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WE MAY BE IN THE DEPTHS OF WINTER BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S TIME TO GET A CHILL. FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO STAY ON TOP FORM AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS.
If you feel overly tired or your throat feels sticky, pump up your vitamin C intake—but stop if your stools get loose.
Foods such as spinach, pumpkin seeds and eggs are ideal immunity boosters. Also, stock up on fruit and veg that is red, as it is rich in vitamin C.
Burning the candle at both ends lowers your body’s ability to fight infection. Make sure you have at least one day a week of proper rest.
Colds attack dehydrated bodies, so make sure you’re getting at least two litres of water a day. Remember: tea and coffee only count for half a glass. Try herbal infusions instead, such as honey and lemon, or dandelion coffee.
If your colleagues start dropping like flies, you could be next. Steer clear of sneezers in the office!
Smoking depletes vitamin C, leaving you open to viruses. If you do smoke, make sure you top up with supplements.
Stay smooth-skinned, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed amid the Christmas season of excess… and let the wine make you beautiful.
Bumble and Bumble
www.bumbleandbumble.com
New York-based hair care company Bumble and bumble has always known what’s the best hairdo, even in the holiday season. Accordingly, it is offering two product kits especially designed for peace and goodwill towards hair. The Light Kit (€64.99) offers a styling lotion, shine lotion, and classic hairspray that’ll keep your do in place and shiny for egg nog-fuelled dances, and the Peace Kit’s tonic shampoo, tonic lotion, and sumotech, a paste/wax hybrid, (€53.78,  pictured) ensure that your hair looks good under-the-mistletoe.
Bliss Energizing Mask
€41 www.blissworld.com
Mercifully, those lovely people at bliss have created the “take-out” version of their famous facial. With a flash-acting mask that delivers a shot of oxygen, a dose of vitamin C, a smattering of anti-free radicals, and a moisture fix to spiff you up when your skin’s feeling flat, this is a must-have. Try the Hangover Herbie treatment at their London spa too.
 Udderly Smooth lotion
from €5 www.notjustforcows.co.uk
What do snowball fights, open fires and office party snogs have in common? They can all lead to dry chapped skin! The Christmas period with its excess of booze and winter winds is particularly unkind on the complexion, but help is at hand with a new range of lotions from Udderly Smooth. These cow-print creams make perfect stocking fillers.
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