Detox Your Skin

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Detox Your Skin
If you're a new mum or are pregnant, then the chances are you won't have exactly been downing the vodka shots and partying until dawn during the festive season.

So you won't need to indulge in the delights of the dreaded inner-body-liver-detox.

But as it's January - traditional detox season - I wouldn't want to leave you out. So, now is as good a time as any to take a look at your skincare regime to see how it could do with a little cleaning up.

There's lots you can do for your skin from the inside out. Try to incorporate plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, juice, water and pregnancy-safe herbal teas into your diet to give your skin a healthy glow.

Investing in a good quality natural facial scrub is a good idea too. By getting rid of the dead skin cells that clog the surface of your skin, you're not only giving your complexion a deep-cleanse, but it will also mean that the nourishing moisturisers you use on your skin afterwards can more easily be absorbed.

Living Nature Vitalising Exfoliant
Living Nature's Vitalising Exfoliant, £22.45, won the award for Best Natural Facial Exfoliator in the 2011 Organic Beauty Talk Awards. It contains Manuka Honey, which gently lifts impurities and stimulates cell renewal without damaging delicate facial skin. I also like Nurture's skin brightening facial exfoliator £7.45 (nurtureskincare.co.uk). It's a rich and creamy foaming formulation with grape seeds & papaya extract for non-abrasive yet effective exfoliation. Sweet almond, olive and borage oils boost moisturisation and it contains natural fragrance of Lavender, Chamomile, Rose and Bergamot essential oils. My top tip? Keep your facial scrub in the shower - the steam opens up your pores so the scrub is even more effective.

Now that your skin is squeaky clean of debris (and chemicals) why not try a completely new moisturiser? You may already know that using the same shampoo over and over again means it becomes less effective on your hair, well some experts say that the same can be true of our skin creams. So a change is as good as a rest.

I love Korres Watercress Moisturiser, £19.00 from www.BathandUnwind.com. It's a rich, buttery cream containing superfood watercress extracts, thought to help rid the body of toxins and help balance skin lipids, encouraging your skin to hold on to moisture more effectively.

SEN beauty products
Don't neglect the skin on the rest of your body, either. An invigorating skin scrub will help to slough off dead skin cells and dry, flaky skin as well as improve circulation (which can also tackle cellulite too). Try the Detox bodycare range from Chinese beauty company SEN. The products contain all-natural ingredients including extracts from the jasmine flower, used as a detoxifying agent in Chinese medicine. My favourites are SEN's Detox Micropolishing Shower Gel, £9 and Detoxifying Body Cream Scrub, £12.

Of course, if scrubbing your way to a detox sounds too much like hard work, you could always just lie back and relax in a bath. Tisserand's Detox Bath Oil, £8.10 (www.tisserand.com) blends organic essential oils (including lemongrass, rosemary and ginger) to stimulate a sluggish circulation, which encourages the elimination of toxins. Now how easy was that,.?

January 2012

Kim Jones, Beauty Editor
23 June 2011

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