Look Younger – Use Good Sense, Products, and Reduce Toxins
Look Young! Lessen Wrinkles, Slow Your Aging Safely.
Don’t age early! Keep the wrinkles, and dry leathery skin away until time can’t be fought. Take good, responsible care of your skin (no toxins or clogging up) and protect yourself from the sun. Those are the leading causes of premature wrinkles and aging skin. Use products that are healthy and natural, easily absorbed by the skin (non-clogging). Learn how to stay looking more youthful. Keep stress from getting to you – try to stay happy!
Learn how to be young again – in mood and spirit, in looks. For mood, try laughing more, enjoy life and appreciate all the little things – try not to stress out. Instead of getting aggravated by sitting in traffic, try to look at the colors of the trees, the birds flying, or listen to music that is soothing. Listen to song lyrics for a change – most of the time people just sing them without thinking. Go to church (and if one doesn’t feel right, shop around until you feel connected).
Many common products (and “specialty lines” of products) contain ingredients which may cause premature aging of your skin. The ingredients are full of “fillers” that are cheap and can even cause harm, plus clog your pores. You should use only the best ingredients – to keep from getting wrinkles early, and to keep healthy with no toxic effects. Be aware of toxins and useless fillers in your personal care products – many use petroleum by-products as fillers, or ingredients that suffocate the skin, or worse. Check the ingredients listings for potentially harmful ingredients and use better products.
Keep or regain your youthful look! Did you know the top two reasons people get wrinkles early? One is smoking – so stop smoking if you do. The other is sun exposure – you should use sunscreen or shield your face – the sun ages your skin if you aren’t careful about exposure. Exposure to the sun can make your skin leathery and wrinkle faster (same goes for tanning salons) – forget the tan and have healthy, youthful skin. 15-20 minutes in the sun at a time should be the max without a sunscreen. Stay out of the sun between peak times of 10 am – 2 pm. Sugar also tends to cause wrinkles.
Youth tip: even washing your face with plain water is better for the skin than using chemicals, alcohol, soap, etc.
You should use ingredients which help rejuvenate your skin, not strip it of oils and block your pores. Wrinkles can be made less apparent and slowed down by the use of healthy products. Don’t accelerate the aging process by using harmful products – retain your youth. Use only SAFE, health-conscious, non-toxic products.
Use a retinol-based product on your face, neck and chest, to help the youthful appearance and minimize wrinkles. I use a retinol serum, day and night creams daily. I am often told I don’t look my age. I believe the retinol helps my skin look more youthful. Night time is the best time to apply it, though – if you spend time outside. Sun exposure to retinol breaks it down. Use it primarily at night, unless you stay inside. Retinol stimulates the production of new skin cells. That’s why it helps with wrinkles.
Safe Cosmetics & Nail Care – Do you know what is in the make-up you normally use? There are toxins and harsh ingredients that can cause harm and may age you faster. Have you ever thought about why doctors don’t want you to use nail polish while you are pregnant? Shouldn’t that tell you something? What about people who’ve ruined their eyesight from using mascara which falls off the eyelashes and into the eyes? The industry is unregulated and some ingredients in cosmetics can be dangerous. Do your homework and find a safe alternative. There has been research done and many bad effects have been found.
Your skin can age faster than you want if you treat it badly – find out how to stay young looking longer and how to keep from getting wrinkles prematurely. Below are several things you should do on a daily basis.
Drink lots of water – it will wash out impurities and help keep your skin smooth and healthy – which will keep it youthful looking longer.
Protect your skin from the harmful effects of the sun. The more exposure you have, the more wrinkles you get, and your skin becomes leathery. Use proper sun protection – hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, protective clothes. Don’t get too much sun exposure – a tan isn’t worth it in lieu of younger skin. Use safe sunscreens – not ones with toxic ingredients that absorb into your bloodstream and can then cause issues. Try to stay out of the sun between high hours of 10 am – 2 pm. Always use a SPF 25 or higher sunscreen (though there is little extra protection from this point higher, mainly higher price), and at least an SPF 10 on your lips – use lip balm with sunscreen for lip protection for both the sun and daily use. Don’t risk skin cancer by exposing your skin to the intensity of the sun without protection, for more than maybe 20 minutes.
Use gentle cleansers on your face – water alone may be the best choice, if you don’t have a good cleanser. You do not want to strip away all the oils on your skin, but you also do not want to leave dirt on it. You should use a gentle cleanser at least once a day.
Eat healthy – and stay away from sugars, processed foods and such – which can often bring on wrinkles and pimples and other problems. Try to eat more fresh vegetables and unprocessed foods.
Look for a healthy wrinkle filler – to keep the wrinkly shadow from making wrinkles look more prominent. It needs to be skin healthy, though, so not to prematurely age your skin faster.
If you do all the above, you are sure to keep from aging faster than normal. If you do not take heed, you might cause faster aging and wrinkling.
P.R.