Oh the hands of time, how they haunt us. Just kidding.  I love being 50 and have spent my 20s to 40s maintaining a healthy skin care regime. The main advice I've always paid attention to is moisturize, moisturize, moisturize.  And it's true, especially after 30 our skin's needs a little more TLC.  I've always been a bit of a splurger when it comes to my skincare products.  My cabinet has always been full of products starting from how I wash my face, to the several steps I take in toning and hydrating.  Then something happened while I was travelling to Europe two summers ago.  I broke out in a rash all over my face. Hundreds of bumps everywhere. I was in a complete panic.  It took a couple of days for my doctor to be able to see me and by the time I got in, the bumps had subsided.  An allergic reaction of some sort was the diagnosis. Even looking at the picture below now makes me want to cry. It was impossible to hide or cover-up.  I was devastated as I had to be on set filming my TV show within the week.