Review: Elegant Touch Nail Polish Remover

So today, my new nail polish arrived (NYC Park Ave) and I was dying to try it, but I only had a tiny bit of a crappy (Cutex Acetone Free) nail polish remover left, so I had to make a Tesco run.  I'll give Tesco credit in the fact that they had a pretty good selection - Own brand, Cutex, Remover pads or Elegant Touch.

I picked up the Elegant Touch Super Strength because I've got their Rapid Dry Spray and I liked that, so I figured this would probably be pretty good quality too.

The one thing I absolutely HATE about doing my nails is taking my polish off.  I love putting it on, I love wearing it, but taking it off is a ball ache of epic proportions.  It usually involves 2-3 soaked cotton wool pads, a ton of nail polish remover, stinging, sore fingers and a room stinking of the stuff.

But this, this is the Holy Grail of removers.  This would come to a desert island with me (in a bag full of everlasting nail polish with an unlimited supply of cotton wool).  I won't use another nail polish, ever.  Never ever.

Why?  Because it removed my nail polish in one wipe.  Not a scrub, not a hold on your nail for a minute and wipe, INSTANTLY.  It must have some sort of dark magic behind it, because I've never seen anything like this.  The bottle says it contains Panthenol - maybe that's code for Voodoo, I'm not sure - all I know is that it works, my nails didn't go dry afterwards and my house doesn't stink.

Another thing I absolutely love about it is the bottle - the opening isn't just your normal open top, it has a teeny little hole in the middle of what would usually be the circle of spillage.  You can tip it onto your cotton wool pad and give it a gentle squeeze, and you get a tiny bit out.  One 2cm circle of remover did all my nails and touched them up after I'd re-painted them.

All the awards go to this nail polish remover.

So it must be super expensive, right? Wrong.  £2.10/200ml in Tesco.  Very affordable, will last a long time, works really well and is easy to apply.

I love it.

Available to buy from Tesco Stores or from NailPolishDirect.co.uk (£2.99/200ml)



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Healthy Skin & Body Smoothie Recipe

Ingredients:
(makes about 1 pint)

2 pears
1 banana
2 kiwi fruit
2 cups (or small handfulls) of spinach
1 cup of water
1/2 to 1 cup of apple juice 

Method:

Chop pears and banana, and add to blender with spinach.  
Slice kiwi in half and remove flesh from skin using a tea spoon.  remove the white centre and add green flesh/black seeds to blender.
Add 1 cup of water and 1/2 to 1 cup of apple juice.
Put in glass.  Drink!


It is bright green, has a strange fluffy texture you'd expect from a milkshake, not a fruit smoothie, and it has spinach in it??  It tastes amazing and it is ridiculously good for you - a few of the health benefits listed below:


Pear:

Vitamin C and Copper - Antioxidants which boost the immune system

Boron - Helps the body retain Calcium, protecting you against illnesses such as osteoporosis.

Glucose - Boosts energy levels

Fiber - 1 pear contains 20-25% of your RDA of fiber, which aids digestion.

Folic Acid - Pears contain 5% RDA Folic Acid, which not only makes for a healthy pregnancy, but also helps to prevent against certain cancers, strokes and loss of sight.


Banana:

Fiber - One banana has 11% of your RDA of Fiber

Potassium - The high amounts of Potassium in bananas (13% RDA) helps to lower your blood pressure, lowering chances of heart attacks or a stroke.  Potassium also neutralises Sodium, helping your body retain Calcium.

Fructooligosaccharide - Helps Calcium absorption and nourishes healthy bacteria in colon.

Protease Inhibators - Break down bacteria which cause stomach ulcers, along with obstructing the  replication of cells and viruses such as HIV.

B6 - One banana contains 36% of your RDA of B6 - an anti-inflammatory which acts against heart disease and obestiy, maintains the lymphoid gland (reponsible for white blood cell production for fighting infection) and is important for cell formation and nervous system function.


Kiwi:

Potassium - Kiwis contain just as much Potassium as bananas, see above for the benefits!

Anti-oxidants - Kiwis contain Vitamin A, C and E, which protect the body from free radicals, dramatically improving your health over time and protecting against cardiovascular disease, cancer and obseity.

Fiber - Keeps the colon healthy and lowers cholesterol levels, protecting against cardiovascular disease.



Spinach:

Fibre - One cup of spinach contains 36% of your RDA of Fibre, which keeps the colon healthy, aids digestion and keeps you fuller for longer.

Flavonoids - a phytonutrient with anti-cancer properties abundant in spinach -- have been shown to slow down cell division in human stomach and skin cancer cells. Furthermore, spinach has shown significant protection against the occurrence of aggressive prostate cancer. 

Neoxanthin and violaxanthin - Anti-inflammatory and present in unusually high amounts in spinach.

Vitamin C - Anti-oxidant
Vitamin E - Anti-oxidant
Beta-Carotene - Anti-oxidant
Manganese - Anti-oxidant
Zinc - Anti-oxidant
Selenium - Anti-oxidant
All serve as powerful antioxidants that combat the onset of osteoporosis, atherosclerosis and high blood pressure.

Peptides - By inhibiting the angiotensin I-converting enzyme, peptides within spinach have been shown to effectively lower blood pressure. 

Lutein and Zeaxanthin - Protect the eye from cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. 

Vitamin A - One cup of spinach has over 337% of your RDA of Vitamin A - which not only protects and strengthens "entry points" into the human body, such as mucous membranes, respiratory, urinary and intestinal tracts, but is also a key component of lymphocytes (or white blood cells) that fight infection. 

The high amount of vitamin A in spinach also promotes healthy skin by allowing for proper moisture retention in the epidermis, thus fighting psoriasis, keratinization, acne and even wrinkles

Vitamin K - One cup of spinach has over 1000% of your RDA of Vitamin K, which prevents the breakdown of bones, cardiovascular disease and stroke, as well as maintaining a healthy nervous system by helping in the process of building the sheath around nerves.


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