In my recent article and video about how to stop ageing your skin, I mentioned sleep as one of the lifestyle factors that hugely impacts how your skin looks. It’s called Beauty Sleep for a reason Below, Shabir Daya, pharmacist at Victoria Health, takes a look at the impact of lack of sleep on our skin and hair.
Stop ageing your skin: 5 healthy habits for a natural glow
As I’ve always maintained, beauty starts from within. So many of us are focused on treatments and tweakments that work on the outside, and that’s ok, but it needs to be done on a good foundation. Tweakments need to start on the inside It’s about tweaking our lifestyle to reduce inflammation and keep our cells hydrated and plumped. Here are …
When holistic skincare goes high-tech
Does holistic skincare align with high-tech gadgetry? Absolutely, according to veteran skin expert Lisa Harris. She says needles are no longer necessary and uses a method called electroporation, which delivers actives into the skin without needles. Although trained in every aspect of skin treatments, she now never uses needles. Lisa works in a way that protects the skin microbiome and …
Vertigo: symptoms, treatment & natural remedies
Do you think of vertigo as merely being the fear of heights? Of getting butterflies when near the edge of a mountain or a tall building? While that’s certainly a version of vertigo, there’s another version that’s connected to the inner ear and it’s surprisingly common. It often comes on with age and can be quite debilitating, with feeling like …
How ARK Skincare got saved
A few years ago I discovered ARK skincare and loved it so much I added it to the Ageless Shop. It ticked all the boxes of what I was looking for. As my skin aged I needed products with more active ingredients but that were not laden with chemicals. It was therefore a huge shock when they suddenly announced they …
My Cool Laser journey (Part 2)
Today you can see the next part of my Cool Laser journey. You will find out how my skin reacted after sessions two and three. And you will see the results about a month after finishing all three sessions. I was really pleased with the result as you will see and can judge for yourself, by watching the video below. …
The diet, exercise & beauty habits I’ve given up – and what I do instead
Keeping healthy, staying on top of the latest wellness and beauty updates, as well as being pro-active, has long been a part of my life. I’ve done my best to eat well, exercise and take care of my skin since my twenties. I feel, all these years later, that it has had a very positive effect on how I’ve aged …
My Cool Laser journey (Part 1)
At the end of 2026 I was introduced to skin practitioner Lisa Harris. I immediately felt she was a kindred spirit. Despite having over 30 years of experience, and being trained to do all the different tweakments, from botox to fillers to electrolysis, she no longer uses needles. Instead, she concentrates on the skin lipid barrier, the integrity of the …
A pure & uplifting skincare range
It’s truly exciting to discover a range that inspires and uplifts you every time you use it. I have fallen in love with the Angelico range. It’s pure, natural and organic made from distillations of essential oils. The products are free of water and filled with natural essences and oils. They smell like a summer walk through a flower filled …
The art of the pause
I’m not sure how it happened, but in the last 10 years or so, I’ve become ‘a very busy woman’. A phrase I now use regularly as a joke with my husband when he keeps asking me to do things for him. Even the cast I’m working with at the moment use the phrase. After a weekend or a few …
More tips to smooth the décolletage
After my previous video on the incredible Naydaya chest shield, I started trying out their Neck Glory cream to try and maximise my results. Find out all about it in the video below I also tried out their body oil. After ARK decided to discontinue their fabulous, super light body oil. I’m on the lookout for a new one. I may …
How I keep my energy up when busy
A few months ago, I wrote an article for Hello magazine on this subject and it got a huge response. It made me ponder as to why this was the case. I suspect it’s because most of us have low energy a lot of the time, even when we’re not busy. I decided to make a video about it to …











