What is Natural Skincare?

In laymen's terms, ‘natural skincare’ is cherishing your complexion in a natural and chemical free way. ‘Natural skincare’ recommends the enabling the skin to attend to itself (without any help from man-made stuff/ chemicals). ‘Natural skincare’ is about instilling positive habits in the way you live daily. Many natural skincare methods are actually similar to those for body care as a whole.

So let’s check out what these natural skincare methods are :

(1) Drink More Water

Well the first and the foremost natural skincare measure is - ‘Drink more water’. Approximately eight glasses of water is essential daily. Water aids in purging the toxins from our bodies naturally and is responsible for the overall maintenance of the body. At the end of the day, it promotes great health for all internal organs, including our skin.

(2) Maintain Personal Hygiene

Basic cleanliness is another low cost way of natural skincare. Examples include showering daily, wearing clean clothes and sleeping on clean mattresses and pillows. After all, clean skin is the crux to keeping the skin diseases at bay.

(3) Exercise Frequently

Regular workouts is the another important key to healthy living. Exercise improves blood circulation which in turn eliminates body toxins to keep us healthy. Exercise is also a great way to reduce stress which is one of the worst enemies of great health.

(4) Eat Healthily

Adopting healthy diets and cultivating good eating behaviours are also advocated for natural skincare. Some type of food such as oily fried stuff is known to result in acne and ought to be avoided as much as possible. Your diet should be a good mix of nutritious foods such as raw fruits and vegetables which usually contains a lot of fibre and natural vitamins. That in turns promotes a healthy digestive system.

(5) Sleep Well

Good sleep is instrumental to healthy living and beating stress. It generally reduces tiredness and in turn prevents premature aging of the skin. Since extreme stress is also known one of the main causes of poor skin, by adopting the 4 earlier approaches to great skin, you're also busting the impact of stress on your body. Top that up with other stress relievers such as indulging in a spa, listening to soothing music and going for an occasional holiday, you can definitely keep the harmful effects of extreme stress away from your skin

(6) Use Sun Screen & Other Natural Skin Care Products

Prolonged exposure to the sun can result in various disorders such as certain skin cancers, pigmentation, freckles etc. By apply sunscreen lotions, regardless of whether you're going sun-tanning or not, will help cut down such excessive exposure. Carry a hat or umbrella at times helps too.

Many traditional and homemade natural skincare products/ methods are also known to be very good. Such are not only natural and easy-to-follow, they're also quite affordable and easily available in the supermarts and retail shops. Some of the more popular ones include aloe vera, lavender oil etc., which don’t usually have any major side effects.