The key to a healthy diet is to eat the right number of calories for how active you are so you balance the energy you consume with. It’s recommended that you eat at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables, quality protein and other whole foods every day.  A healthy diet reflects on the outside with the right nourishments from within and don’t we all want amazing glowy skin and to feel great inside and out?

Here’s our top healthy food tricks to help achieve that glow:

Avocado – It’s packed with antioxidants so start including it in your daily diet. You can combine avocado with orange juice as a salad dressing or a sauce for a creamy portion of pasta.

Tomato – include tomatoes in your food as they are packed with natural vitamins and minerals, including Vitamin A and C. Tomatoes are antioxidants, which make them antioxidant and they have amazing anti-aging properties.

Strawberries – These are rich in alpha-hydroxyl acid and help to boost up collagen production and help minimise fine lines and wrinkles due to the presence of vitamin C. There are also omega 3 fatty acids present in strawberries that help lighten the skin tone.

Beetroot – The pink coloured fruit comes loaded with vitamins and minerals, which makes your skin glow. Its anti-inflammatory properties also prevent outbursts of acne and pimples. You can have beetroot juice to help achieve a radiant look as it will help remove all dark spots and blemishes in 5 weeks due to the iron potassium. By drinking a glass of beetroot juice, it will purify the blood from within and cleanse the toxins, leaving you with a healthy flow on your face.

Carrots – These are seen as a powerhouse for glowing skin due to a large amount of beta carotene that helps prevent the degeneration of cells, slows aging and makes your skin glow. The vitamin A found in carrot juice will keep your body tissue, eyes, bones and teeth healthy. Carrots also have a large amount of vitamin C, which promotes collagen growth, reduces acne and dark sports. Boost your health with a glass of carrot juice or add to your salads.

Kale – Are seen as being the king of all greens. It’s loaded with vitamin C and A and K, which helps repair skin tissues, prevent face radical damage and gives you a radiant and fresh look. Drink up a kale smoothie or add it to salads or pasta.

A healthy diet has so many benefits, so try making a change or two in your eating habits and see how you feel!

As WFH continues to be the norm in 2020 and whilst we love working in our PJs and having more time at home on the whole, as a beauty, health and wellness PR agency, we also know that this comes with a unique set of challenges.

So, today we wanted to open up about how WFH can create challenges of its own, especially when it comes to our mental health and how we can work around this.

• Not keeping a schedule/routine
  • Lack of a schedule can shake up our mental health. While we would normally plan for our daily commute, our lunch breaks, or even a short break to stretch our legs, working from home eliminates much of that. With work pouring in from all directions (even from our families for some), it becomes difficult to actively take breaks.
    • Tip: Plan out your day, or even your week, by setting reminders on your phone. This trains your brain and body to know when it’s time to end the work day, eat meals, or work out.

• Work, work, work
  • Now that there is no real reason to be out of your house, work emergencies seem a lot more prevalent. Feeling a sense of control over work can drastically improve our mental health. By control, we mean actively choosing not to do work outside of office hours, choosing to end work at a certain time daily, and choosing to spend time with yourself, your family or your friends (virtually). Surely an “important” email can wait till the next day.
    • Tip: Prioritize your tasks. If something is at the bottom of your list, and it’s 6PM, save it for the next day. This saves you mental effort and time as well – your mental energy is low by the end of the day, and taking on another task may result in doing it incorrectly.

• Physical discomfort = mental discomfort
  • Our body is connected in all ways. Just as mental health affects our physical, the reverse is true as well. While in the office, we often take breaks from sitting by getting a drink, heating up our lunches, or going to speak to a co-worker. Sitting in one position (and that may be in a fairly uncomfortable seat, too) all day can adversely affect our posture, our joints, our eyes, and consequently our minds.
    • Tip: Set a reminder to get up and stretch for 2 minutes every hour or so. We can promise you, the clients can wait 2 minutes.

• Lack of human connection
  • We all know that loneliness takes an especially heavy toll on our minds. Being locked in alone, or even with the same people 24/7, can be mind-numbing. A healthy mind wants new experiences – that means talking to different people, engaging in new activities or hobbies, or eating a different meal every day.
    • Tip: Just as you would schedule a catch-up with friends over a meal or a drink, you can schedule a virtual date with friends to play games online, exercise together, or even just chat.

• No interaction with nature
  • Connection with our world is of utmost importance to our mental health. While human interaction is limited during this time, nature could be our best friend! Having a fur baby (or even a human one) gives us the perfect reason to step outside for a stroll, take in some fresh air and be one with nature for a short while, but even just walking alone with our music going is an optimal way to detox from the day. Plus, tiring out our bodies with a walk helps us sleep soundly at night.
    • Tip: Pencil in time for a 15-20 minute walk outside, daily. Get pumped about enjoying fresh air, and some uninterrupted time with your favourite tunes. Peak summer hours are an exemption, of course.

We hope it helps!

Love, The TishTash Team xx

Who doesn’t love a beauty hack? It saves time, product, and, often money too. From the benefits of changing your pillowcase more often, to making your own natural make-up remover, there are so many beauty tips out there in the world but here are some which you may like to give a try whilst in quarantine.

Here’s 11 resourceful skincare and make-up tips worth their hype. Read on to learn the shortcuts you’ll soon swear by!

• Wipe your sunglasses, prescription eyeglasses, and mobile phone daily with sanitizer. This will help kill any bacteria as well as keep those with acne-prone skin with fewer breakouts where the dirty device or glasses rest on the skin.
• Change pillowcases regularly. Sleep on one side of the pillow each night then change after each sleep – your skin will thank you to be rested on a fresh pillow. Dirty pillowcases can cause some serious breakouts.
• Brush your hair with a wet brush in the shower – It’s mane-changing. It’ll evenly spread the conditioner and remove knots and tangles. Plus, it eliminates having to brush again post-shower, and your hair air-dries with more body.
• Rub ice cubes on your face in the morning and gently massage your way upwards to remove any excess bloating on your face. If you have extra time on your hands like many of us do now, store and freeze some green tea into an ice tray and apply that.
• Too little sleep or under-eye bags? Keep a spoon in the freezer and hold it under your eyes to eliminate puffiness and aid in blood circulation. It works every time!
• Apply castor or olive oil with a cue-tip or a spoolie brush to your eyelashes or eyebrows overnight for quick growth. Those lashes need something extra especially after you have removed your extensions.
• If you’re all out of dry shampoo, baby powder will do the trick. Let it sit for a few minutes to absorb the excess oils, then rub it around to get rid of the white chalkiness.
• For that extra bushy brow effect, apply brow gel from the tail inward first, then re-apply from inner eye to tail. It gives the brows volume and the illusion of thickness (try it with a tinted brow gel for a more pronounced brow).
• Looking for an all-natural make-up remover/first cleanse? Go with coconut oil. It’s ideal for gently and effectively removing all traces of make-up, even on sensitive complexions.
• You can also use eye cream around your mouth to help minimize fine lines and plump your lips. This area is often overlooked, and while we have a lip balm for our actual lips, we rarely take care of the entire mouth area. Once you finish applying eye cream around your eyes, you can always take the remainder and dab it around your mouth.
• For a tinted body lotion, mix foundation (one to two shades darker than your skin tone if you’re looking for a tanned effect) with a dollop of liquid illuminizer and lotion, and apply to the entire body. It covers imperfections and redness, evens skin tone, and gives you that overall coveted glow. Just wait a bit before putting on your clothes, as the foundation will transfer.