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No bad hair days
EVERY day can be a good hair day even when yours isn’t at its best. Brush with a soft bristle brush before washing to break down product buildup, and choose sulphatefree products to avoid dry hair now that sunny days are back on the Costas.
If hair is greasy and there’s no time to shampoo, try refreshing it with a blast of cool air. When it’s beyond help, put long hair up in a topknot and choose a halfup, halfdown style for midlength. For short hair, go for a side parting or tuck it behind your ears.
Whatever you do, the secret is to make it look intentional, hairstylists say.
Ageing gracefully
A SURVEY of 1,000 British women by a collagen brand found that women grew in confidence as they aged. Those between 60 to 70 were more confident about their appearance than any other age group, the study found.
Two thirds in this group said that they felt confident about how they looked, compared with approximately half of those in their 20s.
Women between 70 and 79 were the secondmost assured, with 57 per cent liking what they saw in the mirror.
Time to eat
NUTRITION scientist Dr Emily Leeming recently recommended the practice of eating only when hungry.
“One of the best ways to help our metabolism is by learning how to listen to our body’s hunger cues,” she said.
Too often people ate because they had a routine of eating at a certain time,” she explained.
“This this might suit some of us, but it’s a good idea to practise asking ourselves the question of whether we actually feel hungry before we eat.”
Screen time
SUNSCREEN should be applied daily, particularly now that the warmer weather has arrived and the sun is harsher.
Even on dull days, ultraviolet radiation can come through clouds and rain and although it has benefits that include creating Vitamin D, it also poses health risks for the skin.
Sunscreen is vital, but not all go on easily with other creams so it helps to leave a good 15 minutes between using moisturiser and the SPF.
1 in 5 women changed their skincare routine because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Top class LETTERS
HELLO
I was just sitting down to message you and say congratulations to the team on an outstanding edition of Euro Weekly
The Women in Business section is top notch. These women are deserving of recognition, brilliant.
Apart from that the paper appears to have more interesting features than normal. I feel it’s like a Sunday paper but without the colour supplement.
Really first class. Thank you.
Berni Albrighton, Almeria
Dear Editor
IT is over 100 years since the First World War which lasted from 1914 till 1918 and this trench warfare is now being reenacted in Bakhmut.
To get an idea of this, just watch ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’.
Absolutely horrific for all men there fighting for their country.
Putin has a lot to answer for!
Brian Johnston, Benalmadena
Delivery service
First of all I would like to thank you on behalf of the community of Caravaning & Camping La Manga for starting to recommence the delivery service of the Euro Weekly News to our site. It’s been long awaited and understand the reasons why due to the impact of the past few years that rocked the nation and the world. Hopefully we can all try and get carefully get back to some kind of normality, but not forget the virus still lingers on.
Anyway, having seen that we have received the first batch of papers. May I request an additional 50 copies be delivered knowing the amount of residents that reside here. The numbers will go up especially during the winter months from September to late March when the snow birds come down for the winter sun. The papers are so informative and would be gratefully received. Hopefully you can supply more now and a further increase later after the summer.
Yours gratefully
Mr S L Tryner (Resident)
Joe’s letter
Whilst I sympathise with him, he admitted living illegally in Spain for 13 years, only returning to the UK when the 90/180 day rule caught up with him. For 10 years of that 13 he would have been on a UK state pension, so if registered here, eligible for S1 free medical cover for him and his wife. He therefore did not ‘need’ two lots of expensive private health insurance for 10 of the 13 years. He also paid nonresident tax unnecessarily for 13 years.
He said he and his wife did not register in Spain because they wanted access to NHS in UK. That of course was not legal. On returning to the UK he was not able to get a hernia operation on the NHS, so went private. Had they been legal they could have continued living happily in Spain and had free medical treatment for his hernia, gall stones, enlarged prostate, wife’s Parkinson’s, etc.
Lastly; He adversely compared his failure to get an NHS hernia operation with Gary Glitter, who had a knee operation on NHS. However Glitter although convicted, was legally entitled to NHS cover in UK.
Sorry Joe but honesty often is the best policy !
John Carrington
Blue Badge
Like Valerie Neale, I know that getting a Blue Badge is not easy, and it is not issued by one’s GP.
Some years ago I investigated the procedure which involved an appointment with Social Services at the town hall where the procedure is started.
Next, you go to your GP so that they can certify that the applicant, my wife in this case, does indeed qualify for a Blue Badge.
When you have that, back you go to the town hall, and are told you might get your Badge within two years! Because I drive and my wife has a wheelchair, I gave up as we have not met any situation, so far, where a Blue Badge would have helped.
Regards.
Ken Cook, Gata de Gorgos
Breaking point!
Zimbabwe’s economy has been devastated by corruption and more than two decades of sanctions. The latest Al Jazeira fourpart documentary has began to completely expose and reveal the illegal mafia type organisation that is ZANUPF. It is clear that the Zimbabwean president position is unattainable after the exposure of the gold scandal. Gold Smuggler, Ewan Macmillan tells us that another Gold smuggler Simon Rudland has unfettered access to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Mr John Mangudya. It was also revealed that the gospel minister, Ubert Angel, obtains the highest level rank of dimpomacy in Zimbabwe. Angel is heard saying in his own words, “The president will rule until he dies.”
Corruption in Zimbabwe is clearly at an all time high. The world cannot watch such atrocities happen and do nothing.
Michael Tinarwo
