Facial Mask for Flaky Skin

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Facial Mask for Flaky Skin
For those who have dry skin, sometimes it becomes a problem at the time of hot season that flakes forms on the skin, even on face. Here is a natural solution to that which is homemade. This is an oats almond face pack to help the flaky skin.


Ingredients for facial mask for flaky skin


1cup oats
1/2 cup almond
1/2 cup dried rose petals


How to prepare facial mask for flaky skin
Make powders of the above ingredients. From that take 3tsp. oats powder, 1tsp. almond powder and 1tsp. rose petals powder. Mix them well and add 3 or 4 tsp. yogurt to make a paste. Now the facial mask is ready.


How to apply facial mask for flaky skin
First of all wash and dry the face and apply a thin layer of almond oil all over the face. Avoid the eye areas. Then apply the facial mask for flaky skin all over the face and neck. Remember to add a little water if needed to make the mask smooth running. Allow the mask to stay there for 10-15 min. But take care to not getting the mask dry on the face. So wash off the mask before drying on the face. Use cold water to rinse the mask.

You have to do this everyday for consecutive three days and latter do it on alternate days till your face become alright. After getting the full result, do not forget to repeat this at least once in a week or whenever you feel necessary. This facial mask for flaky skin definitely solve your problem.

Dry skin to a fresh look

Dry skin to a fresh look

Yours may be a combination skin. But sometimes it may become dry and looses its freshness. Or your skin is dry in nature. For both the cases here is an instant remedy to make the dryness of skin to a fresh and new look. I do not remember whether I wrote this tip before. Anyway I am going to reveal the secret (nothing secret after I reveal).

The dryness may be caused by climatic conditions or the food you eat etc. If you correct the food habits it can be checked gradually. Here I suggest an instant solution with very common food items as ingredients. The main ingredients are oats, milk, sugar and tomato paste.

Preparation
At first make thick tomato paste. We require two tbsp. of tomato paste. Take three tsp. (or as required) of oats powder. Add two tsp. milk powder and one tsp. sugar powder. Mix everything and make a paste by adding water. Finally add the tomato paste and mix well.

Application
Wash the face with water. Apply the pack all over the face and neck. Wait for 10-15 min. Do not allow the pack to become dry on the face. then wash it off. If your face is extremely dry then apply lightly any oil before applying this pack. Repeat it twice in a week. During this time drink fruit juices. Avoid acidic juices like lemon.

Flower Pack for Dry Skin

Flower Pack for Dry Skin
Sometimes the facial skin becomes dry for some unknown temporary reason. this can happen to normal skin and combination skin types. One of the reasons may be acidity. The skin shows acidic nature because of food you eat or due to climatic changes etc. During this time the face becomes dull and looks dry. You have to give a little extra care. Here is a soft and natural care that you can give to your skin beauty. Here is a flower pack for dry skin due to acidity. You can use this face pack for other dry skin condition also.

Jasmine Rose flower face pack
Here you need a hand full of jasmine flower and a rose flower. Get fresh flowers form flower shop or from your garden. Remember to remove the pollen stems from the rose flower. Wash it and clean well. Smash the flowers by adding fresh milk. Add enough flowers to get the required quantity.

Wash face with normal water. Then cleanse the face with cotton ball dipping in fresh milk. Wipe face with water. Apply flower facial pack all over the face. Wait for 10-15 min. and wipe off the pack. This mixture of jasmine and rose flower can reduce the acidic nature of the skin. Also remember to drink apple or carrot juices during this period. Avoid excessive acidic food and drinks. Eat green and leafy vegetables.

Green Apple Face Mask

Homemade Green Apple Face Mask

There are lots of face masks are available in stores. Also available so many homemade face mask recipes. Select a face mask according to your need. Consider the atmospheric conditions of your place and climate or seasons. Green Apple face mask is good for all skin types. The face mask what I am suggesting here helps to moisturize and replenish the skin. Moreover it is a skin texturizing mask. Naturally your skin look good and a glow can be seen. Face looks fresh instantly.

How to prepare green apple face mask
It is very simple and saves money and time. The ingredients required are half green apple, 2 tsp honey and 3 tsp. yogurt/curd. This quantity is for just one time use. Try to get fresh fresh apple. Green apple contains vitamins and it can help to remove dead cells naturally. So this green apple face mask is a healthier choice.

Cut the apple into small slices. No need to peel. Put it in a blender or mixer and work for few min. to get a smooth mix. Add 2 tsp. honey and mix well. Honey helps to tighten skin so avoid the appearance of wrinkle. Now add 3 tsp. of curd and agitate well using the blender. Yogurt/curd acts as good cleanser and provides a smooth effect. Now you get a smooth green apple face mask.

Wash your face with low cold water. Apply this mask all over face and allow drying for 20 min. You may feel the skin tightening or dryness. Now splash cold water on face and wet the mask and remove it using a smooth wet cloth or tissue.

Yeh you can feel and see the difference. So apply homemade green apple face mask once in a week.

Dry Skin Care

In this case the skin looks so tight, dull and gray. A dry skin occurs when the oil on the surface skin is less and when the water content is lost. The dry skin give a dull look and the skin may appear older that that you are. Wrinkles appears very early. Flaky outer layer give a ode look. It also increases the damage from UV rays. To make the skin hydrated it becomes necessary to keep the oil level normal.

While taking care of dry skin the primary importance should be given to avoid products that contain alcohol or soap. For cleansers select creamy or milky cleansers that suit a dry skin. Another main thing to take care is a systematic routine for dead cell removal. In a dry skin there may be more dead cells formed but renewal of new cells may be slow. So the outer flaky dead cells give a dull look. AHA cleanser can solve this problem. Using a natural and gentle scrub is advised to remove the dead cells periodically. Give more care to select a moisturizer that can hydrate skin efficiently. Water based or humectant based moisturizer can beat the situation. Use twice a day or more. Also take care of the environmental factors. Remember to drink water or fruit juices.  Avoid acidic foods. Give more care during winter season.

Routine care for dry skin
The first thing to do is exfoliation or removing dead cells. You can use a gentle facial scrub, natural scrubs are better. Give a round rub all over the face. Wet the face while doing this if the scrub become dry. Rinse the face in between.

Use a milky cleanser. Use cotton wool to do this and it cleans deeper dirt and polishes the surface skin. While wiping the face take care to leave a minimum wet on the face. Or spray cool water over the skin.

Now you have to apply a suitable mask. Select the suitable one that hydrate the skin or keep the moisture content. Or you can go for natural face mask like with avocado. (search for "avocado" in this site). Wait for 10-15 min. and rinse it off.

Now is the time for applying moisturizer. Surely you select moisturizer as explained above. While applying moisturizer just pat the face. This can retain the moisture on the skin.

This you do once or twice a week. So the dry skin gradually acquires the required normal condition. For an extremely dry skin it is recommended to use natural ingredients as cleanser, moisturizer and face mask. You can find so many natural homemade beauty tips in this site. Use the search box to find it.

Homemade Fairness Oil

How to prepare Fairness Oil at home

Just imagine a weekend from all tiresome office work. Or think that you have come back from a week long official tour. Your mind thinks to get a relaxation from all these. Why don't you consider to give a total relaxation to your mind and body. I am talking about an oil massage at the convenience of your home. Then I can suggest you homemade fairness oil body massage.

Homemade Fairness Oil Recipe
This is years old pure herbal Indian fairness oil recipe for your skin. At first I thought to keep this fairness oil recipe as a personal secret. But I am using this fairness oil for my clients as a full body massage oil. They are doubly happy after their skin became soooo soft smooth. Most of them asking for the oil if they can buy. At the moment I am not planning to manufacture it. Today in this cold morning around 5A.M I am in front of my laptop and thought to write something special. So here the go!!!!

How do you make this homemade fairness oil

ingredients:
Coconut oil - 1/2 cup
Aloe vera leaf - 1/2
Small onion - 3 nos.
Amla powder - 2 tsp.
Shikakai powder - 2 tsp.


You need a small cup of coconut oil. Buy virgin coconut oil, means not the processed one. I mean the one which is used for cooking. Then get the leaf of aloe vera plant. This is a main ingredient for this homemade fairness oil. Do not go for gel, get a leaf from the plant. We need half the leaf. Either get the inner white fleshy part from the inner crux of aloe leaf or cut the leaf into small pieces without removing the green outer part. If it is little dry also fine. Ok, now you need two or three small small red onions. Remove the skin and cut into small pieces. You have to buy Amla powder and shikakai powder.

Warm coconut oil in a suitable vessel in a medium flame. At first put amla and shikakai powder into the warm coconut oil. Then add cut pieces of aloe leaf. By this time oil may reaching to boil. At this time put red onion pieces into the oil. Before getting onions turn black remove the vessel from the flame. Allow it to cool. Then sieve it and pour the oil into a suitable bottle and keep for further use. So your homemade fairness oil is ready.

Weekend body massage with homemade fairness oil
If you can be free for another 30-45 min. from now, you are set for the journey to a relaxing mood. First select an appropriate room. Switch of all phones if you can. Put some soft instrumental music, lounge music, for your ears. Consider some dim light. Get the homemade fairness oil into a small bowl. Take some oil into your hand and start to apply oil on your body. Start from face, hands, body and legs. While applying do a light massage. This is not the body massage process but it is a mild beauty massage. So when you massage hands, give massage from fingers to the top. Do the same way in body and legs. If your life partner is with you now both of you can help each other and make it an enjoyable moment. Then this homemade fairness oil massage will become more relaxing and it will create a positive relationship.

After applying this homemade fairness oil through out the body, close your eyes and lay down on a plastic bed sheet. Listen to music and keep your mind in an immaculate vacant condition. Wait for 20-25 min. Then get up and go for a warm bath. Use luke warm water. If you can use green gram powder to wash body is good. If you want to remove the oil completely use mild body shampoo.

Apply this homemade fairness oil once in a week, your body and mind will become fresh and charged.

Coconut Milk Creme Face Pack

Did you hear about coconut milk? Yes most probably all of you know about coconut milk. What about coconut milk cream? It is the cream produced from coconut milk. You all know the benefits coconut milk. It can be used to spread over body for itchy skins. It is also used to make hair oil that helps hair growth. So can we use the cream of coconut milk to enhance our skin beauty. The coconut milk cream face pack helps to avoid discoloration of skin. Also it gives a smooth and soft skin. It is very beneficial for dry skins. And those skin with white patches and irritation, it is a very good remedy for that skin condition.

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How to make coconut milk cream face pack. For this you need coconut milk. This is available to buy. But if you can make coconut milk from fresh coconut is good. For that grate the white part of coconut. Put this grated coconut into a mixer/grinder and add some water and work on that to get a loose milk. Remove this mixer to a bowl then sieve this to get a clear coconut milk. Refrigerate this coconut milk for about 2 hours minimum. Then take it out and see an upper thicker layer is formed. This is coconut milk cream.

This coconut milk cream can be used for any facial applications. It is a nourishing cream. It can enhance the skin condition and color. Here you can take two teaspoons of coconut milk cream and add a pinch of turmeric powder. This can be applied on face and hands. This will be very useful for dry skins. It will remove the dry condition of skin and enhance the skin tone and texture.

If you add a pinch of white sandal wood powder and apply on face, it will from a very good beauty treatment for your skin. Also adding red sandal wood powder and applying it will remove mild scars on face.

Mix coconut milk cream and carrot paste. Apply this on face to increase your facial nourishment. Wherever we use milk we can use this coconut milk cream to enhance our beauty. Coconut milk or coconut milk cream can be used to problematic skin with itchy patches. Coconut milk is useful to avoid all minor skin problems. For those with dry skin and do not like to apply oils this coconut milk cream is very useful.

Dates Fruit Face Pack

Here in this site you can see so many tips that use fruits and vegetables as ingredients. Yes they are really beneficial for your skin beauty. Your body and your health requires vegetables and fruits. They are so suitable to eat. Then why they are not suitable for applying on your face? Yes they are or they will surely suit your skin. As it is harmless to eat they are safe to use for your skin beauty. I have tried almost all natural ingredients and till now nothing made me disappointed. Now I am using all these face packs with different fruits or vegetable for my clients. The results are amazing.

Last week I tried a new fruit pack using dates fruit for one of my clients. This client is very happy that I am using natural things. This dates fruit face pack gave a wonder feeling to this lady. I am recommending to all of you to try this dates fruit face pack. It produced a better skin tone and it gave extra glow and smoothness. We cannot expect such an astonishing wonder when we use a store bought product. You may wonder why I am writing about so much face packs etc. You may try any of those tips according to what is available with you. Now if you have dates fruit try out this face pack. This can be useful to any type of skin. Nothing to worry.

How prepare this dates fruit face pack
To prepare this face pack you need 5 or 10 dates fruit. If you can get fresh dates fruit is fine. Otherwise definitely you can utilize the store bought dates. Remove the inner seed. Here you need one more ingredient, 1/2 fresh orange or lemon(lemon is for oily skin). Do not remove the skin, just remove the seeds. Slice the orange with outer skin. Now using a mixer/grinder prepare a paste out of these two ingredients. I hope there is no need to add water. If the paste is too thick add a little water. Now you got dates fruit face pack.

How to apply the dates fruit face pack
First off all cleanse your face with clean water. Tissue dry and apply the face pack on wet face. If you want, before applying this pack just take a little of this pack and do light facial massage. Take a little of this pack in your finger and apply on face and do facial massage in circular motion. Do it for 5-10 min. and rinse it off. Then apply this as a face pack. This method will give better result. After applying pack wait for 10-15 min. Do not allow any face pack to get dry on your face. Splash water on your face and rinse face. Allow face be wet for another 10 min. and then tissue dry. Wow you are great looking today, sure. Try it out and feel the difference. I am not arguing that everyone will get the same good result but definitely it will be wonderful experience for you. Once you liked this dates fruit face pack repeat it weekly.

Dry Skin

Dry skin control

If you have dry skin give care to get back to normal skin. The problem with dry skin is that it may show the signs of early aging and leads to wrinkles. Dry skin tends to loose moisture level. Dehydrated skin attracts UV rays from Sun and gets sun damage easily.

Those who have dry skin take care not to use products containing alcohol or soap that may make skin dry. Choose products that contain humectants and emolients.

Here I can suggest Avocado face mask to avoid dry skin. You all know avocado is natural moisturizer. It is highly recommendable to dry skin. It can also be used on dry hair and it will acts as a good deep conditioner.

Avocado mask for dry skin

Get half of a ripe avocado and mash it. Add 3 tsp. honey to it and mix it to prepare a paste. Clean your face with water and apply this paste. Wait for 15 -20 min. and wash it off with water.

This makes your skin moisturized and brings the natural shine. Skin looks more fresh and beautiful. This can be done at least once in a week. I am sure this recipe is one of the best for dry skin.

Avocado Facial

Hello readers,
Below is a comment I received regarding avocado facial in this site's discussion forum. I thought it would be beneficial to all of you if I show that comment here. Because it is an actual query on how to use avocado facial for one specific skin type. I am writing these tips for a general category or for all of you. Still there will be variations to make either in the preparation or usage of the tip. After reading any tip if you can come up with your type of skin etc. I can give the exact methods to use each of the homemade tips.

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Hello Geeta thanks for your site. I want to congratulate you for keeping all the posts wonderful. Readers can see the genuineness of your writing. Out of all the tips, I want to try avocado for my hair and skin. Will you please give me a personalized method. Because my skin is medium sensitive and my hair is not dry or oily but little bit loosing it's health. So how can I use the avocado? with love Saranya.

Saranya is asking about avocado facial. In this occasion I wanted to tell another story about avocado facial. Earlier I explained how to use avocado for hair and skin. I used to give avocado facial to my clients coming to my beauty center. But this avocado is not very common or not cultivated locally. But still it is available in some fruit stalls in this city. Last week I bought this avocado to one of my clients. She usually insist to avocado facial. See now I received a question regarding how to use avocado facial.

The specialty of this avocado facial is that the sap contained in the outer layer of the fruit is having a mild bleaching capability. So it gives more clear appearance for the skin. But it cannot be used for lightening the skin color.

Like Saranya with sensitive skin the avocado facial is a good choice. The inside content of the avocado itself is very cool and what to say, watery or creamy. Very nice product. It is like suppota right. So it won't create any irritation or burning to sensitive skin. The avocado facial can be done to all type of skins. It can be used as a moisturizer.

For hair it is a mild conditioner plus moisturizer.Henna also is a conditioner but it will make the hair lil thick.(so it gives extra protection to damaged hair) And hibiscus leaves also a good hair conditioner+shampoo. It is milder than henna. Still this avocado is a more mild and gentle conditioner. If you don't want to use henna certainly go for this avocado. You have to use it for three or more times.

Avocado Facial
I used to give avocado facial like normal facial. After cleansing and toning(either normal products or natural), instead of using other creams I use this avocado fruit to do the massage.

How to prepare avocado facial
Take a fully ripe avocado. Cut into two halves. If it is full ripe you can squeeze out the inner content with a spoon or use mixer/grinder for few secs. Put the inner content to a bowl. Using the spoon mash it well. Now you can add your favorite oil. I prefer almond oil. Add only few drops of almond oil. Mix well. Avocado facial is ready to use. If you want, you can add other suitable ingredients also like a little milk powder or oats powder or grated cucumber etc.

How to do avocado facial.
After cleansing your face take the avocado facial thing a little in your hands. With finger tips apply this avocado facial to your face and give a light facial massage.Give a circular motion upwards. Repeat this by taking the avocado facial thing little by little. You can see your face is becoming more clear and watch the skin is becoming lighter. The content in the avocado gives moisturizing effects. After giving 15 min. avocado facial massage apply it as a pack. If it is loose add some milk powder to make it a thick pack. After another ten min, rinse off face with cold water. Then tissue dry. Repeat this avocado facial daily for three days and repeat it once in a week.

Homemade Face Pack for Dry Skin

Homemade Face Packs for Dry Skin

Oh, do you have dry skin? Here you can see homemade face pack for dry skin. As time passes the natural glow of your skin starts decreasing and wrinkles starts appearing. In order to improve the skin, a homemade face mask can be used.

Homemade face pack with honey. Mix 1 tsp. of honey, 18-20 drops of carrot juice or orange juice, add either oatmeal powder or besan(chickpeas) powder to thicken it. Apply it on face and leave for 20 minutes and wash off. Definitely it will solve dry skin.

Homemade face mask with yeast. Add a small piece of yeast, a little olive or almond oil to the yolk of an egg. Mix well apply on face leave for 20 min. and wash off.

Homemade face pack with egg. Separate the yolk and white of an egg. Beat the yolk and apply on the face. When half dry apply beaten egg white. Leave it fully dry and then wash with warm water. This cleans and closes the pores and remove wrinkles.

Homemade face Mask with Egg and Almond oil. Mix egg yolk with few drops of almond oil. Spread the pack evenly about the thickness of a coin. When dry wash off. This will help dry skin.

Homemade face pack with Corn meal. Mix a little almond oil or olive oil in 2 tsp of corn meal. Apply on the face very gently, let it stay for 15 min and then wash. This is considered one of best remedies for dry skin.

Carrot face mask/packs. Mix 2 tsp of fresh finely grated carrot, 2 tsp of milk or 1 egg yolk. Mix well and add one tsp. of besan(chickpeas) to thicken, and apply on the face. Keep for 20 min and wash.

Note: Before applying any of these packs on face, test it inside your wrist. So you can make sure that you do not have any allergy to a particular product. Sometimes it may cause itching or irritation.
I hope that these homemade face pack may help you solve the problem.

Dark Skin Around Neck

"HI GEETHA MY NECK IS BLACK IN COLOUR HOW CAN I REMOVE THAT BLACK PLZ HELP ME."

This is a question asked by one of the valued visitors to this site. Actually I skipped this topic before, then I forgot to write about dark skin around neck. When I saw this question I thought it is the time to include this topic so that it will benefit to all my dear visitors to this site.

Reasons for dark skin around neck
The dark color formation around neck is due to different reasons. That includes acidity. I felt most of the cases with dark skin around neck are having acidity problem. It may give dark area around eyes, neck, at the tips of fingers, elbow etc. But it may occur due to some other reasons also.

If acidity is there in addition to treat for it you can reduce the appearance of dark skin around neck by the following homemade remedy.

Potato Pack for dark skin around neck
ingredients:
Fresh potato - 1
Fresh milk - 5 to10 tsp.(as required)
Coconut oil - 1 tsp.

Mash the potato. Don't peel out potato. By adding milk make it a paste. Add a little coconut oil or olive oil to it. Potato pack for dark skin around neck is ready.

How to apply potato pack for dark skin around neck
First of all wash the neck area. Towel dry and apply a little oil around the neck. Then apply potato pack on that area. Allow the potato pack to be there for 20 min. Then wash it away.

Apply this pack daily for three months to stop the appearance again. Still you can see the disappearance of dark skin around neck before that.

Homemade Mud Pack

Mud Face Pack/Mud Mask

Discovering the magical benefits of mud (multani mitti/Fuller's Earth) face pack. Yes it has got the cleansing property and it rejuvenates the skin with its mineral rich formula. It is natural. Using mud for several skin treatments started from the olden era. You can make mud face pack at home.

Here I suggests the mud face mask/pack for oily and dry skin with separate formula. For oily skin it absorbs excess sebum from the skin and cleanse the dirt. Finally you will have a new look. The ingredients for dry skin cleanse the face without making it more dry.

Mud Face Pack for Dry Skin
ingredients:
Multani mitti(Fuller's earth) - 3 tsp.
Yogurt (curd) - 1 to 2 tsp.
Almond oil 1/2 tsp.
Rose water - 3 drops

Take the curd in bowl and add fullers earth gradually and stir with a spoon. Pour almond oil and rose water. Mix all the ingredients to make a loose paste. Apply this mud face pack and wait for 20 min. Then wash it off with fresh cold water.

Mud Face Pack for oily Skin
ingredients:
Multani mitti - 3 tsp.
Lime juice - few drops
Rose water - 3 drops

Mix all the ingredients to get a loose paste. Clean your face and apply this mud pack on the face. Wait for 30 min. and then wash it off. Applying homemade mud pack twice in a month can give good result.