New Year, New Me?

Making New Years resolutions is a tedious business with most of us using the same resolutions we have said for the past decade or so, namely - go to the gym more, give up smoking, stop biting my nails and so on and so forth. I prefer to be a bit more productive with mine. Yes the whole 'New Year, New Me' cliche is exactly that - a cliche, something about a New Year does make me feel excited and refreshed for the year ahead and therefore I can't help but resolve to make certain changes.

Whilst I try to avoid the aforementioned regular lines, I am only human and a desire to work out more and eat healthily are of course top of my list. With regards to the rest however, I've chosen to make changes that I will actually stick to an does that are both easy and fun. 

1) Look after my skin more. As I've got older I've realised that you can't trust the cosmetics industry at all.  I mean yes Creme De La Mere is better than Nivea but when it really comes down to it how many of us really know what we are putting on our skin. If you go to any company they are going to tell you why their product is better than their competitors because that is what they are paid to do. Going to a dermalogatist will be more beneficial in the long run as you can not only determine what products you should be using but also what kind of treatments you should be getting. 

2) Learn how to do make up. An extension of number 1 sure but not many of us realise that the make up we are using is totally wrong for us. I've always thought my make up bag was a pretty good mix, it's only now however that I realise that each counter I have visited are completely bias and, when all is said and done, the staff are only there to sell me a product. I also tend to go for products that beauty  editors have recommended, despite the fact that my entire dissertation was on the fact that these reviews are paid for.  Instead I vow to stick to beauty blogs and personal recommendations as that's the only way we, as consumers, will get an honest product review.

3) Live Healthily. If I'm honest I have always been prone to fad dieting - The Maple Syrup Cleanse, 5:2, No Carbs, if it's a fad then I have tried it. This past year , however, has seen me introduced to different superfoods and I've realised that instead of dieting it honestly just is better to change a lifestyle and eat a balanced diet (I sound like an oldie don't I).

So there we have it. My intentions for the upcoming year, I'd like to say I'll regularly update with my progress but we all know that I can get easily sidetracked and distracted with my work and probably only post sporadically....hmm maybe there is another resolution in that...