Aura Schwartz, professional makeup and skincare aesthetician for commercials, print, fashion, and television, guest blogs today to discuss the importance and ease of wrinkle prevention. In order to have the perfect, blushing bridal skin you’ve dreamed of on your wedding day, it’s crucial that you practice excellent skincare. The tips Aura shares will not only help you achieve the look you want on your wedding day, but will help you look like the same youthful bride at your 50th anniversary party!
Let us start with the nemesis of all women: wrinkles! People pay thousands of dollars to get nipped, tucked, and injected in order to make wrinkles disappear. Can we prevent all the needles? Can we prevent all the yanking of skin? Can we prevent having to put our butt cheeks into our faces (yes ladies, women really do this) at a reasonable price? The answer is yes! Take care of your skin and it will take care of you! Treat your skin and body well from early on, and it will treat you well way into your elderly years.
The fastest and best improvement I have seen in people’s skin is when someone starts drinking a lot of water. Chug that H20 and your skin becomes as supple as a baby’s bottom. But of course there are the creams! With so many makes and models, choosing a cream can become a headache.
Recently, a 25-year-old woman asked me when those sun-kissed lines start to appear around the eyes, and why, oh why does everyone insist wearing eye cream that costs the same as the month’s rent? Do expensive moisturizers really prevent lines better than the generic brands?
How much do you really have to spend to get a good face cream? It really is flexible! Most makeup artists or fashion consultants will tell you to invest in a staple or two that you wear the most and then add the rest of your collection at a reduced price. Same goes for skincare!
Drug store brands are very good especially Oil of Olay. Olay has been around forever and has proven itself worthy to be in every woman’s medicine cabinet, but — and there is a but — brands like LA MER and Cle de Peau are exceptional! The problem is LA MER and Cle De Peau are very expensive, so here comes the trick. Get the one product you need most. Whether it’s an anti-wrinkle cream for your lines or moisturizer if you have incredibly flaky skin, get that one product from one of the more expensive brands and then go get the rest from the drug store.
The other catch is if you are young and just starting to show signs of wrinkles and sun damage and you go ahead and take care of your skin early on, I do believe you can go with Olay or other generic face cream brands. Just keep drinking lots of water and your skin will be glowy and beautiful for the rest of your days!
They say the eyes are the window to our souls, but they forgot to mention in this beauty-conscious world how much it costs to take care of the windows of our souls. Your drapery doesn’t have to be palatial. Just squeegee the windows and cover ’em up.
Here are a couple of my favorite products:
Aveeno: Ultra-calming daily moisturizer with spf 15
Oil of Olay: Age defying anti-wrinkle replenishing night cream
Ren: Cosomatic infusion ultra moisture day cream dry skin
Kiehl’s: Abyssine eye cream and ultra-facial cream
Cle de Peau: Anti-wrinkle eye balm
LA MER: The eye balm and The oil-absorbing lotion
