Does your idea of an anti aging skin care guide involve sitting for 30 minutes with a green mask on your face? If so, then I have some good news for you. All you need to do is to follow our three simple tips below and you could keep your skin looking young for years.

However, there are also some extremely effective products on the market that can be classified as anti aging skin care treatments, so we'll cover these in more detail later on in this article.

3 Simple and Easy Tips to Attaining Healthier and Younger Looking Skin

Tip #1

Most of us consider that tanned skin can look great, and it is a fact that a certain measure of exposure to the sun can be healthy - as long as we don't overdo it! If you are venturing outside in strong sunshine, then it is always a good idea to wear a hat to shade your face. You shouldn't rely too heavily on sun screen as it can contain a number of chemicals that are actually not too good for your skin.

Why is it good to be exposed to some sun, but not too much? It is a fact that we need some sunshine because it helps our body to generate vitamin D - a vital ingredient to good health. However, too much sun is bad for us because it produces hyaluronan. Hyaluronan is a major component of our skin and is one of the key substances to aid tissue repair. As we get older, the UVB rays in sunshine can actually damage our skin cells and cause our skin to produce less and less hyaluronan over a period of time.

Tip #2

You could think that this sounds a bit ridiculous, but one of the best anti aging skin care treatments is to make sure that you drink plenty of water throughout the day. Once again, you shouldn't overdo it, but the reality is that most people just don't get enough pure water. By this I mean clean, filtered water, not the stuff that comes out of the tap, which can actually harm your health. After all, our bodies are known to be made up of over 70% water, and the skin is the largest organ of the body, so drinking about 8 glasses of water a day will be enough to keep your skin hydrated and looking at its best.

Tip #3

No anti aging skin care guide would be complete if it didn't point out the importance of your diet. You should enjoy a diet rich in dark, leafy green vegetables such as spinach and broccoli, as a lot of the aging in your skin is caused by free radicals. Free radicals are highly destructive molecules that travel around our body, and, as such, the skin, and cause damage to our cells. This damage to skin cells accounts for a lot of the signs of aging that we see. Antioxidant rich dark leafy greens can help counter free radical damage before it happens.

Skin Care Products

If you elect to follow the 3 tips given above consistently, you'll help to ensure the good health of your skin with the bonus that you'll maintain a youthful look for years to come. However, you may be interested to learn that there are also "secret weapons" out there. One of the best secret weapons out there is a high quality anti aging skin care treatment cream that you can use. The highest quality of these creams should help you to achieve the following:

1. Encourage your body to stimulate the production of new collagen and elastin. Collagen and elastin are two of the major components of skin which are responsible for your youthful appearance. As we get older, collagen and elastin have a tendency to break down and we produce less of it. However, certain special substances like Phytessence Wakame and Nanobelle CoenzymeQ10 can help your body to boost the production of collagen and elastin.

Special Note: Collagen itself cannot be applied directly to the skin as some so-called anti aging skin care treatment creams would have you believe. The collagen molecules are too large to penetrate into the skin to be of any use. Collagen must be manufactured by your body to be effective.

2. They should also help to hydrate your skin, which, of course, helps keep your skin pliable and soft to the touch. I'm sure you'd agree with me that nobody likes or wants dry, chapped, or cracked skin.

3. Have ingredients that can counter fine lines and wrinkles and help even out the color inconsistencies caused by things such as age spots.

Although there is definitely so much more detail to produce an exhaustive anti aging skin care guide, we hope this article will serve you as a springboard from which you can do more of your own research. As we stated at the start, the basics of anti aging skin care does not need to be complicated or expensive.