Everyone wants to look their best, however it’s common to treat the symptom and not the cause. Globally, women spend billions trying to make their hair and skin feel and look better, frequently without considering why it doesn’t in the first place. If a wall is crumbling, no amount of wallpaper will keep it up– regardless of how expensive or pretty it is. Looking good works on the same principals. If you want beautiful hair and skin, you need to start in the kitchen.

High quality products supplement a good diet and help improve and maintain beautiful locks. The Wella SP range found in store is particularly effective. The prescriptive nature of the product targets your primary, secondary and tertiary hair needs providing a regime for complete hair health; our stylists can talk you through what will be most effective for your personal needs.

Hair is predominately made up of a protein call keratin, it is literally the building block from which your hair and skin is made. Keratin needs vitamins and minerals in order for it to be metabolized effectively within the body. The better balanced your diet with these nutrients the more naturally gorgeous you’ll be. Foods orange in colour have high amount of keratin (such as mangoes, sweet potatoes and carrots). Green leafy, and cruciferous vegetables like spinach and broccoli are also great ways to get keratin into your diet. Zinc, sulphur, iron and magnesium as well as vitamins A, E, C and B4, B5, B6 and B12 are all needed to metabolise keratin. It may sound daunting but with the right combination it’s simple to work them into your diet. Broccoli alone contains all the important vitamins and minerals necessary for the uptake of keratin, which makes it the follicle super food. Having a nutrient dense diet is the simplest way to looking good. Try the recipe below, it’s a delicious combination of the necessary vitamins, minerals and protein to give your hair and skin a glow of health.

Cision Salad

Drizzle olive oil, a tablespoon of honey and a sprinkle of rock salt over cubed sweet potato and carrots and roast until soft

Sautee onion rounds with crushed garlic, honey and balsamic vinegar

Steam broccoli florets until just soft, but still al dente

Let cooked ingredients cool then add to a large bowl of spinach

Sprinkle through roasted pumpkin seeds and chopped dried apricots

Toss all ingredients together and enjoy!