Face: Care & Cleansing - Oily Skin.

Face: Care & Cleansing - Oily Skin.

The Most important physical aspect of our body-it looks back at you looking dry, or oily or listless or the way you make it i.e.: glowing and radiant.

Start by giving yourself 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at bedtime and try some tips atleast for a week to see improvements.

Tips 1: Take 1 tbsp of un-boiled milk, dip a small pad of cotton wool in this and rub on the face gently. Use circular movements, and use upward strokes on the neck area. Leave this on for 15 minutes and then wash with cold water.

Tips 2: Take a thick slice of cucumber, do not peel the slice, and rub in a circular motion all over the face and neck areas. Wash it after 15 minutes.

Tips 3: Take half a tomato, gently rub over face and neck and then wash it after 15 minutes.

Tips 4: Take the half of a lime peel, from which the juice has been extracted, rub this firmly on the face and the neck. Using a Scrub-(once in 3-4 days). After washing off the milk or juice - take a tsp of oat bran or wheat husk or gram flour (besan). Make a paste with a few drops of water and rub the face and neck gently with this. This sloughs away the dead cells and gives the face a glow. Do not use soap, just splash on cold water that will act as an astringent and close the pores.

Tips 5: Take a green gram powder or rice flour mixed with curds instead and apply it on the face and clean it after 15 minutes.

Oily Skin: If the face is oily, After a bath as a base for make-up use some diluted lime juice to dab on before application of foundation or any other make-up.

Tips 6: Take diluted buttermilk dabbed on the face and clean after 15 minutes, gently wipe with moist cotton wool before applying make-up.

Tips 7: Take an ice cube and rub the face well.

Tips 8: Take a thin slice of an Apple and place these on the face and leave for 15 minutes. These soak up the extra oil and helps to close pores.