Waking with dark circles under the eyes and puffy pink skin is not the ideal way to start the day in cheery shape. But that can be turned around easy enough with a few quick tricks and a couple of handy beauty products. Over the next week we'll look at five? how you can comfort your bad face day - the organic way.

Quick tips for a bad face day 1 - Dark Circles
Lack of sleep, illness or plain old genetics can at times make dark circles under the eye unavoidable. When you wake start with the ol cucumber-on-the-eye trick. An instant refresher, cucumbers cool and rejuvenate puffy eyes. This might make you feel a little more wide eyed and awake but it hasn't yet done much for those scarry looking caves sitting either side of your nosal. What you need is a good concealer that is lightweight and is a quality texture as the skin around the eye is too delicate to use the same concealer you use to cover spots and blemishes on the rest of your face.

A peachy or pink toned concealer is best as it counteracts the blue tinge of your dark circles. Dot the concealer along the dark line area only and blend in.

Using it liberally only where needed has a far greater effect than applying it all over. An excellent under eye, dark circle concealer to try is the organic pastel concealer number 1 by Lavera Trend Sensitive. Dr.Hauschka also have three good vegan concealers you may wish to try.

Earthling: one that inhibits the Earth.

Speciesism: a prejudice or attitude of bias in favour of the interests of members of one's own species and against those of member of other species.

Comparing the racism and sexism Earthlings draws acute parallels with speciesism. It's not pretty but when it is so simply resented the point is unavoidable. We are a dominant force us humans and think we own the lot - the earth's resources, all it's animals and one another. "The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplify the most extreme racist theories. The Principle that might is right."

Five years in the making, Earthlings is a full-length feature film narrated by Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix. It opens up the darkest facets of the animal-human relationship. Joaquin's calm, straight voice and the Moby heavy soundtrack this film is uncomfortable to watch. It is intense and is not for the faint hearted but if brutal truth is what you're after then this documentary will rinse you of your animal consuming innocence.

Every major animal-related issue is addressed in this film: pets, food, clothing, entertainment and scientific research.

‘It is said that if we all had to kill our own meat we would all be vegetarians.' This movie will just about do it for anyone I'm guessing so watch this at your own risk. It's a powerful film.

We're all in it together, we just don't all think we are. This film thinks we are. If you'd like to watch Earthlings click here.

15 minutes in, my heart split. I hope yours does too...