Each morning I leap from my bed, (actually creakingly crawl) trip the light fantastic to my bathroom and have a conversation with my Mirror. It goes something like this.

Me: “Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?

Mirror: “It is sure not you, you wrinkled crone, I call you UGLY, to the bone.”

Armed with this glorious shot of self-esteem I apply thick layers of makeup and go to the market in search of that magic potion to reverse the ravages of age and return me to my beautiful youth. When the mirror answered, “Thou child, who before me stands, thou art the fairest in the land.”

How my fortune dwindles. Along with my pride. What Shall I do?

1. I could drink a cup of warm gelatin daily. It contains Collagen.
2. I could make a mask of oatmeal and cucumbers. It would cleanse and lift the dead skin cells, leaving new nourished skin.
3. I could wash my skin with warm, water and a mild soap, opening the pores and deep cleansing the skin.
4. I could rinse, removing any soap residue, with warm water bringing the blood to my skins surface, cleansing from the inside as well.
5. I could rinse again with cold water closing the pores.

If I do these simple things perhaps now, my mirror and my bank might just say, “Hello there Dear, welcome back, it appears at last you are on the right track!”