 Hey guys, it's Monica. Yeah, right. You all know that, right? I Just have that habit. Hey guys, it's Monica when I teach class or when I send emails out to some of my students I was go. Hey guys. Oh And I know that's probably not appropriate, but hey guys, it's me Monica in this video I'm going to share with you some of my anti-aging I-tricks. If you're curious, stay tuned So that said anti-aging I-tricks Now I know anti-aging is not the appropriate word to use maybe I should be using trying to age gracefully or any other type of descriptive phrase that talks about the aging woman and trying to do it Tastefully gracefully Whatever, but you know what? We're really trying to do is anti-age. I don't really care how you dice it That's what it comes down to being. We're trying to do everything we can to Slow down the aging process and I think every single one of us every woman in the mature community and every woman No matter what or man, you all know we're going to age. We are going to get wrinkles We are going to have saggy skins our necks are going to wrinkle our hands are going to wrinkle our Eyes everything our hair if we're prone to thinning hair our hair is going to thin and You know our body is going to start to sag and when that happens, you know, you still want to try to do things right to Make yourself look better feel better. You know, I still like to buy pretty undies and I still like to make sure that I'm supported. I don't want to be hanging all over the place I Don't know how to discreetly put that, you know I do take pride in my appearance and along with that pride in my appearance Even though day-to-day I wear baggy clothes oversized clothes. I don't wear form-fitting clothes I don't kind of accentuate my curves so to speak. I Still take pride in my parents and and it is the same thing, you know, pretty undies support bras so that you're not hanging all over the place Making making you feel better, you know, and it's the same thing when it comes to anti-aging you're going to be using and trying all sorts of different things and tricks and techniques to stall the process and and I know first hand that no matter what you use You're still going to get those wrinkles. You're still going to get those sags. You're still going to get old There's no stopping that and I am perfectly okay with that because truly the only way to really stop that aging process And I don't like that alternative is to not be alive. So I would rather be alive and and Buy pretty things that make me happy whether it's jewelry and this is not a new airing this these are These are some of my old vintage earrings that I had thinking that these are definitely I think dated in the 70s I just think they're pretty and they just happen to match this top But anyways, you know So the pretty things in life that you can buy and you can do and along with you know supportive Garments and undergarments and all of that comes the little tricks and trip tricks and tips Comes all the little tricks of all the different things you use on your face and on your eyes. So Anyways, that said I'm going a long roundabout way to getting to the point I've had a number of you ask questions lately and Part of the questions have been, you know, what specifically are you doing for your eyes? How are you taking care of your eyes? How come your eyes look so much better now than in your older videos and stuff like that? And I know many Many of you are new subscribers. You don't know me. You haven't watched a lot of the videos So you're questioning things and I I get that I really do so I'm gonna just get rid of I'm gonna dress the elephant in the room and I've had a number of people and Some sometimes people can be a little kind of crude a little bit with it You know, they they'll say things like you really need to come clean about your eyelid surgery stuff like that Then I've had other people say, you know, you really look like you've had surgery and My attitude is sort of like well, thank you I take that as a compliment and look like I've had surgery. That's really super awesome. Thank you so much But that's not really answering the question because it's a legitimate question. I guess, you know, I've not had eyelid surgery I'm not against eyelid surgery. I'm not saying I would never have any kind of a surgical procedure But as of this point in my life, I Haven't had it. I Would for sure if I went and I'm you know, I would love to get fillers I you know, and I've often said this I'd love to have a lift and I would for sure if I had that I'd be sharing it with you guys because like I'd probably vlogging inside the the doctor's office, you know That's just how I am but eyelid surgery I have not had and over the course since I started serious skin care in 2016 my eyes have lifted dramatically I I Really believe that it is a combination of a few things that I'm doing one is I believe retinae has contributed to lifting my hoods I can't prove it. I don't know if it's true But I believe that it has for sure I put retinae right down to my brow bone and I believe over the course of time that has really helped to somewhat tighten and lift up my hoods I also believe that when I started with an eyelash serum and I've been using blink for quite a while now and And I also believe that this has contributed. I don't know how but I I've read Other people say the same thing So I really think that this has also contributed to the lifting of my my my hoods So that said It's a not surgical intervention if anything it could also be contributed to better eyeshadow application Something like that. Maybe I'm getting better with that. I I've slowly gotten a little bit more daring I've been wearing a little bit darker colors. I'm still much more of a neutral looking, you know I but I've been getting more daring So I do think that as you get a little bit more talented say with your brush and your application It could kind of deceive you into thinking there are hoods or you know that you have a nice crease when in reality You don't have that much of a crease I do have a crease that I never had there before But I think that the eyeshadow application Enhances it and makes it look far better than it is. So that said I Still use the blink eyelash serum on my eyes and To answer your question. What is my daily kind of routine on my eyes? since I've been using the face oil and I've been using the fluorine baths and the manook and There are two face oils that I use one in the morning one at night But since I've been using the CBD face oils I really have cut down on a lot of other creams and moisturizers With the exception of some of the things that I do around my eyes So clean face if I have to tone I've told about a clean face. No makeup. No eyes nothing I will take my oil and I pat it on my face and I bring it up pretty close. I go pretty close up here. I I set the oil in sometimes I will use a jade roller and I just help roll it in Sometimes I use my gin amber dolphin and I just turn it on the smooth side and I let that Vibrated it all depends on how much time I have whether I'm using this type of a device or my dolphin now The dolphin I've not noticed any lifting with I'm just using it to help Sort of like push in the product deeper. That's that's pretty well all So I put this on the oil on morning or night My next step after that is before I leave the bathroom is I take 100% pure P. You are a and I put a dab here and a dab here and then I just tap it in this is a Caffeine kind of a coffee bean solution. This is the one that my lean fab and glam uses I just dab this in and this is something that's going to help depuff There are many other products that I use to depuff with But this is the one I use 99% of the time now when I say many other products There are other products that I have that I want to use up Let's put it that way and I know many of you gonna say how about the ordinary caffeine? I I have a bottle that's still in my refrigerator and I do alternate and use that at times too This is my preference. I really like this a lot So I've been using that and then about the same time in the morning. I take a tiny little dab This is the Navia skin firming and soothing, you know what you can't find this anywhere if you want to buy it on eBay I think right now last price I saw was like a hundred bucks. It's crazy expensive secondary market. It's ridiculous This will last me a while. I have a backup So I just put a tiny bit here and I just put it on the inside dabs there Now I should probably do it here as well, but I really haven't when this is gone. I don't know what I'll use I'm sure there's some other product. I will probably look around at that point in time and do that So most days after I do the Navia and I do my bags. I take my Olay pro retinol. I I mentioned This is before this is the UK version and I put this on now I brought the CBD oil close to my eyes. So I'm perfectly fine with that and put it I put that on I Also, sometimes we'll use and I really like this as well. This is like really nice This is the retinol eye cream from dr. Brandt This is actually sent to me in PR quite a while ago and I just use it such so Lightly just such a little tiny bit. It feels really good. It feels really smooth. It's very it's very rich I will put this on like this if I want on top of my Pro retinol my my eyes sometimes I do it at night The other eye cream that I have really been enjoying a lot is Saturday skin So I will use this as an eye cream, but I'm not hung up on any particular Eye cream I was using the timeless eye serum and I really liked that a lot And then I ran out and I said I'm gonna work my way through other products. So I Don't necessarily believe you have to have a special eye cream. I it's gonna be entirely up to you I'm using what I have around and I'm using those up, but should they go I probably would not buy a separate eye cream because between my Olay pro the dr. Brandt that I'm really liking I also have another eye serum that I can use between all of that and My CBD oil. I think my eyes are pretty hydrated. They really are I also avoid bringing although I could benefit from concealers for sure. I avoid bringing anything really up there high. I I think the more I put under my eyes the older I look when I have a lot even even when I'm putting sunblock on when I have a lot of Stuff on my face when I smile those creases are deeper. I think you all know what I'm talking about So I'm really very very very careful what I put around my eyes. I have a dirty works This is also a deep puffer for your eyes. I get this. I think this I gotta add Tutor max so You know the biggest thing for around my eyes to me truthfully is my retinol products that I'm going to use and If I say couldn't get myself retinol I'd look at some other type of a cream that might have the same moral of some vitamin a in it I don't know But you have to be very very careful when you put anything around your sensitive skin Around your eyes because you can get irritated and it can cause you to have some, you know Ugliness and damages, you know damage to your eyes. So I'm just really super careful when it comes to eyes But I will tell you that The CBD oil that I've been using in the morning and in the night and I apply it a little bit differently at night The one I'm using at night is the 5,000 milligrams Magoo. I mentioned that before I tend to Put just a tiny tiny bit. It's really strong. It has a really strong strong strong woodsy smell Use your imagination Okay, really strong smell. I tap a little bit and I go right here on the corners I will go down here. I will go here, you know deeper penetration of my ear my trouble spots on my face this is at night and of course, I'm using my Retin A at night and I may also be using One or the other of my eye creams my retinol eye creams that I have But I'm very very careful with the CBD. I do bring it up. I've had a number of you asked me exactly How high do I go? The first time I did it. I was really worried. I didn't know if I would have any kind of reaction. However, everything I have read that Go very gently, but you it should enhance your other products Not make anything worse enhance So of course if you're using a product that could harm you it might enhance that too So you have to use your judgment, but you know, that's really all I'm doing I'm pretty much a creature of habit this I've been using for years I've been using You know the Olay Pro eyes for a long long long time and really like it I also use a black castor oil on the night said I'm not using an eye serum I will you know use this on my brows and use it on my lashes as well It doesn't grow my lashes, but I feel it conditions them So I like that a lot and then eye creams, you know Trying different things for a deep puffing and that's fine and then the tools I use to apply You know this this you can buy anywhere TJ Maxx anywhere. I have the thicker one. I do I love how this feels I really love how this feels Sometimes I have another one actually in the refrigerator and I have one out, but it's very cooling. It's very soothing and Obviously if you're trying to deep puff, you know something cool around your eyes is going to be a lot better So I really like this a lot and then like I said, I use the gin amber dolphin as well And I use the side that you can feel a little bit of a vibration And it's it's I believe helping the product sink in deeper. So, you know, no magic trick guys You know big glasses. I would say if I have one one magic trick It's where the biggest darkest most protective type of sunglasses you can wear Every day every day. So I wear sunglasses seven even even if it's like overcast. I wear sunglasses I wear sunglasses all the time. I believe that the big dark sunglasses Polarized or whatever it is in hats with brims, you know, I have like a bell cap or a straw hat hats with brims that'll block the sun that'll stop you from squinting because That's the that's really the secret sauce, you know, if you squint you're just going to accent those wrinkles But if you wear the sunglasses and you have a brim hat, you know Ball cap or a straw hat or something so that when you're outside you're not you're not squinting I think that makes a big big difference. So, you know, I'll try to link some of my earlier videos And maybe you know, maybe even some photos in here if I can find them, but You know just to reiterate There's nothing wrong with trying to do whatever you can to anti-age and That to me is whatever I do for my eyes, you know, I really really really Really, I enjoy the skincare process. I enjoy the taking I enjoy taking my makeup off I enjoy pampering my skin. I enjoy that all of that. So for me It's not a chore, you know, I stopped my skincare pretty early at night. I started early in the morning I just like doing it. So anti-aging. Yeah, as long as I'm able I'm going to do it. So No super a secret sauce here. No tricks really Just I think common sense in doing whatever you can to feel good about yourself And that makes me feel good about myself too. Just like having pretty endies Back guys