Skin Care

The recent book by Dr. Debra Jaliman, Skin Rules, gives some good information about taking care of your skin.  As a beautiful older woman I want all the help I can get, as you probably do.  Her book is an easy read with lots of specific advice so you may want to get a copy for yourself.

In trying to sort out her advice for myself, I have put together a routine using her suggestions for dry/sensitive skin.

In the morning when you first get up:

1.) Wipe your face with a clean, wet wash cloth or a cotton pad wet with water or with a dab of toner (Clinique Mild Clarifying Lotion).

2.) Smooth on some moisturizer (tinted or plain) with sunscreen (Lancome Bienfait Multi Vital or Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Moisturizer).

When you get ready to put on your make-up for the day:

1.) Cleanse your face with a gentle cleanser (Neutrogena Extra Gentle Cleanser or Cera Ve Hydrating Cleanser).

2.) After cleansing, smooth on a moisturizer with sunscreen (see #2 above).

3.) Apply an eye cream (see #4 below).

4.) Add your make-up as usual.

In the evening before bed:

1.) Remove make-up by wiping your face with a cotton pad wet with water or a dab of toner.

2.) Wash your face with the gentle cleanser and pat dry. (If too tired to cleanse, at least wipe your face with an Olay Cleansing Pad or an Aveeno Cleansing Pad.

3.) On your dry face, apply a retinol product such as RoC Retinol Deep Wrinkle Cream Serum or L'Oreal Advanced Revitalift Face Cream or Peter Thomas Roth Unwrinkle Night Cream  or Skin Medica TNS Essential Serum. 

4.) Apply an eye cream such as Skin Medica TNS Eye Repair or Peter Thomas Roth Anti-Aging Cellular Eye Cream or L'Oreal ReVitaLift Eye Cream or RoC Eye Cream.

I hope you enjoy this concise beauty regimen.  Leave a comment and let me know how you're doing with it.

To purchase the book, you can click on the link below.

Skin Care

Have you ever been "suckered in" by a salesperson? There is nothing better than a good salesperson... as long as that person is someone of integrity who has a sincere desire to help you get something you want. As with most "older" women, I am concerned with the lines and wrinkles that are showing up on my skin and I would like to use natural treatments and products to help minimize them as much as possible. Just because I am getting older doesn't mean I no longer want to be as beautiful as I can... to a certain degree anyway... as I am currently too fearful of having surgery.

A couple of weeks ago I had some errands to run at our local mall. I managed to get past the first booth of skin care products by rushing past and saying "no" to the plea to try a new hand cream.

At the other end of the mall, I noticed a chair massage site set up in the middle of the concourse. My shoulder had been bothering me and when I saw that you could get a 10-minute massage for $12, I had to stop. It was a good massage and it was quick. However, as I was leaving and not paying attention, a salesman at the skincare booth near the massage pad starting asking me about my massage experience, and, because Southern women are "polite," I visited with him and then he had me on a stool so he could show me his new skin care products.


He was trying this product and that product and then showing me the results in a mirror telling me that my droopy skin was firming up and my lines and wrinkles were clearing up right before his eyes. It's a great ploy! As an older woman, I couldn't believe someone was actually pointing out my sagging and lines and wrinkles, but then showing me the amazing results. Of course, I wasn't wearing my glasses and he wasn't holding up a magnifying mirror, so I just had to take his word for it that my skin was now amazing! Oh, what vain fools we can be. :)

After I got home with my purchases, because I had spent so much money, I decided that I had better not put these products on the shelf with the many others I have bought over the years, so I read and reread the directions and made myself a chart as to which product to use when. That salesman had talked me into buying THREE different masks, so I had to make sure I knew when I was going to use each one. I was somewhat excited because I knew I would begin to look much younger.

I'm sure there is a little improvement after using this skin care regimen for the past two weeks and I will continue to use my masks, creams, serums, and lotions. However, what has really upset me is after "googling" the products, I found that I paid nearly 3 times the amount I could have gotten them for on the web. That HURTS and could almost cause some of those lines and wrinkles to come back!