Not many people know that I am 33 year old, (last month sigh.. )…I know, I am very lucky that I don’t look my age. I have been asked many times, what do I do and I promised to write this post. So, here you go I have compiled advices on how to look afetr your skin in your 30s and look like a fresh 20s 🙂

1. Drink water. I always try to drink at least 1litre of water a day. I know it’s recommended more, but physically I just can’t! If you can’t drink plain water like me, it’s worth to look into fruit bottles. I tried this citrus zinger and is a lifesaver as you not only top up a water but also get extra fruit vitamins!

2. Herbal & detox teas. I usually try to drink these as a supplement of the water I can’t drink. My favorite is green tea, chamomile and peppermint tea. I also love to try any new taste of these like strawberry green tea or beauty teas. I also drink detox tea’s. I have previously talked about benefit of skinny tea’s and now I tried the detox one and honestly it helps my skin so much. I love this Ortte tea, I was recently send to try.

3. Quit smoking. I used to smoke when I was a teenager and since everyone knows it’s hard I actually quit smoking for 5 years! I no longer smoke throughout the day but I am guilty of ‘’social smoking’’ while on a night out but since is like once or twice a month I am really hoping to even quit that! I think, this was a huge factor of my skin being in a much better condition now.
4. Avoid alcohol as much as you can. Again, I am not an angel and everyone knows I love prosecco. However, this perhaps is the only drink you will catch me with. I never drink at home. Some people enjoy a glass of red or white in the evening and I simply don’t. It’s very rare and must be a special occasion where you will see me posting a selfie with a glass. Perhaps, it happens twice a year, that I was enjoying a bath with a glass. I think social drinking once a month definitely helps to keep your skin younger, than drinking a glass of red every night.
5. Smoothies. I can’t even stress how much I love them! I drink at least once smoothie a day. It’s either veggie or fruit one, depends on of my mood.
6. Face mask every Saturday. (well my chosen day by pick any day!) This became my routine now. I use 4 different face masks a month, so I always make sure my skin gets moisturized or clean.

7. Face peeling. Before applying mask I use peelings, always! It helps get your skin ready for your mask!
8. No, makeup days. I have probably 80% of this per week. I only wear makeup if I go out. Any other day, I keep my skin make up free and just make sure it’s moisturized. That’s all.
9. Face toner and makeup remover. I always remove all makeup before sleep and use a toner to make sure skin is cleaned properly. This is so important. I am very guilty of nights when I was too tired and despite my pillow looked like someone been murdered, then next day it was 100% wake up with a spot on my face. Gross!
10. Face massage. After each mask, I always try to do a 10min face massage. I just use my palms and gently tap my cream for 10 min massaging my skin.
11. Using natural products like strawberries, cucumber, or even tea bags as skin care. When I got a minute during a week, I always try to chop a strawberry and use this as mask or cucumber on my eyes. This is my mum’s method and believe me, she had already me and my brother and she looked like she had siblings in push pram!
12. Allowing my skin go oily.  I don’t know what it is with it, but it’s something I was told years before by my beautician and she advised not to over clean skin or put too many products. I apply cream in the morning, and wait until evening to remove and clean my skin. I don’t do it multiple times throughout the day. Sometimes, I had events where I had to wake up early and go to multiple events, changing my makeup few times and I noticed, that multiple times cleaning my skin only make it dry.
13. Quality makeup. At this age, you shouldn’t really buy cheap makeup anymore. At this age, you should really pay attention to ingredients of your makeup as well. Recently, contouring is very popular and I love Iconic London cream contour palette, but again don’t overuse it! It can clogs pores and make you look older instead. I really apply my makeup very gentle and having less makeup makes me look younger, not the other way round!

14. Clean your makeup brushes. At least once a week. A lot of bacteria can stay on your makeup brushes and cleaning them once a week you keep your skin cleaner, therefore looking younger! Ah same applies for a beauty blender!
15. Eat well & exercise. This perhaps is very obvious but some people don’t realize how much difference can bring having a healthy porridge with fruits than bacon bap from Greegs! Also, I exercise 10min every day!I know, it’s not much, but it’s enough for me to start a day and if feel I need more, I just do. I am not a fitness fanatic but I do yoga regularly at home.

16. Top up your vitamins. I also take vitamins to help my skin. I often work late hours and there are days where I feel under the weather. Vitamins helps me especially though those days, where I have event after event and run like crazy all day, not having a time for a proper meal. My favorite is Seven Seas, I was sent this as trial and love it!

17. Avoid sunbed. Seriously. These days you have so many amazing brands like Black Magic tan, so you don’t need to damage your skin with ultraviolet lamps! If you can avoid at all, your skin will say thank you! Also, fake tan these day’s it’s far from the orange streaks results we remember from back years, I have been using all the time, and I am being kept ask if I have been on holiday. Fake tans these days, contain moisturizing oils and some of them smell really nice. (no, not the sweaty fake tan smell I’m talking about, forget that – that’s a past!)

18. Avoid too many coffees. One coffee a day is enough. I learned this a hard way. I never drank coffee and then I started working in an office and drank 3-4 cups a day including sugar and milk. My skin never looked worse like during these days! Since I am working from home, I very rare have a coffee and mostly just to take some shots ;p my skin improved soo much it’s unreal. I am recently drinking Skinny Coffee and it’s really great as it helps me loose weight at the same time! Bonus!