STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Mom discovers trick to unlock the secret of anti-aging.
• Web deals bring down the combined cost to under $3*.
• Combining Bellanue & Cupuacu is the key.

(CTW) -- As part of a new series, "Beauty and the Recession", we examine consumer tips for cosmetics. We put their claims to the test in our Exclusive Report.

Jane Riley

Health & Fitness Writer

With the recession in full swing, many consumers are turning to the internet to take advantage of special trial offers allowing them to save hundreds of dollars. Abby, an ordinary, modest mom from Santa Cruz, CA is one such consumer. Abby's story is about self discovery and achieving happiness once again. She was admittedly concerned and depressed by how her hectic life has allowed time to ravish her once stunning looks. Abby decided to change her life, and recently discovered a clever way of combining two beauty product trials from trusted companies, Bellanue & Cupuacu, to unlock the secrets of anti-aging. The results are comparable to what you might attain at local beauty salons and clinics for $1000 or more, using nothing but trial offers.

She wanted to share her story with you. This trick has not only removed her wrinkles, but also tightened her neck and face instantly. It changed her life and I hope it can change yours too.

Abby is just an average mom who doesn't have the cash to try every celebrity endorsed Anti-Aging miracle creams out there. She even considered taking botox or facelift surgery, but was scared of looking like one of those botox failure stories. She just wanted a safe and AFFORDABLE system which would provide her with real results.

Nevertheless, as we began to investigate the countless success stories reported by people from all around the globe, we decided that this anti-aging secret was worthy of a closer examination.

From Abbys Letter:

How Abby's Story Began:

Abby spent her childhood going to various schools in East Asia. After spending her teens wandering around Bangkok, Jakarta and Seoul, her family sent her back to California so that she could pursue her bachelor's degree. After years of being exposed to sunlight, her skin began to show signs of premature aging during her early thirties.

It got worse after she got a job in an accounting firm. She often stayed up all night and became very addicted to coffee and cigarettes. There were dark circles around her eyes and they started to become baggy. After she gave birth to her children, she often felt that time had gone out so quickly. There were so many things to do, so many things to take care of. Before she knew it, the kids were in high school and she was getting older and older.

Every month she began to notice more lines and wrinkles on her face. Gravity seemed to have a great effect in pulling her chin downward. Even her mom looked at her with that concerned face and asked if she was alright. That was the time that she realized it was time to do something about it.

What Abby Did About It:

She couldn't manage this problem right away form the start. Her dermatologist even 'complained' back to her saying that she shouldn't have had her skin exposed to sun without re-applying the sunblock.

Like most of us out there, she tried many skin creams, anti-wrinkle treatments, anti-wrinkle creams such as Oil Of Olay, Neutrogena, and countless other wrinkle creams. However, none of these anti-wrinkle products actually delivered on their promises.

She told us she was getting more and more depressed looking at her facial wrinkles in the mirror. It got so bad that she even started to consider Botox and even a facelift. Looking back now, she declared she didn't know what she was thinking! Who in their right mind wants to inject themselves with chemicals or go under the knife just to look a few years younger?

A Dear Friend Comes to the Rescue:

Luckily a dear friend talked her out of plastic surgery and told her about a skin rejuvenation episode aired on TV.

A segment on a popular television program opened her mind to the sensational skin firming effects of Matrixyl 3000.

Matrixyl 3000 had been featured in numerious other publications which gave credibility to what she was saying. So Abby started her own research for products which were loaded with Matrixyl 3000.

While researching the best anti-aging skin care products, she discovered a secret celebrities have also been using for years to stay and look young. A prominent celebrity skin care doctor revealed to her that in combination with an anti-aging cream, they were ALL using a powerful antioxidant once a day, called Cupuacu.

They work in tadem to achieve amazing results. While the Matrixyl 3000 rejuvenated the skin with collagen production, the Cupuacu would erase damage from the inside out! There are no antioxidants more powerful than the theograndins found in Cupuacu. Antioxidants are essential to help us neutralize free radicals, the compounds that cause the body to grow wrinkled and develop health issues.

After a few days spent going from one website to another and comparing the features, prices and reviews of most products on the internet, she had finally managed to pin it down to two!

The products were Bellanue and Cupuacu. The words 'free trial' were mentioned everywhere, and she just had to find them. She began to look for these products in retail stores but couldn't find them at that time so she had to search it online. Voila, she found the link to get free trials* of Bellanue and Cupuacu.

All that and no surgery? Count us in!:

That is truly a 'lightbulb moment'. The idea for a no-surgery approach to firm skin hit her (and us) like a ton of bricks!

We have to admit that it was the free trial* that sold us. She never would have thought that something which is being offered for free could ever yield a better result than the more expensive anti-aging lotions. Come to think of it, it's logical! If they are not confident with their product, they wouldn't be offering it for free*. That means that they are confident that Bellanue and Cupuacu will work for us.

'Why are they offering these free trials*?' Because they want people to try it. They are so confident that people will see visible results within a few weeks that they will come back and order more.

She started to notice several changes within weeks. The picture on the right was taken around the third week after she started using Bellanue and Cupuacu regularly. She used Bellanue twice a day, in the morning and in the night. She also used Cupuacu once a day, in the morning.

Her wrinkles are smoothed out, her eye lines are gone and her skin glows. Her skin was slowly getting firmer and firmer. She couldn't believe it, she finally found something that works. Now she said she is walking with more confidence and that people definitely say she looks much younger and brighter! We agree 100% Abby!

Her friends and family that haven't seen her for a while always tell her that she looks really young and say they can't believe the change. Her mom also couldn't believe it and ordered for herself.

Go Ahead, Give It A Try Yourselve:

Like us, here at Consumer Tips Weekly, you might be a little doubtful about the effects of this anti-aging secret, but you need to try it for yourself; the results are undeniable if you follow the program. There's no harm trying since if it doesn't work for you can always return the product. After conducting our own personal study we are pleased to see that people really are finding success with it (myself included) and you have nothing to lose.

Follow the links to the free trials* I have provided and know that you are getting a quality product that works; no strings attached! Remember, to get the desired results, you will want to use BOTH products together. The discounted shipping costs reduce the total to under $3 ($1.47 for Bellanue, and $1.50 for Cupuacu, as of Sunday, 21/02/2010):

Step 1: Click here for Bellanue (Use Promo Code: DISCOUNT50)

Step 2: Click here for Cupuacu (Use Promo Code: SAVE)

Remember to visit again next week for another great consumer tip!