Forever Young... I wana be young forever! (Jay-z Song)

Prevent Yourself from Aging

We all want to be young forever, but are you really working towards being young forever? We stop producing collagen as early as the age of 18! Collagen is what gives us the firmness and the youthful appearance to our skin. If you follow my jewelry page on Facebook Lishkara Beauty , there was a trivia question about collagen.

The only pure form of collagen you can get is from a placenta, that's if you are a female that recently give birth Placenta was the topic on a recent Keeping up with the Kardashians episode, the sisters wanted to feed the family a placenta. EW! You do not eat it! You storage it until you need it and get it injected into the area you want. I know what I am doing with my placenta when I have a baby =) 

If the placenta is not an option for you there are other ways to delay the process of aging. You may not get the purest form but there are plenty of products that are very close to it. (which I will mention in later blogs... =] so stay tune)

Wear SPF! YES this will help you delay the process of aging. No more sun bathing and lathering on baby oil (That's BASICALLY ASKING FOR SKIN CANCER!) Wear SPF no matter if you are inside the office or the beach, it's a MUST! Also make you have a good mixture of chemical SPF and physical SPF. Chemical SPF will absorb the sun rays and physically blocks/deflects sun rays.

The ingredients for physical blocks are:

• Titanium dioxide (TiO2) 
• Zinc oxide (ZnO).

For chemical block ingredients are:

• Octylcrylene
• Avobenzone
• Octinoxate
• Octisalate
• Oxybenzone
• Homosalate
• Helioplex.

So be an educated consumer! Also recently the FDA has passed a law that sunscreens cannot be label more than 50. So when you see SPF 75 or 100, just know its false advertisement. Look for SPF of 50 and PA+. PA means the protection grade from UVA rays, more the plus signs the better. 

Your diet is another major part of the aging process. Try to stay away from GMO products and smoking. Incorporate natural ingredients, and local raised meat. I know it is hard with our busy lifestyles; but not only will you look good later, you will feel energetic and be fit! Avoid smoking. Period! Smoking defiantly speeds up the aging process! Instead drink more water! Eat fruits and veggies! You can do it! Drinking alcohol is another factor that will speed it up. Red Wine is good once in a while (I'm defiantly a wine lover 0=), but excessive hard alcohol drinking will damage your liver... and face.

 OK, that was good overview of how to prevent aging for now. Later I will post products that help keep your youthful appearances last longer.