General home tips for beauty

The skin is often clogged with dust, pollution and make-up. So proper care is important for a healthy looking skin. Basic steps to follow:-
1. Wash the face with lukewarm water to open the pores and allow cleansing after that. Splash some cold water to close the pores.
2. Milk and curd can be applied often to the skin. Lactic acid present in milk has anti aging properties that aids shedding of dead skin cells and helps hydrate the skin for a rejuvenate look.
3. The cold milk compress also helps to cool the skin immediately after any sun burn.
4. But the milk products are not good for oily or acne-prone skin. For oily skin freshly grinded sandalwood paste which is a good substitute for milk.5. Good natural cleansing agents for the skin include besan (gram flour) and oatmeal. Make a smooth paste of either in water, gently apply it on the skin and wash after 20 minutes.
6. Other natural beauty aids include cucumber juice for dark circle around the eyes and papaya, strawberry and grape pulp for toning the skin
7. Almond based home made face packets can be used to get perfect blemish free skin. Also eat a hand of almonds whenever hunger between meals.

Essential vitamins needs to pamper the skin:
Vitamin A: It penetrates skin to increase collagen production, eventually smoothing lines. It makes the skin more elastic. Too much or too little vitamin A may lead to rough and dry skin. Egg and dairy products are the sources of Vitamin A.

Vitamin B: It helps the skin from toxins and decreases brown blotches. It regulates the oil secretion and prevents the skin from dermatitis. It helps to relieve the irritation that can be a side effect of vitamin A creams. Banana, meat, fish are the best sources of Vitamin B.

Vitamin C: It can stimulate collagen to help build up the skin and smooth lines. It would be better it applied at night. Cabbage, citrus fruits, melons are the good sources of it.
Vitamin E: It blocks the cancer causing effects of UV light and slows the production of wrinkles. It moisturizes the skin and helps to heal burns and inflammation. It also enhances the efficiency of sunscreen, decreasing redness and swelling after sun exposure. Nuts, green vegetables, vegetable oil contains Vitamin E.

Alpha and beta hydroxy acid (AHA & BHA): Both can be used as to exfoliate the skin. By peeling of the top layer of the dead skin, it gives you a more youthful appearance. It is very effective in treating many common skin concerns like wrinkles, hyper pigmentation, acne and even dry, blistering skin. Sugar canes, malic and tartaric acid in fruits, milk are some of the natural sources.

It is very important that a test should be made with a small patch of the facial skin first to ensure that they do not trouble the skin.

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Beauty tips with papaya and saffron

• To avoid pimples and to remove the dark spots left by the pimples grind a papaya and apply it to the face.
• Grind papaya with outer skin and consign it to the face to avoid aging. It is the best anti-aging fruit.
• Grind papaya with a lotus leaf and massage the sun exposed areas with it to get the original skin colour.
• Boil 5 leaves of papaya for 5 minutes and squash it in a bucket of water. Use this while taking head bath to get black and shining hair.
• Cut papaya into very fine pieces. Add vinegar up to the papaya soaks. Close it tightly for 1 week. Apply it on the face with cotton and wash it off after 10 minutes. The face will look bright.
• Apply the following mixture as a face pack for 15 minutes. Grinded papaya (2 pieces), papaya vinegar and one table spoon of honey.
• Home facial tip: - One table spoon each of papaya vinegar and honey and little aloe-vera gel. Mix the above and massage the face with it and wash it off.
• Soak 10 strings of saffron with 4 to 5 pieces of almond whole night. Grind nicely and apply it as a face pack for 15 minutes.
• Take 5 basil leaves and 10 to 15 strings of saffron and grind it very nicely. Put this mixture on the pimples twice weekly. Pimples will go off and never come again.
• Black spots and black rings on the face can be removed by applying whole knighted soaked, grinded quarter cup off soaked saffron on it.
• Take 2 table spoons of pure milk and 1 table spoon of gram dhal and soak it for whole night. Grind it with 10 strings of saffron and put it on the face. Wash it of after 15 minutes to avoid the dullness on the face.
• Boil pure distilled water and add 10 to 15 strings of saffron and milk powder. Then grind it nicely and place this mix on the face so as to get a charming look.

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