Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Seventh heaven...

Yea! I reached the seventh day! Tomorrow I will hopefully have better pictures for you.  If you have any suggestions on how I could make this better for you please do not hesitate to let me know.  My goal is to help other women protect, repair signs of aging, treat acne and begin a regimen (before you need repair) to keep your largest organ.

Morning:

1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner
3.    Lifting serum
4.    Eye lifting cream
5.    Vitamin serum
6.    Lip mask and balm
7.    Day cream with spf 30

Night:

1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner
3.    Lifting serum
4.    Eye lifting cream
5.    Vitamin serum
6.    Night cream with retinol
7.    Eye lash growth serum



and now the photogs for the day...

Full face

Right temple

Left temple

Mouth

Left jowl

  



Tomorrow I will try to have better pictures and I will show a bit of lashes.  I put on mascara today for the first time since this started and they seemed longer to me (wishful thinking).  Since I do not usually wear make-up I am going to try to use what little I do use and see how it looks. I will let you know, maybe even post a pic. Tomorrow (whenever that maybe for you) do something that makes you a tad uncomfortable.  Celebrate life by never being afraid to try something new...let me know what you did!





Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Sixth...

Sixth Ring (this is today)...


This is the sixth day of my regimen and guess what!  It is the same regimen as the the other days...


Morning:
1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner
3.    Lifting serum
4.    Eye lifting cream
5.    Vitamin serum
6.    Lip mask and balm
7.    Day cream with spf 30

Night:
1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner
3.    Lifting serum
4.    Eye lifting cream
5.    Vitamin serum
6.    Night cream with retinol
7.    Eye lash growth serum


Mugshots...


Full face (why is my nose so red?)

(speaking of) Nose

Left temple

Right jowl

Right temple

Mouth


Starting with week 2 I will be also showing eye lashes, I will have to use mascara to make them not-blonde but I am going to use just plain mascara so that you will just see them not enhance them so we can see if this serum works or not.  Also I am going to use a better camera so that we do not get all this red in it.  I am disclosing this so you will know what is happening, I do not want to be misleading at all.  Have you ever spent time and money on something that was not what it was made out to be?  What was the most ridiculous thing you ever fell for (besides your ex-husband/boyfriend)?  Mine was that white-bean-protein-carbohydrate-blocking capsule!  Please let me know there are other gullible people out there :)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5!

Halfway through single digits...


Back to the basics...

Morning regimen:

1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner
3.    Lifting serum
4.    Eye lifting cream
5.    Vitamin serum
6.    Lip mask and balm
7.    Day cream with spf 30

Night-time regimen:

1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner
3.    Lifting serum
4.    Eye lifting cream
5.    Vitamin serum
6.    Night cream with retinol
7.    Eye lash growth serum


The paparazzi...



Full face

Right temple (improving!!!)

Left temple

Nose

Mouth


What, I forgot the JOWLS!!!! What kind of word is "jowls"?  Sounds horrible, jowls, jowls...Have you ever wondered how some words came to be and just who decided what the word would be.  Why is a bonnet on a car in the UK but here in the states it is on a head, in and Easter parade?  Who decided that an arm would be called an arm?  Oh well, I guess I will never know.  Smile when you walk down the street and you see someone, you will either make them smile OR make them wonder why you are smiling, is their skirt tucked in their panty hose?  I want to hear your ideas, comment me PLEASE!


Fourth Day....

Shaking it up a bit...



This Morning:

1.    Wash my face
2.    Micro-derm abrasion
3.    Skin even toner
4.    Lifting serum
5.    Eye lifting cream
6.    Vitamin serum
7.    Lip mask and balm
8.    Day cream with spf 30

Tonight’s regimen:

1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner
3.    Lifting serum
4.    Eye lifting cream
5.    Vitamin serum
6.    Night cream with retinol
7.    Eye lash growth serum


Strike a pose:

Full face

Nose (I know that area is better, no more dry, flaky skin)

Left jowl

Left temple

Lips

Right temple (definite progress)


Today is Sunday and I do not preach but I want to ask everyone to do a bit of kindness today.  I know you are always (well almost always) kind but do something today that makes someone smile.  When I know I made someone smile it makes it a good day for me.  When I went through bad times seems like one someone taking a second to speak, look or say something could make a difference.  I want to be that difference for someone who may need it.  Have a great day!!

Day Three...

Day 3: (I am so proud of me for making time for this)



This Morning:
1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner
3.    Lifting serum
4.    Eye lifting cream
5.    Vitamin serum
6.    Lip mask and balm
7.    Day cream with spf 30

Tonight’s regimen:
1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner
3.    Lifting serum
4.    Eye lifting cream
5.    Vitamin serum
6.    Night cream with retinol
7.    Eye lash growth serum


...Vogue...

Full

Lips

Right temple (fading?)

Left temple

Left jowl

Nose

OK, today made me a believer, this is not that hard to do.  Friday I picked up my grandson, he is almost 3 years old, in addition I have a 20 month old staying with me, SOOOOO.... I am in a household with 2 (that is TWO) children under the age of 3! Oh, and did I mention, one is potty training?  So, if I can make time to do this anyone can! But, you know I am over 50, more of my life is behind me than in front of me, therefore I find that I am not in that big of a hurry to get anywhere :) How busy are you?

Day Two...

Good Morning everyone!!!


This Morning:

1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner.
3.    Lifting serum.
4.    Eye lifting cream.
5.    Vitamin serum.
6.    Lip mask and balm.
7.    Day cream with spf.

Tonight’s regimen:

1.    Wash my face
2.    Skin even toner
3.    Lifting serum
4.    Eye lifting cream
5.    Vitamin serum
6.    Night cream with retinol
7.    Eye lash growth serum



 Now for those loverly pics...

Full face

Nose

Left temple

(there it is again) Right temple

Left jowl

Mouth


Do you know what makes you happy?  I was laying in bed thinking about just that last night and I thought of a few things.  My kids, most of the time.  My husband, almost all the time (except when he refuses to argue with me, but then again if he argued with me he would probably make me madder).  But I found that a baby's laugh always makes me happy!  What makes you happy? 

Day One (after regimen)...

OK, let's get started:


First I took the before pictures (I am not unhappy or sad, just trying to keep a blank face).

In the Morning: (takes about 6 minutes)

  1. Wash my face with my product (do not want to name product until I am sure it works, don't want to denounce anyone).
  2. Use my micro-derm abrasion kit, 2 steps.
  3. Use my skin even toner.
  4. Next is my lifting serum.
  5. Then my eye lifting cream.
  6. After that my vitamin serum.
  7. Onto my lips with a mask and balm.
  8. Lastly a day cream with spf.

That is how I started and then comes the night regimen: (about 5 minutes)

  1. Wash my face with my product
  2. Skin even toner
  3. Lifting serum
  4. Eye lifting cream
  5. Vitamin serum
  6. Night cream with Retinol
  7. Eye lash growth serum

Here are the  after first pitch pictures:

Full face

Nose

Right (what an awful age spot YUCK!) temple

Left temple

Left jowl

Mouth


I started this last Thursday and have been very faithful.  I do not know if I look any better but my skin does seem softer.  Will I look 18 again?  Probably not, well, definitely not.  Do I want to look 18 again?  DEFINITELY not!  Hmmm, have you ever thought what you would do if you knew then what you know now?  What would you change?  How would that change your life now?  What do you think?

What I am doing

What am I doing?

I am over 50 and never really took care of my skin. I am a child of the 60s, baby oil sun-baking, major sunburns and no sunblock!  Hi, I am Charlee and I need to start taking care of my skin before I look 90 instead of 50 something. I am starting a complete regimen and I am going to post my results here for others to see what I am doing. Here we go...

Day One (before first treatment):


This is me, full face, no make-up ( not that I wear make anyway). I am going to post pictures  (un-re-touched-up) of my face everyday and tell you what I did as a part of the regiment.  So, here we go, again....


Left jowl...


Left temple

Nose

Right temple

Right jowl

mouth..

As you can tell I have not touched up these photos at all, what I hope to accomplish is to find a regimen that will help all women (and men) make there skin better.  For all the folks my age out there, we did not have the information that people today do but we also did not have the products, so if it works for me I am sure it can work for you too!

I will be posting the first six days as a group because it took me this long to figure out how to do this (blog that is, not wash my face LOL) and I want to catch up. I will be posting daily pictures and what I did.  If you want to know more, if you like the results you see, send me a note, I can get you started too with only the cost of products used.

Remember, change it if you can, accept it if you can't change it and think about the difference - be happy, that is your choice :)