Your Skin: A vital part of you

Our skin is the largest organ of our bodies. It is made up of layers of cells and glands and just as it large, lots of activity goes on in there. The skin is kept alive by blood cells and other fluids and as a result of this, it excretes waste products in the form of salty sweat.Also, when you detoxify, the toxins come out through your skin! So you can really agree with me that we need to take good care of our skin.
Below are some of the tips that we can use most especially in this era of global warming.

• First things first, know your skin type. There are different skin types and they are the normal skin, dry skin, oily skin and the combination skin type( which can be both the oily and normal skin type or dry and normal skin type).
• Know the right moisturizer for your skin type.
• Don't ever go sun-bathing without your sunscreen.
• Anytime you have had a stressful day or you feel sticky, please and please, take your bath.
• Don't use soaps that are too harsh for your skin. Don't use antiseptic or medicated soap too often. They are not as healthy as you think!
  
• For your dry skin, you can use mashed-up avocado with glycerin to moisturize your skin. Avocado is great for dry skin.
• If you have sunburns or mild allergic reations to a particular make-up product, get some milk out of the fridge, soak in your face in the cold milk by using a clean wash cloth for 5-10minutes and see the amazing effect cool milk will have on your face. Milk has anti-inflammatory properties.
• To keep your legs looking great, mix one part of baby oil with one part of your body lotion and one part of your favourite sunscreen. Use the mixture on your legs as often as you can, also great for your shoulders.
• Use exfoliates once in a while to get rid of dead cells from your face. I use St.Ives apricot scrub but oatmeal with your bath gel will do just great.
• Avoid using astringents all the time.
• Don't wash your face too often because it will dry out your skin. three to four times a day will do.
  
• Try this! Add one teaspoon of baking soda powder with one teaspoon of salt with 3-4 drops of your favourite essential oil into a warm bath. Make your solution salty, soak yourself in and emerge- with a soft and smooth skin. What happened? Baking soda and salt are bases that will increase the alkalinity of the warm bath, helping your skin to release dead cells.If you have yeast infections, please don’t try this. This is because yeast cells thrive in alkaline medium. So bathing in alkaline medium is giving them room to grow.
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