Expensive healthy glow

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I’m sure this has been touched on in the ‘How to look expensive threads’ but I thought it would be interesting.

If you know people have that healthy glow or if you have it yourself. How do you get it?

Is it a money thing or is it a mentality of looking after yourself?

sushi superdrug naturally radiant cleanser and pads. Have tried much more expensive brands but it's all the same stuff.

Thank you sausage!!

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A few drops of facial oil massaged into your skin for about 5 mins (longer than it sounds) whilst watching tv in the evenings does wonders for glow and texture.

Lots of sex.

I say this a lot but it's sooooo easy to look glowing and get mistaken for 10 years younger when you're 42 or even 45. After that, all bets are off. I used to be secure in the knowledge that ageing wasn't happening to me and I'd got lucky. Then I hit 46......

In the past 4 months I have walked past two celebs, separately.They are male and were going about normal tasks so I’m assuming no make-up, yet they both had a glow, almost a radiance, about them. They are not sex symbol type men, nor in their 20’s. So how do they get that healthy, expensive glow?

Oooo, spill Crunch - say who!

RuggyPeg you are so right. I hit 40 and nothing changed. 45 however was a different matter and I've been upping my skincare game ever since!

Ruggypeg, 46, exactly

I still looked fab at 40

Now jowls have come to live with me, and eye bags and crepey skin between neck and chin, only noticeable when I move.. and melasma

All stuff that no amount of lotions and potions can shift

I can avoid the melasma with factor 50, but that's it...

Melasma is easy to sort. Lasers and Obagi nu derm regime. You look like a snake shedding its skin for 3 months and then viola, even toned skin is yours!

I always get compliments for my glowing skin and I rarely need to wear any foundation (am in my 40s). What made the biggest difference was acids - started with Paula's Choice, now found Löwengrip exfoliant, and there are plenty of other similar products on the market. They get rid of the dull skin without damaging skin like mechanical exfoliants.

Really ruggypeg?

My brown splodges have faded over winter, have used some topical treatment (and avoiding sun is easy in UK October-Feb), but worried that one day of sun may bring it all back!

Laser sounds scary to me

Yeah, really. Lasers hurt and are a bit scary tbh! The Obagi regime really does work tho but it's expensive and you can't wear makeup whilst you're in the throes of it. Plus the actives are pretty out there - hydroquinone and tretinoin. I'll go find a pic, hang on.....

I agree with the poster who suggested facial oils. They are marvellously hydrating. I put mine on about fifteen minutes before doing my makeup, which is foundation mixed with highlighter and applied with a very light touch. Works for me!!!!!

I am in my late 40s and have had many compliments on my skin. My dermatologist friend told me that it glows and on a recent course all the women started asking me what I used. IMO consistency is key. I look after my skin very well. Even if I am shattered I will look after it. I swear by hot cloth cleansing every night. I drink a lot of water anyway because I like it. I prefer to keep my skin in as good condition as I can so I can wear minimal base. I love makeup but prefer to wear a base that looks like my skin but better. I don't want people to notice my foundation. When I got all the compliments on the course I was wearing Charlotte Tilbury Youth Glow Primer, one pump of It Cosmetics CC cream with a damp Beauty Blender and Hourglass Ambient Powder and Ambient Blush. The IT Cosmetics Cc is the most coverage I go. Usually I wear Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue, Glossier Skin Tint or Chantecaille Just Skin.

Glycolic acid gives you a glow, just don't over do it (& become shiny). Also retinol. If you use powder and foundation, use illuminating types (like hourglass).

Those that think water doesn't make a difference, I think that's all well and good but if a person is dehydrated (& many coffee and wine drinking office workers, for example, are) it can make a huge difference. No need for 2 litres or whatever, but my eyes, lips and skin definitely look clearer and brighter when I drink enough water.

A while back I went skincare crazy and I really did have 'the glow'. It's basically heavily exfoliated skin:

Basic cleanser eg. Cerave
Acid- salicylic if prone to blackheads eg Paula's Choice BHA
Moisturiser - Cerave has ceramides, niacinamide and hyaluronic
Sunscreen

In the evening swap the acid for a retinol - Paula's Choice again is a good brand. If you are a celebrity you aren't using a retinol, you are using prescription strength retin-A and this is really glowy. I did this and it was totally amazing.

This all makes a huge difference before you add in the fact that they all have subtle fillers, laser, makeup and any posed photos in a magazine/instagram have photoshop.

Can't be bothered now and my skincare regime consists of zilch. However I still get told I have great skin because 1) I am a massive sun avoider so have minimal sun damage, 2) am fat so the fat bulks out the wrinkles and 3) have oily skin which just looks better.

But all the acids etc, what of the long term effect? Do they not work in the short term (a few years) because essentially they are taking off the top layer (or whatever the science) prematurely but eventually that will have some sort of drying or detrimental effect long term and it'll all come crashing down? (dramatic )

eg if you had your hair cut every week it would always look freshly cut but as you're taking away a bit each time eventually you would be left with short hair not long? (OK a completely rubbish analogy but you get my drift - are facial acids etc etc robbing Peter to pay Paul?!)

Retin-A has been used for years. One of the only things that has been proven to build collagen and make your skin thicker - so no, it doesn't all come crashing down. You do have to keep using it though as your skin renews every 8 weeks.

You do need to pay attention to sun protection but I found this v easy to do, I even used mine on holiday in Italy.

These people aren't buying stuff off the shelves at Superdrug - they are going to see a cosmetic dermatologist.

There are lots of factors, I’m sure, but in terms of damage limitation I would recommend not drinking alcohol heavily and you can have a more glowing look if you have been and cut down (even if some skin damage is irreversible). Exercise gets the blood flowing, which I’m sure helps. I’d love to have botox and try some of the hi-tech creams, but I’m a bit of a scaredy cat when it comes to things like that.

I agree with all the boring stuff - Spf, water, sleep etc.
I was also reading the other day how there was a study done with people eating more fruit and veg high in carotenoids for 12 weeks and the participants were actually viewed as looking more healthy than the control group. The carotenoids and other colours in the fruit and veg actually gives a hue to the skin that resembles a light tan.
Obviously don’t over do it, but upping your carrot intake may help with that glow!

Don’t you think it depends on your baseline? Yes, all the water, the oil massaging, a decent regime etc might make a subtle difference to someone with already lovely skin. But for me? Nah. The difference is far too subtle. I need more heavy duty stuff.
My baseline is oily, acne-prone (not so much now, thanks roaccutane), large pores. When I have had a glow, and I have, it was as a result of a series of IPL treatments, or a couple of Fraxel treatments, or a series of glycolic facials. It’s fantastic. Basically v well exfoliated skin. Expensive to keep up tho.

I disagree with all glycolic are equal. Glycolic is only active at a specific pH, and not all sold are at the correct pH and will not work optimally on your skin.

Some of the best skin I’ve seen is on a prisoner imprisoned for life for murder Piers Morgan was interviewing. It was so clear and glowing, I doubt she was using expensive creams or having a fantastic diet, so definitely genetics has a lot to do with it! Following all the tips with interest though thank you everyone.

Well, she probably wasn't seeing a whole lot of sunlight...