Kate
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Vitamin C and AHAs/glycolic acid help with dark spots. Retinol too. I’m sure what I’m seeing would be way worse if I hadn’t been using those products and a moisturizer with SPF, but probably better if I’d used a true SPF product.
The other thing I want to say, it’s easy to sail through your 30s thinking you look like you’re in your 20s, but there’s a rude awakening after 40 that folks should be prepared for. Not trying to scare you, and I do like the way I look, and I’m not doing anything extreme at all, but just trying to give you that extra time to prepare, speaking from age 45.
It’s never too late.
If I could be a voice of the future, also, I’d urge everyone to start using a separate SPF 50 every day. I never did. My skin looks good, but there is sun damage. Obviously some of that is from being a kid in the times before people were careful about sunscreen, but as soon as you start using a serious SPF every day, you’re preventing future damage.
Yes, get a retinol serum. You don’t have to pay a ton, you can get neutrogena or the ordinary. That’s for night. For day, you need a vitamin C serum. Also pick up an AHA or glycolic product for exfoliating. Paula’s Choice has a good one. Use in the morning, as it shouldn’t mix with retinol.
This is all in addition to what you’re using now. These are the basics of anti-aging skin care.
@Copa, it’s about the same size section you’d take if you were curling your hair, and the same amount of time (10 seconds, then a 5-second cool shot if you want). But it dries it too. So it’s a big time savings over drying AND styling. Nothing’s as fast as the Revlon, but this was pretty quick.
That’s scary that she could get it without having really been out and about. I hope she has a quick recovery.
I was just on a zoom with someone who has it. Why she’s working rn, I don’t know. She said she took a few days off last week. She’s around 50, early 50s, and her case sounded relatively ok, like a flu. No difficulty breathing.
If you’re happy with your curly hair, you don’t need it!
I used to be able to wear my natural curls when I was 1) a teen and everyone had perms and used mousse, 2) in my 20s when I had a shorter cut with layers.
It just doesn’t work for me now. It takes forever to dry and I’m not happy with how it looks and would have to touch it up with a curling iron anyway. And I’m not willing to commit to the curly girl method and never use heat. That method looks like a part-time JOB honestly.
I like blowouts, and this thing replaces blowouts for me. It can straighten, wave, and curl. The money is nothing compared to what I spent on weekly blowouts.
But again, you don’t need it if you like the way your hair comes out normally and you’re not using excessive heat on it.
I heard the Hot Tools is better!!!
A lot of them are made at the same factory I think.
Now the Air Wrap LEGIT gives you volume, without a root spray or anything.
I think the Costco version of the Revlon is titanium or something and a little smaller, which might give you more of a bend at the ends. You get some with the regular one but not a wave.
Nothing holds up for me in humidity unless I have a $$$smoothing treatment in my hair.
Right, the John Frieda is like that but doesn’t spin. And you need to rough dry or air dry first to like 60-80%.
You shouldn’t use the Revlon on really wet hair either, or any brush. Before you start styling, your hair should be partially dry. That only takes me 1-2 minutes with a dryer though, hitting my roots.
If you say “hot brush” or “blowout” in the mirror, I appear out of the darkness.
Yes, the Revlon one step styler & volumizer.
Pros: inexpensive, easy, smoothes out even curly hair, fast, gives you a straight blowout with volume in one step
Cons: You can really only do one look, it gets super hot on high setting and a lot of people say they need the high setting.
I also really like the John Frieda one, and it gives more wave at your ends but is not as fast.
And finally, I invested in the Dyson Airwrap and it blew my mind.
