I have been absolutely loving my experiences with Young Living’s Collagen Peptide Serum and their Brightening Eye Cream. If you’ve had a chance to try these, I trust you are also in heaven with how it looks and feels on your skin.

Make sure you take before and after pics in consistent lighting! That’s the best testimonial you’ll have.

I promised to make this a 3 part beauty series, so we have one more exciting product to discover, and that’s Young Living’s Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream.

If you are looking for a trio of products to help you turn that clock backwards, these are the ones.

And it goes without saying that we want to combine them with healthy nutrition and great hydration. That’s why I love our NingXia Red so much, in the form of The Red Drink. It’s a brilliant source of cellular hydration….so now you have the complete package to allow you to look and feel great, both inside and out.

The News about your Neck

For years the beauty industry has taught us to look in the wrong place. We stare into the mirror and focus on our face. I catch myself doing this. I notice the laughter lines creeping in around my eyes. I see how my skin (although still beautiful) isn’t quite as taut and vibrant as it used to be when I was in my 20’s.

But just for a moment, instead of looking at your face, take a look at your neck. It’s your neck (and your decolletage) where time is a little more raw and honest. Would you like to know why?

The skin on your neck is biologically different to the skin on your face. It contains fewer oil glands and far less natural protection, which is why it is often the first area to show dryness, lines and sagging.

So where your face has help, your neck doesn’t.

Once you understand this, something else suddenly makes sense.

Have you been applying face creams to your neck – even very expensive ones – and hoping they will work? They often fail to give lasting rejuvenation, and that’s because they are being applied beautifully to the wrong skin.

Why retinol struggles here

In Part 1 we talked about retinol. Retinol works by forcing rapid skin turnover. On thicker facial skin that can be tolerated (sometimes), albeit with the risk of redness and skin irritation. But compared to the skin on your face, the skin on your neck is even more delicate, reactive, and thinner. That’s why instead of renewal, many people get irritation.

As I was studying the ingredients in our Collagen Peptide Serum, I became deeply interested when I learned about Sea Fennel (Crithmum maritimum). Not surprisingly, Sea Fennel is also one of the key ingredients in Young Living’s Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream. Sea Fennel grows in harsh coastal environments exposed to sun, salt and wind. It behaves like retinol, but without the aggression.

Sea Fennel improves radiance, skin tone & smoothness, yet it’s non-irritating.

This is so important, because true rejuvenation isn’t about forcing the skin to panic-repair. It’s about helping the skin remember how to function the way it did when we were younger.

The deeper reason the neck ages

Ageing of your neck is not just a skin problem – it’s a structural problem too. Living beneath the skin of your neck is a thin supportive network of collagen and connective tissue. This weakens over time, and once it weakens your skin starts to fold like a Roman Blind.

That’s what we see as horizontal neck lines.

So instead of asking how to moisturise your neck skin, you want to be asking a better question, which is, “How do I support the tissue in my neck and strengthen it?”

This is where 2 plant extracts (both of which are key ingredients in Young Living’s Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream) become very interesting. The results after 8 weeks of using this cream are pictured below. What a difference!

Would you like to know what these 2 plant extracts do?

A plant called Paracress has been shown to improve the appearance of elasticity and firmness of the skin. When paired with Edelweiss plant stem cell extract (which is also part of Young Living’s Brightening Eye Cream), visible lifting of sagging neck skin was observed within weeks.

Remember – this is not about tightening your skin, it’s about supporting it, which is a completely different philosophy.

Ancient Oils

Being a Young Living product, the Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream isn’t only going to rely on special plant extracts. It also contains the essential oils of Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood, Frankincense, Myrrh and others – oils that were historically used in Temple anointing and sacred traditions.

Our skin is not just a cloak over our body tissues and organs. Our skin is a sensory and neuro-immune organ in its own right.

These essential oils are much more than a pretty smell. They are potent signalling molecules for your skin, reminding your skin to do what it’s designed to do (which is to naturally repair and rejuvenate itself). So instead of coating the skin, you are communicating with it.

That’s why these 3 oils have been used for thousands of years in skin care, long before laboratories existed to create our man-made beauty products.

In fact, if I had to choose my 3 favourite essential oils for skincare, it would be these 3 (Sandalwood, Frankincense and Myrrh). And here’s why:

• Sandalwood nourishes dry, dehydrated and mature skin, at the same time smoothing and softening lines and wrinkles.
• Frankincense promotes younger-looking skin, and is a super-nourishing dry skin treatment (particularly for mature and aging skin). It’s no wonder it was used by the ancient Egyptians in rejuvenation face masks.
• Myrrh oil is wonderful for helping to maintain skin elasticity, thus helping to prevent premature aging of the skin.

And in case you are wondering what other essential oils are in the Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream, you also have Lavender, Coriander, Rosemary, Ylang Ylang, Geranium, and Bergamot, which together help to moisturise, nourish, and promote the appearance of youthful-looking skin.

The “instant tightening” illusion vs real renewal

Did you know that many skincare products create temporary tightening simply by dehydrating the surface of the skin? You notice the improvement and look better for a few hours, but worse later.

Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream has two other unique ingredients – Swiss fermented grape extract and Peruvian carob – which together create a visible tightening effect on the skin within about 30 minutes.

And it contains shea butter and sodium hyaluronate, which work together to deliver deep hydration, promoting the appearance of smooth and supple skin.

Unlike dehydrating actives, the Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream both increases hydration and improves smoothness within weeks of use (see below pics).

This gives you an unusual combination, where you experience both immediate improvement, as well as a gradual structural support. That’s the difference between cosmetic care and restorative care.

All 3 of these products (Collagen Peptide Serum, Brightening Eye Cream and the Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream) sit in the “restorative care” category.

Better still, they’re backed by Science.

Communication is the key

When we step back and look at the whole picture, something becomes clear. This is not about wrinkles – it is about communication.

Our skin cells are constantly asking questions:

• Are we safe?
• Is there inflammation?
• Should we repair or conserve?

Aggressive treatments like retinol shout at our skin, sending it into a reaction.

These 3 beauty products by Young Living have a very different mode of action to retinol, even though they achieve results that are just as good (if not better).

When our skin feels supported instead of attacked, it starts to behave younger. And that’s why “gentle” can often outperform “strong”.

It’s for your neck + any other areas of crepey skin

Remember to take before and after photos, and use twice daily. Apply the Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream to the:

• front and sides of your neck
• jawline
• décolletage
• upper arms
• inner thighs

It’s best applied for 1 minute in each location, using upwards circular movements.

Allow this to be sacred time for you, as your pour love on your skin. After all, ageing skin is not just loss of collagen – it’s also about loss of care. How often to we get so busy that we become functional around our self-care, or let it slide altogether? Here’s a beauty product to help you turn the clock around.

Here’s How to Order

If you already have your own wholesale account with Young Living, you can order through the shopping cart on your virtual office, or via phone or live chat with your local Young Living office.

If you already have your own wholesale account with Young Living, you can order through the shopping cart on your virtual

office, or via phone or live chat with your local Young Living office. You will need their member number when you place your first order.

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