15 Natural Skin Care Tips from An Anti Aging Therapist: No Expensive Creams Necessary!

It’s when we are in our twenties that our skin starts to slowly, but gradually age.

It’s not noticeable at first, but believe me it’s happening.

This is why you should take note and start looking after your skin from an early age; to prevent aging and wrinkles as much as you possibly can.

However no matter what age you’re at now, it’s time to start looking after yourself to get that glowing skin back like it was in your youth and to hold back, or reduce, those wrinkles and sagging skin.

To help you, I’ve outlined fifteen natural skin care tips which you can start putting into practice today that won’t cost you an arm and a leg.

Ready?

Tip #1: Understanding How & Why We Age

In a nutshell, we age because of both internal and external factors.

Some we can control and some unfortunately we can’t.

Internal Causes of Aging

The aging of our skin naturally occurs with the passage of time.

Even though we have no control over this, we can slow this internal aging process down, mainly with eliminating an unhealthy lifestyle and replacing it with a healthy lifestyle – see below.

External Causes of Aging

So obviously try to cut down or eliminate the first four.  Unfortunately if you don’t live in a remote field, then there’s not much you can do about the traffic pollution situation.

Tip  #2: Seriously Cut Down on Sugar

You’re probably already aware that sugar is the main culprit when it comes to weight gain and storing fat.

But did you know that sugar in also your number #1 enemy when it comes to aging your skin?

It’s true.

A diet high in sugar hastens the deterioration of elastin and collagen, which are both key skin proteins. The sugar attacks these two fibres making them less elastic and more brittle so they break, resulting in loose, sagging skin with fine lines and wrinkles.

Tip #3: Don’t Follow a Low Fat Diet

Because manufacturers have taken out all of the fat (which gives the foods their taste), they replace the flavors with chemicals and sugar instead.

Here’s an example:

This is the nutritional value of one fat free Mullerlight ‘Smooth Toffee’ flavor yoghurt:

Fat 0.5g
Carbohydrate 7.5
of which are sugars 7.1

Ingredients:
Yoghurt, Water, Fructose, Modified Maize Starch, Flavourings, Gelatine, Caramel Syrup, Salt, Stabiliser: Pectins; Sweetners: Aspartame, Acesulfame K. Contains Milk. Contains a source of phenylalanine.  << Look at all those chemical ingredients!

So if you need to lose weight, don’t follow a low fat diet.

I used to always follow a low-fat diet but when I realized this low-fat high-sugar combination, I immediately stopped buying low-fat food.

Instead I’ll buy full-fat ‘real mayonnaise’ and just have a little bit of it instead.  Or I will count calories.

Tip #4: Cut Down on Salt

Too much salt (sodium) in your diet is harmful in many ways, high blood pressure for example.

But did you know that it also dries out your skin?

This because it draws fluid out of your cells to help neutralize the salt and then it draws it out of the body; through your pores.

This results in much drier skin which leads to wrinkles and a dry, dull complexion.

Tip #5: Drink Plenty of Water

You’re probably already aware of this, but you must drink lots of fresh, cold water daily.

It really does wonders for your skin.

Drinking water is about getting water into your skin cells and keeping it there. After all, hydrated skin is the one of the key secrets to younger looking skin. You’ll know that your skin cells are dehydrated because your skin will feel dry, flaky or tight so you need to hydrate your skin cells not only from the outside (by putting on some moisturizer), but by also drinking plenty of water regularly throughout the day.

Tip #6: Eat Plenty of Raw Food

All the vitamins, minerals, amino acids and collagen are in uncooked food.

When I say uncooked food, think:

Related Reading: A Raw Food Diet For Detox and Anti Aging

Tip #7: Eat Good Fats

These are known as EFAs (essential fatty acids) and are your new skin care and anti aging buddy!

They are considered ‘essential’ because they cannot be manufactured by the body and must be supplied by foods containing these fatty acids.

What EFAs do for you:

Essential Fatty Acids:

Tip #8: A Balanced Diet

I know you keep hearing this all the time, but it really is true.

If you eat a balanced, healthy diet, it will accomplish these five things:

I’m not saying don’t have a glass of wine or burger and chips, just keep them very minimal.

I’m sure you’ve heard of the 80/20 rule?

Well, eat healthy 80% of the time and keep the 20% for weekends or special occasions.

Tip #9: Supplements

If you eat a healthy, balanced diet then you probably won’t even need any supplements.

However, in order to give your skin that extra glow, you can try these vitamins:

For a more details list and explanation, reading this article:

Related Reading: 7 Powerful Anti Aging Supplements That Are Proven To Work

Tip #10: Exercising for Blood Flow

Exercise goes a long way to slow, even reverse the aging process. When you really think about it, aging is largely a result of gradual muscle loss – both in our body and our face, and certain exercises can fix all this.

Also when you exercise, it improves your blood circulation as your blood flow delivers oxygen and nutrients to your inner cells which improves skin complexion.

Related Reading: 17 Home Fitness Workouts That Will Whip You Into Shape Fast

Tip #11: Exercise Your Face

Consider looking totally ridiculous and do some facial exercises!

When you do facial exercises you’ll be:

Related Reading:  How To Do Face Lift Exercises To Tighten Your Skin

Cleaning your skin with an exfoliator eliminates the dirt that clogs pores and gently removes dead skin cells that can make your skin appear lifeless and dull.

Natural exfoliators make excellent skin cleansers because they contain unprocessed ingredients that will not dry out or damage your skin like certain synthetic cleansers can do.

Examples of natural exfoliators are:

However if you’re like me and have sensitive skin, then the above four will be too harsh for you.

The good news is that there are exfoliation scrubs for sensitive skin.

Tip #13: The Importance of Dry Skin Brushing

You might also like to try dry skin brushing.  This doesn’t have to be done on a daily basis, but 2-4 times weekly will give you great results.

You can also carry out dry skin brushing on your face – if you want a healthy glow, then dry skin brushing can achieve this for you.

Exfoliation/skin brushing is the most important part of a beauty regimen as you can speed up the process of skin rejuvenation when you remove dead skin cells and it also energizes your face and improves circulation.

>> Purchase a dry skin bush set here

Dry skin brushing also acts as a self-massage which stimulates your nervous system leaving you amazingly invigorated.

Tip #14: A Good Moisturizer

An anti aging moisturizers’ job is to hydrate your skin. You need to moisturize your face, neck and chest at least twice a day.

Obviously take note to buy creams specifically for your skin type – dry, oily, sensitive, or combination.

Related Reading: 9 Powerful Anti Aging Cream Ingredients To Look Out For

Tip #15: Face Masks

Have a pamper day once a week and put a face mask on while you enjoy a glass of wine!

If you have time, why not make your own homemade face mask?

Here’s an article by the Marie Claire Magazine on Homemade Face Mask Recipes for Every Skin Type.

 

So there you have it, fifteen natural skin care tips that won’t break your bank.

I know there’s a lot more to skin care and related skin care products, but I just wanted to lay out the most important ones for you today. And some of them are overlooked as a skin care action steps, such as eating the right foods and drinking lots of water.

Remember, you slow down the aging process starting from the inside first!