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Your skin is one of the largest organs in your body. It helps protect your body from environmental hazards, regulates your temperature and lets you detect touch. Yet our greatest concern is usually the ways our skin looks, so try our top tips to help keep your skin healthy.
Your body loses water throughout the day, and you need to put at least as much back in as you lose - try to drink around two to three litres a day.
Water helps your body function as best it can(you’re about two-thirds water!), and keeps skin looking plumper and fresher.
A healthy diet will help keep your skin looking its best. As you age, skin tone and elasticity decreases. You can help keep your skin looking firm by taking regular exercise. Gentle exercise such as yoga or Pilates can be just as beneficial as more vigorous cardio-vascular exercise. When you exercise you increase the blood flow to your skin, which means your skin has the best chance of receiving essential nutrients and vitamins, as well as toning the muscles which help give your skin its shape.
Keep your skin clean to help prevent infections and body odours. Most soaps, cleansers, shower gels and so on have been tested to help make sure that they won’t cause irritation or an allergic reaction, so really it’s up to you to use whichever you prefer. Remember that excess washing can cause loss of oil in the outer layers of the skin and provoke dermatitis or worsen dry skin.
Saunas cleanse your body by making you sweat and flushing out impurities through your skin. A sauna also improves your circulation. Before you dive in - don’t drink alcohol or eat a heavy meal. Older people or those with heart, respiratory or chronic ailments should avoid saunas. Keep the sauna at a comfortable temperature - but if you feel ill or dizzy while in there, leave immediately, drink lots of water and sit quietly for a while. If your symptoms don’t go away, seek medical advice.
Come summer and we have a lot of skin care worries acne, pimples, excess oily skin and black heads. To maintain a beautiful skin through out the summer season we require to follow a few easy steps.
An application of sunscreen is a must in summer before applying make-up. Just make sure you pick a good brand that has a SPF of 15 at least. Most moisturisers have in-built SPF content. Otherwise wear a good sunscreen before applying your moisturiser.
Wash your face plenty often with a good wash. Avoid oil-based foundations. They attract more dirt and make your skin look greasy. In fact, avoid heavy make-up in summer.
Several water-based products are easily available in the market these days. If you have an oily skin, do dab powder on your face as they help reduce the shiny look. For others, apply on your T-zones. Summer also calls for lots of water.
Make sure you drink plenty of water. Go easy on your diet. Replace spicy and oil food with lots of fruits and salads. You will feel and look fresher.
Do not go for an oil-based foundations or moisturisers. Apply some good mud packs. They will help revitalise your skin.
Summer is good time for those creamy lipsticks. Reserve the darker shades for evening free. Prefer the glossy light ones that are perfect for those nude looks.
Grate raw coconut and squeeze milk out of it. Apply this milk over your lips and face. It adds grace and glow to your skin. Cleansing the skin:Dip a piece of cotton wool in unboiled milk and wipe on the face with it. It also cleans unseen dirt and goes down to pores.Skin Moisturizer:For normal skin mix 1 tablespoon orange juice and 1 tablespoon lemon juice in a cup of yogurt, to make a paste. Apply it on face as a mask and keep it on for 15 minutes. Then clean it off with a wet tissue. This mask enhances the complexion and glow of face. Nourishing the skin A protein mask help to nourish your skin. Soak a teaspoon of urad dal and 5-6 almonds overnight. Grind this to a fine paste apply this protein mask on face and wash it off after half an hour. This mask nourishes the facial skin and also enhances the complexion.Preventing wrinkles:Application of pure castor oil prevents wrinkles and softens the skin. This slows down the aging process alsoHome made conditioner: mix one table spoon of honey and 2 table spoon of cream. apply this mixture on face and wash it off after few minutes. It works wonders.Removing Skin pigmentation and marks: Rubbing a raw potato on face removes marks and pigments.Sun-screen Lotion from kitchen: Prepare a homogenious mixture of cucumber juice, glycerin and rose water .Apply this mixture on face. this mixture can be refrigerated. Face Packs:1.Silk Cotton tree thorn paste( For Pimples)Ingredients:-1. Big thorns of Silk cotton tree. 2. Milk Method of preparation:-Rub thorns briskly and circularly on a grinding stone(Available in Indian stores or temples) sprinkling milk at intervals. The paste start accumulating on grinding stone as the process continues. Collect the paste so formed and apply it as a face pack. This removes pimples and their marks.2.Split Orange lentils(Masoor dal) Flour pack( Gives glow to Skin)Ingredients:-1. Split orange lentils(Masoor dal flour which is available in Indian stores) flour 2. Milk 3. Ghee Method of preparation:-Prepare a paste by mixing the flour with ghee and milk .Apply this as face pack. This enhances the glow of skin.3.Sandal wood powder pack(Rejuvenates skin)Ingredients:-1. Sandal wood powder 2. Turmeric powder 3. Milk Method of preparation:-Mix all the ingredients to form a paste. Apply this as face pack. This rejuvenates the skin.Disclaimer:- FairGlow shall have no liability for information provided on this page. Each individual’s skin may react differently to a particular beauty tip suggested. It is recommended that before you begin trying any of the above methods read the directions carefully and test it first. Should you have any reactions, please call your dermatologist.