Get Ready for Spring with Beautiful Skin and Full of Energy

As soon as the days start getting longer and spring is on the doorstep, you can put your thick tights, cardigans and gloves away. You can show your skin again and bring out the spring fashions. But before you get to that stage, you should first say goodbye to your dry winter skin. This is best done with a gentle scrub for your whole body, such as NIVEA Smooth Sensation Body Scrub. It removes dead skin cells, stimulates cell renewal and makes your skin look much smoother and rosier. Use a product with a cream base. This contains ultra-fine scrub granules and beneficial lipids that moisturise your skin optimally. And in lighter clothing you will have a great figure again. And for your face, you can choose to use NIVEA’s Refining Peel Off Mask, which will leave your skin cleansed right down to the pores. And afterwards, you can moisturise your skin to make it silky soft with NIVEA Care, which hydrates intensively without leaving your skin feeling oily.

Eating to make yourself beautiful for spring

If you want to have beautiful skin, you need to eat healthily. In spring we are more inclined to enjoy fresh fruit and crispy vegetables. These foods are not only healthy, they are also good for your skin: foods with vitamin A, such as carrots, broccoli and spinach, stimulate cell division, promote the formation of elastin fibres and prevent dry skin. You should therefore eat three to five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. This ensures that your skin is supplied with the most important nutrients and you can look forward to having soft skin again.

Our feet also want to welcome the spring in ballerinas and sandals. Give them a footbath, a scrub and a pedicure to prepare them for spring. You can find out more caring for your feet here.

Our bodies experience a slump around three times a day. Don’t give tiredness a chance: 

• Early morning exercise: plan to exercise a little after getting up. When the carbohydrate stores in the body are still empty, fat burning starts faster and you can start the day feeling energised. 
• First low point around 9 a.m.: Treat yourself to a coffee. The caffeine will perk you up again in a trice. By the way, chewing gum increases your ability to concentrate. 
• Do you sit at your desk a lot at work? Stand up at least once an hour and run round the room – this will stop you feeling tired so quickly. 
• Low point number two at 3 p.m.: Now your body needs more energy. Choose a salad, vegetables or a light soup – greasy foods make you more sluggish. 
• The last low point at 5 p.m.: What you need now is a bit of fresh air. A walk will do you good after work. Or instead of taking the car, cycle home – that will liven you up. 
• And then you’ll have some energy for more exercise during the evening. Treat yourself to a relaxing bath and some hydration for your skin, with a refreshing moisturising mask by NIVEA.

If you enjoy working in the garden in spring, you can do something good for your body with a couple of effective exercises. Do some knee bends using the rake as a stabiliser – you will be rewarded with firm thighs.

A stroll around town in pleasant weather is always fun. Wander down the shopping streets and discover the new spring fashions. Savour the spring day to the full by having a little break in a café!

In spring, our spirit reawakens and draws us out into nature. Plan a cycle trip on the weekend and enjoy feeling the first warm rays of the sun on your skin. The sun makes us happy. Do you love the colours of spring? Then grab a camera and capture the prettiest impressions and plays of light. Why not frame the best pictures and hang them in the living room? And if you like looking through old photos: use the ideas to plan your next holiday.

Use the changes in nature to set new goals for yourself: perhaps you’re dreaming of a new home? Or you want to finally fit into your favourite old pair of jeans again? Or you want to change your job? Start now and put together a collage of pictures that will inspire you to attain your goal. Hang it up somewhere prominent so that it keeps motivating you. Write some inspiring sayings on post-its and stick them up around the whole house. We can only achieve our dreams if we define them. And spring is the best time to do this!