Sunday, December 16, 2007

Discover the Secrets to Looking up to 10 Years Younger

By Lana Robinson

There are two types of aging that both men and women have to deal with on an ongoing, daily basis....Actinic Aging and Intrinsic Aging. So, just what can we do to reduce fine lines and wrinkles?

Any chance you had, you'd go to the beach or to the lake... living worry free; it was heaven on earth! You looked so good with your deep, dark tan. If you couldn't go to the beach or to the lake, you spread out that king size sheet right in the front yard and slathered yourself with deep tanning oil. That tan you got sure made you feel and look good!

Maybe you weren't a water girl, but you were still so enamored with the way your skin looked when it was tan. So, you'd spend your time in the tanning beds or pool-side to get that golden color.

Or so we thought.

Now we feel as though we're cleaning up the mess we made. Our skin has new and interesting things to offer us: uneven color, fine lines, patches that look like our freckles decided to band together in perfect unity creating one large blemish... expect they call it an age spot. How dare they! Couldn't we just call it a souvenir from our best spring breaks?

Know we ask ourselves if it's too late to love our skin again; or are we doomed? Well, it's never too late to love your skin again! Your part in the damage cannot be repaired, but living life has its side-effects. Our skin starts to show that years are clicking away (without our permission, of course), and what we need now are products to help us repair that past damage and offer up a large helping of protection from what's coming.

It is so important to have a skin care product that actually contains beneficial ingredients. Equally important is to give your body what it needs (water, minerals, protein and carbs). Your overall health shows in your skin, so the right combination of these essentials can help improve your overall health and how your skin looks.

Scientists are aware that we can nourish our skin topically or internally; we cannot do one without the other. An unhealthy person can use the best skin care products in the world, following all the directions perfectly and see some improvement in their skin. But, if that same person chooses to nourish their bodies with 'good' foods, then their skin's appearance will improve so much more.

If you have troubled skin, you need a supplement that supports the skin from the inside out with key ingredients like L-Lysine, zinc and vitamins A and B6. You should also drink plenty of water. Smokers should think about quitting.

Getting wiser is part of getting older. We know that laying in the tanning beds is not a great idea, and we also know that we don't have to have a tan to be beautiful. If we take care of our skin, from the inside out, we can be beautiful in any shade.

Our skin is our largest organ, and if we want our skin to look healthy we need to put health stuff inside of it. To get luminous skin, instead of keeping that dry skin, then you need to drink plenty of water, eat your veggies and feed your skin with a daily dose of skin care products that deliver beneficial ingredients to get underneath that top layer and start repairing the damage.

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