Spring cleaning

According to Alfred, Lord Tennyson

"In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." 

Being middle aged and not a man, (though a Mann!), mine turns, rather more prosaically, to spring cleaning. (Then I have a little lie down, with a bad book, until the feeling passes.) When everything starts greening and chirruping, and nature looks as though it has had a face-lift, it is quite natural to want to do something ourselves, hence the trend for detoxing and dieting after Christmas and the New Year festivities have passed. For skin it can be a challenging time, as there is still central heating to contend with, as well as spending time outside and getting chilled, before warming up again. So, it is a good time to nurture and deep cleanse skin too. It is also possible that if dieting/detoxing is going on, the skin might respond by being spottier or more irritated, as toxins leave the system, which is not a desirable look.

Obviously the best thing to do is to book a wonderfully restorative Dr Hauschka treatment, which will put you and your skin back on top form, but this can be helped at home too, by a weekly routine of steaming and applying a clay mask. Generally, once a week is great, but if you are particularly greasy and spotty, twice a week is even better! Using a treatment mask such Dr Hauschka Revitalising or Firming mask afterwards, for 20 minutes, will give your skin a super boost that will be noticeable. Even husbands have been known to comment!

For the body, the wonderful lemon scent in Lemon/Lemongrass body moisturiser, Lemon bath and the aptly named Vitalising body wash, can really help awaken sluggish lymph and lift the spirits! The Lemon bath can be used in your face washing water, as well as in the bath, and can be a useful aid, if you really don't feel like getting up, as the scent is so uplifting.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I do Skype consultations, but am also happy to chat on the phone, or in person. You can find your local Dr Hauschka Esthetician here:  http://www.drhauschkatreatment.co.uk/

Here's to spring and a wonderful quote from Carl Friedrich Gauss:

Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.