How To Avail Best Skin Care

If you're wondering on how to get the best skin care for yourself, then you needn't look further than the local grocery store. This isn't something to frown at, cosmetics and chemically made products all tend to tax our skin more than they help us. The facial skin especially is the most sensitive area in the whole body, the skin here is the thinnest layer.

Here are some of the best ways to take care of your skin;

1. Drink lots of water: water is your best beauty product. Water removes toxins from the body and improves blood circulation. Getting up early in the morning and having a cold glass of water will rejuvenate your mind and body and your skin will gain a natural glow.

2. Lemon Water: taking hot water with lemon as part of breakfast drink can not only help to refresh you, but the vitamin C is great for the texture of your skin. It smoothens it out, helps prevent wrinkles, and of course, it's a great way to look fresh. This is a time tested skin tonic and has been used for centuries.

3. Green Tea: although tea of any kind is great for your skin, green tea is probably the best for one thing, because it also helps in weight loss, if you have a double chin you'd like to kill, this is a great way to do it. And because of its antioxidant properties, it particularly purifies your skin, removing all dirt and grime. During the day, dust particles and pollution present in the environment attacks or exposed skin. This is one of the leading factors that cause wrinkling, loss of luster and skin diseases. Green tea expedites the body's natural process of cleaning itself. It speeds up the production of new skin cells and helps to shed old skin cells faster. So take a cup of green tea on a daily basis.

4. Exfoliation: exfoliation is the process of removing dead skin cells from the surface of the skin. Our body naturally grows new skin cells every 28 days or so. But due to the dirt and smog present in the environment, the dead cells don't fall of in total as they should. Many remain stuck to the skin. This has multiple harms; not only does this prevent the new skin from breathing, it blocks the pores and lets germs accumulate. These germs then cause the skin to break out. A healthy skin care practice is to exfoliate regularly. Best time for exfoliation is during a bath. Once a month, after you've had a nice hot bath, take a soft pumice or sponge and gently rub it on your body. You don't have to be rough because the hot bath will have softened the cells and they will just need a little formal removal. Making a practice of using a bath sponge is a great way to keep your skin healthy and glowing.

5. Balanced Diet: this may sound like a cliché, but it's not. You need a balanced diet if you honestly want to see you skin happy and healthy. Nothing will keep your skin more youthful than a diet complete in the basic nutrients. Try to focus on getting more fresh vegetables and fruits.

• John Palsson
• 29/11/2008, 4:59 AM
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