You will age fast!!!

[Babyluv]

Thanks Limeslice, I'm going to have a bit of a google now, I've been so distracted by BB today, not getting as much study done as I should!

[LimeSlice]

That's it Inanna... Most of the time the only thing in her bath is tea tree oil - kills all the germs and smells good, and she hates bubble anyway lol

[ladybird11]

I always use a moisturiser with a SPF 15+ for the day and a 'night time' moisturiser.

I usually change brands, but at the moment I'm using the body shop aloe vera range - I'd feel naked without any moisturiser on my face lol.

[Babyluv]

Sorry for hijacking your thread partyoffive
I've got a few more q's regarding baby products, will start a new thread.

[deletedit]

I don't use anything and look younger than I am ...

I'm also allergic to an ingredient in virtually all makeup, so I almost never wear that. Sure, it looks nice, but I don't like the red puffy skin and red eyes the next day. Wish they actually listed ALL the ingredients in stuff. Of course, it took me years to get around to tracking down what makes me sneeze, and lo ... THAT is when I learnt it is in makeup too ... ooooooh that explains everything!

[Nelle]

Also try not having a ridiculously defiant child. I noticed a grey hair or two and wrinkles on my forehead around the time my second started to walk. And I'm relatively young. Alternately - find a warning-your-child look that doesn't involve raising your eyebrows.

Not all palm oil is bad I don't think - there are renewable plantations out there, I think I read Junglemum saying that.

[Party-of-five]

ok thanks heaps for all the replies
I dont smoke any more (yay me)
and Ive completely changed my diet (yay me again)
I really need to drink more water
and get a hat as I have a new found love for walking and I hate suncream on my face so atm Im sporting a nice sunglasses panda tan

Thanks for the advice and I think you all helped me saved some dollars as I was prepared to go shopping tomorrow for some products my DH will be happy

[AnyDream]

Limey, I just wanted to point out that not all palm oil is evil. There are a number of sustainable plantations and Australian companies are under increasing pressure to source their oils from these.

[butterfly_warrior]

Honestly, I think it comes down to the genes you are lucky enough to have.

I'm 35. I have NO wrinkles. I have very dry skin. I look at least 5-10 years younger than I am. I always have people shocked when they find out my actual age. I'm shocked when I meet people I went to school with and see wrinkles around their eyes.

What do I use? Water. I splash my face with water in the shower. I don't use soaps, I rarely moisturise. As in, I've probably had time to throw moisturiser on my face about 5 times since Sam was born and my skin is no worse off for not using it any more.

But I'm lucky to have good genes in the aging department. My mother didn't have wrinkles until close to 50. Her father Didn't go grey until he was in his 80s and had chemotherapy. He didn't lose his hair, it just went grey.

I honestly think that whether you age quickly or slowly, it comes down to genetics more than the products you use.

I'm also not much of one for using sunscreen. The worst sunburns I've had are when I've used it. I limit my time in the sun and wear hats and I haven't had a sunburn in years - including being outside all day for school sports carnivals.

BW

[LimeSlice]

Oh yes, I just prefer to avoid it altogether. I have no time to find out where they are sourcing it from, if they are sourcing it all from there, and I found products that don't use it at all that are working wonderfully so I have no need to ue it.

[Inanna]

I admit to being the same. I haven't got time to know where it comes from so I don't buy it consciously. I am a label a holic but there have been times it has come home without enough vigilance.

I honestly think it's more about what's inside your body than what you put outside. Now THAT's controversial!

I believe good food minimum to no prepackaged, processed to within an inch of a neutron food helps incredibly. Fresh good non chemicalised water. Meditation - being able to still your mind, own your reactions to life, feel the pain & move forward (not stew like a slow cooker on high) -- we all hurt, react, pout, stomp; but doing that and then letting it go, sleeping well, a life full of loving people - really this cannot be underestimated. Wehn we surround ourselves with beauty (asthetics and people) we are forced to feel that beauty. No amount of Ella Bache can do that for us!

Time for reflection & contemplation.

I am a lover of makeup. I truly am. I love it. It makes me feel good & that is a plus for me. Finding what it is that you can do for YOUAR body daily that helps you to feel good. For some liek me it's meditation or yoga for others the gym. For me an hour with a great friend laughing over a cup of tea is equal to 15 mins meditation sometimes. You just feel blessed.

My son learns meditation at school & has struggled over his 5 years of learning it. Just this past week he said: "mum I've just started going to the most beautiful place when I meditate & I love it so much I can't wait to do it each time". I felt like if he learns nothing else at school that's enough. It will stand him in stead.

Anyway my ramblings from Floggerchild!

[LimeSlice]

Just as a side...
If I were a company who used ethically sourced, and only ethicaly sourced, palm oil, I would think I would want it listed in the ingredients as Palm Oil and it written on the label that all our palm oil comes from ethically managed, run and funded platations... I would think that would be a major selling point.
Not something I had to find out by writing them letters etc... That would be logical wouldn't it?

[Inanna]

Yes Limey that would be logical...I have thought the same!

[CrazyLady]

I use a sunscreen with moisturiser on my face daily (thegoodoil stuff) because I walk everywhere. I also recently got a hat because I've realised how much I've aged from being in WA's climate/sun. I also wash with thegoodoil face wash and use thegoodoil on my body at night because my skin gets so dry. That's the only products i use except for a little bit of makeup on a special occasion but I rarely have time these days with an active toddler

[Sopdet]

I also hate sunscreen - I swear the only time I have gotten burnt is when I am wearing it! lol

Me too, which is why I never wear it and refuse to purchase products with sunscreen in them.

[peanutter]

lots of water, enough sleep, enough exercise, enough sunlight, hot showers (the best way to get the pores open and cleansing!), lots of fresh food

I don't use makeup, except for at weddings and the occasional party.

i don't have anything against makeup, but I personally find it gives me pimples (even water based stuff) and prefer the extra ten minutes in bed!!