ayurvedic skincare

SKINCARE FOR WINTER

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:11:18 +0100

In winter, use of soaps and detergents causes dry skin and this is another winter woe to be tackled. Look for moisturizers with aloe vera. Use soft face wash and toners instead of astringents since they have a drying effect on the skin.

Benefits of Moisturiser: Pampering your skin is very must important in winter. moisturiser helps the skin to attract atmospheric moisture, serve as a barrier between the skin and the atmosphere to reduce the rate of evaporation from skin, and at the same time allow the skin to breath. Use a body moisturizers based on your skin types like as you choose a moisturizer for your face. To keep your skin soft and smooth use moisturizer that helps to achieve a balance of oil and moisture.

Moisturizing Process: Always use a moisturizer after a bath. This will help your skin to seal the extra moisture in the upper layers of the skin thus making it soft and supple. Take little more time before you dress up so that can get few minutes to moisturize the skin.

If you are a busy person, apply the moisturizer and leave as it is, for the skin to absorb while you dry your hair. Even if this is not possible for you then add few drops of body oil to the water, so that when you step out of the bath, your body will be coated with a fine film nourishing oil.

Some areas of your skin like knees, elbows, heels and calves are prone to dryness since they are not many oil glands. So, make sure to moisturize them very well. Rub in a rich body lotion; pull on a pair of socks before going to sleep so that your cracked feet look soft.

Honey soft skin: apply a combine face pack of a teaspoon of honey and a spoon of good moisturizer over a face, leave it for five to seven minutes, and wash off. Regenerate your dry skin by going in for AHA (Alpha Hydroxyl Acid) therapy. Eating always makes a major difference in how you look, avoid fried stuff in winter. Also, drink eight to twelve glasses of water every day.

You need to take care of your skin in different way as the season changes. The important thing is to know your skin and understand how it reacts to different weather. In winter, your skin faces problems of flaky skin, chapped lips and dry skin. Here we bring you a list of guide to fight these winter blues away.

Pre-Bath massage: Massage your skin gently with oil that suits you and leave it for five minutes as it is and then take a lukewarm shower. These will ensure that your skin gets warmed up right before the bath, the dead cells are removed and the moisture of your body is replenished. For winter dryness problems use Almond or Mustard oil. If you have dry skin use moisturizing soap or a cleansing lotion, avoid soap in the winter.

Moisturize: Your skins lose moisture in winter, so retaining moisture in your body is important for your skin care regime. Your skin is well moisturize after a lukewarm bath. Apply dollops of moisturizer on wet skin. This lock’s in body’s natural moisture and also helps rebuild it. For one who have extremely dry and scaly skin, use petroleum based products before going to bed.

Use sun block: In winter, women think that sun will not affect their skin in any way. This is obviously wrong belief and many paid with sunburn and flaky skin. You need full protection from sun even in winter season. In fact, the effect of the winter sun is equal to that of the summer season. Therefore, after moisturizing your skin you must protect your skin with SPF 15.

Care for exposed skin: The exposed parts of your skin definitely dry up by the chilly air in winter. Here you will face problems like dry hands and chapped lips. Use a tube of hand cream to moisturize your hand. Use a moisturizer cream before bed and pull on a pair of sock for your feet.

Avoid licking your lips, small tube of lip balm inside your pocket is a good idea for your lip care in winter.

Exfoliate: in winter months, exfoliation is very much necessary as it helps to remove flaking, and smoothens the skin’s surface. For better result, you can either choose AHA products or apply a facial scrub. Apply once after every three days to improve dryness. Use moisturizing soap or a conditioning treatment as well as soy based, Instead of soap and astringents. This will clean with drying your skin.

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Skin types and taking care of them.

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:37:29 +0100

Vata Skin Care

Using proper Vata nourishing products is very important for Vata skin to stay youthful. A specific combination of some essential oils or herbs, is used to prepare vata specific products which can nourish the skin and prevent wrinkles and premature aging.

Discipline in sleeping, eating, and following a regular daily routine are essential components of a holistic approach to Vata skin care, as are eating foods, that help balance Vata and nourish the Vata skin.

Caring suggestion for Vata skin:

Vata skin type people should normally eat more warm, food, sweet, sour and salty tastes to balance the dry, rough, moving Vata dosha. Additional nourishment to your skin must be provided by including organic milk, whole grains and green leafy vegetables in your diet. Drink lots of lukewarm water everyday, eat plenty of sweet juicy fruits for internal hydration and help cleanse the body from within. Have some healthy. a warm oil self-massage is also useful, to keep skin lubricated. Using all-natural youthful beauty serum keeps your facial skin hydrated. Plenty of rest to give your mind as well as your body the opportunity to recharge is suggested. When you cleanse your face uses some moisture-balancing skin specific cleanser and splash your face with water several times.

Pitta Skin Care

Pitta skin not only needs nurturing but also proper cooling. Sun resistance enhancing products are recomened like the skin therapy aloe gel. Treatments and therapies, that expose your delicate, sensitive skin to steam must avoided for extended periods for example Tanning treatments.

The ayurvedic herbs formulation specifically prepared for the pitta skin types helps in balancing the pitta skin. However, like other ayurvedic herbs, it needs to be used in combination with other herbs formulation for a balanced effect on the skin.

Taking care of Pitta skin:

Avoid hot, spicy foods. Harsh, synthetic cosmetics. It can damage the sensitive pitta skin and cause breakouts. Pitta is a fiery constitution, excess of deep-fried foods, may add further and disturb the normal functioning. Eat sweet juicy fruits. Rose is considered cooling for mind, body and emotions, having rose petal jam in cool milk helps. Use pitta specific oils in your daily massage. Cook with cooling spices such as fennel and licorice. Use aurasa skin therapy aloe gel moisturizing and protecting every day. Apply the gel on your skin when you go out in the sun.

Kapha Skin Care

Kapha skin is thick and oily in nature. It needs regular detoxification on regular basis to flush toxins from the skin, as it is more prone to accumulate ama -- toxins under the skin.

Regular use of ubtan for external cleaning by gentle exfoliation is recommended along with botanical masque.

Taking care for Kapha skin:

Kapha being oily and heavy in nature needs a diet that is warmer, lighter, less oily, and free of heavy, hard to digest foods. Bitter, astringent and pungent tastes to stimulate digestion and balance are recommended in diet. Avoid too much of sweet or deep-fried food as it adds to the oil in the skin. Daily warm oil massage and regular exercise improves circulation. Its good eat plenty of vegetables and fruits to cleanse the body from within. Cleanse your skin twice everyday; exfoliate with face ubtan at least thrice a week. Cook with warming spices such as ginger and black pepper for proper digestive fire and inhibit the accumulation of ama inside the body.

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Ayurvedic Skin Care and types of skin

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:33:32 +0100

Skin is the largest organ in the human body. It is a barometer of an individual’s health. It is the clue to one's Ayurvedic constitution. This can be understood by the types of skin that one has. Example: The person with rough, dry, cold, thin skin with fine pores and wrinkles has vata predominant constitution. If it is of pitta constitution, the skin is delicate, fair and red toned with freckles, moles or acne and burns easily. In case of kapha dosha constitution, the skin of a person is oily, smooth, moist and thick with a tendency towards large pores.

In case, the skin is neglected from proper care it suffers from premature aging, becomes dull and blemished. Premature aging can be prevented by regular and proper nourishment.

Learn to know your Ayurvedic skin type

In the holistic Ayurvedic approach to skincare the first step is finding out your ayurvedic skin type.

Vata skin: Skin is generally dry, thin, delicate and cool to the touch, may age faster, and tends to be dry, rough and flaky when out of balance. Vata skin easily gets dehydrated, and is very prone to the effects of windy and dry weather.

Pitta skin: Skin tends to be more prone to freckles and moles than the other skin types. Pitta skin types tends to be fair, sensitive, soft, warm, and of medium thickness. Pitta skin can come up in rashes, acne, rosacea or sunspots when out of balance,

Kapha skin: Kapha skin tends to have all the qualities of water and earth -- it can be thick, oily, soft, cool and more tolerant of the sun. Kapha skin is less prone to wrinkles and ages slower in comparison to other types. Complexion can be dull with enlarged pores, excessive oil, blackheads, moist types of eczea and water retention.

Combination: skin is both dry and sensitive in Vatta-Pitta, Kapha-Pitta skin is oily and sensitive, and skin that is generally dry with some oily zones is of Vatta-Kapha type.

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