Natural Skin Care

Natural Skin Care
Here are some tips for caring your skin.  Most effective beauty aids are lemon, potato,carrot, cucumber, tomato. For oily skin, lemon is very effective. Add a small quantity of milk and few drops  of lemon juice in oat flour. Apply this mixture on the face, leave it for 20 min. and then wash off with luke warm water.

For black spots and shadow on face here is a simple and definite solution. Mix lemon juice and fresh milk cream can be applied before retiring to bed. Leave it overnight. This will reduce the appearance of dark spot or shade by consistent use.

Applying cooked and mashed potato also keeps the skin clean and fresh.

Carrot is a very good ingredients in many face packs. A simple and effective face pack can be made at home. Chop carrot into small pieces, boil these in water. Mash it to get a paste and apply on the face. Keep it for half an hour.

If you have clogs on the skin it should be removed frequently. For cleaning clogged pores, mix tomato juice and lemon juice in equal quantity. Apply this on face by using fingers or cotton ball.

Grated cucumber can be applied on face to make the face fresh. This removes the dark circle effect. Also cucumber piece can be placed on eyes.

SKIN CARE IN SUMMER

Everyday clean your face and neck with a good cleansing milk.
You can use good astringent for oily skin.
After cleaning your face, take a piece of ice and massage your face slowly with it.
Wash your face with cold water at least thrice a day.
A light massage with a cream on face before going to bed is very useful. (water based cream.)

SKIN CARE IN WINTER

Do not use soap. If your skin is oily, then wash your face with soap only once in a day. Cleansing cream can be used on face in case of dry skin. For oily skin use skin tonic. Do not wash your face with very hot water. Using moisturizer reduces dryness of the skin. Do not forget to massage your face with cold cream or skin tonic before going to bed. Use as little make up as possible if you have pimples.

Make a paste by adding maida to milk and rub it well on face. This will remove dirt and dust and skin becomes soft.

For dry and rough skin: Take the seed of water melon, pumpkin and cucumber in equal quantity. Grind them in milk adding fresh milk cream. Apply this on face and leave it for half an hour.

To get a glowing skin: Take three tsp. or more mustard seeds. Clean them and grind. Make a paste either in milk or water. Apply it on face and leave it for 20 min.