by Erica T. Barton

Created on: January 23, 2008

Want to look ten years younger in five minutes? These ten simple beauty tips will achieve that goal daily while saving you application time.

1. EXFOLIATE, EXFOLIATE, EXFOLIATE: This is one of the biggest anti-aging secrets in the beauty industry, and one of the most ignored. As your skin dries, the cells die and adhere to newly produced, vibrant skin. By using a facial mask at least once a week, you remove the dead skin cells and expose the younger, healthier skin beneath.

a. Timesaving Tip: Put a facial mask in your shower and use it as a face and body scrub every few days. Also use a netted body sponge with a liquid body cleanser and you can exfoliate every day while saving your tub from soap scum residue.
b. Recommended Product: Avalon Organics Lavender Exfoliating Enzyme Scrub ($12-16)

2. USE MOISTURIZER UNDER YOUR FOUNDATION: Try this fun technique. Blend any moisturizer onto the back of one hand, then put a dab of foundation on the back of both hands. If you have a good moisturizer, the small wrinkles on the back of the moisturized hand will be much less visible then on the other. By simply putting facial moisturizer on before foundation, the moisturizer acts as a wrinkle filler and you look ten years younger instantly.

a. Timesaving Tip: Use a sponge to apply your foundation. It will keep your hands clean, and blend flawlessly at the same time.
b. Recommended Product: Mary Kay's TimeWise Age-Fighting Moisturizer ($18)

3. USE SUNBLOCK: Although the trend today is to tan your skin whenever possible, exposing yourself to UV rays prematurely ages and dries the skin. By simply using an SPF 15 moisturizer, you can still gain some color while protecting your skin at the same time.

a. Timesaving Tip: Use a foundation or facial moisturizer with sunblock.
b. Recommended Product: Jason Natural Sunbrellas Sunblock Facial SPF 20 Spray ($10)

4. USE MICRODERMABRASION PRODUCTS: These products are designed with the intention of peeling away all layers of dead skin. While this can be a painful and expensive "pealing" process when done in a doctor's office, you can get the same results with weekly Microdermabrasion skincare products.

a. Timesaving Tip: Put step 1 of a Microdermabrasion Set in your shower for use twice a week.
b. Recommended Product: Mary Kay's TimeWise Microdermabrasion Set ($55)

5. USE PRODUCTS WITH VITAMINS E & C: Vitamins E & C are commonly used in anti-aging products because they are antioxidants that reduce "free radicals" (cell damaging agents). When

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