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Natural Beauty is the desired goal for everyone who likes a natural attractiveness in their appearance.

How To Determine Your Skin Type

Skin type plays a big part in how acne affects you and what is needed to treat is. It will also determine what types of products you will use to treat your acne and generally care for your skin.

There are some basic questions you can ask yourself to help you get started. First, how often do you break out? Do you have blackheads? What do your pores look like?

After washing with soap, how does your skin look and feel? Do you have facial lines? By asking yourself these questions, you can determine what types of products will work best for you and how your skin might react to them.

There are three basic skin types, but this does not mean your skin can’t be a combination of them. They are oily, normal, or dry.

You could have any one of these skin types, or a combination of them, such as normal to oily, or normal to dry. There are different products for caring for each.

Let’s break it down. Each skin type is characterized by different things such as texture, oil production, and frequency of breakouts.

People with dry skin do not suffer many breakouts, and rarely ever have blackheads. This is because oil promotes breakouts by clogging pores and blackheads are caused by oil.

If your skin is dry, you are not producing very much oil, therefore, aren’t prone to as many episodes.

Dry skin is also characterized by nearly visible pores, and may feel dry and tight after washing. Most people with dry skin are fair skinned, and often develop facial lines earlier in life. This skin type also burns easily.

People with normal skin suffer occasional breakouts, and can have blackheads that appear mostly in the t-zone the area on either side of the nose and on the forehead.

Pores often appear visible in the t-zone, and the skin may feel tight after washing, but will soon become comfortable with oil in t-zone.

The skin coloring is usually fair to medium, and a few lines may appear early on mostly around the eyes. This skin type when exposed to the sun, usually burns, then tans.

People with oily skin often suffer frequent breakouts with blackheads. The pores are often enlarged, and after washing the face may be oily, with the nose and forehead quickly becoming shiny.

The skin coloring is often olive to dark. Facial lines are usually very few to none in occurrence, and oily skin usually stays preserved longer and does not age as quickly as do the other skin types. When exposed to the sun, this skin type rarely burns, but rather tans easily.

After you determine your skin type,you can find products developed especially for it. There are a number of products on the market for dealing with each type, as well as for combination skin.

Once you find a regimen of products that work for you, you can begin treating your acne properly.

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Masks and Homemade Cleansers

Start off with this wonderful cleansing scrub, then try our tomato mask for acne or our firming face mask to tighten your pores and follow with oil free moisterizer. Your face will feel refreshed and your acne will start to clear-up in no time.

Honey Cleansing Scrub

1 tablespoon of honey
2 tablespoons finely ground almonds
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice.
Rub gently onto face.
Rinse off with warm water.

Tomato Mask for Acne

Remove skin and seeds and mash 1/4 of a tomato
2 tsps. plain yogurt
1 tsp. mashed cucumber
2 tsp. aloe gel
3 tsp. Oatmeal powder
2 mint leaves (crushed)
Mix ingredients together in a bowl, apply to face and leave on for about 10 minutes.
rinse with warm water.
Finish with an oil free moisturizer

Firming Face Mask

Whisk together:
1 tablespoon honey
1 egg white
1 teaspoon glycerin (available at drug and beauty stores)
Enough flour to form a paste (approximately 1/4 cup).
Smooth over face and throat.
Leave on 10 minutes.
Rinse off with warm water

Paraffin Wax Treatment For Hands and Feet

Deep conditioning treatment to soften and smooth your feet and hands.
Supplies:
3 blocks paraffin wax
3 oz. vegetable oil
20 drops of essential oil
a few drops of olive oil
plastic sandwich bags

Melt the paraffin, oil, and the scented oil in a double boiler. Be sure to use a double boiler for safety purposes.

Very carefully pour the wax into a greased foot tub and wait until a skin has formed on the top of the wax.

At this point the temperature should be about right for submerging your hands and feet.

Be sure to test a little on your wrist first to make sure it is cool enough. Thoroughly wash your hands and feet and pat dry with a soft cotton towel.

Smooth on the olive oil and be sure to cover every inch of your hands and fingers or feet and toes. Dip each hand or foot into the wax repeatedly until you have several layers of wax built up.

Have someone help you put on the sandwich bags onto each hand or foot and then relax for about 30 minutes.

For added benefit, place a bath towel over your hands or feet while you wait.

Now to remove the wax… simply peel it away. Start at the wrist or ankle area and pull it down.

It should come off in large sections. Follow with a hand and foot massage.

Solution for Dry Elbows and Knees:

Start by using a good body scrub to exfoliate in the shower. Next mash-up pineapple in the blender and rub it on your elbows and knees.

Leave it on for about 15 minutes so the natural enzymes can do their work. Shower it off and follow up with a thick lotion. You’ll be amazed at how soft your skin feels!

Full Body Treatment For Dry or Oily Skin

Dry Skin Body Treatment:

Heat almond oil in a Pyrex dish until warm; slather all over your body. Standing outside the shower, turn on the spray till the water is hot, closing the shower curtain or door till Steam forms. Now, enter the shower and stand under the steam (not the hot water!) For 10 minutes. Feel the oil slip into your skin. Next, stand under the warm — not hot — water for 10 minutes… Then wash is usual.

Blemished Skin Body Treatment

This treatment is great for broken-out backs. Add enough water to crushed almonds or cornmeal to make a paste. Stand in the shower and apply your meal paste all over your body, massaging it vigorously — first with your hands, then with a loofah, or Body Buf-Puf. The skin will look clear following your shower.

Soothing natural beauty Bath Treatments

Foaming Vanilla Honey Bath

1 cup sweet almond oil (light olive or sesame oil may be substituted)
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup liquid soap (plain or flower scented)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Mix all the ingredients together and pour about 1/2 cup under running water into tub.
Relax and enjoy!
Put the remainder in a canning jar for later use and refrigerate for up-to 30 days.

Homemade Milk and Sea Salt Bath

Want Luxurious Skin? This milk bath is great for all skin types.
Ingredients:
1 cup of instant dried skim milk
3/4 cup of either fine or coarse sea salt
20 – 25 drops of fragrance oil if desired or
15 – 20 drops of essential oils

Instructions: Place the dried milk and sea salt into a large bowl. Mix well. Scoop out about 1/2 cup or so and place into small bowl. Sprinkle your fragrance or essential oils over the top of this mixture and stir well.
Add this back into the main bowl and thoroughly mix. Store your milk bath in a glass jar with a tight fitting lid. Now just scoop out about 1/3 cup and dissolve under running bath water. Jump in and relax!

This natural beauty recipe makes enough for about 5 or 6 baths. ENJOY!!!

Homemade Fragrant Milk Baths

2 cups dry milk powder
1 cup cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon fragrance oil of your choice
Blend together all ingredients in blender.
Add 1/2 cup of mixture to hot bath water.

Mix all the ingredients together and pour about 1/2 cup under running water into tub.
Relax and enjoy!

Put the remainder in a canning jar for later use.

Honey Milk Bath

• 1 cup honey
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup salt
• 1/4 cup baking soda
• 1/2 cup baby oil
• Fragrance oil of your choice

Combine honey, milk, salt and baking soda in a bowl. Fill your tub and pour the mixture in. Add the baby oil and a few drops of the fragrance.

Smooth and Silky Milk Baths

Ingredients:
1 cup of instant dried skim milk.
3/4 cup of either fine or coarse sea salt
20 – 25 drops of fragrance oil if desired or
15 – 20 drops of essential oils

Place the dried milk and sea salt into a large bowl. Mix well.
Scoop out about 1/2 cup or so and place into small bowl.
Sprinkle your fragrance or essential oils over the top of this mixture and stir well.
Add this back into the main bowl and thoroughly mix. Store your milk bath in a glass jar with a tight fitting lid.

This recipe makes enough for about 5 or 6 baths.

Now just scoop out about 1/3 cup and dissolve under running bath water. Jump in and relax!

Natural Beauty Hair Care Treatments

Homemade Intensive Conditioner

Mix 1/4 cup of olive oil with 1 egg and apply to hair.
Use more olive oil if your hair is very long.
Cover your head with aluminum foil, then cover with a towel that has been soaked in hot water and rung out.
Leave on for 30 minutes or overnight for deep conditioning very dry hair, then shampoo as usual.

Homemade Intensive Conditioner

Mix 1/4 cup of olive oil with 1 egg and apply to hair. Use more olive oil if your hair is very long.
Cover your head with aluminum foil, then cover with a towel that has been soaked in hot water and rung out.
Leave on for 30 minutes or overnight for deep conditioning very dry hair, then shampoo as usual.

Help for Dandruff

Mix one part of antiseptic mouthwash with 9 parts of water and massage to scalp. Rinse after 10 minutes.
Mix 3 tbsp of lime juice with ¼ cup coconut oil and massage to scalp. Shampoo after 1 hour.
Boil oat meal and massage to scalp, comb after 10 minutes and shampoo after 15 minutes.
Repeat this once in week.

Help for Itchy Scalp

Suggestions to help: Use 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of peanut oil, rub together in both hands and message into your scalp before you get into the shower. Wash your hair as usual.

Brush your hair frequently to remove the flakes.

Massage your scalp to improve circulation.

Avoid using alkaline based shampoos.

Try a jojoba oil based shampoo and use it regularly. Try a final rinse of one cup warm water mixed with two to three tablespoons of white vinegar. This will also bring out the highlights in your hair and make it shiny.

Massage 20 crushed asprin (you can use a generic brand about $1.50) mixed in 1/2 cup water into your dry scalp before shampooing.

Massage warm olive oil into your hair and scalp cover your hair with plastic wrap and with two warm, wet towels for 20 minutes, then shampoo your hair twice.

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