Start autumn with a burst of health and energy

The arrival of autumn can affect our mood for a number of reasons: temperatures drop, days get shorter and we go back to our routines. We can find it hard to accept that summer has ended and this can ...

Mens sana in corpore sano

We often ask ourselves what impact looking after ourselves has on our health and what beneficial psychological and mental effects it has. I’m sure you’ve heard the famous quote from Roman poet Juvena...

Cellulite and the keys to fighting it

Why is it that when the time comes to set foot on the beach, we're overcome by bikini fear? The dreaded cellulite is to blame for our insecurities: for many of us, having our thighs and glutes out in ...

Excessive sweating: causes and remedies

Everybody sweats, some more than others. Sweating is a completely natural bodily function. We sweat when it’s hot or when we exercise: our ecrine sweat glands produce and release a salty, transparent ...

Pamper your body in summer

The higher temperatures and the changes in our routine and diet are an invitation to enjoy the long-awaited summer. However, they can also mean we take less care of our physical appearance. Holidays, ...

Loose facial skin: tips to delay its onset

Laugh lines, wrinkles, dehydration, blemishes, losing facial definition… these are some of the indicators that facial skin is beginning to lose its elasticity and smoothness. From the age of 30, the f...

Is our skin a reflection of our pace of life?

It is said that the face is the mirror to the soul. Once you learn about the number of connections between the skin and the nervous system you can understand this old proverb. This relationship is ...

Managing stress

Life’s ups and downs often catch us out, as if we were living scenes in a film, which are sometimes too melodramatic and end up affecting our everyday lives. That is when we become trapped in a viciou...

Firming up the skin: cellulitis

Although the term "cellulitis" refers specifically to a skin infection, we know it as "orange peel skin", closely related to the loss of skin firmness as well as the accumulation of fatty material in ...

5 tips for caring for menopausal skin

The menopause is defined as the permanent ending of menstruation and it has direct physiological effects on a woman’s body, since the production of oestrogen stops as a result of a decline in the foll...

The inconveniences of sweating and how to compensate for them

Sweating is part of a bodily process called perspiration, a highly variable but completely natural response to high temperatures, physical activity or emotional stress. Sweating is essential in con...

Sport and heat: a dangerous combination?

It’s a beautiful day out and you’re got a bit of time to go and practice your favourite sport. But you don’t realise how hot it is and after the first few minutes of exercise, your legs start to feel ...