I’m now over 50 and beauty is as important to me now as ever. But I’m also now very sensitive about what products I use on my skin. Thankfully, I’ve learned simple habits and I’ve discovered effective natural products which I use to support my aesthetic.
1. Veráge Skin Care
If you only take one thing from this blog, this 4-step skincare process will rejuvenate your face. It’s so important to cleanse, tone, replenish, and moisturize your skin. It may sound like a lot, but it will give you a glow and it’s really healthy for your skin.
Step 01 – Cleansing
I wash my hands, remove my make-up, and then wet my face with lukewarm water. I apply a small amount of the Veráge Cleanser to my hands, and then I lather and then gently rub my face with my hands in a circular motion. I rinse my face and lightly pat it dry with a freshly cleaned towel.
Step 02 – Toning
Skin toning is one of the most underrated skin care practices. Our skin is usually more acidic than it should be due to lifestyle factors. By toning our skin, we can restore the pH balance, keeping our skin looking younger and healthier. Toning is as simple as applying Veráge Toner as needed. In the evening, I like to use the toner with a cotton cosmetic circle to remove any make-up I missed during Step 1.
Step 03 – Replenishing
Once our pH is balanced, it’s time to nourish our skin with the nutrition it needs to glow. The Veráge Immortelle Hydrating Serum is more than just your typical moisturizing serum. It has a patented ingredient called L22. L22 is a combination of jojoba, macadamia, and olive esters that mimic the skin’s surface lipids when at their optimum health and hydration, typically around the age of 22. Woo hoo! Here’s to having the skin of a 22-year-old with all the collective wisdom of a 50+-year-old!
Step 04 – Moisturizing
Moisturizing is an important final step in the skincare process. I use the Veráge Moisturizer since it is light and good for all skin types, so I don’t have to worry about changing the moisturizer for the season. Combining therapeutic-grade Jasmine, Geranium, and Juniper Berry essential oils with advanced plant extracts, this light moisturizer absorbs quickly and hydrates deeply.
2. Yarrow Pom + Body Butter
When I shower, I always wash my skin with dōTERRA’s bath bar or body wash. After patting apply my silky, nourishing body butter combo!
Ever since dōTERRA has come out with their body butter, I’ve been in love. It has a base that combines shea and cocoa seed butters with jojoba oil and essential oils.
When Yarrow|Pom got added to our product line, I knew it was a match made in heaven!
Yarrow|Pom a blend of Yarrow essential oil and cold-pressed Pomegranate seed oil. This powerful duo helps prevents the signs of ageing, restores vitality to your skin, and gives you a beautiful glow from the inside out!
When I open up a new body butter, I pour about 8 ml (a quarter of the bottle) of Yarrow|Pom into the body butter and mix it in with my finger. The resulting body butter combo is a mini miracle for making skin silky smooth and hydrated – plus, you get all the other amazing benefits of the powerful oils!
Recently, I’ve also been putting Yarrow|Pom on my hand to make my skin soft. I was delighted to find out that it also got rid of some dark spots on my hands too.
3. Natural Perfume
When you smell beautiful, you feel beautiful. And others will find you more attractive as well. Scents go right to the ‘subconscious’ part of our brain and can create an instant attraction (or repulsion!), so it’s important to get your scents on point.
In general, floral essential oils smell heavenly. A few of my favourites are Neroli, Osmanthus (which is in Beautiful Touch), Lavender, and Jasmine. You can mix them with citrus oils for added ‘top notes’ or you can mix them with woods and resins for a ‘base note’. If you hold multiple essential oils by your nose at the same time, you can get a sense of what they will all smell like together.
If mixing your own scent is too complex, I highly recommend Beautiful Touch or Whisper blend. Both of these are pre-mixed personal scents which I love and use regularly.
You can put the oils in your hair, on lava beads, or lightly spritzed on clothes to help make the scent hold longer. I recommend keeping the a roller bottle or small spray vial with you when you’re on-the-go so you can apply the scent regularly. Essential oils won’t hold their scent on you as long as chemical perfumes, but the chemical perfumes are toxic, so pick your battles.
4. Fine lines and wrinkles
At my age, I’ve been working with my wrinkles for years, and I’ve found some awesome ways to combat them.
Essential Oils: Myrrh Touch & Helichrysum Touch – These essential oils come in a roller bottle and you can simply roll it on the desired areas for support. If you keep at it, they will help.
Moisturize – When the skin is dry, it ‘cracks’ into a fine line or wrinkle as your face moves. When it’s moist, it can ‘bounce back’ and the crisis is averted. Refer to what I wrote in the Verage Skin Care section for how to moisturize.
Collagen – When your skin has access to the correct nutrition, it can stay youthful and keep it’s natural elasticity for longer. Collagen is essential for this process. I take MetaPWR Advantage which has a special, easily absorbable form of collagen, as well as a few other important skin-health ingredients.
Cosmetic Acupuncture – I regularly do cosmetic acupuncture which signals for the body to produce collagen in specific areas adding to a natural glow and a smooth face. While beauty injections and fillers numb and deaden the face, cosmetic acupuncture brings more vitality to the areas that need it most.
If you’re in Toronto, I work with Karen Indira (contact@karenindira.com) and she is very skilled. I highly recommend giving her a try. If you mention you found out about her through me, she will give you half off your first treatment, and a discount on any series. The picture above is one of her treatments.
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