The Obvious.. H2O!

You guessed it! The free stuff that comes out of your foucet helps prevent anti-aging. Doctors and nutritionist, and fitness gurus aren't kidding when they tell you to drink lots of water. And we all know the average.. its about 8 to 10 cups a day! I think I average out on two and at more five, but I'm working on it.

Now I'm sure there are a lot of you that are thinking, water? How much can that help with age prevention? Well after talking to a lot of women who are in their fifties and sixties at bars, grocery stores, malls, doctor offices, etc etc; who look like they're still in their twenties, thirties, and forties, their secret is water. And it shows!

So drink up! To read more about the benefits of drinking water, click here.

Aloe Vera, Not Just Something You Put On After a Sunburn.

Aloe Vera has always been known to be a great topical ointment on the skin to help with sunburns or other skin irritants. However, have you ever considered the benefits of taking it internally? Believe it or not Aloe Vera has many long term health benefits! This is one of the closest things you will find youth in a bottle, Aloe Vera juice!

Even if anti-aging isn't your thing, I still would recommend Aloe Vera juice just for the taste! It is absolutely delicious! Anyway back to the benefits:

• Body-Building Blocks: Amino acids are our body's building blocks. Drinking Aloe Vera Juice on a regular basis allows you to help maintain your health by replenishing your body naturally with these essential amino acids. An analysis of the aloe vera plant shows that it comes closer than any other known plant to the duplication of essential amino acids.


• Daily Dose of Vitamins: Aloe Vera Gel includes Vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C and E, Folic Acid and Niacin. The human body simply cannot store some of these vitamins; therefore we need to supplement them regularly through our diets.
  
• Daily Dose of Minerals: Some of the minerals found in aloe vera juice include calcium, sodium, iron, potassium, chromium, magnesium, manganese, copper, and zinc. We all know that adding foods to our diets with naturally occurring vitamins and minerals is recommended for overall health. Drinking Aloe Vera Gel is a natural and healthful way to replenish the body's supply.
  
• Diabetes Prevention: After undergoing research, aloe extract has been proven to decrease blood glucose levels. Research claims that aloe can prevent or at least slow down the development of diabetes. Medications given to diabetics also contain significant amounts of aloe. The plant is clearly the herbalist's method to control the deadly disease.
  
• Aids in Healthy Digestion: A healthy digestive tract ensures that nutrients from the foods we eat are absorbed into the blood stream. Aloe Vera Juice has natural, detoxifying abilities. Drinking Aloe Vera Juice made from the pure aloe gel regularly may improve bowel regularity and increase protein absorption, while at the same time decrease unfriendly bacteria and yeast.
  
• Immune Support and Function: Aloe Vera juice provides natural support for the immune system. Since the immune system works around the clock protecting the body, aloe vera, with its natural immune enhancers, gives the body a continual arsenal from which to draw.
  
• Regulates Weight and Energy Levels: Aloe Vera Gel naturally, and with regular use, allows the body to cleanse the digestive system. Our diets include many unwanted substances which can cause lethargy and exhaustion. Taken regularly, Aloe Vera Juice from the pure aloe gel ensures a greater feeling of well-being, allowing energy levels to increase and helping to maintain a healthy body weight.
  
• Heartburn Prevention: Heartburn may not be life-threatening but it can certainly cause discomfort. Instead of waiting for the condition to subside, you can ingest oral aloe or aloe extract to speed up the healing process. Aloe is pretty bitter, so you better take it with water.
  
• Dental Health and Hygiene: Aloe Vera juice is extremely healthful for your mouth and gums. Because aloe vera is safe to be taken internally, it can be used to treat injuries that occurred on soft tissue, such as mouth ulcers, canker sores, fever blisters and other lesions. It has also been used effectively to treat bleeding gums and to soothe pain and discomfort after oral surgery or extensive dental treatment.

One of the reasons why I drink Aloe Vera juice is mainly because I love the taste. The fact that it's good for your skin is a bonus. Also I've noticed that it makes me feel better even when I'm sick.

My aunt has been drinking Aloe Vera is replace of water and her skin is pure perfection. She's in a mid forties but she still looks like she is in her late twenties. So hopefully, if I keep drinking this I'll look like I'm in my twenties while I'm in my forties! :)

Wrinkle Prevention Right at Home! TA-DA!

So I've been following Dazzledust25 on her blog and I have to handle it to her. She's good and I love the content she's giving. So I have tried her Wrinkle Prevention for those who are in their 20's and I gotta say, I love it! My skin feels soft and it's looking better too. Besides its better to use organic products than chemicals thats created in a lab. So follow the recipe below and try it out yourself!

This particular oil is best for people on their 20’s. After you have made the mixture store it in a tinted tincture bottle (available at the chemist). Use morning and night.

Anti-aging treatment oil (20’s)

•Carrot – 1 drop
•Geranium – 8 drops
•German Chamomile – 3 drops
•Fennel – 5 drops
•Lavender – 5 drops
•Neroli – 8 drops
Dilute this blend of oils in 2 tablespoons of almond or apricot kernel oil.

What these oils do:

1. Encourage the regeneration of cells

2. Oxygenate the blood which energises cells

3. Help maintain collagen

4. Encourage firming of the skin (Fennel)

5. Deal with manifestations of anxiety on the skin (Geranium)

6. Helps skin heal and repair (Lavender)

7. Acts as an antiseptic (German Chamomile)

If you want to get to know Dazzledust25, meet her yourself in this youtube video:


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Dove Deep Moisture Facial lotion.. Weren't Kidding When They Called it Deep Moisture!

This time I'm going to start off with my favorite facial sun-block moisturizer! The Dove Deep Moisture facial lotion! Now that I'm getting older (okay maybe not that old) but I know I need to start protecting my skin. I wanna be able to look like I'm in my twenties even when I far into my thirties and forties, so one of the most important steps... Sun block and moisturizer!


Now I have tried many sun blocks and well so has my mom, but the majority we hate them! Why??? Because (a) they're too greasy leaving your face super shiny, (b) they don't absorb quickly, (c) they always leave a white streak no matter how hard you rub it in!

This is not the case with the Dove Deep Moisture facial lotion! I absolutely love this product! First, this product is not greasy at all! It will not leave your face looking oily and shiny!

Second, it truly moisturizes your face! The feeling from this product is truly refreshing unlike most sunblocks where I feel like I'm applying goo all over my face. Also it doesn't leave the skin feeling heavy like regular sunblocks do.

Third, it's a sunblock but it doesn't feel like a sunblock. And it's SPF 15! Once I apply this product my skin feels soft and smooth like a baby's bottom!

Fourth, I have nothing bad to say about this product. I cannot find a flaw! No break outs, no pimples, nothing! And it's less then $10 at your local grocery store!

So if you want the sun block without the feeling of a sunblock this is it! Enjoy healthy skin!

Gettin Rid of those Dark Circles... Part 2

Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Renew's Anti-Puff Eye Roller should just roll it's way off the self! I mean I never really had faith in any eye products but at least the products do DO something. This product however does NOTHING! If I wanted to put something cold on my eyes I'll just splash it with cold water and save myself $10.

I think they just put scented water into this little green tube. I've have used it plenty of times and experimented with it on days when my eyes were extremely puffy. However no results. My eyes were still left puffy, the ony thing the product did was just cooled my eyes but thats it.

It didn't even lighten up the dark circles that were under my eyes too. It did nothing!

But hey if you're in desperate need to soothe and cool your eyes and have money to just throw away this is just the product for you.

Anyone else use this product? What do you think of it? Did it work for you? Feel free to join in on the conversation.

Other than that, stick around for part 3...