Tips on How to Prevent wrinkles and premature aging

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I’m no expert but here are some tips I have picked up from over the years to prevent wrinkles and premature aging. Nothing tells age more than wrinkles, especially those around the eyes.

Wrinkles and skin elasticity has a lot to do with lifestyle and genetics, but you can use these tips to delay the inevitable.

Eyes

The skin on your eyelids and around your eyes are very thin and delicate. Constant pulling and tugging on them will cause them to stretch and this will cause wrinkles. To prevent wrinkles and avoid premature aging, try these tips:

  • When removing eye makeup, don’t pull or tug on your eyelid. Instead, saturate a cotton pad with eye makeup remover then hold it over your eye for a few seconds before lightly swiping across your eye. This will help the remover dissolve and loosen your eye makeup and make it easier to remove.
  • When using waterproof makeup, always use an eye makeup remover that can remove waterproof makeup to prevent tugging.
  • Use an eye cream. Even eyelids need moisturising.
  • When applying eye cream use your ring finger (4th finger). Its usually your weakest finger.
  • To apply eye cream, dab some eye cream on each ring finger, rub your ring fingers together to spread the cream then dab gently and lightly on your eye area. Do not drag your skin.
  • Do not rub your eyes.
  • Wear sunglasses. Its good to protect your eyes and will prevent you from squinting.

Face

The skin on your face is usually more delicate than the skin on your body. Also, we don’t realise this but our face muscles move a lot during the day, and all this adds to wrinkles but these tips can help you delay that effect:

  • Don’t rest your face on your palm. Its tempting to do so when in thought, but this results in you pushing up your cheeks and causing lines to form.
  • Don’t frown often. Frowning causes lines to form on your forehead and if you aren’t careful those creases will remain permanently.
  • Don’t pull faces often.
  • Don’t squint.
  • Use a good moisturiser. Dry skin wrinkles more easily than properly moisturised skin.
  • When applying your moisturiser, don’t rub and pull on your facial skin. There are 2 ways you can apply your skincare. If its a cream, dab 5 dots on your face: forehead, nose, cheeks and chin and then gently spread out without tugging. If its a lotion, spread it in your palms before applying to your face.
  • When cleansing your face, lather up your cleansing lotion or cream or scrub in your palms first before applying to a damp face to avoid pulling on the skin.
  • Use a good sunscreen or sunblock. Make sure you use one that blocks UV-A and UV-B rays.Â
  • Try not to sleep on one side of your face but its hard to do.
  • Stop smoking or don’t start. The pursing and puckering up of your lips will cause lines to form on your lips and around your mouth.
  • Don’t sulk and don’t purse your lips with displeasure.

But above all, smile often. It will give you wrinkles but of the good kind. 🙂

Review: Makeup: Elianto Eye and lip makeup remover

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Elianto is a Korean-Malaysian cosmetics brand that targets the lower end market. Their products are sold in the same way that many other mid-low end Korean cosmetics are sold i.e. in kiosks or stand alone stores, with a wide display of their wares.

It brings to mind a buffet counter with spreads of colours for eyes, lips, cheeks, face, skincare lining the shelves etc. Elianto falls in the low end in terms of pricing and I feel it targets and appeals to teens or those starting out in makeup. At RM5 an eyeshadow, their products are very afforable.

My review today is for their Green Tea Lip & Eye Makeup Remover. My current makeup remover is down to its last drops and I was passing by an Elianto store so I thought to pop in to see what they had to offer.

Their lip and eye makeup remover comes like many other such removers in the market i.e. 2 toned. You must shake the bottle to mix the 2 products together before applying it on a cotton pad and applying it to your eyes and lips.

There are 2 types of lip and eye makeup removers by Elianto. One is Green Tea (Green) and the other is Deep Sea Water (Blue). I got the Green Tea one because I did not care for the smell of the Deep Sea Water.

A bottle costs RM16 which is very cheap. To my surprise, it actually works quite well at removing eye makeup, even waterproof makeup. I usually shake the bottle then pour the remover onto a cotton pad and hold it to my closed eye for a while before removing my makeup. Eyeshadow gets off easily. My gel eyeliner takes about 2 swipes and the waterproof mascara takes the longest. Then again I’ve had lots of trouble removing this mascara with anything other than cleansing oils so IÂ wasn’t unduly concerned. It works just as well at removing lipstick.

I like the bottle as its slim and tall which makes for easy storage as the footprint is small. The cover is also good as there is another section inside that fits over the mouth of the bottle so that there is no spillage. Makes it easy to travel with.

My only gripe would be the smell. The fragrance though fresh smelling, is rather strong. Since this product is going near my eyes I would prefer not to have fragrance in it.

Pros: Cheap, effective, removes even waterproof makeup

Cons: Fragrance

[rating:4/5]

Bag Borrow or Steal! The easy way to get a designer bag?

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I came across Bag Borrow or Steal while searching for clutches. Yes yes I still have not found my clutch yet. But there was tons on this site.

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I was rather taken in by these.

Bag Borrow or Steal has an interesting concept that I have not seen elsewhere. Essentially, by signing up as a member of the site, they let you “borrow” designer bags and jewellery which you can keep for as long as you like, and when the fad has run its course, you can return the bag and borrow another one.

Looks to be easy on the pocket eh? Sorta like a Rent-a-bag. Especially great for those who like to be seen with the latest and hippest but don’t have the financial clout to own everything in the market. Actually, someone sorta like me hehe…

In fact, it works great if you attend a lot of functions or are in a job that requires you to meet and mingle with the fashion crowd. This way you save your money and yet are seen with the hottest fashion accessories of the season.

You can read about how it works on their FAQ page. Essentially you join as a member, then pay a weekly or monthly “rent” for “borrowing” a branded bag. Different brands are banded into different tiers which attract a different charge. The “steal” part of the company’s name is when you decide you want to keep the bag that you have “borrowed”. You then pay them a fixed price for the bag and voila! Its yours!

 

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So far, this is only for people residing in the USA and I can understand why for it would be impossible to track and coordinate this on a global scale. However, I can also tell you right now that there’s no way it will work here in Malaysia, small as it is. It would be nice if it did though. It’ll save me a mint in new bags!

Stila is coming to Metrojaya Midvalley

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For all fans of Stila Cosmetics, here’s some good news for those of you who find it too much of a hassle getting to their counters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In addition to the Stila counters at U Parkson, 1 Utama and Parkson Grand at KLCC, Stila will be opening soon at Metrojaya Midvalley Megamall!

The slated opening date is June 2007. So, keep a look out for it. I’m happy for finally, I’ll have a Stila counter nearer to my place of work so its easier to pop by.

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