Saturday, December 7, 2013

7 Steps to Youthful Glow, Look 10 to 20 Years Younger - DIY

By Shirli Kieffer

You can look ten to twenty years younger just by following some basic keys to tending to yourself from the neck up.

Some women spend hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars on skin care potions lotions and youth revitalizing remedies that are the result of good marketing. If you’re like me, I have a respect for the women who have started these companies and profit from capitalizing on the lack of self-confidence in other women (because I know some of them, personally, and I love you. Really I do…) but I am resistant to certain types of marketing.

I maintain my youthful appearance, and you can too, just by following these simple steps for recapturing your youthful glow:

  1. Clean Skin
    To clean your skin without depriving it of its natural oils, use a cream cleanser. A cream cleanser will help lock in the skin healthy oils on your face, and will also leave your face moisturized and glowing. Using this type of cleanser will slow the development of fine lines and wrinkles.
  2. Home Steam Facial
    For an inexpensive, spa-like facial just lean yourself over a bowl of steaming hot water! Cover or wrap up your hair, fill any container with really hot water and allow the steam to open and clear your pores! It is soothing and stimulating and very cost effective. Follow up with cold water to close and refresh your pores, then add moisturizer!
  3. Moisturize
    Using a facial moisturizer is one of the best things you can do to enhance your beauty. Even if you have oily skin, it is still a good idea. Apply it every single night before going to sleep. If you have extra dry skin, it is a good idea to also use moisturizer in the morning as well.
  4. Makeup Removal
    Always remove makeup before going to bed. If you sleep with your makeup on, you increase the likelihood you will get acne and blackheads. Makeup can trap dirt and oil on your face. Clean and tone your face every night. Don't forget to add moisturizer when you are finished cleaning.
  5. Pretty Lips
    To improve your lip color application, always apply lip balm first. The lip balm will leave your lips soft and moisturized, and will allow your lip color to go on smoothly. Try using a basic, untinted lip balm so that you don't affect the color of the lipstick or lip gloss you're using.
  6. Lovely Lashes
    To make your eyelashes look thicker, dust them with a coat of loose powder before applying your mascara. Use a small brush to apply a thin layer of translucent powder to your eyelashes, taking care not to get the powder in your eyes. Follow up with a coat of your favorite mascara over the top of the powder.
  7. Beautiful Hair
    For beautiful hair, add oil to your hair care routine. You can make your hair shinier, less frizzy, and mask graying by adding a few drops of oil to your hair every morning. Good oils to use are castor, rosemary, or sesame oils. All of them are cost effective and widely available.
    The value of brushing your hair frequently cannot be underestimated. By brushing it frequently you help distribute the oils in your scalp, just as when you brush a dogs fur, it distributes their oils. So, by brushing frequently you help evenly distribute the oils, vitamins, and minerals throughout your hair, helping it stay healthy as a whole.
No need to spend all that money on the latest whiz-bang beauty products, just follow these simple seven steps, and you, too, can reclaim your own fountain of youth that truly comes from within.

Remember, as beautiful as you may look on the outside, your true glow originates from within. It is important to live your life with passion and purpose as there is no better combatant to the aging process.

Why do some women appear to age at a more rapid rate than others? Common aging contributors include sunlight, smoking, stress, depression and taking anti-depressant medications.

You will find that women who are captured in the media, doing the things they love, helping others, delivering their message and truly embracing their true selves and answering their personal calling(s) often appear younger than their contemporaries. We all could learn a lesson from them.

If it seems that getting out from under the doldrums might be a bit of a stretch for you, seek help; a friend to act as an accountability partner, a therapist, counselor or life coach, and get back on the right road to being the best (and youngest) you that you can be.

Get back on track and let me know how your travels go.






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