Epsom Salts

I have been reading alot about epsom salts lately, so when I passed a bag for sale in a shop I thought why not give it a go!

So why have an epsom salt bath? Epsom salts have alot of health benefits from soothing aching muscles to drawing toxins from the body, so what better time to start than after a hard few training weeks and Christmas period?
Stress is prone to draining the body of magnesium - taking a bath is always relaxing anyway but the epsom salts contains magnesium so by bathing in epsom salts your body with absorb the salts and replenish the magnesium levels - magnesium helps produce a mood enhancing chemical called serotonin making you feel calm and relaxed.

Aching muscles after a workout? Take a bath! The combination of hot water and salts will help you and your muscles relax. Again the magnesium absorbed through the body helps regulate muscle and nerve function as well as helping flush the body of lactic acid which is built up during strenuous workouts.

Aching feet after a long? Soaking your feet for ten minutes in hot water and salts can really help improve circulation, relieve aches and pains and reduce inflammation. Perfect after a long day on your feet, after wearing heels or even after a long run!

There are also articles saying that it works as a clenser from being ingested - this is a different salt to the kind you put in your bath and also due to side effects it is recommended you check with the doctor first to make sure it is ok! I haven't tried this and wont - I tried a detox once and it had the worst effect on my body so never again!


I have only had two baths with epsom salts so far so really I don't have anything wise to offer yet as two baths is not enough to tell anything but time will tell!

Drink up!

Wait one second I know it's almost Friday but I am not talking about that drink!
Thirsty Thursdays are now dedicated to all the lovely water we should drink!
I drink around 4 litres a day, using a 2 litre bottle to monitor my intake.
Week days are easy I have that bottle sat on my desk and drink it religiously, weekends used to be harder but now I've started drinking out of a bottle or pint glass to make sure I keep up the water intake!!
If I dont I get a headache, cranky and all round sleepy, if this starts to happen I know I need to up the water intake!
Water doesn't kust hydrate the body, it keeps your fresh and alert along with keeping your skin hydrated and fresh!
If you are not a fan of plain water, try adding lemon or cucumber to make it fresh and add some flavour without the artificial sugar.
I also love a good cup of herbal tea, a huge cup, but sometimes I like to have hot water and lemon to refresh and kick start my day, and also to warm me up!

                                    

Skin care

Skin care is super important to me, especially when you have dry skin like I do and even dryer skin in winter!
I also have sensitive skin  so picking the right skin products is very important!
So what do I use?
After much experiementing I have perfecting my routine, only took about 13 years!
The face wash I use is a great scrub is by dirty work, it leaves your skin feeling fresh and tingly, like when you use mint shower gel, perfect for waking you up in the morning.
Witch hazel face wipes - to remove any make up I missed whilst washing my face and before I go to bed, it has two sides - one a scrub and one a softer side.
Next moisturise I use Nivia cream - it's thicker than normal moisturiser but works perfect for my skin and keeps it moisturised and soft!
For my body I normally use Nivia with Q10 in - good for firming and also has a slight tint to it giving  your skin slight colour - I use this before holidays, far better than fake tan!
At the moment because my skin is so dry I am using E45 for extra dry skin, it is my life saver  and really works!

It took me a while to get this right and I hate changing it, or not doing all the steps because otherwise my skin is wrecked!
I don't wear a lot of make up, but if I do I always make sure all of it has gone off my face, no matter how tired I am it must come off!!

And one last thing - WATER!!! Drinking water really does help the skin! As does hot water and lemon!
Try it and see the glow!