Posts from — May 2009

My sweet Mr. Juicefairy was very sweet to treat me to a facial a couple of weeks ago (have I mentioned on this blog yet how lucky I am to have him).  This is only he second facial I have ever gotten, and minus the part where they extract blackheads, I think they are even more relaxing than a massage.   I went the the Spa of Thornton Park in downtown Orlando where Dominic was my esthetician (he says when he tells people what he does for a living they ask, “you work with dead people?”).

I asked Dominic frankly what skin product would be best for a twenty-something to prevent wrinkles, beside a moisturizer with sunscreen.  I know the commandment about sunscreen …  “Thou shall wear sunscreen everyday, all over thy body, in order to keep away age spots and wrinkles”.  He told me one of the first things I could do was drink more water. But he warned that dehydration is not apparent in your skin when you are in your twenties but as you age your skin gets drier naturally and dehydration becomes visible in those lines around your eyes and mouth.  “Those ladies that claim they have wrinkles around their lips from smoking are mistaken, most of that is from dehydration.” he informed me.  Honestly, a camel drinks more water than I do.  I just don’t need that much liquid I guess.  So I suppose I could heed his advice.  So new rule “Thou shall attempt to drink more water throughout thy day.”

His other advice really surprised me.  He said “I am actually not going to try and sell you on a bunch of expensive products.  Drug store anti-aging products have become a lot smarter and are really competitive with the more expensive products out there.”  At this point the owner of the spa walked in a told him to take his last weeks pay and leave.  Actually that didn’t happen, but I am surprised that they didn’t have some expensive line of products they would make him hock.  He told me for my skin type (combination skin with dry patches and a little bit of redness) that Loreal RevitaLift is a great product.  He says it is oil free, so for a young woman’s skin it is not too greasy, and that it is very effective as a night cream.  He warned that the RevitaLift eye cream is essentially the same exact thing as the face cream but in a smaller bottle so not to waste my money on the extra product, which is a tip I appreciated.

So I cashed in some Ulta points and I am have been giving RevitaLift a try.  I wont be able to tell you if it worked until I am fifty but Dominic claims it may help with my redness leftover from old pimples so I will keep you updated on that. So far all I can tell you is that it has a very perfumy smell and I wake up in the morning with my skin feeling a little oily but not too bad.  So far no breakouts from it.  Thanks Dominic for all of your honest advice.

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