Did you know, by the time we reach the age of 16, we have consumed enough sugar in our diets to break down the elasticity of the skin around our eyes.
When I worked for the "major cosmetic company", they shared this information with us and the importance of buying their 60.00 retenol eye cream to stop the appearance of aging. Unfortunately there is not a magic serum that will cease our aging. Only creams containing chemicals that plump the lines out and shrink the skin up. These chemicals are definately not good for us or our skin. Unfortunately no one has found the fountain of youth or I would have certianly tried to find a way to bathe in it! lol I am determined to age gracefully, because, well let's face it... It's inevitable anyway.
Wrinkles will definately come our way as we age gracefully, however, if we examine more closely outside influences contribute to speeding up our aging appearance, it could help us prolong our youthful appearance a while longer.
Here are some interesting websites I found while researching the effects of sugar consumption to the skin to back up the information I had received years ago about sugar effecting the elasticity and function of our skin and aging.
Enjoy and I hope you find this informative. Next time you reach to the sugar bowl for a heaping teaspoon of sugar in your tea, remember what you're about to read and consider using an alternative yet safe sweetener like Stevia or liccorice root, both also being diabetic friendly and liccorice root what I use to naturally sweeten my lip butters. Read on my friends.... Beauty truly is skin deep!
Dangers of Sugar
Effects of Sugar on Skin
Sugar May Accelerate Aging
Face Facts about Sugar
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I know everyone has seen the eco-friendly reusable shopping bags. You can get them almost every where and we usually sell them at Farmer's Market or give them away with a purchase of 25.00 or more. I have been searching for some that are unique and exclusive to Soaps 'N Suds and I finally found them. It will be about a month before I have the first shipment. I have only ordered fifty for my first shipment. I want to see what the demand for them will be. I will have them at Back Porch Antiques in Hobbs and will have them on my table at Farmer's Market.
What I like about these the most ( aside from them being nylon and reusable to reduce waste of plastic bags in landfills ) is they are adorable as well as convienant because they are a full sized bag but fold into a compact little strawberry you can carry on your keychain or in your purse. Here is a picture!
Pictured above is the reusable shopping bag folded into a strawberry. Small and sleek it will fit easily into your purse or hang from your key chain.
Pictured above is the unfolded bag. This shows just how compact the adorable strawberry shopping bag really is!
The eco-friendly shopping bags are easy to fold back into a strawberry for easy storage and tote. Available in a variety of colors!
I will launch them first at Back Porch Antiques. Keep Posted.
Coming soon for the holiday season 2009, special discount cards to help you save on purchases of soaps 'n suds. I will be giving special discount cards to my valued customers to recieve a discount on your next purchase of soaps 'n suds from back porch antiques. Here is a sneak peak.
And by request by several customers for holiday shopping and gift ideas, the new soaps 'n suds gift certificate cards. The gift certificates will be available this month sometime.
The discount cards will be given to customers in their orders and sent in the mail in post card form. Gift certificate cards can be purchased from back porch antiques and directly from me and may only be redeemed at back porch antiques in Hobbs.