For women in their 30's, 40's, and 50's, aging begins to rear its ugly head. Crow's feet around the eyes, frown lines on the forehead, laugh lines, sagging jowls, and such slowly creep onto our faces. Before we know it, we look in the mirror and see not ourselves, but our mothers! This is when we grab for the nearest face-lift-in-a-jar remedy, plying our faces with what we hope will prove to be water from the Fountain of Youth.

There are a tremendous amount of effective anti-aging products on the market today, but what if you have oily skin, even in your 30's, 40's, and even 50's and beyond? These products can backfire and cause breakouts, but acne control products are too drying and harsh on maturing skin! What is a woman to do?!?

Fortunately, there are options. I will detail my recommendations below, starting with daily care for morning and night, and following with deep cleaning (2-3 times a week) and special treatments for target areas. 

DAILY REGIMEN

Often, anti-aging products on the market are for very dry skin, and are much too heavy or oily for already oily skin. For this, I recommend using a gentle cleanser designed for oily skin, such as Bio-Matte Cleansing Gel by Arbonne or Clarifying Foaming Cleanser by Artistry. Follow this with an alcohol-free toner such as the Bio-Matte Oil Free Toner from Arbonne or the Clarifying Oil Control Toner by Artistry.

Follow toning with Arbonne's NutriMin C RE9 REversing Gelee Transforming Lift or Artistry Time Defiance Vitamin C + Wild Yam Treatment to firm and tighten skin. After about 3-5 minutes, follow with Arbonne's NutriMin C RE9 REactivating Facial Serum or Artistry Skin Refinishing Lotion to smooth and tone. Use a light eye cream such as Oil of Olay Eye Firming Gel, Lancome Primordial Yeux, or Bio-Hydria Eye Cream by Arbonne.

Finish your morning with a light moisturizer with at least an SPF of 8 or higher. For every day, SPF 8 is enough. If you are by windows all day or outside for more than an hour, aim for an SPF 15. Good moisturizers are Arbonne's NutriMin C RE9 REality Day Creme, SPF 8, Clarifying Daily Balance Moisturizer SPF 15 or Light Reflective Lotion SPF 15, both by Artistry, or Oil of Olay for Sensitive Skin, SPF 15.

For evening, I recommend the above, minus the Transforming Lift/Vitamin C + Wild Yam, and the SPF moisturizer. For night, use a rich, oil-free moisturizer such as Bio-Matte Oil Free Moisture for Night by Arbonne. For skin already showing less subtle signs of aging, I would recommend Arbonne's NutriMin C RE9 REcover Night Creme or Artistry's Time Defiance Nighttime Renewal :Lotion.

DEEP CLEAN AND EXFOLIATE

To deep clean and exfoliate, I recommend the Facial Scrub or NutriMin C RE9 REveal Facial Scrub, both by Arbonne, or Artistry Polishing Scrub. I recommend exfoliating twice a week or more, depending on how oily your skin is.

For weekly masques, Artistry Pore Cleansing Masque or either the NutriMin C RE9 RElease Deep Pore Cleansing Masque or Extra Strength or Mild Masque from Arbonne would do well.

SPECIAL TREATMENTS AND TARGET AREAS

To really firm skin and improve clarity and tone fast, use Arbonne's Thermal Fusion Masque. I recommend using this only at night, as it will leave your face red for an hour or so. This is an amazing product with great results, but it is very strong, so do NOT use it immediately after exfoliating or using another masque treatment.

EYES

If fine lines and crow's feet are a problem, and the delicate skin around your eyes tends to be less oily than the rest of your skin, I recommend the NutriMin C RE9 REpair Corrective Eye Cream in place of the recommended eye creams in your daily regimen. Otherwise, I recommend my two favorite products. These can be used individually or together, and can both be followed with any eye cream: Time Defiance Vitamin C + Wild Yam Treatment and/or Time Defiance Derma Erase pen, both available from Artistry. Used just in the morning, or better, used day and night, you will see dramatic and almost immediate improvement.

FOREHEAD/MOUTH

For those frown lines on the forehead and smile lines around the mouth, I also recommend the Time  Defiance Vitamin C + Wild Yam Treatment and/or Time Defiance Derma Erase from Artistry. Both are targeted treatements, though the Wild Yam can be used over the entire face as well.

I hope this has been helpful to you. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me through my ebay store at Abbella Industries. Thanks for your time! Graceful aging!