Moisturizing

Skin’s softness and elasticity is decided by the moisture content of the skin. Skin gets rough, dry, flaky and fragile due to cold or windy, low humidity and air conditioning weather conditions. Over exposure to direct sunlight makes the skin dry and dehydrated.

Moisturizers provide moisture to the skin. Lanolin, avocado oil, vitamin E oil, jojoba oil are the natural ingredients of it. Lanolin has good water absorbing properties. Avocado oil has skin penetration properties and is rich in vitamin A and B. Milk protein helps to soften dry and wrinkled skin. Honey is a natural moisturizer.

After cleaning, toning and firming the skin moisturizer is applied to the skin.

Function of moisturizer

Its main function is to prevent loss of moisturizer and dehydration of the skin. It also helps speed up the process of cell renewal. It must have the ingredients that supply vitamins, minerals to the skin. There are creams that boosts the natural waterproofing barrier of the skin and soothe the skin by its natural surface oils.

Important points

• After cleansing and toning moisturizer should be applied.
• A nourishing cream should be applied upwards over the face and downwards from the chin to relax light muscle and accelerate circulation every night.
• Finger tips should be used for applying moisturizer.
• For normal and oily skin, a light liquid moisturizer should be applied.

Home made moisturizers

Water melon moisturizer:

• Take one slice of water melon.
• Take one table spoon of lemon juice.

Squeeze the juice of lemon over the watermelon slice and refrigerate it for twenty minutes. Take out the slice and cut it into bits and place it over your face. This will reduce body temperature and moisturizes it. This will also tighten your skin.

Avocado moisturizer:

• Take one teaspoon honey
• Take 200 gm curd
• One teaspoon of lemon juice.
• Take a medium size avocado.

Mix honey and the pulp of avocado and make a thick paste of it. Add lemon juice and curd to make stiff cream. Refrigerate this mixture for half an hour. Massage it on face and neck till the cream is totally absorbed by the skin. Leave it on for one night and you will see a luster to your skin.

Lanolin moisturizer

• Take one tablespoon of lanolin.
• One vitamin E capsule.
• Two teaspoons of cold water.
• One an half tablespoon of almond oil.

In warm water warm the almond oil and lanolin in a dish. Add vitamin capsule and cold water and mix well. Apply this mixture on your face and neck.

Lemon moisturizer

• Take one cup of distilled water.
• Hundred grams of gelatine.
• Two teaspoons of lemon juice.

Mix gelatine in water and add lemon juice to it and then refrigerate this mixture for twenty minutes. Apply this mixture on face and neck for 20 minutes. Wash it off with lukewarm water.

Natural moisturizer for men:

• Take two teaspoons of bee wax.
• Twelve drops of sandal oil.
• Take two tablespoons of olive oil.
• Take six tablespoon of infusion of thyme.
• Take two teaspoons of lanolin.

Melt the wax and combine all ingredients. Apply it over face to have the change on your skin.