Hey beauty freaks!
Hope your all well just wanted to do a post on healthy eating and super foods which are great for your skin and hair!
Starting with breakfast, now i'm sure we are all gulity of skipping breakfast which is ofcourse terrible seeing as breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Here are some quick ideas for on the go breakfasts which are filling and healthy, and ofcourse great for those who are watching their weight!
Avocados!! These green soft fruits are a great way to get your burst of morning vitamins! Avocados are so good for you they contains all kinds of beautiful vitamins that helps the skin rid of blemishes, and in general give a healthy appearance!
To incorporate avocados within your breakfast is super easy! All you need is:
2 slices of bread
1 Avocado
1/2 of a lemon
Sea Salt and fresh ground pepper to season
Firstly you have to cut, pit and scoop out the avocados so your left with a soft green and yellowish mush (dispose of the skin and the huge seed). Using a fork mash the Avocado up and add the juice of half a lemon, add some sea salt (not too much) that makes the Avocado topping.
Toast your 2 slices of bread and cut in to 4 pieces, then simply spoon on the Avocado mix and season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper et voilá! Perfect on the go food, can be eaten as snack too!
The second recipe is simple yet affective, getting your antioxidents, calcium (very very important for us girlies) and ofcourse vitamins!!
Yougurt!!!!!! Smooth silky yougurt!! Here is my quick breakfast using gorgeous yogurt!
Greek yogurt (however much you want :p)
Some strawberries, blueberries and 1 banana
Granola
1-2 tbl of Honey
Just add all the above ingredients and there you have a great filling breakfast! This recipe is extremely adaptable you can add more or less ingredients, if you dont like honey you can use vanilla yogurt to add a little bit of sweetness!!
Hope you enjoyed a couple of my favourite breakies! Happy Healthy Eating!!
Bon Appétit!
Ash xxx
Monday, 19 September 2011
Friday, 2 September 2011
DIY Face Mask!
Hey beauties!!!
I've been really loving natural products and healthy eating recently, which has lead me to make alot of my own facemasks! However the one i swear by and the one which gives you perfect glowing skin is the turmeric mask. Turmeric a.k.a haldi is a spice commonly used in Indian cooking and beauty rituals, it is known for its anti bacterial properties and also it is known to improve the appearances of scars and in general the health of the skin. During Indian weddings there is a ceremony which takes place a few days before the actual wedding where the bride and groom are slathered in a turmeric paste along with other ingredients to give the skin a beautiful glow for the big day! Its been used for thousands of years for beauty purposes and rightly so this stuff is amazing!!!!!
Here is my recipe:
1 tbl full fat yogurt
2 tbl honey
1/2 lemon
1 tsp gram flour (chickpea flour)
1 tsp turmeric
Mix all the above ingredients together starting with the liquid ingredients followed by the dry. When mixed apply to throughly cleansed and dry skin, when applying the mask make sure you massage it in as the gram flour exfoliates the skin very very gently. Leave the mask on for 10 minutes then rinse of whilst massaging again.
The mask will leave a yellow stain on the skin but not to worry just get the other half of the lemon and dip it in sea salt (grinded), whilst the skin is wet rub the lemon with the salt all over the face (squeeze the lemon whilst doing so), dip the lemon into the salt again if you have to. Salt is great for your skin and lemon brightens the skin so a great exfoliation method, furthermore this step will leave you with super soft and refined skin. Wash off the salt and pat dry the skin, follow with your toner and moisturiser.
I reccommend doing this mask before bed to get the best results as the skin relaxes and repairs during the night so this mask is a great way to help the skin renew itself to give you lovely glowing skin!!!
Enjoy!
Ash xxx
I've been really loving natural products and healthy eating recently, which has lead me to make alot of my own facemasks! However the one i swear by and the one which gives you perfect glowing skin is the turmeric mask. Turmeric a.k.a haldi is a spice commonly used in Indian cooking and beauty rituals, it is known for its anti bacterial properties and also it is known to improve the appearances of scars and in general the health of the skin. During Indian weddings there is a ceremony which takes place a few days before the actual wedding where the bride and groom are slathered in a turmeric paste along with other ingredients to give the skin a beautiful glow for the big day! Its been used for thousands of years for beauty purposes and rightly so this stuff is amazing!!!!!
Here is my recipe:
1 tbl full fat yogurt
2 tbl honey
1/2 lemon
1 tsp gram flour (chickpea flour)
1 tsp turmeric
Mix all the above ingredients together starting with the liquid ingredients followed by the dry. When mixed apply to throughly cleansed and dry skin, when applying the mask make sure you massage it in as the gram flour exfoliates the skin very very gently. Leave the mask on for 10 minutes then rinse of whilst massaging again.
The mask will leave a yellow stain on the skin but not to worry just get the other half of the lemon and dip it in sea salt (grinded), whilst the skin is wet rub the lemon with the salt all over the face (squeeze the lemon whilst doing so), dip the lemon into the salt again if you have to. Salt is great for your skin and lemon brightens the skin so a great exfoliation method, furthermore this step will leave you with super soft and refined skin. Wash off the salt and pat dry the skin, follow with your toner and moisturiser.
I reccommend doing this mask before bed to get the best results as the skin relaxes and repairs during the night so this mask is a great way to help the skin renew itself to give you lovely glowing skin!!!
Enjoy!
Ash xxx
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