This Shrove Tuesday make your pancake work for your skin by adding the right fruits. Adding extras such as syrup, butter, whipped cream, sauces, powder sugar and fruit can all add to additional unnecessary calories. Fruit is the healthiest extra from this list. Using whole fruits are better than those covered in a sugary fruit syrup. To further reduce unwanted calories which not try a light syrup instead of the regular syrup. A low sugar or sugar-free jam can also help.

Antioxdant rich fruits such as blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and plums contain. Antioxidants, particularly flavonoids neutralise free radicals cause damage to skin cells. Rich coloured natural foods contain antioxidants. Cherries, red grapes, oranges, lemons and limes count, too, however they contain fewerantioxidants.

Papaya can help firm and prevent sagging of your skin. It contains antioxidants, beta-carotene, vitamin C, flavonoids, folate, potassium, magnesium and fiber. Vitamin C is essential inthe production of collagen. Collagen is a protein that provides skin with structure,firmness and strength.

Fiber promotes a healthy digestive system which helps clear out toxins. It may also help prevent toxins from even reaching your skin by simply moving them through your intestines and ushering them out as waste. Naturally sweet fruits such as pears, dates, apples, blueberries and bananas, are full of fiber, and can fulfill that craving for processed sugar. Sugar encouranges inflammation, which can cause skin damage.

Avocado is good for dry skin. Avocados are high in monounsaturdated (“good”) fats.which are play a vital role in moisturising your skin and replace oils that ordinarily are washed away from your daily cleansing routine.

So now that you have improved your skin from the inside, compliment your diet by applying Environ’s vitamin rich creams such as the AVST range and C Boost. For more advice on how these can help you, please contact one of our expert therapists.

Click here to see how other ingredients can help make a tasty healthy treat.

Beauty Moments’ skin specialists offer a variety of treatment options to aid their clients’ skin care concerns. Whether you suffer from dry, mature skin which requires exfoliation and hydration, or you have acne which needs deep cleaning and healing, by adding a regular facial peel to your skincare routine will provide you with superior results that you have always longed for.

There are such a wide variety of peels available now, from microdermabrasion to ultra-sonic peeling to Glycolic peels and more harsh chemical peels such as TCA (Tricholracetic Acid) it can becoming very confusing to choose the right one. The reason for the popularity of a peel in more recent years is they provide instant visible results. More mature clients can enjoy an instant reduction in lines and wrinkles. Clients in their 20s can instantly receive a more fresh complexion.

Peels are chemical mixtures that are applied to the skin to enable exfoliation. Peels were first introduced for acne scarring in 1930s, which were very strong and irritating formulations. However nowadays much more gentle concentrations of acid are used, i.e. they are much safer.

The peels carried out by professional therapists at Beauty Moments are known as “Superficial Peels”. Regular receiving these supericial peels speeds up the rejuvenation of the skin by removing dead skin cells from the outer most layer in a safe and professional environment. The peel can be applied to thick, rough, sun-damaged skin to gradually improve the deep penetration of active ingredients from your homecare products into the deeper layers of the skin. In other words, having regular peels improves the efficiency of your homecare creams.

Acne responds very well to peeling, which can also sterilise the eruptions that occurs in this condition, without causing further damage to surrounding skin tissue. Vitamin A found in creams such as Environ’s AVST range will aid rapid healing when combined with a chemical peel.

A facial peel is also very effective in the treatment for dryness, sun-damage, dehydration, irregular pigmentation and even sagging of the skin.

For more information on peels or any other treatment on offer, and which would be best suited for your skin’s health and beauty, speak to one of our specialist therapists directly on 020-8777-4343.

Christmas Gift Packs Available (UP TO 50% OFF!)

We have many many many more special offers and gift sets in stock now!

This year we are stocking the limited edition Christmas Gift Box from Environ which has a winter-white and silver lettered box, tied with a shimmery Clementine orange ribbon and includes the following products:

  • AVST
  • cleansing lotion
  • AVST moisturising toner
  • AVST moisturiser
  • AVST hydrating exfoliant masque (included for FREE)
  • evanescence C-Boost (included for FREE)

New Product Announcement: Using the right C-quence

If you want a rich creamy lotion that effectively conditions, nourishes and hydrates your skin, then Environ’s new C-quence cleanser is for you!

The Environ C-quence cleanser both adds moisture and cleanses, to leave your skin soft, supple and refreshed.  Key ingredients include Jojoba and olive oil extracts, hydrolysed oats and pro-vitamin B5 fortify both the moisturising and soothing effects of this luxurious cleanser.

This Environ C-quence cleanser lotion removes make-up and daily impurities easily and effectively without stripping the nature oils from the skin by maintaining your skin’s normal acid balance and its nature water proofing barrier.

OPI Christmas Gift Packs

10 of OPI’s most coveted colours have been put together in a cute gift set.  Colours include popular OPI polishes such as Alpine Snow and Lincoln Park After Dark.  This is the best of the OPI’s best gift set comprising ten 3.75ml mini bottles to keep you and your girlfriends (that is if you want to share them) merry for the entire festive season.

Jane Iredale’s Chocoholicks are back!


Due to high demand Jane Iredale have now brought back a new edition of one of their best-selling lip products, Chocoholicks!  These 4 indulgent chocolate truffle flavours are presented in a palette that resembles a sumptuous chocolate bar, also featuring a retractable lip brush.  This is one item in your handbag that defies the famous saying “a minute on the lips…”Yum! (Just be sure not to mix it up with your actual chocolate bar).

Natiltiques

Buy two products and get three more for free! (Cheapest three products are free)

This year’s Nailtiques Christmas Gift pack is in stock now:

CACI – Non surgical solutions

If it’s good enough for the stars, then it’s definitely good enough for you.  See what the latest stars to have the CACI non surgical treatment are saying:

“The CACI is amazing” – Jennifer Lopez Actress & Singer


“If you have a party to look perky for… try a course of CACI facials to plump skin and diminish fine lines.” – Martine McCutcheon Actress

“Since I started having CACI my skin feels much tighter and I can definitely see the difference.” – Gillian Taylforth Actress

“My top beauty tip is a facial treatment called CACI.  Once you’ve had a few session you look like you’ve have a facelife.” – Michelle Collins Actress

“I’m a total beauty junkie.  I’ve just discovered CACI facials, which stimulate your facial muscles to tone your skin.” – Lisa Snowdon Model & Presenter

1) Book 1 hour facial to receive 25% off a facial for your partner and a Thalgo Look Good Hydrating & Anti-fatigue product FREE (worth £30.00).

2) Deluxe Manicure, Mini Facial, Eyebrow Shape – SAVE £7.50!

(All treatments are to be enjoyed in one appointment.)

3) Free file & varnish with every 1 hour facial booked.

4) Body Beautiful: Purchase 1 x EssentiA Oil and receive FREE OF CHARGE an AVST Hydrating Lotion (worth £19.95).
Want to enjoy the sunshine this summer! Well then this is the one for you. Refine and hydrate dry and rough skin with AVST Hydrating Lotion leaving the body smooth and soft. When used with EssentiA oil, it is particularly effective as a preparation for treating excessive sun damage on the body. Skin appears more youthful and is firmer and tauter when both products are used.

Offer ends 31st July 2010