Skin Care Tips For Winter

Winter season is the best season among all, but it is not best for our skin. Winter means bad skin as the cold weather and low humidity steals the moisture from the skin resulting in the dry and rough skin. This dry skin leads to chapping, redness, itching, cracking and bleeding or even eczema. To keep your skin more healthy and comfortable this season it is very important to follow certain skin care tips which will help your skin to face this dry weather with courage.

1. Wash Face With Lukewarm Water :- Hot showers seem to be good in winters, but actually they are the main reasons for dryness as it steals the moisture from the skin. So, Wash your face and feet with lukewarm water to avoid dryness in winter.

2. Apply Moisturizer Immediately After Bath :- Although moisturizer is very a good source to keep dryness away, but applying it immediately after a shower will help your skin to retain the moisture for a long time.

3. Use Moisturizing Soap :- Make sure you use the non-drying soap or the moisturizing soap in winters to avoid the unnecessary dryness and itching in the skin.

4. Stay Hydrated :- Lack of water content in the body is one of the most important reasons for dryness in the skin. Keep drinking water on a regular basis to keep your body and skin hydrated. Also, warm water with lemon can be very refreshing and hydrating.

5. Eat Healthy :- Eating foods with good water content helps in hydrating the body from inside which will also help in removing the dryness of skin. Eat many fresh and juicy fruits and drink juices to remain healthy and hydrated.

6. Use Winter Products :- Do not use the summer cleanser or moisturizer in winter as it will cause dry skin. Swap the summer products with winter care products like a good, oil-based moisturizer to keep the skin moisturized and soft. Apply a hydrating toner and moisturizer to seal in moisture.

7. Regularly Use Sunscreen :- As the winter sun can be just as damaging as the summer sun, so protect your skin from sun damage by applying sunscreen regularly in winters as well. Always use sunscreen before stepping out of your house.

8. Gain Overnight Moisture :- The hands, feet, elbows, and knees have thin skin and so tends to lose the moisturizer quicker than other parts of the body. Apply the deep moisturizer balm on the feet and hand, then wear socks and gloves to retain the moisturizer all over the night.

9. Homemade DIY Mask :- Natural homemade moisturizer will lock the moisturizer in skin for a long time. Use the ingredients like honey, almond oil, bananas, avocado, yogurt, olive oils, jojoba oils and aloe. Mix 2-3 products of your choice to create a paste or cream. Leave them on skin after applying for 20-30 minutes before washing for lasting hydration.

10. Avoid Certain foods in winter :- Avoid the cold food products like ice-cream and milkshakes. Do not eat heavy cheesy, fried and sugary foods in winters.

To have a glowing and radiant skin in winters just like the other seasons follows these simple home remedies to avoid the dry skin.

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Get Rid Of Stubborn Acne Scars By Simple Home Remedies

Get Rid Of Stubborn Acne Scars By Simple Home Remedies

Acne itself is so horrible thing, so imagine how bad the scar might be, it is really not easy to get rid of those acne scars, but there are certain home remedies that will help you get rid of these acne scars easily. It will take time, but slowly and gradually it will remove the acne scars.  
Here are few home tips to get rid of acne:- 

Use Honey For Scars: - 1.Mix 2 tablespoons of honey with ¼ cup of oatmeal. Apply this mixture gently on pimple scars. Leave it for about 15-20 minutes, then wash off with lukewarm water. Add ½ tsp of cinnamon powder with 1 tbsp of honey and apply on the scars. Leave it for an hour. Then wash off.

2. You can also apply honey on scars and leave it over night and wash it in the morning next day.

Use Honey For Scars

Use Apple Cider vinegar For Scars :- 1.Mix apple cider vinegar and water in equal ratio. Apply it on scars by using a cotton ball and leave it for 5-10 minutes and then wash it off with water.

2. You can also Mis 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar, 2/3 cup water and 1 tsp of honey and apply it on scars with a cotton ball and leave it for an hour and then wash it off with lukewarm water.

Use Apple Cider vinegar For Scars

Use cocoa Butter For Scars :- Wash your face properly and then pat it dry at night before going to bed and take some cocoa butter and apply this to your face gently massaging it onto your skin for a couple of minutes. Leave it overnight and then wash it off with water in the morning.

Use cocoa Butter For Scars

Use Lemon for Scars :- Take 1tbsp of lemon juice and mix it with 1 tbsp of honey, 1 tbsp of almond oil and 1 tbsp of milk. Apply it on scars and keep it for about a half hour and wash it off with water. But after applying it never go out in the sun. Take one lemon juice and mix it with 1 tsp of honey and apply this mixture with a cotton ball on affected area. Leave for about 10-15 minutes. Wash off with water and pat dry.

Use Lemon for Scars

Use Tea Tree Oil For Acne Scars :- Add the 2-4 drops of tea tree oil to the 2 tbsp of water. Apply this with the cotton ball on scars and keep it for 15-20 minutes and wash it off with water. Repeat 2-3 times a day for better results.

Use Tea Tree Oil For Acne Scars

Use Baking Soda For Acne Scars :- Take 2 tbsp of baking soda and mix it with water to make a fine paste. Gently massage your face with this paste. After massaging for 1-2 minutes, leave the paste there on the face for a few minutes. Now wash off with warm water. Apply some moisturizer.

Use Baking Soda For Acne Scars

Use Tomatoes For Acne Scars :- Take a ripe red tomato and cut it into pieces. Crush the pieces to make a pulp of the tomato. Apply this tomato pulp on your face and leave for 15-20 minutes. Wash the face with water.

Use Tomatoes For Acne Scars

Use Potato For Acne Scars :- Take a slice of potato and rub it on your face until it dries and take a new slice if it dries. Repeat this for about 15-20 minutes. Leave the face as it is for a few minutes and wash it off with water after a few minutes. Apply some moisturizer after it dries

Use Potato For Acne Scars

Use Olive Oil For Acne Scars :- Take a little olive oil and gently massage your face with this focusing on affected areas. Massage for a few minutes till the time you can feel that all the oil has been absorbed by your skin. Now take a clean towel or cloth and drape it into warm water. Put the warm wet cloth onto your face to get the steam. Now wipe away the excess oil gently with the cloth. Don’t rub though. After 1-2 minutes, wash off your face with normal water.

Use Olive Oil For Acne Scars

Use Aloe Vera For Acne Scars :- Take an aloe Vera leaf and peel its outer green cover and take out this gel and apply it on your scars. Leave it for about half an hour and then wash off. Apply aloe Vera gel twice daily to see the results in just few days.

Use Aloe Vera For Acne Scars

Use Coconut Oil For Scars :- Scoop about a quarter of a teaspoon of virgin coconut oil into the palm of your hand and let it melt as it comes up to body temperature. With your fingertips, massage oil directly onto scarred skin and let it soak in. There is no need to wash, coconut oil away as the vitamins and essential fatty acids will continue to work and improve skin health as long as you wear it. Leave it on for at least thirty minutes and then wash it off with a cleanser.

Use Coconut Oil For Scars

Use Cucumber For Scars :- Take the slices of Cucumber and keep it on the affected area. Keep it for around 30 minutes and then wash it off with cold water.

Use Cucumber For Scars

Use Sugar Scrub For Scars :- Simply mix raw organic cane sugar with virgin olive oil at a two-to-one ratio then adds several drops of organic lemon juice make it viscous so that it can be easily applied. Apply sugar scrub to scars about once every two or three days. Leave on for about fifteen minutes and remember to follow up with a good natural moisturizer.

Use Sugar Scrub For Scars

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Get Rid Of Dark Underarms By Simple Home Remedies

Are you feeling embarrassed because of your dark armpits..? I know this can be an embarrassment. This dark coloration is not a disease if it is not by birth but this can be a cause of shaving, sweating, hair removing creams, dead cells or may be because of using some bad deodorants. But don't worry, now it is very easy and simple to get rid of these dark armpits by safe, effective and natural home remedies and get white and clear skin for underarms.
 

Use Coconut Oil :- Massage the dark underarms with coconut oil. Leave it on for 10 to 15 minutes. Wash it off with mild soap and lukewarm water. Repeat this step two or three times daily until you achieve the desired results.

Use Coconut Oil For Dark Underarms

Use Vinegar :- Mix 1 cup rice flour with 3 tablespoons vinegar to form a thick paste. Take bath with hot water and then apply this paste on your underarms. Allow the paste to dry for 10 to 15 minutes, and then rinse it off with warm water. Repeat this step for better results.

Use Vinegar For Dark Underarms

Use Olive Oil :- Mix brown sugar and olive oil. Wet the skin under your arms. Apply the sugar-oil mixture. Keep it for 5-10 minutes and then wash it off with water.

Use Olive Oil For Dark Underarms

Use Chickpea Flour/ Besan Mask :- Mix 3 tablespoon gram flour, 1 tbsp yogurt, 1 tsp lemon juice and a small pinch of turmeric. Mix them well to get a smooth paste. Apply this paste to your underarms. Leave it there for half an hour. Wash it off with water.

Use Chickpea Flour/ Besan Mask For Dark Underarms

Use Sandalwood :- Mix two tablespoons of sandalwood powder and sufficient rose water to make a thick paste. Apply the paste on your underarms. Leave it on for about 15 minutes or until it dries, and then wash it off with cold water. When repeated daily, this remedy will lighten the skin tone of your underarms within a few days.

Use Sandalwood For Dark Underarms

Use Cucumbers :- 1. Mix little lime juice with cucumber juice and add a pinch of turmeric to it. Apply this paste on the affected area. Leave it on for 30 minutes, and then wash it off with water.

2. You can also cut thinner slices of cucumber and rub it on your armpits.

3. You can also grate the juice of cucumber and apply it on your affected area with cotton. Keep it for some 10-15 minutes and wash it off with water.

Use Cucumbers For Dark Underarms

Use Baking Soda :- Take some baking soda and water. Mix them to make a thick paste. Apply them to your underarms and gently scrub the area. Wash off and pat dry the skin. Apply some lotion or talc if you feel irritation after doing this.

Use Baking Soda For Dark Underarms

Use Potatoes :- Take a thin slice of potato and rub your underarms with it for about 5-10 minutes and then wash off with lukewarm water.

You can also grate the juice of potato and apply it on your armpits and keep it there for 10-15 minutes and then wash it off with water.

Use Potatoes For Dark Underarms

Use Milk :- Mis 2 tbsp of milk with one tbsp of curd and 1 tbsp of flour to make a paste. Apply to your underarms and leave it for 10-15 minutes. Then wash it off with cold water.

Use Milk For Dark Underarms

Use Saffron :- Soak at 2-3 strands of saffron in two teaspoons of milk for 15 to 20 minutes. Add a little honey to it and Apply the mixture on your underarms and leave it on for at least 20 to 30 minutes and then wash it off with cold water.

Use Saffron For Dark Underarms

Use Orange Peel :- Dry the orange peel in the sun and grind the peel to get its powder. Add 2 tsp of powdered orange peel to some rose water and milk and mix well to get a thick paste. Apply this paste to your underarms and gently scrub the area gently for about 10 minutes. Wash it off with cold water to remove the dead skin and cells.

Use Orange Peel For Dark Underarms

Use lemon :- Take a thick slice of lemon and rub your underarms daily before you go to have a bath. Apply some lotion or moisturizer on the skin to prevent it from drying.

Use lemon For Dark Underarms

You can also add a pinch of turmeric, some honey or some yogurt to lemon juice to make a paste. Apply this to your dark underarms and leave for about 10 minutes and then wash it off with cold water.

Even after using these home remedies your don't get results then there might be some other medical issue. Please consult a doctor.


(Note:- If you have sensitive skin, then use these tips cautiously and after testing)

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Natural Ways to Get Rid Of Sweat Smell

Are you also embarrassed by the sweat problem and its odor??? Is it affecting your self-esteem and self confidence, then you should try out some natural remedies to get rid of this habit...

 

Here are some of the listed home remedies to cure sweat smell naturally:-

Apply Lemon Juice to Remove Body Odor :- Take one half of the lemon and rub it under your arms, one by one, squeezing its juice on to your skin or you can also squeeze out the juice from the lemon and apply it with a cotton ball. Keep it for half an hour and then wash it off gently. 

Apply Lemon Juice to Remove Body Odor

You can also use lemon juice with a little water if you want to reduce the acidic effect from it.

(Note: Lemon should not be applied immediately after shaving as it will sting, so keep gap of a day between them. Also, do not apply lemon if you have sensitive skin)

Apply Tea Tree Oil for Body Odor :- Mix 2 drops of tea tree oil with 2 tsp of water and apply this to your underarms. This will help you prevent the bad smell.

Apply Tea Tree Oil for Body Odor

(Note: Always test your underarm area before using anything new (especially essential oils) by applying a little amount of oil to a patch of skin before using.)

Tomato Juice Bath for Body Odor :- Crush the 8-10 tomatoes to get their pup. Extract the tomato juice from pulp. Add this tomato juice to a bucket full of water. Bathe with this water. You can increase the amount of tomato if you increase the water.

Tomato Juice Bath for Body Odor

Homemade Herbal Deodorant Powder for Body Odor :- Take Sandalwood powder, White oak bark powder, Lovage root powder and Muslin drawstring bag. Grind all the herbs to make a fine powder from them. Toast the powder in a pan for few minutes. Fill this powdered herb into your muslin bag. While using pat the powdered herbs on underarm.

Homemade Herbal Deodorant Powder for Body Odor

Witch Hazel Remedy for Body Odor :- Soak the cotton ball in witch hazel. Dab on this witch hazel under your arms instead of your regular deodorant.

Witch Hazel Remedy for Body Odor

Baking Soda for Body Odor :- There are three ways to apply baking soda:

• After taking bath, pat dry your underarms and apply baking soda or cornstarch directly to your underarms.
• Before having a bath, mix lemon juice with baking soda to make a paste. Apply this paste to your underarms. Leave for about 5-10 minutes. Wash it with water and then bath
• Mix baking soda and cornstarch and then apply on to your dry underarms to prevent sweating as well as foul smell.

Baking Soda for Body Odor

Rosemary Herb for Body Odor :- Take half a cup of of dried rosemary leaves and add it to 4 cups of water. Keep it for some time and mix in your bathing water.

(Note: Avoid using rosemary If you feel irritation)

Rosemary Herb for Body Odor

Use Vinegar to Get Rid of Body Odor :- Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply to your underarms. Or you can also mix this vinegar in mug water while bathing and rinse your underarms with this water.

Use Vinegar to Get Rid of Body Odor

(Note: Do not use this if you have sensitive skin and also do not use this immediately after shaving)

Wheat grass Juice Remedy for Body Odor :- Add 2 tbsp wheat grass juice to one cup of water. Mix well and have it on an empty stomach in the morning.

Wheat Grass Juice Remedy for Body Odor

Apple Cider Vinegar for Body Odor :- There are two ways to use it:

• Add a cup of apple cider vinegar in your bath and soak for 8-10 minutes before bathing.
• Pour undiluted apple cider vinegar on a cotton ball and rub your underarms with this before having a shower. Wait for 2-3 minutes after applying ACV and then proceed to wash it off or to take a bath.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Body Odor

(Note: Always test your underarm area before using anything new (especially essential oils) by applying a little amount of oil to a patch of skin before using.)

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