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turn back the clock!

10 Ways to Look Younger

…without toxic

lotions or creams!

by Wardee Harmon

❉ “10 Ways To Look Younger …without toxic lotions or creams!”1

It’s not vanity to embrace your God-given beauty… inside and out! Hi and welcome! I’m Wardee. I’m a wife, mom, and business owner in the Boise area of Idaho.

For years, I struggled with finding healthy lifestyle, fitness, and beauty resources that actually worked and would help me look and feel beautiful… I don’t think it’s vain, I just want to be an attractive and loving woman of God for my husband and family.

I tried certain products and they didn’t work as promised or they gave me headaches or irritated my skin. I tried fitness routines and they messed up my hormones. I tried “healthy” diets that made me feel horrible or made me gain weight. I tried working harder in our family business, only to be stressed out, resentful, and unhappy… and more sick.

My search for answers led me to amazing non-toxic and health-supporting tips and resources that uplift, heal, and balance every area of my life… including diet, fitness, hair and skin care… and even my marriage.

Even though I’m getting older, I feel better and more beautiful now than ever before, and my husband and I have the relationship of our dreams and prayers. I’m thrilled and so thankful to God… and so is my husband. 😊

“No joke, you're getting YOUNGER!!!” —Kelsey

So I started wardee.com to share all my best healthy beauty tips and product recommendations… to help other women reveal their natural God-given beauty, too! I’m so excited to get to know and work with you on this mission!

God bless you!

P.S. These 10 ways to “turn back the clock” are exactly what I follow to help my skin, hair, and more look and feel younger! I hope you get great results like I have! If you need any help along the way, email me at [email protected] or text me at 1-208-516-3615!

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1. Drink & Bathe In Clean Water Proper hydration is essential! Your body needs water for everything.

When your body doesn’t get enough water, your digestion, metabolism, brain function, skin condition and appearance, and even energy suffer!

Studies show that even mild dehydration (1% to 3% of body weight) can impair many aspects of mood, brain function, and energy. And when hydration gets really bad, we can see it on the skin… which looks dry, cracked, and brittle instead of moist and supple.

How much water should a person drink each day? The minimum is a half ounce per pound of body weight (with the upper limit being a full ounce per pound of body weight).

So… for someone who weighs 150 pounds, that means a minimum of 75 ounces of water per day. Since there are 8 ounces in a cup, 75 ounces is about 9 cups (75 divided by 9), as a minimum per day.

Also, to avoid drying out or irritating your skin, disrupting your hormones, degrading gut health, or contributing to cancer, please drink, cook, and wash in uncontaminated water!

Did you know that there are over 2,100 known water contaminants in municipal water systems and even some well water? These poisons can really mess up our health… from irritating our skin, to throwing our hormones out of whack, to causing cancer and more.

I recommend water filter systems from Radiant Life. Whether you rent or own, their solutions will give you and your family clean water!

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2. Eat Right For Your Type According to one theory on metabolism types, some people are best fueled by carbs, some by fats, and some by both fats and carbs.

These are called (in the same order as above):

• Fat-Protein Efficient — calories are 50% protein, 25% fat, 25% carbohydrates

• Carb Efficient — calories are 20% protein, 12% fat, and 68% carbohydrates

• Dual Efficient — calories are 33% protein, 33% fat, and 33% carbohydrates

This calorie distribution is important so you feel great because you’re getting enough of YOUR energy foods.

If you don’t eat enough of YOUR energy foods, your metabolism may be sluggish, you may gain weight, and you might not feel great (energy, focus, etc.).

I personally feel the best when I split my energy calories equally between carbs and fat (and protein). When I don’t, I am sleepy and low energy and I gain fat in my belly.

Therefore, I’ve concluded I have a “dual metabolism” and I try to follow that as best I can most of the time. I can tell the difference if I don’t!

“Turn Up The Heat” (pictured above) is the book I read to learn more about the metabolic types (click here for more info). In the book, there are two ways to figure out your metabolic type, one is a quiz and the other is a review of your recent lipid panel test results.

Through following what I learned in this book, I lost nearly 10 pounds in the first month (all in my belly) and I felt a bump in my energy level.

Please note: the meal plans are out of date. I don’t use them anyway, I make my own meal plans using healthy, whole, traditional foods.


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3. Get Your Collagen Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body, important for many bodily functions… including plump and firm skin!

Yet… in women, more than 30% of skin collagen will be lost, on average, between the ages of 50 and 65, leading to formation of wrinkles and loss of elasticity. According to one study, this is a 2.1 percent loss of collagen each year for the first 15 years of menopause!

And this loss of collagen is mostly responsible for the sagging cheeks, jawline, and neck, and the formation of wrinkles as we age.

So it makes sense that an effective way to reverse the natural decline in collagen as we age is to replace it in our diet, right? Yes! Here’s how…

Collagen can only be found in animal foods, specifically the skin, muscle, bone, and connective tissue (like cartilage). In other words, bone broth!

Be sure to make yours from pastured animal bones and include the skin and connective tissue, too… and consume it regularly! At least a cup a day, but even better to have it with each meal.

Another easy way to supplement this important food is to purchase grass-fed hydrolyzed collagen powder and eat between 10 and 15 grams daily (or up to 30 grams daily).

Personally, I eat 30 grams daily (3 scoops), mixed into yogurt and easily dissolved into warm beverages over the course of a day. I can vouch that collagen has helped with thicker and longer hair, plumping my skin, and strengthening my fingernails.

My simple daily collagen drink (pictured right) is 1 scoop of collagen powder, 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder, and 1 tablespoon of Dandy


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Blend (a coffee substitute). Pour hot water over all and stir until smooth, then sweeten with about a dropperful of liquid stevia.

I recommend grass-fed hydrolyzed collagen from Perfect Supplements. It’s gently processed for high absorption, dissolves easily, and is affordable (with bulk discounts available to increase the savings). In addition, it’s third-party certified as glyphosate free. Glyphosate, the pesticide Roundup, is our world’s number one toxin by far. Even organic foods are contaminated by it, so it’s important to get glyphosate-free collagen. Go to wardee.com/pscollagen and use coupon code WARDEE10 for 10% OFF!

4. Balance Your Hormones Life for the aging woman, entering or having gone through menopause, is especially hard because our sex hormones — estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone — drop to practically zilch!

This drop to undetectable levels causes older looking and sagging skin, more belly fat, loss of sex drive, trouble sleeping and focusing, and emotions being “all over the place”. This decline also leads to more serious issues like increased risk of heart attack as well as painful falls and broken bones from loss of bone density.

As you saw in #4, the loss of collagen is a big reason for sagging skin and loss of elasticity. You can tie this loss to directly to the decline in estrogen, specifically estradiol, the youthful form of estrogen that makes us womanly with curves and fat in the right places, protects against heart disease, helps us handle stress, and keeps our bones strong. (And also to loss of testosterone.)

Historically, a woman’s estrogen will start declining from normal cycling levels when she’s in her forties. A “normal” healthy cycle’s levels are illustrated in the graph above, and estrogen is the red line. (Progesterone is yellow and soft blue is testosterone.)


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Yet in today’s world, estrogen and other sex hormone levels can decline years or even decades earlier due to stress, diet, or environmental toxins.

Then at menopause, estrogen (as well as the other sex hormones, progesterone and testosterone) drop to undetectable levels.

In a woman, this is equivalent to a male being castrated. That’s how devastating the drop is to her quality of life!

Loss of estrogen causes fat to be stored in the belly instead of other more attractive places like the hips and buttocks. Loss of estrogen reduces sex drive, vitality, strength, and our ability to handle stress.

It contributes to hair loss, hot flashes, difficulty sleeping, a decrease in bone density, an increase in heart disease, and so many other negative “symptoms”…

…as well as causing aging skin issues! In fact, the decline in estrogen ties directly to the decline of collagen production we discussed earlier.

And since a woman’s face has the second highest concentration of estrogen receptors in her body, this means the changes in hormone levels directly impact the skin on her face in a significant and negative way.

What happens is: when estrogen levels decline, skin cell turnover slows down. This causes the skin to reflect light differently, which means any irregularities like skin tone, bumps, and depressions, are even more visible.

What can you do about this possible decline in sex hormone levels? Ask your doctor, preferably an alternative doctor or naturopath, to check your hormone levels.

Personally, I work with my doctor to regularly check my sex hormones (estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone) as well as thyroid hormones. It’s important they are all at optimal levels to experience vibrant health.

By the way, hormone levels that labs report as “normal” are based on sick populations. So some alternative health care providers believe that after menopause, a woman’s estradiol, the youthful form of estrogen, should be between 75 and 100 pg/ml, especially if she wants the cardiovascular protection benefits.

These values are higher than what some labs recommend as normal.


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If you discover imbalances in your hormone levels, then you and your doctor together can investigate bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Bio-identical hormones are not the same as the synthetic hormones.

In the case of estrogen, and according to my research, synthetic estrogen is implicated as contributing to estrogen-related cancers, while bio-identical estrogen, when balanced with progesterone, is not. Here’s more information about bio-identical hormone treatment options: https://wardee.com/hormonepodcast.

My personal experience is that my own hormone testing revealed less than ideal levels of all the sex hormones, as well as low levels of the active thyroid hormone, T3.

Supplementing with bio-identical hormones completely changed my quality of life. I’ve received benefits of more youthful skin, reduced belly fat, deeper and more restful sleep, more energy, less mood instability, fewer PMS symptoms, and less heavy menstrual flow.

I realize that supplementing with bio-identical hormones is a controversial issue and that each woman has to decide for herself whether or not she’s comfortable with it. My husband and I decided that I would happily supplement to replace what my body was lacking.

We believe that I will be healthier and happier long-term if my hormones are at optimal levels, and that I am better able to serve God, my husband, my family, and our friends when I feel good. (And I do!)

If you’d like to learn how to use safe and effective bio-identical hormones to start feeling better again and to prevent age-related disease… listen to my podcast interview with Angie Nichols RN from Tier 1 Health & Wellness “Bio-Identical Hormone Treatments”: https://wardee.com/hormonepodcast.

You’ll learn:

• the female hormones and what they do in our bodies and for our health • the best and safest forms of bio-identical estrogen, progesterone, and

testosterone to supplement (and how to apply each one) • what natural hormone therapy replacement looks like before and after

menopause …it’s different depending on which stage you’re in


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• why it’s important for heart and bone health to address the estrogen decline sooner rather than later

• what a woman can do if she’s had a full or partial hysterectomy

• the truth about the cancer risk …and why bio-identical hormones are safe and can actually prevent serious disease

• how to find a doctor or provider that specializes in bio-identical hormones and other natural therapies

• what questions to ask your potential doctor to see if he/she is the right fit for you

• and much more… including PCOS and thyroid conditions that women so often have as well as the sex hormone decline!

5. Rest & De-Stress Stress wears us out and makes us look older and more tired. It causes cortisol levels to rise and our bodies to go into survival mode, which slows the metabolism and leads to increased belly fat.

Stress causes internal inflammation that can impair digestion and the immune system. Basically, it works against health and vitality, and decreases our inner and outer beauty!

To reduce the harmful effects of stress, we must, must, must bring our stress levels down through adding restful, de-stressing activities into our daily lives as much as possible! For example:


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• go on cortisol-lowering leisurely walks— preferably outside in nature, but if the weather is inclement I have walked circles around my living room and garage!

• take baths.. make sure to add magnesium salts and/or essential oils to improve the benefits!

• go to bed earlier so you get a full night’s sleep (here’s where supplementing with magnesium and ensuring your hormone levels are optimal will help you sleep well!)

• smile instead of frown 😊 • remove yourself from conflict or stressful situations • pray • read or listen to music • spend time on restful or invigorating hobbies, like knitting or crocheting • be intimate with your spouse • spend time with your grandchildren • cook or bake

I understand that because everyone’s life and circumstances are different, some of the ideas I just mentioned may be stressful or impossible for you even though they might not be for me or someone else.

Perhaps visiting with your grandchildren puts you in contact with a family member who causes you stress. Or perhaps you are caregiver to someone who drives you crazy and you don’t have much time to yourself.

Perhaps you have long work hours and can’t take walks as often as you’d like. Maybe you love to knit but have no peaceful place to do it because your house is tiny or someone is always around “needing” you or interrupting you.

With prayer and setting boundaries, maybe the Lord will help you to improve some of these situations, but it’s possible some issues won’t ever be resolved in your lifetime.

In the meantime, please make your own list of “happy” activities that are more possible for helping you rest and de-stress!

In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. —John 16:33


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We can’t ignore the reality that God says we will have trouble in this world. Struggles serve a purpose; they bring us closer to Him, they show us how much we need Him, and they help us grow more like Him.

So, we can’t get away from tribulation. However, Lord willing, we can interrupt the stress regularly so our bodies will get a break from it and return to a state of peace!

The goal is that the stress situations will be out of the norm, rather than the other way around!

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. —1 Pet 5:7

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. —Phil 4:7

6. Be Sure To Exercise & Move! Regular exercise and movement promote blood flow and circulation, so you may get a healthier, more youthful appearance, including increased skin suppleness, by including these in your regular routine!

Before I tell you specifics, I want to mention that when it comes to having a beautiful, even sexy, appearance, it’s not always about size.

Beauty, even sex appeal, is a combination of things, some we control and some we don’t.

We don’t control our genetics such as bone size and structure and where we store fat. Some women are lithe and thin. Some are voluptuous. Some tend to store fat in their belly, some in their hips. We each do the best we can, but we can’t really change too much about this.


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Another thing we can’t control… hormones. Although we can supplement to fix any deficiencies, our hormone profile is usually somewhat fixed and determines where we store fat, how slow/fast our metabolism is, etc. This has significant effects, both positive and negative, on our body shape, size, and style.

Even though we each have particular issues to work around (like mine is that I store extra fat in my belly and I’d much rather put it on my hips and legs!), we can have some impact on those issues through things that we can control such as lifestyle, diet, and exercise. Probably not as much as we all want, but still… every little bit helps.

This what I want you to keep in mind when considering your exercise routine. What will best enhance *your* God-given womanly shape?

For example, cardio exercise is slimming, no doubt. A woman might lose a ton of weight, but if the loss is mostly in her hips and legs, leaving belly fat behind, that might not be the most desirable look. What if that same woman instead decided to lift weights in order to build muscle and tone up her hips and legs… so her overall shape might be improved into more curvy, strong and toned, and where the belly fat is less an issue?

Notice I didn’t mention size, weight, or inches in my example! Because whether big or small, most women will look best by choosing exercise that enhances her God-given overall shape. Some women are very curvy, and some less, and our choices play into how much we develop what we’ve naturally got. Make sense?

My personal goal is to exercise intensely three times per week for just 15 to 30 minutes at a time, then to cool down from that intensity with a short walk. I do a combination of weighted and body weight exercise that focus primarily on strengthening my hips and legs. This is because I’m not naturally curvy, but I can make myself seem more so through building up muscle.


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It’s also very important for overall blood flow and circulation to move regularly, so I try to walk at a leisurely pace for 30 minutes every day regardless of whether I exercise or not. I aim for between 5,000 and 10,000 steps every day.

Getting your walking in is easier than you think! Break it up throughout the day, which I do a lot to help me “get it in” when I feel too busy to go for a longer walk all at once.

For instance, you could go for a 5 to 10 minute walk after each meal (which will help lower blood sugar, too!), or before each meal!

Or, instead of sitting down at a desk all day, try getting up at regular intervals to stretch or pace around the room a few times.

Or, move your computer to a high table and stand while answering emails or reading on your favorite blogs and websites! Like wardee.com, of course! 😊

7. Get Enough Quality Sleep When we don’t get enough sleep… the results can be mild to disastrous.

We all know what it’s like to feel extra tired during the day after one poor night’s sleep.

Yet for many, it’s not just one night. It’s night after night.

This can really take a toll on our health… affecting mood, performance at work and home, relationships, metabolism, weight, and overall looking healthy (or not).

Yes, ladies, I do know that when we enter menopause, our hormone fluctuations can make sleep hard to come by.

Perhaps you’re trying but you haven’t yet been able to “solve” your issue. I encourage you to keep trying, don’t give up!

If you are struggling to get enough quality sleep, here are some suggestions for you (many of these have improved my sleep):

• stop using your devices and TV several hours before bed so you cut back on that stimulation

• if you do use devices before bed, ensure they are in “night mode” so the colors are warm instead of blue and stimulating


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• turn off wi-fi, phone, etc., or at least put everything in airplane mode when you go to bed

• put your phone or tablet in ANOTHER room, far away from your head (airplane mode or off)

• use ear plugs or white noise to block out other sounds that might keep you awake

• use a pillow that supports proper neck and spine alignment so you aren’t in pain (here’s the one my chiropractor recommends)

• wear a 100% natural fiber silk eye mask (like this) or use blackout curtains to keep out light

• use supplements such as magnesium (my sources here) or lavender essential oil before bed for calming and muscle relaxation

• eat (some, not a lot) carbs before bed • see a doctor in case you have sleep apnea and might benefit from a CPAP

machine • see a chiropractor in case adjustments might improve the quality of your

sleep • consider a separate bed or separate room

A note about the separate beds: My husband and I now sleep in separate beds. I am a restless sleeper and was causing him not to sleep well.

When I found out about this, my own sleep began to suffer because then I worried all night about disturbing him. Vicious cycle. ;)

The answer for us was to get a twin bed for me to sleep on, which we put right next to his queen bed. Even though I was afraid that sleeping separately might harm our relationship, I’ve learned that we are still close and intimate.

The strength of a relationship has nothing to do with where you sleep. :)


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8. Relax Your Face …And Smile! When I’m out and about, I notice a lot of people who look very serious, grumpy, or downright angry. They walk around with facial expressions like they’re mad.

I want to tell them, “Relax! You will feel a lot better about everything and you will look more attractive if you would just relax, let alone smile!”

Of course I can’t say a thing to them because it’s not my place… but it does remind me to slow down, take a deep breath, relax my own facial expression, and just stop stressing so much. (Oh, and try to avoid squinting in the sun!)

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. —Proverbs 17:22

You know why this is important? Because, aside from the fact that facial tension is a sign of inner tension that is probably contributing to significant health, hormone, and metabolism issues… a furrowed brow may lead to permanent, possibly deep, lines on the face!

Like the ones between the eyes that people call the “elevens” that look like a 1 and 1… thus “11”. Or those brow lines! Or lip wrinkles from pursed lips!

You know what I mean because you’ve seen them on others… and maybe even yourself.

Who wants to wear those permanent stress marks? Let’s all relax!

Even if life is a struggle, let’s not make it tougher by wearing it on our faces… those extra lines might just end up there permanently!


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9. Be Gentle With Your Skin! And here’s something else related to keeping a relaxed and happy face…

When you’re cleansing or moisturizing your face and neck or applying makeup… be gentle! Tap and pat products on instead of rubbing.

Around your eye area, use your ring finger because it’s the weakest finger and least likely to stretch or be too rough on the thin skin in the sensitive eye area.

In addition, whenever you are doing any kind of stroking motions on your face, go upward with the gentle strokes instead of downward. Downward encourages sagging, while upward encourages lift.

Gentle habits like these will ensure our skin doesn’t get unnecessarily stretched or worn down. Be gentle!

10. Use Non-Toxic Skin & Hair Products Now let’s touch on how to reverse the signs of aging in our skin and hair: sagging, wrinkly, dry skin and thinning, lifeless, flat or frizzy hair…

Many people think it’s a trade-off… for great results, you have to use toxic products containing retinol, harsh acids, or other harmful or questionable ingredients.

Or, if you don’t want the toxins, you have to settle for not-so-great results.


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I’m here to tell you that you can have your cake and eat it, too. Safe and non-toxic products AND amazing results!

In fact, I help Christian women interested in health whose skin and hair is looking older faster than they’d like… like I was.

Here’s my story…

When I hit my 40s, I started to feel UNsexy, with wrinkly, sagging, and dull skin. My face hurt because it felt felt both tight/dry AND oily.

And my hair was awful… nearly every day was a bad hair day! It was dry, frizzy, tangly, and flat, and lost the shine and bounce I’d had when I was younger.

I was frustrated because I wanted to use non-toxic products (to avoid the headaches and rashes I got from most products before), but none of the “natural” things I was trying (both purchased and homemade) seemed to work.

Then I decided to try some other skin care and hair care products I learned about on the internet that were non-toxic. Within a month of using the skin care products, my face felt perfectly hydrated (not too dry and not too oily… just like Goldilocks!) and I thought my skin looked brighter and younger.


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And within a month of trying the hair products, my hair looked curlier, shinier, NOT frizzy, and was perfectly moisturized without being weighed down. EVERY day became a good hair day!

I feel like I’ve found out how to turn back my clock a bit. Now I feel beautiful (and sexy!) …and my husband likes it, too. :)

Not only that, but people keep telling me that I look younger and they keep asking me where I get my hair done, not realizing it’s the products I use, too!

If you or anyone you know might want to know more about these products, go to CanILookYounger.com to see if my skin care and hair care product recommendations might be a good fit for you or someone you know.

I’m Cheering You On! My own experience of following all these tips, and now looking and feeling better in my 40s than ever before, tells me that we’re on to something!

And that is… this stuff really works to help women “turn back the clock”… even a little bit!

God bless you and your family!

P.S. For more tips on healthy skin and hair care, makeup, nutrition, hormones, lifestyle, fitness, and movement, please stay subscribed to my emails and text messages. Also visit wardee.com regularly and follow me on Instagram at @wardee_beauty! I’ll see you there!

P.P.S. Is it really possible to say goodbye to wrinkly, sagging skin and thinning, lifeless hair? Go here to take the questionnaire: CanILookYounger.com and we’ll take it from there!

Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor. All information is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. You are responsible for your own health and for the use of any remedies, treatments, or medications you use at home.

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