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(For Men AND Women)
(Note: Guys, you need this more than we do because we can at least do make-up... you guys have to go it natural! So please shed your inhibitions and look forward to a great-looking new you!)
1) Do a home facial every week. You can skip the massage part and save that for your monthly professional facial. At home, just do the following:
a. Cleanse with a good cleanser,
b. Massage apricot scrub for 5 minutes,
c. Steam for 5-10 minutes,
d. Apply a good face pack for ten minutes,
e. Tone (using a toner or astringent that is suitable for your skin type),
f. Moisturise,
g. Apply sunscreen.
2) And here's a natural remedy that will make you look years younger. Make a paste of methi leaves and apply on the skin every night. Wash off.
3) For a brilliant but temporary sparkle, make a lather of your favourite face wash and put in half a teaspoon of sugar. Gently rub the sugar and soapy mix on your face (gently!) for a few minutes, adding water as you keep up the lather. After 5 minutes, wash off and moisturise if necessary. Turn off all the lights in your house because you'll glow like a light bulb!
4) To prevent photo-aging (read: wrinkles), there's nothing as necessary as sunscreen. SPF 30 is just fine for Indian skin. But use it every single day, especially on your face and hands. In fact, I have started using sunscreen instead of regular moisturiser for my hands on a daily basis.
5) There's nothing like standing on your head for good blood circulation. This in turn will give a healthy, rosy glow to your face. However, shirshaasan (standing on your head) is not necessarily suitable for everybody. Sarvaangasan (on your shoulders) is better. Otherwise, just lie down cross-wise on your bed and let your head and chest hang off the side. Let the blood rush to your head for 30 seconds to a minute. Get up slowly. Feels good (after a few moments!). Do it only on an empty-stomach.
6) I cannot emphasize the usefulness of an apricot scrub. Every two or three days! It's awesome. Just use it for a minute or two, and wash off. A necessity for city-dwellers!
7) Why do we ignore our hands? In fact, if you want to tell someone's age, look at their hands! Do a hand facial once a month (same process: cleanse, scrub, steam and pack). What I am thinking of doing is taking face cleansers that don't suit my face and using them to wash my hands, instead of soap. After all, if we don't use soap on our face, why should we subject our hands to this harshness! But of course, soap may be needed at times to really kill germs, especially if you are about to eat.
8) If your hands are really dry, take one tablespoon of olive oil and add two pinches of salt to it. Rub your hands with this mixture, adding more oil or salt as required. After 5 minutes, wash with lukewarm water. You will feel an unparalleled, numbing softness!
9) Every night, before sleeping, apply Vaseline petroleum jelly on your feet. All the cracks will disappear and your feet will look smooth and beautiful (guys, hope you are listening too! Even the most well-groomed men often forget their feet!). By this procedure alone, I avoided pedicures for 2 years!
10) For those of us who have a lot of unwanted hair, the method that I have liked the best is cream hair remover. Lots of people discourage me, but I think it's AWESOME. Worth a try, especially for the body (it's quite rough for the face, although I use it for 5 minutes and immediately apply homeopathic calendula overnight). The method is:
a. Apply the cream,
b. Wait 7 minutes,
c. Use a bath sponge (those fluffy, flower things) to scrub off.
I like this method because I can do it every third day (I don't have to wait for the hair to grow out fully); I can do it anywhere, anytime; and I find that the hair really decreases with time. However, reader discretion is advised.
