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Get Dirty, Get Cleaner Clean your skin with mud? Well clay actually – would you do that? Human beings have been rubbing their skin clean of impurities for millennia with wet mineral rich grainy mud. In the process dead skin cells are eased off along with excess oils and accumulated grime and sweat. But a variation on this ancient cleansing routine produced a concept that is still helpful for skincare today – the Face Pack or Mask. As the wet clay or mud dries it gently draws oils to the surface of the skin freeing the pores and follicles of any accumulated grime or...

Hot or Not How does it happen? From hottest craze to yesterday’s story, things, people and behavioural models come in and go out of fashion in the blink of an eye. Back in the “Swinging Sixties” those stylish French women decided that it was “le thing” to cast off their bikini tops and allow the sun and beaches full of grateful males to smile upon their breasts. Quickly the habit spread amongst a generation of women liberated by education and The Pill, and what started out as sun bathing protocol became a political gesture – women were liberating themselves from the behavioural...

2 Million Britons Head For The Sun This Bank Holiday The last Bank Holiday of summer is upon us and all those prayers for a decent spell of weather seem to have paid off – sort of!  But 2 million of us aren’t risking another disappointment – they have headed off to warmer climes.  Great news of course for Easy Jet and Ryan Air, and for the thousands of hotels around the coasts of Majorca, Ibiza, Spain, Turkey, Portugal and Greece.  But according to Public Health Minister Gillian Merron, it is not just sun and sand that we are likely...

Mother Earth - Holistic Skincare In Islington Last Saturday Mother Earth in Islington hosted its first Yin Yang Skincare Clinic.  Monica Savage – a career nurse – and Yin Yang’s most experienced skincare consultant, met with Mother Earth customers interested in learning how to manage their skin throughout life for health & beauty. An Effective Skincare Routine Thirty years ago Monica was “radicalised” by Katie May, the founder & formulator of Yin Yang Skincare, about the importance of an effective skincare routine, “Thorough effective cleansing to unclog the pores is critical… when the skin is thoroughly cleansed the difference is felt immediately, it feels alive!” Mother...

Off The Calorie Scale The World Cancer Research Fund has identified that some iced coffees being sold on the High Street contain as many calories as a hot dinner. The chief offender had 561 calories, others contained more than 450, and the majority had in excess of 200. Starbucks’ Dark Berry Mocha Frappuccino, [Venti] contains 561 calories according to the WCRF. It is the combination of sugar, full-fat milk and cream which appears to push some of the “cool coffees” into the upper echelons of the calorie scale. After Smoking, Obesity Produces Greatest Risk of Cancer Macmillan, the Cancer Support Charity,...