A Bold Beauty 🍑🍑🍑 Breaking Every Rule of Aging at 52

1. Frame Your Face

Eyebrows play a big role in making you look younger. Keep your eyebrows trimmed and shaped. This helps frame your face and draws attention to your eyes.

2. Decrease Sugar Intake

Or if you can, cut it out altogether! Sugar is an inflammatory food that will show aging effects on your face. Not only that, but it can inflame your brain, making concentration and memory more difficult and challenging.

If cutting out sugar feels too daunting, I recommend substituting it with monk fruit sweetener and eating sweet fruits. This will satisfy the sweet craving and help you move into a healthier habit!

3. Get Enough Sleep

Make this a priority. Sleep changes everything and is a critical part of slowing the aging process! Many women try to use the late-night hours to finish their to-do lists or get alone time. I understand completely. But your body needs adequate rest, as this is the time when cells regenerate and any inflammation in your body drops. If you keep your adrenaline going long after your body wants to rest, you will continue to produce stress hormones, instead of allowing your body to wind down.

Start small. Start going to bed 15 minutes earlier for one week, and then add another 15 minutes the next week. Make a point to reduce screen time beforehand so your brain can start to produce melatonin, which will help you fall and stay asleep faster.

With more sleep, you’ll feel and look more energetic and happy.

4. Avoid Harsh Chemicals

This includes pesticides and industrial solvents such as paints and varnishes. Even household cleaners contain harsh chemicals that can overtax your system. When the body tries to process these chemicals from the environment, it can cause chronic inflammation which wears down the cells.

Switching to more natural-based products will immediately relieve your body’s detoxification system and slow down the aging process. This applies everywhere in your life from gardening and household work to your hair and skin care routines.

5. Eat More Grapes

Yes, I said grapes! Sorbitol, which gives grapes, berries, plums, and pears their sweetness, is a humectant, a substance that attracts water when applied to the skin, helping it absorb and retain moisture. It’s a natural treatment for dry skin and can be helpful regardless of your skin tone.

Fueling your body with natural sources of moisture is especially effective when combined with using appropriate creams and lotions.

6. Care For Your Face

I am meticulous about my skin care routine, especially on my face. Otherwise, it’s the first place to show signs of aging. If you’re brand new to the world of skincare, these products are essential:

Apply retinol (Vitamin A) moisturizer, such as Wrinkle Recovery Serum
Use a high-quality Neck Restoring Cream for skin tightening
Be vigilant about using natural sunscreen, and avoid being outside during the time of day when the sun is most direct.