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Top 3 Tips for Self-Tanning Preparation

1. Buff up

The most important re-tanning preparation is exfoliating! This means any dead skin cells, dirt or grim that could get in the way of an even application are removed and your skin is a smooth and moisturised canvas.

2. Remove the fuzz 

My second tip is to do all hair removal at least 24 hours before. This means the skin has a chance to calm and, if waxing, pores to close before applying tan. Is also means avoiding trying to remove hair after tan application which can leave patches and streaks.

3. Ditch other products

My third and final tip is to avoid putting any perfume, oils, moisturisers or deodorants on the day of tan application. These products and oils can interfere with tan absorption and adherence and can lead to a patchy result- not what we’re after!

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Avoid these Pitfalls that Lead to Bad Results

Common pitfalls that lead to bad results are skipping exfoliation, hair removal right before application and applying the tan over other products.

How to Maintain Your Tan for as Long as Possible

The key to a long lasting tan is hydration and moisturising! Be sure to moisturise everyday focusing on elbows, knees and any other areas prone to dryness. As well as moisturising from the outside in, it is so important to keep your skin hydrated from within by drinking lots of water and herbal tea.

Removing Your Tan 

The best way to remove fake tan is to gently exfoliate using an au natural exfoliant or exfoliating glove. Simply use gentle, circular motions all over the body to encourage even removal of the tan. Be sure to moisturise following tan removal too to ensure the skin hasn’t been stripped of its natural moisture.  

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New & improved

We are excited to announce our popular 'wonder' balm is now even more amazing than before and comes in some funky new packaging!

The newly designed clean-look tubes are full of all the healing and nourishing natural goodness of the old balm, but with a lighter and silkier consistency for smooth, easy application.

Not just for babies!

The Wotnot natural balm is great for babies, with the formula ensuring that the cream is easily dispensed out of the tube, providing relief for sore or irritable skin, ideal for nappy rash. However it's not just for babies! This balm really is a product for everyone; a family essential with multiple uses such as:

• bites
• scrapes
• stings
• as lip balm
• for dry hands and feet
• on eczema
• to soothe sunburn 

A travel essential

The reason we've taken to calling it our 'wonder' balm is because it's so versatile and works so well! This makes it the perfect traveller's companion as you can save space with an all-in-one product for all your remedy needs whilst adventuring.

Ingredient profile

Our Wotnot natural balm's new formula is light in texture and enriched with certified organic pawpaw extract and comfrey oil - both known for their excellent healing properties, and certified organic chamomile and aloe vera to soothe raw and inflamed skin. Our organic beeswax acts as a barrier protecting sore skin and blocking out irritants.

Wotnot natural balm also contains certified organic flaxseed oil which is one of nature's richest sources of omega-3 and omega-6. Omega-3 is considered essential to human health but cannot be manufactured by the body.

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Wotnot are excited to announce a special partnership with the beautiful Philippa Northeast... more details to come! For now, here's a quick sneak peak behind the scenes of our recent shoot with Pip on location at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach and Icebergs Club.

It was a chilly morning, but Pip was a trooper and did an incredible job! We were also lucky to be working with dream team Emmily Banks from Depths of Beauty on hair and makeup, Chloe Paul snapping away behind the camera and Maia Liakos on styling duties.

The shoot was full of laughter, fun, sun, water and even a visit from the Daily Telegraph crew... never was there a dull moment. Check it out below:

 Self-care is the first step to wellness! Here's your 5 step guide to showing yourself some love by wellness coach Shreen El Masry from Be You Be Free:

Self-care is about self-respect, increasing your awareness, and showing love, compassion and understanding of yourself. Most importantly, it is about doing what is right for you. Prioritising your needs and putting yourself first is key before you embark on a wellness journey.

Step 1 - Make you the priority

Recognise how important you are. Make looking after you a priority. Here are some tips to get you started.

• Remember that you are unique and no one knows you better than you.
  • Create the life that you want to live and do the things that you want to do.
  • Honour every little thing about you, as they are the things that make “you”.
  • Listen to your heart and be you who you want to be, not who you think you should be.
  • Look after and nurture your mind, body and spirit. 
  • Have compassion for your weaknesses and forgive yourself.
  • Treat yourself with love, care and respect.

Step 2- Practice self-care everyday

Practice a self-care activity every day that you enjoy. This can be anything from making your favourite cup of tea, having a bath, binge watching Netflix or hanging with a friend.  My favourite self-care activities are watching Sex and The City, putting my pyjamas on and drinking herbal tea. What is your favourite self-care activity?

Step 3 - Create your wellness vision

A wellness vision is the picture that you have of yourself living your life the way you want it to be. It is a picture of you at your very best self. Your vision can be in any shape or form, a picture, a painting, bullet points or even a paragraph. It needs to be unique and meaningful to you.

Before you create your vision, ask yourself, what is the reason I want to be this way? What is the true meaning behind my vision? By identifying your deep motivators will help keep you on track during your wellness journey.

Grab a pen, paper, pens, pencils and any other materials you need and follow your heart.

Step 4-  Identify your strengths.

We rarely take time to reflect on our achievements in life, but by identifying all the things that we do well will boost our self-confidence which will help us on our wellness journey. Take some time today to list out your top five strengths, and reflect on the times where you have successfully accomplished something. If you are struggling to think of them then you can take the VIA strengths survey. This a great tool that will help you identify your top strengths and is something you will be able to use and apply to your everyday life.

Step 5-  Enhance your self-connection

Once you connect with yourself, you will then find it easier to connect with everything around you in a more meaningful way. You will also develop your character strengths and have a more profound understanding of who you are, and what you really want in life.

Here are five ways to enhance your self-connection.

1. Pay close attention to all thoughts and feelings. Pause, take note of them and breathe deeply with all negative thoughts and/or stressful situations.
   2. Be free in nature. Smell the flowers, walk barefoot in the sand, listen to the waves. Tune in to all your senses. Be free.
   3. Create a happy place. Find a place or create a space at home that makes you feel happy and content and that is special to you only. Try and visit this place once a day.
   4. Keep doing more things for you. Keep practicing dailyself-careactivities that make you happy.
   5. Nourish, move, sleep & listen to your body and heart. Your body is your temple and it’s all yours. Tune in to what it wants and treat it well.

What can you do today to help you self-connect?

Now you are ready to start the journey to wellness. It’s certainly not an easy ride and it will be ongoing journey of growth, discovery and change.   Identify your needs so you don’t feel the pressure to conform to situations and environments that don’t suit you, and learn to love and accept everything about you. Never forget that you are one of a kind.

Shreen El Masry is a Personal Trainer, Wellness Coach and owner of “Be You Be Free” and is currently studying a Post Graduate Diploma in Wellness at RMIT.

For more information, please contact Shreen at +61433915423, shreen@beyoubefree.com.au, or find her online at her website, on Instagram, and Facebook