Care of Normal Skin

Normal skin is generally free from various kinds of skin health problems , so do not require special treatment. Normal skin is always appropriate to use moisturizers or creams of any type.

However, that does not mean normal skin does not need treatment at all. Normal skin as well as other skin types still requires treatment. This is useful for cleaning your skin from all kinds of harmful dirt.



Using Milk

Procedure: Take some raw milk in a bowl and heat it just enough to make it tepid. Dip cotton swab in this tepid milk and rub on face, hands, neck for about 10 min. Wait for 20 min after application. Thereafter wash with lukewarm water. Above procedure is to deep clean your skin.

Benefits: Milk is a good Cleanser for skin. While rubbing using cotton swabs, you will notice how dirty swab gets. Guess what! this is what was on your skin. So obviously your skin will now be much cleaner this naturally way. Avoid using soap, use above method for your face.

Using Kaolin Clay (called Multani Mitti in India)

Procedure: Take about 3.5 ounces of Kaolin Clay and soak it in water. Leave for 2 hours. When you look at it after 2 hours, you will see that it would have soaked water. Now mix it with your hands so it will be a thick paste. Mix it nicely so all lumps dissolve. In winter, apply this paste on your face and if possible sit in a sunny area for 30 min, thereafter wash with lukewarm water. In summer, apply this mask and sit in shade for 30 min, thereafter washing with cold water.
Application of this mask is recommended about once a week.


Benefits: Kaolin clay deep cleans the skin and makes it soft. This also helps in making face complexion fairer. Please be careful not to let any part of this preparation touch your eyes. Make sure the Kaolin clay you get has a pale color. If it looks brownish in color, that is not the right one.




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Care of dry skin

Dry skin

not only feels unpleasant but also can cause itchiness.
Please do not use soap to wash your face. Instead, use one of the masks explained below to clean and wash your face. After cleaning the face with the mask, you can consider applying unscented Curel cream.

Using Wheat and Turmeric:

Procedure: Take about 10 teaspoons of wheat flour. Add 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 spoon almond oil and the rest milk to make it a thick paste. Apply this paste on your face. Leave it for about 10 min. When it starts to dry, remove the application by rubbing with your hands. Wait for about 20 min and then wash your face with lukewarm water. Treat your skin with this application once every 3-4 days for good results. Please do not use soap when washing face, else the benefits of the mask will be lost. To retain the benefits of this, while washing face instead of soap, use paste (1 teaspoon Gram flour + 2 teaspoons milk).


Benefits: Above application will prove to be extremely useful in cold weather when the skin gets dry. Regular use of this mask will get rid of the problem of dry skin and will instead make your skin smooth, silky and fair.

Using Milk and Milk Cream:


Procedure: Boil 1/2 cup milk and leave for 10 min. While you are waiting on this, follow below steps to clean your skin. Take some raw milk in a bowl and heat it just enough to make it tepid. Dip cotton swab in this tepid milk and rub on face, hands, neck for about 10 min. Wait for 20 min after application. Thereafter wash with lukewarm water. Above procedure is to deep clean your skin.
You will notice a thick solid layer deposited on the surface of the milk that you boiled and left. Use 1 spoon of this solid deposit. Rub on your face. Leave for 10 min. Then wash with lukewarm water. Please do not use soap when washing your face, else the benefits of this application will be lost.

Benefits: Milk is a good Cleanser for skin. While rubbing using cotton swabs, you will notice how dirty swab gets. Guess what! this is what was on your skin. So obviously your skin will now be much cleaner this natural way. If you follow this procedure daily for few days, you will notice your skin will not be dry anymore and start looking much healthier and younger . This will resolve the problem of dryness of the skin making it soft and silky .


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Care of Oily Skin

Using Cucumber & Lemon:

Procedure: Grate cucumber and squeeze out about 1 ounce of juice from the grated cucumber into a glass bowl. Add 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon rosewater to it. Stir nicely. Using cotton swabs apply gently on face and neck. Leave it for about 30 min. Wash with lukewarm water first and then with cold water.

Benefits: Above application will make skin smooth and give it a glow . Cucumber juice will work great on the skin. This is also good to rejuvenate skin damaged by exposure to sun rays.

Using Milk & Lemon:

Procedure: In a glass bowl, take about 10 teaspoons raw (not boiled) milk and squeeze juice of half medium sized lemon. You should see milk curdling. If not, add more lemon juice till you see milk curdling. Gently using your hands or cotton, rub the above preparation on your face and hands. After application, let it dry for about 15 min or till you start to feel stretch in your skin on drying. Then wash your face and hands with lukewarm water. This will make your skin soft and give it a glow. Using a cotton swab, you can apply this cleanser on your neck also before bath.

Benefits: This liquid mixture serves as Cleanser to Oily Skin. While lemon helps reduce the oiliness, milk gives the skin a glow and makes it soft. This is also good to rejuvenate skin damaged by exposure to sun rays.
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