How to Beat the Winter Blues

Winter brings with it many fun and exciting prospects for some, snow, christmas and for most time of school and work.Not to mention all the delicious foods and spices that are usually only available around the christmas season. But winter does not come without its draw backs, frizzy hair, dry elbows, cracked lips. If your anything like me you hate cracked lips and dry elbows, it drives me insane. My hair is naturally frizzy, so that doesnt bother me. Here is my list of winter SOS items..

A good lipbalm is essential all through the year, even more so during winter. Ideally you should use plain vaseline for your lips. but I hate the thick gloopy feeling, the smell and the taste.

About a year ago, I went on a school trip to a little village that I can't even remember the name of. It was snowy and freezing and I didn't bring a lipbalm. My lips cracked so bad that they bled in several spots. The village had two shops literally, neither carried lipbalms. Lipbalm has been my best friend ever since. My two favourites are......


Lip Therapy with Rose and Almond Oil Vaseline Rosy Lips £1.99 for 20g tin This is much lighter, thinner and all round much better that standard vaseline. I use this lipbalm all year round and I love it. Its light and silky, my lips have never been softer. I mean it. It gives you that nice, moisturized lip feeling without being greasy. It smells really nice and it has a slight rosy tint. Its tasteless which I completely love. And it comes in a cute, easy to carry with you little tin.

Nivea Lip Care SOS Lip Balm £3.20-£3.50 for 10ml tube. This is called SOS lip balm as it cant be used everyday. Its too thick and heavy. It has the same cosistency as a body butter/cream. I use it  when my lips are really cracked and dry or at night so I wake up with soft lips. You cannot use this as an everyday lipbalm! But its great when your lips are in bad condition! (Just to be clear)

For cracked/dry elbows, knees and feet you need a nice rich cream and I have two favourites.....

Johnson's Body Care 24hour Moisture Body Cream with Shea Butter 200ml (Sorry I'm unsure of the price, it was under £5 though) I like this cream because its thick and rich without being oily because its a water based cream. Its absorbed into the skin quickly, so you don't have that horrible greasy feeling on your skin. I naturally have very dry elbows, if I forget to cream them just once they will feel like a pumice stone. This cream is actually a life saver. I rub it in once a day and I have nice silky elbows. I would reccomend this all year round but its especially great in winter.

Sorry for the bad picture, it was taken on my webcam.

Body Shop Shea Body Butter £5.00 for 50ml
This is thick and creamy, I don't use it every day as it take its timevto be absorbed. You are left with the greasy skin feeling, but when it is finally absorbed your skin is so intensivley moisturized its unbelievable. I only buy this one at winter as I think its too heavy for the rest of the year.

You need to keep your hands sensuously soft during winter, there is nothing worse that scaly hands :/ I have two products for keeping my digits in perfect condition.....

Nivea SOS Relief Body Lotion with Calendula Oil 200ml (Unsure of price) This light and silky, just rub a drop into your hands and they are left feeling soft not greasy. I don't like the smell at all, it smells kind of chemically. But I guess that doesn't matter unless you plan to be sniffing your hands.

Burts Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Creme £4 for 17g  This isn't an essential for everyone, it depends on the overall condition of your nails generally.My nails get in pretty poor condition during winter, so its an essential for me. Just massage this into your cuticles then along the length of your nails. To keep your nails at their best during winter apply this cuticle creme, then coat with a clear gloss and don't ever cut your cuticles.

Hair loves to a pain during the winter months, especially mine. I am mixed, so the unusual texture of my hair hates the cold and turns into an instant ball of frizz, that resembles an afro. My favourite product for helping control the frizz is...

Schwarzkopf Gliss Hair Repair Liquid Silk Express Repair Conditioner £1.99 at savers £4.99 else where To cut that stupidly long name short its basically a leave in conditioner. On the bottle it doesn't actually mention anything about frizz control but thats exactly what it does for me. Just roughly towel dry your hair, spray this on damp hair, the leave to dry naturally, when totally dry brush through your hair. This is amazing.

The best advice I can give for your hair during winter is..... Only wash it three/four times a week. That will help reduse the frizz and inbetween washes you can use a dry shampoo like....

Superdrug Dry Shampoo Away with the Fairies £1.99 for 150ml Just spray it into dry hair and it will look freshly washed, smell delicious (like berries) and feel soft and silky.

I hope you enjoyed this post and I hope I didn't ramble on :)

Remember your beautiful :)

Celina x

(I would just like to say, I am in no way affiliated with any brands mentioned (or any brand), Any views or opinions expressed are mine alone. I am not trying to sell you these products although I would suggest them for winter care.)