Sunday, January 20, 2008

Dry Skin No More and shrink Under Eye Bags

My skin is very dry. Especially as you reach a certain age, skin tends to get dry. There are a lot of products out on the market that promise to "rejuvenate" skin. It's hard to know what products to use with so many choices.

Especially with the fact that I go out dancing and everyone is so much younger, I (vainly I must admit) do still want to look good. Because, unfortunately, my financial situation doesn't allow me the luxury of buying expensive products (a friend of mine uses a cream that costs $100 a jar), I use products that not only are healthy on the outside, but also healthy on the inside. Since beauty really does come from within anyway, I get two benefits for the price of one. Also flaxseed oil especially is rich in the omega three oils. Big benefit.

For my skin, I use either olive, sunflower, coconut, sesame or flaxseed oil. Put it all over my face before I go to sleep at night. I also use it on my neck and body. I usually cook with these oils too. I even fry eggs with the oil. I found olive oil has the least taste. I actually do prefer butter, but my attitude has always been that even if something doesn't taste exactly how I want it to, if it's healthy, I can get it down.

For undereye bags (which of course I don't have!!!), I use green tea. I drink green tea every morning and take the bags and put them in the refrigerator. When my eyes are puffy, I put them on my eyes for about 10 minutes. BIG HELP!!!!

I don't have the money or the desire for plastic surgery (at least for now), so I'll just have to stick with being as healthy as possible and drink lots of water... and dance!

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