Did You Know Truffle Is The Secret To Diamond Skin?

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With the seasons changing and the days becoming cooler, this can often take a toll on your skin. Most commonly, the winter weather affects our skin by drying it out; the combination between the cold outside and the heat of your house, contributes to this. This ‘winter skin’ can cause your skin to have a dull appearance, and even contribute to signs of early ageing.

SOS H20 may be your secret to diamond skin this winter due to its secret ingredient… truffle. Yep, that’s right, the secret to keeping your skin hydrated and youthful may just be your favourite ingredient in pasta.

 

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Why Truffle is the secret to diamond skin:

  • Infused with nutrients, vitamins, and amino acids, which boost healthy skin with anti-aging properties.
  • Packed with anti-inflammatory and anti-aging properties from an enzyme called Superoxide Dismutase which repairs skin and helps to prevent fine lines and wrinkles. 
  • Rich in vitamins and amino acids, this ingredient will nourish the skin with hydration and boot moisture levels for softer, smoother skin.
  • Packed with ceramides and Vitamin C, your skin will be brightened and dark spots will be diminished.

​SOS H20, from £5, sosserum.co.uk 

  • Formulated with Green Grapes and White Truffle, the appearance of fine lines will be reduced, and skin will be brightened.
  • Infused with skin-perfecting ingredients including low molecular weight Hyaluronic Acid, to keep even sensitive skin moisturised all day. 
  • A silky formula, fast absorbing, that increases hydration, elasticity and suppleness as well as leaving the skin looking firm and toned.​

Offering UVA and UVB protection of SPF 30, this is the perfect daily moisturiser in winter. UVA rays are at the same strength in winter, as they are in summer, meaning that skin damage is just as likely to occur in the cooler months as it is the summer. Wearing SPF 30 everyday means that 97% of UV rays will be blocked, and skin damage will be reduced.

Intensely hydrating, soothing, and offering UVA and UVB protection of SPF 30, SOS H20 is the winter swap we all need to keep skin youthful and glowing throughout the colder months.

 

The Perfect Winter Skincare Routine with Korean Beauty Brand

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As the weather becomes cooler, our skin becomes drier. The lack of humidity in the air, and even your central heating, is the cause for your skin drying out. To ensure your skin stays hydrated and plump throughout the winter months, it’s essential to switch up your skincare routine. Making skincare swaps to more hydrating products is the secret to ensuring glowing skin throughout the winter months.  

 Korean beauty brand, Atomy, has compiled a skincare routine for all skin types. Anti-ageing and hydrating products, this routine will answer all your winter skin problems. We have tried the brand and love them. Try them out for yourself. 

 

Frost meets Harley St At Home – advice to those suffering with peri & meno symptoms by Alex Bannard Wellness and Wellbeing Editor

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As I concluded my  conversation with Nigel, he shared some valuable advise to anyone who thinks they may be experiencing peri or meno symptoms.

  • Don’t ignore it & brush it under the carpet. It is natural & normal & happens to every woman so don’t deny it.
  • Start getting organised & use a symptom tracker & get specific about what is happening to you
  • Do your research & find out what options are open to you, including HRT
  • Gather the information so that you can go to your doctor fully informed.

The menopause & peri-menopause can be a chaotic, frightening & life changing transition for many women. It certainly was for me.

But the beauty of it is if you can embrace self-care & take control of things like lifestyle, diet, exercise & the whole well-being package you can create a life where you feel better than ever. And this can feel incredibly liberating.

Suddenly the menopause takes on a whole different perspective: an  opportunity to re-evaluate your life, take control & start thriving.

And don’t forget even if you are not affected by the peri-menopause, menopause you will undoubtedly know someone: your mum, your sister, your daughter, your friend,  who is noticing symptoms, so it’s worth knowing what to look out for.

For 20% off membership for life type in FROST20

To find out more about Nigel & Harley St at Home check out these websites.

IG: menopause_dietician

nigel@nigeldenby.co.uk

Facebook group: Harley St at Home : Menopause

www.harleystathome.com

If you would like to practice yoga with Alex her YouTube channel offers free short classes for everyone & is available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQlKZJ7MeyYc6lqkv6seISw

Alternatively all of her classes are streamed on live on Zoom, for more information message her at alex@alexbannard.com

Free resources are also available on her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AlexBannardYogaMindfulness

And her website is www.alexbannard.com

Alex is based on the edge of the stunning Cotswolds & has been sharing her love for all things yoga & mindfulness for almost a decade, not just in the UK but also around the world. Her mission is to help everyone discover a more mindful way of living & to encourage them to embrace regular self-care practices for a happier & healthier way of being.

Top Pick For Christmas: VTech Myla The Blush And Bloom Unicorn

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We cannot get over how gorgeous Myla, the blush and bloom unicorn is. She is the perfect, interactive, toy from leading children’s toy brand Vtech. Gorgeous, fun, and excellent for development. We cannot recommend this fantastic toy enough. It is our top pick for Christmas.

Leading electronic toy brand, VTech, is excited to announce that Myla – the much loved Unicorn – is getting a makeover. Introducing, Myla the Blush and Bloom Unicorn.  

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Little ones can now take Myla to a make-believe hair salon with a beautiful array of stylish hair options. From giving her a simply brush with a comb, to unlocking her full potential with a stupendous selection of clips – Myla is getting ready for her festive debut. 

Most notably, Myla has a magical wand that allows children the opportunity to express their full fashionista. By selecting any colour on the wand, you’ll be able to apply a sprinkle of colour to her horn, eyes and wings before watching in amazement as they magically light up in the chosen colour. She’ll also light up if you blow her a kiss! 

Myla can also bring a sparkle of magic to your play-area, with wings that flap in time with the music she plays. And when it all get’s a little much, Myla will also tuck her legs under and have a nap – encouraging little ones to think creatively about dreamtime. 

RRP: £55.50 | Available from: Smyths Toys Superstores / Amazon / ToyStreet

 

 

Frost meets Harley St At Home – The nuts and bolts of how Harley St at Home can help by Alex Bannard Wellness and Wellbeing Editor

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After a couple of days of back story, we finally get to the juicy bit…

What help can Harley St at Home offer?

HSAH is a private & free menopause community which was launched at the beginning of the the first lockdown on Facebook & has grown from 300 to 13,200 members.

Nigel gathered specialists like Dr Naomi Potter, a menopause doctor, as well as a variety of wellbeing specialists in a beautifully safe, supportive & caring community, full of advise & information to support women.

Eventually, the natural evolution was for HSAH to become a bespoke website with a huge amount of information & resources to support women during this life changing transition.

Nigel is acutely aware that a lot of women struggling with the menopause have never put themselves first. They have never thought they were deserving of prioritising self-care for themselves. Many women think that wellbeing & things like yoga & meditation are for rich women or celebrities, without thinking it can be for them too. HSAH is making all this & much more readily available to all women.

HSAH offers such a wide variety of self-care options to women to try so that they can work out what their own individual self-care toolkit looks like at an extremely affordable price (less than 70p per day). Essentially, it is a menopause wellness centre on line.

Why Harley St at Home?

I chose HSAH simply because the quality of all the classes, courses, advice & support is so high but it’s in your own home. Which makes it extraordinarily accessible. There is nothing exclusive about this community except the  quality of the content available to women.

Nigel is keen for women to understand that they have a choice here. Menopause (& peri-menopause) is more than just a hormonal change. It affects mind, body & soul &  there is an affordable approach to tackling all elements of the menopause in a safe & supportive space enabling women to put themselves first.

Nigel’s aim is to encourage women who are not used to prioritising themselves to have the choice to create their own self-care toolkits & a life in which they can thrive. Self-care is not selfish, it is essential. Self-care is important at every time of life but more than ever during the peri-menopause & menopause. And let’s face it, we  are  worth it.

How does it work?

There are 2 options available: the free option to help you decipher what actually is going on with access to a menopause symptom tracker & menopause survival pages including a blog.

Paid membership gives access to a schedule that is packed with over 40 different classes each week from strength, aerobic, yoga, meditation & mindfulness, face yoga, nutrition, medical classes from the Dr’s & it’s only £19/month.

And Nigel has kindly offered Frost readers 20% off membership for life. So it’s less than 50p per day. Just type in FROST20 when you go to the website to sign up & let technology do the rest.

On any given day there are 5-6 menopause specific exercises classes, information sessions, self-care workshops from real women who understand menopause because they are going through it themselves.

Join me tomorrow to hear Nigel’s advise for those who are suffering with peri & meno symptoms.

For 20% off membership for life type in FROST20

To find out more about Nigel & Harley St at Home check out these websites.

IG: menopause_dietician

nigel@nigeldenby.co.uk

Facebook group: Harley St at Home : Menopause

www.harleystathome.com

If you would like to practice yoga with Alex her YouTube channel offers free short classes for everyone & is available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQlKZJ7MeyYc6lqkv6seISw

Alternatively all of her classes are streamed on live on Zoom, for more information message her at alex@alexbannard.com

Free resources are also available on her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AlexBannardYogaMindfulness

And her website is www.alexbannard.com

Alex is based on the edge of the stunning Cotswolds & has been sharing her love for all things yoga & mindfulness for almost a decade, not just in the UK but also around the world. Her mission is to help everyone discover a more mindful way of living & to encourage them to embrace regular self-care practices for a happier & healthier way of being.

Hot Tools Hair Styling Products – Perfect For Christmas

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The most perfect Christmas present? Why, perfect hair of course. With the festive party season on the horizon combined with the hunt for the perfect gift  Hot Tools (two of which are on offer throughout November) – the award winning US hair styling brand which has launched this summer across the UK and Europe. Inspired by professionals and with more than 30 years of salon experience, the brand’s new Pro Signature range of styling tools has been created especially for a consumer audience.

 We love the The New Pro Signature Detachable Blow-Dry and Volumiser – Combining fast drying in up to half the time (versus drying and styling separately) with exceptional volumising for salon blow-dries and styling on-the-go in one easy-to-use tool with an exclusive detachable design. Currently £79.99 – on promotion with Argos 01/11-30/11 with £20 off. This fantastic brush really works. It is also super stylish. An easy shortcut to fab hair, what more could you want?

 

 

The New Pro Signature Digital Straightener – Featuring unique gold titanium floating plates and exclusive Pulse Technology® for ultra-sleek, long-lasting styles, time and time again. Automatic dual voltage also makes it the ideal travelling companion. Currently £59.99 – on promotion with Argos 01/11-30/11 with £20 off.
 
 

Hot Tools® Pro Signature Gold Curling Irons – The new Pro Signature collection includes a trio of Gold Curling Irons featuring iconic gold plating in multiple barrel sizes, delivering long-lasting, effortlessly beautiful curls, waves with reduced frizz and added shine. Currently £59.99:

Multiple Barrel Sizes for Different Styles:
25mm – Create bouncy, classic curls and waves
32mm – Perfect for creating polished curls or soft beachy waves
38mm – Create large soft curls and volume
Other great products in the range include:

“I would wet myself in fear”: Mum reveals terrifying abusive childhood and vows to ‘end shouting’

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Shouting is still controversial, but recent studies show the impact of shouting at children can be ‘just as harmful as hitting them’
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After becoming a parent, qualified therapist Yasmin Shaheen-Jaffar decided it was finally time to break the “historical pattern” of abuse she had suffered as a child, rendering her “anxiety-ridden” in adulthood.

“Shouting can trigger violence. I was shouted at a lot as a child and it often turned into physical abuse. This made me grow up into quite a nervous adult, and also avoidant of conflict which has brought a whole host of issues I’ve had to overcome”.

Children suffering from verbal and physical abuse often develop a low self-esteem and self-image, and a negative worldview. But the consequences aren’t all psychological.

“This is really embarrassing to admit, but when I was shouted at as a child I would be so frightened that I would wet myself. This just caused me even more shame and made me feel like I couldn’t tell anyone. The fear paralysed me”.

When Yasmin became a parent herself, she felt it was important to stop shouting and instead foster a “healthy communicative relationship” with her child so that the pattern would never be repeated again. This decision was reinforced further when she suffered a personal loss.

“Someone very close to me committed suicide a few years ago. It made me realise within all that shouting that so often happens in everyday life – the real issues get buried. I think quite often the shouting ends up being a distraction”.

After committing herself to ending shouting and encouraging “healthy ways to have difficult conversations”, Yasmin launched World Let’s Stop Shouting Day in an effort to share her experience with parents on the effects shouting can have on their children.

“Children model their behaviour on the people around them. It’s not always easy, but if you don’t want your child to turn to shouting as a way of communicating, and everything that comes with it, you need to change your own behaviour first. It can feel impossible at times, but with some work it can be done”.

ABOUT WORLD LET’S STOP SHOUTING DAY

The World Let’s Stop Shouting awareness day’s focus is to open the conversation about the impact of aggressive and angry communication on our relationships and physical and mental health. Shouting, as a form of verbal abuse, can often be a trigger for more violent crimes and there should be greater encouragement for healthy debate.

More info here: www.LETSTOPSHOUTING.com

Frost meets Harley St At Home – what’s happening during the menopause by Alex Bannard Wellness and Wellbeing Editor

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Yesterday we met Nigel Denby, founder of Harley St at Home & in my eyes a pro-aging revolutionary. HSAH helped me so much, I want to share all I learned with you over the next few days. So today I explore what is the life changing transition that is the peri-menopause & menopause.

So what is happening during the menopause?

During the menopause oestrogen levels in a woman’s body are plummeting.  During peri-menopause these hormones are roller coasting & symptoms can appear for a woman from the top of her head to the tip of her toes.

A woman’s entire identity is controlled by oestrogen as it affects every cell & every system in her body. It affects her hair, her skin, the shape of her body, how her brain is operating, her emotions, her muscles density & bone strength. Oestrogen protects her heart, digestive system, vagina & urinary tract. Oestrogen also impacts the brain.

This completely resonates with me. I felt like I was going mad when my menopause symptoms were at their worst. The menopause literally changes women’s lives & in some cases it is destroying women’s lives.

There are  about 13m women,  apparently, experiencing peri & meno symptoms in the UK & 10% of them may well end up leaving or loosing their jobs or cutting their hours – all that amazing experience & expertise being lost because women just cannot cope with what these symptoms are doing to their lives.

Many women find t their personal relationships crumbling as their body & vagina change & libido drops off a cliff.

On average 75% of women gain 10kgs when they start their peri-menopause..

In short, oestrogen enables women to multi-task & juggle family, relationships, jobs so when this hormone takes a nose-dive it impacts every spect of a woman’s life.

Some other symptoms include: disruption in sleep; migraines & headaches; muscles pains & aches & restless legs; increase in urinary tract infections; IBS & digestive problems; dry eyes or drying of nasal passages; changes in the skin & hair including hair loss & itchy scalp; hot flushes & night sweats; gaining weight; brain fog, forgetfulness, apathy & lack of concentration; mental health issues; low mood, irritability & mood swings; muscle aches & pains; lack of energy …  on and on until we reach over 50 symptoms.

Do try your doctor, of course, but if you then feel that you need more  help  or support you could do as I did and explore further avenues – HSAH is the perfect place to start to build that all essential self-care toolkit which is such an integral part of navigating peri-meno, menopause and beyond.

Join me tomorrow to find out what is Harley St at Home & how it can help you or someone you love.

For 20% off membership for life type in FROST20

To find out more about Nigel & Harley St at Home check out these websites.

IG: menopause_dietician

nigel@nigeldenby.co.uk

Facebook group: Harley St at Home : Menopause

www.harleystathome.com

If you would like to practice yoga with Alex her YouTube channel offers free short classes for everyone & is available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQlKZJ7MeyYc6lqkv6seISw

Alternatively all of her classes are streamed on live on Zoom, for more information message her at alex@alexbannard.com

Free resources are also available on her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AlexBannardYogaMindfulness

And her website is www.alexbannard.com

Alex is based on the edge of the stunning Cotswolds & has been sharing her love for all things yoga & mindfulness for almost a decade, not just in the UK but also around the world. Her mission is to help everyone discover a more mindful way of living & to encourage them to embrace regular self-care practices for a happier & healthier way of being.