My New Skincare Guru

Let's face it, we are all looking for the fountain of youth when it comes

to anti-aging skin care, and I am no different.  Right after my Mom

passed away, and I was in the depths of my mourning, I started watching

YouTube videos about anti-aging skin care and make-up tips.  There are

lots of them out there.  Some of them are better than others, but basically

they are created by women who are at battle with the inevitable.

While watching these YouTubers, I was numbing the pain from my loss,

but I was also being indoctrinated with a lot of products that promised

me that I would have better looking skin, fewer wrinkles and smaller

pores.  Who doesn't want that???

I started filling my anti-aging arsenal with lotions and potions.  I 

believe I tried them all from vitamin C serums to "medical grade"

skincare which is another way of saying, "over priced and 

ineffective" despite it sounding so scientific.  

At one point, my poor abused skin was screaming out ....

"NO!!!" and it was peeling and itchy and super sensitive.  This

was not at all what I had envisioned.  But, thankfully, that

was all about to change.  Read on.

A couple of months ago, David, Bentley and I were at our 

favorite resort up in Austin, Barton Creek Resort.

We were all having fun at the pool and on the golf course and just

having a relaxing time away from home.  One afternoon, David and

Bentley were napping and I pulled out my laptop and started 

watching some of my favorite YouTubers.  One of them began to

talk about a dermatologist's channel she enjoyed, and so I tuned in.

Enter ~ Dr. Dray!

Dr. Dray is a no frills, no nonsense, dermatologist practicing in

Houston, TX.  She is young, brilliant, very funny, and straight 

forward.  I watched one video and then another.  I was hooked.  For  

the remainder of the time I was in Austin, I stopped using all the

overpriced, skin assaulting products I had been using and never

looked back.  It's been a couple of months now since I have been

following Dr. Dray's simple skin care routine and my skin has been

so happy, comfortable and hydrated.  My wallet is a lot fatter and

I am not spending hours at the bathroom sink applying stuff I do

not need.  She cuts through the marketing hype and focuses on

what is helpful.  Here is a video from about a week ago where she

brings us along on a trip to the drugstore to look at skin care 

options:

Andrea (that's her name) produces a video each day.

She tries out products that her viewers suggest.  She 

has a Q and A program each Friday where she answers

viewer's questions.  She is vegan, I am not, but I like

lots of her salad and veggie suggestions because I do

eat and enjoy lots of veggies.  Her mom lives in Houston

too and she films a video with her mom at least once a 

week.  I love the close relationship the two of them have.

Here is her most recent video with her mom.

I hope that you learn some helpful tips and have some fun

in the process too.  

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley