Beauty Tips from a Tomboy of A Certain Age Plus A Fabulous Giveaway of Perricone's Advanced Face Firming Activator

I am on my own quiet little campaign to make it okay for women of a certain age to not only Look their age, but be beautiful, nay, Stunning in their own skin. To me, it's all about three things, being comfortable and confident, (infinitely attractive!!), accentuating your best features, and taking care of your skin. Especially taking care of your skin, which is crucial. You can spackle on all the makeup you want, but if your skin looks bad, the makeup will actually draw attention to what you are trying to mask. Conversely, if you take exquisite care of your skin, you can get away with very little or No Makeup and look quite lovely.

I have worked as a RN with plastic surgery patients, (both elective and reconstructive), and have not only experienced skin cancer myself at 28 years of age, but also taken care of those who have become disfigured from the toll of the sun on their skin. So the first and foremost thing to face the age of 50 or 60 or 90 years old, and still enjoy your face, is USE Sunblock. Everyday, high SPF, reapply approximately every 90 minutes and don't forget neck, decolletage, and hands. Yes, even in Winter, most sun exposure occurs from everyday activities like walking to lunch and getting the mail.

In addition to being a consistent sunblock wearer, I never, ever, ever sleep with make up on. I don't care how tired, sick, ______ I am, I always take the 3 minutes to remove my makeup and cleanse and moisturize my skin before going to bed.

Which leads me to a fascinating tidbit that I learned when I stumbled across Dr.Nicholas Perricone on Public Television over 5 years ago where he discussed reversing the signs of aging both internally and externally with diet, exercise, supplements, and skin care. I learned from Dr.Perricone that we actually overwash our skin by staying in the shower too long which depletes the natural oils in the skin, and by washing our faces too frequently or too vigorously. A gentle wash twice a day is plenty, spot treat your blemishes and wrinkles, and don't forget to moisturize your neck which often shows the first and most severe signs of aging because there are No Oil Glands there. None, nada, zippo, that poor little piece of skin real estate is all on its lonesome moisturization wise.

So, please, now it's your turn to share your beauty secrets and enter for a giveaway of Dr.Perricone's Advance Face Firming Activator, (gee, try and say that 5 times fast)!

The fine print-
1. Please leave a comment on why you want to win Perricone's Advanced Face Firming Activator. That's it!
2. Additional entries - Please leave a separate comment for any of your tried and true beauty and skin care secrets.
3. Please make sure I have a way to get in touch with you, an email address or email link on your profile is fine.
4. Open to residents of U.S. and Canada. Contest will run until 12:00 am Sunday May 2nd.
5. Winner will be chosen by Random dot org

Also, you are invited to enter to win Dr.Perricone Acai and Neck Therapy Giveaways at the Perricone Company blog.

Thank you so much and wishing you Good Luck and Great Skin, Health too!! (Because that's What It's Really All About.)


Full Metal Jacket Disclosure Policy - My only compensation for hosting this giveaway, in addition to doing something nice for a fellow blogger, is to receive a Perricone product sample sometime soon for adding their blog to my blogroll. (Cause the Doc Rocks and I appreciate everything I have learned from him and his books and TV shows.)Peace out, FTC.

Tip Junkie Giveaway Birthday Bash

Hi, My name is Martha and I am addicted to Giveaways and Creative Tips. Thank you for sharing in the swag.

Fabulously Frugal - 31 Days/31 Giveaways in May

There is some major swag in blogland to be had and I am so glad I found this great website that has Discounts on Fashion, Home Accessories, Food freebies, Coupon codes to major department stores and Cool, handmade boutiques among many other savings and Giveaways! The blogger in charge of this site is really up to date on her research and with Fabulous Frugal "Connections".

So, please stop by Fab Frugal to try and score some treats for yourself which so far has included a silver candle, a book, and necklace! And it's only the third day!!



(I love to share discounts w/my friends, it's genetic.)

Swag Shoutouts in Blogland

Who says The Sun.dance Film Festival has all the swag? The celebs should check out these delightful give aways from my blog buddies:

I just received two Preppy Travel Mugs I had ordered from Monogram Chick. They are just beautiful and I am so happy and proud to give these gifts to my friends. I clicked over to her blog to thank her and she is hosting a give away of this great travel mug. So, please join in the fun if you would like to tote the hot or cold beverage of your choice in this stylish mug. We can both win a great mug if you let her know I sent you, thank you so much.



Got a case of the blahs? Dear Annie is hosting a give away of goodies to chase away the mid winter blues. It will be a basket of warm and wonderful delights to soothe the senses. So, please stop by her "Writer's Lair" if you would like a chance to win.



And last, but certainly not least, my dearest Ashley is a talented artist who makes personalized signs and is giving away an eye catching one at her blog. Again, please click on over if you would like to check this out.

I really enjoy and appreciate their creativity and generosity. I hope you will too.