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3 DIY home masks for relief from acne

If you are looking for natural remedies to get rid of acne breakouts and acne scars, you need to try these homemade acne face masks. Honey is used in the face masks listed here as it hydrates your skin, promotes skin cell removal and keeps your skin soft by preserving moisture. It’s antiseptic and antibacterial properties make it best for acne-prone skin as it reduces the redness and inflammation of acne and pimples.

Skin care- Take cold baths for relief from heat rashes

As mentioned in the previous blog, heat rashes usually form in humid and hot climates, especially if you wear tight-fitting clothes as they do not let your skin breathe. This thus leads to clogged skin pores which do not let sweat escape to lead to skin irritation and eventual heat rashes.

Other possible causes for prickly heat rashes are excessive sweating, wearing nylon clothes, high fever, obesity, over dressing and doing highly strenuous exercises. Even people suffering from congenital decreased or practically absent sweating and bed ridden patients are at an increased risk of developing the problem.

Watermelon -a skin home remedy for prickly heat rashes

Heat rash is rather common in hot and humid weather conditions because of blocked sweat ducts in both adults and children skin. Children are especially susceptible to the problem as they have underdeveloped sweat glands.

Its medical term is Miliaria, and causes stinging or prickling sensations, which accompanied by itching and redness. The symptoms of prickly heat usually develop on the back, around the chest, neck and underarms and its heat rash bumps are usually accompanied by redness and itching.

Home skin care for combination skin

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

Everyday fruits make great skin exfoliation scrubs

Your skin accumulates dead skin cells, and it is essential that you remove these dead skin cells regularly for younger looking and radiant skin. The best way to do this is with regular skin exfoliation, which helps in reducing fine lines, clogged pores, winkles and hyper pigmentation. Moreover, exfoliating your skin once or twice a week helps encourage the easy penetration of skin preparations like moisturizers and face masks for improved skin. Most of the homemade exfoliation recipes make use of granulated sugar as it is a humectants which helps hydrate your skin by absorbing moisture from the air.

Oatmeal to help you look younger

Now that you know that oatmeal is indeed great for your skin and body, here are some more interesting recipes you can try out for improved skin and health. High in antioxidants, it is no wonder that oatmeal is useful in so many ways to the human body!

Oatmeal is not only healthy for the body, but for skin too!

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.

Curds prove helpful with skin whitening

So you are not happy with your skin color, and want a brighter complexion. The best thing you can do to achieve this is skin whitening. Though there are various products you can try in the market to improve your complexion, it’s safer and easier depending on home remedies, which offer a natural skin whitening treatment option.

9 More skincare tips to avoid dry skin this winter – Part 2

Now you know most of the tips you need to follow to avoid dry skin this winter through the previous post. However there are more helpful tips worth knowing. So here are these tips which should ensure your winter goes well this year, without much dry or cracked skin.

9 Tips for preventing skin rash and other skin infections

Many people know that allergies, environmental pollution, food, infections and psychological problems like increased stress trigger skin rashes. Along with these known causes, there are also some preventive measures which can be adopted to prevent the advent of skin rashes.

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