A few weeks ago, I was invited to a great afternoon among other beauty editors and beauty bloggers over lunch to talk about Olay’s new product launches!

The afternoon was made ever more enjoyable by the fact that we all met at the Jamie Kennedy restaurant located in the newly renovated Gardiner Museum.

International readers, if you do visit Toronto, you’ll want to make a stop at the Jamie Kennedy restaurant for lunch because the food is super delicious and the setting is so sleek. They have a patio that makes people watching a national sport. Trust me … you won’t be disappointed.

Obviously this afternoon wasn’t all about great food, we also had to talk about anti-aging skincare.

Yogurt is one of my all-time favourite snacks. One of the major highlights of any European trip for me is to actually eat as many different types of yogurts as I can get my hands on.

Europeans are big on yogurt and they’ll eat it either sweet or savoury.  In North America, most people are unaware that yogurt is an ancient healing remedy that goes back centuries.

Yogurt is excellent at helping out digestion and it’s also excellent at hydrating the skin.

It’s no wonder that Korres Natural Products have incorporated the benefits of yogurt, which is known for its ability to instantly soothe the skin by delivering increased moisture to the upper levels of the epidermis, in their cream and mask.

I had never heard of an oxygen mask until I tried the Bliss Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask. And after trying it, I can understand why it’s a Best of Sephora 2008 Winner!

The oxygen mask has also been featured in these magazines: In Style, Fitness, Parenting Magazine, Marie Claire and RedBook.

Bliss skincare is available to buy from Bliss spas which are located in New York (they have three there), Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco and London (U.K.). Alas, there are no spas in Canada yet and there are no beauty counters at department stores selling the brand, but luckily for us Sephora stores do carry the brand so it’s quite convenient to buy it locally!

The Bliss Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask comes in a cylindrical white plastic bottle. The bottle has a pump-action dispenser, which is very easy to use because it dispenses the product quickly when you press it … you won’t be fighting with your mask.

I had hesitated for a very long time in getting a microdermabrasion because I had heard that it left your skin very red and I was very worried that the redness would turn into hyperpigmentation.

When you decide to spend half of your life learning about products and cosmetic treatments that help you age better, you’ve got to explore every facet of the industry and that includes treatments you’ve never tried before.

I went to Kristen Ma for my microdermabrasion because Pure and Simple Spa offered an alternative for sensitive skins.