Natural care for your skin is so important. There are chemicals in everything these days, from the food we eat, to the air we breathe. Creating your own homemade skin care products is a simply way that you can reduce your exposure to them, and its fairly simple to do. You really do not need special equipment to get started and in many cases, a bowl and some measuring devices will suffice. The most important thing you need are quality products and great recipes, both which you can easily obtain.
Skin care is usually described as an effort to enhance and maintain your skin. The first step in skin care is to know your skin well. A shining, healthy skin contributes to your looks and boosts your confidence. But various factors like pollution, excess exposure to sun’s rays, stress, unhealthy diets or dirt, can tone down your skin and make it look dull, dry and blotchy. This can also lead to different skin problems like pimples, skin rashes, wrinkles, early aging, marks and patches.
Natural Skin Care Tips:
• Make it a habit of reading product labels of any cosmetic product you use. You should know what all it contains and how is that good for your skin.
• Remember the tag ‘natural’ doesn’t mean that it’s always natural. The dictionary meaning is “Existing in or formed by nature” whereas according to cosmetic manufacturers it’s “Any ingredient derived from natural substance.” For example, a phrase such as this will be mentioned on a cosmetic product, “Cocamide-DEA is derived from coconut oil” but, what isn’t mentioned is the fact that a synthetic substance called diethanolamine is used in the extraction process which is known to cause cancer.
• Like the definition of the term natural, organic has a definition too, that doesn’t actually mean what you think. Look for certified logos that guarantee products wholeness. These products should contain 95% organic ingredients excluding salt and water. Anything that contains carbon is organic. Hence, petrol is organic too. Methylparaben, derived from petrochemicals, is often used as a preservative ion organic skin care products. Now, what is worth considering is the fact that a recent study found traces of methylparaben in breast cancer tumors.
• Milk treatment is very good for treating scars and for moisturizing. Mix 50 grams dried pea powder, lemon juice, little camphor and milk. Apply it on your face and leave for 15 minutes.
• A healthy diet and drinking plenty of water will help you hydrate from inside out.
• Keep toning the skin. Besides cleaning the skin, toners also help in removing remnants of left behind particles and nourishes, cools, and hydrates the skin.
• Avoid intake of excess sugar as it causes premature aging. Also avoid smoking and alcohol.
• Eat nutritive foods.
• Take multivitamins and also food rich in vitamin C.
• Use a sunscreen always.
• Exercise, because while exercising, you sweat that keeps your skin pores open.
Start by finding out what skin type you are eg. Sensitive, normal, acneic/oily, dry or mature.
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