Skin Loses Vitamin C With Age: What's a Face to Do?

Let's face the facts. Nobody here is growing any younger. It doesn't matter if you're reading this as a 15 year old, a 25 year old, a 45 year old, or a 95 year old. Eternal youth just doesn't exist. True: the more youthful you are, the more invincible you feel, but bear in mind, every 95 year old was ONCE a 15 year old! There's no way around it: we are all getting older. You're probably 30 seconds older now than you were when you started reading this, sorry to be the bearer of such news...

So while it's true you CAN NOT stop the clock from ticking, it is similarly true that you CAN actually stop, or better, REVERSE many of the effects of that ticking clock, especially as it impacts the look of your skin.

My dear 15-year-old: look in that lucky mirror. Get over any acne you could have at the present time - that WILL clear up if you have it. However, do you see how all the sweet skin around your face is so soft, tight, clean ... ALIVE? Yeah - the rest of us would kill for that! Please, please delight in that while you can. And then DO something about keeping it that way.

The rest of us are trying to deal with crows feet, smile lines, age spots, and so on. Some of it is our fault - no, not from smiling! But from spending way too much time unprotected in the glaring summer sun, or brainlessly baking in a health spa's tanning bed, or generally not following what people have now discovered to be solid, standard practice for skin care, the 4 unshakeable steps: cleanse, tone, skin serum, skin moisturizer. It's not tough, it takes so little time, and if any of us were back in our blessed pimply days, we'd start up this tried and true routine without delay.

Nevertheless, many of us have begun this trusted regimen 15 years late, 40 years late, etc, and STILL have had wonderful results. The kind that make me daydream about what I WOULD have looked like now, had I been doing what I should have done all along.

But no matter our ages now, it's not too late to get into the habits we wished our parents would have understood and instructed us to do all those years back.

So to the point, here's how to care for your face. You've just got one face (I should hope), so for the love of all good and holy, do this every day if nothing else:

1) Cleanse your face well with soap and water, at least twice per day. Pat dry - do not wipe hard, you'll thank yourself years later for being gentle with your face's skin.

2) Apply toner. Find your favorite brand andjust use that. Follow the instructions closely on the bottle for your best results.

3) Apply your Vitamin C Serum. This part particularly has been shown to drastically clarify, brighten, and tighten (de-wrinkle/stop wrinkles),especially when applied every day. Apply in an upward, outward motion when gently spreading the serum on face and neck. Let dry for a few seconds.

4) Apply your daily moisturizer of choice. Unlike the serum's natural vitamins and plant extract nutrients, this step infuses the layers of your skin with necessary lipids and moisture, which works in perfect concert with the serum's effects.

And that's it! This need not take much time, making you late for bus, work, bingo, or bed.
But it will leave you with your best face to show yourself and the world, for your todays - and your tomorrows.