Every woman has to go through this – that’s life. Everyone copes with wrinkles differently, some people don’t mind it while others like me want to fight against it :) I don’t feel old at 27 and I am certainly not complaining, but this is just another area that I want to look after. I certainly never felt that taking care of your appearance and body is just a superficial pursuit. Every one feels better when they take care of them selves.
Up until this point in my life, wrinkles have never been an issue for me. I realized a few years ago that baking my body in the sun was going to lead to wrinkles later on, so I stopped tanning and started to protect my skin with sun block. I also gave up the stupid practice of social smoking and I limit my alcohol consumption to the occasional white wine spritzer. I feel like I have made very positive changes in my lifestyle and I know that regular exercise and proper diet have a huge impact on the aging process. What I have less experience with are these creams and treatments for wrinkles.
I know that creams can work for acne, because I have been having problems with acne since I was a teenager, and I have tried a million different products and treatments that didn’t help. Just recently I found a product in Canada (viva Canada!) that has completely restored my faith in creams. This product has solved my acne problem, which gives me hope that there has to be at least one product out there that will work for wrinkles. My husband has his own take on this.
Frederick says:
First of all I am very skeptical about the claims these products make. In my mind these anti-aging creams are the not so distant cousins of those evil anti-cellulite creams that we all know serve absolutely no purpose other than draining the cash out of your pockets. I see the same kind of miracle claims being made on the expensive packaging of wrinkle creams – “visibly reduce deep wrinkles by 64.3% instantly.” Most of these cremes and serums didn’t have a tester on the shelf, but we did manage to find a tester for one of the most expensive products that was claiming to be an “instant” deep wrinkle filler. I told Zuzana to try it out on herself, but she didn’t want to ruin her makeup so instead she painted the clear liquid in the tester bottle over my laugh lines (I’m a young looking 34 btw ) I took one for the team on this because if we were going to spend the $200 sticker price then I wanted to be absolutely convinced this stuff worked. Ignoring the weird looks from the other shoppers, we followed the directions on the bottle, and 5 minutes later we were both staring at my face in the mirror waiting for the last 10 years to disappear. Wow I’m glad we didn’t spend that $200 because other than feeling slightly embarrassed that my wife applied anti-aging cream to my mug in the middle of the cosmetics department, nothing else happened. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not anti-beauty products. Like most guys I really appreciate when my wife dolls herself up – I appreciate that stuff, but I can’t stand when products make irresponsible claims and take advantage of people who are really just looking for help with a legitimate problem or concern. I will turn things back over to Zuzana now.
If you guys know about some great product or a home remedy that has helped you, I would really appreciate your advice. Also feel free to let me know what you think about wrinkles, aging and getting older in general.
Best,
Zuzana.
I am looking right this moment to purchase one good quality anti wrinkle solution and it seems there is actually nothing at all that can certainly fix my skin. However, if you surely are aware of some proper care that will help to make magic simply make me aware and I will be grateful for this.
A powerful & very effective anti aging mask is a frankincense & honey mask, two of the most ancient & effective remedies for healing & rejuvenating the skin!
Buy some frankinsense capsules- the most potent are Solgar’s Boswellia Serrata Vegicaps
For approx. 5 applications/masks:
-2 TBl good honey – Manuka 10 or 15+ or higher
-powder from 2 Solgar boswellia serrata vegicaps
-3 drops pure cold pressed apricot kernal oil
Mix together in a small oven proof glass bowl & heat over a saucepan of gently simmering water for about 5 minutes so the frankincense powder can disolve & the heat releases the healing properies of the honey. Make sure you tie your hair well back & wear a hair band – very messy! Apply to clean skin- avoiding the delicate eye area.
Leave on for 30mins to an 1hour depending on your time frame, I usually aply the mask & then have a long bath. Try x2 weekly or more if you want to see more dramatic results.
Namaste
Olay products are excellent in general. But the regenerist line works like magic. My husband’s wrinkle/droopy skin and crow feet (on eyes area) significantly diminishing. He normally couldn’t care less about cosmetics, but he sees obvious result with his olay regenerist eye, night, and day moisturizer creams. Hope this “testimony” would be useful.
PS. Thanks for your inspiring workout routines, guys.
best,
Tati
Zusanna, I have lines around the mouth too and here has what helped me. (I believe the lines around the mouth are called “fine lines” rather than wrinkles. To the best of my knowledge the difference is fine lines need hydration, wrinkles need tightening. However, I am a skeptic and do both!) The best remedies I have found are home remedies:
First I use a gentle body brush in a circular motion to clear away dead skin. (use on face and body)can find in health food section of health food stores.
Asprin mask: 3-4 asprin mixed with 1 TBS lemon juice, 1 tsp whole milk yogurt, 1 TBS honey, 1 TBS olive oil. I use this after a workout and shower so my pores are in optimal openess and blood circulation process. I keep the mixture in a small container in my fridge.
Egg tightening mask: again after workout and shower, spread egg white from one egg on your face. (tightening mask) leave on until it is very difficult to move any muscles in your face. Wash off. Repeat with egg yolk- which is a mostuizer mask.
Rice water mask: pour 1/2 cup of water onto 1/2 cup organic uncooked rice. Leave for 1 minute and strain catching the rice water into a container. Use as a mask and or a toner.
For moisturizer I use an organic mosturizer then I use an organic oil such as: coconut oil, olive oil, vitamin E oil or neroli. Use on entire face, lips especially and neck.
If you do not break out easily you can follow with a bit of vasline to lock in moisture. (I do this part at night only)
Ps, I use oils in my bath too!!
Thanks for all you do, you are an inspiration of excellence!! :)
Hi Zuzana,
I was wondering if you could tell me which canadian cream you said you used to help you with your acne?
Thanks for all the help and videos! Much love and appreciation to you both!
Anna
Hi Zuzana,
I got the same problem like you with the fine lines. The best thing that helped me was doing face yoga. I bought dvd called “Happy face yoga” with Gary Sikorski through internet. It was the best $20 bucks that i spend.He is awesome how he explain all movements… I can tell you that people compliment me when i do my face toning exercising regularly, on the end face has a muscles too just like everything else on our body….
I love your web.
Slavka from Chicago.
Hi there, I have a painless home-use wrinkle removing device that I would love to send you to try out (free demo). Treatments are 2-3x/week at less than $9CAD per treatment. Takes 5 minutes. You will be thrilled, screaming from the rooftops. It helps with acne too. If Freddy wants the technical info on this protocol, give me a call: 403-861-4162. There’s nothing to lose…just give it a try.
Try Renova, a prescription strength anti-wrinkle cream available in the US. It works both on wrinkles and acne, so it sounds perfect for your skin. I have both of the same problems and it has done wonders for me. It’s less than the high dollar stuff you tested and it is clinically proven to work.
Hii.. so about wrinkle creams.. im not sure if you have heard about ARTRISTY sold by AMWAY GLOBAL they have amazing creams they actually work. these are the ones i use and i just love the way they make my skin(face) look and feel. in case you want to search it up artristy is one of the top five best products and creams in the world. so maybe you might want to give them a try :)!!
Coconut oil is good for health. It is not only good for hair and skin but also helps in maintaining cholestrol, blood pressure ,heart diseases etc.Also,coconut milk is not the stable food for all ages. Hence its better to use coconut oil instead of other refined/bran oils
I use Caudalie – first wrinkles cream
I am happy about it. I don’t have big wrinkles, but I don’t want to use the miraculous collagen creams at 27, I am saving those for later :)
With Caudalie first wrinkles I noticed that it is a heavy hydrator and therefor smooths visibly the wrinkles around the eyes. I notice when I don’t use it a couple of days : the wrinkles come back, and need about a week of twice a day hydration to smooth away again.
Hi!
I don’t know if you happen to have a Merle Norman Cosmetic store in your area or not but if you go into the store they will actually let you take home samples of cremes and things. I know they have several options for wrinkles and anti-aging products and they aren’t too expensive.
Hope this helps! :)