To keep your skin looking its best, it’s not only about the beauty products you use — your diet is also very important. Though there’s no miracle food or special anti-aging diet, several foods may slow down the aging of your skin, reduce the appearance of fine lines and protect your skin from free radicals. Here are five fabulous anti-aging foods that are delicious and great for your skin.
Avocado
Who doesn’t love avocado? It’s a great source of “good fat.” Healthy monounsaturated fat helps reduce the bad cholesterol in your body, which can cause heart problems as well as dull, oily …read more

This month, for the very first time, Kiehl’s enters the realm of all-natural, fully organic skincare with the Açaí Damage-Repairing Skincare Collection, which will be available on Kiehls.com on Monday.  This four-product anti-aging skincare regimen uses the antioxidant-rich Açaí Berry Extract to protect and repair damaged skin, and is clinically proven to combat environmental aggressors, protect skin from the first signs of aging, and repair environmental damage that’s occurred over time.

IT’S A FULL ACAI REGIMEN.  While other brands have utilized Açaí’s remarkable antioxidant properties in individual products, this is the first full skincare collection (cleanser, toning mist, serum, moisturizer) …read more

If you are like me, you have at one time or another used Neutrogena skin care.  When I was 13, I used the soap and I still use the body oil!!  They have since become more clinical and if you have issues with sun spots or sun damage, then their latest invention is for you.  Neutrogena Ageless Restoratives is the latest from the innovative skin care company. With the end of summer upon us, there has never been a better time to rejuvenate your skin, and restore some of the damage caused by the intense summer sun.
While, wearing a broad …read more

Sensitive skin sufferers have long been faced with a choice: combat the signs of aging and risk redness and irritation, or accommodate sensitive skin. With the introduction of Patricia Wexler M.D. Dermatology Anti-Aging for Sensitive Skin, you don’t have to choose — the breakthrough four-step regimen gently and effectively addresses the needs of both aging and sensitive skin.

Each product in the regimen is specially designed to soothe and calm skin while reversing signs of aging without irritation:

· Gentle Exfoliating Peel reveals healthy, fresh skin in one trauma-free step ($34.50)

MMPi20 Comforting & Renewing Serum decreases skin’s reactivity while visibly diminishing …read more

I am no stranger to cosmetic procedres (I had botox last year…) and I think to each his own when it comes to elective surgeries/procedures.  Unfortunately, not all women feel that way, we live in a culture where youth is preferred to aging gracefully.  From elective cosmetic surgeries to toxic injections to expensive creams, America’s anti-aging business is a $60 billion a year enterprise that caters to and fuels the fear of growing old. As the daughter of a plastic surgeon, Mitch McCabe has long been intrigued by the extreme measures people take to maintain the appearance of youth. …read more

I LOVE hearing about/trying new creams…especially ones with such rich backgrounds.  L’Occitane’s story begins in 1976, in the hills of Haute-Provence… a region of southern France that lies between the Alps and the Mediterranean. For over thirty years, the fields of Provence and the traditions and techniques of this unspoiled land have been the secret and inspiration behind his beauty products. Even today, all of their products are developed and produced here, in the small Provençal town of Manosque. Here, L’Occitane discovered Immortelle and Myrtle organic essential Oils with extraordinary powers of longevity and regeneration. Now it brings …read more

If you asked me that question years ago, I would have said no.  I saw so many horror stories (Remember Samantha from Sex & The City??) These days they have refined and tested things so much more!  Now my answer is an unequivocal and resounding YES!!  I have experimented with over the counter microdermabrasion and I even got botox last year!  I have decided that I want something that will actually take care of my skin, give me long lasting results and that is affordable.

Enter my first experience with the chemical peel….gone are the days of your face looking red …read more

More than ever, you are able to get cutting edge skin care for a fraction of what you used to be able to get it for.  Case in point, Avon is launching a new anti-aging breakthrough to fight fine lines and wrinkles called the ANEW Wrinkle Zone Line Smoothing Duo.

This powerful wrinkle fighter contains a unique treatment and a loose powder using Avon’s 4D Wrinkle Reverse Technology, which targets crow’s feet, furrow lines, forehead creases, marionette lines and other wrinkles to help achieve healthy, younger looking skin.

In clinical and consumer testing, ANEW Wrinkle Zone Line Smoothing Duo proved the following results:
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We all want smooth wrinkle free skin right? So what’s the best way to get there? In my opinion, you have to be armed with information, especially in this day and age where snake oil salesmen abound. One of the key ingredients that I have found to be helpful in the battle of the wrinkle is Vitamin C. It has been proven that eating foods rich in Vitamin C can slow the aging/wrinkle process, so it would stand to reason that using supplemental skincare would further that process.

According to a published report on Smart Skincare.com, …read more

New on the anti-aging scene is Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Plump Perfect Ultra Lift and Firm Cream SPF 30.  This anti-aging super moisturizer lifts plumping to a new level with CPT technology (Cellular Plumping Technology). This breakthrough blend of SNAP-8, a new peptide, and a collagen-supporting naturally-derived extract is a double dimension skin plumper. It works to smooth and relax the appearance of surface lines as it targets deeper wrinkles to firm, lift and redensify the look of skin.   The cream itself is fairly lightwieght for an anti-aging cream with SPF and has a slight fragrance but nothing that would be …read more