10 Ways to Healthier Skin

My 10 easy steps to beautiful, healthy and clearer skin!

1- Stay hydrated

Drinking at least 2 litres of water a day is key. When your body starts dehydrating the first place it will take water from is your skin so keeping hydrating by drinking regular glasses of water will make sure your skin wont suffer. 

2- Sun cream 

I apply a factor 30 5* UVA sun protection cream twice every single day whether it's rain or shine, snow or heat wave. Sun damaging is one of the worst things your skin can go though. It increases the ageing process of your skin making it look more wrinkly, dark spots, texture changes (usually makes skin scaly) and most importantly it vastly increases your chance of developing skin cancer. If you take one tip away from this post I urge you to take this one.

3- Moisturiser

Moisturising twice daily with a decent day and night cream suitable to your skin type is a crucial part of keeping skin clear, smooth and plump. I use Boots No 7 Early Defence creams (review in my previous post) as they're specifically designed for protecting younger skin against the ageing effects of modern day environment. 

4- Simple skin care routine

Keep your skin care routine short and sweet means you're more likely to stick to it. I use 3 products on my skin which are a cleanser, day/night creams and sun cream for my body. This routine takes me 5 minutes to complete. It also means your skin is not exposed to too many products. You only have to spend 2 minutes in Boots to discover that you can buy every lotion and potion under the sun that all claim to produce different miracles. All your skin really needs is a cleanser and a moisturiser. Toners, eye creams, neck creams etc.. are all just unnecessary fancy add ons in my opinion. Kep it simple and your face will love you forever.

5-Beauty sleep


Unless you want to go for the grubby face look, sleeping with make-up on is a big no no. Night time is the only time during your make-up faced day that it has to breath and recuperate. Make-up clogs up your pours and 99% of the time you will wake up with a face full of spots and black heads which is never a good look.  

6- Au Natural 

Once a week have a make-up free day: it will be like a field trip for your skin! Let it breathe and have a break from the make-up. Apply moisturised throughout the day as naked skin and weather aren't the best of friends so it's best to keep it protected against the wind, rain or sunshine. If you really can't ditch the foundation and falsies for the day then calm your make up down for a day; perhaps use a tinted moisturiser instead of foundation and switch the lippy for a tinted lip balm. 

7- No touchy touchy!

Touching your face constantly throughout the day is a hard habit to kick, especially when you're unaware that half the time you're doing it; I am guilty of this! Imagine what your hands touch every day.. all those dirty door handles, money, keys, pens.. all those germs lingering on your hands get transferred onto your face every time you rub your eyes, hold your cheek or cup your chin, Pretty gross? Yep. Try to kick it if you can but I will sympathise with you that it is a hard one to kick.

8- Get your sweat on

Yes it may seem odd that I'm encouraging you to sweat but sweating is natures way of elimination toxic chemical that can build up under skin as well as allowing pours to drain. It also maintains healthy blood flow and circulation which will improve your skin.

9-Feed your face

Try and cut back on the fried foods and sugars as these are food that can cause huge breakouts and greasy skin. Things like strawberries, fruity smoothies, olive oil, green tea and blueberries are excellent at keeping your skin clear.

10- Showers

If you're a lover of long hot showers I'm afraid you're most likely dying your skin out. and stripping it of its natural oils. Try switching your regular hot showers for cooler, shorter ones and save the long hot ones for luxury! 

I hope this helps you out my lovelies! 

Skin care routine

I have used a vast range of skin care products but never managed to find one that compares to the results I get from using Boots No7 skincare range.

  I use the No7 Beautiful Skin Cleansing Lotion first thing in the morning just after I wake up before I apply my make up. 

I fill my sink with hot water and immerse a flannel in it that I only use for washing my face, whilst the flannel is soaking I squirt out about 3-4 pumps worth of lotion and apply it with my finger tips all over my face in circular motions.

 I then wring out the hot, wet flannel and remove the cleansing lotion in firm circular motions rinsing the flannel as needed until all the cleansing lotion is gone. 

I do this again before bed to remove my make up, focusing more on my eyes to remove heavy eye make up. This may take a little more work to remove make up than it does as just a morning face wash. I have been using this product for a couple of months and can honestly see a massive improvement in my skin. 

 The next stage to my skincare routine is moisturiser! I use Boots No7 Early Defence range which is specifically made for protecting young skin and minimises the appearance of the earliest stage of ageing that occurs between the age of 20-30. 

The day cream is SPF 15 + 5* UVA protection making it the most protective day cream against sun protection available as well as protecting against harsh environmental pollution that also affects younger skin. 

I apply the Day Cream after cleansing my face and before applying my make up and it is absolutely fantastic. It's not greasy and you only need a small finger tip sized amount to cover the average face and neck. It also acts as a primer if wearing only day-to-day make up, however if you're going for a more heavier makeup then I'd advise using an additional primer after applying the day cream. 

The Night Cream is equally fantastic. This cream has an almost cooling effect that makes skin feel fresh and clean which, in my opinion, is one of the best feelings before bed. It smells like cucumbers which is instantly refreshing and I can't even describe how soft my skin feels in the morning!