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Here Comes Summer
Here comes summer!

Here Comes the Summer!

By Jane Cunningham
  
One day we are basking in St Tropez temperatures, the next it’s like the North Pole. So, while we can’t trust the British weather, you can trust The Beauty Experts when we say that now is the time to get bods summer-ready and in tip top condition for more reliable stretch of sunshine.
  Lock steady
Lock Steady
The best thing you can do for your hair is lay off the straighteners. After a long, chilly winter, hair is leached of moisture anyway, and heat treatments literally parch your locks. However, we know perfectly well that there are millions of ‘straight’ addicts out there, because we love ‘em too, so we wouldn’t dare suggest giving them up for good! Think of Spring as a great time to have a mini break from the hot rods, while getting your curls back into some sort of order.

Conditioning is the key to putting moisture back and stopping brittleness or breaking, and intensive moisturising treatments will work wonders. We love Phyto Phytokarite Treatment Mask, that restructures very dry hair by boosting it from within with the very essentials it lacks. Containing Shea Butter, Cashew oils and hydrolyzed keratin, it leaves a protective, anti-oxidant layer over the hair shafts. Try this twice a week for a month, then sit back under the beach umbrella, and let others marvel at your glossy bob.
toll free Toll Free
After months of fashion instructed layering, it’s a bit of a shock when T-shirt weather beckons. It’s all too easy to neglect moisturising and skin conditioning routines when nobody can admire your efforts! However, while the great cover-up can take its toll on your skin, the good news is that it’s easy to get things back into shape. Everyone here is impressed with Strixaderm-MD Hexacomplex ST9 Body Cream - even if it’s a bit of a tongue-twister! Intensely anti-ageing, the formula uses peptides to strengthen skin fibres. We are more than pleased with the results that it has given on the chest, arms and thighs in reducing age spots, firming and toning the skin and of course, banishing stretch marks. Pass the low cut tops - this is going to be a cleavage-crinkle free Summer!

 

For all over body moisturising though, go heavy duty before the heat makes it impossible. Opt for creams packed with super-nourishers Shea Butter or Vitamin E, such as Rodial Body Repair, or L’Occitane Ultra Rich Body Cream, to really put back elasticity and suppleness while giving a gorgeous skin smoothing effect. Body moisturisers work more effectively – and you’ll notice smoother skin more quickly – if you exfoliate first. No-nonsense Dermalogica Exfoliating Body Scrub, does the job to perfection, sloughing away all the clingy old cells that get in the way of gleaming skin.

 
Smile More  
While we are all oh-so-over the Tom Cruise uber-bleached, bright-white grin, teeth still look much better with a little sparkle and taken up a shade or two. Tea, coffee, red wine and tobacco all play havoc with your natural tooth shade and as this happens over a long period of time, perhaps you haven’t even noticed. That’s what gives tooth whitening products the Wow Factor; noticeably whiter and brighter teeth immediately. Teeth White Immediate, uses a tray and bleach system and the very latest technology to give your smile the X factor. Five cartridges of whitening gel are included, which should last around 18 months.

In between treatments, keep the effects lasting for longer with Janina Opale Whitening Toothpaste, that uses enzymes rather than abrasion to keep pearlies dazzling. It tackles plaque, bacteria and gum disease, too. Of course, all this sexy Hollywood-style smiling needs a perfectly coloured pout – choose from the fabulous selection of glamorous high shine, lip plumping glosses from Too Faced. Our favourite shade? Lip Injection – Punch, of course!
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