January Blues

Hello fellow bloggers, firstly allow me to apologise for not blogging for ....well.....yonks! I've been so busy, either performing beauty treatments on my lovely clients or running beauty training days. Last year saw some chapters of my life close, so the entrepreneur in me, had a word with myself and told me to pick myself up and get on with things. So after taking advice from myself, I am now happily busy with my work and getting busier week by week.

The aim of my blogg is still unclear to me and the same goes for the direction in which I would like to take it...... The one thing I am clear on it that I am writing a work based blog, so its all about 'the topic' and this is subject to change, a reflection of my working week, as there are never two weeks the same. So if anyone who is not a novice like myself, feels like they would like to offer me any tips, all will be appreciated and welcome.

I've titled this blog 'January Blues'

This isn't just Representative of the general feeling that people have during the cold January winter, but also how our hands and lips look a lot of the time. So as my clients come into my treatment room, the first few words that are exchanged are similar to...."isn't it cold today". My eyes being very adjusted in recognising body parts and how they could be better cared for, instantly look at lips..... are they blue? are they cracked, do they look sore???

Then once I have assimilated this information and decided on a course of beauty action, I browse down to my clients hands, which tend to be blue and red like their lips. With this in mind, once my clients are relaxed and snuggled under the beauty beds duvet ready for their treatment, I offer a 'complimentary' hand massage with the beautiful bergamont and mint Neals Yard Remedies hand lotion. Instantly my clients hands look nourished, feel softer, have more of a natural skin glow rather than a blue and red chapped look. This extra care will help sooth the skin and allow it to cope with the harsh weather.

Then during or towards the end of their treatment, I bathe my clients lips in Neals Yard Remedies lip balm, its so luxurious and helps to nourish the skin on the surface and locks in the lips moisture. Its like a barrier in many respects, as lips don't have sweat glands therefore they tend to always be quite dry. We forget our lips and hands, and they are 2 areas that people will always look at and very rarely covered up.

So take a moment when your standing at the bus stop, in January. Look down at your hands and see if they resemble what I've written today in this blog. Then sneak your mirror out of your make-up bag (hopefully it wont steam up immediatly) and check out your lips..... if you have lipstick on then you wont necessarily see the natural colour, but you may feel that your lips are rough. Now you know what to do, go on line and find a local Neals Yard Consultant near to you, book for her to visit you and buy yourself some of there amazing products. They are all affordable and are organic too, so packed full of essential oils and not full of synthetics and preservatives.

Hope you enjoyed todays thoughts 8)