The secret to youthful skin: Anti-Ageing tips and tricks

Everyone wants to look youthful and young, but injections are not always the answer. Here are some simple things you can do to take years and years off your face.

1. Shrink Your Pores

Problem: As you get older your pores expand and that means there are higher chances of gunk accumulating in them. 

Solution: 

I. Switch to a cleanser with salicylic acid, which dissolves the oil in the pores, it also helps slough away dead skin that can lead to clogging.

II. The pores on your nose - Deflate and clean pores—like the ones on your nose—once a week with pore strips 

2. Get More Beauty Sleep

Problem: Your beautiful eyes often tend to droop with age, causing you to eye bags and droopy eyes. 

Solution: Get more sleep! The simple remedy to eyes bags is to get more sleep. If you go to bed 15 minutes earlier, progressively, for four nights running, you'll establish a routine where you get an extra hour of dark circle-zapping rest.

Another tip to get your necessary 8 hours of sleep is to quit coffee after 3 PM and avoid working out in the latter half of the day. 

3. Pile on the Antioxidants

Problem: Another big reason for dull and ageing skin is exposure to sun, dirt and pollution. 

Solution: Turn to antioxidants, nature has provided us with several options of anti-oxidants. The most potent are coffee berry, Idebenone, green tea, pomegranate and Coenzyme Q10. Whichever antioxidant suits you best can be your skins armour. 

4. Remember the Retinol

Problem: Fine lines 

Solution: Retinol is officially proven to be the only thing that reduces fine lines over the long-term. But you've got to be careful with the usage as Retinol can increase sun sensitivity and causes some women to peel, flake, redden and itch. 

Hence, Retinol is best applied at night. Dab it on every other night, or dilute it with plain moisturizer until you know your skin can handle it.

5. Don't rub your eyes 

Problem: darkening, dulling and thickening under the eyes

Solution: The skin around your eyes extremely thin and sensitive, avoid rubbing, poking and fiddling with the skin. Every time you do, you risk breaking delicate blood vessels, which leads to darkening, dulling, and thickening of the surrounding skin. 

Also, invest in a good eye cream with ingredients such as peptides and zinc. 

Now here are some DIY solutions that you can regularly use to defy the process of ageing. 

6. Apply the papaya

Papaya has the goodness of carotene, vitamin C, essential minerals and the enzyme papain, papaya is also a natural exfoliant and moisturizer. 
Regular use can even help lighten the skin, minimizing the appearance of age spots. Papaya also opens pores, leaving skin feeling soft and with a healthy glow.

7. Cleanse with honey

Another wonder-food packed with skin-revitalizing antioxidants, honey also contains anti-bacterial properties, making it a gentle, affordable everyday cleanser. It can even aid in treating mild breakouts.