HOME COSMETIC CARE TO IMPROVE SKIN COMPLEXION
Hereunder are given a few homemade cosmetics that provide a new look to your skin complexion.
CLEANSING RECIPE
Instead of soap, use gram flour (equal quantities of Green and Bengal gram) mixed in milk or rice water. Scrub the paste on the body and rinse with clean water. This is an excellent recipe to improve the clarity of the skin. Follow this cleansing recipe at least once or twice a week.
COMPLEXION MASKS
1. Make a paste of a pinch of turmeric and a tbsp. Of milk powder in two tbsp. Of honey and the juice of ½ lime. Apply it on your face and leave it on till it dries. Rinse your look and feel the difference.
2. Make equal quantities of black and white cumin seeds into a thick paste with milk or cream. Apply the paste all over the face. After 20 minutes, rinse it off. Use this mask at least twice a week for maximum effect.
A SIMPLE LIGHTENING RECIPE
Take a lime and cut it into two. Rub one half on the face gently. Squeeze the other half in a cup of water, add some rock salt, and drink it. Do it for 6-8 weeks daily and observe the remarkable improvement.
FOR BLACKHEADS AND ACNE BLEMISHES
Make a fine paste of turmeric rhizome and mustard seeds and apply it on the spots each night. Wash the areas with water and see them gradually fading day by day.
MOISTURIZING THE OILY SKIN
Use an oatmeal and sandalwood scrub (1 tsp. oatmeal, ¼ tsp. sandalwood powder) to cleanse the skin. Follow it with toning with a tsp. Vinegar in a glass of water. Cut some slices of raw potato, put them all over the face, and leave on for 15 minutes. Use the recipe regularly for a smooth and moist texture.
MOISTURIZING THE DRY SKIN
After cleansing the skin with soft soap, tone it with rose water and apply a spoon full of glycerine to which a few drops of vitamin or amla oil have been added to the face. Rinse off after 20 minutes. Use this moisturizing preparation on the front for a soft and smooth texture.
FACIAL FOR SMOOTH TEXTURE
Beat an egg in the juice of one lemon and apply this mask on the face and neck. After 30 minutes, rinse it off with clean water. Use this mask at least once a week.
MASK FOR CHAPPED SKIN TEXTURE
Prepare a mixture of 4 ounces of refined linseed oil, 8 ounces of rose water, and ¼ ounces of tincture benzoin. Mix and use them every night and morning.
OTHER TIPS
Yoghurt is ideal for massaging the skin as it can tone up dry and oily skin.
A glass of lime juice has adequate vitamin C to improve skin colour.
In plenty, white radish and carrot juice provide essential vitamin A for smooth skin texture.
Honey has vitamin B Complex, which is essential for good skin colour. A diet of cucumber, onion, and fenugreek improves the complexion.
WARNING
To prevent damage to your complexion, you should avoid :
• Perfumed lipstick applied on the face in place of the blusher.
• highly alkaline Creams.
• Bleaching and lightning creams containing mercury.
• Strong soaps and detergents for cleansing.
• Picking off acne blemishes and pimples.