Home Remedies for Common Skin Problems

Check out all of these Skin Care Tips I found on skincaretips.net. They are pretty cool home remedies and skin care tips and tricks.

Aging Skin
The thickened skin texture associated with middle age is caused by cellular build up. It responds very well to mild, abrasive daily cleansing with beauty grains such as finely ground corn meal, ground sun flowers or almonds. Massage gently to cleanse and stimulate.
Beautiful Skin

To make or keep your skin beautiful, it's best to work from the inside.

Eating the right kind of food can do you more good than any medicine, and go a long way in helping your body's own healing forces. Eat a balanced diet that includes raw foods, plenty of yellow and orange vegetables (they contain beta carotene - a precursor to vitamin A). Foods high in sulfur such as garlic, onions, asparagus and eggs. Include fruits, seeds, grains and nuts.

Dry Skin Remedy
Blend together one ounce safflower oil, one ounce avocado oil and two ounces of sesame oil. Apply this to your dry skin areas.

Skin Care Tip on Facial Mask
An excellent facial mask can be made with stewed and mashed apricots. Apply to your freshly cleaned face and leave for 20 minutes or longer. Rinse away with warm water, and blot dry. One application will help sallow, dead skin tones, but applying this 3 or 4 times a week will do wonders.

Tea Tree Oil for Fungal Infection
If you suffer from fungal infections of the nail, the most effective natural anti fungal is tea tree oil. Apply to the nails and surrounding skin twice daily, in the morning and at bedtime.

Using Honey Treatments
Honey applied under a dry dressing every two or thee days promotes rapid healing of ulcers and burns.

Try the following. A compress made with skim milk or powdered milk or soak the affected area in a colloidal bath made with oatmeal, corn starch or baking soda.

Homemade Skin Lotion
The following body lotion is easy to make, and can be used after bathing. Mix one teaspoonful of honey, one teaspoon of lemon juice and a half cup of water. Massage into your skin after bathing.

Mayonnaise for dry skin: Facial
If you have a tendency towards dry facial skin, a gentle daily massage with mayonnaise will do wonders. You can use lemon juice, egg and safflower or other such oil to make your own dry skin lotion.

Oily Skin
Here is a cleansing stimulating facial treatment that is very helpful for those with oily skin. Mash together the pulp of one garden ripe tomato and enough fuller's earth (should find it at most pharmacies) to make a smooth paste. Rub it into your skin and leave it on until it dries completely (note: do not apply to eye area). Rinse with warm water, then splash your face with cold water. Blot dry.

Treating Large Pores
If you have large pores that resemble little holes on your skin, the following steps may be helpful. Stop using commercial products on your skin. Instead, use homemade skin cleansers. Splash warm water onto your face and pour half a handful of stone-ground cornmeal into your wet palm. Massage the moistened meal into your entire face area, adding water as needed. Another homemade cleanser can be made by adding a few drops of lemon or lime juice or apple cider vinegar to milk (use powdered skin milk if your skin is oily).

Soak yarrow (check health food stores or botanical supply stores for this herb) in water overnight, and apply this astringent several times a day - less frequently if your skin is dry.

Avoid all creams. Use an unsaturated vegetable oil if you need to (e.g. vitamin E oil).
Rashes

Whether it's diaper rash, chicken pox, measles, insect bites or hives, corn starch can provide relief. For measles and chicken pox, bathe in a tub of water to which a large handful of cornstarch has been added. For the other rashes rub the cornstarch on as a powder.
Softening Your Skin

Avocado oil used regularly is an excellent skin softener. It is in rich in vitamins and minerals, especially the skin vitamins A, C and E.

Natural Candle Making

With all the money I spend on candles here and there testing out different scents, mixing and matching etc. Ive always wanted to know how to make my own. I stumbled across this great class that you should check out if you're in the Los Angeles area

CANDLE MAKING NATURALLY
with PERSEPHENIE

Sunday JUNE 8, 2008

Create beautiful natural & affordable handmade candles that burn slowly using wax from renewable resources.

• Learn how to make different types of candles using beeswax and soy wax.
• What works when scenting wax naturally.
• How to make a candle burn smoothly without wasted wax residue.
  
  

12PM to 4PM
$85 Hands-on , Plus materials List, Some materials included

Class is in a intimate setting with max 8 students per class.
Class is held at: Blunda Aromatics Studio , 304 S. Edinburgh Ave
(1 block West of Fairfax, South of 3rd Street)

If anyone knows of other cool and fun classes or events about candle making, skincare, bath and body stuff etc. let me know, I would love to hear about it!

For more information on this and other scent-related classes visit http://www.blundaaromatics.com

The Wonders of Hydration

Hydration is one of the best and most important ways to improve and maintain your complexion. Hydration essentially means to keep your body filled with enough water and moisture to operate at optimum performance and keep your skin healthy and glowing. We lose on an average 10 cups of water a day in exhaled air, perspiration and well, you know the rest. In actuality, by the time you feel thirsty you have probably already lost about 2 cups of water and considering the body is between 50 and 70 percent water and the brain is over 70% water, it is easy to see how we may not always be at our hydration optimum.

Water is critical in regulating all body organs and temperature as well as moving nutrients and oxygen to cells in your body. What is the largest organ in the body? The skin! Also, keeping the body hydrated helps to flush out toxins and pollutants in the bloodstream as well as combat dehydration caused by exposure to the sun, perspiration and harsh winds. All factors that are known to increase skin damage, dull complexion and dry your skin. Hydration is necessary to help raise the skin's natural barriers and to moisturize and nourish the skin. The use of gentle cleansers can prevent stripping the natural essential skin oils and combat winter dryness.
Of course the easiest way is to hydrate the skin is to get water into it.

As easy as this advice is there is one problem. The skin is virtually waterproof and water cannot penetrate its resilient surface. The best solution is to drink enough water and prep your skin with external elements that have essential oils rich in nourishing elements like almond oil, grapeseed oil, coco and shea butter, among others. Water is still the most effective way of replacing lost fluids. Because water is naturally low in sodium, has no fat, cholesterol or caffeine and isn't flushed straight through the body like many other beverages, it's the natural solution that your body chooses to help reach its daily fluid quota.

We all know that we need to keep hydrated and drink at least 8 cups of water a day. However, we sometimes forget (myself included) how truly important it is and how much it will help maintain our body and our skin.

ThomFlemingSkinCare.com