Try Something New: How to Get Red Carpet Skin Over 50

No, I do not mean skin that looks like a red carpet: flaming, nubbly and stepped on.

But with awards season in full swing—we've weathered the Golden Globes, not to mention People's and Critics' Choice, and we're careening toward the Oscars—every face we see plastered on TV, in magazines, on websites is positively glowing. Radiant.

It's annoying.

Unless you're radiant too.

Here's how to steal a little of that glow for yourself.

These treatments and potions are popular celebrity fast fixes that deliver smooth, glowing skin in a flash. It's your time to be an A-lister too.

For younger-looking eyes:
Pellevé was recently hailed on popular TV show The Doctors as an effective way to "recapture your youth." Pellevé is a non-ablative skin tightening system that uses radiowave technology to give patients a painless cosmetic treatment that feels like a warm massage. The heated pen-like device helps stimulate new collagen, plumping up wrinkles, lifting lids and tightening the skin. No downtime and results can last up to 6 months (you will need more than one treatment though).

For smoother skin:
A Lumixyl SilkPeel facial. Hollywood insiders call it a "pre-Oscar facial miracle" — Katie Couric and Ashley and Mary Kate Olson are reportedly fans. This facial combines diamond-assisted microdermabrasion with simultaneous delivery of the Lumixyl peptide formula deep into the skin surface. Tired, dry skin is immediately hydrated and brightened. The Lumixyl infusion helps reduce hyperpigmentation, melasma, and improves uneven skin tone. The procedure takes 30 minutes and visible results are instant. Skin will feel healthy, smooth and youthful. 

For a bright, glowing complexion:
Try elure Advanced Skin Lightening: enzymatic skin whitening products based on a naturally occurring bio-active substance called Melanozyme that dissolves melanin in the skin, improving skin tone in as little as 7 days.  I put this stuff in my Best of…List because I saw results with the facial wash alone!

For poreless skin that's ready for a close-up:
Try emerginC Red Carpet Primer: The naturally tinted formulation contains plant-based hydrating and plumping micro-spheres to help fill in wrinkles and fine lines and conceal pores, for an instantly smooth, even complexion.  Fights free radicals, nourishes, brightens, and creates a clean canvas for flawless make-up application. 

Don't forget the body – especially the décolleté:
Try Miracle Skin Transformer BODY SPF 20 — a new naturally derived silicone tinted body lotion with color minerals — no parabens and no self-tanning ingredients —gives arms, legs and décolleté a natural-looking streak-free glow.The formula contains botanicals such as chamomile extract, an anti-inflammatory to calms skin, organic narcissus tazetta bulb extract, a potent antioxidant to prevent signs of aging and slow down cell proliferation, aloe vera and vitamin E to soothe and nourish, caffeine encapsulated microspheres, tighten and tone the skin, while marine algae promotes circulation. A good for you skin treatment that makes you look great too.

Even if you're just walking across your own living room carpet, you'll feel like a star.

Other treats to pamper body and soul:
Tea Time for Your Skin
Beauty Bonding

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