How to get velvet skin

While we have the ultimate skin care accessories to keep our face silky smooth, the secret to achieving velvet skin relies on a number of things.

• Regular exfoliation: The skin is a living breathing organ, and skin cells are created every minute of every hour of every day. As they are renewed, skin cells also die and need to be shed. Regular exfoliating can slough off old skin cells which can make skin feel rough, dry and cover the fresh new cells coming up. Get a gentle scrub for the face, and a body brush for the rest of you, and make this a weekly thing. Remember to moisturise well afterwards.

• Diet: A diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables will allow skin to reach its optimum best. To get skin at its peak condition, it needs a good dose of vitamins and minerals. Various role players like vitamin C and E and magnesium and calcium are important in the production and maintenance of healthy skin. And of course, the rest of your body will benefit too.

• Water: Keep swigging the water throughout the day. Two litres is the recommended amount and is needed not only for digestion but also to clean toxins out that can blight our body and skin appearance. It’s free and easy to do – so no excuses!

• Night time is just as important as day time. When it comes to your skin, sleep provides a huge wealth of important factors. This is when your mind may rest but your body is still working and replenishing areas that have been working all day. To help these process, cleanse, tone and pick a powerful but gentle night cream before you go to bed. The good thing about night time is that you can get away with slathering your skin with goodness, so we love Atlantis Skincare Velvet Skin Night Elixir. Massage this amazing cream into your skin night after night and see immediate improvement. Your morning shower will reveal skin which is youthful and velvety smooth. We cannot recommend this stuff enough!