I would like to share with you some honey and skin care knowledge, one of the most popular topics amongst the female honey fans, before you spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on all those anti-wrinkle and moisturising creams. Try some easy, home-made tonic and remedy with honey first. And remember, the main ingredient in all those costly skin care products in the store could be honey!

Really, there is no simpler way to bring a smooth glow to your skin than with honey beauty recipes. Honey’s ability to absorb and retain moisture make it an ideal ingredient in a lot of cosmetics as it helps keep skin hydrated and fresh and prevents drying. It is known that ancient beauties regularly applied a mixture of honey and milk to the face to keep the skin young-looking, radiant, and smooth.

Honey’s natural antioxidant and anti-microbial properties help to protect the skin from the damage of the sun’s rays, supports the skin’s ability to rejuvenate and refresh depleted skin, leaving it feeling silky soft and supple. One of the most common skin benefits of honey is related to minor acne treatment. Honey absorbs impurities from the pores on the skin, making it an ideal cleansing agent. With the wide-ranging of honey and skin care recipes, it is no wonder that there exists a huge number of honey products in the market for hair care, baby care, skin care for sunscreen, hand lotions, facial scrubs and moisturizers. And for instance, the Manuka Honey Lip Balm is an effective and natural moisturiser. It contains sun protection properties to soothe and protect the lips from becoming dry and chapped in cold and dry weather.

6 Pampering Homemade Honey Recipes for Skin Care:

Here are some do-it-yourself, self-help, extremely easy to follow recipes to enjoy the benefits of honey in skin care. I recommend them also because all the ingredients that go along with them are so easily accessible.

1. Cucumber-Honey Toner:

Puree 1 cucumber in a blender and drain away the liquid. Add 2 teaspoons of honey and mix. Apply on the face and neck area with a cotton pad. Air dry it and rinse clean.

2. Honey-Apple Toner:

In a blender or food processor, combine 1 peeled, cored apple with a tablespoon of honey and pulse until smooth. Apply mixture to face and allow it to stay for 15 minutes, then rinse.

3. Honey-Oats Face Scrub:

Combine 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon finely-ground almonds, 2 tablespoons dry oatmeal, and some lemon juice or yogurt to a luxurious and exfoliating facial scrub. Massage mixture gently onto face, then rinse with warm water.

4. Gentle Honey Cleanser:

Mix 1⁄4 cup honey, 1 tablespoon liquid soap and 1⁄2 cup glycerin (found in drug stores). Apply gently on to face using a face sponge. Rinse with warm water and pat face dry.

5. Hot Honey Bath:

Perhaps the easiest beauty recipe related to honey and skin care — Add 1/4 cup of honey to your hot bath water for silky and luscious skin.

6. Honey Hair Conditioning Treatment:

For lustrous, silky, healthy hair and scalp, simply combine 1/2 cup honey and 2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup olive oil. Massage scalp with this conditioner, then put on a shower cap for 30 minutes. Shampoo and rinse as usual.

By: Ruth Tan

Our face is the window to the world!

Young, vibrant and supple skin with no sign of wrinkles presents a happy, well cared look to the world. However, dry patches, under eye wrinkles and blotches may be a big turn off it you want to bag a job or present a business plan. Why look neglected and uncared, when all it takes to look attractive is a few minutes each day!

Having a good skin care regimen is easy and fun, especially when you start seeing a younger face in the mirror each day. A healthy, clean skin is the best way to look young again and ward off common skin problems like acne, wrinkles and blotches.

Acne is one of the most common problems that are aggravated by blocked pores and oily deposits. If you don’t cleanse and tone up everyday, the makeup settles in the pores, blocking up the skin breathing cells and lead to accumulating toxins, which then come out in the form of acne. When you look at acne treatment, what suits one may not necessarily suit you as the treatment depends upon a lot of things like your skin type, type of acne and other things that a dermatologist can best define.
If you are careless about your skin care routine, you might be surprised how soon the wrinkles come up!

There are many products that claim to be good anti wrinkle creams and lotions but a healthy diet, herbal based skin care products are the best remedies. If you start cleaning, toning and moisturizing your skin a little early in life you may be happy later on as the wrinkles can easily be kept at bay.

Whether the cream that your friend recommended is good for you or not, its best to check out the list of ingredients and see how many chemicals it has. Any cream that has a broad base of chemicals will always have side effects on your skin. Looking at natural sea minerals, essential oils with a base of pure natural oils like olive oil, coconut oil and avocado oil may be a little expensive but look at the long term benefits for your own health. These skin products are gentle and mild and nourish your skin from within as they get absorbed easily.

Natural herbal based products and those which contain milk, essential oils, natural fragrances are the best creams and body lotions that can be applied on your delicate skin to keep it fresh, beautiful and soft.

By: Anita R Choudhary