My ultimate favourite is La Roche Posay-Ceralip. Hands down this one does the trick for me, but I reserve it's use for winter when my lips need uber TLC. It uses high emollient and can heal cracked lips, perfect for someone suffering from eczema, and babies too!
GOOD AND CHEAP
My go to lip balm for when I'm a little broke is Nivea- Milk and Honey Lip Balm. Really cheap and works better then some pricier ones I've tried. Truth be told I always have one or two hanging around, just in case.
LOOKING PRETTY
When I want something a little glossy and or some colour I love Rosebud Salve and Dior Lip Glow. The Rosebud Salve offers a sleek sheen to lips that is not sticky. And the Dior has an SPF of 10 and turns a slightly different colour for everyone, on me it's a sheer hot pink.
TASTY TREATS
For taste I get picky and usually opt for (like the ones above) very light on the scent. But I do LOVE Kiehl's Lip Balm in any of their flavours. They feel and look like the Rosebud Salve, but in a far more convenient tube. Also Korres Lip Butter has some delicious tastes, smells and colours. And Korres is also all natural as well.
As I peered down into my jar of night cream I saw I had one application left, this meant it was time to buy a new one. So I went skipping to the Big Carrot (my favourite source of natural beauty products) and dove headfirst into their facial skincare department. I look at the name, then the bottle, if it incites me then I'll read the ingredients. I then take a nervous gulp and read the price, then evaluate it from there.
There were a few that made the grade, but one had the goods and a price that didn't make me want to faint.
Mary Ginseng House: Face Cream
It has Olive oil, Aloe Vera gel, Jojoba ester, Grapefruit Seed extracts, Vitamin E and of course tons of Ginseng. Goes on light but leaves skin very moisturized. I feel a little "tightening" effect that is not drying at all. I am very, very impressed by this product.
I found my first wrinkle today! It made me a little sad, because for a long time I have told women not to freak-out about their aging and in stead accept it and move on.
Well I'm freaking out just a little more then I expected to. Perhaps its the fact that it's a sign that I'm getting older (scary), but more disturbing because I've done everything right.
I cleanse, tone, moisturize, and I always wear an SPF of at least 30 daily. Every other day I exfolliate and I have been using Glycolic Acid for years as well as recently I have been using Hyloronic Acid. I never fall asleep wearing my makeup (at least not since I was 19) and I am consistant with my skin care regime to the point of mild obsession.
Yet here I am staring at a forehead crease that mocks my efforts. Am I surprised that I see a wrinkle before 35? No, I totally understand the ageing process, but it irritates me all the same. Does this make me a little jaded to what I do for a living? Yes, absofuckinglutely! But I also know that graceful ageing is a reality that can be attained. Because the truth darlings is that there is no, I repeat NO FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH! If there was I can guarantee that it would not cost $30 or $500 or come in a syringe. It would have a 10 year waiting list, cost you more than a house in Rosedale and there might even be a screening process that would find the "right" candidate (aka the rich and powerful).
But graceful ageing is attainable, I know because I've seen it in all it's botox-free glory. And every single one of these women will tell you that the key to ageing well is; happiness.
I know eh, easy for them to say, but it's true. The best looking "mature" people I have seen are all very relaxed happy people who don't care if the cream they are buying is the newest best-est money pit out there. What matters to them is that they like it and it makes them happy.
So with that in mind tonight I'm going to try a whole new skin care regime. I'm going to slap on my Neals Yard Frankensince cream, because it feels good. And then I'm going to eat a nice ripe Ontario peach I just bought at the market, and then I'm going to watch some True Blood! After that I'm going to snuggle up to my Husband-to-be and fall asleep with a smile on my face.
Now that is the best skin care advise I think I can give and take.
By the way below is that ageing gracefully botox-free glory stuff I was talking about...
