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HOW I AM CURING MY INSOMNIA AND YOU CAN TOO! Hello! Welcome back to the "Sleeping Beauty" mini series where we have been looking at the many different aspects of sleep and why it often escapes us! If like me you are fed up with feeling permanently exhausted these tips will help you wake refreshed and ready to face your day with energy and oomph. Sounds great?  I have created a relaxing slide show for you with my TOP 10 Tips for getting yourself a great nights' sleep! I am practising them and believe it or not things are improving already.  Why not give them a go yourself and reap the benefits too? You might also like  How sleep changes through our lives and  The beauty benefits of a good nights' sleep . There are two more parts of this mini series to go! Wishing you a wonderful day and a refreshing sleep tonight, Namaste Janie S xxx

SLEEPING BEAUTY – PART 2 HOW SLEEP PATTERNS CHANGE THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES Cippow25 deviant art So, it’s 4am and you are staring at the ceiling knowing you are going to be awake for at least another hour. When you were a child you couldn’t ever wake up for school and had to be roused. What on earth has happened? Well of course life has interrupted us rudely! We have children, forged a career, worry about bills, get hot flushes/flashes…….no wonder we don’t sleep like a child. Many believe that fewer hours asleep is the price we pay for getting older and in part it is however, that doesn’t mean we can’t get a good few hours of refreshing sleep. How many hours do we need? Well 7 to 9 is probably optimum but in reality it is the amount of hours you need to wake up feeling alert and fresh without the aid of an alarm clock. In reality given the fast pace of life that probably doesn’t happen too often. Many of us are snatching just a few interrupted hours a night and despi...

Competition Time! Read on to win with Savvy ‘n’ Sassy! Hey there Savvy 'n' Sassy Girls! The sun is out and I have been busy filming today. I‘m in a generous mood so have bought a couple of goodies to share my happiness with you! You could win a gorgeous makeup bag, collagen lip mask and a travel size body firming cream by Whish! Entering the competition is super easy! Just follow the instructions below; I have placed a photo in the competition post on the Savvy 'n' Sassy Facebook Page . Look for the picture and let me know in the comments section of the post  what you think the photo is of. Like the Savvy 'n' Sassy page. CLUE! It is something I have used today for filming and is a mirror image. Closing date for the competition is 19th July 2017 at midday. Winner will be notified on the Savvy ‘n’ Sassy Facebook page here . Once you have entered the competition don’t forget to hop over to explore the Savvy 'n' Sassy websi...

Why Vitamin D is essential for good healthy ageing... Author: Janie Smith Copyright: Janie Smith If you would like to reproduce any part of this article please contact  Janie Smith The weather in the UK is superb at the moment, or at least it is here in London. Millions of us are baring our skin for the first time in months but not everyone is doing it safely. It is so easy to burn and that's not good! The sun however can have a positive effect on us human beings. A little sunshine is very beneficial. It is a source of the much discussed Vitamin D which is in fact a pre-hormone that can reduce the risk of certain cancers, absorb calcium, protect bones, help prevent type 2 diabetes by 80% and help prevent multiple sclerosis. We get 95% of our Vitamin D from the sun and it can be found in food like margarine and fortified cereals. Vitamin D has many other benefits to our health and well being, amongst them it: * reduces the chance of heart disease, ...

Our skin is precious - always love it! Author: Janie Smith Copyright: Janie Smith If you wish to reproduce any part of this article please contact  Savvy 'n Sassy Be savvy in the sunshine- top tips for choosing sunscreen! For most of us as soon as the sun shines our spirits soar and the world becomes a lovelier place. If like me you want to enjoy the sun but are not keen on turning into a shrivelled prune you need to protect yourself. There are so many choices out in the market, it can make choosing the right protection for yourself difficult. This article has been written to solve your problems! Sun Creams and Blocks 99% of skin cancers are linked to the sun's rays. Using the right sunscreen can help reduce the development of active keratosis which is the most common type of pre-cancer. They also reduce the risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The aim of a good sunscreen is to prevent excessive exposure to the sun's ...

Well, hello there and welcome to the blog today! Tips for flawless under eye concealer.... Today I am addressing that age old concern - under eye concealer. We all seem to be searching for that flawless under eye look and I am here to help you! First things first! You know that tale about a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow and that we all know it doesn't exist? Well guess what? nor does flawless concealer...not on any age! But don't despair! We have to accept that we are getting older and that we have texture under our eyes. Unless you go for surgery you aren't going to get super smooth under eye skin. Sorry! There isn't a cream out there that can do it for you , no matter how much hype skin care companies come out with! HOWEVER , there are some great tips and tricks that can help us get as close to flawless as possible. Grab yourself some eye cream, concealers and super fine powder and click here to see how to get the next best to fl...

silisponge or silly sponge? plus give away! is this the answer to applying foundation on mature skin? The Silisponge has been around for a few months now but as I am happy with applying my foundation with a sponge I hadn’t got around to trying one. Today I decided I had better give the Silisponge a whirl. I also have purchased an extra one to give away. Details are on my first impressions video here.   What is a Silisponge? To be frank, it is a piece of silicone that has been shaped to use as a makeup applicator. Personally, it looks to me like a chicken fillet for the bra of an eleven-year-old! What is so good about them? Well I guess the most obvious thing is that they are not absorbent. This makes them very easy to clean, it’s as simple as running it under a hot tap and a spritz of anti bacterial spray. Secondly the lack of absorbency means that you will use less of your expensive foundation. Is it a silly sponge? Tune in  HERE to see the ...

5 PENCE DIY ANTI-CELLULITE BODY SCRUB! easy peasy scrub to help eliminate cellulite! I hate cellulite, it is a bum deal! I know nearly everyone has it, and I have seen KK’s bum in an unedited photo so I know even slebs have it, but I still would rather it didn’t exist! I am pleased to see these photos out in public, and that she hasn’t had them removed from social media. I am no KK fan but she deserves a thumbs up! Of course, over 90% of women have it, large ly on their thighs and bum and upper legs. Even the gorgeous JLo has cellulite and she is a sex symbol. That must make us sex symbols too!   There are gazillions of potions on the market that simply put, do not work. Now, there is some encouraging research around, particularly by Mibelle. They have discovered in trials that to combat cellulite we need to get brown fat cells to burn the fat in white fat cells, ( thermogenesis ). It seems that there is a positive correlation between mustard seed, capsaicin...