I have heard this comment often enough now that I figured it was time that I give credit to the items in my daily lineup -- in addition to other things of good nature that I (have learned to) do -- to answer the why for the "You have such great skin!" (THANK YOU btw for the compliments! Makes a 41 year old very happy) and to share my "secrets" (been asked)...and let you in on my arsenal of good skin health. Likely...you've been disappointed repeatedly with promised effects of the latest cosmetics counter hard sell, letdown by the barrage of infomercial kits, cornered by your well-meaning neighbor insisting you buy the newest craze (which they are now selling) or cheated by the evidential airbrushing in the latest beauty mag. Me TOO!
If I were to line-up all the products that I've tossed through the years of items that were barely worth the bottle they came in, I'd end up, well, right back in Seattle, full-circled the earth, seriously! Not to mention the neatly tucked in a box in the back of my bathroom closet stuff that was too expensive to just throw away!
As a previous sunworshipping teen, it became evident when my first wrinkle appeared that any old lotion just wasn't gonna do. So I spent a lot of time, and as mentioned m$ney -- LOTS of money -- researching anti-aging ingredients and narrowed my field of test to only products containing those *. Once identified, my quest took another fork...WHICH to buy, of the gazillion options. (Oh the madness!) So, naturally, expensive meant better, right? Hmmm...in theory...it made sense to me at the time. And so I started using products that, no joke, were upwards of $100 per OUNCE! Did they work? Well, they were better than my drug store product of the week or my hotel sample lotions. But with multiple areas to address -- toner, serum, moisturizer...day AND night each having their own moisturizer and then add treatment items (wrinkles, scars, redness, dry, oily, patchy.....) -- and then different ones for eyes of each of those, not to mention special face scrub to prep the skin...UNCLE! At $100+ each...it was not sustainable and when in 2009 I became a single mom...on a budget, it became even more imperative to sort out my search. I took it as a personal challenge to find the BEST ingrediented products butttt for the FAIREST price. GOOD NEWS! I have found some GREAT products that actually DO as they say (go figure!). And that is why I felt inclined to post this (finally)...to help you too find really great skin care that won't cause you to have to choose between eating or glowing skin.
*Warning* -- Don't be alarmed at the number of products I use. You don't have to use all in order to see change and progress. Feel free to email me and I can provide you a list of "bare minimum" suggested items. And even though it may look like a lot, these products are such high quality, that they each have their own benefit (yet also work together)...where other similar lines lump them all into one bottle, but their potency's are diluted which is why you don't see the results you so wish for and thus another frustrated waste of your hard earned money and your time. And Men, healthy skin is attractive on you too...and I can suggest an easy 3-steps for you that will help slow your frow brow. ;D
The primary line I use is Baby Face as well as Olay and Skinn. I have included the links to each product so that you can read in more detail what each is best known for and their full spectrum of ingredients and target areas. I'll start in order of my daily/weekly routine:
Morning
- WASH with Olay Regenerist Cream Cleanser (why just wash your skin, when you can exfoliate, treat and nourish it at the same time!)
- TREAT with Baby Face Treatment Booster (contains some of the highest levels of age fighting "magic", Argireline and Matrixyl)
- HYDRATE with Baby Face Massive Hydration (LOVE this stuff! Addicting...in a good way ;))
- REGENERATE with Baby Face Peptide Potion (for anyone over 30, highly recommend!)
- MOISTURIZE with Baby Face Mega Lift Moisturizer (Luxury for a fraction -- compares to products $150 an oz.)
- PLUMP lips with Skinn Amplifying Serum...now before you get all screech in your heels on me, this is NOT yo mama's lip plumper. To say this stuff is a m a z i n g is an understatement! It WILL replace ANY chapstick, lip pots, other plumpers you may have. Trust me TRUST ME! It soothes, smooths and softens. This product does not faux plump or sting. It actually works to increase your own collagen. You will not have what I call "nectarine" lips (the lines like on a nectarine seed :)) if you use this product. You need very little and please do rub it in around your lips for those age lines that rudely arrive and to give you the most kissable lips ever.
All the same as above with the exception of replacing the (day) moisturizer above with:
- TREAT with Baby Face Super-C Serum. Fantastic for those stubborn forehead lines and those equally uninvited creases around your eyes.
- MOISTURIZE with Baby Face Night Renewal Retinol Cream (strongest Retinol you can buy without a prescription!)
- DRENCH with Neutrogena Butter Cream Body Cream. Smells delish and the best I've found for the softest of soft skin.
Weekly
I'm a freak for facials! If I could afford to get one every few weeks...I would, so would! Mostly because of the massage...but also for that *fresh* youthful glow :) But since I can't get them as often as I'd like, a home facial is my next best friend. I use weekly:
- MICRODERMABRASION using Baby Face Express Facial with Dead Sea Black Mud.
- OXYGENATE with Baby Face Blueberry Mask (a POW of antioxidants for your skin)
With all my praises of Baby Face you'd think I was a paid endorser of theirs. Nope, just a very satisfied and repeat customer. I get nothing more than the same 10% off my order. I'm just happy to spread the info...and save YOU too some time AND money! Buy some hot heels with the money I saved you. ;D
Note: I do use a clairisonic type brush a few times a week with my face scrub...for additional, deeper cleansing and exfoliating, but it's not necessary. Just an added element for skin regeneration.
Lastly, there is a non-skin related item I should mention. I HATE hairspray, but the good lord cursed me with hair that needs it most of the time. And the only thing I hate more than hairspray...is hairspray smell! So, I guinea pig'd myself yet again for the cause and took products to task for a) touchability, b) lastability and c) smellability...and the winner...hands down Soy Touchable Hair Spray. The smell is intoxicating...but blends well with perfumes -- NOTE that! ;) If you can imagine real life scene of me in the beauty supply store, smelling over forty hairsprays -- all for us mad-as-hell victims of broken beauty product dreams.
So that's it. There you have it...my regimen and recipe for loving your skin. I've been asked to show my ID to prove my age to a co-worker who refused to believe I was 40 (in 2011). Freak'n BEST compliment e-vuh! Do *I* think I look younger than my age...I have no idea. What does 41 look like these days? My 11 year old son (when I was 40) said I only looked 37 haha! Whether I do or do not look my age, the greater concern is...is my skin healthy? And according to my dermatologist -- yes, yes it is. Is it good genes? Maybe. But it's also GREAT skin care, a regular skin care routine, and it is also taking care of myself with what I put INto my body, lots of water, nutrition, as well as what I put ON my body/skin. Is good skin care world peace? Clearly not -- nor as important as, but certainly no downside to looking your best and aging gracefully. What I hope this post gives you though, and my entire purpose of sharing it, is insight that you don't have to shop like RICH folk to get RICH rewards (and hopefully save you frustration of products that fail). Will I go to sleep lathered in these products and wake-up looking like Megan Fox, Magic 8 Ball says "Don't Count on It". Will they help me (and you) look more refreshed and less lined...YES!
~Happy nourishing~
Sincerely,
RyRox
ryanroxley@yahoo.com
*Key skincare ingredients: Argireline for firming (botox alternative), Matrixyl for wrinkles, Hyularonic Acid for plumping, Vitamin C for antioxidant and repair and the all important Retinol for renewal. The products I use have these advanced and proven ingredients...all of which are for the benefit of increasing and stimulating your skin's own collagen production which is the nemesis of aging. TAKE THAT WRINKLES!
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