vitamin- and mineral-rich products.
Not brave enough for the raw food movement? Feed your complexion with light-as-lettuce products you might find in a summer salad.
There’s a reason we use cucumber slices to soothe tired eyes — they have anti-inflammatory properties. Kiehl’s cucumber herbal alcohol-free toner is suitable for all skin types and leaves your complexion soft, clean, soothed and toned, €19.50.
Carrots have long been touted for their efficacy in improving eyesight, but they boost skin, too. For a moisture boost, try Yes to Carrots intense hydration night cream, 50ml, for normal to dry skin, €11.99. This fragrance-free formula, suitable for sensitive skins, helps build moisture retention, thanks to the addition of carrots and vitamin E.
Known for its high concentration of phytonutrients, avocado is another salad-bowl regular that is anti-inflammatory. If a mushed-up avocado face mask isn’t for you, get that guacamole goodness with Pai’s avocado and jojoba hydrating day cream, to intensively nourish the skin, €36, plus p&p (www.paiskincare.com).
Forget homemade banana face masks: fruit-based beauty products are ‘high-tech’.
Give your skincare regime a head-start with Elemis’ papaya enzyme peel. A cult beauty fave, the natural fruit enzymes of exfoliating papaya and calming pineapple smooth and clarify the complexion. Its gentle formulation means it’s ideal for sensitive or mature skins, €40.
Top up your seven-a-day fix for summer with a grapefruit. They may taste bitter, but they have sweet benefits for your face. Yes To Grapefruit has produced a face-care range formulated with grapefruit to correct and repair uneven skin tone and get your glow back, €7.99 to €14.99 (Boots).
A nutritional powerhouse, kale is the superfood that’s top of every nutritionist’s menu. Soothe your hands with Nourish’s argan and kale anti-ageing hand cream. The organic kale oil extract refines and soften the skin’s texture, and corrects uneven pigmentation, €16, plus p&p (nourishskinrange.com).
No time to whip up a green smoothie? Get your daily goodness with Synergy’s Organic Super Greens Powder, a blend of spirulina, chlorella wheat and barley grasses. These work to improve detoxification and cellular repair, €23.38.
Antioxidant protection defers the visible signs of ageing and acai is packed with antioxidants. If you don’t fancy nibbling on dry berries, boost your skin with Perricone MD’s super berry powder with acai, which includes skincare super-charged berries, €69 plus p&p for 30-day supply (www.perriconemd.co.uk).
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