"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." Franz Kafka 

Despite some sage sayings most of us are concerned about looking old. We don’t getting older; we just don’t want to look it. We can be proud of our life’s achievements and look good as well. With just a few tips and maybe an extra few minutes added to your beauty ritual, you won’t mind having more birthdays.

Moisturizers become more important the older you get. A special moisturizer for the eye area is important because the skin in that area is thinner and more sensitive than the rest of your face. If you purchase a moisturizer for your face, and you don’t like the way it feels there, use it on your hands or other parts of your body. A nighttime moisturizing cream will be a little heavier than daytime and is only for those with dry skin. Skin type tips: 

Oily Skin  

Don’t wear moisturizer or foundation when you exercise. As your pores open to release toxins, the moisturizer or foundation will invade the pores, and can clog or irritate them, causing breakouts. Exercise with a nude face. When you do use moisturizer, use one that is specialized for oily skin. When you exfoliate, don’t overdo it just because your skin is oily. This will only aggravate and activate the oil glands. Treat breakouts with over the counter products. If your skin is problematic, see a dermatologist. Go to war on blackheads with regular deep cleaning facials.  

Dry Skin

Cleansers with milk in them are more nourishing than soaps, which can further dry already dry skin. Avoid toners with alcohol-based astringents. 

Sensitive Skin

Use jojoba and chamomile-based products as well as hypoallergenic and fragrance free items. Stay away from alcohol-based toners. Milk-based lotions or cleansers are nourishing. Vitamin E is wonderful for skin. You can take vitamin E capsules and pierce them with a pin squeezing the oil from the capsules directly onto any scar tissues that you wish to give a more supple texture to. Vitamin E also heals chapped lips and ugly, dry cuticles.  

About the Author: April Masini , nicknamed "the new millennium`s Dear Abby" by the media, is author of the best-selling books  Date Out Of Your League  (TurnKey Press, 0-9746763-0-6)  and Think & Date Like A Man  (iUniverse, 0-595-37466-2), as well as step-by-step dating and relationship manuals  50 First Dates and The Next 50 Dates . Masini is also the force behind  www.AskApril.com ,  the critically acclaimed dating and relationship advice column and online magazine. 

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