Herbal
Beauty Tips
Down
the ages, Indian women have used simple, effective home-made
remedies to look after their skin.
Skin
Cleanser: Found in your own kitchen is a simple,
chemical free cleanser ? good ol? unboiled milk. All you
need to do is dip a piece of cotton wool in milk and wipe
your face with it. It also cleans unseen dirt and goes down
into your pores. Another fine cleanser is almond oil, especially
effective in protecting the delicate skin under the eyes.
Skin
Moisturizer: For normal skin care, you can take
1 cup of yogurt, 1 tablespoon orange juice and 1 tablespoon
lemon juice and mix it into a paste. Apply it on your face
as a mask and keep it on for 15 minutes. Then clean it off
with a wet tissue watch your complexion glow. For dry skin,
you could use a mixture of cooked oatmeal and honey; it
will not only help moisturize the skin but also acts as
a good cleansing agent.
Skin Nourishment and Bleach: For nourishing
your face try a protein mask. You can prepare this mask
by first soaking 1 tablespoon urad dal and 4 almonds in
water overnight and then grinding them into a paste. You
can then apply this protein mask to your face and wash it
off after half an hour. This exceptional protein mask will
not only nourish the skin but also bleach it.
Wrinkle
Prevention and Softer Skin: To prevent wrinkles
and soften your skin, you could try pure castor oil; it
is known to slow down the aging process of the skin. Skin
Conditioner: Another simple and excellent skin conditioner
that can be made out of 1 tbsp. honey blended with 2 tbsp.
cream (of milk). Leave it on for a few minutes and wash
it off. It works like magic.
Skin
Blemishes: For skin blemishes, you can try rubbing
a raw potato on your face. Sun-Protection Lotion: It?s summer
time. Time to cool off. So let?s wind up with a good home-made
sun-protection lotion. Take cucumber juice and equal amounts
of glycerine and rose water and make a concoction. This
should be refrigerated. Try it, it?s really cool. The Indian
beauty has a hundred tips up her sleeve, so visit us again
for some more beauty secrets next week.
