Three Steps to saying "Oh, I just woke up looking this great!"

I think we'd all agree it takes about 10 minutes or more to make us look "natural".    The older I get the longer it takes but I strive for that minimal make-up look where I appear refreshed.   It's hard work ladies but I think I've mastered three products that have helped me start with a fresh faced pallette, and sometimes I only go out with this preparation!  READ ON for 3 steps to a radiant start to your day!

STEP ONE - Get rid of what's blocking you from lookin' kickin'

Oh Dr. Gross you've done it again!  God bless this miracle man, the master of looking refreshed.  His faboosh line mdskincare  has all sorts of fabulous skin care products I will all eventually get to on this site.  But the one that will start your day having your face feel incredible, provide an even skin tone, dissolve those lines, flakes, and any other flaws is his Alpha Beta® Daily Face Peel.

My skin gets that smooth, bouncy, moisty, sticky feeling and if you don't know what that means...you aren't in your late 30's desperately trying to get it back yet honey.  But it's something you crave when skin loses that supple, bounce back feeling.  This product is an exfoliation method in the form of handy wipes that removes cellular debris from the surface of the skin in a two part process.  But it's easy, peasy pumpkin pie, I especially LOVE the individual packettes that don't dry out and are easy to pack overnight.   

Dr. Gross has patented a two step technology that provides micro exfoliation without recovery time and I can definitely tell you it has given me back a more even radiance.   $80.00 for 30 individual packettes - a month worth of youth packed in handy wipes?  I say yes to that!   The first is an alpha beta refining wipe you can feel working with a very light tingle, I always have enough to run it over the tops of my hands too...BIG TIP!  NEVER NEGLECT YOUR HANDS PEOPLE!  They are the barometer of age to strangers.....so I treat them with my upscale products for my face, why not?   Step 2 is the neutralizing system and it just feels like a refreshing moisty over your face and provides a nice cooling effect.   Use this every morning and after about a week you'll definitely notice a difference - or better yet, you'll just get used to your skin being consistently radiant.

STEP TWO - See the Glow in you!

Now to add a natural glow about you with this kicking bronzer by Shiseido.   If you know me, then you know there's been times in my life my friends have had to pull a SELF TANNER INTERVENTION!  Or at least stay away from the "hello hugs" when they wore white.  I was a lighter shade of orange and proud! But I began to tire of smelling like a bad apple, feeling sticky in all the wrong places and washing my sheets every day of poopy looking stains and realized it wasn't worth maintaining.  Maybe there's a better way in self tanners for this whiter than white chick?  One which makes me look naturally bronzed, rather than Oompa Loompa? I began my quest and I searched far and wide for a bronzer that would do none of the above.   Then one day, in a far away land where Casey Novak lives as a District Attorney in a place where Law meets Order and there's somehow an SUV involed (oops, SVU, wink, wink).....my friend Diane Neal swore by this product.  So much so she was willing to buy it for me if I refused.  So I believed her and....

Helllooooooo Shiseido Daily Bronze Moisturizing Emulsion.   I swear by this ladies!  The make-up people put this on her before shoots and that says a lot because on set make-up is so heavy it would be painful to apply something that wasn't silky smooth and forgiving on the face.   

This very light, pleasant smelling lotion is perfect for face applications.  You need VERY LITTLE to go a long way or else you can feel sticky.   It can also be applied on the body, a bonus if you ask me.   Most tanners are body first, face second and it can feel like a mask has cut off your pores breathing.   This one is definitely a face first product with consideration of the need for a face to BREATHE while BRONZING! The lotion is NOT tinted, rather it gives you a very light and gradual sunkissed look that evens out your skin tone while moisturizing your face over the course of a day and builds from there.  BRILLIANT!

STEP THREE Yup, this is ME, looking damn PRETTY! 

The final step has to be credited to good ole' Dr. Gross again.  His All-In-One Tinted Moisturizer Sunscreen SPF 15  promises a lot and it delivers!                                                

You don't need a lot and this bottle seems to last forever, as do most of his products and the $44 is definitely worth the money.   This will help you even your skin tone with a natural looking, sheer color and has this incredible knack for delivering moisture only where your skin needs it most so it's great for all skin types.  It even boasts that it tightens skin to give a firmer, smoother look.    On top of the bronzer may seem like too much but if you wait for the bronzer to dry and then apply very little, you'll get a great even coverage AND the SPF protection you need.   It's light weight and absorbs quickly with little fuss.   The perfect finish for that natural look!

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT KIDS!

Apply these three steps and your skin will look like a happy accident of radiance with the dewy glow we all crave in the 30's and up.   Be glowy and prosper!