I want to set the record straight before I get into this posting ~ I'm not really the girlie type, I don't send much time doing the beauty thing (except for, heaven help me, dying my hair), and I use my make-up until the container is empty, which takes forever at the rate I use it. So for me to write about beauty is like me writing about football. I know enough to enjoy the game but not enough to understand all the calls (or really care).
I do care a lot about my health and aging gracefully. A by-product of this twin pursuit is that lately I've noticed a more youthful appearance to my skin ~ less wrinkles and more glowing. I've always exercised so I don't attribute my "improvements" just to that. I think it has to do with going almost gluten-and-dairy-free, eating fresh-and-organic as possible, (and my Clairsonic electronic face brush).
I really am a firm believer in you-are-what-you-eat. My mom has always been a health "nut" (although she does love her share of sweets) and instilled good eating habits in us from an early age. The problem is back then who knew about the garbage that eventually would go into the processed "convenience" foods that "liberated" women from the kitchen? How ironic that today's slow-food movement has rediscovered the joy of cooking with "real" ingredients that take time to prepare and enjoy.
My goal is a healthy 100. It seems like a good, round number to shoot for. And if I arrive at that goal as wrinkle-free and beautiful as my mother, then that's just a bonus.
2 comments:
Good post! I cant believe the gunk we put on us an in us. Our skin is our largest organ and functions like a mirror of what's going on INSIDE the body. I heard a stat about how something like 60%-70% of what we put on our skin gets quickly absorbed up into our blood stream and liver (The Beauty Detox Solution - GREAT book). Anyways, what's the saying, when you know better, you DO better! So when you're 100...that'll make me...well...at that point we're both just gonna be old birds yapping at the kitchen table still :P
Agree! I have been trying to put organic-only on my skin and hair for about a year, and paraben and sulfate-free for about two. It's amazing all the chemicals we knowingly expose our bodies to on top of all the ones we literally walk right through in our day.
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