Healthy Skin Tips

Caring for your skin properly is one of the most important things you can do. Here, some useful tips to beautiful, healthy and vibrant skin:

Cleanse properly. Avoid strong soaps with harsh ingredients that can clog your pores.

Moisturize well. Unhealthy skin is usually thirsty skin. Make sure you use the correct moisturizer for your skin type.

Protect yourself. Don't overexpose yourself to the sun, and use an SPF 15 or higher every day.

Where it Begins: Your Skin

Recipes for Great Skin

You can make these special concoctions at home!

All Natural Oatmeal Cleanser

Using unprocessed oatmeal (not the instant type), grind to a powder and add enough cream or milk to make a fairly stiff paste. Rub on and into your skin. Rinse well.

Yogurt and Lemon Cleansing Milk

Mix together 1 tablespoon natural yogurt and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Use for oily skin.

Apple Facial

Mash 1 apple with 1/2 teaspoon cream. Add 1 tablespoon honey and 1 tablespoon ground oatmeal. Spread on face, leave for five to ten minutes, and rinse off.

Cucumber Moisturizing Cream

1 teaspoon white wax
1 teaspoon cocoa butter
1 1/2 teaspoons coconut oil
1 teaspoon lanolin
1/2 teaspoon boric acid powder
4 tablespoons cucumber juice
distilled water

Melt the wax, cocoa butter, oil and lanolin in a double boiler. Dissolve the boric acid powder in distilled water, previously warmed. Slowly beat in the cucumber juice.