We are back to the process of beautification.
I'm trying to go sort of in order of how I get ready. We've done facial cleansers and hair products. Next for me would be facial lotions, potions and miracle creams.
Once again, I've tried lots of stuff. Skin care is, like, way-super-mega-high on my priority list. My Nannie is 85 and has great skin. She looks like she's in her 60s.
Seriously.
I thought I would do a little phone interview kind of thing with her to get her skin care routine.
B: Nannie, will you tell me about your skin care routine? I'm gonna blog about skin care tomorrow.
N: No.
B: Please?
N: (silence)
B: I'm assuming your silence means that I've coerced you into participating?
N: (silence)
B: Well, then. What is your history with skin care?
N: I don't know. I did nothing for a long time.
B: This is going well. When did you start using, you know, products?
N: I was in Denver in the 1970s when I was in my 50s. A lady did a makeover on me and I began using Charles of the Ritz. I used a Charles of The Ritz moisturizer until the last few years and I can't find it anymore. Now I use Lancome.
B: What products from Lancome?
N: I use Lancome moisturizer, base and powder.
B: I'm not to make-up yet. Which moisturizer?
N: I don't know.
B: Ok. What do you use to wash your face?
N: Soap.
B: Ok. Elaborate?
N: Olay.
B: Ok. Ha! That rhymed!
N: (silence)
B: Don't you use some kind of cream at night?
N: Yes.
B: I remember it from when I was little. The smell of it makes me think of you.
N: (silence)
B: What is it?
N: It's a cleansing cream from Merle Norman.
B: Yes. I remember now. How long have you used that?
N: As long as I can remember.
B: Do you use any other potions?
N: No. I don't have time for all that.
B: Well, I'm going to call back in a little bit to see what moisturizer you use. I think people would like to know because you look 25 years younger than you are, you know.
N: Pfffttt.
B: Really, you do.
N: No, I don't.
B: Yes, you do.
N: I don't do anything with my skin.
B: Well, your "nothing" seems to have worked. Did you watch the race?
N: Yes. But not the end. Who won?
B: Ryan Newman. The Alltel car.
N: He wasn't anywhere near the front when I was watching.
B: I know. He came out of nowhere.
N: That Johnson boy went straight to the back.
B: I know. A lot of the good ones dropped like flies.
N: What about Junior?
B: Ninth.
N: Hmm.
B: Ok. Well, bye.
N: Bye.
She is just the best. Skin care and NASCAR in the same conversation. I've got a pretty awesome gene pool.
So. I think that Nannie exemplifies the benefit of caring for your skin. You don't have to use 147 products from the same line, just use what works for you.
Here's my current system. I am starting with my night routine because I'm weird.
1. Wash with Bobbi Brown Lathering Tube Soap. Once or twice a week I use Dove soap instead of the tube soap. Not sure why. Just because.
2. Use my teeny tiny sample of Bobbi Brown Extra Eye Balm. This costs more than I want to spend for nighttime eye cream, or any eye cream for that matter, so when my sample runs out I'm not sure what I'll use. Open to suggestions.
3. Use my sample of Bobbi Brown Overnight Cream. Same song second verse with nighttime eye cream. But I do like this product. It has a lavender scent that makes me a little sleepy.
My morning routine goes something like this:
1. Sometimes wash with the lathering tube soap. Sometimes just splash with freezing cold water.
2. Use Bobbi Brown Hydrating Eye Cream. I avoided using it for a long time, but the lines are starting to bug.
3. Use Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base. Oh my word. This is the one product that I will not do without. It smells like grapefruit. Di. Vine. I have had the same jar for close to a year, so it lasts a long time. It is a must for me.
On occasion, I feel the need to use a mask or exfoliator. I am currently without either product, so I can't really recommend anything. I need suggestions.
You know how I said you don't have to use 147 products from the same line? Well. Apparently I need to follow my own advice. I seem to be pushing the Bobbi Brown line, a bit. I really do like her products, but I am not opposed to using something else. Especially if it saved me a little coin.
Now it is your turn to pass on family secrets of great skin. Or just what you like to use. Or what your friend likes to use. Or what gave you a bad rash and so you avoid it like the plague. You know, whatever.
I called Nannie back. I really want to know about that moisturizer.
N: Hello, again. (Her caller id seems to be working fine.)
B: It's me.
N: (silence)
B: Do you know what that moisturizer might be?
N: Platineum. It's kind of expensive.
B: Nan. It's knocked 25 years off of you.
N: Pffftt.
B: It's cheaper than a face lift.
N: (silence)
B: What are you watching on TV?
N: 60 minutes is on but I'm not watching it.
B: I understand.
N: Are you out of Mexican vanilla?
B: I have about 3 tablespoons left. I need some desperately. I can't make brownies without it.
N: Do you think we could find it online?
B: Maybe. I'll look.
N: Ok. I need some.
B: Ok. Me, too. I'll let you know.
N: Do they still make Charles of The Ritz?
B: I couldn't find it online. I looked for you. They had some on ebay, but that freaks me out.
N: Hmmm.
B: Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow.
N: Ok. Bye.
B: Bye.
Nan's moisturizer is pricey, but trust me. If she would let me post her picture you would understand. But she would not be happy. At all. She's not really happy that I'm posting about her in any way, shape or form. Recipes...skin care...we're getting a little too much in her business.
Well, that's all I've got. If you have a source for the Mexican vanilla, let me know. I think I might owe Nannie a bottle or two...
Oh yeah. This was about skin care. Post your products, please. Pretty please?
