Family wedding, high school reunion, a big date? You want to look your best, but your skin's a mess. Follow these simple guidelines for diet, exercise and good skin care treatment, and you'll look like a million bucks in a week:

• Drink six to eight glasses of bottled water every day. A dehydrated body equals dry skin, and the extra water will flush out toxins - a must in any skin care treatment protocol.
• Don't drink more than one glass of fruit juice per day (too high in sugar), and get natural juices from the health food store with no sugar added.
• Don't eat anything out of a box or can for the next week. Get fresh, natural, organic food from the health food store.
• Get rid of all the luncheon meat and replace it with chicken and beef -- again, get natural, organic foods from the health food store.
• Eat plenty of vegetables -- especially the green ones -- including at least one salad every day and cook the others by steaming lightly. Load up on garlic and onions.
• Throw out all the sugar, including sugar substitutes.
• Restrict your fruit intake to blueberries, cherries and blackberries. They're high in antioxidants and will help fight free radical damage.
• Eat fish every day -- preferably salmon from the health food store. The Vitamin A and essential fatty acids in salmon are essential for good skin care treatment.
• Wash your face with a mild natural soap or water only, but exfoliate with a natural masque once at the beginning of the week and once towards the end.
• Exercise!! Nothing brings a healthy glow to your skin faster than exercise.

Following the recommendations above will show improvements in a very short time -- maybe even faster than you need for the big event -- but the best news is this: the diet and exercise protocol above, along with the shielding lotion for external skin care treatment, will ensure you not only look great, it will benefit your overall health. You'll probably feel better than you've felt in years -- and that goes a long way when it comes to looking good.