My husband loves the natural way I look without using any makeup or salon products. Fortunately he leaves for work before I start my daily beauty routine, and he sleeps late on weekends. This gives me all the time I need to have a secret affair with my salon products that Ive hidden in places no man ever goes like the medicine cabinet and the space under the sink.

Its not that I HAVE to mislead him but, hey, if he loves me like I am theres no reason to tell him that the real me is perfectly happy to get a little help from my friends at PureOlogy, Aquage, Redken, Paul Mitchell, Graham Webb and others. Their salon products work hard to make the enhanced me look like the real me and my husband doesnt have a clue!

You see, thats what really goes on when you select quality salon products to help you look your best. Youre simply enhancing the real you by filling in and smoothing over those parts of your body that Mother Nature was too busy to take care of herself

Using what I call the top down approach I start the morning off by pampering my hair with a shampoo and conditioner from one of my favorite salon product gurus like Paul Mitchell or Graham Webb.

After towel drying my hair and body I move on to catering to my skin. Because skin comes under attack every day from sunlight, household chemicals, pollutants, and general environmental nastiness, I apply a body moisturizer everywhere but my face, which gets a special face moisturizer but only after Ive splashed on an alcohol and fragrance-free skin toner like Botanical Tonique, the one offered by the salon products experts at Pharmagel.

All of the better salon products companies have good moisturizers; just make sure that you choose one that is oil-free and contains agents that will bind your bodys natural moisture to the skin.

My next stop is my eyes. Since I am such a wise woman and a happy one too, Im blessed to have little crinkles and wrinkles of joy and knowledge under my eyes. While women who have no idea how to get rid of them will tell you that they make you look attractive, I know a lie when I hear one. Thats why I reach into my salon products bag of tricks and grab a bottle of Genie Instant Line Smoother. If youre thinking caked on cover-up, think again. The better salon products brand of line smoother makeup gently fills in the wrinkles, lines, and creases in your skin. Its not just for the eyes either. Lots of women use line smoother to attack lines and wrinkles on their forehead, mouth, and neck and bust line.

A little touch of this, a little dab of that, and before you know it my investment in salon products has paid off and Im looking forward to hearing how naturally beautiful I look today!