Olay Review Part 2

Congratulations to the winner of this post, Lucky # 71:  vmkids






This is sponsored content from BlogHer and Olay.

Wow, so many comments on the last Olay Review!  I’m so surprised to hear everyone’s responses.  I am not the kind of person that notices details.  I see the person, but don’t usually notice anyone’s skin.  But so many of you responded that you are having issues too.  I don’t know why this surprised me so much, but it did!  It actually makes me feel so much better!

OK so this time around I will tell you when I first started noticing that my skin was changing. I was out to dinner with my extended family. All of the siblings were there and we were just having a ball. I mentioned that I had been noticing some dryness on one spot of my face. I couldn’t figure out what it was from. My siblings all laughed and told me it was an age spot!
WHAT!?
Are you with me on this one? At 30, I was not prepared to hear that I would be seeing signs of aging on my face yet.
Just so you know, my siblings are all older than me so their laughing was not to be mean. They thought it was silly that I didn’t know what it was, and even more than that they were happy I had joined their aging woes!
OK now we are a few more years into these issues. My age spots are not just one dry spot on my face. There are more and they are growing and they are more of a discoloring on my face.
I already have lots of freckles (which I love), isn’t that enough color variation for my face?!
I guess now is the time to kick my butt into gear in having a beauty routine. Up until now, I will admit that I have not had one. I am one of those lucky people that did not (and does not) get acne. I have always had the occasional pimple but that is it. I never even washed my face other than in the shower.
I am really noticing lots of color variation on my face as well as dryness (I used to have slightly oily skin). I know this is all coming about due to getting further and further away from my 20s. ;(
 
I don’t know what my face has against my 30s but I’m guessing it has something to do with the years of sports out in the sun. Growing up we did not wear sunscreen. Yeah, I’m thinking that has a lot to do with the changes I am seeing in my skin.
I guess when it comes down to it, I feel like my face looks older than I feel it should.
One of the things that I am excited about with the Olay product that I am trying out is it’s claim of, “Gentle Exfoliation that smoothes and evens skin texture”. I never thought a lot about my skin texture before, until now.
I also must admit that I feel somewhat silly talking about aging skin. After all, I am only in my early 30s! However, I guess my thought is that if I don’t start taking better care of my skin now, when I really am older it is going to be too late to do something about it.
When did you first start taking better care of yourself? What is your daily beauty routine? What are your favorite products?
 
Thank you everyone for all your comments last week!  That sweepstakes ends tonight at 5pm.  But hold onto your pants…I get to give away another $100 Visa gift card (from BlogHer)!!!! 
 
Here’s the info:
I get to give away a $100 Visa gift card (from BlogHer)!
Sweepstakes Rules:
No duplicate comments.
You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
b) Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post
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Sweepstakes ends 5 PM PST on December 13, 2010
This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older.
Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.
You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
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Rebecca
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Home Goods Store Review

Disclosure Statement:  I was provided a gift card from BlogHer and Home Goods for this review!  We were to use it to find a great gift for someone.  Sounds easy peasy to me! 

I had never been to a Home Goods Store before, but have friends who love it!  I actually had to go back a second time because I could not make up my mind.  I loved the store.  It is always easy to win me over with those above products because I have a HUGE thing for maps and travel!  I have a huge map that I made in my front room.  We use it to map everywhere that we have been.  I want to have a travel corner and that globe and vase would be perfect.   But I moved on because this was not for me. ;(

OK Those blinged up products would be perfect for my daughter’s room that she just got to herself!  I’m still putting in final touches for it even…

This cute airplane would be perfect for my Son… or his Father!

Oh I have always wanted magazine holders like these.  That was two of those organizers.  Wouldn’t that help with organizing the kids schoolwork?  Oh yeah, this is not for me, not for me…

This picture so reminds me of a project that LollyChops did!  Reminds me that I still want to make one myself!

No surprise but I ended up in the yummy treat isles….a lot!  I mean peppermint bark!  Doesn’t that sound divine?  I am already going hot and heavy with my Christmas baking so I will have lots of fun goody plates to give to the important people in my life. 

So, yeah I ended up buying the treats.  I mean look at those adorable chocolate covered oreos with the BEA-U-T-FUL edible designs on them.  These treats will all be topping off all my goody plates!  That way I am sharing the love with everyone.

 

Even though I did receive a gift card to review this store, my honest opinion is that I love it!  There were some really neat finds.  I thought of a few gifts for everyone on my list from the cat, to my children, to my BFF!  Really fun gourmet food accessories, neat dishes, toys, decorations, and more!   The prices were really reasonable as well, which totally wins me over!

Olay Product Review and $100 Sweepstakes

This is sponsored content BlogHer and Olay.

Hmmmm, this is an interesting post for me. I’m asking for some advice and help from my fantastic readers! I have never used a lot of makeup. I am still a total novice at knowing what to do to accentuate my positives and minimize my negatives! Really, I don’t even know where to start! But over the last couple of years I have been starting to care about my appearance, and taking care of myself,  and started wearing light makeup.

My skin has been starting to show the signs of aging. As in…age spots! ;(
I have not felt like I had the time or money to spend on it. However, I am finally at the point where I want to do something about it. And look what dropped in my lap!
I was lucky enough to be chosen to review Olay’s New Total Effects Cooling Hydration.  7 anti-aging benefits in one lightweight, refreshing formula.  Their claim is- Cooling,  lightweight hydration for younger looking skin.

Um, yes, sign please sign me up! ;)

I am so excited about this for many reasons. The first reason is that I have always loved Olay products. They are the first product that I could find for a daily moisturizer that also included sunscreen. I have loved that moisturizer. I have had offers to review other products on my site and have turned them down because I either don’t use the product, do not need the product, or do not feel the product is in line with my blog. However, I know that if I personally am looking for products for my face that many of my readers might also be in the same boat that I am in! ;)
After just one week with the product I already had people telling me that my face looked fresher and younger.  They could not put their finger on it, as they did not know I had been using this product!  Now I have been using it for almost a month and love it.  My age spots have even minimized already!  I was not expecting to see that, honestly!
I would love to have a discussion about this, here. What signs of aging are you seeing or feeling? How much change are you just willing to work with, and at what point do you want to try to fight back, if at all? What products do you use?


Now about the sweepstakes part:
I get to give away a $100 Visa gift card (from BlogHer)!
Sweepstakes Rules:
No duplicate comments.
You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
b) Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post
c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post
d) Read the official rules for alternate form of entry.
Sweepstakes ends 5 PM PST on December 6, 2010
This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older.
Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.
You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
The Official Rules are available here. 


Rebecca

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