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Below is an article taken from the “Anti Aging and Skincare Made Easy” ebook (see picture in sidebar).

Talking of anti aging or anti wrinkle skincare products, the first thing that comes to one’s mind is vitamin C-based antiaging skin care products. These products work by enabling the synthesis of collagen (a structural protein that is found in skin). This category of antiaging skincare products is related to anti-oxidants. Anti-aging skin care products that are based on vitamin C are, however, posed with the danger of having themselves oxidized (as they come into contact with air during their usage). So some antiaging skincare products are based on the derivatives of vitamin C, which are more stable and less expensive. However, the effectiveness of such anti-aging skin care is not as much as it is for vitamin C based antaging skin care products.

Besides vitamin C, vitamin E and lipoic acid are anti-oxidants too. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble anti-oxidant that is found in human blood and helps in building resistance against infection. Vitamin E is also known to inhibit cancer. Liponic acid is known to combat the signs of aging very effectively by reversing the skin damage caused by the aging process.

Phytochemicals form the other category of anti aging skin care products. Phytochemical are special chemicals that are extracted from plants. There are a variety of phytochemicals that are in use today. Phytochemicals prevent occurrence of cancer of certain types; these include prostate cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer. That is why they find their place in anti aging skin care products.

Some B-vitamins like B5, B6 and B12 are also in use for anti aging skin care products.

The field of anti aging skin care products is vast and needs a lot of research. Though the currently available products are effective, they still have challenges to combat. Hopefully, these challenges will get resolved in due course and help get better and cheaper anti aging skin care products.

However, anti aging skin care products should be used only as a supplement to the natural ways of skin and body care. So, drinking a lot of water, getting a good night sleep, exercising regularly, maintaining healthy eating habits and keeping stress at bay are essential means of delaying the aging process. No anti aging skin care product can replace them really.

Hope you have had learned something from this article. If you want to read more of these informative articles on anti aging or acne skincare, you can click on the link at the sidebar and find out how to download the ebooks for free!

When I tell you that I want to age gracefully, just like so many other women said, it doesn’t mean that I will not use anything for anti-aging skin care. (Would you?) In fact, aging gracefully is about taking good care of your own skin, health and appearance so that you look great at your age. At least, that’s my definition of aging gracefully.

Come on, who doesn’t want to hide their age, or at least make themselves look 5 or 10 years younger? Even men love to look younger and smarter, don’t they?

While all of us tend to use anti-aging skin care product and procedures to help us fight the effects of aging, anti-aging skin care is not achieved by any magic potion. It all boils down to DISCIPLINE. It is about being proactive - taking actions to stop or slow down what age is doing to your skin or overall health. So here are a few tips for proactive antiaging skin care.

Maintain healthy eating habits
Easier said than done, huh? But it is a very important rule to always remember. A well balanced diet is the key to maintaining a proper body metabolism that will reflect on the skin. Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables (raw), they are the best source of fibre and help cleanse your body. Avoid oily and fatty food; not only do they lack in essential nutrients but also cause weight gain. I remember reading an interview with the model QiQi, wife to Hong Kong actor Simon Yam, she even avoid sweet sugary food because these foods tend to speed up the process of skin aging.

Eliminate stress
This is probably the most important natural antiaging skin care measure. Stress disturbs the body metabolism and accelerates the aging process. I can attest to that! Since working from home, life is stressful for me and I get sufficient rest, I look and feel so much better than when I was working 9-to-5. I also look younger than my peers of the same age….

Drink lots of water
Everyone knows that we need to drink at least 8 glasses of water every day. Water helps to flush out the toxins from the body, keeping it clean and making it less prone to disease. Again, most of us can’t stick to this rule because we are so busy that we forgot to drink! (Coffee, tea and soft drinks don’t count into that 8 glasses of water, okay?)

Regular exercise
Again, another wonderful natural antiaging skin care procedure. Besides toning your muscles, it also helps in cleaning the skin by flushing out the toxins in the form of sweat.

Protect your skin against UV radiation
UV rays are known to speed up the aging process. Always apply a good sunscreen lotion or day cream with SPF during the day. My skin might have looked better than what it is now if I had used sun protection cream when I was younger in my college years.

So, if you really want to age gracefully, the above are some of the natural antiaging skin care tips for you. For more anti-aging tips, you can gain access to a free (actually two) ebooks here.

Jeez, I forgot to update about my expensive facial treatment I had three days ago. Guess I will do it tomorrow coz it’s midnight now. I hope I can remember to take snap shots of my face - partially though (areas between my eyes and mouth only, to show the size of my skin pores). Would be good to monitor the improvement over time.  (Am I getting a little bit obsessed about this whole facial thing? Haha!)

Perhaps if I had taken good care of my skin (if only I knew how, that is!) when I was much younger, I would have much healthier and greater looking skin right now. And I wouldn’t be splashing my money on expensive skin care products today, eh?

Of course, it’s never too late to start giving lots of tender loving care to your skin, no matter what its condition is right now. So, if you are looking for information on how to treat pimples or tips on anti-aging skin care, you can download two free ebooks by clicking on this link. What you read of course won’t solve your skin problems instantly! But it definitely will help you understand what you’re dealing with, how to stop them from getting worse, how to prevent them from happening again, so that you can regain a young, healthy looking skin.

Hey, it’s only 2 months to Christmas. If you want to have a smooth, glowing skin to show off at the Christmas parties, then you have to start loving your skin now!

Stress is over!

Parents in law came for dinner at our place tonight. While hubby was the one who did all the cooking, I was the one who cleaned the house and assisted him preparing the cooking ingredients and setting up the table. After PIL went home, we allowed ourselves to take a breather by watching TV before cleaning up the kitchen. Luckily there’s not much of leftover food, as I let mother-in-law took most of the pork stew while I just kept enough for my lunch tomorrow. My fridge is already small, I don’t want to stuff it anymore!

My fridge is more than 5 years old. Quite ‘young’ actually. It still works normally despite being moved twice (from KL to Penang, and back to KL again)! I will use it until it no longer function, or when we feel that it can no longer cater the amount of stuffs we need it to keep. Haha! By then, my new fridge will not only be larger, but it will be one of those that can dispense cold water from this little compartment at the front of the fridge, without having to open the fridge door. I think that will be very cool!

Of course, high-tech fridge like that will need more care, such as replacing its water filter (e.g. water filter 4396508 for Whirlpool and Kitchenaid models) once in a few months to ensure the water dispensed is clean and safe to consume.

Speaking of clean, I need to get myself clean up now. Can’t go to bed with a greasy face.

Today is my ’stress’ day. I need to get some work done for a client. Although I don’t have to submit it until Friday afternoon, but I only have today to work on it.

You see, tomorrow is my facial day, so I will spend most of my time in the shopping mall. As for Friday, I have to get my house organized and cleaned up because parents in law are coming for dinner this weekend.

Speaking of cleaning the house, I think I better start planning for Chinese New Year, haha! I know, it’s still like 3-4 months away, but there’s a lot to do if you were lazy like me, a housewife that doesn’t do her housework regularly, haha! To make things worse, I have one busy husband who has no time to mend the cracks on the wall of our bedroom. He has bought the crack filler thing but has had no time to get on it. Even after he filled up all the cracks, we have to repaint the walls. Gosh, I felt tired already by just thinking of it. And we have to get this done before CNY! It seems like we have got a lot of time huh? But you know how time flies, right? And how weekends can just go passing in a snap without you even noticing…

Besides this major task, we need to get ready new curtains, a new chair to replace the broken one in the study room, pots and plants for our front yard, matching cushions for our sofa, etc. Luckily we don’t have a home theater system, otherwise we might also need to get new mounts for the TV and audio system.

Jeez, I think my stress level has just increased by several notches!

It’s okay, I will get through the day anyhow. And before I go to bed tonight, I will relax in my lavender facial mask and look forward to tomorrow’s facial.

I have a facial appointment scheduled on Thursday this week. Very excited about it coz I will be getting my ultimate super-expensive Plancenta facial treatment for the first time! ;P I will update on the immediate results after the treatment. So stay tuned, yah?

I expect to see great difference before and after the treatment, to be honest, based on all the cases they’ve shown (what everyone saw on their banners and advertisements, and what I saw from the record in their center). It will be money worth spending if I can achieve the results like what those customers had obtained. Hubby, for one, will be very happy that I make this ‘investment’. Haha!

Ah, women. Our journey in the pursuit of life-long beauty is never ending. We are always in search for the best acne treatment, best anti-aging cream, best slimming product, etc. It’s one of our missions in life. We did it mostly for ourselves, but admit it, there is a small but significant part that we did it for the our man, or so that we can attract the attention of the guy we want him to see us. Agree?