Your Anti Aging Skin Care Guide

My Anti Aging Skin Care Guarantee To You

I guarantee that when you're done reading this site, you will have enough information about skin care and will have the tools to make an intelligent decision about the best anti aging skin care system for your needs.

You're probably a lot like me and frustrated by the large number of low quality skin care products that makes big claims yet provide little results. It's frustrating and a waste of money.

The High Price Can Seduce You

The first thing that I would like to share with you is that high price is no measure for quality.  In fact, typically the most expensive anti aging skin care products are the least effective.
 
But this does not necessarily mean that all cosmetic products are waste of money and ineffective. There are some quality anti aging skin care products which genuinely improve your skin by making your skin radiant, youthful and smoother.  A high quality skin care product should also help reduce fine lines around your eyes, bags under your eyes and even out the discoloration caused by pigmentation and age spots.

With the advent of so many new kinds of skin care products, one of the biggest problems that has emerged is the numerous choices of skin care products, literally 1,000s. So unless you roll up your sleeves and become an informed consumer, it will be difficult to find the one that provides real results and does its task of eliminating years of aging from your face and body.

Let's be honest here. People will spend almost an unlimited amount of money to look and feel younger. Cosmetic surgery and the skin care industry are multi-billion dollars industries. People yearn for a real solution to slow down the aging process.

It's just simply the law of supply and demand.  The more demand for such products - the more manufacturers flood the marketplace with choices to grab a share of the demand. 
Sadly, a lot of the products are rushed to the market place without adequate research and development or any true effort by the manufacturer to ensure the quality and integrity of the product.

A Sneaky Trick

It's all in the marketing.  The skin care bottles and jars come in nice packaged presentations that are appealing and enticing.  The magazine advertisements have the beautiful and salacious pictures with the young and pretty model or well know gorgeous celebrity that endorse the products but likely have never used them.
  
You can't blame the companies though.  They spend fortunes on the glamour and glitz including every form of media to reach you such as radio, TV, magazines then they add the fancy product containers.  It's really a persuasive process yet very costly.  Guess who pays for the high cost of marketing?  You, of course.  The high marketing cost gets passed on to you.

So What Does This All Mean To You?

I wanted something different I figured you and I don't need to fall for all of the marketing tactics and schemes. These companies are going to have plenty of buyers who will open their purses and wallets so they won't miss us.

The truth of the matter is most people will not take the time to educate themselves on the products and understand what ingredients work and what ingredients actually do more harm than good.

So, that's why this site was born. To give you a tool to educate yourself on skincare.

Now, let's dive right in to the good part!

Avoid These The Ingredients In Skin Care Products

This may be a little hard to believe but many anti aging skin care products contain ingredients that actually harm your skin over time.

Mineral Oil is the most common offender. I have seen this in literally hundreds of products. It's also goes by the following names on the product label: petrolatum, paraffin wax and liquid paraffin.

Do you know the reason it is used in so many antiaging skincare products?  It's cheap!
However, mineral oil applied to your skin actually prevents it from breathing.  It clogs the pores and interferes with the skin's natural ability to eliminate dirt and toxins.  This, of course, can lead to acne and rough spots on your skin.

It also irritates the skin and if used for any period of time, your skin can actually become dependent upon it. This can lead to dryness and chapping. But wait, sadly, I am not done. In addition, the use of it leads to premature aging of the skin.

Yes, it does blow my mind that this substance can even be referred to as a so-called skincare product at all.

Dioxane (a synthetic coconut derivative):  This ingredient is widely used in skincare products.  It often contains a high level of concentration of the ingredient called 1.4-dioxane.  This chemical can easily be absorbed through the skin.  You may want to sit down before you read this next line and it's the truth.  This ingredient is on California's list of known substances to cause cancer.  Yes, it's true.  People pay money to rub a cancer causing agent all over their skin.  That is downright scary.
 
Fragrances: A pleasant smelling fragrance can really make you feel good.  It's great to be able to use a bit of cologne, perfume or even a body spray on your body but your skin care product should not contain fragrances.  Unfortunately, many of the fragrances in the market contain substances that are known to be carcinogenic and even toxic. 

It's easy to forget that the skin is the largest organ of the body. Any substance you apply to your skin can easily absorb into your pores.

So I do think putting a dab of cologne or perfume on your body is fine but recommend you avoid using skin care products with fragrances. People will be people and we all want that extra edge of smelling nice so I agree with a dab here and there from a perfume or cologne.

But, this is not so true with skincare product where the intent is to rub it all over your body, face, neck, arms and it gets absorbed into your pores and skin. This is just not a healthy and safe choice with a product that contains a fragrance.

Parabens: also known as propyl, methyl, ethyl paraben and butyl. Parabens are preservatives that manufacturers use to extend the shelf -life of a product for economical reasons. Sadly, parabens are put in many skin care products (including anti aging creams too). The bad news is that studies reveal they may cause cancer and interfere with the body's endocrine system, as well as cause skin rashes and allergic reactions.

Alcohols: also known as ethyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, ethanol, methanol, isopropyl alcohol and SD alcohol. There are certain effects of alcohol that make it something that should not be used in your skin care system and is often found in skin care products. It has a drying effect on the skin and also causes irritation in some cases. Moreover, one of the sustained effects of alcohol is that it washes out the natural acids of the skin and leaves it susceptible to moulds bacteria, and viruses.

Well, enough of the bad stuff that that damages your skin to no end. Let us take a look at some high quality and safe ingredients which can enhance and improve your skin.

Ingredients to Look For in The Best Skin Care Products

Before I get into a discussion on specific ingredients, it's important that I cover the basics of the skin itself and how you can identify a bad product but more importantly a good one.

The primary reason our skin, on our face or body, develops lines or starts to sag, is that the elastin and collagen in our skin begins to break down. I need to get a little technical here, so please stay with me for just a sentence or two.

Collagen is known as a protein that has natural fibrous properties. Collagen is different from other kinds of proteins because it possesses great strength, which means, among other things, it provides firmness and strength to the skin.
 
Fortunately, you don't have to worry about being a scientist to understand that as collagen wears down due to aging, our skin loses its firmness. Those anxiety causing wrinkles begin to appear and our skin starts to sag.  Of course, this is what we want to slow down and/or stop.

Elastin is another protein. Elsatin helps the skin to stay firm and flexible. When you skin is stretched, elastin helps it bounce back to its original state.

What all of this means for you is that you do not want to purchase a skin care product that is nothing more than a cream that fills in fine lines and wrinkles, giving the appearance of temporarily nicer skin when it's on...but the illusion is shattered when you wash it off. You want a product that contains ingredients that actually stimulates new collagen and elastin production in your skin. If you achieve this, you will, in reality, begin to turn back the clock.

Learn About This Skin Care Product Scam

If you followed along so far, I have provided some solid information to ensure you get the best skin care products possible.

This next tip builds on the information so far and is critically important so please don't gloss over this part and read carefully.

Since manufacturers invest a great deal of money in marketing sadly they will often use lower quality cheap ingredients. Now if they just put a bunch of low quality ingredients on the label of the skin care product, most consumers would wise up and not buy a high priced item that clearly is low quality.

Guess how these companies with high priced anti aging skin care products get around this?

They play a little trick on you by including a very minor amount of the really high quality active ingredients so they can include the active ingredients on the product label. 

Unfortunately, they use such a small amount that it's not going to be beneficial to you.

So, you can protect yourself and wallet by making sure the anti aging skin care product or cream not only has the important active ingredients but it also contains a high concentration of them.

Collagen

Another thing that I need to tell you is about collagen. Collagen, as we have already discussed, is the ideal thing to make your skin look young. But you have to understand that just having collagen, or an excess of it in some product, is not an ideal thing.

Those companies that peddle their products are fully aware of the fact that most individuals know about collagen and will buy a product with collagen in it. But if you want to be a clever consumer, all you need to do is to know this fact - collagen molecules are too large to penetrate into the skin and have any effect on it.

If you want something to genuinely work towards preserving your youth, you should go for products that stimulate the production of collagen in your body.   
  
Phytessence Wakame
 
Found in the Japanese Sea this exotic kelp is an active ingredient that does a world of good to your skin. The power in this ingredient is it blocks the bad enzyme Hyaluronidase.   Since Hyaluronidase interrupts the production of hyaluronic acid, you want Phytessence Wakame to step in and keep your hylaurinoc acid production optimal.  

Hyaluronic acid is very important for the preservation of your youthfulness because it helps in repairing tissues and making collagen and elastic fibers work. Thus, Phytessence Wakame is a very useful thing and much needed item for your anti aging skin care program.

If you are want to research this more, you can go to the research section (see below) of this site and I posted the wikpedia link for Hyaluronan. If you read more about this, you will learn that Hyaluronan is a major part of the skin and plays a critical role in tissue repair.

Cynergy TK
 
Cynergy TK is the latest in skin care innovations. Amidst all these companies making products just for their own vested interests, there are some organizations which are genuinely passionate about skin care and are concerned about your skin.

Cynergy TK comes from the stable of such thinkers. It is a substance which helps increase the amount of collagen and elastin in your skin. This is a highly effective thing that makes you look younger and more attractive in a matter of days. Benefits of using this include greater elasticity of the skin and greater capacity to retain moisture, among many other benefits.

Cynergy TK The Results Are In

Studies have shown sustained improvements in skin moisture (over 14% improvement in an 18 day period). Another study over an 18 day period showed skin elasticity had sustained improvement of over 42%.

Needless to say, these are some exciting results and the best skin care creams and products should include exciting ingredients like Cynergy TK as well as other cutting-edge ingredients.

CoQ10

Coenzyme Q10, popularly known as CoQ10, is a substance that is very important to keep each and every cell of your skin in a healthy state. It is a potent antioxidant that battles with many free radicals in your skin and prevent skin damage.  
 
Although CoQ10 is a great ingredient, not all forms are equal. One in particular stands head and shoulders above the rest. This version of it is called Nano-Lipobelle H-EQ10.

Before you rush out to the store to buy products that have CoQ10 in them, let me tell you one thing, CoQ10 exists in many different forms, and each one is distinctly different from the rest.

One such special type of CoQ10 is Nano-Lipobelle H-EQ10. It is quite a helpful product that gets deep into your skin and doing great good for it. This is particularly useful because most other forms of CoQ10 are not easily penetrable and are unable to benefit the skin when applied on the surface.

The biggest advantage of having special form of CoQ10 that gets deep into your skin is that you can just apply it externally and watch it eat up the harmful radicals that harm your skin. What emerges out of the whole process is healthy and young looking skin that makes you look like you are twenty years old forever. Apart from performing the very important radical demolishing function, nano lipobelle also stimulates the production of collagen and elastin.

The three active ingredients I have mentioned above are the key ingredients to help your skin look young and stay healthy. Using products that contain these ingredients in the correct form and quantity enables you to give the special treatment that your skin deserves.

Where Can You Find Skin Care Products With All 3 Active Ingredients?

Please let me introduce you to Xtend-Life Natural Products. They are located in New Zealand but ship worldwide. I personally recommend them and use the products daily myself.

It is likely that you have never heard about this company. Well, that is because they do not hire celebrities to say that their products are the best in the world. Nor do they have their name on billboards along the highways of the country. They channel their funds towards creating products that will genuinely benefit users.

I tend to think of them as my "secret weapon" to anti aging natural skin care.

And they do it because what drives them is the overwhelming desire to create skin care products for consumers like us who want to ensure the best for our skin.

So if you want vibrant healthy looking skin, I suggest you take a look at their website and read about their thoughts on skin care. It is a very informative website that teaches you a lot about anti aging skin care and helps you understand your own skin better.

Helpful Links

Xtend-Life's Skincare Philosophy

Xtend-Life's Women's Skincare

Xtend-Life's Men's Skincare