Beauty Basics - Eight Tips For Naturally
Beautiful Skin
by Ololade Franklin
Not sure what to look for when choosing cosmetics? Need some advice on
taking care of your skin? Here are eight tips to help your skin look and feel
its best.
1) Select moisturizers made with vegetable oils. The lotions, creams and body
oils that you use should be made with vegetable oils, not mineral oil. Vegetable
oils, (like olive oil, sweet almond oil, corn oil, etc.) contain fatty acids
which help to moisturize and soften the skin. Mineral oil is derived from
petroleum and does not contain anything that helps to nourish the skin.
2) Look for herbs and herbal derivatives in your cosmetics. Herbs and their
derivatives (essential oils, extracts, infusions) contain natural chemicals
which soothe, tone and help condition the skin. Two herbs which are especially
useful in natural cosmetics are Lavender and Tea tree. The essential oils of
both lavender and tea tree are gentle, natural antiseptics.
3) Once a week soak your feet in warm water, and gently exfoliate dead skin with
a pumice stone. Follow up by moisturizing your feet with a natural foot oil or
foot lotion.
4) Every week soak in a tub of bath salts. Salt, especially salts mined from the
Dead Sea in the Middle East, are rich in minerals and help draw impurities out
of the skin.
5) After a shower or bath, seal in moisture by using a body oil or lotion made
from natural vegetable oils.
6) If you have blemishes and your skin is dry, moisturize your skin in the
morning and at night with products that contain vegetable oils which are high in
essential fatty acids. Essential fatty acids help to soften and hydrate the skin
and they can also help soothe minor irritations. Vegetable oils that contain
large amounts of essential fatty acids are: corn oil, sunflower seed oil,
safflower oil, borage oil, blackcurrant seed oil and evening primrose oil.
7) Look for toners and astringents that are made without ethyl alcohol, rubbing
alcohol or isopropyl alcohol. These ingredients are solvents that are extremely
drying to the skin.
8) Every time you wash your hands, moisturize them with a natural lotion or cream
to help them stay soft.
About the author: Ololade Franklin publishes Making Good Scents(TM), a
newsletter for people who make their own bath and body care products. For
information about Making Good Scents(TM) visit
http://www.MakingGoodScents.com
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