Crusader Rabbit and Anti-Aging Potions, Lotions, and Injections

Yikes!!

Taru-Age 16-Before Charm School

Because my husband's nickname for me is Bunny, I've decided my correct moniker is Crusader Rabbit. What's my crusade, you ask -- it's to debunk all those creepy myths of aging and get us to embrace the process instead of fear it.

Oops, my husband just commented on my new title; he hopes it doesn't become Rabid Rabbit. I'm sure you'll let me know if it does. But hey, sometimes it takes a lot of energy and forcefulness to overturn the kind of aging stereotypes we're subjected to daily.

I'm sure you've noticed those ubiquitous television commercials where women are encouraged (coerced) to use various "anti-aging" potions, lotions, and injections. It's as if our natural aging process is somehow flawed or a disease that needs curing by our friendly pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies.

It reminds me of the old 1960s menopause myth perpetrated by a male MD who made a natural process, menopause, a disease, and, with the help of the drug companies, got millions of women to medicate themselves unnecessarily with a potentially carcinogenic synthetic estrogen, a drug which, by the way, was created at the expense and inhumane treatment of countless numbers of pregnant mares.

Did you know that innocent animals are subjected to the botulinum toxin that makes up Botox to make it safe for us? And that they are injected with Botox at various doses to see what doses paralyze them. The Botox dose is considered too weak if they aren't paralyzed.

However, the animals that receive too much Botox become paralyzed to the extent that they suffer horrible deaths from the paralysis of their respiratory muscles.

How can we use any product that makes a fellow creature suffer like that? I, for one, will live with my wrinkles -- I've earned every one of them!

Now, Botox also works on your face to reduce those pesky wrinkles by paralyzing your facial muscles - hence the robot-like expressionless appearance of the Bootees. Moreover, the treatment is temporary, which means once started, if you want to maintain that "permanent pressed" look, you'll have to continue to inject yourself with the botulinum toxin.

Oh, by the way, it's made from the bacteria that causes botulism, a potentially lethal illness that can lead to paralysis and death!

Now, I'm not advocating doing nothing to keep your skin and body beautiful and healthy. I'm advocating doing it naturally and out of LOVE for our bodies rather than fear of "looking old."  By naturally, I mean eating the foods and taking the supplements that nourish our skin from the inside out.

So, what are these supplements? According to an issue of Nutrition Action, the vitamin C in fruits and vegetables and the linoleic acid in foods like nuts, soybeans, and oils may protect the skin from aging. The vitamin C apparently reduces the wrinkled appearance and dry skin usually associated with aging. The linoleic acid helped reduce skin atrophy and dryness.

I use botanically based products not tested on animals, such as products from The Ayurveda Experience. I use one called Vauvari Amplified Youth-Spring to keep my skin as soft and smooth as nature allows, and it's made specifically for aging skin.

I've also started using their Rufola Eye Emulsion Peri-orbital product around my eyes, and it's helped with dark circles (gained by working night and day at a damn computer).

Their products work exceptionally well; no animals are harmed, no animal products are used, and they contain no mineral oil.  No kidding, as many of you know, I am not a cosmetics kind of gal, so these have to be superior for me to like putting them on my face. I am so picky!

By the way, I am not making one red cent from recommending them. I rave about them because I love these products, see great results, and want to make you love me…LOL.

Now, I do have wrinkles, and so what? They're a natural part of the aging process. Vive la elder Diva!!

Taru-After Charm School

I was 18 years old and had just graduated from Mountain View High School in California. I thought I needed a makeover to get a good job, so I went to "Charm School," and this is the result. It only lasted about six months because I didn't feel like "me," and it was way too much effort to keep up. I did have beautiful skin and kept it for a long, long, long time by washing my face in hot water with Dove soap...go figure!