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| a real 13 year old girl who looks 40 photo from www.prafulla.net |
Aging is part of life. But having early signs of aging or premature aging is like having a premature birth, the baby comes out TOO EARLY than the NORMAL least expected time.
Why am I saying that? To tell you, it has been 2 weeks since I started using facial mask packs like every other day or at least twice a week. I am not as vain as you think though. Scientifically, aging starts as early as in our mid 20s.
Seriously, I am not over reacting. I may seem that I am starting to be insecure of myself, not yet but maybe almost there!
Undeniably, North Asians have better skin. We envy their
flawless porcelain-like skin, I mean, I do. But I personally
think that and from what I read from some articles, the
fairness and porelessness of their skin and the
youthfulness of their physical being aren't just caused by
genetics and healthy eating alone but also because of the
skin care regimens they do and the geographic location of
their motherland. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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| Korean actress Song Hye Kyo barefaced photo from www.crunchyroll.com |
But yes, maybe we can't just have all at once. Everything
has its pros and cons. We are lucky to have a rich part of
the earth, abundant of natural resources, minerals,land,
water and so on and so forth! However, there is a price to
pay for all of these fortune and that is the challenge of
protecting ourselves from the UVA/UVB rays of the sun
and the humidity of the weather. We don't have four
seasons: summer, winter, spring and fall.
We can't argue with the sun nor
we can't ask God to place Philippines
right next to USA or China.
What do you think about that?
What do you think about that?
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| fine lines under eye of a woman in 20s photo from sarazaqea.blogspot.com |
So I'm doing my part in taking care of myself given that we have this type of climate here. Plus an extra care for the face especially that I am living in an urban place and that apparently this urban place has been very abundant
of tremendous pollutants!Technically it is because of us! We use vehicles with unhealthy smoke emissions, so what do we expect, right?
Okay, back to these face packs I got from a Korean grocery (25.00 each),
I chose cucumber with collagen to refresh and refine my
skin after a hot sunny day and lightening essence with
collagen mask to even out my uneven skin tone induced
by again the sun's UV rays. Nevertheless, collagen works
on the firming and the skin's elasticity.
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| essence masks |
Did I mention that I am also becoming traumatized of..?
Um..my husband's friends had asked my age several times.
Unsurprisingly, 6 out of 10 thought I was older than my
Unsurprisingly, 6 out of 10 thought I was older than my
real age. I knew how they would think. I don't have the
"baby face" genes like that of Koreans but being
"baby faced" is not the agony here. It won't hide your age
once premature aging becomes noticeable. I better start
doing something now to slow down this early aging
process triggered severely by a lot of stress, fatigue,
sleepless nights and radiation from the sun!
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I think I am lucky to have Korean friends and a Korean husband who tells me about their ways on how they maintain their beautiful skin. I am sharing what I learned from them
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There are organic and natural homemade alternatives such
as fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, honey, lemon and so on.
But I prefer to save time from mincing and squeezing fresh
fruits extracts and pulps in order to play with my kids and
do lot more things for myself and for our family's
business. I don't think that spending P75.00 every week for
these essence masks is that expensive. It is practically
reasonable for me. We only become young once and we
can never turn back our youthfulness again when our hair
turns into grey. So why not slow down the aging process?
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| a young woman tries old age effect make up photo courtesy of vivii-makeup-diary.blogspot.com |
I won't tell you it works just to please you or influence
you but I do feel it really has its essence! I felt my skin
became softer, smoother and refined. I can honestly say
that it did make my skin feel better than before. As of the
moment, I FEEL my skin has improved but hasn't yet given
me clear signs to say that it LOOKS better. It doesn't. And
I don't expect it to happen now. I know this won't work
overnight. However, I look forward to see visible and
highly noticeable effects after few more months of
religiously using essence masks.
Have you ever asked someone how old or young you look (barefaced)?
Try to ask somebody who is not your friend or
relative so you don't get a safe answer.
Remember that you need an honest answer and that you
don't want to lie to yourself, do you? I really do not
recommend a person who knows you because his/her
answer will be probably influenced by how and what he/she
knows about you. The nerves in our brain will always give a
signal or a hint on what we would actually say. So better
yet ask an absolute stranger, let them guess your age (tell not to mind
your fashion style), and check if their answer will disappoint or flatter you.
See for yourself. Happy tallying! :)
