Natural Skin Care Tips

The skin is a major organ of excretion. So taking care of the skin helps you to have a velvety soft skin. The old saying goes like this "Prevention is better than cure". So it is better to take care of your skin rather than treating it after a problem occurs.

All you have to do is to lead a healthy life style which will definitely reflect on your skin. Keep your skin clean. A clean skin is a healthy skin. The most common problem among teens is acne. Here are some tips to take care of your skin the natural way.

1.Eat a healthy diet which should include lot of fruits, vegetables in the form of salads and fresh juices. Use honey instead of sugar for juices.

2.Avoid eating junk food which is not only bad for your skin but also for your health. Do not eat fried foods. Avoid Maida and white bread instead take brown bread, whole grains and oat bran. Use brown rice instead of white.

3.Drink 2-3 glasses of warm water the first thing in the morning which will prevent constipation and therefore will have an effect on your skin or you can take a glass of warm lemon juice with a tsp of honey.

4. Wash your face whenever you go out and come back, to remove the dirt accumulated on your skin due to pollution. Also wash it after you wake up and before going to sleep. Instead of using soap frequently, you can use flour of green gram or besan mixed with a little water to cleanse your face.

5. Use an umbrella (preferably a colored one), wear sunglasses while going out in the sun. It protects your skin from the harmful effects of the sun.
6. Have bath twice a day to keep your skin clean. It also helps to keep yourself cool.

7.Powder of orange peels (available in the market) mixed with rose water can be used to exfoliate your skin.
8.Steam your face once in a week to remove dirt from your face. You can add a few drops of eucalyptus oil or neem leaves to the water. After steaming, splash cold water on your face and pat dry. This is an effective remedy for blackheads also.

9.Steaming with juice of one lemon added to the water is also effective for blackheads and whiteheads.

Take a little egg white (beat it well) and mix it with a little honey and apply it on the face and wash it off with warm water after 15 minutes. This cures blackheads.
10. Mixture of rose water, sandalwood paste and fuller's earth ( a form of clay) can be used as a face pack for oily skin. Rose water cleanses and tones the skin.

Sandalwood paste has cooling properties and fuller's earth removes the dirt and excess oil from the skin.
11.Mashed papaya applied on the face clears marks on your skin and the skin will look bright.
12.Avoid taking tea or coffee, instead replace it with green tea or buttermilk.
13.Keep your hair clean from dandruff. If you have dandruff then you will get pimples.

14.Use water based cosmetics for oily skin.
15.Carrots, oranges, beetroots does wonders to your skin.

16.Cucumbers work as astringents and cools the skin. It also lightens the skin tone. You can add a little cucumber juice to your face pack.

It is also an anti tan pack. It lightens freckles, smoothes wrinkles and is a natural bleach.

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Eye Shadow Tips

rominent Eyelid
If you have this eyelid you want to make the eyelid look smaller and thinner. So shade the eyelid and the crease of the eye and highlight only below the eyebrow, not the eyelid.

For prominent or convex eye shapes, makeup can help reduce the appearance if bulging, or bugging out. To make the eye appear as if it is receding a bit more into the face, use a dark shade of eye shadow near the lash line and base of the lid. Use a slightly lighter shade for the crease, and blend outward towards the brow bone.

Hooded Eyelid
With this type you want to make it look like there is more eye lid. Apply high lighter on the eyelid to make it look larger. Shade the crease of the eye only and spread the eyeshadow outwards to join the corners of the eye.

Hooded eyes, sometimes also referred to as "bedroom eyes" appear as if the eye lid is partially closed. Hooded eyes often need more prominence, so to give this illusion:

Wide Set Eyes
1. Use a light highlight shade on brow bone and inner corner along lash line.
2. Apply an eye shadow shade slightly darker than the highlight shade over the entire lid and hooded area of the eye.

3. Use a darker contour shade on the outer corner, sweeping up to a light peak.
4. Finish with a liner to define the lash lines.
Deep Set Eyes
This is the most versatile shape because you can either apply eye shadow tips to highlight or shade the eyelid (of course, you don't want to do both at the same time. Make sure you shade the crease of the eye and apply high lighter just under the eyebrow.

The opposite of prominent eyes, deep-set eyes recede back into the sockets. Ideas to bring them out with makeup:
1. Lighten the inner corner and entire lid with shadow.
2. Use a medium shadow above the crease and gently apply it across the bottom of the brow bone.

3. Use a darker contour shade only at the outer crease and dip slightly outward.
4. Keep liner, especially on the upper lid, thin.
You can use eye shadow tips to apply brown, smokey, green or blue shades for any of the above lid shapes depending on which is complementary to you.
How to Apply Eye Shadow

There are two basic ways to apply eye shadow in shape shading, "rounded" and "winged". Now you want to determine what is the best shading shape in your case. You can try applying one shading shape (rounded) to one eye and the other shading shape (winged) to the other eye (this would save you time). Then go look in the mirror and see which one looks best on you.

If you don't have much room between the eyelid crease of your eye and your eyebrow then apply eye shadow using the winged shape (unless there is some sagging).
Winged Shading
Looks best where the skin towards the corner of the eye is not sagging such as on younger women because their skin is still firm.
Round Shading
Use when your brow bone markedly curves around the eye and don't use the winged style because it will make any sag more obvious.

Classic Eye Shadows Application
Rounded Eye Shadow Application
1. Highlighter eye shadow across the eyelid, from the lash line to slightly beyond the crease, and all the way to the eyebrow.
2. Medium shade eye shadow to the eyelid and smudge under the bottom eyelashes.
3. Accent eye shadow in the wedge at the outer corner of the eye and blend well.
4. Line upper and lower lashes with eyeliner pencil.

Advanced Rounded Eye Shadow Application
1. Highlighter eye shadow across the eyelid, from the lash line to slightly beyond the crease, and all the way to the eyebrow.
2. Mid tone eye shadow on inner corner of lid.
3. Accent eye shadow on crease and in wedge; blend all well.
4. Line upper and lower lashes with with eyeliner pencil.

Winged Eye Shadow Application
1. Highlighter eye shadow from lash line to brow.
2. Medium shade eye shadow color on lid.
3. Accent eye shadow in wedge at outer corner; blend well.
4. Line upper and lower lashes with eyeliner pencil.

How to Apply Eye Shadow to Create Shape
Now that you know the shape of the skin surrounding your eye you are ready to try to apply eye shadow in several highlight and shadow combinations to help you find the one that complements you the best. Remember that the crease of the eye is always shaded. Here are some of the choices for shading and highlighting that you can try:

* Apply eye shadow to highlight the eyelid, round the shading: Best suited for hooded eyes and older deep set eyes.
* Highlight the eyelid, wing the shading: Best suited for younger deep set eyes.
* Apply eye shadow to shade the eyelid and round the shading: Best suited for prominent lids and younger deep set eyes.
* Shade the eyelid and wing the shading: Best suited for younger deep set eyes.
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