Take care of your face using Home Facial - Homemade facials

The first step in the external care of your skin is cleansing. Perspiration, grease, dust, stale make-up, dirt and bacteria collect on your skin and must be removed completely. Clean the skin with a cleansing cream, milk or lotion or just plain cold cream. Remove the cleanser with tissues, damp cotton wool or a small Turkish towel. Always follow your cleansing routine by toning your skin with a mild skin freshener, a stronger astringent lotion or with a medium strength skin tonic. Toning removes the greasiness remaining from cleansing creams or lotions and closes pores and refines the skin. If you intend to use make-up, it leaves a smooth clean texture which will hold the foundation and powder for much longer.

Is nourishing important for face?

Nourishing is an essential part of any beauty routine except for very young skin. Dirt, dust, hot and cold weather, cosmetics and even sunlight all tend to dry out the skin, robbing it of moisture and oil. Skin foods attempt to put back some of this nourishment. It is not necessary to use a thick heavy skin food every night. If you do not like to go to bed with a greasy face, it is better to choose a light, easily absorbed skin food which will disappear in minutes. Many of the newer liquid skin foods come into this category. If you feel you need a richer, heavier cream, then use it when you are in the bath. A facial is the quickest way to revive and liven up jaded skin.

Importance of Home facial

Home Facial leaves the skin soft, smooth and glowing with vitality. The most luxurious way of having a facial is to go to a beauty saloon where such a thorough job is done that you will that you emerge feeling fresher, looking younger and relaxed. If you get no time or you cannot afford the luxury of regular saloon treatments, then the best thing is to give yourself a facial at home. Choose a quiet time when you are undisturbed. Get the items you need ready before you start so that you can relax and enjoy it. A regular facial once a fortnight is a good habit which will ensure a youthful and fresh skin for a long time.

For a quick home-facial, follow these steps:

1. Prepare a face-pack suited to your skin type and apply on your face.
2. When it is dry, wash your face and neck with cold water, keeping your eyes closed. Dry your skin and apply a skin tonic.
3. If you have an important date, use skin tonic after the facial and then apply moisturizer and make-up.

You should choose a face-pack or mask suited to your skin type. Then on a thoroughly clean face, spread a fairly thick layer of the mask of your choice, avoiding the areas of the mouth and around the eyes. Then lie on your back and keep the mask on for 15 to 20 minutes till it dries. Remove the mask with warm water and some absorbent cotton or tissues.

How to take care of your face?

The process of face care is a step by step process in which you have to do the following steps one after another:

1. Cleansing - The skin care process startes ith cleansing your face with some gd cleanser. Always select the cleanser which suits your skin type. Cleansers contain some amount of oil, surfactants and water.
2. Scrubbing comes next - Scrubs helps remove the top layer of skin cells which are dead and it is the best way to make the skin gain its healthy cells back. Scrubbing can be done at home with half a teaspoon of sugar. Keep rubbing the sugar till it melts away. Some variety of gram flour or other flour can also be used.
3. Massaging - Massage the selected cream into the skin.
   

Facial Care tips for best looks

1. Don't go to bed with makeup. It can clog the pores and prevent skin cells shedding.
2. You can easily remove the waterproof makeup using a gel based cleanser.
3. Avoid sunlight as much as possible and use sunscreen otherwise. Sunlight is the enemy of face skin an can cause malignancy in humans.
4. Relax and lure your senses. Turn off the lights and have some aromatic candles lightened in your bedroom with a light music.

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