How to Age Gracefully: How Aging Affects your Skin and your Life

What brings about aging? How do different people grow old differently? Does this mean you have no say in the way you grow old? Absolutely wrong!

In an age where 60s are the new 40s, there are endless methods and solutions available for turning back the biological clock. You can positively influence the course of your aging by gaining an in-depth understanding of the factors that influence it. Having this knowledge is paramount to the success of any anti-aging measure that you may choose to adopt.

Unfortunately, with time, aging signs emphatically get etched on the face and you may be pressed to seek refuge in dollops of lotions and creams. Human skin is composed of a network of elastin and collagen that offer support to the surface layer of the skin and keep it taut and firm. From the mid twenties, this network begins to loosen up as a natural part of the aging process. This is when wrinkles begin to make their mark.

But what are some other factors that cause the dreaded aging signs other than age? Let’s have a look.


As we get older, our bodies go through a number of changes. As our hormone levels change, our skin matures and loses it’s elasticity. But you can help to repair those changes with our age defying skin care products, that help repair the natural balance of our skin.

The quality of your skin is a direct influence on your internal life, as well as outside influences. Stress, illness, and anger can all change the chemisty of your skin. Diet and lifestyle choices are also huge influencers on the quality of your skin. A diet filled with nutrient dense foods, antioxidants, plenty of rest, are key factors to a glowing complexion.

Exercise also plays a big role in keeping young and hydrated skin, as it helps to oxygenate the blood, which promotes healthy cells and healthy skin.

For all the wonderful things the sun allows us to do in our daily lives, it is more harmful than helpful to our skin. Sunlight destroys collagen fibers and accelerates the accumulation of damaged elastin, which promotes the appearance of fine lines, dryness, age spots, and hyper igmentation.

So, is there a way to keep wrinkles and age marks at bay? Yes!. With Radical Skincare’s Anti Aging Extreme Moisture, you can dramatically delay the onset of wrinkles. Want to know more? Read all about the product on Lola Seicento’s blog Radical Skin Care Anti – Aging Replenishing Extreme Moisture Review and look fabulous at every age!

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Bring back your bronze! We're missing warm summer days under the sun, that's why we love our Advanced Peptide Antioxidant Serum. Get Instantly sun-kissed skin and banish wrinkles all year long with our best selling Peptide formula. 

This formula improves elasticity, helps your skin retain hydration and natural hydration to visibly improve skin's brightness in just four weeks. Our natural peptide and antioxidants serum contains individually tested ingredients that noticeably revive your skin to reveal softer, more hydrated, and flowing skin. 

Like the sun, let our Advanced Peptide formula warm your world and brighten your skin. Vitamin D from the sun is a natural mood booster, just as our Peptide serum will lift your mood and create a natural glow from the inside out! 

We love pairing our Advanced Peptide with our Sun Perfecting Screen for the perfect beach power duo. 

Power of the Vision Board

If a picture is worth a thousand words, than a vision board is worth a million intentions. Radical Skincare co-founder liz Edlich has used the power of the vision board to create a healthier, happier, and more fulfilling life not only for herself, but for the amazing people in the Radical Skincare family. Your thoughts shape your actions, and in turn, change the direction of your life. So how do you change your thoughts? By creating a physical picture as a constant reminder of your goals, your aspirations, and the life you want to live.  The best way to do this? Compile images, words and phrases from magazines that embody the kind of life you have always wanted to live, and the life you CAN live. When you've completed your vision board, simply write the date on the back of when you want to achieve your goals, and place it somewhere special in your home.

British beauty blogger Mads About Town shared her Radical experience with Liz and how vision boards have transformed her life!

Here are her top 3 tips to include on your Vision Board:

1) Write clear, defined goals such as career benchmarks, a sum of money and date by which you’d like to achieve all this by.

2) Images that reflect the things about which you’re passionate – as Liz rightly pointed out, you’ll only be able to drum up the energy to overcome hurdles if you’re working on something you really believe in.

3) The word yes. As Conrad Hilton once said, ”success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

Monday Mantra

"I always have a radical attitude ,doing what I have decided ,when and where I have decided ,choosing my way according to my inspiration and attraction"

- LIONEL DE BENETTI

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Radical Love

As Valentine's day approaches, we are asked to look at the people in our lives that we love, admire, and make our lives truly better. Valentine's day does not have to be purely about romantic love, but about celebrating the sisters, mothers, fathers, and friends who bring joy and richness into our lives. We sat down with Radical Skincare co-founder Liz Edlich and talked all things inspiration, love, and Radical living. 

Radical Skincare: What are the 3 most important things women need to do or consider when charting their next chapter of life, whenever that may be for them? 

Liz: First, it is important to identify your passion and what lights you up. It may be different at different times in your life. Passion and Purpose are great indicators of a direction that you should explore to achieve success and happiness in whatever stage that you are. 2.Setting clear goals and having a vision of what lights you up. Being able to see the image of what you want is important to get emotionally involved providing you with the energy to create it. #3 Have a Radical dream team around you that see your possibility and support your journey. Don’t be afraid of failing, be terrified of not trying, says Baroness Patricia Scotland ( AG of England ). As we progress through life we get the gift of perspective and realize that every moment counts. No excuses , no regrets. Experiencing life , people, places and things is the spice that guarantees a rich life well lived.

Radical Skincare:  What are the 3 most important things you do (or did) that contribute to your success? 

Liz: One – I am incredibly tenacious. I will persevere in the extreme if I am on a purposeful mission that matters. This has served me and at times hurt me, as I have achieved regardless of the adversity before me, and at times I have hung on too long when I should have let go. TWO: I am an optimist- I see what is possible, not what isn’t. I always think of how to go over, under and around to get where I need to go. I see a better brighter day and believe that people are basically good and as my mom would say, “we are all doing our best at any given time”. PS, as long as mu hormones are in line… if they are off – no telling : ) three: Risk taker and willing to make mistakes – That has been a real gift. 4. Authenticity and  kindness. I think that these are two very important factors in creating success, happiness and fulfillment. People feel it and it moves them, you feel good when you practice both and it moves you.

Radical Skincare: Who are your top 3 female role models, and what about each inspires you?

Liz: My Mother: I am inspired by her ultimate kindness. Her quite strength to have stayed by my fathers side and watch his degeneration with MS for 40 years, her selfless dedication to her kids and he love of music and people. Always supporting the underdog and one that cannot take care of themselves.

Yvette Mimeux: As an all time beauty, actress, and force to be reckoned with , Yvette, Tinkerbell , as I call her, is an activist for joy, travel, animals, food and life experiencing every moment and making it beautiful. Her artistic eye casts a poetic hue of vibrant color, exotic tastes and laughter that make every moment a celebration. I carry this nature with me and work to breathe the same spirit into my moments.

My Sister: There are no words. It just is.

I am lucky. I collect people. I have many mentors and friends that I learn from and I take the best of them with me.

Dyan Cannon – teaches me unconditional love and faith

Cynthia Kersey – loving energy and giving

Maria Price : mentored me and molded me from 19 to 31 in the business world to help me operate within structure, although I still can be a bull in a china shop : )

Melanie Griffith : loving generosity

Goldie Hawn: Grace and laughter

Shawn Taddey: Generous and magical expression and embracing passion

Eva Vapori: Joy and laughter

Baroness Scotland: humility with purpose driven spirit.

Monday Mantra

“To me Radical means living a life with intention, being kind and compassionate to myself and others, and being completely present in the moment with those around me. Taking a stand for something or someone to be that difference however big or small means I am on the right path for living a Radical life.”

Radical Skincare Co-Founder Rachel Edlich 

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Radical Inspiration: Lionel De Benetti

" What you want to do, you are able to do" - Dr. Lionel de Benetti

When you meet Lionel for the first time, you cannot help but be inspired by his energy and inner light. Not only has he dedicated over 30 years developing the finest products in skincare, but he makes his profession his passion. When Lionel was asked to be apart of the Radical Skincare team, he was most excited to experiment with new products to create one of a kind combinations that would be first on the skincare market. Radical Skincare creates skin care for all skin types, for all women, of all ages. To live our lives radically, we must be innovative and courageous, and Dr. de Benetti lives his life, both professionally and personally in a Radical way. Explore the full line of Radical Skincare products that Lionel has Radically created for you! 

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Take it Off: Why You Should Never Sleep With Makeup On

So you got home late and went straight to bed. What did you just miss? Freeing your skin from makeup and pollution and letting your pores breathe. According to a beauty survey, one out of every three women sleep with their makeup on, at least twice a week.

Clogged Pores

Sleeping with makeup on can expose your skin to different chemicals and free radicals. A little negligence can block your skin pores and oil glands. With clogged pores, the sebum (oil) produced by glands gets trapped within, resulting in pimples, acne, and even boils.

Follow a simple yet radical regimen of exfoliating your skin with Age-Defying Exfoliating Pads at night before going to sleep.

Harmful Chemicals

You think your makeup is free of toxic chemicals only because it is branded and expensive? Well, think again. During your daily skincare routine that involves shampoo, deodorant, foundation, eye shadow, mascara, lipstick, blush, and nail polish, you apply hundreds of chemicals directly on your skin. The longer your skin has to deal with these chemicals, the higher the chances of skin damage. Make sure you use a gentle hydrating cleanser that not only cleanses your skin, but also gives it the moisture it needs.

Premature Aging and Wrinkles

Not only does skipping your skin cleansing routine stretch and clog your pores, it can also trigger skin inflammation. This further impedes the production of collagen and makes your skin lose its firmness and elasticity. Larger pores, when combined with collagen breakdown, result in premature wrinkles and fine lines.

Defy your age by using Youth Infusion Serum that will not only firm and tone your skin but also boost natural hydration.

Possible Allergies and Infection

If you don’t remove makeup before going to bed, tiny particles from makeup can enter your eye and cause irritation or allergic reaction. Your mascara also contains ingredients that are too harsh for your eyelashes and will make them brittle and weak if worn for too long.

If you have been negligent with makeup removal in the past and have gotten puffy and tired looking eyes as a result, hydrate and detoxify your eyes with a moisturizing eye serum.

To know more about how you can achieve radical results by using our products, go through our product range to choose the perfect age-defying product to keep your skin healthy and fresh. 

Monday Mantra

"To me Being Radical means living a life that is full of passion and purpose with no excuses and no regrets while carrying the energy of kindness regardless. Feeling awake and alive through inspiring and empowering another and knowing that at the end of the day I didn't forget the simple things that really matter."

-Radical Skincare Co-Founder Liz Edlich  

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