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Posted on 12-06-2011 at 5.51PM In the cosmetic industry, every company buys their ingredients from the same manufacturers at the same prices. These ingredients are given unique scientific registered names upon their discovery and these names known as INCI names (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients) must be printed in the ingredient lists on all packaging. Cosmetic companies buy these ingredients and if they are big companies with lots of money they take these ingredients back to their own laboratories or if they are smaller companies, they use outsource laboratories to manufacture their skin care on their behalf. http://i.imgur.com/zZcNX.png Cosmetic companies are then able to give these same ingredients fancy registered names. So the same ingredient may be used by hundreds of different cosmetic companies but with a different name. Its only when you check the ingredient list that you will see it's all the same ingredients. When cosmetic companies buy these ingredients they are also given strict instructions as to what percentage of these ingredients need to be used in a formulation to make sure the ingredients can deliver the results they promise. http://i.imgur.com/4z1OQ.png What you may not know is that once these ingredients are bought from the manufacturers; there is no controlling or governing body which ensures that the cosmetic companies actually use the recommended percentage of ingredients in their formulations. We often pay far too much for a product which only has a drop of active ingredients in it. Not using the recommended percentage of active ingredients will not give you the results cosmetic companies advertise on their packaging-this is called "label dressing". As long as it has a drop of the ingredients somewhere in the formula cosmetic companies can use the ingredient claims in marketing and advertising, and there is nobody controlling these claims. 10 Things you have to know about the cosmetic industry 1. Always check the ingredient list (INCI)-make sure the active ingredients are high up on the list. Try to slowly familiarise yourself with these fancy technical names-just Google them-don’t bother with what they call it on the front of the box-read the ingredient list and learn what they are really called. For example if a product claims that it has anti -wrinkle benefits and it uses some fancy name which you can’t find on the ingredient list like “Peptide Smoothing Serum” it means they have taken one of the ingredients listed in the ingredient list and given it another name. 2. Never buy skin care products in tubs, jars, tubes or pump bottles. http://i.imgur.com/4jgV9.jpg Active ingredients need to be kept away from air and light. Once the container is opened air contact automatically generates microbial contamination of the product and causes oxidation of its active ingredients reducing their effectiveness. 3. Always choose airless packaging. Airless Packaging ensures complete sealing of the package preventing air from entering. http://i.imgur.com/crJE7.png I always wonder at companies who claim their amazing product with amazing ingredients can do so much for the skin and then put that amazing product in a jar or pump bottle where it can be ruined. I mean if all cosmetic companies buy their ingredients from the same place at the same price, and then take so much care with the formulation, plus they use the recommended dosage, knowing how expensive all this is-why would they then take this precious expensive product and then package it in something that won’t preserve it? Makes you think, doesn’t it? Makes you wonder how much of the good stuff is really in there. Makes you wonder if they truly are giving you what is written in the marketing jargon…… 4.Always buy products with long shelf life indications. http://i.imgur.com/LH2J8.jpg If you look at the product you have purchased, please look out for this symbol as it tells you the shelf life of a product once opened. This basically guarantees that the product will be just as effective as the day you opened it for whatever amount of months is listed on the symbol. 5. It is worth investing in good cosmeceuticle skin care. http://i.imgur.com/irwbz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YgRrL.jpg Without getting too technical, ingredients need to be able to penetrate to where it is needed in the skin for you to see results (this would be in the dermis where the fibroblasts, collagen and elastin fibres are). Your skin consists of many layers and through these layers there are gaps which allow the molecules of active ingredients to travel down into the deeper layers of the skin. http://i.imgur.com/PTrZG.png These gaps are about 600nm in size but most skincare molecules are 1200nm in size, so double the size of what it needs to be to get through the gaps and into the deeper layers. The 2nd problem you have is that the skin is a lipid (oily) structure and most cosmetics use water based ingredients, and we all know water does not penetrate through oil. So not only do you have a problem whereby the molecules are too big, but they are also water based. And therefore most skin care just sits at the top of the skin and does nothing, except give a bit of hydration to the dead top layers-which makes you think your skin looks better-but actually it has done nothing for the truly anti-ageing needs of the skin. http://i.imgur.com/MPDLF.png Cosmeceuticles use ingredients with small molecules which can penetrate easily through the gaps of the skin, and where an ingredient is water based, they encapsulate it with an oil structure so it will easily travel through the lipid layers of the skin and then release its ingredients once it get to its destination. 6. Layer your skincare products. Cosmeceuticle skincare offer you concentrated solutions which can be layered onto the skin so that you get the best of everything, instead of throwing it all into one jar and calling it day and night cream. The days of day and night creams are long gone. Because cosmeceuticle formulations use small molecules which can travel through the layers of the skin, everything will penetrate deeply where it’s needed. Usually after cleansing and toning you would apply peptides and anti-oxidants and then a layer of hyaluronic acid and then your moisturiser. So instead of a useless layer sitting on the top of your skin you will find you are building layers underneath your skin with concentrated ingredients which work in different layers of the skin specifically designed to give the skin what it needs where it needs it! You can easily tell when your products just sit at the top of the skin or whether it is penetrating deeply. Usually the good stuff leaves your skin nice and matt, although perfectly soft and hydrated, even though you may have applied a few layers. You also use very small amounts of the good stuff-so products last much longer. 7.Make sure you get value for money. Make sure that the products you are buying have a good cocktail of active ingredients. You don’t want just one or two good ingredients and the rest is just there to make up the bulk. http://i.imgur.com/S4eP9.png These are just some of the names to look out for. Matrixyl 8. Natural and Organic = Myth! http://i.imgur.com/cdVze.png Although I am not disputing that there are a lot of nasties lurking on the ingredient lists of some cosmetics, I would like to make you aware of the myth that “natural ingredients are always better for the skin”. Make sure you are very careful when using skin care products with certain essential oils and natural ingredients etc… because many of these are known skin irritants. http://i.imgur.com/ez6mg.png There are many ingredients ending with the word “acid” which are far more natural to the skin than banana would ever be. Your tummy might know what to do with bananas and its nutrients but your skin is not always able to absorb the nutrients and benefits the same way. http://i.imgur.com/OVJYr.jpg If I asked you to choose between superoxide dismutase and barley-I am sure your natural instinct would be the barley but the truth of the matter is that superoxide dismutase is naturally produced by your body as a very potent antioxidant and barley can have antioxidant properties when ingested, but there is no research showing this to be the case when applied topically to the skin. 9. Results in 7 days! My personal favourite! Please understand that for any skin to anti age a few things need to happen. What keeps skin young looking with that healthy luminescent glow and wrinkle free surface is the fact that as dead skin cells coat to the top layer of the epidermis, (the skin that you see), underneath in the other layers of skin, skin cells are hard at work to reach the top and replace the old dead cells. When we are young, it can take newer, healthier skin cells about 28 -30 days to get up top. By the time we have reached the age of about 60 or less, it can take our skin cells about 45 -60 days to reach the top. That is almost twice as long as it was when we were younger! So how can you see true anti-ageing results in 7-14 days? You need to make sure that all the points I mentioned earlier are in place in your skin care products so that the fibroblasts can be stimulated to produce more collagen and elastin, then you need to ensure that instead of the cells dying and being shed every couple of weeks they now last up to 40 days. This is a process that gradually takes place over a period of time and only with continuous use. If a product claims results in 7 -14 days- believe me they are just adding water to mash to make mash potatoes-in other words all you will see is the dead layers at the top being exfoliated and or hydrated with some moisture which will immediately make the skin look better. Try it for yourself-take a carrot which looks limp and put it in ice cold water in the fridge- leave it for a few hours and voila-a nice crunchy carrot will miraculously appear! 10. I would rather be artificially beautiful than naturally ugly! They say at the age of 20 you have the skin that you were born with, but at the age of 40 you have the skin which you deserve! Ladies - sometimes we just left things and neglected our skins for too long – there are some things that a jar of cream can never fix - take a good look at yourself in the mirror and if you think you have reached that stage then pay a visit to your nearest aesthetic practitioner and get some extra help. There are so many wonderful options available to us today which can create instant miracles - as long as you are well informed and choose a reputable clinic-there is no reason why you can’t enjoy the benefits of modern technology. Just remember, there is no substitute for a good skin. Cheating with modern technology will only be successful if you continue to look after your skin, so please don’t neglect a good skin care routine, which is the foundation you need to build on. http://i.imgur.com/pmu7O.png



Cosmetic companies buy these ingredients and if they are big companies with lots of money they take these ingredients back to their own laboratories or if they are smaller companies, they use outsource laboratories to manufacture their skin care on their behalf.



http://i.imgur.com/zZcNX.png



Cosmetic companies are then able to give these same ingredients fancy registered names. So the same ingredient may be used by hundreds of different cosmetic companies but with a different name. Its only when you check the ingredient list that you will see it's all the same ingredients. When cosmetic companies buy these ingredients they are also given strict instructions as to what percentage of these ingredients need to be used in a formulation to make sure the ingredients can deliver the results they promise.



http://i.imgur.com/4z1OQ.png



What you may not know is that once these ingredients are bought from the manufacturers; there is no controlling or governing body which ensures that the cosmetic companies actually use the recommended percentage of ingredients in their formulations.



We often pay far too much for a product which only has a drop of active ingredients in it. Not using the recommended percentage of active ingredients will not give you the results cosmetic companies advertise on their packaging-this is called "label dressing".



As long as it has a drop of the ingredients somewhere in the formula cosmetic companies can use the ingredient claims in marketing and advertising, and there is nobody controlling these claims.



10 Things you have to know about the cosmetic industry



1. Always check the ingredient list (INCI)-make sure the active ingredients are high up on the list.



Try to slowly familiarise yourself with these fancy technical names-just Google them-don’t bother with what they call it on the front of the box-read the ingredient list and learn what they are really called. For example if a product claims that it has anti -wrinkle benefits and it uses some fancy name which you can’t find on the ingredient list like “Peptide Smoothing Serum” it means they have taken one of the ingredients listed in the ingredient list and given it another name.



2. Never buy skin care products in tubs, jars, tubes or pump bottles.



http://i.imgur.com/4jgV9.jpg

Active ingredients need to be kept away from air and light. Once the container is opened air contact automatically generates microbial contamination of the product and causes oxidation of its active ingredients reducing their effectiveness.



3. Always choose airless packaging.



Airless Packaging ensures complete sealing of the package preventing air from entering.

I always wonder at companies who claim their amazing product with amazing ingredients can do so much for the skin and then put that amazing product in a jar or pump bottle where it can be ruined. I mean if all cosmetic companies buy their ingredients from the same place at the same price, and then take so much care with the formulation, plus they use the recommended dosage, knowing how expensive all this is-why would they then take this precious expensive product and then package it in something that won’t preserve it? Makes you think, doesn’t it? Makes you wonder how much of the good stuff is really in there. Makes you wonder if they truly are giving you what is written in the marketing jargon……



4.Always buy products with long shelf life indications.



http://i.imgur.com/LH2J8.jpg



If you look at the product you have purchased, please look out for this symbol as it tells you the shelf life of a product once opened. This basically guarantees that the product will be just as effective as the day you opened it for whatever amount of months is listed on the symbol.



5. It is worth investing in good cosmeceuticle skin care.



http://i.imgur.com/irwbz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YgRrL.jpg



Without getting too technical, ingredients need to be able to penetrate to where it is needed in the skin for you to see results (this would be in the dermis where the fibroblasts, collagen and elastin fibres are). Your skin consists of many layers and through these layers there are gaps which allow the molecules of active ingredients to travel down into the deeper layers of the skin.



http://i.imgur.com/PTrZG.png



These gaps are about 600nm in size but most skincare molecules are 1200nm in size, so double the size of what it needs to be to get through the gaps and into the deeper layers. The 2nd problem you have is that the skin is a lipid (oily) structure and most cosmetics use water based ingredients, and we all know water does not penetrate through oil. So not only do you have a problem whereby the molecules are too big, but they are also water based. And therefore most skin care just sits at the top of the skin and does nothing, except give a bit of hydration to the dead top layers-which makes you think your skin looks better-but actually it has done nothing for the truly anti-ageing needs of the skin.



http://i.imgur.com/MPDLF.png

Cosmeceuticles use ingredients with small molecules which can penetrate easily through the gaps of the skin, and where an ingredient is water based, they encapsulate it with an oil structure so it will easily travel through the lipid layers of the skin and then release its ingredients once it get to its destination.



6. Layer your skincare products.



Cosmeceuticle skincare offer you concentrated solutions which can be layered onto the skin so that you get the best of everything, instead of throwing it all into one jar and calling it day and night cream. The days of day and night creams are long gone. Because cosmeceuticle formulations use small molecules which can travel through the layers of the skin, everything will penetrate deeply where it’s needed. Usually after cleansing and toning you would apply peptides and anti-oxidants and then a layer of hyaluronic acid and then your moisturiser. So instead of a useless layer sitting on the top of your skin you will find you are building layers underneath your skin with concentrated ingredients which work in different layers of the skin specifically designed to give the skin what it needs where it needs it! You can easily tell when your products just sit at the top of the skin or whether it is penetrating deeply. Usually the good stuff leaves your skin nice and matt, although perfectly soft and hydrated, even though you may have applied a few layers. You also use very small amounts of the good stuff-so products last much longer.



7.Make sure you get value for money.



Make sure that the products you are buying have a good cocktail of active ingredients. You don’t want just one or two good ingredients and the rest is just there to make up the bulk.



http://i.imgur.com/S4eP9.png



These are just some of the names to look out for.



Matrixyl

[INCI name: Glycerin- Water-Butylene Glycol-Carbomer-Polysorbate 20-Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4)



Argireline

(INCI name: Aqua-Acetyl Hexapeptide-3)



Rigin

(INCI name: Water (and) -Glycerin (and) Steareth-20 (and) Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide- 7)



Eyeliss

(INCI name: Water-Glycerin-Hespiridin Methyl Chalcone-Steareth-20-Dipeptide​-2-Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7)



Regu-age

(INCI name: Oxido Reductases-Soy Peptides- Hydrolyzed Rice Bran Extract)



Melanostatin-5

(INCI name: Aqua-Dextran- Nonapeptide-1)



PhytoCellTec™

(INCI name: Malus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture)



Vitamin A

(INCI name: Retinyl Palmitate)



Vitamin E

(INCI name: Tocopherol Acetate)



Vitamin C

(INCI name: Ascorbyl Palmitate)



8. Natural and Organic = Myth!



http://i.imgur.com/cdVze.png



Although I am not disputing that there are a lot of nasties lurking on the ingredient lists of some cosmetics, I would like to make you aware of the myth that “natural ingredients

are always better for the skin”. Make sure you are very careful when using skin care products with certain essential oils and natural ingredients etc… because many of these are known skin irritants.



http://i.imgur.com/ez6mg.png



There are many ingredients ending with the word “acid” which are far more natural to the skin than banana would ever be. Your tummy might know what to do with bananas

and its nutrients but your skin is not always able to absorb the nutrients and benefits the same way.

http://i.imgur.com/OVJYr.jpg



If I asked you to choose between superoxide dismutase and barley-I am sure your natural instinct would be the barley but the truth of the matter is that superoxide dismutase is naturally produced by your body as a very potent antioxidant and barley can have antioxidant properties when ingested, but there is no research showing this to be the case when applied topically to the skin.







9. Results in 7 days!



My personal favourite!



Please understand that for any skin to anti age a few things need to happen. What keeps skin young looking with that healthy luminescent glow and wrinkle free surface is the fact that as dead skin cells coat to the top layer of the epidermis, (the skin that you see), underneath in the other layers of skin, skin cells are hard at work to reach the top and replace the old dead cells. When we are young, it can take newer, healthier skin cells about 28 -30 days to get up top. By the time we have reached the age of about 60 or less, it can take our skin cells about 45 -60 days to reach the top. That is almost twice as long as it was when we were younger! So how can you see true anti-ageing results in

7-14 days?



You need to make sure that all the points I mentioned earlier are in place in your skin care products so that the fibroblasts can be stimulated to produce more collagen and elastin, then you need to ensure that instead of the cells dying and being shed every couple of weeks they now last up to 40 days. This is a process that gradually takes place over a period of time and only with continuous use. If a product claims results in 7 -14 days- believe me they are just adding water to mash to make mash potatoes-in other words all you will see is the dead layers at the top being exfoliated and or hydrated with some moisture which will immediately make the skin look better. Try it for yourself-take a carrot which looks limp and put it in ice cold water in the fridge- leave it for a few hours and voila-a nice crunchy carrot will miraculously appear!



10. I would rather be artificially beautiful than naturally ugly!



They say at the age of 20 you have the skin that you were born with, but at the age of 40 you have the skin which you deserve!

Ladies - sometimes we just left things and neglected our skins for too long – there are some things that a jar of cream can never fix - take a good look at yourself in the mirror and if you think you have reached that stage then pay a visit to your nearest aesthetic practitioner and get some extra help. There are so many wonderful options available to us today which can create instant miracles - as long as you are well informed and choose a reputable clinic-there is no reason why you can’t enjoy the benefits of modern technology.



Just remember, there is no substitute for a good skin. Cheating with modern technology will only be successful if you continue to look after your skin, so please don’t neglect a good skin care routine, which is the foundation you need to build on.



http://i.imgur.com/pmu7O.png In the cosmetic industry, every company buys their ingredients from the same manufacturers at the same prices. These ingredients are given unique scientific registered names upon their discovery and these names known as INCI names (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients) must be printed in the ingredient lists on all packaging.Cosmetic companies buy these ingredients and if they are big companies with lots of money they take these ingredients back to their own laboratories or if they are smaller companies, they use outsource laboratories to manufacture their skin care on their behalf.Cosmetic companies are then able to give these same ingredients fancy registered names. So the same ingredient may be used by hundreds of different cosmetic companies but with a different name. Its only when you check the ingredient list that you will see it's all the same ingredients. When cosmetic companies buy these ingredients they are also given strict instructions as to what percentage of these ingredients need to be used in a formulation to make sure the ingredients can deliver the results they promise.What you may not know is that once these ingredients are bought from the manufacturers; there is no controlling or governing body which ensures that the cosmetic companies actually use the recommended percentage of ingredients in their formulations.We often pay far too much for a product which only has a drop of active ingredients in it. Not using the recommended percentage of active ingredients will not give you the results cosmetic companies advertise on their packaging-this is called "label dressing".As long as it has a drop of the ingredients somewhere in the formula cosmetic companies can use the ingredient claims in marketing and advertising, and there is nobody controlling these claims.Try to slowly familiarise yourself with these fancy technical names-just Google them-don’t bother with what they call it on the front of the box-read the ingredient list and learn what they are really called. For example if a product claims that it has anti -wrinkle benefits and it uses some fancy name which you can’t find on the ingredient list like “Peptide Smoothing Serum” it means they have taken one of the ingredients listed in the ingredient list and given it another name.Active ingredients need to be kept away from air and light. Once the container is opened air contact automatically generates microbial contamination of the product and causes oxidation of its active ingredients reducing their effectiveness.Airless Packaging ensures complete sealing of the package preventing air from entering. http://i.imgur.com/crJE7.png I always wonder at companies who claim their amazing product with amazing ingredients can do so much for the skin and then put that amazing product in a jar or pump bottle where it can be ruined. I mean if all cosmetic companies buy their ingredients from the same place at the same price, and then take so much care with the formulation, plus they use the recommended dosage, knowing how expensive all this is-why would they then take this precious expensive product and then package it in something that won’t preserve it? Makes you think, doesn’t it? Makes you wonder how much of the good stuff is really in there. Makes you wonder if they truly are giving you what is written in the marketing jargon……If you look at the product you have purchased, please look out for this symbol as it tells you the shelf life of a product once opened. This basically guarantees that the product will be just as effective as the day you opened it for whatever amount of months is listed on the symbol.Without getting too technical, ingredients need to be able to penetrate to where it is needed in the skin for you to see results (this would be in the dermis where the fibroblasts, collagen and elastin fibres are). Your skin consists of many layers and through these layers there are gaps which allow the molecules of active ingredients to travel down into the deeper layers of the skin.These gaps are about 600nm in size but most skincare molecules are 1200nm in size, so double the size of what it needs to be to get through the gaps and into the deeper layers. The 2nd problem you have is that the skin is a lipid (oily) structure and most cosmetics use water based ingredients, and we all know water does not penetrate through oil. So not only do you have a problem whereby the molecules are too big, but they are also water based. And therefore most skin care just sits at the top of the skin and does nothing, except give a bit of hydration to the dead top layers-which makes you think your skin looks better-but actually it has done nothing for the truly anti-ageing needs of the skin.Cosmeceuticles use ingredients with small molecules which can penetrate easily through the gaps of the skin, and where an ingredient is water based, they encapsulate it with an oil structure so it will easily travel through the lipid layers of the skin and then release its ingredients once it get to its destination.Cosmeceuticle skincare offer you concentrated solutions which can be layered onto the skin so that you get the best of everything, instead of throwing it all into one jar and calling it day and night cream. The days of day and night creams are long gone. Because cosmeceuticle formulations use small molecules which can travel through the layers of the skin, everything will penetrate deeply where it’s needed. Usually after cleansing and toning you would apply peptides and anti-oxidants and then a layer of hyaluronic acid and then your moisturiser. So instead of a useless layer sitting on the top of your skin you will find you are building layers underneath your skin with concentrated ingredients which work in different layers of the skin specifically designed to give the skin what it needs where it needs it! You can easily tell when your products just sit at the top of the skin or whether it is penetrating deeply. Usually the good stuff leaves your skin nice and matt, although perfectly soft and hydrated, even though you may have applied a few layers. You also use very small amounts of the good stuff-so products last much longer.Make sure that the products you are buying have a good cocktail of active ingredients. You don’t want just one or two good ingredients and the rest is just there to make up the bulk.These are just some of the names to look out for.Matrixyl[INCI name: Glycerin- Water-Butylene Glycol-Carbomer-Polysorbate 20-Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4)Argireline(INCI name: Aqua-Acetyl Hexapeptide-3)Rigin(INCI name: Water (and) -Glycerin (and) Steareth-20 (and) Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide- 7)Eyeliss(INCI name: Water-Glycerin-Hespiridin Methyl Chalcone-Steareth-20-Dipeptide​-2-Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7)Regu-age(INCI name: Oxido Reductases-Soy Peptides- Hydrolyzed Rice Bran Extract)Melanostatin-5(INCI name: Aqua-Dextran- Nonapeptide-1)PhytoCellTec™(INCI name: Malus Domestica Fruit Cell Culture)Vitamin A(INCI name: Retinyl Palmitate)Vitamin E(INCI name: Tocopherol Acetate)Vitamin C(INCI name: Ascorbyl Palmitate)Although I am not disputing that there are a lot of nasties lurking on the ingredient lists of some cosmetics, I would like to make you aware of the myth that “natural ingredientsare always better for the skin”. Make sure you are very careful when using skin care products with certain essential oils and natural ingredients etc… because many of these are known skin irritants.There are many ingredients ending with the word “acid” which are far more natural to the skin than banana would ever be. Your tummy might know what to do with bananasand its nutrients but your skin is not always able to absorb the nutrients and benefits the same way.If I asked you to choose between superoxide dismutase and barley-I am sure your natural instinct would be the barley but the truth of the matter is that superoxide dismutase is naturally produced by your body as a very potent antioxidant and barley can have antioxidant properties when ingested, but there is no research showing this to be the case when applied topically to the skin.My personal favourite!Please understand that for any skin to anti age a few things need to happen. What keeps skin young looking with that healthy luminescent glow and wrinkle free surface is the fact that as dead skin cells coat to the top layer of the epidermis, (the skin that you see), underneath in the other layers of skin, skin cells are hard at work to reach the top and replace the old dead cells. When we are young, it can take newer, healthier skin cells about 28 -30 days to get up top. By the time we have reached the age of about 60 or less, it can take our skin cells about 45 -60 days to reach the top. That is almost twice as long as it was when we were younger! So how can you see true anti-ageing results in7-14 days?You need to make sure that all the points I mentioned earlier are in place in your skin care products so that the fibroblasts can be stimulated to produce more collagen and elastin, then you need to ensure that instead of the cells dying and being shed every couple of weeks they now last up to 40 days. This is a process that gradually takes place over a period of time and only with continuous use. If a product claims results in 7 -14 days- believe me they are just adding water to mash to make mash potatoes-in other words all you will see is the dead layers at the top being exfoliated and or hydrated with some moisture which will immediately make the skin look better. Try it for yourself-take a carrot which looks limp and put it in ice cold water in the fridge- leave it for a few hours and voila-a nice crunchy carrot will miraculously appear!They say at the age of 20 you have the skin that you were born with, but at the age of 40 you have the skin which you deserve!Ladies - sometimes we just left things and neglected our skins for too long – there are some things that a jar of cream can never fix - take a good look at yourself in the mirror and if you think you have reached that stage then pay a visit to your nearest aesthetic practitioner and get some extra help. There are so many wonderful options available to us today which can create instant miracles - as long as you are well informed and choose a reputable clinic-there is no reason why you can’t enjoy the benefits of modern technology.Just remember, there is no substitute for a good skin. Cheating with modern technology will only be successful if you continue to look after your skin, so please don’t neglect a good skin care routine, which is the foundation you need to build on.