It's true! If you are frowning you can't SMILE. If you are SMILING you can't frown, at least not at the same time.
Smiling LIFTS everything up.. Frowning brings everything down and exaggerates WRINKLES!
So while on vacation visiting my parents this holiday season, my mom looks over at me and says, "Are you using EYE CREAM?"
I just stare at her wanting to say, MOM! I am a skin care professional..
She then says, "YOU better! I can see lines starting around your eyes and your skin is so pretty it would be a shame to let your eye area go."
Gotta love MOMS. I DO love my mom, she started me at 19 years old on skincare and I still think that really made a difference in my skin today. And even though I hate to admit it, she got me thinking.. Even though I am almost 39 years old, sometimes she is still right. LOL I might have noticed a few "LINES" starting around my eyes but I am working VERY hard on my SMILE LINES (at least that is what I tell myself!)
When I workout out at the YMCA and swim in the pool without makeup and abunch of women, I notice two things:
First, they all think I am in my twenties (remember, without makeup).
Second, I can GUESS by the casual expressions on people's faces, who has a happy life and who might be stressed or unhappy.
Casual people watching, you can learn a few things from people's skin and expressions.
People wear their attitudes on their face.
They wear their habits on their skin.. you CAN'T fake it. What is going on inside, shows on the outside.
As we start a New Year, start to notice. If you are watching TV or casually thinking about your day and you quickly caught a glimpse of yourself in the mirror, would you be SMILING or FROWNING?
When you lay down to sleep or as you awake in the morning, are you SMILING or FROWNING?
Call me crazy, but after purchasing OIL OF OLAY'S "Regenerist" Eye Serum and applying twice a day.. I remind
myself before bed, after waking and while singing along in my car.. I AM WORKING on my SMILE lines!
It's up to you!
Good skin not only takes time & work,
but because you can't SMILE & FROWN at the same time!
