Homemade Face - Packs & Remedies

Homemade Face-Packs & Remedies

·  Take a teaspoon of limejuice and stir in half a teaspoon of honey and a few drops of milk. Mix well and apply over your face and neck 15 minutes before you take your bath. This lotion will have a mild bleaching effect on a greasy skin. If you have oily skin, apply a paste of gram flour and lemon juice on your face and wash it off after 20 minutes.

·  Tomato is a new discovery that is supposed to be excellent for face and skin care. New products are in the market with tomato derived active ingredients. Old fashioned mudpacks and their commercial versions are tried as face care enhancements.

·  Take a teaspoonful of turmeric powder mixed with cream, sandal powder, and Bengal gram flour, make a paste and apply it once a day for about half an hour before bath. This is an excellent beauty aid to keep face fresh and soft.

·By rubbing a coat of lemon over your face, this will lessen the grease and whiten your complexion.

·(For Acne): At night, mix a packet of fast-acting yeast with enough tea tree oil to make a paste. Tea tree oil comes from Australia and is antiseptic, analgesic, and is anti-inflammatory. Spread over the emerging pimple, and cover it with a bandage. Leave on overnight. Yeast causes the pimple to rise out of skin, while tree oil attacks it.

·Soak a cotton ball in warm salt water. Press on top of blemish for three minutes to dissolve the top. Remove blackheads gently so you don`t scar your skin.

·  Combine 1/4 cup boiling water with one teaspoon of Epsom salt and three drops of iodine. Let the mixture cool until it`s comfortable to the touch. Saturate a cotton ball with mixture and dab on blackheads. This will allow them to loosen so they can be easily squeezed with a gauze pad. When the blemish is gone, dab a bit of honey on the affected area to deep-clean the pore and draw out bacteria. Let sit for ten minutes, then rinse with warm water.

·  (For Dry skin): Warm 1/4-cup olive oil in microwave. Make sure it`s comfortable to the touch and massage into skin. Wipe off with a cotton towel.

·  (For Freckles): Keep them from getting worse and prevent new ones by using sunscreen wherever your skin is exposed. To fade existing freckles, apply a mixture of boric acid powder, mixed with lemon. Massage into freckled area, then rinse. Follow up with an application of hydroquinone. For very sensitive skin, don`t use a lemon and mix the boric acid powder with warm water instead.

·  (For Wrinkles): Take a vitamin C tablet and dissolve it in 1/2 teaspoon boiling water. Vitamin C is the only topical antioxidant that has been proven to prevent oxidation of tissue. Let the water cool until comfortable to the touch. Add it to a small amount of eye cream, and gently apply it under the eye and around the mouth. Never use a facial moisturizer on the eye area if you have sensitive skin.

Beauty Facial At Home

If you are too busy to stop at the spa for essential skin care treatment, then try these facials at home to relax your mind and body. The process of cleansing, exfoliating, steaming, and hydrating can be done with some basic steps and ingredients. Experience a variety of treatment options and products to revitalize your skin, replenish essential nutrients and to reduce the signs of skin damage and skin aging.

Things you will need
Facial moisturizer, facial cleanser, face masks, cotton balls, towels, large bowl of hot steamy water, face scrub and eye cream.

Time required : 30- 45 minutes

The Process
Relax your mind: To relax the mind, lure your senses by turning off the bright lights. Light some aromatic candles in the bathroom with a soft music at the background.

Cleanse your skin: Cleansers help to get rid of dirt and make up without any traces. With the help of a milk cleanser clean the skin gently in a circular motion. Apply the cleanser to your face and throat, and use upward circular motions, to all the way up to the hairline, and down to the breastbone. After a fine massage, rinse well with warm water and pat it dry.

Exfoliate : Exfoliate your face with a gentle face scrub. You can use a grain-based scrub like oatmeal and apricot Concentrate on the areas around your nose and forehead. For a combination skin, work harder on the areas that are more oily. Make sure to use scrubs that don't dry your face. Rinse it with lukewarm water.

Steaming time: Steaming is essential as it opens the pores and increases circulation on the skin's surface. Select herbs like s lavender, mint or calendula for dry skin or mint, lavender, rose and witch hazel, for oily skin or try calendula, chamomile, or comfrey for sensitve skin and boil it in a bowl of water. Pour hot steamy water in a large bowl and bring it to the place you are going to do the facial. Lean your face over the bowl about a foot away and cover your head and the bowl to preserve the steam. If you feel a burning sensation then stop for few seconds and repeat it. Keep the steam going for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Tonic: As the pores are open, your skin is in ideal state for maximum absorption. So, gently massage a regenerating serum or tonic at this stage.

Face masks : envelop your skin with a face masks that suits your skin to enhance the skin care treatment . To know how to make face masks, read our DIY article (( /do-it-yourself/beauty-n-fashion/face-mask.html). To replenish the pores apply toner by misting or cotton pad.

Moisturizer: smooth on a soft moisturizer according to your skin type. Apply the lotion all over the face and neck avoiding the area around the eyes. Apply an eye cream all around the eyes. This final stage will help in protecting your skin until your next facial