Friday, June 17, 2011

Simple home beauty tips for summer

Over exposure of the sunlight on the skin causes sunburn. Some home remedies:
                                      
 1.  Apply a small quantity of watermelon juice on the face, neck and sun exposed areas to hydrate the skin in summer. It will also prevent the skin from sunburns and will pacify the skin.
2.  Either mustard oil or olive oil can be applied on the sunburn to get relief from itching.
3.  You can also apply tender coconut on the skin to cool down it. It will also prevent and cure allergic rashes during summer.
4.  Aloevera is a perfect sunburn soother. Apply a thin coating of aloevera gel on the skin to remove the dryness.
5.  Did you want to get rid of the sunburn immediately? Give a butter-milk coating on the damaged skin at least twice on it.








6.  Simple tip for sunburn- Wash the sun burnt area with cold water. It will reduce the skin swelling.
7.  Boil pure water and add rose petals in it. Cool it and apply it on the skin to get rid of from bumpiness.
8.  Crush or grind some mint leaves, apply the juice to remove the tanned skin. Wash it off with cold water after 10 minutes.
9.  Grind some cucumber pieces and apply it on the sun burnt area of the skin to eliminate the irritation, as it has cool compounds.
10.  Include enough quantity of curd or yoghurt in your meals to prevent the skin from dryness and to get attractive soft skin.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Tomato tips for skin

• Take few tablespoons of tomato juice and add few drops of lime juice. Massage this mixture on the face and leave it for 15-20 minutes. Then wash it off with cool water. This treatment will shrink the big pores and prevents the skin from infection.
• To get a good glowing skin, mix fresh tomato juice with few drops of honey. Gently apply this mixture on the sun exposed areas such as face, neck, etc. Wash it off with cold water after few minutes. Do it twice in a week to get smooth skin.

• For oily skin, mix equal ratios of tomato and cucumber juice. Apply this and leave it for 20 minutes. Then wash it off with lukewarm water. This will prevent the skin from additional oiliness.
• Being rich in vitamins, tomatoes are used to cure acnes on the skin. Cut a tomato and rub it on the skin to get rid off from acnes and to get great glow.
• Take few tablespoons of fresh tomato juice and mix it with a small quantity of yogurt. Apply this mixture on the skin to prevent and to cure the burns.