On going to home when she saw her face in the mirror then she found truth in-front of her. There were dark circles around her eyes and signs of wrinkles on her face. This is not only Maria’s problem but there are number of women who feel inferiority complex due to day-by-day deterioration of their facial beauty. Are you having the same problem? If this is the case and you want to to remain beautiful, attractive and charming for a longer time then your skin needs to be healthy and disease free.

In fact, skin is the outermost cover of the body which is affected by adverse environmental factors such as dust, sunlight and pollution etc. Mental tension also contribute significantly towards skin health.

For a younger looking, blossoming and attractive skin we are required to take into consideration beautiful skin care tips that can enhance our beauty and make it long lasting. Following anti aging skin care tips can be helpful for men and women.

1.    Regular cleaning of skin should be in your list of priorities. A regular and serious face care helps in maintaining skin pores open that paves a smooth way towards extrication of intoxicants from the skin.

2.    Do not use excessive soap for maintaining  cleanliness of skin.

3.    Unboiled milk can be used as a good facial skin cleanser.

4.    To maintain proper immunity, skin is also required to be exposed to sunlight adequately.

5.    There is no alternative to facial skin massage as it keeps the skin healthy, silky and glowing.

6.    Morning and evening walk, exercise and other health improvement activities should be included in you daily beautiful skin care routine.

7.    There should not be any insufficiency of water in the body. If the body gets adequate water then skin remain nourished. This also helps in flushing out the intoxicants from the body.

8.    The type of food that you are taking also affects your skin to a great extent. Excessive fried, fatty and spicy food takes longer time to digest. The irregularity of food is one of the main cause of acne and pimples.Your food should be balanced and easily digestibility. It must contain Vitamin A, B, C and other necessary minerals.

9.    Sleep has a direct impact on health of skin. Skin also get relaxed by having proper sleep and results in healthy skin.

The following methods can really add to your health and happiness along-with your beautiful skin care.

The first step is dry brush exfoliation which can be done with bristle brush. This should be done in the morning before taking a bath. This helps in getting rid of dead skin thus detoxifying your skin. The gentle pressure on skin stimulates the nervous system, it also provides calming effect to the skin tissues. Help in blood circulation and decrease in puffiness are additional benefits.

The next step towards your beautiful skin care is drinking enough water. An ideal amount of water intake is 4-5 litres. You can easily attain your target by keeping a bottle of water with you all time during the day. If you do not like to drink so much of plain water then you can add some flavor to it. Water plays an important role in flushing out the toxins from body.

The next step in maintaining your body and face skin is intake of fibre. Most of the people know the importance of fibre in the diet. But in reality only a few know the appropriate quantity of required fibre intake. Brown bread contain up to ten times of fibre as compared to white. Pasta also contain adequate amount of fibre.

You should give them a try as it is the easiest dietary change. Eat enough fruit specially the apples. They should be taken along with their skin as their skin contains a lot of fibre. The next step towards beautiful skin is exercise. If you don’t exercise then you can notice your muscle tone turning to flab. Which in turn can lead to acne, bloating and cellulite. You may not like any of them. The incorporation of exercise in your lifestyle is a must. You should also limit your intake of sugar. Though you may like the sweetness of sugar. It is supposed to be the major cause of ageing of face skin. If you take two teaspoons of sugar in you coffee or tea then try to gradually decrease it to half or even to zero.

Here is a quick and effective guide that can help you solve  these sensitive face skin related problems. The very first step towards your face care journey is to identify what is causing your skin to become irritated.

You may find that sometimes there may be a genetic reaction to some particular material around you. But in most cases, it is due to the chemicals used in the face skin care products. Generally most of the general skin care products contain Petrolatum, Parabens and artificial fragrances.

All of them are harmful constituents that can cause irritation to facial skin. Most of the  face care products use Parabens as preservatives that can cause severe side effects and even skin cancer in the long run. The artificial fragrances are the biggest cause of skin irritation.

If you have a sensitive skin then you must avoid them as they can also cause allergies. The skin care products companies claim that Petrolatum is good for sensitive skin but it also has some negative aspects. Petrolatum takes away the natural moisture of the skin leaving the skin dry and shabby. But there is no problem because you have better and safer alternatives available. Serious skin care products can be helpful if your skin gets irritated easily.

They contain only natural ingredients having no side effects. Cynergy TK is one of the most useful ingredients of  face care products. This is extracted from the wool of New Zealand sheep. This is helpful in keeping the skin stiff and wrinkle free by boosting the production of Elasin and Collagen in the skin. Cynergy TK also contains Keratin which is a protein available in human body that accelerate the production of new skin cells. The new cells so produced replace the dead and damaged cells keeping the skin healthy and beautiful.

The other useful natural ingredient of these face care products is CoQ10. It is a natural anti-oxidant that go deep into the skin. It protects the  face skin from the damages caused by environmental pollution and free radicals. Avocado Oil is another natural ingredient which is widely used in the general skin care products. Avocado Oil contains variety of vitamins, proteins and minerals that nurture the skin and keep it healthy and nourished. It is also helpful in treating other skin diseases and protecting the face skin from age spots.

Hope these tips will help you in your journey towards your beautiful face skin care.

Here are some quick and easy natural beauty care tips to look beautiful naturally:

Before going to bed, make sure that you remove your make up completely. Wash your face before going to bed and in the mornings as make up blocks the pores and this damages your skin. After washing your face at night you must exfoliate with a delicate scrub for a beautiful skin. This is the most important tip towards face care.

Keep your skin healthy and fresh with a table spoon of sugar or oatmeal. Facial masks are great to apply to keep your face skin glowing and beautiful. Pamper your skin at night by applying a moisturizer generously. Treat your  face skin very gently and avoid scratching or scrubbing harshly while cleaning or moisturizing. Always protect it from direct sunlight. Drink plenty of water and have fresh foods.

Try these home beautiful skin tips by using things from the kitchen without any extra cost:

Eyes:  Massage your eyelids with a drop of fresh caster oil to remove the puffiness. Make eye pads with thick slices of cucumber. This helps to cool your eyes. Alternatively you may use cotton pads that are soaked in cold milk. Place them on your closed eyes while laying down and just relax. Before going to sleep it’s a good idea to refresh your eyes by putting a drop of rose water into each eye.

Lips: Hot water fermentation on your lips followed by an application of Vaseline and honey mix goes a long way in preventing your lips from chapping. Use this about three times a week. If you are looking to prevent your lips from drying, a ground mixture of rose petals and milk butter is great.

Hands: Simply rub a piece of lemon all over your hand before washing and this will delay the onset of age-spots.

Hair: If you are in a hurry to go out and there is no time to shampoo your hair simply brush one tablespoon of talcum powder or corn flour through your hair. Try drinking a biotin rich drink or a mixture of blended bananas, honey, yogurt and low fat milk for a few weeks for hair loss. After shampooing your hair take some conditioner in your palm and rub it with both hands, applying it from the hair shaft downwards. Take care not to apply it to scalp. After 5 minutes rinse it off. As a last rinse before towel drying, add two spoons of malt vinegar for that extra shine and glow.

These tips can add stars to your beautiful skin.

You should also avoid using makeup that can clog skin pores making the things even worse. However, the best natural solution towards acne care is having a healthy and nutritious diet. You should also avoid fried, oily and fatty food items. The diet containing vitamin A, C and E and traces of mineral zinc can work wonders towards preventing and eliminating acne and general skin care.

Now lets come to the natural acne care solutions.

1. Take Yolk (Yellow part) of an egg and apply it directly on the skin. Let it get dry and rinse after 15-20 minutes. This process should be repeated 2-3 times a week.

2. Take burdock root capsules 3-4 times a day for one week. It is believed to be the best natural blood purifier. Repeat them after 15 days.

3. Take a capsule of vitamin E, puncture it with a sterilized needle. Apply the contents directly over the affected skin. It can work wonders.

4. Drink a small glass of wheat grass root juice. Do not exceed the quantity as that may cause diarrhoea.

5. Another good treatment is use of over-ripe tomato paste directly over the trouble areas. Let it dry and wash after about one hour.

6. Aloe-Vera gel is a wonderful natural acne solution. It controls the appearance of acne and also heals scars.

7. Take 10 ml f lime juice mix it with same quantity of rose water. Apply this mixture while going to bed. Wash your face in the morning.

By using all the above mentioned acne solutions you will certainly get rid of acne skin and have an enviable complexion.

]]> http://www.asyt.net/73/natural-acne-care-solutions/feed/ http://www.asyt.net/67/how-to-choose-the-right-mens-skin-care-products/ http://www.asyt.net/67/how-to-choose-the-right-mens-skin-care-products/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 15:57:41 +0000 HealthySkin http://www.asyt.net/?p=67 Mostly men are careless about their facial skin care. They have had a little interest towards this topic and consider it as a womens’ area. But now-a-days there is a lot of awareness among them. They have started giving more attention towards caring for their skin.

However they found it confusing to find appropriate skin care products for them. The markets are full of skin care creams and lotions for women. More and more skin care products manufacturers are now jumping in the mens skin care area. Most of them claim that their products care for skin in a better way. But, they may contain certain harmful ingredients. Men have to be careful in selecting really useful products.

First thing that you are required to look into is knowing about the ingredients of products. If you find that the product contain alcohol and mineral oil, just discard it. You can feel better by using products containing mineral oil for sometime but that can harm your skin in the long term. It has been found that use of mineral oil can speed up the aging process. The mineral oil can close the skin pores thus trapping the micro-organisms. Whereas, the ideal male facial skin care products are designed to nourish the skin in a healthy way.

The skin care products that contain Phytessence Wakame are good for male skin. It is a natural substance that provides vitamins, minerals and other essential fatty acids deep into the skin. The Japanese have been using a sea vegetation for centuries towards their body health and skin care. Phytessence Wakame is obtained from that vegetation. It enters deep into the skin and nourishes the skin tissues at cellular level. Phytessence Wakame protects the skin from the damaging effects of enzymes. An ideal mens skin care product also contains antioxidants that diminish the damaging effects done by the environment.

The other ingredient of male skin care products is Nano-lipobelle HQ 10 which contains vitamin E and co-enzyme Q 10. These are natural anti-oxidants that penetrate deep into the skin and fight free radicals. These free radicals are responsible for skin ageing. It has been proved through clinical studies that nano-lipobelle HQ 10 is helpful in improving the skin elasticity thus leading to fewer wrinkles. So, don’t get lured by the catchy advertisements of milk creams and lotions. Rather look for some good skin care products containing above mentioned ingredients.

Aging takes place do to many processes happening in our bodies. The first is the person’s genetic clock: deficiencies creating over time deprive the cells in our bodies of essential nutrition and they begin to die our earlier or they begin to underperform, leading to ageing. The areas of the body that first begin to reflect signs of aging are high-exposure or high-function areas like the skin (especially the skin on the face and hands), hair, muscles and the functioning of the liver.

As we go through life, the build-up of toxins in the body and the effects of stress on one’s system accelerate ageing. Early graying of hair, loose muscles, dry and pigmented skin, weak bones and low reserves of energy make their presence felt. Ageing depend on one’s genes, environmental stress and proper nutrition. Since we cannot change our genes, anyone looking to reverse the ageing process must focus on lowering stress levels, improving nutrition and altering one’s lifestyle.

Detoxification is the first and the most important step because before beginning any rejuvenation program, one has to remove all existing toxins from one’s system. Toxins are accumulated in a person’s body over a period of time. The many chemicals we consume over a period of time begin to slow down the super cleaner of the body-the liver. As the liver slows down, typical symptoms begin to appear: baggy eyes, skin pigmentation, loose skin, reduced facial glow, water retention, cellulite and fluctuations in energy levels.

Cleaning out the liver involves following a particular diet plan along with certain body therapies. The eating plan rests the liver while simultaneously nourishing it. The therapies give the skin an opportunity to flush out the toxins (the skin is one of the largest organs of excretion), while the kidneys assist the process by eliminating toxins via the route of urine. The intestines also assist in flushing out toxins.

Generally, all skin types respond negatively to detergents and other chemical based products. However, the damage starts generally beyond a defined threshold (or tolerance level). This tolerance level is very low for sensitive skin types, leading to skin getting damaged very easily and quickly.  Sensitive skin care products either avoid the potential irritants or keep them at very low concentrations.

Here are a few tips for sensitive skin care:
* Use sensitive skin care products only (i.e. the products that are marked for sensitive skin care only). Also, check the instructions/ notes on the product to see if there are specific restrictions/warnings associated with the product).
* Even within the range of sensitive skin care products, choose the one that has minimum preservatives, colourings and other additives
* Do not use toners. Most of them are alcohol based and are not recommended for sensitive skin.
* Wear protective gloves when doing laundry or other chemical based cleaning.  If you are allergic to rubber, you can wear cotton gloves below the rubber ones.
* Another important tip for ‘sensitive skin care’ is to avoid excessive exposure to sun. Apply sunscreen lotion before getting out in the sun.
* Avoiding exposure to dust and other pollutants is also important for sensitive skin care. So, cover yourself adequately before going out.
* Use hypoallergenic, noncomedogenic moisturizer as a sensitive skin care product (if there is none specifically labelled as a sensitive skin care product)
* Use soap-free and alcohol free cleansers. Cleanse your face whenever you return from spending time out doors.
* Do not scrub or exfoliate too hard. It can cause reddishness and even inflammation.
* Do not leave the makeup on for too long. Use hypoallergenic makeup- removers.

So, sensitive skin care is very different from the normal skin care. Sensitive skin care is more about being careful with your skin (both in terms of sensitive skin care products and protection against environments atrocities on skin).

* Always have skin care on mind, whether you are buying products for make up or actually applying them onto your skin after you have bought them. So what you are buying is a ‘make up and skin care’ product, not just a make up product. Check the ingredients to see if it contains things that you might be allergic to. Also check if it contains high concentration chemicals that can harm your skin.

* ‘Make up and skin care’ is also about testing the products before using them. So, apply the make up on a small patch of skin e.g. earlobes and check how your skin reacts to it.

* Keep track of expiry date on your make up products and never use them beyond the expiry date. In fact some products (e.g. vitamin C based products), if not stored properly, get spoilt much earlier than the expiry date.

* Cleanliness is an important part of make up and skin care procedure. Sharpen your eye-liners regularly and keep all your makeup equipment clean at all times. You might fix a date, each month, for overhauling of your equipment. As part of cleanliness, your make up and skin care procedure should also include keeping your hair clean at all times.

* Nail care is another important aspect of make up and skin care. Use a good quality nail polish and always keep your nails clean. Once you are done with cleaning and polishing your nails, you should rub in cuticle oil at the edges of the nail.

* If you have deep-set eyes, you should use a liquid eye liner instead of a pencil one. This will prevent smudging at the deep edges of your eye-lid.

* If you have a skin disorder e.g. acne, you should not apply heavy or chemical based make up. Consult your dermatologist if you are not sure about the make up products that you can use while you have acne or other skin disorder. Never try to squeeze pimples/ acne. Remember that make up and skin care should not conflict each other.

* Use a mild make up remover (instead of just washing it away).

* Another important ‘make up and skin care’ procedure is the following golden rule: “Never sleep with your make up on”

* While applying a deodorant, make sure that you maintain the recommended distance between the nozzle and your skin (as mentioned on the deodorant pack).

So, make up and skin care should always go hand in hand. Do not try to treat make up and skin care differently.

Talking of anti aging skin care products, the first thing that comes to mind is vitamin C based anti aging skin care products.  These products work by enabling the synthesis of collagen (a structural protein that is found in skin). This category of anti aging skin care products is related to anti-oxidants. Anti aging skin care products that are based on vitamin C are, however, posed with the danger of getting oxidised themselves (as they come into contact with air during their usage). So some anti aging skin care products are based on the derivatives of vitamin C, which are more stable and less expensive. However, the effectiveness of such anti aging skin care is not as much as it is for vitamin C based ant aging skin care products.

Besides vitamin C, vitamin E and lipoic acid are anti-oxidants too. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble anti-oxidant that is found in human blood and helps in building resistance against infection. Vitamin E is also known to inhibit cancer. Liponic acid is known to combat the signs of aging very effectively by reversing the skin damage caused by the aging process.

Phytochemicals form the other category of anti aging skin care products. Phytochemical are special chemicals that are extracted from plants. There are a variety of phytochemicals that are in use today. Phytochemicals prevent occurrence of cancer of certain types; these include prostate cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer. That is why they find their place in anti aging skin care products.

Some B-vitamins like B5, B6 and B12 are also in use for anti aging skin care products.

The field of anti aging skin care products is vast and needs a lot of research. Though the currently available products are effective, they still have challenges to combat. Hopefully, these challenges will get resolved in due course and help get better and cheaper anti aging skin care products.

However, anti aging skin care products should be used only as a supplement to the natural ways of skin and body care. So, drinking a lot of water, getting a good night sleep, exercising regularly, maintaining healthy eating habits and keeping stress at bay are essential means of delaying the aging process. No anti aging skin care product can replace them really.