If you want to lighten your skin tone

without spending oodles of money

then try out the cost-effective natural home-made treatments and enjoy the results in a matter of a few days.

Honey

Honey is your best friend and is an excellent ingredient for both your health and body. It is known for its constructive effect on your skin tone. Not just that, being an excellent moisturizer, it is regarded as an excellent acne fighting treatment.

Honey, for lightening your skin complexion, works effectively.

Blend half a tbsp of almond powder with one tbsp of honey with a few drops of lemon juice

apply this directly to your face. Leave the mass on your face for 5 minutes and then give your face a massage, so that the ingredients can penetrate your skin, and again leave it on for another 5 minutes. Cleanse it off with cold water and pat your face dry with a nice and clean towel. Repeat this treatment religiously everyday for one month and you will be surprise yourself to notice the distinct change in your complexion. You’ll be able to see excellent results effecting, within a week’s time

Almonds

Almonds, again, are remarkably effective in lightening your skin tone.

Add milk to almond powder and mix it till it blends well

then apply the mixture to your face. Leave it on for 10 minutes and then wash away with cold water. This is a daily recommended treatment in order to notice a lighter complexion getting lighter. Plus, if you want to strop showing aging signs early, try out this paste and feel the rejuvenation.

Lemon

Lemon juice is generally identified to be a skin lightening agent.

Mix equal amounts of lemon juice with rose water and use the formation as a toner

You will notice results after the first treatment itself, leaving the skin fresh and glowing. Apply it to your face at night and leave it there while sleeping. Wash it in the morning with cold water.
Lemon juice is also effect in decreasing the size of the pores on your face and is an excellent remedy against fight acne and blemishes. You can use this treatment on your entire body.

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Your body also needs to be regularly hydrated as it keeps wrinkles and skin dullness at bay.

Dry skin is more prone to skin infections but you should also be aware that a little too much moisture can lead to skin clogging and that dreadful acne which we all hate. So “do it, but don’t over do it”.

In pursuit of a happy skin, your number one ally and best friend is a good moisturizer which is available in the form of body butter or a lotion. Body butter is much thicker than a body lotion and is perfect if you are looking to treat your skin with some full of zip moisture treatment.

Shopping for a good body butter can also be a tug of war!

The attractive bottles, delicious fragrances and the lovely textures can easily manipulate you when you are out moisturizer – shopping.

The Body Shop has been in the beauty business for more than two decades and has become a famed name in providing the best of natural skin and hair care organic products. The Japanese Cherry Blossom range is a recent addition to their ever increasing list of skin care fixations. Now you can treat your senses to the Japanese Cherry Blossom Eau de toilette, body mist, shower gel, body lotion and body butter!!

For all our skin conscious readers, styleablaze recommends The Body Shop Japanese cherry blossom, a skin softening body butter by The Body Shop. And Ladies, it has it all, an attractive container, a lovely texture and a sensual fragrance!

Ingredients

The key ingredient, Japanese Cherry Blossom is known for its soothing and healing properties and the lovely exotic fragrance. This body butter has hints of cheery blossom extracts, blended with organic soya oil and Italian olive oil and mingled with Glycerin as an active hydrating agent. This concoction is just wonderful to restore the skin’s moisture barrier and nourishes it to softness in no time.

Soya oil has rich fatty acids which can do wonders if you are looking for intensive skin care treatment.

The mixture of these oils easily get absorbed with other natural skin oils making your skin look shinny and feel soft.

When to use / Why to

Recommended greatly for people with normal skin, this is a must have moisturizer especially formulated to combat all kinds of harsh winter weather. If you feel that your skin is tired or has dry patches then give this a try and you will instantly notice results. Perfect to use any time of day or night and easily applicable and does not have an oily after effect. Use it once or twice a day preferably after a shower or before going to bed.

A useful tip on moisturizer application is to apply it on damp skin. Dry skin doesn’t absorb it effectively. Your damp skin traps water on the skin surface cells making the moisture effect last longer and giving your skin a shinny look.

How to Use / Apply in steps

Step 1

Before applying the body butter, splash your body with some water. The skin only needs to be damp not wet !!! If you don’t feel like using water, a hydrating tonner is an excellent substitute.

Step 2

Take a generous scoop of the body butter and spread across your body.

Step 3

Blend it in circular motions so that it is evenly spread and absorbed. You will instantly feel the difference with a beaming skin.

Some Facts

Japanese Cherry Blossom or “Sakura” as the Japanese call it signifies the momentary nature of life. Blossoming in the spring from the months of late March to early May, Cherry Blossoms are found all over Japan and their beauty is enjoyed with an old tradition of Hanami , the flower viewing custom. This delicate flower also symbolizes feminine beauty, power and sensuality and has become a popular tattoo among young women.

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The first thing waking up the girly instinct in you is the cute pink tub with a black lid. The delicate floral scent is the second best thing that will instantly pull you towards it. Just one whiff of this lovely fragrance will take you to some Cherry Blossom Garden in far away Japan!

The Body Shop Products might seem slightly expensive, but word from the wise is never compromise on quality when it comes down to skin care.

Use this body butter as an all over moisturizer.

Now you don’t have to spend loads of money on buying lotions and creams for feet, body, arms and hands separately as this body butter does it all! This product has also been recommended by Vogue UK. Still in doubt, try the sample at the store before buying it.

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Price

The price of this product is around $ 20 dollars / 1600-2000 rupees (approx).

A Little splish-splash and there you have it – a face sparkling clean and fresh as moon’s glory.

So, invest in a nice smart face wash and see what miracles it would do for your skin. Lets scan the face wash market to make a good pick….

1. Clarins Pure Melt Cleansing Gel for All Skin Types

It can be described as simply heaven in a tube! It’s unlike any other cleanser I’ve ever used. It’s a very unique concept – It started out on my face as a gel, and as I massaged it in, it turned into oil. The oil felt soft and smelled amazing (a lovely orange/tangerine scent), and took off every last trace of my makeup. When I added water to rinse it off, it changed yet again into cleansing milk and came off easily, with no oily residue.

I was left with a very smooth, soft, clean face. I never used anything like it. It’s very pleasing to the senses. It smelled great, felt nice and left my face clean and soft, and hydrated! My skin did not feel stripped or dry, just a clean, smooth canvas at the end of the cleansing process.

This cleanser contains Marula Oil, which is a “dry” oil, almost instantly absorbed by the skin.

It felt so good to massage it onto my face that I looked forward to my very pleasant evening experience every night. There were even some evenings when I was so tired that I decided to skip moisturizer, and found that I really could! This is worth every penny, as it is truly a luxurious and effective product.

And even better, the three-phase process allows you to pack fewer skin care products if you are crunched for space!

2. Clean Clear Morning Burst Cleanser

Just as the name says it, a great choice for everyday morning use. Not only does it do everything it says on the bottle but it actually makes you feel good. It has beads in it that lightly exfoliate your face in the morning. The best part is the orange scent. It’s wonderful, I recommend for anyone that has a pimple or two, it cleans them up in a couple of days.

3. Aqua Dessa Honey Pomegranate Facial Cleanser

An absolute treat for your face, it’s super mild and smells incredible. It takes off all makeup too with just the tiniest amount. The fragrance is wonderful, it leaves the skin clean and smooth (not squeaky and tight, which I don’t like). There is a light foam.

Did I mention the fragrance? Fabulous!

It’s only flaw is in the product design – It’s almost impossible to get a little out without it running down the side of the bottle. This needed to have a pump. It is too thin of a product, (no synthetic thickeners are added to this product), to put in a glass bottle with a little rubber dispenser on top, it all runs out.

4. Juice Beauty Cleansing Gel

I was very impressed with this organic cleanser. The texture of the cleanser is a mid-weight gel and it took off every bit of oil, makeup and debris from my face. It made my skin look and feel clean afterwards. It did not feel harsh or irritating and rinsed off very well. Anyone with oilier skin looking for an effective, gentle cleanser this is the one – and the fact that it’s organic is fantastic!

This cleanser also keeps acne at bay! After using it for several weeks, you will yourself notice a significant difference in the amount of flare ups that occurred.

5. Ponds face wash

Ponds face wash is suitable for both oily and dry skin. It is great for Asian skin. After using Ponds face wash the face could get a bit stretchy and tight but its fabulous for summer season where it really keeps your face from perspiring and becoming a sweat fountain.

6. L’Oreal Skin Genesis Pore Minimizing Gel Cleanser

It is a fruity scented cleanser. It makes the pores minimized (not completely but there is a difference) and prevents breakouts. Overall the face feels softer and clearer. The cleanser also removes eye makeup quite easily. This particular face wash works great for combination skin.

7. Neutrogena Deep Clean Facial Cleanser Normal to Oily Skin

A simple face wash with nothing fancy, except the way it works on the skin. It perfectly cleans the skin without any harsh ingredients. Neutrogena Deep Clean Facial Cleanser, For Normal to Oily Skin promises to clean your skin, while gradually improving the skin complexion. It promises bold long term results that you simply can’t turn it down.

8. Olay Gentle Foaming Face Wash with Aloe, Sensitive Skin

For someone who is not aware, to me Olay products are like testaments of beauty and skin care. An excellent face wash, just the kind you would expect from Olay. Olay Gentle Foaming Face Wash with Aloe-Sensitive Skin says it’s 100% soap free, oil free, and dermatologist tested. Only takes a small amount to cleanse your face. Even a dime size is plenty to get the job done. Works great for sensitive skin and make-up removal. This product is recommended for middle-aged women.

9. Purpose Gentle Cleansing Wash

I bought this because I needed something to use in the shower in the mornings- not really abrasive or drying, just something gentle to have a fresh face. I really liked it because it got rid of all of last night’s traces of mascara and didn’t dry, it also smelled great, and really familiar.

Then I realized one morning it smelled exactly like baby shampoo. And it pretty much was baby shampoo. So I’ve switched to that- cheaper, more comes in the bottle, and the soap dispenser lid doesn’t leak everywhere.

10. The Face Shop Herb Day Cleansing Foam, Clarifying Acerola

I’ve had good experiences with Asian products in the past. After using this for a week, I’m thoroughly impressed. It foams up into a really luxurious lather, and does an excellent job of removing most makeup (waterproof mascara may need extra attention, but that’s to be expected).

The best part is, after rinsing, it leaves the skin smooth and baby soft — not dry or tight at all.

In fact, I feel totally comfortable using this in the morning and not worrying about flakiness! I will definitely be looking in to more The Face Shop products in the future…for the price and quality they are awesome!

Whitehead’s or zits are a common type of acne that can appear in both teenagers and adults. Being the greatest threat to your beauty, whiteheads are tiny, translucent, raised spots which infact are a build-up of oils, serum and dead skin.

So, why do these white heads appear? There is no precise reason as to why they break out; however, the dermatologists suggest that the whiteheads are caused by the accumulation of hardened sebum (oil) in the pores of the skin. When the skin pore seals out, the bacteria within the skin will begin to grow and as a result, a whitehead is form after a few days.

The target spots for these beauty-killers to appear include different parts of the face, mostly around the eyes and the cheeks. However, many people also complain of getting whiteheads on the chest, neck and forehead.

Warning: DO NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE WHITEHEADS BY YOURSELF…EVER! I can understand the feeling of wanting to get rid of them right away, but If you try to squeeze them out, it will damage your skin and as a result, you will be left with a permanent, reddish scar.

Styleablaze will guide you through getting rid of this agitation. Simply, follow the bullets below in order to prevent the formation of whiteheads:

Make sure that you keep your face clean by washing it with an excellent facial cleanser (particularly one which contains salicylic acid or alpha hydroxyl acids) atleast twice a day.

When buying skincare products, always see that the product you are buying matches your skin type.

Repeat after me – Exfoliation helps skin stay clean and glowing. Make it a habit of exfoliating your skin twice or three times a week. Apply an exfoliating scrub over your face in gentle circular movements, pertaining slight pressure around your forehead, nose and cheeks (the whiteheads target zones).

Use gentle exfoliating scrub which contains fine granules, which gives the skin smoother and healthier and unclogs the pores, without damaging the skin, which otherwise is the case in scrubs with bigger granules.

Regardless of what your skin type is, always remember to apply a moisturizer or a hydrating cream.

Steaming is an excellent method for cleansing your skin. So, don’t forget to steam once a week for a few minutes. Steaming helps in cleaning your skin from deeply embedded debris (dust, sebaceous secretions, dead skin cells and traces of makeup), while opens clogged pores and softens the skin –

steaming is an absolute rejuvenation effect.

Get yourself a ‘comedone remover’ (a comedone extractor) tool. This helpful device keeps your skin pores free of blackheads and blemishes. It extracts all clogged pores trapped with sebum, bacteria and excess oils, leaving the skin clean, smooth, and clear and. Use it immediately after steaming the face.

Well, there you have them – simple, easy and all you need to get a beautiful skin, all glowing and gleaming. But, remember the lesson Styleablaze has for you: Don’t squeeze ‘em, clean ‘em!

Wishing you had a life like hers? Well, day-dreaming is the only way you can have that …but, there is one thing which is possible…to become as beautiful as Cleopatra.

Want to know the secret behind her glowing, lustrous skin? Honey and Milk Bath! Yes, Cleopatra used nothing but honey and milk while bathing.

To have a beautiful, radiant, and baby soft skin, the following beauty care recipe is what you need to be the next Cleopatra:

Ingredients:

¼ cup honey

¼ cup milk (you can also use powdered milk, incase whole milk is not available)

Here’s what you have to do:

Blend together proper proportions of honey and milk and pour the crème mélange into your bath tub filled with lukewarm water. Honey and milk happen to be nature’s inherent moisturizers, which leave behind a soft and smooth effect on the skin, giving it a glowing look.

Try it and feel like a Queen yourself!

1. Avoid sun rays: Sun rays are harmful for your skin. Try to cover up your skin with scarf, hats, etc while going out in day light. There are many good sun blocks in the market that you may use for preventing your skin from UV.

Use sun glasses to protect your eyes.

2. Lemon juice or red onions: if you rub fresh lemon juice or red onions on your skin, these things can lighten or get rid of your dark spots.

It is not the magic that may solve your problem in few moments.

You must be tolerant while applying this process to cure your skin. This process may take numerous weeks to heal your skin depending on your dark spots.

3. Fading creams and soaps: there are numerous creams available in market that can help you to lighten your age spots.

Bleaching agents of these creams help you to achieve fair skin.

You may consult any skin specialist who can suggest you a good cream or medicated soaps that will cure your skin.

4. Avoid smoking: It is a hard truth that cigarettes not only cause cancer but also damages your skin. Stop smoking, if you love your body, skin and yourself. See the smokers wandering around you. They have dull skins and faces. They also have dark spots and tired eyes.

Avoid smoking will evade tired looks.

5. Laser treatment: if you are an impatient type and want a rapid process to work for you, try laser treatment. Laser treatment is a process in which lasers are used to remove layers of skin to cure dark spots. Yet, it is better to consult any professional to get proper guidance in this matter.

These tips would give you a relief and you will get a sense of relaxation and happiness. Imagine the feeling of a new you, when you will find these tips working and changing your rusty looks into unmarked and pleasant looks.

No more a sad face, as bright new days wait for you around the corner.

Have a wonderful day!

Here are some tips to help you get rid of this curse and wake up one morning looking younger, fresher and charming than ever could have:

1. Brand sickness and using natural herbs:
To put it simply, we all are die-hard brands using people. In fact, there is a rather reliability element we seek in using brands because we think if all the rich and famous are using it and it’s on TV, then it has to safely we the best. Yup, “best”is the right terms for it. But, to be honest, it’s this brand sickness that often leads to unpleasant effects on the skin. These marketed skin care products contain unsafe chemicals that may damage the skin and cause permanent scars to leave you cursing yourself the rest of your life. Your skin  absorbs all the materials that you use on it.

To be on the safe side, try using natural herbs and fruits as beauty products. Natural herbs may have blessings but not the drawbacks for your skin.

Don’t put whatever beauty products you find anywhere. Money comes back but your skin is much more valuable than anything else.

2. Use Vitamin C and A:
Add vitamin C and A in our daily diet. Vitamin C helps to stop the skin from becoming flexible and hanging down because of weakness. Vitamin A will help you to increase growth of new cells. Growing new cells will fade unnecessary spots of pimples, cuts, etc on your skin.

3. Take care of your diet and exercise regularly:
Add colors to your diet. To do that, eat lots of vegetables and fruits and drink fresh juices. This helps your skin in looking fresh, glowing and alive. Green and leafy vegetables are certainly the best.

Avoid junk food and drink water as much as you can.

Your body needs bundles of carbohydrates. Exercise will enhance the functions of carbohydrates and your body will properly absorb and consume the energy gained from your balanced diet. Sweating helps you to release the bacteria that your body contains.

4. Organized routine:
Avoid stress. Organize your daily routine. Make list of your everyday tasks. Activate reminders on your mobile phones. Sleep of 8 hours is must in every 24 hours.

5. Dark spots:
Many of us fall  victim to age spots. These annoying dark spots result in making you look dull and worn-out and push you in great depths of depression.

Until forty years of age, you don’t need to bother for these spots unless you  are into smoking or excessive drinking which pace up the aging process and cause dark spots.

Promise yourself that you will start taking care of yourself from right this instant if you want to enjoy the delightful feeling of possessing a glowing skin and a charismatic you.

Your Facial formation or structure can easily help you in identifying the type of face you have. Thus, this way you can easily accentuate your striking facial features accordingly, and make irregular features less prominent and noticeable.

For that reason, all you need to achieve your goal is to acquaint yourself with the basic face shapes.

Oval Shape
Oval deemed as an ideal shape. Being the most balanced face in terms of features, oval-shaped face does not require any remedial make-up or extraordinary hair-style to emphasize the looks.

The purpose of make-up is to restore the beauty of an oval shape.

Eyebrows should be shaped immaculately in a natural arch. As you apply lip color to your lower lip, remember to outline it so as to give an impression of fuller lips and simply follow the natural line of the upper lip. Apply blush on your cheek colors in a “C” shape and blend it up till the outer corner of the eyes.

Diamond Shape
A diamond shape has a slim forehead and chin with relatively broad cheek bones.

For a diamond shaped face,  reduce the extreme width of the cheeks with make-up to achieve a look akin to oval shape.

Hence, apply a rather darker shade of foundation to the exterior of your cheekbones lengthening towards the outer corner of the eyes. On the contrary, apply a lighter shade of foundation on the chin and the forehead to create an impression of the width to the face. Avoid keeping the eyebrows close instead they should be kept slightly apart from the centre and then follow the natural arch. Apply lipstick in the natural shape of your lips.

Heart Shape
An ample forehead and a slender chin is clearly an indication of a heart shaped face. Thus, make up should be applied to increase the width of the chin and jaw line and reduce the width of the broad forehead.

Thus, to broaden the chin and jaw line, apply a lighter shade of foundation and as for reducing the width of the forehead, apply a dark foundation.

You’re your eyebrows thick and straight following the natural arch, but remember to maintain a considerable distance between the brows. Apply Lipstick following the natural lip line. To create an illusion on width around the forehead and cheeks, apply a high lighter or a white eye shadow to the forehead centre and the sides of the cheeks. Applying rouge on the upper cheek base would do magic and giving your face an alluring appearance.

Round Shape
A round face can easily be recognized owing to the roughly equal width and length of the entire face.

Your goal is to apply make up to create illusion of adding length to your face, resembling an oval shape.

Normally, a slender forehead will enhance the look of the face. For this purpose, use a deeper shade of foundation on the sides of your face. To give a lean look, apply a darker foundation to the jaw line and beneath the cheeks. Add a touch of rouge and apply blush on the cheeks to make them look slender. Make sure to blend it towards the temple area. Apply lipstick on the inside of the lip line. Shape the eyes and brows to give them a fuller wider and longer look.

Square Face
A straight forehead with a square jaw line makes up for a square face. Applying make up to a square face can be a bit tricky.

For a soften touch and to strikingly highlight your features, apply a darker shade of foundation on the temples, jaw line and sides of the face.

This will help to shrink the width of the face around the corners of the face and give a subtle look. Apply a bit of rouge on the cheeks and blend it towards the jaw line to heighten the length of the face. To alleviate the strong look, round shape eyebrows accent a softer look to the face. Since the square jaw line needs to be dapped with a softer look, thus the final resort which sure works is to apply Lipstick to create fullness in the lips.

Long Face
A Long face type is slightly stretched and less wide with slightly hollow cheeks. So when applying make-up to a long face, remember your goal:

Make the face look wider, diminishing the long appearance.

Make your eyebrows appear slightly thick following a natural arch to shrink the face length. Your eye make-up should be perfectly synchronized with your aim to making the face wider. Thus that can be achieved by accentuating the eyes to make them look bigger. Apply eyeliner from the centre of the lid leaning it up to the outer corner of the eye. Apply lipstick to give the lips a fuller appearance. Apply rouge and blush-on to cheeks but making sure it doesn’t reach higher than the outer corner of the eye and also not beneath the tip of the nose. A richer shade of foundation can be applied across the jaw line and chin area and also on the top of the forehead to easen up the long appearance of the face.

Pear Face
Ever heard of a pear shaped face? Now you are. A face type with a slender forehead, broad jaw line and wider chin area are the main attributes of a pear face.

Applying make up on pear shaped face is again slightly on the complicated side. You need to concentrate on making the face look lengthier and wider around the forehead.

Shape the eyebrows to create a higher arch on the outer ends. Apply rouge on the cheekbones and blend it towards the jaw line. Apply a rich color foundation on the sides to play down the width of the jaw, to attain a slender look.

No more tears and no more sadness! These simple tips will help you gain ‘the look of your dreams’, playing up your features.

Remember you are beautiful and unique.

Normally, a misguided attempt which women commit is the choice of make up shades and tricks, which better compliments their skin tone and eyes’ color. Not every make up is meant for you so you better make careful choices while choosing shades and other make up utensils such as liners etc.

If you have brown eyes and a pale (fair) skin tone, then the following make tips would work as magic for you:

1. Take a deep brown liquid eyeliner and apply it along your upper lashes. Select a lightest eye shadow from the palette and apply on the entire lids up to your brow bone.

 

2. Next choose a darker shade and apply into the crease, making sure to blend it properly.

 

3. For a brilliant look, apply a pencil liner onto the bottom lids and carefully smudge it with your finger to give it a more natural look.

 

4. Apply a white eyeliner at the inside corner of the eyes to give a more beautified look. You would be interested in knowing that this make up trick is mostly used by professional make up artists while applying make up.

 

5. Apply coats of dark brown or black mascara on your lashes.

 

6. Make certain that your eyebrows are properly threaded, waxed or tweezed in a neat and tidy look. Neat eyebrows make your eyes look beautiful with or without make up on. This is an important lesson to avoid missing out on.

 

7. For a pale skin tone, a pink blush is the perfect color to apply. While, for those with a rather tanned look or more on the darker tone, applying bronzer on your forehead, cheeks, nose and chin accentuates your features in the best way.

 

8. In case you have an oily skin type, apply loose powder and use blotting paper to softly remove the excess. This trick helps to wipe off extra oil in your skin which may ruin your beautiful make up. For those with a dry skin, gently apply a moisturizer over your face before applying the bronzer and blush. Besides dewy look is the season’s ‘in’ look.

 

9. With a darker make up, choosing a lighter lipstick preferably nude shade is a sensible trick. This way your lips don’t overpower your eyes. But, a little color wouldn’t harm. Try a pink lip liner and shade lips in. This keeps the color last longer than your lipstick. A nice gloss over lips for the final finish and there you are, looking like Cinderella ready for a ball.

 

Cherish yourself for you are unique and beautiful.

Before you gear up for your skincare routine, remember to identify your skin type first. Since, every skin type has different needs, thus how to take care of your skin directly depends on the type of skin you have: oily, normal, combination, dry, or sensitive.

1- Cleansing

The first rule to getting a fresher and healthier looking skin is cleansing. Cleansing helps in removing dirt, oil, bacteria and dead skin. Without cleansing, your skin will develop a build-up of materials which will result in loss of natural skin radiance, making it look dull and uneven. Acne and other bacterial infections also occur due to lack of proper care and attention.

Remember to use cleansing products which match your skin type and needs. Keep away from soaps as they tend to take up the necessary moisture your skin needs. Cleansing is a must, especially for those with an oily skin type. Mostly cleansers contain oil, water and “surfactants.” The oil in the cleansers suspends excessive oil from your face and surfactants remove dirt and makeup residues. Thus, always decide on the products which fulfill your skin type needs accurately.

Mind you, do not cleanse your skin too frequently. Some skincare experts suggest that skin should be cleansed using creamy cleansers. Simply apply them onto your face and wipe it off with a tissue or cotton swab, without using the water at all. However, the easiest method is the water method, as we call it. A splash of lukewarm water is all the help you need, as it easily removes excess oils from your daily night-moisturizing. To avoid damaging your skin, do not wash your face with hot or cold water.

Here is what we would suggest:

Splash lukewarm water onto your face in order to remove dirt and debris. Apply a little quantity of cleanser and then wash away with cool or lukewarm water.

2- Toning

Facial toning does magic to the skin. It gives your skin the healthy glow and vital uplift, consequently reducing early aging signs. It eliminates hints of dirt and debris left behind after cleansing. It also restores the skin’s natural pH balance.

Toning helps in tightening up the pores hence reducing the risks of infection and acne. A good toner can tone up the skin and make it appear younger, healthier and smoother.

3- Exfoliate

Most of the people fail to understand the importance of exfoliation and thus skip it in their skincare routine. Wrong move! We would suggest that exfoliation should never be missed as it top layer of skin which contains dead cells, dirt debris and other build-up materials which make the skin uneven and dull. It thoroughly cleanses the skin, leaving an immediate effect in rejuvenating your skin. Fashion experts believe that one of the very reasons why men’s skin looks more fresh and youthful compared to women’s is because men tend to exfoliate daily when they shave.

For exfoliating, scrubs work best. Always choose a gentle scrub with tiny granules, since big granules can scratch the skin and instead harm than doing any good to the skin.

4- Moisturize

Why should one use moisturizers? Moisturizers retain the essential moisture necessary for a healthy skin. Now comes the question, how much should you moisturize? That’s easy to tell. When your skin gives you a tight and dry feeling, it’s signifies an urgent moisturizing treatment. Bear in mind, when we say moisturize, we mean ‘moisturize’, not to ‘over-moisturize’. Over-moisturizing clogs the pores.

Moisturizers hydrate the skin properly and prevent it from necessary moisture loss. Also, they facilitate the skin with a protective barrier entrap the essential moisture from escaping the skin. Water and various skin care products take up moisture from the skin. Moisturizing lotions compensates for the moisture loss. It is imperative for those with dry skin, who have less sebum (skin’s natural oil) in their skin.

Face masks also give a moisturizing effect. Moisturizing face masks are excellent for people with dry skin. Dry and sensitive skin requires extra moisture and attention.

Keep in mind, these four basic rules, tips, guidelines or however you want to put it, are the most vital practices for a youthful and radiant skin. As a basic law of beauty, remember no matter whatever skin type you have, moisturizing is a necessity. That means even if your skin type is oily, who says moisturizers wouldn’t benefit you? But, even if your skin is oily, it will still benefit you much.

Happy Glowing!!