Friday, January 29, 2010

Ayurveda Tips for Skin Care!

                                                                                1. If your skin is not smooth and clean on all parts of the body, take one teaspoon of olive oil and an equal amount of honey. Massage the oil on the face, hands and neck thoroughly. Wash the body with ordinary water after 10 to 15 minutes.

2. Take one teaspoon of honey and add curd (yoghurt) and one teaspoon of almond oil, apply this mixture on the face, neck and hands and leave it for approx 30 minutes. Wash after some time. This is beneficial for dry skin.


3. Lemon is a natural cleanser. Use of lemon regularly to wash your skin cleans the skin thoroughly as it cleanses the body in depth without disturbing the acidic balance of the skin. It is a natural astringent, so also tightens the skin. Further lemon is rich in Vitamin C so it helps to make skin shiny and beautiful. One must take lemon with meals to increase the resistance power in the body, which is also helpful to enhance the beauty.


4. One spoon of lemon juice combined with two spoons of rose water helps to make elbows soft and clean.


5. Applying orange juice on the face regularly results in a glowing skin. During summers applying orange pulp as face pack for approx 15 minutes is very soothing and beneficial to the facial skin.


6. Applying the mixture of two teaspoons of papaya pulp and honey on the face and washing it off after 15 minutes increases the glow on the face.
7. Apply the pack of few neem leaves with a pinch of turmeric powder and one teaspoon of rose water on the face. After few minutes remove the pack by washing it off with the help of gram flour.


8. Take the pulp of fruits (kept in the fridge), add one teaspoon of curd (yoghurt), and honey. Apply this pack on the face and neck. Wash after approx 20 minutes with lukewarm water. This makes the face smooth and soft.


9. For dry skin, apply sesame oil and multani mati on the face and body. Clean it after it is dried. This makes the skin soft and oily. This is also very effective in case of sunburns.


10. Applying curd (yoghurt) on the hands and legs removes dryness. Wash it off when it is dried.


11. Apply mixture of one teaspoon of honey with curd (yoghurt) and one teaspoon of almond oil on the face, neck and hands for half an hour. Wash the body after some time. This works nice on dry skin.


12. Take ripe banana pulp and apply it on the face. This tightens the skin and also helps to remove the dark circles under your eyes. Similarly applying papaya pulp also helps to bring glow on dull skin.


13. Radish juice and add butter/ cream pack on the face is very beneficial for dry skin.


14. Grind multani mati, a little bit of mehndi and dry avala. Apply the paste on the face and skin to increase the glow.


15. Grind alfalfa seeds and add curd (yoghurt). Apply it on sunburned skin. It helps.


16. Beetroot juice increases blood in the body. Apply its pulp on the face for some time and wash the face with lukewarm water. This gives glowing skin.


17. Curd (yoghurt) and gram flour pack is effective on sunburned skin and gives coolness.


18. Take bath with neem, rose and sandal water during summers to avoid skin infections.


19. Wash the face four to five times with cold water throughout the day. This maintains the moisture in the skin. Drink at least 10-15 glasses of water everyday


20. Add rose water in cucumber juice and wash the face. Drink mango panna to protect from sunstroke. Also take a lot of curd (yoghurt).


21. In order to get rid off pimples and acne, apply pack of curd (yoghurt) with radish juice.


22. Add rose water in cucumber juice and wash the face. Drink mango panna to protect from sunstroke. Also take a lot of curd (yoghurt).