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Ascne and
pimples Tratment
Following are excellent and wonderful home
treatment of acne or pimple scars.
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Large pores on facial skin can
be treatred with paste of sandalwood (chandan)
powder with black gram (masoor) dal. Keep it
overnight and wash it with cold water the next
day.
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This is an excellent and
wonderful remedy to get rid of acne scars.
Make a sandalwood paste with rose water and
apply on the scars. Keep it overnight and wash
it with cold water the next day. If you find
that your skin becomes dry in the morning, you
leave it only for a few hours on your face or
you may try adding some milk while making
paste.
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Rub ice cubes on the face for
10-15 minutes. It will tighten the pores.
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Apply cucumber juice on the
face. Wash it off after 15 minutes. It will
tighten the pores.
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Cut the tomato in half and rub
on the skin. Leave on for fifteen minutes.
Wash it off with water. This will reduce open
pores and blackheads. This treatment is good
particularly for oily skin.
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Aging of Skin
The aging of our skin is
due to two broad processes: chronological
aging and photo aging.
- Chronological aging is due to
structural, functional and metabolic
changes in the skin. Symptoms of
chronological aging are:
- Dry and Thin Skin
The top layers lose more moisture due to
the aging process. Older skin renews
itself every four to six weeks, while
young skin renews every three to four
weeks. The older skin has a dry and
dehydrated appearance.
- Fine Wrinkles
Diminished production of collagen leads to
fine wrinkles around the eyes, forehead
and other sun-exposed areas, facial
expression lines and sagging folds over
the eyelids, neck, jaw, and arms.
- Abnormal Blood Vessels.
Abnormalities develop within small blood
vessels supplying nutrients to the skin,
particularly over the nose and cheeks.
- Age Spots
as a result of a decrease in the number
and function of pigment cells in
sun-exposed areas.
- Benign and malignant skin tumors
due to the deterioration of the skin's
immune system.
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Secrits for Shiny & Smooth Skin
You can transform your dry
skin into a super smooth, soft, supple, and
glowing skin by using these home remedies.
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Mash a
banana with milk and apply on face and
leave it for 20 minutes. Wash it with cold
water.
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Apply
honey on your face and neck for 20
minutes. Wash it with cold water. Your
skin will glow and become soft and smooth.
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Mix
egg white with honey and apply on the face
for 20 minutes. Wash it with cold water.
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Make a
paste of one teaspoon of walnut powder,
honey and lemon juice. Scrub your face
with this paste and leave it for 20
minutes. Wash it with cold water.
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Rub a
piece of papaya on your face and neck for
15 minutes.
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Make a
paste by mixing 2 tablespoon turmeric
(haldi) powder in orange juice. Scrub it
on your face and neck and leave it for 20
minutes. Wash it with cold water.
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Make a
paste by mixing mashed banana, honey,
lemon juice and margarine. Apply on face
for overnight. Smear on hands and feet,
and wash off in the morning (wear gloves
in hands and socks in feet).
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Boil
cabbage in water. Wash your face with this
water.
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Powder
mango peels and mix 1 teaspoon milk powder
and rub on face, neck, and hands. Wash it
off after 15 minutes.
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Mix
one cup of sugar with 1 tablespoon fresh
lemon / lime juice. While taking bath,
lather your body and face heavily with a
soft soap like Dove. Scrub the whole body
and face with the sugar mixture on the
lather.
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After
a shower apply vaseline over your entire
body. Shower again after one hour. Repeat
twice a month.
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Mix
corn (polenta) flour with egg white and
apply on your face. When your face is
dried completely in about 1/2 an hour, put
your fingers in warm water and massage
your face. Repeat daily for 10-15 days.
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Wrinkles Treatment
It is natural to see
wrinkles on the face when you grow old.
This is the effect of ageing. Premature
ageing and wrinkles can be checked if care
is taken when you are young.
Wrinkle Treatment : Skin
Wrinkles
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Regular facial is very
effective to control wrinkles.
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Massage increases blood
circulation, which results in tightening
of the muscles and tissues, thereby
reducing the fleshiness of the skin and
restoring a young look. However, this
process is very slow.
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Blemishes and age spots
can become fainter by applying lemon
juice a few times a day.
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Apply a paste of
turmeric powder with sugarcane juice to
remove wrinkles and to prevent skin
ageing.
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Cut a Green Thompson
seedless grape in half and gently crush
it on your face at wrinkles (lines).
Leave it on for 20 minutes and rinse
with warm water and let it dry in
natural air. Wrinkles will disappear.
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Rub the core of
pineapple on the face for a few minutes
and leave for 10-15 minutes. This is
excellent for fine wrinkles.
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Apply juice of green
pineapples and apples the face daily and
leave for 10-15 minutes.This is
excellent for fine wrinkles and cracked
skin.
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To prevent wrinkles,
apply pure castor oil.
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Clean the face. Remove
make-up to open the pores of skin.
Remove oilyness by lime juice or
cleansing milk.
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Start the massage from
the neck upwards and end at the
forehead.
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Applying a good quality
cream with a firm pressure with the
fleshy tips of fingers. Do not apply
pressure around eyses. Continue massage
for 15 minutes.
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Wipe off the face with a
wet cotton.
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For fast removal of
wrinkles, massage with your all the
fingers of both the hansd rapidly with
rapid circular motion.
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For wrinkles on jaw,
pinch the skin between your thumb and
fingers. Pinching is also good if you
have double chin.
Guinot Anti-Wrinkle Day
Cream
An anti wrinkle daytime treatment. Helps
fade out the annoying wrinkles. Remarkably
boosts cells renewal. Protects delicate
skin from outside aggression. Creates a
healthy & youthful-radiant glow. Apply
every morning to freshly cleansed face &
neck.
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Improve your
complexion
Lime or lemon juice,
turmeric, honey, etc are natural bleach.
They remove tan and make your skin fairer.
(Note that lemon juice is more effective
than lime juice for getting fair
complexion). Cucumber juice can be applied
on dry as well as oily skin to get fair
complexion. To make cucumber juice, grate
cucumber (with skin) (kaddukash) and squeese
it. Only 1/2 to 1 teaspoon is sufficient for
a single application.
Drink 10 glasses of water daily. Try the
following pastes, mixtures or scrubs, if
done daily, you will see a difference in
about 10 days. These fair complexion
remedies are also good for small babies.
All the mixtures, pastes and scrubs
should be prepared freshly as they do not
kkep for a long time.
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Apply a mixture of equal
amounts of lemon juice and honey on the
face and whole body. Leave it for 15
minutes and wash off.
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Apply a mixture of equal
amounts of lemon and cucumber juice on the
face and whole body. Leave it for 15
minutes and wash off. If your skin is dry,
use heoney and lemon juice.
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First scrub your face with
cucumber slices and then apply cucumber
juice (with skin on cucumber) to your
face, leave it there overnight and wash in
the morning.
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Apply a gram flour (besan)
and turmeric (haldi) paste. After sometime
when it dries, scrub it off gently. This
would gradually reduce body hair over a
period of time.
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Apply yogurt to the face.
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Apply grated white radish
or its juice for fairer complexion.
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For Babies: Massage
the body with almond oil or any other oil
once a week. Give baby a bath after 15
minutes.
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Make a paste of honey,
milk, yogurt, and ground sesame seeds in
equal proportions and apply on face and
whole body.
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Mix honey with equal
amount of almond oil. Apply on the face
every night.
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Mix oatmeal with yogurt
and tomato juice and apply on the face.
Wash it with cold water after 15 minutes.
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Make a paste of turmeric
(haldi) powder with fresh lime juice and
apply.
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Make a scrub of sandalwood
powder mixed with almond powder or almond
oil and milk. Massage gently on the darker
areas like neck, around lips, below eyes,
etc.
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Cut lime in slices and rub
on the face slowly 2 - 3 times. Leave for
about 5 minutes, then wash with cool
water. Repeat 3-4 times a week.
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Make a paste by mixing a
pinch of cinnamon powder to ½ teaspoon
honey. Apply on the face every night.
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Protein mask:
Make a paste of 1 tablespoon urad dal and
4 almonds soaked in water overnight. Apply
it your face and neck and and wash it off
after half an hour. It will nourish your
skin and also bleach it.
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Fair look, oily skin:
Apply a mixture of equal amounts of lemon
and cucumber juice on the face and whole
body. Leave it for 15 minutes and wash
off.
Make a paste by mixing papaya, honey,
milk, and milk powder. Apply on face and
leave for a few minutes and wash, your
face will look fairer.
Apply egg white to your face.
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Fair look, dry skin:
Apply a mixture of equal amounts of
cucumber juice and honey on the face and
whole body. Leave it for 15 minutes and
wash off.
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Dark underarms and
neck:Apply a mixture of lemon and
cucumber juice (equal amount) with 1/8
teaspoon of turmeric powder. Leave for 20
minutes and rinse with lukewarm water.
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Complexion of unborn
child
Some people believe that the complexion of
an unborn child can be improved if the
pregnant mother eats certain foods during
pregnancy. According to Chinese, a woman
can influence the colour (complexion) of
her baby's skin by the type of food she
eats. If one want to have the baby with
fair complexion (light color), one should
eat light coloured food during pregnancy.
Some Indians believe that if you drink
milk with a few strands of saffron add to
it during pregnancy, then the child will
be of fair complexion. However, there is
no study available on these sayings.
Cleansing
Clean your skin every evening - The skin
pores get blocked dust to exposure to air
pollution, wind, sun, air conditioning, dirt
and grime from our fingers.
It is really important to remove stale
make-up, perspiration, dirt, dust, excess
oil etc. Use a good, natural cleanser that
removes only the impurities without
stripping the skin of nutrients and
moisture.
Exfoliating
It is important to help the skin renewal
process by removing dead skin cells.
Exfoliate at least twice a week to get rid
of dead skin cells. Care should be taken if
you have broken capillaries/surface veins.
Clay Masks
Clay helps to deep cleanse and draw out
impurities and to soften and condition the
skin.
Moisturizing
Monitoring helps to protect your skin from
daily pollutants. Moisturizing morning and
evening with a natural moisturizer hydrates,
moisturizes and protects the skin.
Body Care
Before Shower: Body brushing helps
exfoliate, tone and stimulate the skin as
well as helping the natural drainage of our
lymph glands. Dry body brushing before a
shower with a natural bristle brush. Always
brush upwards to the heart in quick,
rhythmic strokes and brush down to the heart
when you reach the shoulder/neck area.
After Shower: Apply body lotion. Water
is a natural hydration.
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Dark
(Black ) Circles under eyes
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Drink
at least ten glasses of water everyday.
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Dark
Circles under eye are generally due to a
lack of sleep, fatigue, stress, deficiency
or some disease. Take all precautions to
avoid strain on the eyes. Eight hours of
sleep is a must for all of us, specially
for people having dark circles under their
eyes.
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Close
your eyes and cover eyelids with slices of
raw potato or cucumber for 15-20 minutes.
Wash with warm water and apply a cream.
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Grate
a cucumber, squeeze to take out its juice
and refrigerate. Make a mixture of lemon
juice, lanolin cream and cucumber juice
and apply around the eye for 10-15
minutes.
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Dip
some cotton in a 1:1 mixture of potato and
cucumber juices. Put the cotton on your
eyelids and keep for 20 minutes. Wash your
eyes with cold water.
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Apply
a mixture of lemon and tomato juice (equal
parts) on the black circles 2 times a day.
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Apply
a paste of turmeric powder with pineapple
juice for dark circles under the eyes.
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Apply
crushed mint around the eye.
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Massage with almond oil under and around
eyes at bed time daily for 2 weeks and see
the improvement. Almond helps to remove
dark circles, and is an excellent "skin
food".
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Remove
the cream applied around the eye after 10
min. No cream should be left on the skin
around the eyes for long periods.
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Rub
the area with a powdered Vitamin E capsule
and wipe off with a mixture of honey and
egg white.
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Put
hot and cold clothes alternatively under
eyes for 10 minutes. Then apply some
almond oil on the dark surface before
going to bed.
The
acuupressure point for eyses is on the
mount below the index finger of your
palms. Pressing this mount may help.
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Aloe Vera For Skin |
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What should one do to keep theskin
enhanced and at it's best in all times. We all know
very well that it is very important that the skin is
exfoliated and hydrated at regular intervals. But
thanks to the environment that we live which is
polluted by dust and smoke resulting in the toxins
being deposited in our pores. If one would follow a
daily routine of clean up for the skin it would
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This daily
routine will not only help to get rid of
dead skin but it will also help in
accelerating the new cell production will
rejuvenate the skin and give it the glow,
which will be every one's envy. Here's one
plant that help you in the daily routine
that you follow:
Aloe Vera comes from an Arabic word
'alloeh', which means bitter. It's been in
use since ancient times for healing
infections and burns. Cosmetics that are
composed of Aloe Vera are extremely good
for the skin.
It keeps the skin well hydrated and
keeps it away from becoming dry and scaly.
Aloe Vera when applied increases the
availability of oxygen and thus
strengthening the skin tissues.
While working with the skin's
metabolism, it also increases the nutrient
absorption and oxygen exchange.
The Aloe Vera lotion is also one of the
most famous cleansers for the skin.
Aloe Vera has an high amount of Vitamin
E which is excellent for the skin. It
helps to maintain the skin's elasticity
and keep the skin supple and moisturized.
Aloe Vera also has am ample content of
Vitamin A & C, which is responsible for
bringing luster to the skin.
The anti-burning properties of Aloe
combined with SPF factors make this an
excellent skin care product.
Along with these benefits that Aloe
Vera gives us there are other certain
rules that one must follow to have a shiny
and healthy skin:
A healthy Diet
8 - 10 glasses of water.
Daily exfoliation and hydration of the
skin.
This routine will help your skin glow but
only if you follow it religiously.
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