How to take care of the skin during the cold season
As summer seems to be ending and fall gets to bring us some cold rainy days, we have to think a little bit of our skin’s health and make sure that it does not have to suffer due to the harsh weather conditions.
Normally the dry skin is the one who gets to suffer a lot due to the cold weather. Most often you can see during the chilly season that the skin around the nose and mouth is flaking or chapping. This is because cold weather usually ‘steals’ more moisture from the skin, leaving it dry and exposed to injuries. And this is why the oily skin is not that sensible during the cold season as the dry skin is.
6 Natural Remedies that make you healthier in no time
People have the tendency of using drugs and all sorts of pills when they have even a minor health problem. They forget about Mother Nature, about its remedies that can do so much good if used properly and do not aggress the human body like chemical remedies do.
1. Apple vinegar. This remedy can be used to lower down high temperature. Wear for one hour socks moistened in warm vinegar. Even though it might smell a little bit unpleasant, it has an incredible healing power.
2. Lemon. This fruit is great for treating headaches. Add a few drops of lemon juice in your espresso and your headache will diminish fast. Lemon juice is also great for oily hair. If you rinse your hair with water in which you added half a lemon juice (after you have washed it with shampoo of course), your hair will become shinier, but in the same time it will not get that oily aspect so fast.
How to maintain your summer tan
After trying so hard to obtain a healthy tan for a lot of us it would be a pity to let it fade away. There are some tricks that can be applied in order for you to enjoy more of your chocolate looking skin.
Normally the bronze color of your skin is given by the pigment situated in your epidermal layer. In time, due to natural exfoliation of the cells and due to cosmetic treatments like peeling and gommage, the tan will fade away. These procedures should be done within a week before going in vacation and exposing your body to the sun. Also, avoid taking long showers or baths as they will have a resembling effect on your skin as cosmetic exfoliation has.
Summer Tan
You should use skin nurturing and hydrating lotions and creams daily as they maintain the healthy aspect of your skin and also delay its exfoliation, meaning that they will help you enjoy more of your tan.
5 Tips on how to treat bruises
We all know what bruises are, how painful and unpleasant they are especially for women. No matter how careful we are it is impossible for us to keep or body away from bruising. Different accidents, traumatisms and even an intense pressure on our arms or legs can have as a result the occurrence of a big violet bruise.
Here are some tips on how to help your body remove faster that nasty-looking bruise:
1. If you have a simple bruise, with no other tissue lesions you can apply on that area a bandage soaked in comfrey tea. Keep it there for one hour. The tea is easy to prepare: ½ l of boiling water adding 30g of comfrey. Let it rest for 10 minutes. Do not drink the remaining tea after applying the bandage.
2. Every 3 hours apply marigold cream on the bruising zone. This will prevent an intense bruising from occurring.
4 simple step to improve your life
4 different ways to improve your life, all around us we are bombarded with hints and tips on improving our lives, diet tips and ways to lose weight. We are all well aware of the do’s and don’ts of having a healthy lifestyle. What many of us are not aware of the more unusual ways to ensure we lead a healthier lifestyle & improve our life expectancy.
Sleep
We all know that regular and a long night’s sleep is an ideal steps towards a healthy life style. However did you realize that your mattress could be affecting how well (or unwell) you sleep.
The new style “Memory Foam” mattresses can have a positive affect on your nights sleep. These mattresses mould to your shape meaning you receive full body support, which ever position you sleep in. This results in less soreness and no more waking up stiff in the morning.