Super fruit for the Skin!!

Hey Beauties!

Now that it is summer I have been lucky enough to be stuff myself with gorgeous exotic fruits, which has helped my skin immensely seeing that I had to get my post stress skin into shape.
My dad in the last two weeks have been buying some lovely plump kesar mangos (Indian mangos) as they are in season... I look forward to this every year as eating mangos in the summer is something that i have done since a child and i absolutely love it!

Mangos are a great super fruit for your skin as it has many benefits, it contains lots of vitamins such as vitamin C and other B vitamins, along with minerals such as mangnesium and potassium and also many antioxidents. Amazing for your bodily health as mangos are known to reduce the risk of cancer, helps digestion, great for brain health and much more. However for the skin this lovely yummy fruit does wonders...It evens out the skin tone, gives a beautiful glow to the skin, clears the skin of blemishes, your skin appears more brighter and hydrated as mangos are very hydrating fruits perfect for the summer months. Mangos can be used as a mask, by mushing it to a plup and adding a bit of milk, or make a milkshake by mixing cut/skinned mangos with milk and then blending it together, you can add some sugar to sweeten the shake slightly! Perfect for the morning to kick start your day, give you a boost of energy... When buying mangos make sure they are ripe! The more orange the inside of the fruit the more sweeter (they taste sooo good <3).



Get them whilst you can, they do wonders for you skin, body and they taste LOVELY!!!

Ash xxx

Prepare yourself for Summer ! - Simple tips-

Hi Lovelies !

Summer is coming and as usual , it's a time where everyone (or almost) try to lose weight and tone up a bit ! So 'll try to give you a few tips to simply lose a bit of belly or ankle. On me, it works and i suppose these things generally work as we don't particularly need them on a daily base!

Typical things that you need to avoid :

• bread, pasta, less oil, butter, sweets(...), cakes and all these nice things... Don't forget that many alcohols would be better avoided! As we mix them with fizzy/sweet juices. But if you really want once alcohol but still want to be careful, "dry" alcohols are not that caloric ("A dry alcoholic drink is one that is free from sweetness and fruity flavor. The term "dry" was first used in the early 1700's to describe wine of the above characteristics").  => If you're interested :) http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/11034#ixzz1LgqCV1RT.

• Fizzy drinks increase the possibility of having cellulite, so if you want something with taste, better to consume juice and apparently, it's better to stick with one juice only, so that you gain less than if you would pick up all different types of juice. 

• Would be could to swap butter with philadelphia, as it is mmmuch lighter! Though, if you're a big cheese lover like me, unfortunately you'll have to slow down a bit with it, as cheese is very proteined, indeed, but has got lots of fat. In addition, it's not really the best things for your heart... You could swap sugar with honey, bread with crackers, butter with oil if you really need it, and so on :).

• You can cook many things while avoiding some ingredients we don't always particularly need. A simple example : you cook beef in you saucepan ( Sounds obvious... '_________' ) and instead of using oil to cook it, you can simply use water!    You can make pancake by using only flour, water and eggs.

•  Lovely people, as much as snacking makes us happy, it makes a big difference on our bodies! And i know that by saying what 'm going to tell you i might sound boring, but if you're hungry before lunch or dinner, eat yoghurt, a fruit or drink some juice or water, it's healthier !

Things that can help you :

• Green tea is well known to be a good factor for the acceleration of your metabolism. In addition, it's very good against stress and is an excellent anti-oxydant ! I use to use it too as a toner in my skincare routine.  One cup to two a day is very good for your health.

• Eat meat. As much healthy vegetables are, meat (fish, white meat) is very good for your metabolism and full of proteins, at the opposite to vegetables. Vegetables are very good with meat, as they have the property to make you digest faster and so get less fat.

• Exercise ! : Helps soooo much ! Even a bit , such as walking, using the stairs. The advantage of exercise instead of the diet is that when you lose some weight, you hardly get it back, so you don't have that "yo yo " effect on your body. And it is so healthy! Remember that by massaging some places that usually don't move a lot (for example when you're putting your cream on), you avoid the fat to stick down. Because the places where we have fat are usually the places that we don't exercise or don't need that much in everyday life.

• Drink water people, really good as it helps the fat not to set and it definitively cleans you! 

• Don't skip a meal and eat less than usual. 've heard you should try to eat 1/4 less of what you eat usually , or half. Avoid eating after 20:00, as you might probably not move that much in the night, and this encourages the fat to set. 

• Good sleep : as strange as it can sound, good sleep makes you lose weight easier. Leave your body rest.

Don't be too tough with yourself ! Allow to yourself from time to time some sweets, a piece of cake or some chocolate (70% black chocolate would be better), as we need it for our mood. And try not to get too obsessed with the hole "losing weight" thing. If you pay just a bit more attention, it will already help. Don't be extreme, as it is going to have a negative effect on your body anyway. Don't forget you can't lose an extrememly big amount of Kg/Llbs, it's simply not good for you. And just to let you know that stress and getting angry emphasize the possibility of stocking fat - give a try to zen ;) . And surprisingly enough, some healthy food is freakin' yummy! Might put a few recipes for you if you want me to! Fruits are gorgeous, think of watermelon, strawberries (which are really good for your liver), grapes, peaches, apricots and so many others! The most important is you to feel good with yourself and doing what you do first of all for yourself and not the others.

So good luck and keep feeling good !


xXx
 j.