Beautiful Skin Secrets

For Clear Skin, and a Glow­ing, Healthy Com­plex­ion

1. To lighten dark spots and acne marks, dab on fresh squeezed lemon juice, or apply organic grass-fed yogurt to your entire face and neck (leave on for 10 min­utes) to lighten and brighten your skin
2. Pre­vent and elim­i­nate black­heads, dry skin, and give your skin a dewy look just by drink­ing at least 2 liters (1/2 gal­lon) of fil­tered water per day – sounds like a lot, but it will do the trick!
3. Speak­ing of water, fil­ter your shower and sink water (my favorite is Envi­ron­men­tal Water Sys­tems) so you’re not dump­ing chlo­rine and chem­i­cals on your skin and hair – you’ll end up with soft skin and health­ier hair, and if you have asthma and aller­gies, it may help with that too
4. Use a lotion mask nightly (or in the morn­ing before apply­ing makeup), for a beau­ti­fully mois­tur­ized and glow­ing com­plex­ion (for more info on lotion masks, I highly rec­om­mend read­ing The Japan­ese Skin­care Rev­o­lu­tion)
5. Pim­ple Emer­gency! To heal a pim­ple quickly, apply 100% tea tree oil with a cot­ton swab directly onto the pim­ple every few hours, and apply vit­a­min E oil on the spot at night, about 1 hour before bedtime
6. Give your­self a glow, shrink pores, give your skin an antiox­i­dant burst, and even out skin tone with some cham­pagne and a cot­ton ball
7. Puffy face? Drink dan­de­lion tea and try a 3-minute Tanaka face mas­sage to get the lymph mov­ing and elim­i­nate puffiness
8. Pre­vent pim­ples and keep your skin smooth with gly­colic acid from a sugar scrub – mix organic cane sugar with your face or body wash in the palm of your hand, or try myDIY sim­ple scrub
9. Whiten your teeth by brush­ing with straight bak­ing soda (you can add some xyl­i­tol for a bet­ter taste – it’s a sweet­ener derived from birch trees)
10. For a quick glow, apply a few drops of olive, coconut, or jojoba oil to the tops of your cheek­bones and your brow­bones (where you would apply high­lighter or shim­mer cream)
11. Sleep on silk pil­low­cases to pre­vent hair damage/breakage and keep your skin look­ing youth­ful – I swear by silk, your hair and skin will thank you!
12. Take a qual­ity vit­a­min C sup­ple­ment to pre­vent early aging and help your body pro­duce col­la­gen – I love Health Force Nutri­tion­als Truly Nat­ural Vit­a­min C pow­der (I take 2 tsp. twice per day)
13. Keep your skin sup­ple and smooth by sup­ple­ment­ing with fish oil – I use Carl­son Labs Cod Liver Oil (liq­uid) in lemon flavor
14. Eat 1 cup of leafy greens daily (prefer­ably steamed, juiced, or blended for best diges­tion) to keep your com­plex­ion clear and under-eye cir­cles at bay
15. You can use sugar exter­nally, but avoid eat­ing it since it can cause break­outs (not to men­tion headaches and mood swings) – use raw honey, ste­via, or xyl­i­tol instead.

Natural Skin Care

How many times have you envied the glowing skin of celebrities? Perhaps you have wished, countless times, to flaunt radiant skin like those style icons. Skin, the largest organ of our body, is one of the first things that attract the attention of others. While some are genetically blessed with great skin, there is a vast majority who is prone to a range of problems like acne, pimples, scars, blemishes and the like. While buying any kind of skin care products, it's necessary to first know your skin type. Skin care products will work best only if they are matched with their own skin type. Though, nowadays, there are a wide range of cosmetic treatments like Botox, collagen injections, etc to treat the skin, going the natural way is the best option. Simple kitchen ingredients can be used with great effect to prevent the outbreak of wrinkles, pimples, acnes and other skin disorders. Scroll down the article to learn more about the skin care at home ideas, home beauty secrets and natural beauty recipes for home skin care.

Skin Care At Home Ideas

• In a bowl, mash a ripened banana along with milk and apply it on the face. Leave it for twenty minutes to set and then rinse off with water.
• Combine one teaspoon of walnut powder with lemon juice and honey. Mix well to form a thick paste. Scrub the entire body with the paste and let it sit for at least twenty minutes. Finally, wash with cold water.
• Add a dash of turmeric powder to orange juice. Now, scrub this on the area that is most often exposed to the sun or cold. After twenty minutes, rinse it with cold water.
• Prepare a face mask by mixing equal proportions of curd and cucumber juice. You can also mash a ripened papaya and apply it on the face to get radiant skin.
• Make a paste by mixing one tablespoon of mango peels powder and one teaspoon of milk powder. Scrub the gooey mixture on the skin. Do this at least once a week to achieve the desired results.

Natural Beauty Recipes For Home Skin Care

Honey Almond Scrub
Ingredients

• 4 tbsp Almond flour
• 2 tbsp Jojoba oil
• 4 tbsp Honey
• 5 drops Peppermint essential oil

Instructions

• Take a glass jar or any kind of bowl and take the almond flour and jojoba oil in it. Combine well. Now, slowly add honey and peppermint essential oil and stir it until the ingredients are completely mixed.
• Before applying the scrub, cleanse your face. Add a small quantity of the scrub on the face and massage carefully especially the skin under your eyes. Remove the scrub from your face with a warm wash cloth. Later, apply a tonic or hydrosol.

Honey And Rose Oil Facial Mask

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp Honey
• 2 tbsp Sweet Almond oil
• 5 drops essential oil of Rose
• 1 drop Vitamin E oil

Instructions

• Combine all the ingredients. Now, using the fingers, use the solution to gently massage the face and neck.
• After fifteen minutes, rinse with warm water and pat dry your skin with a fresh towel. Do this at least once a week to get soft and radiant complexion.

Yoghurt And Honey Mask

Ingredients

• I tbsp Honey
• 1 tbsp Yoghurt

Instructions

• In a bowl mix both the ingredients. Now apply the mixture on your face and let it sit for about fifteen minutes.
• After sometime, wash it off with cold water. Make this a part of your weekly beauty routine to ward off any kind of skin problems.

Lemon Face Mask


Ingredients

• 4 tbsp Clay
• 2 tbsp Lemon pulp
• 2 tbsp Honey
• 2 tbsp Water
• 2 drops Jojoba oil (optional)

Instructions

• In a bowl, pour all the ingredients and mix them well using a spoon. Apply the mixture on the face and leave it on for fifteen minutes.

Finally, rinse off with warm water. Pat dry and apply a moisturizer or any kind of sunscreen if you are stepping out.