“Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.” Those are nuggets of wisdom once shared by the brave and bold, Sophia Loren. While there is truth in what she has spoken, it still wouldn’t hurt to see a physically beautiful woman staring back at you every time you look in the mirror.

Nothing’ Compares To You 

Just like that 90s hit song by Sinéad O’Connor, make this your mantra for yourself. Now that you are in your 40s, you must have already learned the value of not comparing yourself to others, not to your peers, not to women younger than you are. You have your own beauty and that’s what you want to enhance. What you’ve learned living in the world for four decades gives you a bolder and more confident personality that makes you shine through, more than any wrinkle reduction procedure can ever give you.

So, rather than obsessing over the signs of skin aging that keep popping out of your skin, you should rather pay more attention to your skin care routine. Here is a step-by-step process to restore your skin to its finest state even as it continues to age:

Step 1: Have a plan of attack.

Most people make the mistake of going by their daily routines without a strategy.  A strategy gives you a more holistic perspective of your skin goals and the processes that will take you there. At 40, your top objective is skin protection with the secondary aim of enhancing regeneration because your skin’s repair and renewal mechanism must have drastically slowed down around this age.

Step 2: Give yourself plenty of rest and sleep soundly night after night.  This step is often forgotten. Nevertheless, sleep remains to be one of the best ways to help your skin restore itself because your skin cells work doubly hard while your sleep. Induce deep sleep by ensuring that your bedroom is warm, calm and peaceful and pose no unnecessary disturbance while you are resting. Do also things that relax your body,

This step is often forgotten. Nevertheless, sleep remains to be one of the best ways to help your skin restore itself because your skin cells work doubly hard while your sleep. Induce deep sleep by ensuring that your bedroom is warm, calm and peaceful and pose no unnecessary disturbance while you are resting. Do also things that relax your body, mind, and spirit before bedtime like getting a deep tissue massage or playing soft music in the background.

Step 3: Eat well and exercise regularly.

When your goal is to up your skin health, you cannot just rely on creams and serums to bring about the results that you want to see and feel. You need to live healthier starting with re-evaluating your diet and following a strict workout plan. You can trust that the results you are bound to reap will never equal the benefits you read about in an Ivory caps review.

Rid your diet of processed foods as much as you can. Learn to cook your own food so you know exactly what’s going in it. Have less salt, fewer sweets, and less processed foods. Have more antioxidants, Omega-3s, fiber and, generally fresh and raw foods in your diet. Build and maintain your muscles with regular cardio workouts and weight training routines.

Step 4: Be sun smart.

You need only 15 to 20 minutes of sun time to derive the health benefits that you can get from sunlight. Get it from an early morning sun soak and feel free not to wear your sunscreen then. Beyond that, opt for more time in the shade, and put on sunscreen. Since you can consider your aging skin to be delicate, make sure that your sunscreen is gentle enough not to cause you irritation.

Step 5: Incorporate powerful antioxidants in your routine.

Antioxidants help keep your UV protection up, as well as fight environmental pollution and cell-damaging free radicals.

Step 6: Keep exfoliating.

This is the one certain process that supports your skin in facilitating faster skin repair, regeneration, and turnover. DIY for your weekly exfoliation but, you may need deeper, in-clinic exfoliation done at regular intervals.

Step 7: Derive regenerative ingredients from your creams. Don’t settle for a basic serum or moisturizer. An Older skin may need more hydration to fight dryness but, it also requires more components that help re-energize your skin cells and revitalize the health of the skin matrix. Ingredients you should be looking for are peptides, collagen, humectants like hyaluronic acid, and ceramides. Delay the use of retinol as much as possible to prevent making your skin more sensitive to UV.

Conclusion

Beauty never stops at any age when you know how to take great care of your skin, and you know who you are deep within.