CAN YOU GUESS MY AGE?

95? 85? 75? 65? 55? 45? 42?

I HAVE A 4O YEAR OLD DAUGHTER! WHEN I READ THAT A 40-SOMETHING LADY FOUND HER SKIN WAS SO DRY UNTIL SHE FOUND OBAGI COSMETICS, I WONDERED WHAT HER HABITS WERE--NO SKIN CARE PRIOR TO OBAGI?  WAS SHE A SUN-LOVER, SMOKER, OR DRINKER?  NO DAILY HYDRATION, INSIDE AND OUT?  I HAVE USED MOST OF THE BRANDS LISTED AND I KNOW THAT ALL THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IN THE WORLD CANNOT CHANGE WHAT WE DON'T DO RIGHT AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE WRONG.  THE ELEMENTS AND OUR ROUTINES MAKE US WHO WE ARE.  IT'S NOT RANDOM THAT MY SKIN IS GOOD.  I WAS TAUGHT FROM THE BEST, MY MOTHER, WHO GAVE US OLIVE OIL TO USE ON OUR SKIN.

 THEN DURING AESTHETICIAN'S SCHOOL, I LEARNED ABOUT BALANCING THE SKIN'S NOURISHMENT.  THE SKIN IS THIRSTY, DEPENDING UPON OUR HORMONES AND THE ELEMENTS WE LIVE IN.  OUR SKIN MUST FIGHT POLLUTION, FREE RADICALS, CLIMATE AND WEATHER, AND LIFE-HABITS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR AGING PROCESS.

OBAGI USUALLY IS SOLD BY A PLASTIC SURGEON.  I MENTION THIS BECAUSE OF THE 40-SOMETHING LADY WHO RAVED ABOUT IT.  BUT I ALSO HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS NOT INSTRUCTED ON THE PROPER USE OF THIS PRODUCT.  SHE CALLED ME TO COME SEE HER BURNS.  THE OFFICE THAT SOLD HER THE PRODUCT DID POORLY INSTRUCTED HER ON THE PROPER USAGE.  I HAVE PERSONALLY USED OBAGI, AND THE SKIN LIGHTENER AND BLENDING CREAM IS GOOD.  I DON'T LIKE THE HARSHNESS, AND I AM CAREFUL TO USE IT JUDICIOUSLY, BUT FOR SOME THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION, AND INSTRUCTION!  NOR SHOULD YOUR COSMETICS COST A KINGS RAMSON!

THERE ARE MANY THINGS IN THE KITCHEN THAT CAN HELP YOU TO REFRESH TIRED, THIRSTY SKIN: YOGURT AND HONEY MASK, TEA BAGS (AFTER BOILING PUT THEM IN COLD WATER AND PLACE ON YOUR EYELIDS), CUCUMBER SLICES, DRINKING LOTS OF LEMON WATER .  AVACADO, GINGER AND CHAMOMILE EXTRACTS SOOTH AND HEAL THE SKIN.  VITAMIN C HAS BEEN SHOWN TO SLOW HYPER-PIGMENTATION (AGE SPOTS), SUNFLOWER OIL MOISTENS THE SKIN, AND MACADAMIA OIL AND PAPAYA CONTAIN ENZYMES THAT SOFTEN SKIN TEXTURE.

I HAVE NEVER PROMOTED ANY SKIN CARE ROUTINE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ALL WERE THE SAME UNTIL NOW.  I HAVE FOUND ONE THAT IS MODERATELY PRICED. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BREAK THE BANK AND BOW DOWN TO DR. PERRICONE, OR PAY OBAGI'S HIGH PRICES.

IT WAS CREATED FIFTY YEARS AGO BY JAN AND FRANK DAY! IT IS NOW OWNED BY VOREK, WHERE HIGH-TECH CHEMISTS PERFORM SHEER MAGIC WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING MOSTLY KITCHEN PRODUCTS AND THE ROYAL JELLY OF THE HONEY BEE!

I ADMIT IT SOMEHOW IT PASSED ME BY.  I NEVER HEARD OF IT UNTIL I HAD PSORIASIS.  NOT EVEN EMBREL SHOTS WORKED!  FINALLY A FRIEND SUGGESTED THAT I TRY JAFRA'S SKIN-CARE PRODUCTS.  I BOUGHT ONE JAR OF ROYAL JELLY BODY COMPLEX FROM HER.  I NOTICED WHEN I DARED TO PUT IT ON THE LESIONS THAT MY SKIN RASH SHRUNK.  THEN I TRIED THE WHOLE LINE, FROM ALL THE ROYAL JELLY PRODUCTS TO AN ARRAY OF CREAMS CUSTOMIZED FOR ALL SKIN TYPES!

WELL I CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT AND NOW SELL JAFRA.  IT'S AMAZING!  I THOUGHT I KNEW IT ALL, BUT I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL THAT SOMEONE SAID TO ME, "HAVE YOU TRIED JAFRA?"

MARY JANE MCCAMANT

SUNCOAST JAFRA

OSPREY, FL