BEAUTY
One of my goals is to stay as youthful as possible- inside and out.
Along with a regime of diet and exercise, which are key to affecting inner and outer beauty,
I am starting to focus more and more on skin care. I recently discovered a nice beauty secret,
well, not a secret, but enlightening to me. I was under the assumption that the costly moisturizers had to be the very best. I have definitely learned through trial and error that you typically get what you pay for...and many times it truly is the case that, when something costs more, there is a good reason for it. However, I was using an expensive under-eye treatment and moisturizer for a while and kept feeling disappointed with the results (or lack of). On a whim recently at a vitamin shop, I decided to buy some pure Vitamin E oil. ($5.99) Just to see.
I absolutely noticed improvements right away. You will no longer find me at the makeup counter buying those expensive (promising extreme results) products. I may research some of the ingredients in them, and then stick with what is naturally conducive to healthy skin....
Do you have any beauty tips to share?
posted by shari at 1/22/2006 04:53:00 PM
5 Comments:
If anyone thinks of this post as vain or shallow....um...well...(having trouble here trying to insert apology lol)
I'm FEMALE. Skin care interests me, what can I say. :)
Mayonnaise works for conditioning the hair, I hear, although I have never used it myself. I used to use oatmeal as a facial scrub, and sometimes I beat an egg white for a facial mask. There are a lot of websites that give you "recipes" for homemade skincare that are amazing. I like the expensive brands, too, but have opted for "St. Ives" of late because I can't really afford the "Estee Lauder"...lol
It just so happens that the eye cream I mentioned was Estee Lauder. I still like products from Clinique, Lancome, etc. but I was floored that Vitamin E oil works so much better. I have never seen such real definitive results from any skin care product I've ever tried. I like St Ives, too. They have alot of good natural ingredients.
I'm still in love with the free gifts with purchase, though.... :)
Drink lots of water, and smile.
LOL :) AB
I'm with AB--smiling makes a big difference...but I, too, am a "free-gift-with-purchase" slut.
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