Health and Beauty Tips for the Athlete

It doesn't matter if you you're a runner or a rower, a lone wolf who spends hours pounding the pavement each week or a team player working with friends, athletes often find that they need specialist skin care routines in order to maintain healthy looking skin.

With the natural and organic skincare products available from scinboutique, exercise no longer has to come with the fear that it will damage the skin, and you can give your body the same boost on the outside as on the workout gives it on the inside.

One problem that exercise can bring about is an increase in acne, so finding a good skin serum is a must for people who spend some time in the week getting sweaty. At scinboutique we believe that Tea Tree oil is a far better solution to this annoying problem than any of the benzyl peroxide contain products that act so severely on the skin, and many of our organic and natural skincare products use it for its natural, gentle disinfecting properties.

One product that is fantastic for athletes looking to moisturise their skin after a demanding work out is the Circaroma Refreshing Body Lotion. This creamy lotion uses natural ingredients to repair and nourish the skin. Sesame and almond oils are combined with lemongrass and ginger, which work to gently hydrate and then protect your skin.

To recoup after a workout or charge yourself with energy before an exercise routine, the fantastic This Works Energy bank bath and shower gel is a great product. The gel contains ylang ylang and geranium, and is fantastic to revive oneself in a naturally sound way. Both geranium and ylang ylang are known for their gently healing qualities and serve as great muscle rubs for people who have exerted themselves.

If you're really aching following a step up in your training routine or a nasty sprain, the This Works Muscle Therapy roller ball system makes it is easy to direct the curative power of the carefully blended natural ingredients to exactly where they are needed. The roller ball contains marjoram, clove and black pepper, with ginger and soothing aloe vera, an ingredient that is great for dealing with muscle sprains and even shallow cuts.

Athletes may find that the harsh winter winds dry their skin out whilst they run through it. Central heating, and sweating away in the gym and then going out into the cold, might also cause dry skin. To combat this Scin boutique carry the Rodial Body Repair Cream, which is a moisturiser packed with Vitamin E to help moisturise even the most extremely dry skin. Unlike other moisturisers, this rodial body repair cream also firms and hydrates the body's skin for the future. Like all the products at Scin Boutique, the cream is jam packed with natural ingredients, including grape seed oil, lavender, tangerine and pomegranate oil.

Whatever your own goals for your training in 2009 we wish you well, and hope you achieve and enjoy yourself, look great and feel great.