Tips for dry skin and chapped lips

6 steps to beautiful skin!

Radiant, glowing skin is the first step to looking great. Isn't It ?

And that skin can be yours for the asking, sans expensive skin treatments, high-end skin products or layers of makeup.

The secrets to good skin are much more basic; they have to with a well-balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle, the 2 most important factors that influence the condition of your skin.

Practise these diet do's and lifestyle tips and get that glowing skin the natural way.

Vitamin power

Revitalize your skin with a regular intake of vitamins. Not just any vitamins search here or ask to your health care providers.

i. Vitamin A helps repair body tissue, prevents skin dryness and postpones ageing. Make sure you get lots of Vitamin A by supplementing your diet with milk, cheese, eggs, butter, spinach, broccoli, carrot and fish oils.

Vitamin A is fat soluble. This kind of fat gets stored in the liver, so make sure you do not have it in excess.

ii. Vitamin B improves circulation and skin color. It is found in yoghurt, brown bread, wheatgerm, yeast, cereal and green leafy vegetables.

Vitamin B is water soluble, which means that it can be taken daily.

iii. Vitamin C helps maintain levels of collagen, a protein constituent of skin that is essential for healing the skin as well as keeping it smooth, firm and healthy-looking.

Eat lots of citrus fruits, strawberries, black currants, potatoes, cabbage, broccoli and sprouts.

Vitamin C is also water soluble and can be taken on a daily basis.

NOTE :- Water flushes out the toxins, so drink plenty of water.

Consciously make an effort to have at least 8 to 12 glasses daily. Do not exceed limit.

Sleeping beauty Therapy

Your skin, which is prone to damage during the day, is repaired as you sleep.
Some people require as much as 8 to 9 hours of sleep every night, while others can make do with just 5 hrs.
If you are pregnant please stick to 9 hrs. sleep within 24 hrs.
Remember, there is no substitute for sleep if you want great skin.

Say good-bye to stress

Stress and tension accelerate the formation of lines around your eyes and can even produce abnormal skin conditions like eczema (where the skin gets dry and itchy; it can even result in broken skin and bleeding).

So try to keep a control on your stress levels.

Practice Yoga &, reduce stress

The environment and your skin

Pollution and exposure to ultraviolet rays can harm your skin.
It's important that you use a good sun-screen lotion (a product that filters out the UV radiation) to protect your skin.

Say Good Bye immediately or step by step to :-

Alcohol, smoking and drugs are not really the way to having great skin.

If you are habitual or and fond of any or all of these, you know why your skin looks so unhealthy.