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Get Beautiful Skin with an Olive Oil Treatment
Ever wish you had the smooth complexion of '50s screen stars like Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck? Here's a Mediterranean-style moisturizer that can make it happen.
It's olive oil -- great on salads and pasta but possibly even better on your skin. RealAge experts Mehmet Oz, MD, and Michael Roizen, MD, especially recommend rubbing some into extra-dry areas like elbows, feet, and legs.
More Uses for Olive Oil
But don't stop there. Your scalp, hair, nails, and lips might seem unlikely candidates for a moisturizer, but they can also benefit from this smoothing stuff, write Roizen and Oz in their new book, YOU: Being Beautiful -- The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty. "Olive oil should find its way into makeup and skin creams, since it has been shown to decrease UVB damage to the skin," the docs write. Get more great skin tips from their book.
The Smart Approach
Be picky when you shop; extra-virgin olive oil works best for skin. But because a small segment of the population can be sensitive to it, first rub a drop on your wrist to see how your skin reacts. If you're good to go, try making your own skin-soothing Roman-bath experience by adding a quarter cup of olive oil and a few drops of lavender or peppermint oil to a warm soak. Top off the experience with some beauty sleep. Here are three other proven skin care ingredients.
How young is your skin? Take the SkinAge Test to see how you rank compared with others your age.
RealAge Benefit:
Doing routine self-examinations for skin cancer can make your RealAge as much as 1.7 years younger.
YOU: Being Beautiful -- The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty. Oz, M. C., Roizen, M. F., New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008.
