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Fruits are very valuable sources for health, especially those rich in anti-oxidant properties which help to fight against skin inflammations and promote anti-aging effects.

Fresh fruit nourishes your skin without any use of synthetic oils, chemicals or other preservatives.

Face masks made of fruits is beneficial in many ways, as it can cleanse your skin and make it softer and more elastic.

Fruits assist in the production of skin protein called collagen and speed up the metabolism of underlying layers of skin.

Apart from saving you money, homemade face masks using fruits contain higher concentrations of antioxidants than those available in stores. Here are a few fruit face mask recipes you can try in the comfort of your home.

Apple mask

Ingredients: 1 apple, 2 tablespoons of honey, ½ teaspoon of sage

Preparation: Chop up apple and place it in a bowl. Add honey and sage to chopped apple. Refrigerate the ingredients for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, lightly pat the mixture onto your face until the honey feels sticky. Allow it to settle for about 30 minutes and then rinse your face with warm water.

Strawberry mask

Who says you need to spend oodles of cash at a spa in order to enjoy a facial?

With a few simple items and some free time, you can enjoy the benefits of a spa facial in your very own bathroom. [Home Spa]

Let’s get you started on your way to beautiful skin.

What You’ll Need

• Facial cleansers (whichever you normally use or one formulated for your skin type)
• Toner (again, whichever you normally use or one made for your type of skin)
• A mask (mud, exfoliating - whatever you like)
• A facial buffer/exfoliator
• A bowl of HOT water
• Washcloths
• Moisturizer

How to Do It?

Step 1: Cleanse your skin using your preferred cleanser. Apply the cleanser and in a circular motion, work it into the skin gently making sure to get your entire face all the way to the hairline, your neck all the way down to your collarbone and pay special attention to the forehead as we tend to retain a lot of oil there. Rinse well and then pat the skin dry—don’t rub.

A great way of unwinding and giving your face a treat at the same time is applying a face mask and lying down while it works its magic.

Once a week is good but twice a week is even better, once you have got into the habit you will start to look forward to its relaxing effect on you and your skin.

There are many masks available some that you peel off and others that you wash off with cool clear water. Every different skin type is covered by the variety of products on the market.

Those with oily skins often have a forehead and nose problem referred to as the t-zone, usually it points towards a bad diet and irregular sleep patterns or more likely to a teenager.

Older skins can suffer from dryness due often to a lack of collagen that is what keeps the face hydrated. This condition often leads to flakiness, cracks and wrinkles. People who live in countries with a cold climate should take precautions to prevent this type of dry skin condition.

If you are looking for more natural ways for your skin care, olive oil completes your search [Olive oil skincare].

Apart from its amazing health benefits, olive oil is very beneficial for regular skin care routine.

Along with vitamin E, oleic acid is present in olive oil that contains fabulous regenerative properties that when transferred to skin cells will help to rejuvenate skin.

Vitamin E that is present in olive oil will protect your skin cells from free radicals and heals damaged skin effectively.

Suits perfectly for dry as well as sensitive skin, olive oil promotes softening and moistening effect for your skin.

The anti-aging effect of olive oil benefits your skin by preventing appearance of wrinkles. So, if you are unclear about how to use olive oil in your daily skin care routine, here are some easy recipes for you.

For normal skin

Recipe #1: Mix 1 teaspoon of non fat curd and olive oil. Add ½ teaspoon of parsley juice to curd and the olive oil mixture. Carefully mix all the ingredients evenly.

Apply the mixture to your face and allow it to settle for 15-20 minutes. After 15 minutes, wash your face with warm water. This particular mask softens your skin and promotes better nourishment.

It is indeed possible to spend less, and get more. Yes, I am talking about skin care products and facial cleansers.

Some of the best facial cleansers you can use are readily available right at home, but most of us do not know this, and we end up spending extravagant amounts of money on them.

Why, even the great Cleopatra used home made facial cleansers to keep her skin looking beautiful and glowing at all times!

Here are some tips on how to make the best homemade facial cleansers:

• Alpha-hydroxy acids form the main ingredient in most facial cleansers, and this is something that is readily available in most of the food stuffs that we use at home. Milk contains alpha-hydroxy acids, and apparently, Cleopatra indulged in milk baths everyday!Lemon juice, oranges, blackberries, grapes, and tomatoes all contain this important acid, and what they do is to exfoliate the skin, so that the dead skin cells that stay on the face long after they are dead are removed, to leave your face clean and glowing.Remember, when the top layer of skin is removed, it helps the natural emollient oils in our body to reach the rest of the cells, especially those on the surface, thereby moisturizing the skin and leaving it fresh and moisturized.

A facial moisturizer is the key component of a facial skin care and the main purpose of using moisturizer in facial skin care is to make the skin soft and hydrated.

Using facial moisturizers as part of your daily skincare routine can make your skin supple and healthy for several years.

You should apply facial moisturizers on the face after cleansing and toning. These moisturizers are effective in controlling the dryness in the skin.

Since facial moisturizers have anti-aging properties, it protects the skin from aging and gives youthful look to the skin.

Using unsuitable facial moisturizer or applying the moisturizer improperly can result in wrinkles, fine lines, dryness in the skin, and the skin to lose its suppleness.

So, it is most essential for you to use the right moisturizer. As selecting the right facial moisturizer for your face depends on the skin type, determine what type of skin is yours–dry, oily, combination or sensitive.

Right moisturizer for the right skin type

Oily skin: The skin usually tends to shine more with large pores and is often susceptible to blackheads, blemishes and pimples (large or small).

Having a flawless and healthy skin is the desire of every one and it can be achieved easily with skin peels, also known as facial peels.

A skin peel is a procedure meant to peel off the skin’s upper layer of old, dead skin cells to let the new young skin cells set on the surface.

Skin peels is beneficial for those individuals with acne, acne scarring, wrinkles [Tips to avoid wrinkles], fine lines, blemishes [Causes of blemishes], age spots, skin decolonization, excess oil production, sun burns, blackheads [Removing blackheads], skin patches, and other age-related skin problems.

Usually the solutions of skin peel treatment include alpha hydroxy acid (AHA), beta hydroxy acid (BHA), tricholoracetic acid (TCA), or phenol as their exfoliating agent.

Each of these skin peel solutions varies depending on the ingredients and their intensity. However, the effect of skin peels depends on the depth of peeling on the skin. The depth of the peeling can range from superficial peel to a medium or deep peel.

The types of skin peels

Superficial Peel: Also known as light or micro skin peel. It is the most popular and widely used skin peel treatment procedure. It is very simple to perform and takes much less time.

Are you in search of attaining beautiful skin? A beautiful skin with shiny look can be achieved by exfoliating the skin regularly with the help of facial exfoliants. Facial exfoliants plays a crucial role in skin care routine.

Exfoliation refers to the process that removes old dead skin cells from the upper layer of the skin, which makes the skin appear tedious and pale.

It motivates the skin’s blood circulation to start the production of the new younger skin cells.

Normally, the exfoliation process takes place naturally in the body every few days during the infancy stage.

However, this process decelerates as the age progresses and thus increases the need for facial exfoliants.

Facial exfoliants do wonders when used correctly and regularly. The exfoliants can make your skin not only smooth and shiny, but also improve the skin’s tone and texture. The effects of facial exfoliants are more beneficial for oily and dry skin [Dry skin care]. For oily skin [Oily skin care], it reduces the blemishes. For dry skin, it gives brighter and smoother effect.

Acne, scars, greasy skin, wrinkles are the most common aging problems faced by every one at some or the other time in their life.

There are many remedies and treatments for these common problems and one amongst those most effective treatments for aging problems of skin is facial peels.

Facial peel is the cosmetic as well as chemical treatment, usually given for facial skin that is damaged due to acne or any other skin conditions like sun spots and melasma.

Even the patchy skin gets easily enhanced using these facial peels.

Facial peels can be performed at your personal dermatologist clinic. They are also very helpful in treating any kind of irregularities on your facial skin including blemishes, fine lines which appears as a result of aging process and also helps in giving new life for your skin.

Be careful while using facial peel products!

Many commercial facial peel creams and also dermabrasion systems are available easily at your nearest drug store or any cosmetic store. A dermabrasion system mainly involves removal of your damaged layers of skin with an abrasive sand paper using rotating wire brushes. It is usually conducted at any physician’s clinic or even in any outpatient center.

Facial scrub is a simple method of exfoliating dead surface cells from the top of your skin that is very helpful in giving a bright look for your skin instantly.

Use of facial scrubs in your routine skin care can be very useful in revealing plumper, chubby and younger look of your skin.

How do facial scrubs are helpful in exfoliation of dead skin cells?

Facial scrubs are typical kind of face packs which rubs or scrubs your skin. While scrubbing your skin, they bring the blood to the outer surface of your skin and help in removing dead cells from your skin and also clean your dead skin.

When the dead cells are removed from your skin, facial scrubs mainly encourages your skin to speed up the new cell production. If your skin is either dry or normal, try to exfoliate once in a week. For oily or combination skin, it is essential to repeat this exfoliation process two times in a week.

Is your skin dry? Then try these simple facial scrubs!

• Facial scrub with oat meal: Take 2 tablespoons of oatmeal powder and 3 to 4 tablespoons of buttermilk. Mix these two ingredients and apply this paste on your face. Leave for few minutes and allow it to dry. Try to remove it with gentle scrubbing and then wash your face with lukewarm water.