To have a beautiful skin one must Clean it & tone it regularly
By touchnshine
@touchnshine (2821)
India
August 25, 2007 6:02am CST
For the cleaning process of skin care free packs or masks are essential. They help to stimulate the blood circulation, tone the muscle and maintain the elasticity of the skin. They eliminate the dirt and grime from the pores in the skin.
It tightens the skin in half an hour and makes feel fresh and younger. All treatments like steaming, massaging, toning, firming improves the texture of the skin and makes it look cleaner, more youthful. They are helpful in deep cleansing of the skin and remove impurities and dead skin cells. They keep the pores free of clogged grease and prevent skin problems. Skin allows better absorption of product when the dead cells are removed from the outer layer. Also moisturization becomes much more effective.
The face masks helps in cell renewal improvement and causes expansion of blood vessels in the inner layers of the skin. This keeps the skin glowing and refreshed and healthy. The suitable mask should be chosen.
How to apply face packs?
Finger tips should be used to spread the pack gently over the face. It should not be applied near eyes and mouth leaving three circles on the face. Put the cotton pads soaked on cucumber/potato juice to provide relief to eyes. You should lie down while face pack dries because in this way skin will not be stretched which is being treated right then.
You can change from one face pack to another which ever suits your skin.
Face scrubs
Face scrubs are the face pack which rubs or scrubs the skin. By scrubbing the skin they bring the blood to surface of skin, remove dead cell and clean dead skin. It is good for spotty and sluggish looking skin. Face scrub should be spreaded over the face with fingertips. When it gets dry, remove it by scrubbing, then wash it off with lukewarm water.
Skin Types
There are many types of skin such as oily skin, normal skin, dry skin etc, but normal skin is a perfectly balanced skin.
This type of skin does not look dry and shiny. It is very necessary to take care of normal skin because it is mostly affected by pimples and acne.
To take care of normal skin, one should be done cleansing, nourishing and cleansing regularly. One must be removed the makeup before going to the bed.
Homemade face packs recipe for normal skin:
Take a small amount of grapefruit juice and 4 or 5 full tablespoons of oatmeal. Mix both of them well and make a thick paste. Apply layer of this paste and leave it for dry about 15 minutes and wash off with clean water.
Take a ripe banana and mash up well and add it with honey for making pulp. Apply this pack over the face and remove with Luke warm water.
Take one egg yolk, ½ apple, sliced and peeled, a tablespoon of honey, two tablespoons of oil, vinegar and one full tablespoon of ascorbic acid. Take all ingredients and put them into liquidizer and blend. After making a paste, apply this on the neck and face. Let it dry for 15 minutes. After drying the face wash off with clean water.
Take 2-3 lettuce leaves and dip in olive oil. After this sprinkle few drops of lemon juice on leaves. Now place them on both sides of the face. And use dipped towel in mineral water for covering them. Wipe the face by using cotton ball in warm milk. At the end of it, wash the face with water.
Take a teaspoon of orange juice and a full teaspoon of fresh milk cream. Mix both of them and apply on the face. Leave it for about 15-20 minutes and wash off the face with clear water. This packs is effective to make the skin smooth and soft.
Take 2 tablespoon of household starch and a full tablespoon of fresh milk. Mix both of them and make a paste. Apply the layer of paste over the face for getting firm and smooth skin.
Take one full teaspoon of lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of tomato juice. Mix both juices well and apply it on the face for getting firm and smooth skin.
Take one fresh potato, grate it and squeeze it juice. Mix this juice with few drops of lemon juice. Apply the little amount of juice on the face by using cotton wool. Let it dry for 5 minutes and wash off. It is the best pack for removing dark spots and blemishes.
For DRY Skin
A face mask of honey, egg, olive oil and rose water works very well for dry skin.
Mint face pack:
Ingredients:
Take one teaspoon of mint powder.
One tablespoon of yogurt
One tablespoon of multani mitti.
Soak multani mitti and mint powder in yoghurt for half an hour. Then mix them well by beating. Apply it on face for 15 minutes and leave it to dry. When dried wash off with lukewarm water. Then rinse by cold water.
Egg face pack:
Ingredients:
Egg yolk of one egg.
One teaspoon of milk powder.
Half teaspoon of honey.
Beat the egg yolk, mix the milk powder and honey in it. Beat again. When a paste of medium thickness is obtained, apply it on the face. When it is dry, wash off with lukewarm water.
For Oily Skin
Cucumber face pack:
Ingredients:
One tablespoon of cucumber juice.
One tablespoon of mint juice.
Half teaspoon of peppermint extract
Mix all the ingredients together and apply this on the face.
Leave it for drying. Then wash off with lukewarm water. This face pack is very effective for oily skin.
Egg face pack:
Ingredients:
Egg white of one egg
Half tablespoon of water.
One teaspoon of multani mitti.
Half teaspoon of peppermint extract.
Soak multani mitti powder in water for half an hour. Beat the egg and blend all the ingredients together. Also mix the soaked multani mitti powder in the mixture. Apply this on the face for 15 minutes. Then wash off with lukewarm water.
Potato face pack:
Ingredients:
One teaspoon of potato juice.
One teaspoon of multani mitti.
Blend both the ingredients together and apply on the face. Leave it until it dries. Then wash with lukewarm water. Finally, rinse with cold water
Papaya face pack:
Apply 2 tablespoons of papaya pulp on your face and let it dry. Then wash off with lukewarm water. One can also mix lemon juice in it.
1 response
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
2 Sep 07
Hey thanks for putting this here. I think i'm gonna try some of them. At least they're all natural stuff i can put on my face. =)