Mature Skin..

...are you in your 40's, 50's, 60's or wot - highly :confused:

Was there a previous post???

Hi CarolineN - no I don't think there was a previous post (will have a looksee later), I was really just wondering when does your skin become classed as mature... I am in my mid 40's (cough cough) and trying to find an alternative facial cleanser to the Liz Earle one - which does a fab job, but fancy a bit of a change - price too - something a little cheaper maybe...and am drawn to the one by A'Kin - there is a rose and something one for mature skin and a sandalwood and something for not so mature skin... also looking at the Neal's Yard Frankinsence (sp) one...decisions, decisions, oh decisions...ATB

Hi there Crystalcat

The quality of your skin depends on so many things - mostly what;s going on inside your body, particularly diet, hydration and how well you process and get rid of toxins, the quality of the fats you consume, how many and how great a variety of colourful fresh fruit and veg you consume, how much sugar you eat, whether you smoke, how many pollutants you are in contact with and also whether you are outside in all weathers, sunbathe too much, or stuck in an air conditioned atmosphere. Maybe some inherited traits can be beneficial or otherwise.

Personally I am very wary of using any cosmetics which contain a long list of chemical-sounding names and those that are based on mineral oil - however wonderful they smell and are advertised! Vitamins A, C and E are all good for the skin, even applied topically incorporated in oils such as almond or chia butter which are far better than most cosmetics. However if you can do without, then so much the better - and a lot cheaper! I avoid foundations so don't need masses of solvent-type cleansers to get it off. They always seemed to damage my skin.

So, how 'old' is your skin? If you are eating a good diet, consuming omega oils, have a balanced mineral intake, adequate excercise, avoiding pollutants, and your elimination processes are working well then your skin may not be 'mature' well into your 60's 😀 but it can be 'mature' in your 30's, or even earlier, on a poor diet with few fresh vegetables and fruit, a smoker, in a stuffy atmosphere all day, consuming no omega oils and eating too much sugar - then it will need all the 'help' it can get :eek:.

The cosmetic companies make a fortune out of selling the idea! Perhaps I'm lucky but I've used very little in the way of creams all my life and have very few wrinkles - and I'm about to reach my three score years and ten :eek:.

someone else may have a different opinion.;)

My grandmother is in 70's and looks young due to its wrinkle free skin.She is health conscious and take care of her daily diet like eat juicy fruits and drink lots of water which keeps her skin glowing and wrinkle free.She only trust to do homemade [url]anti wrinkle treatment[/url].

Natural is best

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Hi CarolineN. Soooo sorry it has taken me ages to reply, busy, busy, busy...

Thank you so much for your very informative response, you really are a mine of information! I love reading your posts (and others too I hasten to add). You seem to give up so much of your time responding so indepthly (sp) to everyone. It is great.

Yes, there are an awful lot of factors to take into account. Thank you for pointing out many of them - I will make more of a conscious effort which I think I am pretty much doing lately, especially since I have opted to go pretty much meat free, more so since the death of my beloved Mr Max (cat) just over a year ago - it just feels so right for me and I really don't miss chicken, beef etc., but I do however still eat (oily) fish about two/three times a week (and some Quorn products too) oh, and lots of veg and marmite. And I have managed to cut out suger in my tea which I am pretty chuffed about. I mean, why on earth did I ever want to drink tea with sugar in it in the first place??? The only problem I really find is that I am not a great fruit lover - I really, really have to be in the mood to eat any kind of fruit even though when growing up there was always a fruit bowl in the house...maybe a smoothie maker will be the way to go to concur this.

Anyway, I have opted for the facial products by Green People and I have to say that they are fabulous. Just can't get enough of them and I certainly cannot use them 'sparingly' as they say as they are just sooooooooooooooo devine!

CarolineN I need to sign off for now - work to be done, but thank you once again for your thought provoking info, it is really very much appreciated.

Happy New Year.
CrystalCat

You are welcome! Do ask if you have any more queries 🙂