Women’s Tips For Getting The Perfect Summer Body
April 21, 2011 in Food and Drink by Tim (eFit Author)
The birds are singing, flowers are poking up everywhere and the air has
definitely started to get warmer, yes spring is here. For women everywhere
this is going to mean digging out the summer wardrobe, all those little
summer dresses and dainty sandals and even the old bikini. Before you can
really wear that stuff with any confidence you need to your body ready and
here’s a few simple tips on making sure you look fabulous this summer.
If beauty is only skin deep you need to make sure that skin looks as
flawless as possible. Give your whole body a good exfoliate to remove all
those dead old skin cells that you’ve been hiding away over the cold winter
months. Once removed any unwanted hair get in the habit of applying a good
quality moisturiser to keep your skin soft, try using one that helps build
up a gradual looking tan to get sun kissed looking pins.
Start the season by treating yourself to a professional eyebrow shape to
give yourself something to work with over the next few months, all you’ll
need to do then is follow the shape with a pair of tweezers once a week to
keep them trim. No matter how little time you think you’re going to be
spending in the sun, make sure your moisturiser has built in sun protection,
almost all leading brands will have at least one product that has this. Try
not to hide your face away under layers of make up, natural is always much
sexier so just stick with the one basic cover rather than layers of creams
and powers.
Once you’ve got your skin looking and feeling great you need to move onto
your hair. Start by getting a good trim or if you feel like reinventing
yourself for the spring you could try a whole new look. If you want
something subtler try a few simple highlight to give your hair that natural
sun kissed look. To make sure your hair stays in top shape give it a deep
condition once a week and make sure you get it trimmed once every six weeks
to keep those split ends at bay. When you wash it always give it one final
rinse in lukewarm water to help give it an extra shine.
There’s not point looking amazing on the outside if you’re not looking just
as good on the inside. If you want to try and drop a few pounds to give
yourself that extra boost when you’re strutting your stuff on the beach that
fine but even if you’ve not looking to lose weight to tone anything up, the
spring is still a great time to evaluate your current diet and health regime
and at the very least try a mini detox.
The days are getting longer and most of you are getting up in the morning
and leaving work in the evening in sunshine. There’s really no need for a
gallon of rocket fuel coffee first thing at the moment. Instead, try
starting the day with a glass of warm water with lemon squeezed in to give
your digestive system a kick start and keep your immune system in top shape.
The spring also brings with it a much wider selection of fresh fruit and
vegetables. Swap a couple of your more unhealthy snacks for fruit and next
time you fancy having fries with your dinner try some roasting some thinly
cut carrots, sweet potatoes and parsnips instead. Swap the fizzy drinks for
water to really help your detox along and give the takeaways a miss for a
couple of weeks too.
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