Fruit Facial Recipes

By Marlene Daniels 

Mashed, juiced, grated or sliced, fresh fruits and vegetables are incredibly beneficial to the skin. They are complex blends of natural chemical substances which make available to you such things as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fruit acids, enzymes and water all which are beneficial for treating your skin. Fresh fruits and vegetables are best used in treatment masks.

BEAUTY MASKS; Why? Use a mask regularly to revitalise your skin. They are used to clean the skin, absorb excess oil, remove dead skin cells, soften blackheads, heal damaged or blemished skin, stimulate the circulation in the skin and stimulate healthy cell regeneration, nourish, moisturise, hydrate and soothe your skin and improve skin colour and tone.

How to use; Mix your preparation into a smooth paste and apply in thin layer to a clean damp face. Leave it on for approximately 15 minutes. If your skin is dry or sensitive do not allow the mask to dry out on your skin. Spray or sponge the mask with water whenever you feel it beginning to dry. A small amount of vegetable oil may be added to the mask to prevent it from drying out. Rinse well with warm water, tone with an herbal toner and apply a rich moisturiser.

Apple Grated apple is very soothing and smoothing to a dry skin. It contains malic and tartaric acids which gently exfoliate your skin.

Avocado Mashed avocado flesh is very soothing, softening and emollient to dry skin. It is rich in natural oils.

Bananas Mashed bananas is used in skin care preparations for its soothing and skin softening properties. It contains mucopolysaccharides which improve skin moisturisation.

Cucumber Slices and juice are very soothing, anti-inflammatory, hydrating and mildly astringent to the skin. It can be used to treat age spots.

Grapes Crushed grapes are very soothing, cooling and toning to the skin.

Lemon  Lemon juice is acidic and it is anti-bacterial, astringent and contains citric acid, making it useful when treating oily, blemished skin. Do not use undiluted.

Lettuce Juice is soothing to the skin and promotes the healing of blemishes.

Oat Preparations are very soothing to the skin, relieving irritation, inflammation and itching. They are used in bath preparations, cleansing preparations, face masks, face and body scrubs and soaps. Oatmeal, oat bran and oat flour can be used in these skin care preparations.

Paw-paw or papaya is used in face and body masks as a very gentle exfoliant. It contains the enzyme papain which has the ability to dissolve keratin and hence our dead surface skin cells. Green paw-paw contains more of this enzyme.

Peach and Pear slices, juice or pulp can be used to soothe, soften and hydrate dry skin.

Pineapple flesh or juice is used in the face and body masks as an exfoliant. It contains the enzyme bromelain which has the ability to dissolve keratin and hence dead surface skin cells.

Potatoes Potato juice or grated is soothing and anti- inflammatory. It reduces bruising and calm puffy eyes.

Seaweed is used in skin care for its ability to attract and retain moisture and for its cell regenerative properties. It is soothing, hydrating and healing to the skin.

Strawberry can be mashed and juiced to make skin care preparations which are soothing, toning and mildly bleaching. It can be used on an oily skin to balance overactive sebaceous glands.

Tomato slices or pulp, are used in skin care preparations. It has astringent properties which make it useful for the treatment of oily skin.

Watermelon slices are very soothing, hydrating and toning to the skin. It is generally recommended for use on normal to oily skin.

Fruit Facial Recipes are the cheapest skin care ingredients, they are fresh and natural and they offer simple but efficient alternatives to expensive commercial skincare. Make sure your fruit are organic, if not wash them carefully with warm water. I believe all the beauty ingredients we need, are already in the kitchen because if they are good enough to eat, they should be good enough for the skin. Save your money and your skin!

Originally trained in her native France, Marlene Daniels is a third generation beautician, an herbal home remedies specialist, herbalist, aroma therapist and soap maker. Now living in Sydney, Australia, she founded Soapconscious in 2002, a business dedicated to demystify cosmetic industry and offering alternative 100% natural quality products. Marlene teaches workshops, offers correspondence courses and already wrote many e-books about Natural skincare and Mineral Makeup. To learn how to make your own skin care and make up, please visit http://www.soapconscious.com

7 Home Fruit Remedies For Healthy Skin

By Ankur Chauhan 

Every woman likes to be beautiful, young and charming. When it comes to beauty, the first thing women should factor is their diet. It has a huge impact on their beauty, appearance and overall appeal.

Generally people assume that a diet is only meant for maintaining proper body shape and figure, but the truth is - what we eat has a lot to do with how beautiful and healthy our body looks and feels.

The quality and appeal of our skin depends upon what we eat and how we eat. The best things that can get into your mouth to make you beautiful are fruits.

Fruits are the best for helping a woman get back to good shape. They can be helpful in various ways. Fruits are not only good for your skin, but it is also tremendously beneficial for your hair, which is why they are always suggested by doctors and nutritionists for inclusion in your diet.

Fruits contain many components, like vitamins, enzymes and acids, which help your skin and hair to glow. They are also helpful to improve your skin tone, for maintaining weight, and as a method to cleanse one's body of residual impurities. Let's take a look at some of the fruits that are extremely beneficial to your skin.

Lemons: A common fruit found in nearly every kitchen. It is the most important and effective fruit which can help you in more than one way. It can be used as a soap, shampoo or deodorant. It also softens the skin in the relatively "hard" areas of your body, such as the elbows. Using a few drops in your bathing water can make you feel fresh for the rest of the day.

Banana: can be used for any type of skin, and they are also considerably rich in proteins. A mashed banana can be used just like a generic cosmetic face pack which you will find in the markets today.

Apply this impromptu face pack for approximately fifteen minutes to notice the difference for yourself. In fact, you can also use this fruit to take care of your hair. Mix a little honey with mashed bananas, and apply this concoction to your hair to see a noticeable difference in as little as a week's time.

Papaya: is a fruit which is rich in enzymes, which in turn makes it the best way to thoroughly cleanse your skin of all settled impurities. Use caution though - only apply it on non-sensitive areas.

Aloe oil mixed with mashed papaya is universally considered to be the best treatment to get glowing skin. Restrict this treatment to once in a month.

Peaches: Looking to cleanse your skin by getting rid of all dry deal cells? Peaches is the best fruit to do just that. Make a paste of mashed fresh peaches, combined with a spoon of yogurt, and apply it to your skin. Wash it off with water and see the result for yourself.

Apples: An apple a day does more than just keep the doctor away, in fact, it also helps to give you glowing, beautiful skin. Mixing apple juice with your bathing water can help you in getting soft and clean skin in no time. It also helps you to ensure that your hair are dandruff-free. Use it after shampooing for best results.

Strawberry: If you need a fruit to act as a toner and conditioner, then strawberry is the best fruit for you. Strawberry contains salicylic acid, which is helpful to get healthy skin. Mixing strawberries with sour cream can make for a good and effective facial. Use it at least once in a week to get better results. And of course, it also keep your breadth berry-fresh!

Pineapple: For dry skin, pineapple is the best fruit which can be used as a skin softener. It can help you in softening the hard areas of your body, like the heel and elbow. A slice of it can also be used as a sponge during a bath.

With that, we conclude this article about the 7 best fruits that can help you with getting healthy skin and beautiful like never before. Skin Care, is essential for the women and men in India, along with hair care, fashion, and health. Also important are the Vitamins for beautiful skin which provide additional help to give your skin a natural glow.

25 Natural Skin Care Tips For a Perfect Complexion

By Steve Paul 

These days there are countless tips, techniques and miracle acne cures floating around in cyber space. Let me help you sort through the muck! In this article, I've highlighted the 25 most important natural skin care tips that will truly change your skin for the better and give you the complexion you've always desired.


Find out what food sensitivities you have. This is best done by using the Elisa testing technique. Once you find out the culprits avoid those foods at all costs and watch your skin almost instantly improve.

Stay away from dairy. The consumption of dairy is often the cause of many negative skin conditions.

Avoid red meat. All types of red meat will slow digestions making it hard for your body to expel toxins. This will undoubtedly result in poor skin.

Don't Smoke. Not only is smoking bad for your overall health, but it will also turn your skin yellow and cause breakouts.

Avoid alcohol. The liver has the important job of removing toxins from our system. Alcohol prevents the liver from fully performing its job.

Incorporate all natural Aloe Vera gel (I'm talking straight from the plant) into your skin care regimen. Aloe Vera is one of the very best all natural skin care nutrients on the planet! Use it, and see the incredible results.
Don't touch your face throughout the day. If you practice natural organic skin care techniques and do everything else right, but still touch your face throughout the day, your acne may still be prevalent.

Get plenty of vitamin A into your diet naturally. Although supplementation does have its place, acquiring vitamins organically will offer the best skin care improvements. Here's a tip: Eat a ton of carrots!

Keep your hair away from your face. When hair that retains oil is constantly touching your face it could cause breakouts.

Get at least 8 hours of sleep each night. The body uses the time that you are sleeping to expel acne causing toxins.

Wash your pillow case daily. Each night as you sleep, oil from your hair and face will transfer onto your pillow case. This case can be the perfect breading ground for acne causing bacteria.

Wash your face no more then 2 times a day. A huge mistake that many people who suffer from acne make is washing their face too often. If you strip away all the oils from your skin, more acne causing sebum will be produced in the long run. Remember, you can't wash away acne!

Use a sunscreen (SPF 15 or greater) whether it's rainy, cloudy, winter or summer! No matter what, protect your skin from damaging UV rays. They're always there, no matter what time of year or what type of weather.

Limit stress. Stress increases the production of hormones which cause acne. Also, the more stress you experience, the harder it is for your body to heal.

Get your digestion under control by performing a colon cleanse biannually. Proper digestion is essential for clear and beautiful skin.

Eat plenty of raw fruits and vegetables. This is a great way to get a large variety of skin healing nutrients into your diet naturally.

Know your skin type and act accordingly. Different products, moisturizers and natural skin care recipes should be used depending on your skin type.

Don't consume any hydrogenated fats or oils (this means absolutely no margarine!). Your skin will never clear up without ridding your diet of harmful substances like hydrogenated fats or oils.

Beware of fragrances that make you break out. Believe it or not, some perfumes and fragrances can actually cause breakouts.

Get plenty of exercise. Physical exercise is extremely important for clearing acne as it reduces stress significantly.

Stay hydrated by drinking at least 64 ounces of water each day. Water is a key component in removing toxins from the body.

Use a mild abrasive soap once a day to remove dead skin cells. Dead skin cells can clog pores and cause breakouts if they are not removed.

Take a high quality multivitamin. Getting all the skin care vitamins into your diet each and every day is difficult to do naturally. Taking a high quality multivitamin will ensure that no nutrient has been left out.

Use natural organic skin care makeup. Many prominent makeup brands use a formula that will clog pores and cause acne. Be sure to use all natural makeup or better yet... no makeup at all.

Use all natural homemade soap. Store bought skin care products can incorporate damaging synthetics that will often make your skin condition worse. The only way to know for sure that what you are putting on your skin is 100% all natural and chemical free is to make the skin care products yourself.


Now it's time that you put these natural skin care tips into practice. I just know that you will love the results!

For more natural organic skin care tips visit Steve's site Here you will learn everything you need to know about natural organic skin care and creating your own personal beauty bars completely from scratch.

Hair Care Treatments With Natural Oils

By Aysha Khan 

It's always a fun to take care of your skin and hairs particularly when you are trying your own recipes. For hair care you can try a number of easy and fast acting recipes to make them soft, shiny and easily manageable. In fact a hot oil treatment is the best treat you can give to your hairs. Natural oils for hair care have always been a popular approach to treat bad hairs and treat or prevent hair loss. People in every country and civilization have researched on their native oils to find the most suitable energizer and refresher for their hairs and scalp.

It is the gift of nature and the long and tiresome efforts of our ancestors that now we have a long list of natural oils that are being used throughout the world as basic tonic for hair care.These condition your hairs, nourish your scalp and stimulate the hair follicles. In this way a good hot oil treatment helps to promote hair growth and prevent further hair loss. Bald areas have often been massaged with oils with a thought to stimulate dormant follicles to promote new hair growth.

There are numerous natural oils that are frequently used as massage oils for skin and body throughout the world. The most popular ones are;

Jojoba oil
Olive oil
Almond oil
Coconut oil
Sesame oil
Mustard oil


These are the main carrier oils for hot oil treatments or simple scalp massage. Beside these there are many other natural oils that are used in combination with one or more of the above carrier oils to the beneficial effects. These include Castor oil to promote hair growth, Tara Mira oil (Eruca sativa seeds oil) to treat dandruff, head lice and other itchy scalp conditions and pumpkin seeds oil to give a cooling effect to scalp and brain. In addition to these massage oils, certain essential oils have been found very helpful to treat bad hairs and grow long hairs. In a study it was found that people using carrier oils mixed with some essential oils for hair massage showed a better hair growth than those using carrier oils alone. However it took a long period of seven months to get significant results.

You can select essential oils according to your hair type or any underlying scalp condition.For more guidelines to grow long hairs you can check   rel=nofollow [http://www.skincare09.com/articals.php?topid=141]Tips to grow long hair.

In most cultures, hair oils or tonics are traditionally massaged over scalp and hairs, while a better choice is to give your hairs a HOT OIL TREATMENT, in which the oil is warmed prior to application and head is later on wrapped with a hot towel to keep the whole system warm. Heat helps the oil to penetrate deeper and condition hairs in a better way. Later on hairs are shampooed in the usual manner.

For the detailed procedure of hot oil treatments and their benefits check http://www.SkinCare09.com which is a site dedicated to promote the natural ways for Skin and Hair Cares. Here you can find a great collection of natural recipes for Skin and Hair Care.

6 Tips For High Quality Natural Skin Care - For Free

By Peter Wilson 

Natural skin care products are top sellers in the skin care market. More and more people are recognizing that the chemicals used in big brand name skin care products are not good for us, or our skin, and turning to natural alternatives, both for skin care products, hair care products and cosmetics.

Here's 6 skin care tips for getting healthy good looking skin, for free. Because although the best natural skin care and anti aging products are spectacularly effective, there is more that you can do than just using organic skin care products.

1. Improve your diet.
 Like it or not, our diet affects our entire body, and our skin. Our skin is an organ of our body like any other organ, and like the other organs our skin can get unhealthy from an unhealthy diet. But as everyone sees your skin it's a highly visible result of a poor diet.

This applies to all skin types, whether you have oily skin or dry skin or or any skin type, poor diet will affect the health, and look, of your skin. Skip the burgers and pizzas in favor of fruit and vegetables and your skin will look way better, and you'll be healthier.

2. Avoid big brand name cosmetics and skin care products. These products, including such things as hair care treatments, hair removal treatments, popular cosmetics, many facial and body care products and more contain chemicals that can both be harmful to your health and also damaging to your skin. Ironically, skin care products and cosmetics can actually cause skin problems. Junk your big brand name products.

The author has personal experience with this. My young daughter was given traditional cosmetics by her ballet studio for her first ballet concert a few years ago, and immediately broke out in a nasty skin reaction. We now use our own (natural) cosmetics for her and there has been no repeat.

3. Make yourself stick to a regular exercise routine. Exercise improves blood circulation, and this is good for your skin, and for your whole body. Exercise has so many benefits it's hard to know where to start, and this includes improved skin health.

4. Pay attention to getting plenty of beneficial essential oils in your diet. This includes omega 3 which comes from eating fish as well as some other foods. Omega 3 is good for your skin, and your overall health. You can get omega 3 from good (natural) supplements, but if you're on a budget just find out which foods contain omega 3 and eat those. Do a little research and find a good source of omega 3 essential oil and include this in your diet regularly.

5. Drink plenty of water. Your body, as well as your skin, needs to stay hydrated. If you don't drink water this will impact your overall health as well as your skin health. Water is important for many things in your body, including skin health.

6. Start dry brush exfoliation. It sounds complicated, but exfoliation is just using a soft, dry brush to gently brush your skin. Why would you want to brush your skin? Dry brush exfoliation helps remove the dead skin cells that all of us have on the surface of our skin.

And you don't just brush the skin on your face either, you should brush your entire body. It is done by gently brushing in small circles from your feet right up to your face. Dry brush exfoliation also helps improve your blood circulation in your skin, and lymph circulation.

There's 6 things you can do for free to help improve your skin beauty routine. In fact you can even save some money, for example fruits and vegetables are usually cheaper than burgers and pizzas. And if you regularly do these 6 things they will improve your skin health over time, and you will see the results. And your body will thank you for it with improved health overall.

One last thing. Once you've junked your big brand name skin care products and cosmetics and hair and facial and body care products, find some high quality natural skin care products. They work better than the big brand name products (many of which do nothing at all), and they are made from safe non allergenic ingredients. Science is finding answers to skin aging and skin health, and they come from safe plant extracts such as shea butter and natural keratin.

Stay health, stay fit and stay hydrated and your skin will do the same.

Want to know more about Natural Skin Care products? Visit Peter's Website Natural Health-Natural Skin Care and find out more about Organic Skin Care Products at http://naturalskinhealth.com/