About Your Skin

Summer Beauty Care with Water Melon

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Water Melons are all available in this season. Enjoy the benefits of watermelons to keep your skin fresh in this summer.

Make juice of water melon and keep in ice tray in your fridge. Coming back home from outside, wash your face with a face wash suitable for your skin (In summer, it is better to use a face wash that removes oil). Take a water melon ice cube and gently rub all over your face and neck. Leave for ten minutes and rinse off with plain water.

You may do the same using cucumber or potato.

Benefits:

Removes sun tan and refreshes your skin.

Spring Freshness- Aroma Magic

2014-03-04T21:38:00.000-08:00

Spring is here with all its fragrance. Try the Spring beauty solutions and enjoy the magics of aroma.

Honey-Cinnamon Scrub

Ingredients:

Honey- 4 teaspoons.
Cinnamon- 1 piece of around 3 cm long/ 1 teaspoon of powdered cinnamon.
Sugar- 2 teaspoons.

Put the Cinnamon piece in blender and make powder of it (Do not mix any water, it needs to be dry). Mix the other ingredients with Cinnamon powder and make a paste. Store the paste in an air tight container in your fridge. It can be stored for one week.

Use the scrub twice a week.

Benefits:

Helps get out of dead cells. The scrub is not only good for your skin but also refreshes your mind.

Honey-Sandalwood Mask

Ingredients:

Honey- 3 teaspoons.
Sandalwood Powder- 1 teaspoon.

Mix the ingredients together. Apply all over your face and relax for 20 minutes. If the pack gets dry on skin, gently massage with normal water and then rinse off.

Use the mask twice a week.

Benefits:

Brightens and softens skin. Also the mask is very refreshing and soothing.

Benefits of Oilve Oil

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If your nails are tender and break frequently, apply Olive Oil and massage gently before bed every night. It would help hardening the nails.
For cracked heels, after scrubbing your heels, apply Olive Oil and massage gently. Also use it every night before going to bed. It would heal your cracks in just 7 days.
For dark circles or puffy eyes, mix half tea spoon of Olive Oil with two vitamin E capsules. Before going to bed wash your face and then apply the oil mix around your eyes in circular movements. This helps reducing dark circles and puffy eyes.
To get rid of stretch marks, gently massage Olive Oil for ten minutes in the affected areas twice a day. It helps reducing stretch marks.
If you have dry skin, massage Olive Oil before bath. It would reduce dryness of your skin specially knee, arm and elbow areas.
Olive Oil is rich in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. So,cook your food with Olive Oil or make salads with Olive Oil.

Beauty Care with Sandal Wood

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Sandal Wood has been an essential beauty care element in Asia for years. It is adored for its beauty benefits as well as appealing fragrance.

Read about some beauty solutions with Sandal Wood.

For Bright and Glowing Skin

Use the following sandal wood pack thrice a week for a bright glowing skin. This aroma pack also refreshes your mind.

Ingredients:

· Sandal Wood Powder– 3 tablespoons

· Rose Water- 3 tablespoons

Mix the ingredients and make a paste. Apply all over your face and neck. The pack is very suitable for applying on your hands and feet too. Leave it for 20 minutes. When the pack gets dry, massage with water for 5 minutes and rinse off.

For Treating Tan

Try the following mask once every day until tan is removed.

Ingredients:

· Sandal Wood Powder– 3 tablespoons

· Cucumber Juice- 3 tablespoons

Mix the ingredients together and make a paste. Apply all over your face and neck. The pack is very suitable for applying on your hands and feet too. Leave it for 20 minutes. When the pack gets dry, gently massage with water for 5 minutes and rinse off.

For Treating Dry Skin

Try the following mask on alternative days.

Ingredients:

· Sandal Wood Powder– 3 tablespoons

· Olive Oil- 2 tablespoon

· Milk- 1 tablespoon

Mix the ingredients together and make a paste. Apply all over your face and neck. The pack is very suitable for applying on your hands and feet too. Leave it for 15 minutes (Don’t let the pack get dry). Massage with normal water for 5-10 minutes and rinse off. Wipe off and apply a moisturizer.

For Treating Oily Skin

Try the following mask on alternative days.

Ingredients:

· Sandal Wood Powder– 2 tablespoons

· Honey- 2 tablespoons

For Treating Wrinkles and Age Lines

Try the following mask on alternative days.

Ingredients:

· Sandal Wood Powder– 2 tablespoons

· Powder Milk- 1 tablespoon

· Honey – 1 tablespoon

· Rose Water or Plain Water- 2 tablespoons

Mix the ingredients together and make a paste. Apply all over your face. Leave it for 20-30 minutes. When the pack gets dry, gently massage with normal water for 5 minutes and rinse off.

Beauty Care with Turmeric

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For years Turmeric has been used as an eminent herbal ingredient of beauty care in Asia and particularly in Indian Subcontinent. Add turmeric to your daily beauty care and enjoy the benefits.

Turmeric can be used for the followings:

Treating Oily Skin:

If your skin is oily try the following mask twice/thrice a week to have an oil free smooth skin.

Ingredients:

Sandalwood Powder- 2 tablespoons
Turmeric Powder- Half tablespoon
Rose Water- as needed

Mix sandalwood powder and turmeric powder with rose water. Apply all over your face and leave for 15-20 minutes. Gently massage with lukewarm water for 5 minutes and rinse off.

Treating Dry Skin:

For dry skin use the following mask twice/thrice a week:

Ingredients:

Turmeric Powder- Half tablespoon
Olive Oil- Half tablespoon
Egg White- From 1 Egg

Mix the ingredients together and apply on your face. You may apply the pack on other dry parts (e.g. elbow, knee, heel)of your body too. Leave for 15-20 minutes. Gently massage with lukewarm water for 5 minutes and rinse off.

Treating Wrinkles and Age Lines:

Apply the following mask on alternative days:

Ingredients:

Turmeric Powder- Half tablespoon
Powder Milk- Two tablespoon
Honey- One tablespoon
Rose Water or Plain Water- Two Tablespoon

Mix the ingredients together and make a thick paste. Apply on your face and leave for 30 minutes. If the mask gets completely dry, gently massage with lukewarm water for 5 minutes and rinse off.

Treating Skin Tan:

For reducing skin tan, try the following mask on alternative days.

Ingredients:

Cucumber Juice- Three tablespoons
Turmeric Powder- Half tablespoon

Mix the ingredients together and apply on tanned areas. Leave for 30 minutes. If the mask gets dry, gently massage with normal cold water for 5 minutes and rinse off.

Foods for Healthy Skin

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Pomegranate

Researches say that Pomegranate is one of the most antioxidant-rich fruits. Even it is more inflammation-fighting antioxidant than green tea.

Eat some fresh pomegranate every week (Do not use it’s juice on your skin).

Green Tea

Green tea is another inflammation-fighting antioxidant. Researches also say that green tea may reduce risk of skin cancer.

Have a cup of green tea every morning.

Olive Oil

Olive Oil has rich antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. So it is suggested to cook your food with olive oil. You may try extra-virgin olive oil in salads.

Also Olive Oil is very helpful treating dry skin. Apply olive oil on affected areas (i.e elbows, knees, heels, lips) every day and see the difference.

Strawberry

Strawberry is rich in anti-aging vitamin C. Vitamin C fights wrinkles.

Papaya

Papaya is also rich in antioxidants and contains an enzyme that repairs dead and damaged cells and fights aging.

Remove Spots and Marks from Skin

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Follow the steps to have spots and marks free glowing skin:

Take at least 2.5 liters of water every day. This helps growth of new cells.

Apply honey on affected areas and massage well with a little water once daily. The anti-oxidant property of honey helps in removing spots and marks.

Take two vitamin E capsules. Pierce them with a pin and bring out the oil. Before going to bed, wash the affected areas of your skin with a mild face wash and apply the vitamin E oil. Rinse off in the next morning.

Apply banana paste on affected areas once daily.

Massage helps removing marks and spots.

Winter Masks

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Milk/Plain Yogurt

Apply plain yogurt or milk on your face and relax for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off with lukewarm water.

You may use powder milk too. Add 1 tablespoon of warm water to 2 tablespoons of powder milk, make a paste and use it.

Benefits: This mask softens and protects skin from dryness/dullness.

Egg White

Beat an egg white and apply on your face. Relax for 20 minutes. Gently massage with lukewarm water when the mask gets dry and then rinse off.

Benefits: This mask Tightens skin, helpful if you have wrinkles.

Banana Mask

Mix half banana with half cup of plain yogurt. Apply on your face and relax for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off with lukewarm water.

Benefits: This mask makes skin smooth and moisturized.

Honey Mask

Mix half cup of plain yogurt with two table spoons on honey. Apply on your face and relax for 15-20 minutes. Gently massage with lukewarm water when the mask gets dry and then rinse off.

Benefits: This mask softens and nourishes skin.

Try any of the masks as per your skin need twice/thrice a week in this winter. Enjoy !

Butter Mask

Mix half cup of plain butter with two table spoons on honey. Apply on your face and relax for 15 minutes. Massage with lukewarm water when the mask gets dry and then wash with a face wash. Apply moisturizer.

Benefits: This mask softens and nourishes skin. Do not use this mask if you have oily skin or acne.

Try any of the masks as per your skin need twice/thrice a week in this winter. Enjoy !

Feet Care in Winter- Home Pedicure

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Try the Home Pedicure once a week to keep your feet look fresh in this winter.

Remove your nail polish with an herbal nail polish remover or one that you prefer.

In a tub and add some bath salts and mild soap/shampoo in lukewarm water. Soak your feet in warm water for 5 to 10 minutes.

Scrub the heels of your feet with a pumice stone or a foot scrub available in market. You may prepare your foot scrub at home as the recipe here.
Take one foot out of the water at a time and wipe around each nail with a dry clean towel.
Trim your nails and file them (It is suggested not to cut them too short).
Gently clean dirt from under each nail.
If your toenails are yellow, take a lemon slice and rub over your nails for 10 minutes.
Get a foot massage cream or oil and massage up to knee for 10 minutes and wipe out. You may use olive oil too.
Apply a feet pack and leave for 10 minutes. You may prepare your foot mask/pack at home as the recipe here.
Wash your feet with lukewarm water and wipe out cream or oil with a towel.
When your feet is dry, apply a coat of natural colour/ clear nail polish. Let it dry and then apply one coat of your selected nail polish. Let dry. Then apply another coat.
Your pedicure is done.
To keep the effects of the pedicure and make you feet look fresh, moisturize your feet daily.

Health and Beauty Benefits of Honey

2014-01-13T21:06:00.000-08:00

Health Benefits of Honey

Acid Reflux: Honey is helpful in curing acid reflux. Take one tea spoon of honey at morning and that would help preventing acid reflux.

Cold and Allergies: One tablespoon of honey everyday helps prevent cold and allergies.

Beauty Benefits of Honey

Anti-aging: Honey is rich in Antioxidants. So one tablespoon of honey every day, keep wrinkles away.

Acne: Honey’s anti-bacterial properties are helpful to reduce acne. Apply honey on the affected area and rinse off after 15 minutes. Try every alternative day.

Anti-tan: Regular use of honey on skin reduces sun tan.

Moisturizer: Honey if used as mask, moisturizes and softens skin.

Try the following Honey Mask this winter:

Ingredients:

Plain Yogurt- 4 tablespoons
Honey- 2 tablespoons

Mix the ingredients and apply all over your face and neck. You may apply on other parts of your body too. Leave for 15 minutes and rinse off. Enjoy soft and fresh skin this winter !

Home Made Eye Cream

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If you have dark circles or puffy eyes, use the following oil every night before going to bed.

Ingredients:

Vitamin E Capsule- 2 Capsules.
Olive Oil- 1/2 Teaspoon.

Pierce the capsules and bring out the oil. Mix the oil with Olive oil. Gently massage around your eyes in round movements for five minutes. Leave it overnight and wash with a face wash next morning.

Benefits:

Helps reducing dark circles and puffiness.

Anti-Aging Skincare

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Your skin starts showing the signs of aging when you are only near to 30. So even if your skin is naturally healthy and never required regular care before, it's time you should start taking care of it.

Follow the followings to prevent aging of skin.

Change in Food Habit

Add foods rich in antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties and vitamin C & E in your daily menu. Pomegranate, Green Tea, Strawberry are top in this list.

Fully avoid fats, chocolates, carbonated drinks, red meats. Try to cook your food with olive oil and avoid other oils.

Clean and Moisturize Your Skin

To keep your skin healthy, It is very important to keep your skin clean as well as moisturized. Use mild cleansers (mild in alkaline properties) to wash your skin and moisturize regularly. Try to use normal water to wash your skin as hot water takes away skin’s natural moisture and makes skin dry and dull.

Remove Dead Skin

Use a mild scrub to scrub away your dead skins once a week. Do not use it daily as over use of it also takes away skin’s natural moisture.

Skin Tightening

Use skin tightening masks (i.e Egg White Mask, Honey Mask etc.) at least twice a week.

Cucumber Magics

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Cucumber just works wonder to recover your tired skin and also the best solution to keep your skin fresh in summer.

Here are some cucumber skin care tips:

Cucumber is the best solution for dark circles. Cut some cucumbers into very small pieces and Put over your eyes. Relax for 20 minutes and then rinse them off with normal water. Do this once everyday. Your dark circle would get reduced soon.

Cucumber is a wonderful cleanser. Crush some cucumbers in blender and put the juice in a bottle. Keep the bottle in fridge. Everyday coming back from outside, wet a cotton piece with the cold cucumber juice and cleanse your skin with it.

Cucumber cube works wonderful to reduce skin tan and sun burn. Crush some cucumbers in blender and put it in ice tray. Keep the tray in deep fridge. Take a cube everyday and message gently over your skin (parts exposed to sun).

Cucumber makes your skin glowing. Make a paste by mixing one small crushed cucumber, one table spoon of yogurt and one table spoon of sandal wood powder. Apply the paste all over your skin and leave for 30 minutes. Use the pack twice a week.

Quick Skin Care for Working Women

2012-05-01T10:58:00.000-07:00

Women who work outside usually get more exposed to dirt, sun and air conditioner. As they cannot manage long time to take care of their skin, they tend to face more skin problems. Following some simple rules regularly can help them keeping their skin healthy.

Here are some tips those you can follow and experience a healthy skin.

When going to work take a 1 Liter bottle of water with you and finish drinking the full bottle while being at work. Nothing works better than water to keep your skin fresh and healthy
Take boiled vegetables and fruits for lunch. Avoid oily foods.
Make juice of cucumber or water melon, pour it in the ice tray and keep in the fridge. Coming back home in the evening, wash your skin gently with a mild face wash. Take a cucumber/water melon ice cube and massage all over your face. This helps to take stress away and give your skin fresh and healthy look.
Make a pack of Sandal wood powder and rose water. In shower first wash your body with a shower soap and then use the pack all over your body like soap and put it for five minutes. Rinse with water. This would give you a refreshed feeling as well as make your skin glowing.
Before going to bed have a cup of milk with half spoon of honey in it.
Once a week have a multi vitamin tablet to give your skin all the necessary vitamins it needs. (If you have any health problems, do not have it without consulting a doctor).
Try Ten Minutes Facial once or twice a week at home.
Last of all, the most important thing is to keep your skin clean. Do necessary cleansing and moisturizing regularly to have a healthy skin.

Ten Minutes Facial - Quick Facial

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Steps for Quick Facial (Ten minutes facial ):

Take a bowl of lukewarm water. Wet a cotton ball or a piece of cotton in it. Wipe your face gently with the cotton ball.
Wet your hand with lukewarm water. Take some cleansing lotion in your hand. Gently massage your face upwards with fingers for 3 minutes. Wet a cotton ball in lukewarm water and wipe off the cleansing lotion.
Wet your hand with lukewarm water. Take some apricot scrub in hand and gently massage your face with fingers for 2 minutes. Wipe off with wet cotton ball.
Wet your hand with lukewarm water. Take some massage cream in hand and gently massage your face upwards with fingers for 3 minutes. Wet a cotton ball in normal water and wipe off the massaging lotion.
Wet a new cotton ball in normal water. Wipe your face well with that. Or you may wash your face too with normal water.
Use some moisturizing lotion all over the face.
Your facial is done. Enjoy a fresh look in your face in just ten minutes !

Season Change and Skin Care

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Its Late Autumn ! Season is changing. Your skin needs extra care at this time to adjust with the change in weather. Here are some tips:

- Getting up from bed every morning, mix one tea spoon of honey or lemon juice in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it (if you don't have any gastric or acidity problem). This will not only keep your skin fresh but also will help you staying away from cold.

- Use a light sun screen lotion every time you go out to all the parts of your body exposed to sun.

- Coming back home use a mild cleansing lotion to remove dirts from your skin. Then wash your skin with a mild face wash. Use a moisturizer suitable for your skin.

- Use a Home Made Scrub twice a week.

- Honey Mask is very suitable for this season. Apply Honey Mask on your skin twice a week.

Tan Free Skin- Home Treatment for Tanned Skin

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First of all, I suggest strongly: do not use Lemon, Orange or tomato juice on your tanned skin. It may lighten your skin fast, but when your skin is exposed to sun the next time it makes your skin even darker and sometimes makes the tan permanent !

Here are some tips to remove skin tans:

• Wash your face at least five times a day with light cold water. Use a whitening face wash twice a day(Morning and Night) and wash only with water the other three times.

• Apply cold milk all over your tanned skin using a piece cotton every night. Put it for 15 minutes and then wash with a face wash.
Or,
• Crush a cucumber or a potato (do not mix the two, take any of them). Apply the juice all over your tanned skin using a piece cotton every morning. Put it for 15 minutes and then wash with a face wash.

• Make a paste of Fuller’s Earth (Known as Multani Mati/Multani Mitti in Bangladesh and India) and Rose Water on equal amount. Put it all over your tanned skin for 15-20 minutes every alternative days before shower.
And,
Make a paste of Sandalwood Powder and Seashell Powder(Shangkha Powder). Put it all over your tanned skin for 15-20 minutes other alternative days before taking shower.

Follow the Diets:

• Drink at least eight glasses of water everyday.
• Avoid oily foods and carbonated drinks.
• Take lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Summer Skin Care (Home Skin Care in Summer)

2011-04-26T01:54:00.000-07:00

Summer is back again!

Summer is the time of oily skin. Skin problems arise when your skin gets exposed to burning sun of summer and dusts. Dusts get stuck to oily skin and starts creating lots of skin problems. Pimples, sunburn and skin tan, skin rashes are the common skin problems of summer.

Some daily simple home care can help you avoiding skin problems and have a glowing skin in summer. Follow some here:

1. First of all don’t let your skin getting dehydrated. Drink 8-10 glasses of water everyday to keep your skin healthy and hydrated. No compromise with this!

2.Apply a sun screen 15 minutes before going out. It is better to use a sun screen powder in summer instead of a sun screen lotion.

3. Cleansing is the most important part of skin care in summer. Use a home-made cleanser or buy a mild cleanser. Clean your skin regularly coming back home and before going to sleep. Get some home-made summer cleansers here: Home Made Summer Cleanser.

4. Blend some water-melons or cucumbers in your juice machine. Pour the juice in your ice cube tray and put into deep fridge. Everyday coming back home take a cube and gently massage it over your skin (parts exposed to sun). This would keep your skin safe from tan.

5. Use a home made or herbal scrub twice a week to remove dead cells. Get some home-made summer scrub here: Home Made Summer Scrub.

6. Apply summer fruit face packs twice a week.

7. Last of all, summer is the time of fruits. Take at least one glass of any fruit juice everyday. This would make your skin glowing and shiny.

Under Eye Dark Circle Treatment

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Improper sleeping, stress, tension, sunburn, lack of nutrition are the main causes of dark circles. Proper care and balanced diet can remove your dark circle within a few weeks.

To treat your dark circle follow the following tips:

1. The foremost thing that you will have to do to erase your dark circle is to take proper sleep. Do not stay awake late at night and have at least 8 hours of sleep everyday.

2. Cut some cucumbers or potatoes into very small pieces and Put over your eyes. Lie for 15-20 minutes and then rinse them off. Do this once everyday.

3. Wet a cotton piece in cold milk and put it over your eyes. You can use yogurt or vanilla ice-cream instead of milk. Lie for 15 minutes and then rinse. Try this once or twice a week.

4. Take some Vitamin-E capsules. Pierce the capsules and bring it's oil out. Gently message the Vitamin-E oil over your eyes in circular movement. Do this every alternative days.

5. There are many dark circle treatment creams available in market like Garnier, Olay etc. You may try them too.

6. Always use a sun glass when you go out at daytime.

7. Finally, take a balanced diet containing lots of essential vitamins and minerals. If necessary take vitamin supplements specially Vitamin-E supplements.

Health and Beauty Benefits of Apple Juice

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Only one glass of apple juice everyday can keep you healthy, fit and fresh.

Here are the health and beauty benefits of taking apple juice:

Health Benefits:

• Apple is rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Apple contains Vitamin A and Vitamin C as well as minerals like, Iron, Phosphorous, Calcium, Potassium etc. All these vitamins and minerals protects us from various diseases. Vitamin A improves our vision and vitamin C is a good antioxidant and it also improves our immunity.

• The fiber in apple reduces the risk of heart diseases.

• The pectin present in the apple soothes our intestines and also helps us during constipation. It also balances the good and the bad bacteria in the colon.

• Apple helps in the proper digestion and it also gets rid of any harmful toxins from our body. This in turn, reduces liver and kidneys diseases.

• Since apples as well as apple juices have natural sugars present in them, they increase our energy level.

• Also, the anti-oxidant effect of apple juices prevents diseases like cancer.

• In ripen apple the amount of nutrients in the skin increases.

• As apple juices are rich in Potassium, they are good for the old people cause apple reduces any kind of arthritis pain or rheumatism.

• Instead of allowing your children to drink the harmful artificial drinks, give them to drink apple juice. It is tasty as well as nutritious.

Beauty Benefits:

• If you have an oily skin that is acne prone apply the following mask:

The Ingredients:
• 1 medium size apple (grated)
• 5 tablespoons of honey

The Instructions:
Mix the grated apple and mix with honey to make a mask. Smooth over skin then let sit for 10 minutes, rinse off with cool water.

• If you want fresh, glowing, shining and lighten skin, apply the following mask once or twice a week:

The Ingredients:
• 1 medium sized green apple (grated).
• 2 tablespoons of honey.
• 1 tablespoon of plain yogurt.

The Instructions:
Mix the ingredients together. Gently message on your face. Leave on for 20 minutes and then rinse off with normal water.

[Make sure to clean your face first with a good cleanser before applying a face mask]

Skin Care with Papaya

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Papaya Skin Cleanser

Ingredients:

Honey - 3 Tbsp
Olive Oil -1/2 tsp
Wheat-2 tsp
Papaya Paste-1 tsp

Instructions:
-Mix the ingredients together.
-Wash your skin with warm water.
-Gently massage the cleanser onto moist skin, then rinse well with water.
-Apply once daily.

Papaya Fruit Mask

Ingredients:

Honey- 1 tea spoon
egg-1

Instructions:

-Mix the ingredients together.
-Clean your skin with normal water and apply the mask.
-Leave it on for 10 to 15 minutes.
-Thoroughly rinse the skin with warm water.

Home Facial for Normal Skin

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If you are too busy to visit a beauty parlour, you can try this facial at home twice a month. It will take only an hour and will result a healthier and beautiful skin for you.

Home Facial for Normal Skin:

Step 1: Cleansing

Take a gentle cleanser available in market. Make your hands wet with water and then massage with wet hand in circular movements over the face and neck for 6-8minutes. After massaging leave the cleanser for 2 minutes and then wipe off with wet soft towel or wet cotton.

Step 2: Steaming

Take hot water in a bowl and take steam over your face for 2 minutes.

Step 3: Scrubbing:

Take a mild face scrub for normal skin and massage in circular movements over the face and neck for 2 minutes. Wipe with wet soft towel or cotton.

Step 4: Facial Mask

Facial Mask Preparation: Mix 1 table-spoon of white yoghurt with 1 table-spoon of honey.
Apply the facial mask over your face and neck and leave for 10-15 minutes. Then massage very slowly with wet fingers and wipe with a wet towel or cotton.

Step 5: Moisturizing

Dot your skin with moisturizing lotion and gently massage it in circular movements. Apply vitamin E oil or eye cream around the eyes and gently massage with your finger.

Dry Skin Home Treatments

2010-04-14T09:49:00.000-07:00

If you want yourself to look beautiful the first and foremost condition is to keep your skin healthy. For that you must take proper care of your skin in right methods. Usually dry skins are very sensitive and tend to be drier in winter. So, dry skin need special and extra cares and here we will discuss how to get rid of dry skin problem round the year.
First we come to the three basic skin care steps: Cleansing,Moisturizing and Scrubbing.

Dry skin needs gentle cleansing. Hot water is very harmful for dry skin and makes it more damaged. It would be best if you can use mineral water in summer and lukewarm water in winter for washing your skin. Never apply soap to this kind of skin as it removes all the natural skin protecting oils from your skin. Use an herbal face wash suitable for dry skin. You can also use a mixer of milk and flour and use it for cleansing purpose.

Moisturizing is a very important part for dry skin as this kind of skin suffers from lack of moistures. Pat your skin gently after washing and never rub it. Gently massage a cream rich in oil and moisture and make a quite good layer of moisturizer over your skin. This locks the moisture inside and keeps your skin away from getting dry.

Scrubbing is needed when your skin gets flaky. Use a mild scrub for dry skin once a week.

Now we come to the extra cares or treatments for dry skin.
For the treatment of dry skin use a facial mask containing essential oils twice a week. Mix egg yolk, olive oil, rose water and sandal wood and leave it over your skin for 15 minutes. Aloe Vera, vitamin E oil, lavender oil, primrose oil and milk are also very effective for dry skin treatment.
Massage your skin twice a week using an oil richen massage cream or massaging oils. You can also use baby oil, olive oil or lavender oil for massaging.

Some common tips for handling dry skin:

• Take a balanced diet that containing vegetables, fruits, seeds, and nuts to keep your skin healthy.
• Drink 8-10 glasses of water a day for hydrating purpose.
• Vitamin E is very effective for dry skin. Take vitamin E capsules thrice a week.
• Avoid cold and sudden change in temperature as it makes your skin more damaged.
•Avoid alcohol and caffeine as they cause the skin cells to lose fluids.