Home Made Peeling

Does your skin look dull? If you think your face is not bright enough, then it's time to get rid of the top most layer. The skin renews itself about every 2 weeks. We can remove the dried layer that causes dullness by a home made peeling.

Fill a little jar with white sugar.

Pour some olive oil until all the sugar is wet.

Dab some water to your face and neck, get some of the peeling with your fingers and massage to your face with circular motions. Be gentle and do not rub your face harsh. Keep massaging for couple of minutes and you can apply this to dried lips as well.

Wash your face with water and pat a tissue. Do not wash your face with soap or any cleanser, let it soak the olive oil.

After this application, your face will brighten up and feel soft. You can use this peeling every week.

BEAUTY SLEEP

SLEEP WELL, BE BEAUTIFUL

Sleep is essential for both women and men to store enough energy for new day and to keep physical and mental health. 


    -    Clean your skin and teeth before going bed.

-   Sleep between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. where our body produces melatonin. When you sleep at this period, your dark circles disappear in the morning and you wake up happy. None of expensive creams can replace the effect of wonderful hormones produced in the night.

-   Sleep at least 8 hours a day. If you had a week with sleeping disorders then compensate it next week by making a plan.

-   Sleep in a dark room with no lights. Melatonin is secreted in dark. This hormone delays aging and strengthens defense mechanism. Make sure your kids sleep in dark too. If there is a light outside of your room, use dark curtains.

-   Get rid of any synthetic beddings and use cotton cushions.

-   Avoid sleeping on your side or on your face as this may cause wrinkles. Try sleeping on your back with a flat pillow under your knees. This will align your spine properly and the gravity will help your face to strech.

    -   Apply a little olive oil on your lips, this will moisturize them until 

        morning.

-   Don't eat or drink tea, coffee at least 2-3 hours before your bedtime.

-   If you don't have any health problems with your stomach then have a glass of warm water.

-   Make sure the air in your room is clean enough by opening window for a while and room temperature should be warm enough so that you can sleep comfy. 

-   Leave the stress out of your bed. Instead of thinking of what you did and your next day plans, try imagening yourself somewhere you love.

Good nights

Pore Tightening Mask

Eggs are full of protein and they have many benefits on skin too. We are going to tighten our pores, lighten our skin and firm it by an egg white mask.

Wash your face with a soap free cleanser and dry.

Break an egg and seperate the yoke out. Cook the yoke not to waste.

Shake it by a fork until it gets bubbles.

Apply it to your face with your fingers except the eye area. Re-apply on porous areas. 

  Cut a napkin into 4 pieces and stick each piece to your cheeks, forehead and chin.

Wait until the egg is dry and try not to make too much mimics as it may cause wrinkles.

When the egg is dry, start carefully removing napking pieces. This will purify your pores.

Wash your face with water and apply a moisturizer.

 

Natural Shampoo : Urtekram

 

Do you know that a shampoo you buy to solve a hair problem can cause another hair or health problem? For example, you might end up with hair loss when you buy a shampoo to get rid of dandruff problem. Heavy chemicals and unwanted ingredients like Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulphates might be absorbed by your sculp and lead to serious health problems. We use shampoo very often so we need to make sure our shampoo is natural. After my long researches, I found a natural brand; Urtekram. Features;

100 % Natural ingredients. Certified by ECOCERT.

18 % of the ingredients are organic.

  Produced in a factory which uses wind power.

Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulphates free.

Comes in Aloe Vera, Camomile, Children's Shampoo, Lavender, Nettle,  No Parfume, Red Henna, Rhassoul, Rose, Seaweed, Tea Tree, Brown sugar, Hawthorn, Henna, Rosemary.

Costs 10-15$, you can find it in herbalist shops or online. 

Tip : Apply some shampoo to your hair, and massage. Let it on your hair until the end of your bath. 

 

BARE MINERALS SPF 30 NATURAL SUNSCREEN

 

Recently the most popular beauty tip is using a sunscreen before going out everyday. However most of the sunscreens can damage our skin in the future because of the preservatives and chemicals they contain. And they may cause serious health problems. We should use natural and certified products to prevent this. 

A while ago I ordered Bare Minerals SPF 30 Natural Sunscreen online and it's perfect for oily skins. Here are general features;

It is  preservative free, chemical free and oil free. The award winning product is certified as "natural". 

 

It's basicly powder so it prevents sweating and does not clog pores.

Comes in 3 shades and evens out skin tone.

It has a very smooth brush, the powder is at the bottom and the brush is at the top of the tube.

To use, open the cover and appy the brush on your face, the powder comes out of the brush.

It has SPF 30.

It contains Vitamin A, C & E, aloevera extracts and some antioxidans.

The height of the tube is about 10cm and can be carried in any purse.

I ordered it on Strawberry and it costed about $35.00.  

Tip: Sometimes I can't be sure if I apply enough of the sunscreen, so I just open the clear lid, put some powder on a white paper, close the lid, and apply the powder by the brush. 

You can't feel the product on your skin at all, that makes it wonderful!

 

Skin Brightening Mask

Does your neck or rest of your body have darker skin tone than your face? It's because your body is protected by clothes whereas your face and hands exposed to the sun all the time. Although this tone difference is significant in summer you may have it in winter too.

You can make some facial masks at home to remove tan. Wash your face with a proper cleanser.  Mix one table spoon yogurt with 2-3 drops of lemon. If possible use strained yogurt. Apply the mixture to all your face and neck. Wait for 20 minutes and rinse. If your skin feels tight, apply moisturizer. Yogurt and lemon is popular skin whitening nutritions. Plus, yogurt moisturises and smoothes your skin out. Do not go out when you have the mask on because lemon has asid which can be harmful under sun. If you use this mask for 15 days, you will be suprised with the result.

OLIVE OIL BEAUTY TIPS

Olive oil is the beauty secret of many celebrities. This wonderful natural oil has no any side effect and it has many benefits on health when eaten so it's very commonly used in beauty cures. You don't have to be at home all day to get benefits of it. Try putting olive oil in some glass jars and carrying in your purse. Here is how to use it daily;

- If you wash your hair often and it makes your hair dry, then try using olive oil as hair conditioner. Just put a few drop in your hads and apply it to your hair and comb after bath. You will have perfectly soft hair when it dries.

- Apply it to chopped lips, elbows and knees especially in winter. 

- Apply it to your feet before going sleep and wear cotton socks, you will have suprisingly smooth feet in the morning.

- To remove your eye make up, dip a cotton swab into olive oil and dap it on your eyelashes. If you have dry or normal skin, use olive oil to remove all of your make up.

- Men can use olive oil before shaving as a shaving cream to protect their skin from damage.

Weekend at home? Try relaxing with olive oil.

- Mix enough amount of olive oil with almond oil and apply it to dry hair, wait for 30 min and wash it. This will repair your hair.

- If you have back-neck pain, massage this areas by using olive oil and relax.

- Apply olive oil to your arms, legs and all of your body to regain lost moist during bath and have a smooth skin.

Skip using chemical hair conditioners, after bath lotions and baby oils as all of these contain harmful chemicals to protect their content. When you use them, these chemicals are absorbed by your skin and passed to blood by capillary vessels. Olive oil is a perfect alternative to these products.