For December 23rd honey is a perfect skin saver. If you’re feeling a little fraught before the big day, honey is quite frankly a superfood and helps the body inside and out. For stressed flaking or dry, cracked skin honey offers fantastic healing benefits. It contains many vitamins and minerals that benefit the skin, and is one of the best-known humectants, materials that hold skin moisture. You can even apply a little to your lips to relieve chapped skin. Additionally its high potassium content makes it almost impossible for bacteria to survive in and it also contains a germ-killing substance called inhibine, which helps prevent infection. Perfect on a piece of toast! Yum.
So, if you can, find time for a lovely soak in a lavender bath. It might be the best twenty minutes of your day. Lavender derives its name from the Latin ‘lavare’ “to wash” and a lavender bath before bed may help reduce insomnia and provide a peaceful night’s sleep. It also has stress-relieving properties and, crucially for us runners, is well known for pain relief. Use a high quality essential oil to reduce stress and create calm just before bedtime. A little present for yourself perhaps, lovely!
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