Look after your beard

Look after your beard this Winter

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In the fi rst of a 2-part series Daniel Jones, from award-winning beardcare company RUNESILK gives us his top tips for Winter. It’s getting cold out there! I know you are all counting down the days until Christmas. And, you wish you had decided to get that log burner, after all. We must continue to look after ourselves, and by that, I mean our beards! You may represent a wizard’s guild or beginning your beard journey. Either way, these tips will help you look after your beard during winter. Washing the beard The low humidity outside will leave your beard feeling a bit brittle. So, reduce the amount of beard shampoo you use each week and use shampoo as little as once or twice a week. Foaming washes can add to dehydration. You can use warm water to clean the beard; make sure to pay attention to the skin underneath. Get stuck in with the tips of your fi ngers and massage any dry skin away. I tend to use a jojoba conditioner on my facial hair. Cover up! Your chin may be warmer with that homegrown face scarf. It would help if you wrapped up using a scarf. Cover the beard, especially if it’s snowing or particularly frosty. Ice and snow can damage the beard; it can make it very brittle and increase the number of split ends. I can’t believe it’s not butter Beard oil is excellent for adding moisture to the beard and helps keep it soft. Those of you using a beard balm may notice that they feel a lot heavier in beard than usual in the cold. The cold air can make the wax harder than normal. Have you tried using beard butter instead? All the goodness of an oil and balm, without the wax. Beard butter looks after the beard and the skin underneath. Plus are suitable for all beard types and lengths. If you have a short beard, you may feel that oil or balm isn’t necessary, whereas butter may be the ideal alternative. RUNESILK is an independent beard care company based in Little Paxton. Daniel has been making beard care products since 2018, and their products have received eleven Golden Beard Awards; and are an active member of many bearding communities. If you need any advice or help with your beard care routine, you can always reach out to the owner Daniel at info@runesilk.com. Oh, and if you’re in the early phases of growing a beard and struggling to get past the itchy stage, “Let it grow!” It does get easier.

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People have a lot of great “reasons” why they don’t have a Lasting Power of Attorney(LPA). • They are expensive • My partner will sort me out • I don’t want someone to control my life • I have joint ownership of everything • Aren’t those for old people? • And our favourite...ugh, what a drag The alternative to establishing an LPA is waiting for something terrible to happen and having a deputyship established for you...without needing your consent or taking your preferences into account. Think Brittany Spears and her struggles...only without all the paparazzi. Expense Having a family member apply for deputyship costs £327 and that is just the basic court fee. It can cost thousands to get a deputyship and there are additional annual fees on top. The family disagreements, lost time, and regulations? Priceless. LPAs cost less both in emotional turmoil and your wallet. Partner You may think that your legally recognised partner can make medical and fi nancial decisions for you if you cannot make them yourself. But without an LPA they can’t. A deputyship can only help with the fi nances and only if it is completed in time. Control Both the Health and Welfare and Financial LPA can be set to only be used when you no longer have capacity to act for yourself. While you can make decisions, you do. With instructions and preferences you can take away and give powers as you see fi t. You can specify who has what powers. Want one family member to take care of the house and the other to take care of your pets? You can choose. You can still have control. Joint Ownership (see partner) A Property & Finance LPA helps your attorneys manage things like talking to the mortgage company, utilities companies, pension funds, etc. Without appointing someone, fi nancial documents and tools can be out of reach, even for joint ownership. ALSO - with a Property & Finance LPA, you can set limitations - like no selling the house, keeping your pets out of shelter. For Old People No. Just...no. If you have fi nancial, personal, professional obligations and concerns that need to be looked after, you need an LPA. Have a home? LPA. Have kids? LPA. Have an SME? LPA. These are tools designed to give powers to another person so that your life doesn’t fall apart while you can’t tend to it. LPAs are for adults. Plain and simple. What a drag. That list of reasons to not get an LPA tend to boil down to UGH...What a Drag. Cause talking about being incapacitated by life isn’t fun. But it doesn’t have to be painful. It can be a thoughtful assessment of who you know in your life that has your back. Who is your ride or die? Who can you count on through thick or thin? Have more questions about how Health & Welfare and Finance & Property LPAs can work for you? Give us a bell at Olive Tree Law and ask for Chris or Robynne.

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