Do you have any idea how many skin care products are on the market?

Collagen Infused. Cream for the Day. Cream for the Night. While indoors during the day when you are near a window and there is partial sun (okay, I made that one up). Additionally there are creams for deep wrinkles, lip reforming, below the cheek, above the brow, for your neck, cheek and jowls.

How to choose? What to buy? Do they work?

As I wandered around the aisles of my local CVS (after checking out the line up at the pharmacists window) see Infidelity on the upswing?,  I realized that there was an additional option for the goal of flawlessly smooth skin.

When I was a kid I spent a lot of time in our kitchen watching my Mom haul in the laundry. It was hung on a  clothesline that draped across the courtyard of our building, from the A side to the B side.

I watched in fascination as she wet down the almost dry garments, rolled them into a cylindrical shape and put them into the refrigerator. After a time that she deemed appropriate, she removed one item at a time, placed it on the ironing board and smoothed it with her hands, reshaping it. Then a can of Niagra spray starch appeared.

Furiously spraying away, certain that she had sufficiently anointed the item, she tested the iron with the tip of her moistened finger, the iron sizzled and she then ironed until not a crease, wrinkle or buckling of fabric existed. Smooth as a baby's proverbial…..

Why not? I thought. If the Niagra folk could make the product a tad less sticky, with a better aroma, it could be repackaged, repositioned and serve a dual purpose.

Think about it.

Wet your face, position yourself in front of the air conditioner, fan or opened freezer door, spray, smooth and you are ready to get on with your day.