Test 2 Night 2

Ok so I actually felt a difference this morning! Slight, yes, but a difference. My hand glided more smoothly over my skin on the left arm believe it or not! I reapplied the Vaseline after my shower today very, very lightly and rubbed it in. I then dabbed my towel over it just to remove some of the greasiness but it soaked in fairly quickly so it wasnt really neccesary. I applied it again tonight and will see how it goes. Stay tuned!!

Test 2 Moisturizing

V A S E L I N E

Simple as that...or so they say. Ok so my hands are so dry they apparently are showing my age. THIS from my so called boyfriend...grrrr! Anyway, I have no age spots nor the thin skin thing going on so I am trying to fix the dryness (which is what I am guessing the not so bright one thinks is aging). I really thought that it was just because I lost weight and needed to tone up but how do you tone your hands??

Sooo here I go with my next test. Not the homemade facial I know but hey I tackle what affects ME so this is it :)

Put Vaseline (actually a generic brand) on my left hand (outside part) and lower left arm and rubbed it in for a minute. Its been sitting for about 5 minutes while I type this (leaving very greasy keys on my keyboard lol) and now my fingers glide over my skin!! Looking good so far whoopeee! Also put some on my neck and left side of my face. Hoping it doesnt wipe off on my sheets so I will stay awake for awhile and put some more on tomorrow morning. Stay tuned!

Test 1 Day 5

This blew! Nothing to report since nothing happened. I am very glad that it is over and I can move on to the next test. My sister asked me if I was really testing like I wrote and I got to thinking that I should stress that, yes I am!

OK, so on to the next test which will be based on strawberries since I happen to have those on hand lol. This one will have to wait until tomorrow night though because it is St. Paddy's Day and the anniversary of my mothers death, so I plan to go get crunk!! NOT a good time to mix ingredients and test things :)

Test 1 Nights 3 & 4

Well now...I have to say that I am looking forward to trying something new. This one just isn't doing anything for me :( I am already thinking about what I want to use next. The olive oil definitely makes my skin feel good and so I may use that in the next one. The sugar is a good exfoliater as I mentioned, so I might keep that one too. My next issue (when the face mask was over) was going to be bleaching your skin, since I have a spot on my face) so I might incorporate lemon juice into the next mask. Two birds with one stone right??

Test 1 Night 1

OK so my sugar/litter/oil mask dripped into my eyes last night and stung slightly. HIGHLY recommend that you use very little oil. Skin felt good last night but not much difference today. Soooo tonight I will throw some more of the sugar in to thicken it and see how it goes. It did make a grrreeat exfoliating mask though!

How Do I Fight Aging If I Am Poor

SO... you cant afford a facelift or Botox? Well neither can I. However, that doesn't mean that I cannot try to fight or lessen the effects of aging anyway. This site will be all about finding ways to treat aging issues on the cheap. I will try different things that are affordable (trust that if I can buy them it HAS to be affordable!) and work; or at least for me.

My first foray into this is a homemade face mask because at the age of 41 (okay 42 within a few weeks) I want to ward off wrinkles and I have noticed some areas that are upsetting me :( I researched many recipes and took the most common ingredients as well as the old wives tales ones and decided to go to my kitchen...yup that's right, not the mall! I put some cat litter, sugar and olive oil in a bowl, mixed it up and put it on my face and neck and one arm/hand. I will keep doing this for one week and see if I notice a difference :)