Monday, August 31, 2009

Natural Skin Care


As most of us know - “True beauty comes from within” and your skin reflects what you eat. According to Japanese their skin care begins with eating habits. So, taking this into consideration I would like to share few tips/knowledge (internal and External) for healthy skin:
1. Maintaining healthy eating habits helps in achieving gorgeous skin. At least 1.5 liters of water must be consumed daily, a good water intake provides necessary detoxification to the body
2. Water therapy is also beneficial in fighting against various health disorders
3. Proportion of oil in the daily food intake must be reduced significantly; food must be cooked more in water than oil
4. Daily consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables (especially raw tomatoes) helps in achieving redness in the cheeks
5. Mangoes are rich in Vitamin A and helps repairs skin
6. Avocadoes - Nourish skin inside out, makes skin smooth as it contain abundant essential oils and b-complex vitamins
7. Daily washing of the face three to four times without soap or face-wash solution helps in keeping the skin gorgeous
8. Application 1 spoon of honey with 1 spoon of lemon juice gives shine to the skin
9. In case of oily skin, facial massage with papaya slices once in two weeks for a period of 10-15 minutes is quite beneficial
10. A massage mixture of almond, sandalwood, and milk is also beneficial for facial skin
11. A regular bath with a mixture of cold water and ‘neem’ leaves boiled in water helps in fighting against several skin problems and infections
12. During winters massaging with almond oil, olive oil or coconut oil on the face, hands, and legs before taking a bath also assist in dealing with dry skin. Massaging with curd also helps to get rid of the dry skin, it is also considered as natural skin bleach solution
13. Applying mint on the face and leaving it for at least for a period of 10-15 minutes provides relief from pimples
14. Cleaning face with tomato slices gives radiant skin