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Taking Care of The Skin with Natural Products!

Do you want to have flawless skin? But you don’t have time to indulge in intensive skincare. So, dear ladies and gentlemen, whatever you find in the kitchen easily, can be used for healthier and glowing skin.

We often think to do AM and PM skincare routine, starting with cleansing, toning, and moisturizing.  Further, with so many skincare brands getting launched in the market. Earlier, the skincare routine took 15 to 20 minutes. Today, with new advanced and improved products which take more time.

People who rise early are very particular towards their skin regime can follow all the steps. Cleanse. Scrub. Tone. Face pack. Sunscreen. Moisturise. Serum mixed with facial oil. Eye cream. And lip balm. This all includes in the skin regime. You have to know your skin type before you use any product so that you can get soft and supple skin either from going to the salon or doing DIY at home.

Earlier, when these products were not invented people used to do skincare with natural products available at home. The added benefits of using natural products at home as it saves us from getting used to the chemicals found in beauty products. Moreover, when made at home it is much safer and cheap. Let us discuss how skincare can be done by using natural products:-

For cleansing:

• Using raw milk with a pinch of salt and cleanse your face which can take away all the dirt from the face.
• Aloe vera can be mixed with various things. Aloe vera can be applied to hair and skin. Aloe vera face packs can be made with coffee and gram flour mixed with milk or curd is a very old method used by many women or men to clean the skin naturally.

For toning:

       For softer skin, making toner is easy and the natural method is:-

• Rosewater mixed with water then add essential oil and Vitamin C.
• Green tea, water, and Vitamin E  capsule, and essential oil.
• Rosewater, aloe vera, and cucumber juice.

For scrubbing

      For exfoliation of the skin, scrubbing is necessary to remove dead cells from the skin. You can prepare homemade scrub from- Base 1cup, add-ins, and ½ cup oil

• The base includes – salt(regular/Epsom/pink Himalayan salt) or sugar (white or brown sugar).
• Add-ins include – grounded coffee, cocoa, lemon, lime or orange zest, grounded oatmeal, orange or lemon juice, essential oils, herbs and spices, vitamin e oil, argan oil, aloe vera, and honey.
• you can prepare your body scrub, face, and lip scrub depending upon the product availability at home and as per your requirement.
• Oils will include- almond, jojoba, coconut, avocado, olive oil.

For face pack/masks:

Life was normal before the covid-19 pandemic, in these times, we cannot go out of the home for anything except groceries and medicines. Going to the salon isn’t a good option. So, the beauty regime at home and DIY’s can be tried out for almost everything. Further for, skincare everything can be found in the kitchen. Pamper yourself with these homemade face masks

• Take a medium-sized banana, mash and make a fine paste, then gently apply it on your face for 10 to 20 minutes, rinse it with cold water. This will give natural moisturization to the skin.
• Take ¼ cup yogurt, 2 tbsp honey, and 1 banana, make a smooth paste and apply gently on the skin.
• Mix the juice of one Lemon with honey or olive/almond oil.
• Wheat/Gram flour mixed with curd can be the best face mask ever.
• To cleanse and tighten the pores use plain curd and gently apply on your face for 20 minutes you can add aloe vera or natural juices to refresh and revitalize your skin,

Beauty tip: Take a bowl full of ice and cold water, dip your face into it. This cold water dip would close all your pores after the facial process.

The facial or body polishing process is incomplete without moisturizers, serums, facial oils and sunscreen.

Moisturizers nourish the skin, provide enough hydration and give instant glow and shine. A few of the DIY’s are:-

• Use ½ cup organic coconut oil to make coconut oil moisturizer, to that add, 1 capsule of Vitamin E and 12 drops of essential oil of your choice.
• Use ½ cup olive oil to make an olive oil moisturizer, to that add, 2tbsp coconut oil, 1 tbsp beeswax, and 2 Vitamin E capsule.
• Use 4tbsp aloe vera gel to make aloe vera moisturizer, to that add, 2bsp coconut and almond oil and 1 tsp vitamin e oil.

It is recommended to use sunscreen after applying serum and moisturizer in the daytime. Last but not the least, the best part is using serum and facial oil, which penetrates the skin and heal the damaged skin at night. It is vital to do this cleaning process twice a day.

 Home remedy for serum is:

• Any facial oil/ carrier oil mixed with aloe vera/glycerine/rosewater and 10 -12 essential oil drops
• For sunscreen, there is no such home remedy as with natural products, SPF, zinc and other chemicals need to be added. But the truth is, various herbal products are coming up in the market, instead of going for chemically formulated brands go for herbal and “pahadi” products such as forest essentials, kama Ayurveda or pahadi local.

To conclude, it is highly important to take overall care of health and skin by eating right, exercise and being hydrated. Using natural products can soothe the skin while using beauty products that have substances that can damage the outer layer of the skin causing irritation and skin diseases. If you liked my natural remedies to make the skin flawless. Then do try them and give your valuable feedback in the comment section below.

Written By- Mansi Arora

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