I’m turning 35 in October, and keeping my skin looking the best it can is a daily mission – or you could say battle. It’s taken me a long time to really work out my skin and what it needs and likes. I’m someone who has never been interested in cosmetic surgery, it’s just not for me. I know people say ‘never say never’ but I’d like to keep my skin looking its best through diet, exercise and skincare.

God bless Caroline Hirons and her no-nonsense approach to skincare, she’s really changed the way I take care of my skin. I know I’m not alone on that. I’ve been shopping smarter and really purchasing products that have long-term benefits rather than quick fixes, and thanks to Caroline’s blog I now have a skincare regime I’m almost 100% happy with. Being a blogger and all round beauty junkie, we’re always looking for the next big thing or lusting after one product or another. So I don’t think I will ever be 100% happy.

At the beginning of the year I was invited along with some other lovely North West Bloggers to the Crystal Clear Event in Manchester and unfortunately due to the bad snow I was unable to make it. But I was contacted after the event to see if I wanted to test out their ‘Lift Away The Years Wand’ and I jumped at the chance. I’d seen a British Beauty Blogger’s review of it back in February, and she quite liked it. So I’m very excited to give it a whirl. Crystal Clear took 30 women and their study showed a ‘27% reduction in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and a 45% increase in skin firmness.’

Crystal Clear recommend that in order to see the best results to use the wand both morning and night. The wand works by using gentle vibrations to stimulate your facial muscles and this will help, tone lax skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines. I do have fine lines around my eye area, so I’m most excited to see how much they reduce.  The wand itself is light and very easy to use. Super compact if you wanted to take it with you when travelling.

If you’ve read my blog for a while you will have noticed that I rarely put photos of myself on, but I thought in order to show you the real results I get from using this wand I’d put a before photo on and in a couple of months show you my progress. So please be nice. I want to try to reduce the lines around my eyes and also my mouth.

* This product was sent to me for my consideration, any reviews are 100% my own