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Age-Proofing Your Eyesight – 3 Ways to Preserve Your Vision
It is common for people’s vision to worsen as they age. Various age-related conditions can affect your eyes, such as cataracts, macular degeneration, and glaucoma. While these are certainly more common in those over 50, developing vision problems as you age is not an inevitable reality of life. Read on for some tips for preserving your eyesight into your later years. Stop Smoking Current and former smokers are up to four times more likely than non-smokers to develop age-related macular degeneration, one of the leading forms of blindness globally. The risk of getting this condition remains high even when people haven’t smoked for up to 20 years. However, quitting smoking…
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5 Summer Beauty Regime Essentials
Unsplash Summer is the perfect time to re-think your beauty regime. During the summer your skin needs lots of TLC, the perfect excuse to try a few new products. To help you make the right choices, let’s consider a few summer beauty regime essentials, from gentle cleansers to homemade face masks. 1. Use gentle cleansers During the summer you won’t need such a heavy cleanser, if you’re using an oil or cream you might want to switch to a light foaming cleanser. When you’re choosing a cleanser, these considerations may come in handy. If your skin is oily you may benefit from a cleanser that contains lactic acid, light-gel-based cleansers…
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Preparing For Family Members To Visit Once More
*This is a collaborative post, however all thoughts are my own. The UK government is on track to loosen lockdown restrictions even further over the next couple of months, which means that visiting and planning days out with family members is going to be at the top of many family’s priority list. It’s been so long since we have been able to attend events and trips out with family and friends, but now that the possibility is on the horizon, it’s time to start planning. For some families, it’s a chance for them to spend more quality time with poorly relatives and provide entertainment and fun for vulnerable friends or…
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I bought a weighted hula hoop!
You guys, I bought a weighted hula hoop…obviously I have been spending way too much time on TikTok! I watched a ton of TikTok videos and convinced myself that I needed a ‘snatched’ waist for my wedding in November. So after spending something like an hour going through the #weightedhulahoop hashtag, I then spent another hour trying to find one somewhere that had weighted hula hoops in stock. It took a while. It seems the weighted hula hoop trend is still really popular and even Argos, Decathlon, JD Sports etc were all out of stock. Amazon had a few listed, but they were way more expensive and none of them…
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Staying Fit During Lockdown: 3 Top Tips For Feeling More Motivated During A Home Workout
*Collaborative post. Since the pandemic forced the closure of gyms, many of us have had to switch up our workouts and learn how to take back control of our health and wellbeing. For some, working out from home has turned out to be a more enjoyable experience than going to the gym, but others are counting down the days until gyms open up again. Just like many of us need to be in the office to get us in the right headspace for work, the gym can have a similar motivational effect on people. Just the act of driving to the gym and seeing others working out can give you…
