Anti-Aging Basics

Getting older is a fact of life, but we don’t have to look it. Defy the wrinkles, pursed lips, and dry skin. Here are a few tips we all can start following now, to lessen the effects of aging.

Drink more water

Our bodies are over ninety percent water. Our tissues can’t get enough of it. Water gives our inner body a good shower every day. Water also cleans out the toxins in our systems and gives our skin that healthy glow that even the best lotions can not. Women should drink anywhere from eight to eleven glasses of water a day for proper body function.

Wear your sunglasses. When you first enter the light, the tendency is to squint. Over time, squinting leads to those lovely wrinkles beside your eyes called crow’s feet. To keep that pesky black bird from walking all over your face, wear wraparound sunglasses. Most people don’t realize that sun can be seen peripherally unless there is something there to block the light. They don’t have to cost over a hundred bucks either. If you find a drugstore pair, they will do the job just as well. Pop them on each time you leave the house to avoid direct sunlight and glare.

Nothing reduces the skin to the consistency of an old leather shoe faster than the sun. A good tan can be achieved without resorting to the sun or the tanning bed. Jergens makes a line of Natural Glow products for the face and body. Depending on your starting skin tone, the formula is designed to gradually darken the skin’s tone by at least two shades. A healthy sun-kissed glow can be maintained all over without the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation.

Less makeup is actually more. Having too much makeup will help to outline and define those wrinkles instead of hiding them. Try a concealer pen instead of a liquid foundation which will slip into those facial lines as the day wears on. Lightly line your lips and use a softer color. Bright reds heavily applied will bleed into the lines around your lips. At any age, those that wear makeup should not look like they do.

We each can do something at every age to keep from looking our age. Taking care of your body is a key to a longer and more satisfying life. Get started today.