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Apple or Carrot Facial Mask Recipe

Ingredients:
1 apple or a large carrot
Honey
Instruction:
Grate an apple finely and then add about 4 tablespoons of Honey. Mix it well apply the mask to your face wait 10 minutes and rinse. This recipe works very well for oily skins. If your skin is not oily you can substitute raw carrots for the apple. I tend to use the apples most of the time but if I am having an acne problem I use carrots for my facial mask that week.
Facial Mask Recipes for Normal combination, oily and blemished skin
Ingredients:
1 egg white
1/2 cup cooked instant oatmeal
1 teaspoon olive oil
few drops of lemon juice

Instruction:
Mix one egg white, 1/2 cup cooked instant oatmeal, a teaspoon olive oil and a few drops of lemon juice until smooth. Spread on your face and neck, leave on for 15 – 30 min then rinse with lukewarm water. Few drops lemon juice will help to reduce blackheads while egg white will leave your skin feel “tight” after this mask application.
Banana, Yogurt and Honey Facial Mask

Ingredients:
1/2 banana
2 tablespoons yogurt
1 tablespoon honey
Instruction:
Mash the banana with a fork then mix in honey and yogurt. Apply to your face evenly. Leave it on for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off with cool water and get soft and smooth skin.

Orange and Yogurt Facial Mask

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon plain yogurt
Juice of 1/4 of an orange

Instruction:
Mash the above ingredients properly and apply on your face gently. The sensation is both cool and relaxing. Leave on for a five minutes and then rinse. If you are feeling sluggish, this is the perfect mask for you. The yogurt will cleanse and nourish.

NORMAL SKIN

Facial Pack For Normal Skin :

Take 1/2 cup of mustard and grind it in two litres of water. Make a paste of it with some rose petals. Apply it on the face and wash it off after half an hour.
Take the yolk of 2 eggs and add some honey and three drops of badam oil. Make it as a mixture and apply on the face. Wash it off after 20 minutes
Make a paste with a ripe papaya. Apply on the face and wash after 20 minutes.
Take one cup of curd. Add the juice of two lime to it and make a mixture. Apply it on the face. After half an hour wash the face with cold water.
Make a paste with one lime, 1/2 an orange and a cup of curd. Apply this pack on the face and wash it after 20 minutes
Make a paste with cucumber and coconut water. Apply on the face and wash after some time
Apply a paste with raw plantain and strawberry on the face. The face will look fresh.
Make a paste with turmeric and sandal. Apply it on the face. It helps to remove pimples and other marks on the face.
Mash or liquidise half an avocado pear with 1 teaspoon of sunflower oil. Apply the mixture to the face and neck avoiding the eye and lip area. Leave it on for 10 minutes and wash with warm water.
Take two carrots, one egg white and half cup of milk Grate the carrot and add the egg white and milk. Apply this mixture on the face for 20 minutes.
Take one piece of ripped papaya, Half teaspoon honey, one spoon milk cream. Mix all these ingredients and make it as a paste. Apply this paste for 25 minutes and rinse off.
Make a paste with a handful of basil, a handful of mint, a piece of cucumber and a handful of curry leaf and apply on the face and wash it off after some time..
Soak 10 almonds for an overnight and peal the skin. Make a paste with these almonds, a handful of rose petals and a pinch of camphor. Apply the mixture on the face. After 30 minutes massage the face with wet hands and wash the face.

Toner For Normal Skin

This is a refreshing toner for normal skin. Chop up a small sized fresh cucumber and liquidize it with half a cup of yogurt. Apply the mixture for 5-10 minutes, and wash it off. The remainder can be stored in the fridge for future use.

Milk Cucumber Mask For Ordinary Skin

Salad Cucumber - 1
Milk Powder - 1table spoon
Egg White

Take the juice of cucumber. Mix milk powder and egg white in this juice. Apply it on the face. After it get dry, wash it out in cold water.

Anti- aging mask for blotchy wrinkled skin

This can be applied frequently. Mix 2 table spoons of oatmeal with half cup of milk and cook gently till it becomes soft. Stir in 2 teaspoons of olive oil and beat together. Allow to cool and then spread it over the face and neck. Leave it on, for about 25 minutes and then rinse with luke warm water.

FACE PACK WITH ROSE

Rose Petals - 5 (to be ground)
Multanimitti (fullers earth) - 11/2 teaspoon
Powdered Dried Orange Peals - a pinch
White of an egg - 1/2
Rose Petals soaked water - as required

Make a paste with the above ingredients. Steam the face and apply the pack. Clean the face after 15 minutes.
ROSE CREAM

Rose Petals - 5
Lime water - 5 drops
Gram Powder - 2spoons
Herbal Turmeric Powder - 2pinch

Make a fine paste of the above ingredients with some water. Clean the face and apply the paste. After 20 minutes wash it off with milk and again clean the face with pure water. When the process is repeated for 15 days, the face will become soft and smooth.

Rose cream is also used for the clearing of black spots left after the pimples.

Carrot face pack

Grind a carrot and make it as a paste. Bleach the face with a lemon. After this, apply the paste of carrot on the face and wash after 20 minutes.
You can use orange juice instead of lemon juice. If your skin is dry, then add the paste of tomato and a little almond with carrot.



PRE APPLICATION HINTS

Clean the face with any cleansing lotion.
If the skin is dry, apply any moisturiser before using the face pack.
Pin the hair up fully or cover it with a cloth so that it won't come over your face.
Apply the mask equally on all parts of the face except eyes and lips
See that you don't make any movements to your face after you have applied the mask. (like speaking, laughing etc)
Don't use make-ups at least 2 or 3 hours after using mask.

Home Made Milk Bath Salt

Ingredients:
2 cups of powdered milk
1 cup of cornstarch

Instruction:
Blend together 2 cups of powdered milk with 1 cup of cornstarch.
Then add approximately 10 drops of the essence oil of your choice for
fragrance. You can store this mixture in a non-porous container for about 1 week.
Romantic Bath Salts

Ingredients:
2 cups Epsom salts
1 cup Sea salt
10 drops red
10 drops of sandalwood essential oil
5 drops of ylang ylang essential oil
10 drops of rose essential oil

Instruction:
In a large bowl mix salts first, and then adds the other ingredients
slowly. Then add 3-4 tablespoons to hot running bath water.
Honey and Milk Bath Recipe

Ingredients:
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup powered or whole milk

Instructions:
Add ingredients to running hot bath water. Honey and milk will soothe, soften, and moisturize your skin.
Uplifting Bath Salts

Ingredients:
2 cups Epsom salt
1 cup Sea salt
Food coloring (4 drops red, 6 drops yellow)
8 drops of orange essential oil
6 drops of neroli essential oil
6 drops of lavender essential oil
3 drops of lemon essential oil

Instruction:
Mix salts in a large bowl and then add the other ingredients slowly.
Then add 3-4 tablespoons to hot running bath water. This bath salt
will surely uplift your spirit.

Energizing Bath Salts

Ingredients:
2 cups Epsom salts
1 cup Sea salt
6 drops eucalyptus oil
10 drops green food coloring, 5 drops blue
10 drops rosemary oil
15 drops peppermint oil

Instruction:
Mix salts in a large bowl and then add the other ingredients slowly.
Then add 3-4 tablespoons to hot running bath water. This bath salt
will surely energizes you with freshness.

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Rose Petals Soap

Ingredients:
1/2 cup of clear glycerin soap base
rose petals
20 drops of scent of your choice

Instruction:
Melt about 1/2 cup of clear glycerin soap base. When melted, add approximately 20 drops of scent (for better fragrance, add Rose Garden fragrance).
Using a pair of tweezers, dip rose petals in the melted glycerin soap. Dip one at a time, shaking
off the excess soap, and place the petal on waxed paper to dry.
As they start to dry, gently turn them over to keep them from
getting a glob of soap underneath them.

Home Made Soap for Natural Glow

Ingredients:
Bars of natural fragrance or color free soap
Essential oil
Food coloring
Oats
Almond oil
Vitamin E oil

Instruction:
Grate soap in a blender and boil a pot of water and put a glass bowl over the pot. Add some almond oil into the bowl and then add soap into the bowl. Take the water from the pot and add it into the bowl until soap changes into paste. Add oils, color, and vitamin E as desired. Let cool in molds of your choice. Air out on wax paper for a day or two.

Natural Facial Masks For Oily Skin

OILY SKIN

Facial Pack For Oily Skin :

Peel two apples and make a paste with one table spoon of honey. Apply it on the face. Wash out after 20 minutes
Apply a paste of a fully ripe tomato on the face and wash it after 20 minutes
Mix 2 teaspoon of Fullers earth with 2 teaspoon of chilled rose water to a thick paste. Apply on the face with a brush, avoiding the delicate areas around the eyes. Leave it on for about 20 minutes or till completely dry. Rinse with warm water. The results is a pinkish youthful skin.
Facial scrub for oily skin :
This scrub helps to get rid of the dirt and the superficial dead skin but it should not be used more than once a week and never on dry skin. Mix 2 teaspoon of fine bran with a quarter of dried yeast and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice along with a table spoon of water. Gently massage the thick paste so formed in the skin, particularly on and around the nose and the chin area, using a soft brush; avoid applying around the eyes. Wash off after 1-2 minute using warm water.
Tonic for oily skin :
Whisk one egg white until it thickens, then whisk in 1 teaspoon of honey. Finally add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply to your face and neck avoiding the delicate eye and lip areas. Leave it on for 10 minutes and wash with warm water.
Lemon Mask For Oily Skin

Lemon - 1/2piece
Oatmeal - 1/2cup
Egg White

Make a fine paste with egg white lemon and oatmeal. Apply it on the face. After it get dry wash the face in hot water.

Moisturize & Exfoliate Your Skin Amazing Articles

Here we show you tips on how to properly care for your skin, from the right way to wash your face, to the best moisturizers and UV protection.
Before we start with the proper daily 3-step skincare routine, you'll need to know your skin type. How you care for your skin is utterly dependent on the type of skin you have: oily, normal/combination, dry, sensitive or sun- damaged. Check out this article to figure out what skin type you have.

The Basic 3-Step Skincare Regimen

Step 1: Cleansing Simple is key here. You need to find a good cleanser that your skin responds well to, and stick with it. (I list the best cleansers for skin types in this article ).
Avoid bar soaps as they tend to dry out the skin. According to Rona Berg, in her book, 'Beauty,' a French cosmetics executive once told her 'soap should only ever touch your skin from the neck down.' We agree. According to Berg, most cleansers contain oil water and 'surfactants'. The oil dissolves oil on your face, surfactants dissolve dirt and makeup and the water washes it all away. Who knew? The secret is finding the right mix of oil. (Makes sense to us). Too much on your skin will clog pores, while too little will dry it out. This is why you need to know your skin type.
Be careful not to cleanse too often. Washing at night should do you. While some skincare experts swear you should cleanse skin with creamy cleansers that you wipe off with a tissue, never letting water touch your skin (some hard waters are especially hard on skin), we prefer the water method. In the morning, a splash of lukewarm water is all you need (we find it's great for removing excess oils from your nightly moisturizing). Never wash your face with hot or cold water (both can cause broken capillaries). Also be careful about over cleansing skin.
Here's the best way to wash your face: Use warm water to loosen dirt and clogged pores. Use a dime-sized bit of cleanser, then rinse with cool or lukewarm water. You'll also want to take off your makeup with a proper makeup remover.


Step 2: Exfoliate Exfoliation is the step most people skip in their weekly skincare routine. But trust me, if you start properly exfoliating your skin, you will notice an almost immediate difference. According to Berg, one of the reasons men's skin looks more youthful than women's is because men tend to exfoliate daily when they shave. There are several ways to exfoliate skin: Micro dermabrasion, chemical peels and retinoid.

Scrubs work by removing the top layer of dead skin cells that tend to dull your complexion. We find exfoliating skin once a week with a microdermabrasion kit keeps skin glowing year-round. Make sure you use a gentle scrub with tiny grains. Big grains in cheap scrubs can tear skin and cause more harm than good. My favorite microdermabrasion kit is made by Lancôme.

In the hour it takes to get a chemical peel, you can take off five years from your face. Can't afford the price tag for a monthly peel? Try some over-the-counter peels that work over the course of a month. I prefer MD Skincare's.

Retinoid (such as Retin-A) also work by removing the top layer of dead skin cells while also generating collagen in the skin. "Collagen is the skin's structural fiber," dermatologist Dennis Gross said in the October 2005 issue of O Magazine. "As we get older, it breaks down, creating lines and large pores." Skincare experts disagree on all sorts of things, but most of them consider retinoids to be a miracle skin saver.

Should you use a toner? Some people swear by toners, but many beauty experts do not (I once read a skincare expert claim, 'toners are only for copy machines'). Toners are meant to remove all remaining traces of oil, makeup and dirt, but a good cleanser should do this. I firmly believe it's up to you. If you like the way your skin feels with a toner. Buy it. Use it. Enjoy it.

Step 3: Moisturize While I know of at least one famous beauty editor who swore skin doesn't need moisturizer, basically everyone else I've read disagrees and is an adamant believer in it. A basic law of beauty is that everyone, no matter her skin type, should moisturize. Even if your skin is oily, it will benefit from moisturizers. (The only exception is those with acne). Why? Moisturizers seal moisture into skin (Berg calls this the 'Saran Wrap effect'). So how much should you moisturize? Your skin will tell you. When your skin is tight, it's crying out for moisture. Be careful not to over moisturize -- this can cause clogged pores. For the skinny on great moisturizers for your skin type, check out this article.
Are eye creams necessary? Well maybe. Some beauty experts strongly recommend eye creams. Why? The skin around the eye contains no fatty tissue and is therefore very thin and susceptible to wrinkles. Special eye creams are formulated to 'thicken' this area and keep it sturdy. Yet other experts (including the beauty editors of Allure in their new book) claim your daily lotion works around the eyes just as well.

Step 4: Apply sunscreen 'O' magazine ran an article in November 2006 featuring interviews with several top skin care experts and dermatologists (check it out here ). Every single one of them said sunscreen was the most important part of your skincare regimen.
It was the secret they would pass on to their daughters.

The number 1 cause of wrinkles is sun damage, so it's important to use sunscreen from your early years on even in winter and on cloudy days. A great trick is to purchase two moisturizers: one for night and one for day that includes UV protection. Don't use moisturizers with sunscreen at night, the ingredients are not meant to be used 27/7 and can aggravate skin. When choosing a sunscreen, make sure it contains 1 of 3 ingredients as an 'active ingredient': titanium dioxide, zinc oxide or Parasol 1789 (avobenzene).

Natural Facial Masks For Dry Skin

DRY SKIN

Facial Pack For Dry Skin :

Make a paste with two raw plantain and a table spoon of honey. Apply this pack on the face for 20 minutes and wash it when it becomes dry
Make a paste with equal parts of oats, badam and honey. Apply it on the face. Wash it after 20 minutes
Make a paste with a gauva and a spoon of honey. Apply on the face and wash after 20 minutes.
Whisk one egg white till it thickness, then whisk in 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of sunflower oil. Apply on the face for 20 minutes and wash off with warm water
Fruit Cream Mask For Dry Skin
Fresh Cream
Recipe Strawberry - 2

Make a paste with the strawberry and mix it with fresh cream. Apply it on the face and wash it off after 20 to 30 minutes