Skin Care
If you have the proper knowledge about skin you can take it proper care and keep it free from problems. On the one hand to keep the skin intact, healthy and glowing, we ought to take good diet to provide the vitamins required by our skin; on the order hand to deal with the bad effects of atmosphere we have to take the help of external applications known as cosmetics. Cosmetics claim to do everything from ensuring safe tanning to reversing the ageing process.
TYPES OF SKINS
Avoid too much of sweets, fried foods, alcohols and cakes.
Because they cause blemishes and blotchiness on the skin’s surface. Eat one seasonal fruit in the morning, preferably before eating anything else. Also eat vegetables, especially raw ones.
Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water everyday.
Avoid the sun. If you have to go out then either cover your head with a hat or take an umbrella. Also apply sunscreen lotion
Avoid smoking, specially passive smoking, that is, inhaling the air polluter by somebody’s smoking
Use bathing oil to soften your skin. For making your own bathing oil takes 1 cup each of palm, almond olive oils and half cup of wheat germ oil. Mix them well and keep it in a bottle in the dark. Take a little of it and massage into the whole body before bathing or swimming.
Try to keep your bathroom warm so that the increase in temperature. Will encourage the skin pores to open. Bathroom can be kept warm by installing a heater at a place where it is out of the hazards of causing electric shocks
Use a body brush to break down the more fleshy skin tissues of the body.
A bath brush and pumice stone help to soften hard skin often found on feet, knees and elbows.
Cleanse your skins, once in the morning and again in the evening before going to sleep, with products suiting to your skin type.
Use face mask suiting to your skin type at least once a week
Massage your body at least one month
COMPLEXIONLOTIONS / SUNSCREENS LOTIONS
FOR ALL SKINS TYPES
Since much importance is attached to the fair complexion in our society so every woman wants to look fair and charming. Complexion lotions not only improve the colour of your skin but also protect from harmful effects of the sun by providing a screen between skin and the sunrays. Therefore they are generally known as sunscreen lotions. We give below a few complexion lotions which you can make yourself at home. Try one of these to look prettier than before.
Lime Complexion Lotion
Lime flowers 25gm
Distilled 250ml
Sodium benzoate ¼ sp
Put the lime flowers in boiling water for an hour. Strain and let the mixture cool. Add sodium benzoate to it. This is a very good complexion lotion and for better result adds equal part of rose water to it. Keep it under refrigeration and use it with the help of cotton buds.
Lavender Complexion Lotion
Borax powder 1tsp
Rose Water 1cup
Olive oil 2tbsp
Lavender extract ½ up
Mix borax Powder in rose water and add boiling oil to the mixture. Keep stirring, when cool add lavender extract too. It can be kept under refrigeration for more than 2 months .
Almond Complexion Lotion
Almond oil 1 tbsp
Cucumber/carrot juice 1 tsp
Glycerin 2 tsp
Liquid paraffin 1 tsp
Extract of cornflower 1 tsp
Heat the almond oil and paraffin together and add all other ingredients to it . Shake it well, apply it and let it remain till it dries. Rinse off with cold water preceded by lukewarm water wash. It leaves the skin looking fairer and smoother.
Sesames Complexion
Sesames oil 40 ml
Olive oil 10 ml
Almond oil 10ml
Mix all the oils together and apply it on the face and neck. It is an exclusive tonic to protect the skin from scorching heat of sun or is a very effective measure to get rid of sun tanning
Brook Lime complexion Lotion
Leaves/stems of brook lime 50 ml
Distilled water 500 ml
Sodium benzoate ½ sp
Boil the water and put the brook lime leaves/stems in it . Leave it for an hour. Strain and let it cool. Now mix sodium benzoate in it . Apply it on the face and neck with cotton. It removes the sports and blackheads. It can be kept under refrigeration for more than 2 months.
Witch Hazel Complexion Lotion
Borax power 50 gm
Distilled water 500 ml
Alcohol 1 cup
Witch hazel extract ½ cup
Dissolve the borax power in water over low flame. Let it cool, then stir with rest of the ingredients. Pour the mixture in to an airtight bottle and keep under refrigeration.
SKIN SOOTHING ROUTINE
Very often after the day’s work you feel quite tired. Especially in summer when you go out you sweat a lot, which causes a deficiency essential salts in your body. This result in a feeling of tiredness and weariness in you. Apply one of the following preparations on your face and you will feel quite fresh
Cucumber skin Soothing Preparation
Cucumber 1 medium
Lemon ½
Peel and chop the cucumber and place the slices in a bowl. Squeeze the lemon over cucumber and let them stand for an hour. Then rub the cucumber slices over the face avoiding the area encircling the eyes. Leave it so for 30 minuets and wash off with cold water. It an extra luxurious preparation for OILY SKIN.
Yoghurt skin Soothing Preparation
Cucumber 1 small
Yoghurt 100 gm
Put the cucumber through a blender and mix it with the yoghurt. Apply the paste on the face and neck. Leave to dry and then wash off with cold water. This is good preparation for NORMAL and SENCITIVE SKIN
Witch Hazel Skin Soothing Preparation
Cucumber 1 small
Honey 1 tsp
Witch hazel extract 1 tsp
Grind the cucumber and mix honey and witch hazel to the pulp of cucumber. Apply on the face and neck, leave it on for 20 minutes. When dry wash off with cold water. This gives you luxurious touch to the DRY SKIN.
Basic steps for skin care routine
