Sagging jawline? Or could it be shrinking jaw bone?

Bone? Shrinking? What?!?!?!

I know the title of this post sounds a bit scary and unbelievable. I couldn't believe it myself when I first heard about it, but I did a bit of research online and decided to share it with everyone.

The first time I heard about shrinking jaw bone was from an absolute beauty guru and a doyenne of beauty therapy - the amazing Arsho Grimwood. She is an incredible woman with around 40 years experience in the industry, but hearing something sooo incredible made me doubt her a bit. I really couldn't believe that shrinking bone was a genuine thing and not a beauty myth. Oh how wrong I was!

I know that dental health affects the health of our skin. Teeth and gum problems mean inflammation in the mouth which can present itself on the skins surface by swelling, redness and breakouts. Dental treatments that require a lot of X-rays can result in localised dry patches.

With age the collagen and elastin production slows down significantly. We are all bound to experience some skin sagging due to loss of these fibbers. It is different for everyone and depends on our genes, accumulative sun damage and the health of our skin.

We will also experience tooth loss. It's inevitable part of getting old :( when we lose any lower teeth, the part of jaw bone in which they were cradled becomes redundant. Our bodies developed a clever way of recycling that bone and using it in other parts of our bodies. The minerals get reabsorbed and redistributed around the body. This is why when you look closely at pictures of old people it looks as if their chin is smaller and the lower part of the face looks more flat. As the skin would have lost its elasticity it is unable to constrict itself, hence the sagging and loose skin around jaw line!

Hope you found this information as fascinating an interesting as I did :)

Bioderma Photoderm After Sun

What a cool shopping afternoon I had :) Not only can I now go for a little walk to John Bell and Croyden pharmacy and buy my beloved cult make up remover- Bioderma Sensibio H2O, but today it was on offer!

Well not the cleanser itself but there's a "gift with purchase" type offer when you buy two or more Bioderma products.

The gift is the lovely Photoderm Apres-soleil, After Sun Milk for Face and Body. The beautiful after sun in suitable for sensitive skin, super soothing and hydrating.It contains Biodermas' patented Cellular Bioprotection Complex. It's a combination of two  active ingredients that act straight into the heart of the cell:- Ectoin, a molecule that  protect Langerhans cells. When exposed to sunlight the Langerhans cells, which are the first line of defence in the skin, disappear into the lower epidermal layers and are no longer available as an immune system. If ectoin is applied to the skin, these cells don't hide, because they are protected by ectoin. - Mannitol, a sugar extracted from manna trees that is a great humectant.Together, these two active ingredients help reinforce the skin’s own natural defense for better cell DNA protection.Apart from the Cellular Bioprotection Complex, the product contains some great nourishing (shea butter) and soothing (allantoin) ingredients. It smells beautiful to :)

Now all I need is some sunshine so I can try it out!

My little pony cake

Im soooo proud of my latest creation. It's a birthday cake for my beautiful goddaughter who's a big fan of My little ponies.
The sponge on this cake was a rainbow coloured. It required baking each of the six layers separately, which had me almost give up on it after the fourth one! I used the gel food colouring for all but red layer which I went for the liquid colouring as it was the only one I had. In retrospect I should have gone for the gel as the baked cake turned out brownish rather than red :(
The decorations were challenging and exciting to make. I used some dried spaghetti to help stabilise the pony and rainbow. I made them a few days ahead so the were a bit drier and more sturdy when I attached the to the cake.
Hope you like it!