by Angela Blair

Created on: September 25, 2009

OR - I'D LIKE TO SELL YOU A BRIDGE AND I HAVE SOME GREAT WATCHES IN THE CAR

Marjorie Johnson is a young, naturally beautiful woman. Day, night or anywhere in between she looks as though she just stepped off the cover of Vogue. She washes her face with soap and water, uses a light moisturizer and her only makeup is a bit of eyeliner, mascara and lip gloss. All women resent the Marjorie Johnsons of this world and if any one of us says we don't we're way south of the truth! There's definitely a hate factor in there somewhere.

Valerie Hargrave is middle aged, attractive, has always had good skin, rarely experiences puffiness under her eyes, and uses a minimal amount of makeup. applied sparingly. Those of us of the female persuasion aren't too fond of her either!

Nancy Grimes is a bit past middle age, has a few age spots, dry skin and wrinkles around her mouth that constantly attract lipstick into them. She searches frantically and constantly for beauty products and makeup that will destroy, treat or at least minimize, whatever beauty challenge she's currently addressing. She also has enough didn't work/wrong color cosmetics to stock a retail cosmetic business. This is a woman deeply embedded in other women's hearts. We understand her, relate to her and share her anxiety and distress. We like her because she's like us!

The Nancy Grimes woman is targeted as the prime beneficiary of the following suggestions although some of these tips will work for you naturally beautiful people, too:

Dry Skin

Two unorthodox, inexpensive products that aren't all that glamorous but work like crazy are Vaseline and Crisco. We all know about the properties of Vaseline. A thin layer rubbed into the skin , whether face, elbows, feet, arms,hands or legs produces almost immediate, visual and ongoing results. Crisco yeah, the kind you fry stuff in is one of the best products on the market to fight dry skin. It's vegetable based, disappears into the skin easily when used in reasonable amounts and is excellent either as a cleansing product or a moisturizer at bedtime. A word of caution here: Most husbands/Significant Others aren't fond of either product.

Wrinkles Around the Mouth

First fact: Current or used-to-be smokers aren't the only people that suffer this problem any kind of puckering can cause it including, heaven forbid, whistling all the time. Any lipstick-type concealer (such as Erase) applied to the lips and feathered outwardly into mouth wrinkles helps conceal them. Application

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