Savvy Secrets – Make It Icy!

Want a quick and easy way to make your skin look younger and firmer?  We’ve got that!
Dr. Payman Danielpour from BeverlyHillsMD.com has some great advice for an easy way to refresh your skin:

“To Tighten Pores: Wrap an ice cube in a clean handkerchief after a long, steamy shower…

Once the ice cube starts melting into the fabric, slowly run it along your face and neck.

As the ice cube gets smaller, so will your pores—so for best results, don’t stop until the ice cube disappears completely.

The process takes 3 minutes at most, but will leave you with a tighter-looking complexion all day long!

For a FLAWLESS Finish: Quickly rub your forehead, cheeks, and chin with an ice cube before applying foundation.

This will keep your foundation from setting into the fine lines on your face—giving your skin a smoother, more even appearance.

For Deep Wrinkle Control: If you woke up with creases caused by pressing your face a little too hard against the pillow in your sleep…just ice them out!

Hold an ice cube down on each wrinkle for about 30-60 seconds—it won’t remove them forever, but will help to relax the most recent pressure-related damage, reduce redness, and temporarily tighten the look deep lines.
For Youthful Eyes: Fill an ice tray with whole milk instead of water before going to bed…And when you wake up, you’ll have an amazing ready-to-use morning treatment.

Frozen milk cubes have dual anti-aging benefits for beautifying the skin around your eyes:

Their frosty feel tightens the appearance of crow’s feet and temporarily shrinks under-eye bags…

While the soothing effects of milk reduce redness and puffiness.

Gently massage the skin around and under your eyes with a “milk cube” for about 30 seconds, and you’ll instantly look rested, refreshed, and revitalized.
To Make Anti-Aging POWER Cubes:

Regular ice cubes definitely do the trick…but if you freeze a special anti-aging blend in your tray, you’ll be able get even more out of every icy treatment.

Here’s a great recipe for potent, beauty boosting ice cubes, that you have to try:

Ingredients:

1 cucumber (pureed in a blender)
Splash of fresh lemon juice
1 tbs honey
Combine the ingredients in a mixing bowl and blend thoroughly with a spoon until the mixture is even.

Pour the contents into an ice tray and freeze.

Run a once of these power cubes all over your face and neck whenever you want to get all the benefits of an ice treatment…and a big boost of healthy, youthful, radiance.

Plus, the lemon juice helps to tighten pores even more than ice water alone, while honey soothes redness, and cucumber adds moisture to make skin look and feel more elastic.

You can even let the icy sludge sit on your face for a few minutes before rinsing – it makes a great cooling mask!

Just remember to rinse your face thoroughly afterwards, because honey residue can leave your face feeling sticky.

This concoction takes a little longer to make than plain old ice cubes – but the results are worth it.”

Now we think those are some easy and very doable savvy secrets anyone can try at home.  Having a method for achieving beautiful, refreshed skin in minutes is just one more way to experience some joyous abundant living.  Here’s to looking and feeling beautiful inside and out 🙂