Experts Top 5 Skincare Tips For Women In Their 40's

Skincare prevention and maintenance is essential at all ages, but when you’re in your 40’s & older, you better make sure that you have a plan in action. Hence today, I am going to share with you, my top 5 skincare tips for women in their 40’s!

For this post & part of skincare month,  I have partnered up with OZ Naturals, a leader in natural skin care as well as ALLURE MAGAZINE'S Best in skincare company. OZ Naturals was founded, to create healthy, premium skin care products to help those who weren't naturally born with perfect skin, to obtain more perfect skin. The kind of skin that everyone deserves to have.

So, if you are looking for some skin care tips that will help to increase the production of collagen, help with cellular turnover, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, as well as giving you a much smoother texture and even a more radiant skin tone, then continue reading!

Boost Your Collagen:  As we get older we start to lose collagen!  And our skin loses its tone, resulting in those unwanted fine lines and wrinkles!  A product that is good to help boost your collagen is a Oz Naturals, CLINICAL STRENGTH 20% vitamin c serum for your face + vegan hyaluronic acid is the absolute highest quality vitamin c serum available. This product is made in the USA and OZ Naturals guarantees that you'll get results!

A Vitamin C serum and a & Hyaluronic acid are a must have in our beauty bag.  Aside from complementing our skin with natural ingredients, they also further strengthen our skins durability and protective agents, enabling us to achieve a better, healthier complexion.

Drink Plenty Of Water:  Proper hydration is essential for women in their 40’s, so hopefully this is something you’ve been doing for years!  When you add drinking plenty of water to your skincare regimen, it can help your skin to look plumper and minimize the signs of aging. Make it a habit of having a glass of water or bottled water near you at all times. IMPORTANT:  Once you realize you’re thirsty, you’re already dehydrated, and no one wants dehydrated skin, so plan ahead!

STOP Skin Hydration NOW!

Moisturizer with an SPF: This is something that we should be doing at any age, but if you neglected it in your younger years, lather up baby!   If you get a moisturizer with an SPF, you will save yourself time and money!   For an extra boost, you can add it via your makeup too, so keep your eyes open for a tinted moisturizer and a BB cream. A great moisturizer will help to plump up your fine lines and more, so never leave home without it!

Exfoliate: Properly exfoliating your skin is a must if you want healthy, glowing skin.  As we get older the process of cell regeneration slows down. Therefore, the body is slower at shedding dead skin cells and generating new ones.  If you don’t find a product to help remove the dead skin on your skin's surface, the old skin will start to leave your skin looking dull and dry! Proper exfoliation removes the old skin and uncovers the new cells below the surface! 

Sleep: Oh how do we all wish we could be sleeping beauty at one time?  But, the importance of having a good night sleep affects our skin.  The goal is to have 6-8 hours of sleep at night, doing this can help in replenishing and hydrating our facial skin.  On top of the hours of sleep we get, you can help your skin by sleeping on a silk pillow.  There is some documented research that shows sleeping on silk pillows can help to prevent aging.  Per Dr. Rand, silk contains natural proteins and 18 essential amino acids that also help to counter the effects of aging.

In conclusion, healthy skin comes from taking care of the inside and outside of our bodies. However, finding the right products for our skin can be the toughest part of the equation.  But, companies like OZ Naturals can give women in their 40’s the kind of skin you deserve!

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post By OZ Naturals.  

All views expressed are my own and were not influenced in anyway.

Treat Yourself to Younger Looking Skin

May is an exciting month, as it is Skincare month.  So, today, I’m going to share with you a great way to treat yourself to younger looking skin, by implementing a Hyaluronic Acid Serum into your skincare regimen. Hyaluronic is all the rage right now, you see it everywhere, from cosmetics to the plastic surgeons office!   Now don’t let the name fool you as it is not really an acid in the sense as a salicylic acid where it exfoliates your dead skin.  Hyaluronic Acid, is a polysaccharide found naturally in the human body, primarily in our skin.  Our skin holds about 50% of our body’s hyaluronic acid. Unfortunately, as we get older, we produce less hyaluronic, which can lead to wrinkles, sagging skin and dryness; lovely right?

But no worries as there is a non-evasive product out on the market that can help your skin to retain some of that moisture it has lost and help to plumb & fill out those fine lines.  What product is this you ask? Amara Organics Hyaluronic Acid Serum.  This refreshing serum quickly hydrates your skin, leaving you feeling vibrant and beautiful!

In addition to locking moisture back into your dry aging skin, this serum helps with some other skincare needs as well! Please see below, some of the other benefits you can receive from using this product…

• Boosts collagen production, restoring skin's natural elasticity
• Softens and smooths for a more even skin tone
• Leaves skin looking radiant and youthful

On top of those wonderful benefits above, the Amara Organics product is infused with powerful antioxidants Vitamins C & E to protect skin from free radicals, helping to gradually reverse some of those nasty signs of aging.

How To Use:

• Wash and pat skin dry.
• Apply a small amount of serum with fingertips to entire face, neck, and décolettage. Allow to dry.
• Follow with a moisturizer.
• Can be used daily, morning or night.

IMPORTANT: If layering serums, apply the serum with the thinnest consistency first.

Lastly, one of the things that I have grown to love about the Amara brand is that their products are all 100% Pure Vegan, natural & cruelty free.  Plus, Amara stands behind their brand with a hassle free 365-day money back guarantee (no returns necessary).

So there you have, one of my all time favorite skincare products! Now go Treat Yourself to Younger Looking Skin today!

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post by Amara Organics.  

All views expressed are my own and were not influenced in anyway.

Top Beauty Hacks: How To Use Your Makeup In Multiple Ways!

Looking pretty can sure cost a lot sometimes! But what if I told you, that some of the common makeup products have multiple uses.  Awesome, right? Plus, it can help you save money and time. Especially, if it’s one of those days you need to get out the door quickly, while still looking BEAUTYful! In addition to the many uses to save money, using these products correctly can also help you to save, by getting the most out of your products.  See below some of my top favorites beauty hacks, to use makeup in multiple ways…

White Eyeliner Beauty Hacks:
Using the color white near the inner corner of your eyes and your waterline will give the illusion of larger eyes. You can also use a white eyeliner as an illuminator or a white eyeshadow for that extra pop.  Additionally, apply as a highlighter on the bridge of your nose and brow bone.  Lastly, use it as a primer on your eyes, this will make the colors bold and darker.

Mascara Beauty Hacks:
This can be used to both your eyelashes and eyebrows, used as an eyeliner, as well as covering gray hairs.

Save money by making your mascara last longer:

• Apply a non-waterproof mascara first, doing this will help with easy removal.
• Place the waterproof mascara on top of the coat of non-waterproof.  
• Combining the two will give you the benefits of having a great smear proof curled lash, which will last all day, with easy removal. 

Lipstick Beauty Hacks:
Use lipstick as a blush, concealer and the apparent, on your lips!  Depending on the color, it can also be use on your eyes! 
 
While I don’t need to explain how to use your lipstick as a blush or as an eyeshadow.  I’m sure you're wondering how in the heck can I use lipstick as a concealer?!  Well, lipstick works wonders on getting rid of dark under eye circles.  Keep in mind you can’t use any color of lipstick; you need to consider your skin tone.  If you have darker skin, bright orange-red lipstick works best when trying to conceal. Why does this work?  Think of a color wheel, where colors can neutralize each other. Dark circles usually appear as blue or green.  Using a bright orange-red color, which is the opposite on a color wheel, helps to counteract the darkness, hence minimizing the appearance of dark circles. 

Eyeliner Pencil:
Use this bad boy as an eyeliner, brow liner, eyeshadow for a smoking eye look and to contour your nose (use brown for the nose).   Eyeliner is also an excellent way to making your eyelashes appear thicker. By just applying some black eyeliner to the upper waterline.

Bronzer Beauty Hacks:
This one takes the cake! As it can be used as an eyeshadow, to contour and applied to your cheeks. The best one for bronzer is using it to make your eyelashes appear thicker. By dusting your lashes with it before applying your mascara. This will allow the mascara to adhere to the lashes, building thickness. This is an excellent DIY approach to the fiber formula mascaras! Just 90% cheaper!

Blush Beauty Hacks:
Aside from the obvious, which is applying to your cheekbones, this little beauty works wonders on your lips.  You can mix it with a gloss or even layer it with another color to create a shimmer lip color.  It also works fabulously as an eye shadow.

Face Primer Beauty Hacks:
Primer allows your makeup to adhere better and last longer, with little transparency and minimal fading.  Also, if you have a terrific primer, it will prevent creasing and false wrinkles. Instead of purchasing many different primers, I use a face primer for my face, lips and eyes! 

Eyeshadow Beauty Hacks:
Depending on the color of the shadow, you can create a variety of looks with this.

• Dark colors:
• Can be used as an eyeliner
• To hollow your cheeks
• Fill in your eyebrows
• Mix with a gloss for a lipstick
• Blush (if it’s in the brown or pink family)
• Contour cheeks
• Add to clear nail polish to make a colored polish. 
• Cover Grays

• Light colors: A highlighter to both your cheekbone and brow bone

Dry Shampoo Beauty Hacks:
This item is a must have in my hair arsenal! Not only does it absorb the oil in your hair, but it also gives your hair extra volume and lift.  The hack to getting the most of this is always to apply dry shampoo in the beginning when it is clean, at the roots.  Why wait till it’s dirty, this too gives you a few more days of hair.   Another use of dry shampoo, apply it to a bobby pin before your up-do, it will give it a better grip!

So you see, the possibilities are endless!

Tips To Suddenly Break Free Of Those Under Eye Issues

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post by Sudden Changes Under-Eye Firming Serum. All views expressed are my own and were not influenced in anyway. 

Getting older has its ups and downs! The downside for me are the wrinkles and the puffiness I get under my eyes.  While I’ve taken the right steps in maintenance and repair in my skincare regimen, stress seems to supersede all those efforts! And tired looking eyes are waiting for me come midweek!

If you follow my blog regularly, you will come to know that I am always seeking and trying out new products to help me reduce and break free of that under eye puffiness.  This is why I was excited to include Sudden Changes Under-Eye Firming Serum, into my skincare month event.  Especially, since they claim you’ll see results within in 3 minutes and lasts for hours!

Now before I share with you, my experience with the product, I’d like to let you know a little bit about the eye firming serum.

Benefits Of Sudden Change Under-Eye Firming Serum:

• This unique eye firming serum provides a temporary under-eye lift whenever you need it. 
• It helps to reduce lines, wrinkles and the best part for me…puffiness
• It can be used under your foundation, giving you long lasting results!

 How To Use:

• Apply 2 drops of Sudden Change Under-Eye Firming Serum to your dry clean under eye area.
• Start from the inner to the outer corner of your eye. Don't frown or smile until the product is completely dry.
• Only use one application under each eye.
• The product works and dries quickly, which is a great benefit for those that don't have much time to get ready in the morning. 

• IMPORTANT: Do not use moisturizer on under-eye area before or after application.

My Experience

 

PHOTO: NO MAKEUP ON MY FACE

First, out of all the anti-aging and skin care products I've tried,  I've never experienced this before. The product most certainly is instant as it reads on the box.  It's hard to explain, but I would describe the serum as an anti-aging band-aid, as it smooths & tightens the area you apply it.  You can feel and see your skin becoming taut when using.  Basically, the gentle tightening effect you feel is similar to one of those peel off masks.

As you can see in the photo above there is a difference between the two under eye areas. I didn't have any makeup on my face at all.  The firming serum temporarily smoothed out the sagginess I have under my eyes and minimized some of my wrinkles.

I did try to use it by mixing it into my foundation the 2nd time around, and while I don't have a photo up of that, I did prefer this method better.  I, however, wanted you to see a photo where I barely had on any eye makeup and no facial makeup what so ever.  

A Bonus: While there are no claims that I noticed on the product about reducing wrinkles elsewhere, I did apply it between my eyes, where I have been starting to get some stress lines.  You can see from the photo above how it smoothed out the skin1 YEAH!

Lastly, I couldn't get it close enough to my lash line, by using my finger the first two times to apply.  Therefore, I am going to try spread the serum with a disposable eyeliner brush the next time around.  I want to be able to get closer to my eye, to minimize the line I have near my lash line.

Where Can You Purchase This Product?
Sudden Change Under-Eye Firming Serum is sold in stores nationwide, including CVS, Duane Reade, ULTA, Walgreens, and Walmart, as well as select beauty specialty stores and online, for $15.

Do YOU Want To Break Free Of Your Under Eye Issues?

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Good luck Beauties!

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This is a product-provided, sponsored conversation that contains affiliate links. I received a package of Sudden Change Under-Eye Firming Serum for my own personal use. All opinions, text and experiences are my own.