Messages in a Bottle

Like a truffle-snuffling piggy, I went sniffing through the interweb in search of luxury anti-aging skincare products. Here are a few of the delicacies along with their promises:

• Estée Lauder's Re-Nutriv line: Imagine if the look of youth could be prolonged indefinitely.
• Lancôme's Génifique Youth Activating Concentrate: Youth is in your genes. Reactivate it. Discover the skin you were born to have.
• Clinique's Youth Surge SPF 15, an age decelerating moisturizer: Unless you’re in some hurry to see 40.

While I covet, I also cringe. What's up with this culture of youthful beauty? It makes the whole inevitable getting older thing such a psychological chore. And yet still... We wants it, my precious.