Raid Your Kitchen For Fair Complexion

While it is impossible to change the skin colour there are many remedies available in your kitchen which help your skin tan fade, lighten hyper pigmentation of your skin and will improve your skin tone. My Health Guardian tells more…..

 1. Clean your face with a cotton wool dipped in raw milk to brighten the complexion. The logic being that all remedies that work to remove tan will also lighten your complexion. Hence, sour yoghurt and cold milk used as face cleansers will lighten your complexion.
2. Apply mashed over ripe papaya pack on your face to fade away blemishes and to even out the skin tone.
3. Mix oatmeal with curd and tomato juice and apply on the face. Keep it on for 20 minutes and then wash it off with cold water. It helps remove the tan and lightens the skin.
4. Pound raw turmeric and add drops of lime juice to it. They act as natural bleaching agents.
5. This summer grate tomato and cucumber. Extract juice and make a pack with fullers earth powder. Add drops of rose oil and put the paste on your face. Put slices of cucumber on your eyes. Rest for a while and wash your face later. Do it at least thrice a week. Your complexion will improve for sure.
6. Orange peel powder is an excellent product to enhance your complexion. Orange peel has volatile oil in it hence dry it in shade. When the peel gets crumb like structure pound it and add it to an cleaning agent, like gram flour, oatmeal powder or fuller’s earth. Keep the ratio 1:1. Make a face pack with sour yoghurt, tomato juice or rosewater. Orange peel has grainy structure and you have to scrub your face to get the pack away. This will help remove your black heads and even out the inconsistencies of your complexion.

Lifestyle Factors

Diet wise–what you eat reflects in the status of your health and your complexion. Although there are no particular foods that will lighten your skin instantly, a balanced diet definitely helps by giving your skin a healthy glow. Emphasise on fruits and vegetables for a radiant complexion. Drinking 8-10 glasses of water to hydrate your skin and keep it blemish free.

Sunscreen—Wear sunscreen when you go out, minimum of SPF 20 to protect your skin from the unforgiving rays of the sun.

6 Tips to Defy Your Age NATURALLY!

Hundreds of expensive products and procedures exist for beautifying the skin and keeping it looking young and fresh, some of which may also pose dangers to your health. So why not try some of these all-natural, do-it-yourself beauty recipes to keep your skin young and glowing—at a fraction of the cost. Yes, Dr Preeti Chabbra Ayurveda Consultant Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi brings to you some easy to engage home remedies for a beautiful you naturally. Read on

A skin peel from nature Probably one of the fastest ways to look younger is to have a skin peel. While the Retin-A, high-concentration glycolic acid, and harsh chemical peels that cosmetic dermatologists prescribe can decrease lines and result in a smooth skin finish, they also strip your skin's protective layer, increasing your chance of sun damage, skin aging, and skin cancer. In fact, the FDA warns that a high concentration of various skin-peel agents may thin the skin texture. So what‘s the alternative? Simply make a natural skin peel right from your refrigerator. You can use eggplant, tomatoes, pineapple or any other fruits and veggies that contain other natural acids. Thinly slice the ingredients and place them on your face, covering the skin thoroughly. Leave on for 20 minutes, remove the fruit and veggie pieces and wash with warm water. For the first few minutes, your skin may look red, but this should clear up quickly. Follow with a natural moisturizer.

Cucumber to remedy Rosacea.  Rosacea is a chronic skin problem that reddens the forehead, nose, cheeks, and sometimes the chin. Some of the outbreak triggers include alcohol, sunlight, temperature extremes, caffeine, spicy food, among other culprits. In herbal treatment of rosacea, experts focus on soothing the spirit, clearing heat, and using natural remedies to remove skin blockages. A perfect natural remedy is a cucumber mask. Peel the skin off of a fresh cucumber and puree the insides in a blender with one egg white. Coat your face with this mixture, leave on for 30 minutes. And then wash off with cold water. Use this mask daily and you should notice improvement within a month.

Yogurt for a smooth skin texture. Yogurt is a traditional ingredient for healthy skin. It contains lactic acid, a naturally occurring alpha-hydroxy acid that gently peels off the dead skin layer, giving you a smooth skin texture. For sensitive skin that cannot withstand commercial alpha-hydroxy acid preparations, yogurt is especially beneficial. Over time, yogurt can also lighten spots and even out a patchy skin tone. To get these results, wash your face and apply organic plain yogurt as a facial cream. Leave on for 15 minutes, wash off with cold water, and finish with a moisturizer. Afterwards, to reduce any redness, apply a cold pack for 10 minutes.

Tone with apple cider vinegar Apple cider vinegar can be used as a natural and effective toner for your skin. The malic acid in vinegar helps renew your skin by ridding the epidermis of dead skin cells. Dilute one part cider vinegar in two parts distilled water. After washing your skin, apply the diluted vinegar solution with a cotton pad to your face and neck. Follow with a natural moisturizing lotion.

Try nature's "face-lift" 

Go for acupuncture face-lift. We have been treating patients with facial-toning acupuncture at our wellness center for over 25 years. Research has shown that acupuncture increases blood flow in the tiny capillaries of the skin and muscles and stimulates collagen production in the dermis layer, which increases skin elasticity. Consult an acupuncturist for a natural face-lift or.

1. Do-it-yourself "face-lift": Using your fingers, you can tone your facial muscles and stimulate the natural production of collagen in the skin. Press firmly with your fingers, working your way methodically along the following points: 

• Point 1: relax the forehead with slight fingertip movements
• Point 2: ease furrow between the brows 
• Point 3: soothe your crow’s feet around the eyes 

Remember, in all these points you need to press the area concerns with smooth flow of your fingertips for 5 to 10 minutes in clock wise and anti-clock wise, simultaneously. To minimize smile lines stimulate these points in the morning and at night for beautiful skin tone.

Eat tasty super skin foods While many of the tips above use super foods directly on the skin, some you should also eat to retreat your skin.

• Super skin foods include cherries, peanuts, black soybeans, walnuts, and jujube dates. Citrus fruits are packed with antioxidants that benefit your skin's health. 
• Eat flaxseed oil, sesame oil, olive oil, and virgin coconut oil and avocado every day to treat dry skin. And eat a daily handful of nuts and seeds, especially almonds nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, and sunflower seeds. 
• Peaches, an excellent source of potassium and vitamins A and C, have been used in beauty tonics throughout Chinese history. One beauty recipe recommends baked peaches with honey and lavender. A nutrient found in anchovies and sardines, DMAE (dimethyl-amino-ethanol), is a powerful membrane stabilizer that can reverse age spots on your skin.
• To lighten dark circles and minimize skin damage from free radicals, eat pears. These are packed with copper and vitamin C, antioxidant nutrients that help protect you from cellular damage caused by free radicals, preserving your skin's beauty and vitality. 

All these natural recipes will surely bring you beautiful skin well into your late years. But with all these, one thing that is must is sleeping early. Believe it is one of the oldest age defying tips of all time - yet most don’t follow this! So do not ignore it at any cost. Just remember to stay forever young your entire body needs ease to restore itself.

Even in the Rain

If you have ever put your make up on and stepped out into the rain to have it all run down your face, then you're not the only one. Many women have experienced those awkward moments of embarrassment at one time or another. Although there are numerous brands of water-proof make-up available at hand, it’s not just selecting the right kind that poses a challenge rather it’s also important to understand how to apply make-up the right way so that it lasts longer and doesn’t drip, even when you perspire or get into courtesy of the Rain God. To let you know the right trick here are few tips. Read on to keep your perfect makeup profile even in the rain.

Let’s start with makeup base Beginning at the base it is worth mentioning that often the main cause of smudging is the excessive foundation use. So for those who find it indispensable, might use a thin coat of preferably water resistant, primer mixed foundation. This will helpful in the rain Also it is good to mix primer along with curled lashes, tubing mascara, blush and powder to dazzle in the rain. Powder will prove to be the best tool to offer a slight shimmer and mask the beauty flaws at the same time. This will stick to your complexion rather than any kind of foundation. It will require just a quick touch up during the day and in return guarantees the spotless effect. But do choose the right shade that’s closer to your natural skin tone.

How to handle eye makeup Probably the very first thing that runs down your face is your eye makeup. There's black everywhere and it gets in your eyes and they turn red and within minutes you're a mess. There are two things you can do to prevent this. Firstly, use waterproof mascara. You can still layer it and use the colour of your choice. It doesn't run off in the rain and your eyes continue to glow with distinction and beauty in spite of the weather. Secondly, pick for yourself waterproof eyeliner as well to make sure your eye makeup stays in place. Opt for liquid eyeliners, as they are more likely to stay and also resist smearing than wax-based pencil eyeliners. Eye shadows add highlights to the eyes but some wipe off or run very quickly in the rain, so instead of using powdered eye shadows, use a cream eye shadow. Makeup artists also recommends switching to the cream based yet light like a powder, dark eye shadows with the more natural and sheer colors, with a waterproof quality.

For your blush When powdered blush gets wet, it becomes dark and matted and it looks terrible. Therefore even the makeup gurus often neglect the use of blush during the fall season and instead practice a smashing trick. They use a bit of lipstick you can spread with your fingernails and the effect is just as gorgeous as with the use of blush.

For your lips Lip gloss is the top notch no-no beauty product of the monsoon season. The moment it get in contact with humidity, it results in smudging and unflattering look. That’s why you should rather rely on high quality lipstick that will fabulously top your makeup. There are several formulas and brands on the market that guarantee a long-lasting effect. You can either go for the blood red lips effect or rather for the classy and natural makeup trends. Choose the one you can pull off with great style in order to perfect your monsoon look.

Must Remember Tips :

• Never use waterproof makeup every day. At the most, use it twice a week because prolonged use of waterproof makeup can darken your skin, especially delicate areas like your lips. 
• Always moisturize properly and remove all traces of your makeup afterwards, as waterproof makeup usually strips of the moisture from skin. 
• Better to disregard makeup when you don’t really need it, especially in places such as the beach or while doing water sports, as it’s going to get drenched anyway.

So now with these tips now even if the rain falls all around you, you will look beautiful. Your makeup will be intact.

Are You Aware of Thermage

Thermage is a non-invasive method used by cosmetologists to tighten skin, especially for people who have some sagginess in the face, but the lines haven’t become permanent. In this non-invasive therapy, collagen is tightened and its growth is stimulated. A device emits radio waves into the skin that heats up the collagen, causing it to contract. The impact is a lifting and tightening of the affected skin, tells Dr Shehla Aggarwal, Dermatologist, Mehak Skin Clinic.
During the treatment, the professional places on your face, one section at a time, a computerized instrument of the size of a pocket flashlight that delivers radiofrequency energy to the deeper layers of your skin. You will feel warmth on your face each time the energy is delivered. The heat stimulates collagen and tightens it. A session will last between 30 minutes to 2 hours. Anaesthesia may not be necessary. After treatment you skin may remain red for a day or two.

Is It Right For Me?

Age-wise: The best results, the most predictable, are in patients of between 35 and 60 years old। If the skin is too lax, the results will not be so satisfactory.

Cost-wise: One session of thermage will cost between ` 50,000 to ` 100,000 depending on the severity of skin sagging। This needs to be repeated in six months.

How many sessions are recommended?
The result lasts from six months to a year, and needs to be repeated as and when the skin becomes lax.

Go and talk to your dermatologist and feel like a million bucks inside out. You deserve it.

DOT Therapy

DOT (Dermal Optical Thermolysis) Therapy is another innovation to treat wrinkles, scars, unwanted textural irregularities and crow’s feet. The new technology delivers carbon-di-oxide laser energy precisely to targeted areas on face or neck. This system is unique in the way that it ablates a customized pattern of tiny, micro sized dots, rather than the entire skin surface as traditional lasers do. This technology is rapidly replacing traditional laser skin rejuvenation as it is safer without compromising on the positive qualities and the efficacy of the traditional carbon-di-oxide laser systems. Also it involves relatively less pain and post procedure healing is quicker.
Is It Right for Me?

Age-wise: Anyone above 25, experiencing sun damage, abnormal pigmentation, acne scars, rough texture, enlarged pores, fine lines, wrinkles, skin laxity, brown spots or any other skin problems similar to these, can undergo this therapy.
Cost-wise: The cost varies from patient to patient depending on the area that needs to be treated। For full face, it costs around ` 100,000. For cheeks, mouth, eyes, nose, hands, chest, neck – around ` 50,000.

How many sessions are recommended?
Most patients experience excellent results only in one session। However patients with severe acne scarring or deep wrinkles may need 2-3 sessions spaced 2-6 weeks apart.