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While letting your hair lose, not wearing gloves while working out and dehydration are some things you should not do while at the gym, there are some additional gym habits to avoid for optimal skin care.

Touching your face

It’s better if you avoid touching your face during workouts, especially if you are doing weights or cardio machines as these machines do breed bacteria. As you don’t want to unnecessarily introduce bacteria to your skin, which can lead to new breakouts and spread existing ones, it’s better to keep your hands off your skin. The best way to do this is by maintaining a habit of washing your hands after your workout.

Now that you have clear skin, its better using these tips to maintain it so that you need not fret the next time you need to look great for a function or a presentation!

1Hydration

You know that you need to drink water to keep your skin hydrated from within. However no matter if you have dry or oily skin, you also need to use a moisturizer to keep your skin clear and supple all the time. Your face gets dry when you wash it, wherein your pores get clogged and you have acne breakouts.

You’ve always been advised to reduce your daily coffee consumption as its high caffeine levels are not healthy for you. However not many know that coffee has much more to offer to you than being your favorite morning wake-up call. Read on to find out how you too can reap these coffee benefits.

All those ‘safe’ cosmetic products you find on shelves have some borax in it. Yes, borax is not only used for laundry cleaning, but is also used in soaps and cosmetics. So now you wonder if borax is safe for your skin. Read on for the answer.

Prevention is always better than cure, even with wrinkles. Wrinkles are a part of the aging process, and can be avoided or reduced using the right skin products and face masks. You’d learnt about the great moisturizer, avocado face masks in the previous post. Now here are some more face masks you can try at home to rid yourself of wrinkles and look years younger.

Now that you have learnt how you can prevent further acne scars from developing, here are some natural remedies with natural ingredients which can help remove any acne scars you may already have. All you need to do is apply these ingredients on the scar, and you find the scars slowly disappearing.

A person’s skin type is classified as oily, normal, dry or combination skin. In case of combination skin, you will have an oily T-zone of your forehead, nose and chin while the other parts of your skin have normal to dry skin. It is generally women who have this type of skin, who usually suffer from acne wrinkles at the same time too. So the best thing they do is apply treatments for different problems only on the affected areas

Oatmeal is great for health and beauty reasons as it is rich in antioxidants and minerals like potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus. It is a great natural skin cleanser, especially great for sensitive skin.  In fact, it is very commonly used as a mild soap too and can help give relief from itching and minor irritation.

As mentioned in the earlier post, dry skin is a condition that affects lots of people. Instead of using over the counter products, there are various dry skin solutions you can make using the usual ingredients found in your kitchen. While the previous post mentioned about 6 home care recipes for dry skin, this post brings you a few more useful recipes to try out.