Beauty Tips Every one MUST Know
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Water is the number one beauty treatment favored by women of every age. You cannot create beauty without beginning with a clean, clear canvas. Forget the very expensive mineral waters. If you don’t drink at least eight to ten glasses a day, you are depriving yourself of the best beauty treatment on earth.
Cleansing
The first rule of beautiful skin is to stop over cleansing it. This is an unnecessary habit, especially true of women in the United States. Unless you’ve been up all night digging ditches, your face is not dirty. Your morning routine should be nothing more then reactivating last night’s moisturizer with a splash of warm water or milk. Why milk? Milk is a lactic acid and will allow your face to receive a natural acid treatment. Please be aware that many of the acids on the market today are synthetic acids which have caused problems with some women. There have been reports of everything from sensitivity rashes to permanent scarring. Be careful of the chemical acids you use, and when you can, substitute nature’s acids in your cleansing routine. In addition to milk, consider these natural acids:
- Pineapple juice
- Lemon juice
- Tomatoes
- Most citrus fruits
Toning
Toning is your second step, and an important one. The purpose of using a toner is to remove soap, moisturizer and oil. You can spend a lot for a toner (up to 15 or more at some cosmetic counters), or you can do what many famous models do. Carry around lemons. They are refreshing and more effective then those silly toners that contain only a little lemon but lots of chemicals.
Other inexpensive alternatives
- Rose water
- Witch hazel
- Or you can try the following refreshing tea tonic;
Mix 2 teaspoon of green or chamomile tea with ½ cup water. Saturate a cotton wool ball, and apply all over the face. Allow it to remain on the skin until it evaporates.
Moisturizing
It is not necessary to spend a lot on a moisturizer. Good basic moisturizing can be found in any chemist. Just learn to read the labels, and look for these low-cost ingredients.
Lipids
Listed as creramides, cerebrosides or sphingo lipids are mostly used as the moisturizers.
Essential fatty acids
These are listed as the sunflower oil, grape seed oil, and evening primrose oil.
Sunscreen
It is now available in many moisturizers as a step-saver.
Tip for Moisturizer
Don’t buy a vitamin E-, A or C- enhanced moisturizer. Go to your local chemist, and purchase these vitamins in capsule from. Get as much potency as is available. Prick opens the capsule and adds it to your moisturizer. You’ll get all the benefits of the expensive cosmetic creams without the extra chemicals or expense.
Add water
You’ll find most moisturizers more effective when applied to damp skin. It forms film that will trap moisture in the skin. Evening is the most important time to take care of your skin. The sleeping hours are when your face is away from make-up, dirt, pollution, etc, and are free to rejuvenate. Your evening regime is also effective and useful in de-stressing your entire psyche to prepare you for the best treatment of all: beauty sleep.
Just follow the Following Steps.
Cleanse
Make it easy on yourself, your skin, and your purse using just one product to remove both makeup and dirt. If your skin is dry, use a lotion or cream-based product that leaves behind emollients. If your skin is normal to oily, use a gel cleanser or a very mild facial soap. Even though your skin may be very oily, be sure to use a gentle soap like Neutrogena or Dove. Never use a deodorant soap on your face or neck. If your skin is particularly sensitive, don’t even use it on your body.
Exfoliate
It is very much like peeling an onion or removing tiles off a roof. Exfoliating is necessary to get blood flowing into the face, as well as to remove grime.
what to use
Take a teaspoon or two of sugar, add a couple of drops of olive oil to create a spreading condition, and gently rub it into the creases of your face. Open a packet of instant oatmeal, mix it with water and create a paste. Rub this mixture into your face, and rinse off the residue. I would suggest that you use instant oatmeal on your face, and the traditional old-fashioned oatmeal to exfoliate the entire body.
Rub sea salt all over both your body and face. You’ll love its invigorating effects.
Masks
Clay is perfect for detoxifying the skin. These so-called ‘mud’ or ‘clay’ treatments used by some salons are nothing more then cat litter. The kind you want is ‘fuller’s earth’ pure and simple, the bag must be marked ‘100% natural clay. It cannot contain any chemicals, additives or clumping materials. The good news is that this type of cat litter is generally the least expensive on the market.
How to use it
Take about a tablespoon of the dried clay and reconstitute it with a small amount of water. Detoxify your entire body with it. You might want to do the same at your house to avoid strange looks.
Please don’t try use the mud from your garden. Real mud is dirty and contains organisms that harbor diseases.
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