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4 Skincare Tips for Valentine’s Day

The Valentine’s Day is approaching fast and whether you are planning a date? I’m sharing with you a few tips how to pamper yourself. It’s time to relax and treat yourself!

To give your skin the natural boost, follow these 4 steps

Exfoliate

Exfoliating removes dead cells to prevent skin becoming dull and help maintain the healthy glow. Natural scrubs with apricot seeds, sea salt, or sugar will not irritate the skin.  If you have extra sensitive skin, home exfoliating may not suitable to you.

Moisturize

Aloe Vera, Vitamin E and botanical oils can work wonders on your skin so look for these in your skincare products. I recommend Silk Miracle Essence. It is a blend of 7 distinctive natural extracts including Aloe Vera, Vitamin E and coconut oil keeping your skin plump and hydrated.

Treat

If you suffer from dark circles or uneven tone, this is especially important.  Cranberry and allantoin help to promote blood circulation (therefore detoxing the skin), evens skin tone and brightens complexion. The ingredients may include liquorice as it is the best brightening agent.  Liquorice, cranberry and allantoin can be found in Amazing White Illuminating Serum together with many other skin-loving ingredients that transforming your skin to brightest, luminous looking.

Sunscreen

I wrote about the importance of protecting your skin from UV rays in my post Summer Skincare Tips however it’s best practice to use sunscreen also in winter. You can get foundation with SPF++.

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Sweets Accelerate Skin Aging

Sweets accelerate skin aging; How to reduce the aging process?
There is a direct relationship between high-sugar diet and skin aging! Here are the 7 tips to reduce or slow AGES.

There is a direct relationship between high-sugar diet and skin aging!

Scientists found that once sugar enter our blood (in form of glucose) which attach themselves to the amino groups of tissue proteins such as collagen to form harmful molecules called advanced glycation end products (nickname AGES!). These process accelerate skin aging in two areas:

  1. Harmful AGES have taken up the precious collagen from our body in a domino-like reaction. Collagen is a natural type of protein which makes up over 80% of a person’s skin, working like a ‘glue’ and ‘scaffolding’. Therefore, AGES further reduce the level of collagen leading to dry, wrinkles and sagging looking skin.
  2. AGES also affect what type of collagen we have. Our skin contains 3 types of collagen (types I, II, and III) and type III are the most stable and longest lasting. AGES will transform type III collagen into type I, which is more fragile.

Nevertheless could we completely eliminate all types of sugar from our diets? We should not!  Sugar is an essential fuel for cells and energy metabolism, critical to survival.   However, here are the tips to reduce or slow AGES.

Tips #1: Limited your daily added, or ‘free’ sugars to 5% of your daily calorie intake, equals to five-six teaspoons (25g) for women and seven-eight teaspoons (35g) which is the recommendations from the World Health Organisation.

Tips #2: Avoid fizzy drink which contain around 9 teaspoons of sugar!

Tips #3: Avoid high-fructose corn syrup (a common additive sweetener in processed food) which is 10 times faster formation of AGES. Check labels for ingredients list!

Tips #4: Minimize intake of carbohydrates.

Tips #5: No more fast food.

Tips #6: Eat more antioxidant-rich foods; fruits e.g grapes, berries, especially dark-colored ones; nuts e.g. walnuts; dark green vegetables.

Tips #7: Replenish the skin with antioxidant-rich ingredients, coenzyme Q10,  green coffee extract, algae extract, sunflower seed oil, apricot kernel oil, sandalwood extract, Vitamin E, hyaluronic acid and cranberry extract.

Tips #8: Remember sun protection.

Thanks so much for reading my post.  If you like this post, you may also like Olive Oil: Taste & Health, Skin Care Routine and Unlock the Secret of Coenzyme Q10.

 

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Struggle! Drinking 8 Glasses of Water A Day

How to drink 8 glasses of water a day without struggle? Why water is so important to our health?
Water is very important to our health. Little changes you can make easily to improve your health.

Little changes you can make easily improve your health.

Most people know that drinking more water is good for our health. Why?

1. Drinking Water Maintains the Balance of Body Fluids

Our bodies are composed of 60% water. The functions of these bodily fluids include digestion, absorption and circulation. Thirsty is the signal when we are low of water.

2. Water Helps Control Calories

Water makes us feel less hungry. Food with high water content tends to look larger, it requires more chewing that helps we feel full.

 3. Water Helps Energize Muscles

Our cells must maintain enough bodily fluids, otherwise we will feel muscle fatigue. Scientists said “When muscle cells don’t have adequate fluids, they don’t work as well and performance can suffer.”

4. Water Helps Keep Skin Looking Good

Our skin contains plenty of water! Dehydration makes skin more dry and wrinkled. We can always use moisturizer as a protective barrier.

5. Water Helps Your Kidneys and Maintain Normal Bowel Function

Body fluids transport waste products in and out of cells via kidneys. Our kidneys do amazing job of cleaning and detox our body wastes. If we chronically drink too little, you may be at higher risk of kidney stones.

Simple Tips for You to Drink 8 Glasses of Water A Day

Tips #1: Drink water when you wake up

Tips #2: Drink water before you start any work in your office

Tips #3: Drink water before you go out for a dinner

Tips #4: Drink water after you toilet

Tips #5: Always put a bottle/ glass of water on your table

Tips #6: Drink water after you exercise

Tips #7: Drink water before you watch a long movie

Tips #8: Drink water every time you walk to the kitchen

Tips #9: Drink water after you bath or shower

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Organic Sunflower Seed Oil

Benefit of sunflower seed oil
Benefits of sunflower seed oil

Beautiful season, I like to visit our growers and am very exciting to learning about the sun… sunflowers.

Organic sunflower seed oil is rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acid (including linoleic, oleic, palmitic and steraric acids), for promoting skin elastic and preventing premature signs aging.  Lovely, they are blended in our brilliant products – Amazing White, Glamour Ageless, Caviar Enrich Eye Cream.

How to Glow

Sunflowers like to grow in full sun in well drained soil. Try to glow sunflower in your backyard from mid-April to the end of May. They are an annual plant and will flower in August.