Summer Skin Care Tips Home Remedies

Summer and skin care tips are words that can’t be spoken in isolation. Summer skin care tips need not burn a hole in your  pocket. Home remedies can be just as good for summer skin care as any expensive product. Just that you need to know your skin type, experiment in moderation and finally find the skin care ingredients that suit you most.

• Drink at least 15-20 glasses of water to keep yourself hydrated. Other than providing the necessary moisture, it will help flush the toxic content.

• Tomato: This humble everyday vegetable is one of the most effective skin care home remedies. Being from the citrus family, it lightens tan, blemishes, dark spots and helps achieve an even skin tone. And the best part about tomato is that unlike lemon it doesn’t irritate or dry out certain skin types, especially the sensitive ones. The bottom line – use tomato for glowing skin.

• Cucumber: It reigns as THE home remedy when talking of summer skin care tips. It hydrates the body when consumed orally and works wonders when applied to the skin topically. One can easily make a Cucumber Toner at home by mixing cucumber juice and lemon juice in equal parts and storing this in a refrigerator. Cucumber hydrates and soothes and also balances out the effect that lemon can sometimes have on sensitive skin.

• Lemon: Going by the above 2 points you may think that lemon isn’t a great skin remedy but that’s not entirely true. To skin types that don’t react adversely to it, lemon works wonders! It’s not only refreshing but also has anti-microbial properties in addition to acting as a bleaching agent. Cleansing, tan removal and toning – all in one! What better summer skin care tip can a lady ask for!

• Oats: Healthy as a cereal and a wonderful skin care product. Oatmeal scrub – made by mixing oatmeal with milk and honey  works well for acne prone skins in all weathers, not just summer. It keeps pimples at bay and removes tan too. You may even try mixing oats, tomato juice, honey and curd – all the wondrous kitchen skin care ingredients rolled in together. I’ve tried this myself and I couldn’t praise more!

• Buttermilk: Yes it’s good to drink but also one of the lesser known but very effective summer skin care tips. Apply it to the face and neck, allow it to dry and wash off with cold water. Or better still, add a cup of buttermilk to your bath to see the effects on the entire body. Very good at tan removal and providing an even skin tone.

• Aloe Vera: How can I leave out this wonderful herb while writing on summer skin care tips! There is hardly any sunburn remedy that does not use aloe vera. Mix some aloe vera gel with cucumber juice, honey and curd. See the redness and sunburn effect go away in a jiffy!

• Turmeric / Haldi: The good old turmeric is no less in our list of summer skin care tips. Make a home made scrub using besan (All purpose flour), a pinch of turmeric and milk. Scrub away in circular motion when dry. This scrub not only scrubs away the dead skin cells but with regular use, may also be able to eliminate a few fine facial hair. No wonder this besan-haldi ubtan is still a popular wedding ritual for brides as well as groom.