February is a great time to check up on your tween's dental health. Girls with healthy teeth chew food easily, speak clearly, and smile with confidence. Brushing twice daily and flossing before bed are the early grooming habits that become a critical part of our daughters' life-long beauty habits.  If your dentist is like ours, she will ask your daughter a lot of questions about her eating habits, the beverages she drinks, the snacks she enjoys, what, if anything she drinks before bed, and the vitamins she takes.  I do love our dentist because she reinforces the consumption habits we endorse.  Protein and vegetables are great.  Water, great.  Avoid soda and limit or water-down juices.  Energy bars and candy are not good snacks.  Fruits are better.  With Valentines' Day approaching, dark chocolate is much better than milk chocolate.  Gummie vitamins have a lot of sugar; chewables are better.  Avoid milk before bed, and again, water is better.

The best beauty regimes are also good health regimes.  At Ottilie & Lulu we believe that a good, daily regime should also include washing your face at least twice a day, applying moisturizer with a sunscreen in the morning before going to school, and wearing a moisturizing lip balm with a sunscreen.  A clean, healthy-looking face is a beautiful face and gives girls confidence.

This Valentines' Day, give your favorite tween girls Ottilie & Lulu Face Essentials. This gift includes Clean Skin Face Wipes, Everyday Facial Moisturizer & Sunscreen w/SPF 20, and Sunshine Lip Balm w/SPF 20 and is packaged in a re-usable white organza bag with a beautiful Valentines' Day red ribbon.  Save 15% with the coupon code 4MTV (For My Tween Valentine) on this $33.00 retail value.  Order today to insure Valentines' Day delivery.

Poets and artists have often said "The face is the mirror to the soul."  Encourage your daughters to flaunt their beautiful souls–along with their great teeth and beautiful faces.