AGING WITH GRACE

While age is just a number on your driver's license, the signs of aging don't have to show up on your face and body. We sifted through some of the best products available to give you an idea of how to prevent wrinkles and fine lines from showing up.

1. Firm and tone your skin with Fresh Sugar Acai Age-Delay Body Cream, $65, Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show mall, which uses the skin-restoring properties of the Acai berry to firm and tone skin.

2. Use a cleanser with glycolic acid such as Intelligent Aesthetics Resurfacing Bio-Enzyme Cleanser, $30, intelligentaesthetics. com, to smooth your skin.

3. Treat your skin to Vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant that makes skin appear tighter, firmer and smoother, with Trish McEvoy Even Skin Vitamin C Cream, $65, Nordstrom at Fashion Show mall.

4. Fight changes in your skin due to hormone fluctuations with Natura Bisse Essential Shock Gel Cream, $95, Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show mall. The lighter gel formulation works well for summer, too.

5. Feed your skin copper, the building block for collagen, and provide a potent anti-oxidant defense against skin-damaging free radicals with Neova Night Therapy with Copper Peptide Repair Complex, $74.80, Drugstore.com.

6. Turn to a moisturizer with Epidermal Growth Factor, a naturally occurring protein molecule that turns over the top layers of dry skin to let under-layers of healthy skin bloom with ReVive Sensitif Cellular Repair Cream SPF 15, $195, Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show mall.

7. Instantly relax and fill in wrinkles with Kinerase Extreme Lift Face, $150, Sephora.

8. Improve your skin's suppleness and texture with SK-II Facial Lift Emulsion, $110, Saks Fifth Avenue at Fashion Show mall, which relies on Pitera, a by-product in the production of sake that keeps skin looking youthful.

9. Restore your skin's natural wrinkle-reducing power with Cures by Avancé Skin Regeneration Treatment, $78, CuresbyAvance.com.

10. Repair and protect capillaries altered by age with Clarins Younger Longer Balm, $98, Dillard's.

11. Reduce the appearance of discoloration, blotchiness, spider veins, sun and age spots on your body with La Mer The Body Serum, $150, Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show mall.

12. Go with a green tea derivative, pure EGCG, to protect skin from damage and premature aging with Amore Pacific Time Response Skin Renewal Creme, $400, Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show mall.

13. Turn to a blend of anti-oxidants and amino acids to defend against damage and accelerate collagen production with Boscia Restorative Amino 3P Firming, $48, Sephora.

14. Target age spots and skin crepiness on your hands with Elemis Pro-Collagen Hand & Nail Cream, $56, Nordstrom at Fashion Show mall.

15. For a serum anti-aging product that promises to show results on its first application, try Guerlain Success Future Wrinkle Minimizer Firming Serum, $135, Guerlain at the Shoppes at the Palazzo.

16. To help maintain young, healthy cells longer and aide in natural skin repair and protection, try La Prairie Anti-Aging Longevity Serum, $210, Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show mall.

17. Looking for an alternative to retinol? S-Solutions Wrinkle Arrest HP-15, $120, Dermstore.com, uses Palmitoyl tripeptide 7, a peptide that reduces the depth of wrinkles and lines by up to 68 percent.

18. If survival is part of your mind-set, go for Kiehl's Abyssine Serum, $44, Kiehl's at the Forum Shops at Caesars. Abyssine, a survival molecule that thrives under the extreme conditions in hydrothermal ocean vents, helps soothe and protect skin while reducing fine lines.

19. When flabby arms are your concern, turn to Orlane Paris Refining Arm Cream, $85, Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show mall. It works to tighten and firm slackened arms.

20. M Lab Anti-Aging Treatment Cream, $260, Mlabonline.com, a cream previously only available at Harrods, works with a matrix of peptides, anti-oxidants and hydration factors providing skin firming, retained softness, dermal elasticity, and the reduced appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

21. Retinol has long been used to combat wrinkles. Clinique CX R+ De-Aging Cream, $225, Clinique at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort intensifies skin's natural repair and deflects visible aging with a micro-encapsulated retinol.

22. A blend of Peptide K8 with collagen builders makes Kate Somerville Deep Tissue Repair, $150, the Spa at Trump, whisk away fine lines and wrinkles.

23. Improve your skin's elasticity while boosting collagen production with Darphin Wrinkle Corrective Serum, $195, Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show mall.

24. Tone your skin with enriched purified hyaluronic acid in Lancome Secret de Vie Toner, $55, Dillard's.

25. Get a daily boost in your skin's radiance while fighting wrinkles with Shu Uemura Phyto Black Lift Radiance Boosting Lotion, $45, Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show mall.

26. For an anti-aging cream that relies on potent anti-oxidants, turn to Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti-Aging Treatment, $150, Ulta. Studies have found that Idebenone, the main ingredient, will protect skin from premature cell death, changes in cell membranes, cytoplasm (the material that fills cells), mitochondria (cell energy) and damage to DNA.

27. Reduce your pores and fix lines and wrinkles on the go with Freeze 24/7 Freeze & Go Instant Smoother and Brightener, $65, SpaceNK.com.

28. Add some moisture to your eyes while visibly lifting them with Ole Henriksen Visual Truth Eye Creme, $45, Sephora.

29. Temporarily eliminate fine lines and wrinkles with the click of a pen with Cosmedicine Instant Write Off Pen, $25, Sephora.

30. Soothe your eyes while fighting wrinkles with Dior Capture Totale Multi-Perfection Eye Treatment, $80, Dior Beaute at the Forum Shops at Caesars.

31. Take a 20-minute refreshing break while fighting lines and wrinkles with Estee Lauder Perfectionist Power Correcting Patch for Deeper Eye Lines and Wrinkles, $80, Estee Lauder at the Forum Shops at Caesars. This is a great treatment before a big event.

32. Tame your wrinkles without paralyzing your face with DDF Wrinkle Relax, $82, Sephora. It works much the same way that Botox works.

33. Two for one. Lumene Premium Beauty Wrinkle Smoothing Concealer, $14.99, CVS, conceals wrinkles while covering dark circles and imperfections.

34. Your lips show the signs of aging, too. Take care of vertical lipstick lines, man-worthy moustache hair, loss of collagen and shadowy under-nose pigmentation with Bliss Stiff Upper Lip, $48, Saks Fifth Avenue at Fashion Show mall.

35. Go for a mix of anti-aging anti-oxidants combined with hyaluronic acid to keep your skin looking firm with Dr. Brandt Skincare Laser in a Bottle Laser Tight, $110, Sephora.

Contact Image Editor Susan Stapleton at sstapleton@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2909.