You always want to look your best. So what
if it’s sweltering, sweaty hot weather.
We’ll help you with that. Here are some natural
home remedies that will help your skin when its humid and hot.
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- Cleanse
skin often
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- Use this exfoliating scrub three times a week
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- Mix together multani mitti (fuller's earth),
channa ka atta (gram flour) and sandalwood powder in equal quantities.
Store in an air tight container. Use a teaspoon of this scrub mixed to
a paste with water. This rids the skin of flakes and dirt.
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- Use seasonal fruits as facial masks because
they are economical and highly moisturising. Always crush the pulp or squeeze
in a blender and apply as quickly as possible before vitamins lose their
potency.
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- Grapes are abundant in sugar, vitamins and mineral
salts. Use on wrinkles around eyes and mouth. It moisturizes, detoxifies
and nourishes the skin.
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- Papayas are useful on blackheads and blotchy
or sallow skin.
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- Cucumber is cooling and improves a dull and
greasy complexion.
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- Mix the juice of one small cucumber with one
teaspoon of rose water.
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- Make refreshing eye pads from thick slices of
cucumber or cotton pads soaked in milk (iced).
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- Watermelon juice applied to the face and neck
freshens up the skin.
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- Coconut water rubbed on the skin not only lightens
and brightens the skin but also gets rid of heat rash. All these lotions
should be left on the skin for 15 minutes and then rinsed off with cool
water.
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- Drink a lot of water to replace the liquid lost
through perspiration. It is important to nourish the skin from within.
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- To relieve itchy, reddened eyes, use chilled
raw potato slices. Place over eyelids and rest for 10 minutes.
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- A drop of rose water in each eye at bedtime
also brightens the eyes.
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- You could add this to your bath and feel a lot
more comfortable in the summer Add a cup of buttermilk (lassie) to your
bath to tighten pores.
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- Nourish and soothe skin with this bath formula.
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- Mix 2 teaspoons salt, 1 1/2 teaspoons almond
oil and 1/2 teaspoon malt vinegar and apply to the body before a bath.
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- Rub the back of your neck and hairline with
cologne fresh from the refrigerator.
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