As a teen, summer days were spent in the quest for the perfect tan. With cocoa butter and baby oil, my friends and I baked in the midday sun.
Fast forward to adulthood and the breaking news health headline reads: “Eighty percent of your lifetime sun damage occurs before age 18.”
The information has come too late for us, as we are now well past the teen years. The consensus? We are toast. Literally. Left to wait for the sun skin damage to start revealing itself in premature wrinkles and worse yet, skin cancer.
But wait. According to adjunct assistant professor …read more

It is a facelift without surgery. And yes, it will only cost about ten dollars.
I was pleased to discover that Carole Maggio’s book Facercise: The Dynamic Muscle-Toning Program for Renewed Vitality and a More Youthful Appearance has been revised, updated and is back in print.
Maggio walks the reader through a series of facial exercises that will help lift the face; diminish puffiness around the eyes; tighten the chin, neck, and jawline; improve skin color and tone; lift eyebrows; recontour cheeks and make lips plump and more firm.
Best of all — it works. Once you learn the step-by-step …read more

Through trial and error, you find the perfect shade of lipstick. What do you do when you discover your favorite shade of lipstick has been discontinued? You can: scour the web trying to find someone who still carries stock; open the makeup drawer and attempt to mix and match shades of lipstick that did not work into one that does; or you can visit Three Custom Color Specialists.
Three Custom Color Specialists specializes in recreating discontinued lip color shades. Simply send in a sample (instructions on how to do this are on the website) and the trio of experts will analyze …read more

Remember when 40 was the new 30? And 50 became the new 40? Is 60 the new sexy? Oscar award-winning Dame Helen Mirren, age 61, has been voted the world’s sexiest older woman, according to a Sun newspaper poll.
Notes On A Scandal Judi Dench, The Devil Wears Prada Meryl Streep and movie actress Sophia Loren also made the list.
Granted, sexy is in the mind of the beholder, but without a doubt, Mirren proves that a woman can be sensuous well beyond what past normal societal standards have dictated as sexy in the narrow parameters of youth-based sex appeal.
We …read more

We live hectic lives. Some mornings we can look as tired as we feel. If the image in the mirror is not reflecting back a bright-eyed expression, or skin that glows with youthful radiance, More Magazine’s Lois Joy Johnson, in Beauty products that help you fake a rested look, outlines a simple five-step plan to help us look more vibrant than we may feel at the moment.
Of the five steps, we like her recommendation of RoC Resurfacing Facial Peel Kit as an exfoliator. The at-home facial resurfacing treatment works to smooth the appearance of fine lines, lifts dead skin …read more

Dan Buettner refers to them as Blue Zones — geographical locations people reside that appear to give them an advantage when it comes to living longer, active, healthier lives. Buettner has been traveling the globe in search of these locations in order to learn the secrets of longevity from the residents who live there. In his quest thus far, the writer and avid adventurer has traveled to Costa Rica, Sardinia, Okinawa and Loma Linda, California.
In profiling the residents, Buettner states he has discovered both unique and common characteristics of people who not only live much longer than most of us, …read more