Annee's tips for avoiding puffy eyes in the party season!

We've all woken up with puffy eyes after a late night the night before. Well all is not lost! You can help reduce the puffiness with a few quick actions by following my morning tips:

1. Drink Nettle Tea - it really does help drain excess fluid
2. Get your circulation moving as soon as you wake up by taking ten good slow and deep breaths and then jumping around the room for several minutes
3. Stimulate the lymphatic system with a massage using acupressure, or if time is really short, at least two minutes 'tapping massage' around the eye socket area. With one hand over each eye, use the middle or third finger to tap firmly and rapidly around the whole of the eye socket. Press your thumbs under the brow arch in the inner corner of the eye to drain the lymph system and hold for a minute.

Emergency tips!

Lie on the bed and apply a cool compress for at least ten minutes with your eyes closed.

Two ways to make a cool compress:

1. Make up some green tea as normal. Allow it to cool slightly. Pour it into an ice cube tray and freeze. When you need it, wrap a cube in muslin or cotton wool and use as a compress alternating between each eye.
2. Use two cold wet tea bags (put them in the fridge) of chamomile or green tea, or cotton pads soaked in rosewater and use as compresses.

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 Skin SOS for the Party Season

Start now to prepare for the party season by building on a strong foundation and help speed up the detox process.

As a first step, humidify your bedroom. A humidifier in the bedroom is the ultimate answer to replenish some of the lost humidity while you sleep. If you don’t want to splash out on an electric appliance, place pretty saucers filled with pebbles near your radiators, and keep topped up with water and these will have a similar effect.

Step two, boost your oxygen intake and sleep with the window slightly open.

Step three, start each morning with a glass of warm water and squeeze of lemon. Drinking plays havoc with our skin and liver and this is a great way to begin getting that sluggish liver into action.

And finally, increase your antioxidant intake. You can do this in many different ways, but some of the easiest ways are by including blueberries in your diet, or drinking green or rooibos tea!

If you start following these Skin SOS tips, you'll be all set to enjoy the party season whilst at the same time protecting your skin! 

5 things to avoid in Autumn

1. Dampening foods like wheat and bread and cow products. Use sheep or goat products instead.
2. Challenging your immune system unnecessarily – remember to take an extra layer with you such as a cardi or wrap, even if it feels warm. Typically people are dressing like it’s still summer because the sun still has warmth during the high point of the day. However, the evenings rapidly turn cool and it’s easy to get caught out!
3. Avoid clutter and congestion in every area of your life.
4. Bearing a grudge – open up and let it go.
5. Getting stuck in the same routine, try changing it!

Autumn Priorities

This is the time to practice breathing properly because it balances the emotions and clears the mind.  Start the day with eight full breaths, to energise your body and brain!

It's time to let go of relationships or things that are no longer serving you. Releasing them creates space where new invigorating things can come into your life.

Introduce pungent flavours into your diet such as ginger or horseradish, because they stimulate the lungs and large intestine.

Activities for Autumn require control and proper use of the breath, so cardiovascular exercise is fabulous but not in excess.

Keep hydrated – the moisture of the humid summer gives way to autumn dryness. So drink tea or room temperature water to help your body remain hydrated as well as eating soup – a nourishing, wholesome, all-encompassing meal-in-one which is warming and helps with hydration.

This is a great time to start boosting your immune system. We call it ‘strengthening your protective qi’, which lessens head colds during the winter.

Get enough sleep. Sleep is regenerative and keeps the immune system strong.

Decrease stress. Stress depletes our immune system, so find something that works for you. I do some meditation and yoga, but something as simple as laughing works! Or art, enjoying time with friends and family, and gardening are a few suggestions.

Sunburn solutions

Spending a nice summer weekend outdoors is always well-intentioned summer activity. No matter how careful we tend to be, though, sometimes we just miss spots or don’t apply enough and it all goes wrong and its never nice if you have ended up with a painful sunburn. Prevention is always best

Here’s a few things that help soothe your skin, prevent peeling and heal sun damage.

Aloe. It’s the age-old remedy for treating sunburns – and for good reason – so keep a bottle on hand or better still keep fresh aloe in your kitchen. Put some in the fridge and apply when needed to the skin to soothe sunburn and prevent peeling.

Vinegar. Not my favourite summer smell, but if you put white or apple cider vinegar in a spray bottle and mist onto a sunburn, it can help to prevent unsightly blisters and peeling.  If the smell is just too much mix a solution of 1 part water and 1 part vinegar and spray on sunburned skin before bed.

Tea. The tannic acids that occur naturally in tea are a great remedy for sun-damaged skin. Steep a pot of black tea and cool it in the refrigerator before applying it to the burn using a compress or just press the tea bag directly onto the skin. It will help reduce inflammation, decrease redness and promote healing.

Cucumbers. Fresh cut cucumber cools, hydrates and soothes the skin making this an ideal remedy for sensitive skin or sunburned lips. Just cut refrigerated cucumber slices and apply directly to the skin!

Potatoes. The starch from a grated potato can help soothe a burn when applied directly to skin so either grate a raw, cold potato and place in a cheese cloth to apply or just apply fresh cut slices directly to your skin.