Is your usual work-life routine mining your well-being intentions? Here is how collagen drinks and shakes can support your energy, youth and vitality.

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Collagen drinks and meal replacements can give you more when your busy life threatens your eating and living healthy goals. Ask So Body Co.

If life could be easy like drinking a glass of water... maybe it is! When time seems never enough to take proper care of ourselves and what we are giving to our bodies, drinkable solutions are the convenient answer.

So Body Co. Drinkable Health Solutions

So Body Co. has an easy-to-make line of collagen drinks and meal replacement shakes that matches your taste, your body's necessities and your busy lifestyle.

CollaSlim, Gorgeous Greens and Peptigen+ are the answers from So Body Co. to your call for healthy drinks you can trust and do yourself. But why step into collagen powders?

Why Collagen Is Important

Sipping a collagen drink is neither a lazy habit nor a buzzed trend. On the contrary, it can be a daily habit to tackle issues that arrive with ageing. Joint pain, thinning hair, fragile bones and wrinkles – just to name a few – have one thing in common: collagen, or its loss.

Collagen is one of the most abundant and important proteins in our bodies as it forms the structure of skin tissues, cartilage, muscles, tendons...

As we age, our body slows down its production with visible effects on how we look, feel and ultimately move and live. The good news is that we can restore collagen in our diet with natural sources of collagen and supplements like powders, a fact backed up by clinical studies.

So Body Co. CollaSlim

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When you are too busy, you can drink your meal and give your body the collagen it needs with CollaSlim. This gluten-free meal replacement shake is a low-fat solution which replenishes your body with vitamins, nutrients and 5,000 mg of hydrolysed marine collagen. You do not have to worry about preparing a full meal if you do not have the time nor think about calories: 201 calories per glass and a tasty strawberry flavour (chocolate or other 4 more) will help you support your weight loss programme without lowering your mood.

Review

"I’m not looking to lose weight but my days are often busy and I find I don't eat well so I take CollaSlim meal replacement at lunchtime to stabilise my weight. I mix it with milk creating a tasty strawberry milkshake. Brilliant product!" - Deborah St. Louis Director

So Body Co. Gorgeous Greens

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How many times have you heard or said to your kids "eat your greens"? Do you find it hard yourself? So Body Co. Gorgeous Greens makes eating your greens easy with its 30-day pack. This super powder provides you with minerals, hyaluronic acid, vitamins and antioxidants and the Vitamin C your body needs to produce more collagen.

Now you can tick your 5-a-day list and detoxify your body thanks to the green power of spinach, kale, apples, avocado's, spirulina and more...

Review

"This product is one of those that if you like it, you like and if you don’t, you don’t. It isn't really for me. I find the flavour too strong, and I didn’t like the way it mixes in drinks which is how I prefer to take suppliments. Try it yourself and see how you get on and get some Gorgeous Greens into your body." – Deborah St. Louis Director

So Body Co. Peptigen+

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Add this multi-collagen powder to any of your drinks to give them a boost. So Body Co. Peptigen+ contains only 3 natural ingredients (marine, bovine and egg collagen). This means zero fillers, zero fat and zero carbs. This powder cuts down to the very essentials: 5 types of collagen that your body needs head to toe for longer hair and nails, firmer skin, stronger joint, and better gut health. A scoop a day, and in 30 days your body will thank you.

Review

“This product is great and not like any supplements I have tried before. It’s a pink powder but whatever you mix it with it mixes well, leaving no lumps or horrible taste. I like to mix mine into my orange juice every morning before I start my working day. One month in and I feel more energised and healthier for taking this product. I would recommend this product to anyone looking for an alternative way to get more daily vitamins into their body with no hassle.” – Deborah St. Louis Director

The healthy selves you and we are looking for, every time the new year starts, are just one glass away. Start sipping the right way and join in the conversation.

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It is time to update your morning beauty routine for winter

The last thing we want to be thinking about is winter with its dark and gloomy day’s But with the change in outside temperatures and the use of indoor heating can leave our skin feeling dull and dry.

We might not be supper excited about winter, but just as we start the “summer skin” prep early we can start making small changes now to prep our skin for winter.

Start the day with a glass of water

Hydrate and moisturise from the inside out, is an important part of your beauty routine for winter.

Starting your day with a tall glass of lukewarm water, with lemon juice and cayenne pepper will not only hydrate but also flush out toxins and give you an energy boost.

Start your day with exercise and an ‘instant facial’ instead of coffee

Now I know that coffee is the number one kick start to any ones day. But your coffee might give you a morning energy boost but it can dehydrate and age your skin and with the change in temperatures and in door heating already dehydrating you skin why add to it. So switch up your morning coffee with green tea. A cup of green tea before your morning exercise will also boost your metabolism.

Kick it up a notch and get your blood flowing in the morning with gentle exercise, like yoga. For the “instant facial” dunk your face in cold water which will instantly energize you and leave your skin brighter and tighter.

Switch to a Gentle Cleanser and continue to exfoliate

Steer clear of store bought shops with all it skin drying chemicals and diy your own.

Why not try; Oil cleanse

Olive oil is packed with nutrients that will hydrate dry skin and boost skins moisturizing levels. Also the best make up remover.

All you will need is;
• extra virgin olive oil
• wash cloth
Massage the cleanser into your skin, and then soak a wash cloth in warm water to remove.
A good scrub does wonders to increase the absorption of skin moisturisers. Try this homemade clove and sugar body scrub
Mix;
1/2 cup brown sugar
3-4 drops clove essential oil
1/2 cup jojoba, almond or olive oil
Add all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Store in a covered jar to use all over your body for extra exfoliation, concentrate on all those rough patches like your knees and elbows.

Use a richer moisturizer

Cooler temperatures means doubling up on moisture for skin so you will need to start using richer moisturises for face and body. Make sure that your lotions for face and body is fragrance free because artificial fragrances may be irritating to your skin. Remember that moisturizers are best applied to wet, slightly towel pat dry skin as the moisture from the water will help to absorb lotion faster into skin and keep it moisturised all day long.

Stay protected

You might not see it but the sun is still out in winter so you should always apply a sunscreen after your moisturizer to shield your skin from harmful UV rays.

Enjoy a good portion of beauty foods

The red, orange and yellow shades of many autumn foods are high in concentrations of antioxidants especially vitamin A and vitamin C and beta carotene, which is great for glowing, clear skin that’s protected from free radicals.

Are you cutting back on caffeine drinking more water just to achieve healthy glowing skin?

Well for anyone who struggles to drink even 1 litre of water a day as i do this is a great alternative from OVIO. On tasting the drinks i instantly thought of the hot herbal tea infusions part of my daily intake but this although very similar comes cold and delivered in a bottle. They smell amazing and when you drink them, it’s apparent it’s water but with a hint of fruit.

‘Bursting with goodness, the mighty olive leaf is one of Nature's little miracles. Jam-packed with polyphenols and flavanoids (really healthy stuff) it inspires you to feel full of life’.

Lemon & Mint – It took some time for me to get used to this one as I felt the mint was too strong and I could not taste the lemon enough. But it was still refreshing.

Cucumber & Juniper – A nice combination no one flavour stood out more than the other

Strawberry & Elderflower – Although I am hooked on #lemon flavoured deserts and drinks this one out of the three was my favourite, with a lovely sweet and fruity smell.

Retailing at £9.54.for a pack of 6, that’s £1.59 per bottle from www.oviowellness.com

Give it a try for yourself and let us know what you think.

Written by Fashions Finest #CEO Deborah St. Louis