7 Things to do for achieving a healthy glowing skin:

1) Do not apply too much Talcum Powder. What it does is, it blocks the pores of the sebaceous glands thus preventing the essential sebum from surfacing. This sebum or oil is required in balanced proportions for the skin to glow.

2) Do not overdo makeup using cosmetics. The ill effects of same have already been discussed in the previous post.

3) Moisturize your skin regularly using any good moisturizer that suits your skin type. If you maintain a balanced moisturizing routine, the glow of your skin will be eminent after a week.

4) Have a shower twice a day.  Once in the morning and the second when your return from work.

5) Try to visit a Suana or  Steam bath yourself at home atleast twice a week. There can be no substitute to steam, as it opens up your pores and cleanses them automatically, by softening the dirt in pores. This also helps in black/white head removal.

6) Gently scrub your skin with a milk dipped cotton ball to remove any dirt thats has been deposited on your skin. You’ll be baffled after you see the state of the white cotton ball after this session.

7) Use Tomato pulp to as a face pack and cucumber slices over the eyes to cool them off. Tomato contains ingredients that helps smoothen the skin.

If you have any other tips that help your skin to glow, make sure you let us know. Share and grow.

The fact though is that after your wonder years (teenage years) the rate of cell growth starts slowing down gradually. With not enough fresh skin cells to replace the dead ones, taking extra care of our skin becomes all the more important.

Now lets get to our topic – how to get a radian skin?

1. Keep your Skin Clean.
2. Maintain a Healthy Diet.
3. Exercise Regularly
4. Avoiding the UV rays (Use Sun Screen or Sun Glasses)
5. Avoid over use of cosmetics
6. Do not Stress yourself
7. Exfoliate atleast once a week to get rid of your skin of dead cells.
8. If possible develop and maintain a domestic skin care routine.  (Cucumber, Tomatoes are good domestic skin care equipment)

Lets get into the details of some of them now:

Keep your Skin clean.

With the consistent exposure to pollution, the pores get blocked by dirt and dust and need to be cleaned. If possible do wash your face every 3 hours with any mild soap. If its not possible for you to wash your face at your office, make sure that when you get back home, you dip a cotton ball in milk and wipe your face with it. You could also use almond oil as the solution instead of milk.  If you have time at hand, try to use a steam machine to steam your face. Steaming of the face is the best way to thoroughly clean pores,  get rid of Acne, blackheads & whiteheads.

Note for Computer Geeks/Users:

Try not to stare continuously at the monitor and look away, this will help not only your skin but also your eyes

Maintain a Healthy Diet.

Are you heavily into Junk Food? You better rethink your strategy here, as what tastes good might not be best for your health and definitely not for your skin.  The magic word that you should include is “Water”, yep that’s true a few litres (8-9 glasses a day) of water a day should be a minimum requirement. A diet that includes salads and nutrient rich food will boost your skin radiance. That’s what skin care is all about. Fruits and vegetables like Carrots, Cucumber (hydrating, nourishing and astringent properties), Grapes, Watermelon, Tomatoes (pectin), Corn (contains  lecithin and vitamin E) help to brighten up your skin. Regular usage of these vegetables and fruits in your diet helps you maintain a pimple/acne free healthy and radiant skin.

Exercise regularly

There are no short cuts here. But that doesn’t mean that you go running to the nearest gym to register. Regular exercise means body movement, may it be running, jogging, walking a few kilo meters, any out door game that involves body movement. If you do enroll in a gym and do a workout regularly, its a bonus.  You may ask what does exercise help you get a radiant skin? Let me explain, what exercise does is it pumps your blood, gets it moving around your body that in turn creates a healthy body. Have you ever seen the glow on your face after a shower (after your workout) thats the kind of radiance you can expect after each and every regular exercise session you have.

Sun Rays Are More Harmful than they seem.

So sun tans are good, yeah! ? Off course they are good, but over exposure to the sun may lead to wrinkles/folded skin. A hat is your friend against the scorching heat if you cannot avoid harsh sun rays. The UV rays can cause blemishes to your skin, to prevent this use some good sun screen lotion (make sure it suits your skin type ). Radiant skin awaits you if you can shield yourself off these Sun rays.

Avoid Cosmetics Over Usage

Ladies this ones for you!

Cosmetic products that are heavy on chemical ingredients may cause skin allergies or even lead to skin cancer due to excessive usage.  So the mantra is clear for a radiant and healthy skin avoid excess usage of cosmetics.

Avoid Stress

Stress = Cigarettes or Alcohol or Both = Wrinkles, blotches etc. Avoid them, avoid stress. Lead a cheerful life, smile away.

Follow all these and get a radiant skin.