beauty tips

 Tips for a great skin

1. If you are a smoker, quit and stay away from a second hand smoke and other obvious pollutants
2. Drink a lot of water to clean out toxin
3. Never sleep with makeup on
4. Always wear a sunscreen when out in the sun
5. Sleep at least seven consecutive hours (most preferably at night) by doing this your doing your skin a favor to regenerates itself and enhance hormones balance 
6. Aim for good health. When you are healthy, you look more youthful and act that way. Illness weighs you down and saps your energy
7. Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables.
8. Keep your skin clean and moisturize dry skin; dermatologists recommend moisturizing dry skin twice a day and overnight.
9. For oily skin use toner or natural fruit acids.
10. A little sun is healthy and mood-elevating. However, protect your face by wearing a sunscreen.
11. Exercise to shed stress hormones and to shed hormones and improve circulation
12. Smile and you will look your and prettier

Natural remedies for skin care (we sometimes call these food for the skin)

1. Papaya - Papain is an enzyme, found in papayas and pineapples, gently eats off dead skin cells, decongesting clogged pores and helping with skin texture and cell turnover. You can blend up a fresh papaya and use it as a mask, or crush some papaya enzyme tablets into your moisturizer to make a hydrating, gently exfoliating mask.
2. Olive oil -  is a great cleanser and moisturizer; it's an amazing makeup remover, and you can get it all off afterwards with a little face wash. Putting a drop on any dry body skin you might have or acne scabs will also soften them up.Also it is used in false eyelashes removal.
3. Green tea - This anti-inflammatory calms skin and also has tons of antioxidants. Washing your face with chilled green tea is a great way to get rid of redness, and to calm down irritated skin, just put matcha (powdered green tea) in your favorite face mask. Green tea's high on the list of skin-friendly beverages thanks to its impressive storehouse of polyphenols. Aim for four cups throughout your day.
4. Allantoin - Don't let the fancy name fool you. This stuff is just comfrey extract. What makes it so great for your skin is that it's a keratolytic and assists in desquamation. In layman's terms, it helps skin slough off (the desquamation part) and softens the keratin in skin, too, which helps it retain moisture and look smoother. You can raid your spice drawer and make a comfrey and honey mask, or buy allantoin cream to try it in its purest form.
5. Caffeine - Have problems with redness or dark circles under your eyes? caffeine is a vasoconstrictor, meaning it shrinks veins, reducing the appearance of redness and blue from poorly oxygenated blood. It's not permanent, but it does offer a great quick fix.
6. Avocados - are not just for eating, a good source of biotin, avocados help to prevent dry skin and brittle hair and nails. When applied topically, they can hydrate parched skin.
7. Tomatoes - A German study found that lycopene-rich tomato paste helped participants prevent sunburn when they combined it with olive oil, daily for ten weeks. Besides being a great source of the antioxidant lycopene, tomatoes are considered a high-carotenoid fruit. These nutrients may help slow down cellular damage from free radicals.
8. Salmon - Salmon contains astaxanthin, a carotenoid that improves skin elasticity, so you'll have fewer fine lines. We call this anti-aging recipe.
9. Eggs - Protein helps repair cells that have suffered free radical damage. Eggs, a complete source of protein, also contain biotin, an essential vitamin that protects against dry skin.
10. Pomegranate - When applied topically, this antioxidant-rich fruit may help skin create more collagen, while speeding healing.
11. Walnuts - Looking to add Omega-3 fatty acids to your diet but not a fan of fish? Walnuts are a rich source of Omega-3s, which help put shine in your hair and aid in making skin smoother and younger looking.
12. Beans - Another protein source, legumes help repair cells that have suffered free radical damage. During digestion, protein breaks down into amino acids, the building blocks of cells. Amino acids help to speed the repair and regeneration of skin cells and collagen.

Please Note: Don’t force your beauty, Enhance it. Avoid harsh chemicals and treatments. Avoid drastic changes and a lot of makeup. Simplify with a more natural approach. Express who you are and not some artificial ideal. Don’t mask the real you. Living the truth of who you are is gorgeous!

Thank you and have a good Sunday.