Aging & Wrinkles 101

Did you know that you start aging at 12 years old? or that 90% of aging is due to the sun? Or that there is 4 different types of wrinkles?

Everyone knows as we get older we age, but not a lot of people pay attention to exactly how we age and how it could be prevented! Everyone should be using a day & night moisturizer and a eye cream, and no one should sleep with their makeup on! A lot of people say that sleeping with your makeup on ages you 7x faster, while I don't exactly believe in that, I know your skin should be super clean (To see how to property clean your skin, Click here)  and you need deep sleep every night to help reduce the signs of aging! Deep sleep occurs in temperatures 64-75 F ( 18-24 C). Over night your skin replenishes itself but it needs to be able to breath to do that properly.

The 4 different kinds of wrinkles... Fine, Deep, Static, Dynamic. 

Fine wrinkles come from the break down of collagen & elastin and occur in areas around the eyes and lips.

How to prevent them -  Dont squint, get glasses if you need them & always wear sunglasses when outside and when in the car. Also never use a straw! 

Deep wrinkles come from muscles below the surface, fine lines on your forehead turn into deep wrinkles when left untreated and the motions continue.

How to prevent them - They can't be completely prevented because of facial expressions, unless your like me and try super hard to never wrinkle your forehead and it'll eventually become a habit. Now when I wrinkle mine it almost looks as if i had botox because it barely moves! 

*Pro tip* When applying mascara you DONT have to wrinkle your forehead! Your eyes widen just as much without moving your forehead as they do with moving it. Look in the mirror and practice widening your eyes without wrinkling your forehead. Its not as hard as it sounds and its life changing once you have it down! 

Dynamic wrinkles are only seen when your face moves, so they cannot be prevented unless you never talk or make a facial expression again, but they are good to pay attention to because as they keep appearing, they turn into fine lines which turn into deep wrinkles! 

Static wrinkles are seen all the time, they are from a lifetime of making the same facial movements and not using the right products to help & prevent them. They cannot be treated without botox but they can be prevented by just taking extra care of your fine lines & wrinkles before they turn into static wrinkles forever! 

Some things you can do every single day is wear an spf of atleast 15, moisturize daily & drink tons of water! To really understand how important moisturizing and drinking water is, think of it like this, when a piece of paper is dry and you fold it, it creates a line. When you wet a piece of paper and fold it, there isn't a line!