My Best Beauty Advice - still valid after 40 years!

When it comes to skin care, my best beauty advice came from my mother. I recall as a child my mother taking time every night to thoroughly cleanse and moisturize her face and neck. No matter how hectic her day this was her nightly skin care routine.

As I entered my teen years the normal occasional skin breakouts occurred, usually in the T-zone. Like most teenagers I was exacerbated every time my skin broke out, and I just had to have every blemish product on the market. My mother didn't quite agree as she was pretty much a soap and water person and reiterated that proper facial cleansing was the key to reduce breakouts. However, after much begging she did purchase a jar of Noxzema for me. Noxzema must have had a great marketing ploy at that time as I thought it would be the cure to my breakouts. I still can remember the "clean" smell of Noxzema to this day. I loved my Noxzema and I always felt so grown up doing my nightly skin care.

So the moral of this little story, and the best beauty advice I ever received was realizing the importance of facial cleansing. From the teen years when breakouts are inevitable to mature skin which brings on different challenges, proper cleansing is vital for a healthy complexion. To this day, I find that when I ignore my nightly skin care routine my skin suffers. My skin will look dull and lifeless instead of soft and supple. As in so many of my posts here on Shine, I have always tried to emphasize the importance of proper facial cleansing, I believe it is the essence of a great complexion.

On another note, I went to Amazon and looked up Noxzema and couldn't believe that it is still available and gets great reviews. It has been well over 40 years since I last used it! I may have to give it a try again, lol.