A Secret of Ayurveda Beauty Care. Part 1.

Ayurveda doctrine considers principles of alternative medicine and originated from ancient India. In Sanskrit, it means "complete knowledge". Ayurveda concept of beauty care is different from the modern beauty care practiced around the world. It considers a holistic approach to soul, mind and body as well.

Ayurveda beauty care treatment encompasses such beauty products as herbs, ointments, lubricants. There is no by-effect of these ingredients. The Ayurveda beauty skin care includes an improvement of the skin like eliminating stains and dark spots from skin and making it smooth and bright.

By applying rejuvenation therapy an individual can free body of toxic wastes restoring cellular nutrition and making it fresh and healthy. Hence rejuvenation therapy assists person to begin a process of performing healthy lifestyle changes it opens ways to achieve natural beauty, which is not related to the physical body but cover qualities and mentality of a person.

Although Ayurveda beauty care includes cosmetics beauty guidance it is not just about applying some herbs, preparations or oils, but about changing of the entire lifestyle and contains dinacharya (or healthy daily routines) and rithucharya (lifestyle routines for the season).

According to Ayurveda directions one must perform certain healthy routines such as wake up before sunrise, nourish certain food, and do physical exertion and so on. Keeping a balanced lifestyle and a proper diet you shall definitely obtain healthy body and as well beautiful appearance.

Organic or Chemical Exfoliating Products?

As a natural skin care practitioner you may often find yourself in the difficult situation of choosing optimal results or staying to true to your desire to keep nothing but naturals touching your face.

It’s a difficult situation for you. This especially true when it comes to exfoliating products, which have seen major scientific advances in recent years to improve their effectiveness while minimizing side effects.

Now you may want to stay true to your natural roots no matter what, but in doing so you very well may be missing out on more beautiful skin, while potentially setting yourself up for some potentially damaging side effects.

The Problem With Many Organic Exfoliating Products

It goes without saying that there are many benefits to utilizing organic exfoliating products. Nor is there any point in saying that organic exfoliating products don’t get result.

The problem is, many organic exfoliating products come in the form of a scrub containing ingredients that have a likelihood of causing intense facial irritation, and even worse, facial scaring.

How does this happen? It’s simple. Because your skin (or anyone’s skin) was not designed to take the abrasion that most organic exfoliating products use to remove the dead layer of skin cells that cause dull or rough skin appearance an irritation occurs.

Depending on your skin type and sensitivity, you could experience intense dryness, redness or at the far end, permanent scars.

Glycolic Acid: The Problem Solver

This scenario is in stark contrast to an experience one would find using a glycolic exfoliating product. Glycolic acid is the new standard being used by dermatologists across the world for in office facial peels and spot treatments.

Glycolic acid is stronger than salicylic acid, the once king of acne treatments, without the harsh side effects such as redden or dry skin.

This is due to the chemical makeup of glycolic acid that allows the percentage used during a treatment to be precisely controlled. Ensuring the right amount is used to remove the layer of dead skin cells on your face without any harsh side effects.

And unlike most organic exfoliating products, glycolic acid based exfoliants can be found in a multitude of application methods; exfoliating pads, creams and serums all exist.

Decisions, Decisions

Staying true to your skin care beliefs or change them to allow for you to realize more effect exfoliating products with less potential side effects?

It’s a question only you can answer. Hopefully this article helps you to consider whether or not glycolic exfoliating products are right for you.

What to Choose: Antiperspirants

In spite of deodorants class of antiperspirants are considered as drugs. Antiperspirants aim to cease or significantly diminish process of perspiration and thus cut down the damp environment where bacteria develop.

Antiperspirants work to preclude perspiration by affecting sweat gland and as well as blocking the pores with such strong astringents as aluminum salts so that the pores can’t excrete sweat. The clogging of sweat glands decline the volume of sweat released in the underarms.

Antiperspirants are designed to be used for the armpits, while deodorants may also be applied to feet and other areas of body as well. Due to they don’t interfere with sweating which is a natural process of body cooling, deodorants are more desirable to apply.

In spite the fact that according to recent research, antiperspirants contained aluminum salts are safe; aluminium in very high doses has been considered as a neurotoxin and it can adversely impact on the blood-brain barrier and has hostile epigenetic effects.

Aerosol antiperspirants gained popularity due to they dispense a spray without contact with the underarm area. Though, in 1977 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibited the active ingredient aluminum used in aerosols, due to harmful effect of inhalation during long time and whereas, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) limited the application of propellants used in aerosols because these gases promote to destroy the ozone layer.

As the popularity of aerosols began to decrease, roll-on forms antiperspirants became more popular. Nowadays, stick form is the most popular type of deodorants.

What to Choose: Deodorants

The first underarm deodorants were invented in the 9th century in Al-Andalus. The first modern deodorant was introduced in the U.S. in the late nineteenth century. In the early 1960s was produced Gillette's Right Guard, the first aerosol antiperspirant in the market.

Generally people consider antiperspirants and deodorants as the same thing, however, they aren’t. So, what select a natural deodorant or an antiperspirant?

Deodorants are applied to destroy smell of sweat in armpits and feet. Human perspiration is odor-free; smell is caused by bacteria colonization thriving in hot, moist habitat of body’s underarm. The bacteria feed sweat, releasing acid, which invokes smell.

Deodorants are labeled as cosmetics aimed to remove odor. They operate to neutralize the odor of sweat and disinfect bacteria. Deodorants usually contain alcohol and as well perfume or essential oils. Alcohol initially stimulates sweating, but may also destroy bacteria. Scent of perfume and natural oils aims to conceal the smell of perspiration.

There are various kinds of deodorants. For example, a roll-on deodorant, a spray deodorant, a stick deodorant. So, you can choose any kind among them and enjoy purity and freshness.

Chapped Lips Care

In summer you have to care about your lips like in winter. Hot weather, winds, heat and sun can spoil tender skin of your lips even more, than winter frosts. How should we save our lips beautiful?

First of all, make peeling of lips. It must be very tender. You can use any cosmetic mean, with granules of polyethylene. Or it can be homemade peeling, for example, the mixture of ground rolled oats and honey (or simply cottage cheese).

After peeling your lips need multilayer milk mask. Take very fat kefir or sour cream and apply it on the skin with 10-12 layers. Every next layer is applied after dried previous layer. Keep the mask on the lips for 10-15 minutes and wash away with warm water.

The final procedure is applying of cream. It will be good if you use any special cream for lips with nourishing and moistening effects. If you haven't any special, then use ordinary rich cream with lanolin.

It's better to make all these procedures in the evening, because they need time. Don't forget about lipcare stick during the day.