by Louise | May 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
We get our dietary intake of Vitamin E from: Nuts and Seeds – Healthy fats Some plant oils – Olive oil, soya and corn oil Avocados Wheatgerm – cereals and breads It’s unlikely that you are deficient in Vitamin E if you eat some healthy fats in your diet and...
by Louise | May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Photo-ageing is when our skin ages prematurely due to over exposure to ultraviolet light (too much sun). Photo-ageing is a negative effect on the skin, following many years of free radical damage. Free radical damage is caused by UV sun exposure, poor diet, smoking,...
by Louise | Apr 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Vitamin A is found and stored in our liver. We get it from food products such as fish oils and eggs and in leafy vegetables and carrots. Our skin needs Vitamin A to perform a variety of functions including: Exfoliation Collagen stimulation Cell turnover …and it...
by Louise | Apr 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Free radicals are not lovely hippies living in Glastonbury. In relation to our skin ‘free radicals’ are active little trouble making cells which attack our skin at the deep layers causing absolute havoc and damage! Think pigmentation, dull skin, lines,...
by Louise | Apr 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
If anyone mentions Vitamin C to me, I immediately think of oranges – Do you?? Anyway…Vitamin C is one of our most powerful antioxidants. Vitamin C is vital for healthy immunity, healing and the production of collagen. With this point about collagen in...
by Louise | Apr 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
These skincare products basically sit between regular nice smelling ‘beauty’ products and the products which your Dermatologist might prescribe for you. Think decent amounts of active Vitamins, Hydroxy Acids’s, Retinols, skin peels…...
