natural products/routine for keeping skin young looking?

[loveandgarbage]

aka, why do i have so many fine lines and i'm only 27?? i'm embarrassed that i even care, because i think wrinkles can be great looking! i guess i just didn't expect them so young, and to form in the ways they have, iykwim.

i have used products that supposedly reduce/prevent eye lines, but i think they made my skin look worse. i'm wondering what products i can use to help my skin out, or even things i can do in my diet. thanks!!

[tinuviel_k]

Silica is very important for hair and skin production. Unfortunately most of us do not get enough silica in our diets, though.
Here is an interesting little article on silica and the body. http://www.jashbotanicals.com/articl...your_body.html

I think you can get supplements and such at a health food store, but I've never used them. The best sources for food-based silica are from oatstraw or horsetail herbal infusions (long steeped teas, about 1 ounce of herb per quart of water). I get my herbs in bulk from mountain Rose Herbs, and I sometimes harvest horsetail myself in the spring if I can find an uncontaminated patch.

[loveandgarbage]

that's interesting. i never would've known! thanks.

[Piglet68]

My grandma had lovely skin, even in her eighties. She told me it was because she never wore makeup. I myself have not worn makeup much in my life, and never foundation. I believe the best way to have healthy, good-looking skin is a healthy diet and lifestyle and putting as few products on your facial skin as possible!

[loveandgarbage]

i agree with the no makeup thing. i hardly wear it. sometimes a little mascara, but any more than that and i think i look like a clown!

[Mallori]

Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega 3 fish oil. I started that, along with going to an herbal skin care line and I am never looking back.

For health reasons, I'm also changing lifestyle/diet, which is also helping.

[Hazelnut]

I don't know, but I just try to keep it simple and moisturize a lot with products that are as natural as possible. I wash with honey, exfoliate with baking soda, and moisturize with jojoba oil moistly. And use sunscreen (organic, less junky, but not always mineral. I'm more concerned with the sun damage and tan I get without the spf than I am from using it a little in the summer when I'm out). I have heard good things about Reviva though. I just got some night cream from them through frontier.