Our facial skin is thinner than our body skin and, unfortunately, is more exposed to dust, pollution, and chemicals. Thus the facial skin care is essential.
12 Tips to a Flawless Skin
Here are a dozen easy tips to make sure you have flawless skin and are selfie-ready this festive season!
1] Water inside: Drink up at least 2n1/2 to 3 lit water every day. Our body is made up of 70% water. So drinking water helps you keep your skin hydrated and cleanses away all the toxins.
2] Water outside: Wash your face 3-5 times a day. If you are in humid weather or have oily skin, then you need this more, as pollution, dust, and any chemicals that settle on the skin can harm your skin. Washing face with facewash or soap 2-3 times and just splashing water on face 2-3 times more is recommended. This practice washes off all dust pollution as well as bacteria from the skin.
3] Be the knight in shining armour of your skin: Apply sunscreen at least 20 minutes before going out. If you have oily skin, then use water based sunscreen. If not, then you can use a regular cream-based one.
4] Exercise your way to glowing skin: Exercise every morning to help you glow better. A minimum of 45 minutes of exercise improves the secretion of adrenaline, endorphin, and serotonin. These hormones help improve skin glow as well as mental happiness. And we all know a happy face is a glowing face.
5] Ice your face: First thing you’ve got to do for your face is wash it with cold water. Or you can apply ice to your face. This helps remove morning puffiness from the face. Green tea bags also help with the same.
6] Magic drink for your skin: Drink the ‘magic drink’ every morning. Magic drink recipe is: warm water with lemon, honey, a pinch of black salt & pinch of cinnamon powder. This drink in the morning works wonders on the skin. It brings a glow and a healthy look to the face.
7] Dose of Skin vitamins: Vitamin C & Vitamin E are very essential for skin health. So don’t forget to apply ‘antioxidant’ serum to your skin every morning.
8] Protein protection: Proteins in your diet help strengthen skin. So have lots of proteins first thing in breakfast. It helps create collagen protein in your skin. Another benefit of this habit is that it helps make you feel full for a longer time, which can make you avoid binging on fried, unhealthy food that can harm your skin big time.
9] Fruits are the best friend of our skin: Eat lots of fruits throughout the day. You can turn all mid-meal snacks into your fruit munching time. Citrus fruits give vitamins. C to our body that helps in improving skin glow & texture, as well as our immunity. All fruits have lots of vitamins, antioxidants that help in protecting our skin and also work as anti-aging.
10] Beauty Sleep: This term is very true and scientific. Having a good sleep gives time for your body to heal and repair all the damages that happen throughout the day. Make sure you get 6-7 hours of sleep every night. This will improve your skin health a lot.
11] Get ready before you go to sleep: Before you go off to bed, make sure you get ready for it. Many times, we are so tired that as soon as we see the bed, we just want to crash right in. But sleeping without cleaning your face properly can damage your skin a lot. You might think ‘one night’ does not make much of a difference, but that’s not the case. So clean you make up with a good quality cleanser. Wash your face properly. Wipe it clean and then go off to your ‘beauty sleep’.
12] Magic Mask for your skin: Whenever you get skin pampering time, apply a mixture of lemon juice, honey, and turmeric to your skin. With antibacterial properties of ingredients, it cleanses your skin of any infections that can cause acne, pimples. Also, due to the skin-nurturing properties of the ingredients, it makes your skin softer, smoother, and glowing.
So now glow through the festive season with these skin rituals for life!