The Virtuous Daughter Magazine Fall 2016 | Page 31

Limit sweets and processed foods,
try to get away from soda and energy
drinks, keep a food diary (try a free app),
read labels, figure out how much a serving is, drink water. Diet is only one of
the partners to being healthy. Exercise
is the other and they complement each
other well! Most of our lifestyles do not
require us to move a lot, making it even
more important to be purposeful about
it. You could do something like 20-30
minutes of exercise three times a week.
Find something you enjoy, or that you
used to enjoy when you were young—
when it was just playing and not exercise. Maybe you like doing it with someone? Look for a friend, siblings, or nieces and nephews to exercise and have
fun with.

Look up recipes online, you may have a
nice treatment in your kitchen ingredients that could give it a little healthy
shine. Do not be obsessive about it, but
take time to comb your hair versus just
throwing it together. Just because there
may be a certain style that is the “in
thing” right now does not mean that
particular style looks good on you. Try
different ways of combing your hair to
find ways that do look good on you.
Practice with your girlfriends, they are
always helpful in getting ideas and it is
nice to have a second opinion. Do not
make your hair the main attraction. Just
like every room in a house should have a
“chandelier” (something that grabs your
eyes at first glance), so should you. Your
face, not your hair, should be your
Skin and hair are always important “chandelier” when people first lay eyes
to women. I encourage every woman to on you.
If you want your skin to take care
embrace her hair color! I have never
seen God give anyone a hair color that of you and look good when you are old,
you need to take care of it when you are
did not go well with their skin tone. If
young. Some basic skin tips: keep it
He wanted us all the same He could
clean, do not over shower, wash your
have easily done that. Find what is
unique to you and then take care of it. face morning and night, moisturize,
avoid too much sun, eat a good diet,
Figure out what it needs. Some of us
and drink water! They all make a
have dry hair, some oily, some thick,
difference in having healthy skin.
some thin, and the list could go on.