Skin Care Tips for Summer

With the summer blues hitting you very often, you might be dwelling in the seasonal changes that keep you rejuvenated every now and then. It’s okay if you forget to take care of your health and body for quite some time. But you dare to forget the whole season?
The answer is a perfect NO, as you know you need to take extra care of your skin, hair and health. As you can find noticeable changes in weather, taking formidable steps would decrease your efforts as the season continues.

The resistance of the body is naturally reduced because of the infections one commonly faces in Summer. These include , flu, indigestion problems, jaundice, cough, dysentery, typhoid etc., So, it is important that you need to take care of the food you eat and the water you drink. You also get affected with skin diseases like prickly heat, eczema etc.,

Besides, it is important to take care of your pretty good hair especially in the rainy season. Your hair remains moist for longer time and even after a shower you still find it difficult to dry and it remains moist because of humid climate. Wet hair may lead to bad odour. So here are some tips to take care of your skin, hair and body to maintain healthy and good look all through the Summer.
Skin Care Tips:

There is a lot more to take care of your skin this Summer as dust particles easily settle on your skin which eventually damages the regular soft and toned look your skin possess. Here are some tips to maintain your skin healthy:

An alcohol free toner is suggested as the high humidity could open up your pores (Toning is usually followed after cleansing).

Most of them stop using sunscreen once the climate turns cool, but you must continue it even if it is cloudy.

Heavy makeup is a huge turn off in rains, better if one opts for a water- proof makeup.

Opt for a lotion- based serum, which keeps your skin rehydrate and brightens it up.

Avoid bleaching and facials in this season, as bleaching could do more harm for your face and facial makes your skin rough.

Wash your lips at night and apply some milk cream. Avoid lipsticks especially the dark shaded ones. Apply coconut oil if they are slightly cracked.

Waxing, pedicure, and manicure are always recommended to give your skin and body a toned look all the time.

Always wash your face, hands and feet as soon as you reach your home with lukewarm water. This makes you feel refreshed and stay healthy.

However there are different other methods based on whether the skin is oily or dry. These are the general tips that you must follow as the season begins

Rid of Dry Risk - Dry Skin Remedies

Dry skin is the most problematic out of the numerous skin types and needs constant and regular
moisturizing. The moisturizers also needs to be oily enough for the dry skin otherwise it will dry up really soon.

Though there are many products available in the market but they are harmful to our skin. So, one should try homemade remedies to treat dry skin as they are readily available, extremely efficient and reusable.

Here are some easy homemade remedies for dry skin:

Honey Pack

Honey is great for dry skin as it smoothens out the skin’s wrinkles and leaves it silky and soft.

Take some honey and orange juice and mix it. Now apply the pack onto the skin and leave it 10 minutes and then washed off.

Besan Pack

Besan are good for skin as it hydrates dry skin and removes fine lines and wrinkles.
Take some besan with one teaspoon of turmeric, honey , littl e milk and mixed thoroughly. Now, add few drops of lime and apply the pack to the face, leave it for some time and then rinse it off with warm water.

Egg Pack

Eggs are an excellent source of protein and they are good for healthy skin. It is one of the best homemade beauty tips for dry skin.
Take the egg yolk and mix it thoroughly with orange juice, castor oil, olive oil, some rose water, honey and a few drops of freshly squeezed lime juice. Apply this mixture in the morning before taking a bath and then washed off with water.

Chocolate Pack

Chocolates not only taste good, they are also good for skin. It makes the skin soft and supple and gives it the glow that dry skin lacks.
Take some cocoa powder and mixed thoroughly with honey, maize flour and some mashed avocado. Now apple the pack for half an hour and washed off with Luke warm water.

Manufactures really mean about their natural food

Like many shoppers, I find food labels oddly confusing. You can have words such as “artificial” and natural” in most circumstances, and the implications are pretty clear.
But once the words hit food labels, the meaning starts to get blurry. With the prevalence of food flavoring in our diets today, I often wonder what it means to consume natural versus artificial flavors. Is one type of flavoring necessarily better for you when you’re not eating the actual food anyways? While “artificial” generally sounds fake and bad, there are artificially-flavored products that taste more “real” than their naturally-flavored counterparts. In the world of food flavoring, what do manufacturers really mean by natural and artificial flavors?

But before you peg artificial food flavoring as worse than natural flavors, Emma Boast, Program Director of the Museum of Food and Drink who is currently preparing for the exhibition “Flavor: Making It and Faking It,” offered a different perspective. She noted, “Natural and artificial flavors can be made from exactly the same chemicals that come from edible and inedible sources.” For example, you can have a “natural” lemon flavor made from citral, which is a chemical found in lemon peel. You can also have an “artificial” lemon flavor made from citral, which is processed from petrochemicals. The only difference between these two chemicals is how they were synthesized. Your sensory experience of each will be exactly the same, because they are the same chemical. The most important thing to note, according to Boast, is that “natural” citral does not need to come from lemons; it can come from plants like lemongrass and lemon myrtle, which also contain citral. In short, the word “natural” does not necessarily mean a product is better for you, or more sustainable.

As for health implications, Boast noted, “we don’t have any evidence distinguishing the nutritional benefits of natural and artificial food flavoring at this point.” Although odds are much higher of finding artificial food flavoring in potato chips than in broccoli for instance, the sugar and starch-rich component of the snack can be more easily considered as the culprit of the negative dietary effect before the artificiality of the flavoring comes into play, according to Boast.