Telva Green juices, hair vitamins, eco shampoos and all the beauty tricks we've learned from the Scandinavians

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When we put our fashion magnifying glass on the outfits of Norwegian, Swedish or Danish women, we always come up with innovative style tricks. But we also learn tips (in this case beautys) when we observe the beauty of hair like Olivia Vinten's or Pernille Teisbaek's skin or the dreamy blondes of Thora Valdimars or Jeannette Madsen. Green smoothies, extra vitamins in the Nordic diet, organic shampoos... These are all the beauty tricks we've learned from the Scandinavian women everyone talks about.

Emili Sindlev, Caroline Brasch, Frederikke Sofie, Pernille Teisbaek... These insiders have become the paradigm of how Scandinavian beauty is a mystery to study because it embodies that hygge philosophy that was put in the spotlight two years ago. A philosophy full of tricks and rituals that deserve all our admiration and learning.

Her skin, her hair, her sustainable diet (in which fish and green juices or native ingredients are not lacking), in addition to her organic shampoos and cosmetics, which take care of her skin and her hair with that less is more philosophy, are just an example of it. We wonder what their secret is and we discover that these are some of their beauty tricks that we have learned from them.

For Nordic skin, less is more

The Scandinavians start from the idea that the skin is an organ like any other. And in the same way that we do not eat kilos of food so that our stomach does not become saturated, we should not suffocate the skin with a multitude of layers. And they are true to minimalism. Precisely the Swedish word "lagöm" means exactly this: "neither too much nor too little".

This means that Swedish, Norwegian and Danish women flee from complicated routines and bet on always having five or six skincare products a day and that's it.

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And that's reflected in the book by dermatologist Johanna Gillbro, author of "The Scandinavian Skincare Bible," which advises washing skin as little as possible and cleansing skin with lukewarm water at night. For the Nordics, luxury lies in simplicity and of course, they don't talk about anti-aging treatments because they prefer the idea of ​​pro-aging that implies feeling good in our own body and at any age.

Organic shampoos with ingredients from the area

There are many ingredients that are not lacking in the shampoos used by Scandinavians. From algae and oats, to give volume to fine hair as we have seen in the Sachajuan firm, to sea buckthorn that help stimulate hair growth and increase shine. They always look for hair products with sustainable and eco active ingredients and packaging. And when it comes to washing their hair, they wash it as many times as necessary with easy-to-use products that are effective against the French women who wash their hair more often.

From berries to a diet rich in fish, carrots and potatoes

Scandinavian women opt for local foods such as berries, algae, mushrooms... both for their daily diet and for their cosmetics and are also fans of eating fish and native vegetables.

The Scandinavian diet is very simple and easy to follow. In fact, the Danish Suzy Wengel, author of the book "Scandi Sense Diet", comments that the Nordics are very balanced and "usually eat a handful of protein, a handful of carbohydrates and two handfuls of vegetables with a teaspoon of fat at each meal. ". And in addition, the girls from northern Europe have superfoods such as blueberries, blackberries and other wild berries that are very rich in antioxidants, as well as anti-inflammatory foods such as salmon and other fish rich in Omega 3 and other fatty acids.

You will also see that in Danish, Norwegian or Swedish dishes, there is no shortage of tubers such as potatoes or carrots, which are very important to show off beautiful skin. And above all, cooked and eaten the next day in a salad or reheated because they have resistant starches that are very good for digestion and provide excellent food for the bacteria that inhabit our intestines because they are rich in probiotics (cooked).

And another of her beauty foods that are not lacking in her dishes are carrots, which are eaten as a snack, because they are rich in carotenoids, precursors of retinol, and are an excellent natural weapon to counteract the signs of aging.

Baths, sauna and cryotherapy

The Nordic women have presumed all their lives to be the bravest when it comes to taking the coldest baths in the middle of nature in the open air, taking advantage of its effects on the skin and on the body and mind. They also collect seaweed, rub sand on their skin to appreciate nature and improve circulation and boost their immune system as a beauty treatment and it works. Even donning wetsuits.

Vitamins for hair, skin... and green juices

As the Danish influencer Pernille Teisbaek confessed to us in an interview with TELVA.com, in her day to day, there is no shortage of vitamins for hair, skin... in the form of food supplements, and natural ones that they add to their organic or their breakfasts or green juices with which they always start the day to gain energy. And it is that for the Nordics, the supplements are a complement to their diet. That is, they do not work by themselves. They take them within a global care that includes a balanced diet and very simple but at the same time effective beauty rituals.

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