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Worried about hitting that five-a-day target? Top up your fruit intake quick smart with beauty goodies to give your mind and body a boost.
Summer may have been a non-starter on the weather front but you can soon put that tropical feeling into mundane routines with mouth-watering concoctions. If you're a fan of refreshing, revitalising products, fruit-based ingredients are the way forward for your face and body regime - and the peak of summer is the perfect time to take an experimental bite into fruity beauty.
Whether you prefer rich, sweet scents like strawberry and peach or invigorating, zesty smells like lemon or tangerine - there's an item for all tastes. Just don't be tempted to try out the flavour!
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Start your day with a refreshing fruity burst. Wake up your body first thing in the morning and turn your skin just peachy with Philosophy Peach 3-in-1 Shower Gel, £14.50 (0870 990 8452). Or put some fizz into your shower with a zesty blast of Tesco Finest Tarte au Citron Shower Souffle, £3.75. Prefer a soak in the tub? Turn it into an exotic experience with Aveda Carribean Therapy Bath Soak, £20 (0870 034 2380), which will make soapy bubbles waft scents of lime, mango and aloe. Or try out Lush's You've Been Mangoed Bath Melt, £2.50 (01202 668 545).
Dehydrated summer skin is just crying out for some fruity replenishment. Look to Korres Quince Body Butter, £11.50 (020 7581 6455), or The Body Shop Strawberry Body Butter, £12.
Need to give your complexion a boost for summer? Try Alpha H p3 Papaya & Pineapple Peeling Kit, £33 (08456 049049), to leave skin refreshed and recharged. Super Food Anti Oxidant Masque with blueberries and pomegranates, £8.99 (www.skinshop.co.uk), will help minimise puffiness and sun-damage.
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Waft your hair supermodel style and leave a fruity aroma in your path. Your locks will smell good enough to eat!
Alberto Balsam have a delicious range of shampoos and conditioners with a list that reads like a fruit shop. Try out Sun Kissed Raspberry or Juicy Green Apple Shampoo, 99p, and Conditioner, 99p.
Give your locks a zingy lift with Burt's Bees Grapefruit and Sugar Beet Shampoo, £11, available at John Lewis. Add some lip-smacking luxury to your locks with Linden Leaves Balm Mint and Tangerine Conditioner, £11 - a daily conditioning treatment including essential oil of tangerine to stimulate the scalp, smooth and add shine.
For a subtle fruity hint to your hair lather up with Molton Brown Purifying Plum-Kadu Hairwash, £16, and Haircondition, £16 (www.moltonbrown.co.uk).
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Forget those heady, musky scents for summer and look to scrumptious fruity fragrances to lift your mood.
For a fragrance with crunch, take a bite out of the big apple by spritzing on DKNY's Be Delicious 50ml, pictured, £34.50, from The Perfume Shop.
Put some natural goodness into your aroma with Vivienne Westwood's limited edition Libertine fragrance, which opens with sun-drenched notes of yellow fruit, £47 for 50ml (available at Selfridges & Harvey Nichols). If sweet berries are more to your liking, douse yourself in L'Eau d'Issey Summer Fragrance 100ml, £34.00, with succulent blackcurrant top notes.
Don't deny your mouth the goodness of fresh fruit. This is one occasion where you will have to refrain from licking your lips!
Try Rose & Co Cherry Kiss lip balm, £5; Barbara Daly at Tesco Watermelon or Grape lipstick, £3.50; or Aveda Lip Shine, £11.50 (0870 034 2380), containing berry anti-oxidants to bring life to your lips.
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