Look good: the all-natural way

Ugh – the alarm is buzzing and you’ve got that 6am feeling. Tired, groggier than a drunken pirate, limper than a deceased jellyfish and with skin drier than an arid desert – this is going to be an awful day.
And your bathroom mirror tells the same story. Your hair is Neanderthal, your skin is patchy and dry, while your eyes are baggier than a chronic insomniac’s. This is going to take a whole load of cosmetics.
But hold onto your horses there. You don’t need fistfuls of makeup to look good. All you need is to be a little healthier. Which is exactly why we’ve put together these tips to make you look great – without endless cosmetics.
Let’s get mineral
Animal, vegetable or mineral? Well, when it comes to putting things on your face, mineral is your best bet. With mineral powder makeup you can make your skin look healthier in an instant. And, unlike traditional cosmetics, those friendly minerals won’t “cake” you in the stuff, providing you with a lighter and more natural tone.
Use this concoction regularly and you’ll find that your skin is less prone to spots and blemishes. It could improve your appearance in a matter of weeks.
Make things watery
Do you live on a diet of Coke, black coffee and Red Bull? Then that pasty complexion is easily explained. Indeed, dehydration is the mother of bad skin, but it’s easily resolved. If you increase your water consumption to the recommended eight glasses of water a day, you’ll lend your pores a healthy glow and less pallid features.
With more water, the blood flows more rapidly, adding a healthy vivaciousness to your skin. So replace that coffee for water and you’ll be looking ace – the natural way.
Make food that’s good
Your diet, like your water consumption, should be more finely tuned than a Formula One car. With fewer greasy foods, takeaways and a more calorific diet of fruit, veg and carbohydrates, you’ll find your health increasing – and that slobbish morning wakeup won’t be such a chore.
For skin and hair in particular, oily foodstuffs like fish are a must. Combine that with the rest of your diet – ideally, as healthy and balanced as you can make it – and you’ll be able to replace that dodgy morning wakeup with an abundance of pep.
Let’s get physical
It’s always so tempting to loll around on the settee like a sloth on a busman’s holiday, but it’s extremely bad for you. In fact, here’s a quote from national newspaper The Guardian: “The more time you spend sitting, the greater the chances of dying from heart disease or cancer, having a stroke or becoming diabetic.”

So there you go – not only will getting up and doing exercise make you look better, it could extend your life. So wake up and head for the gym for a natural way to look healthy.