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get rid of dead skin on lips

Dead skin on lips isn’t going to make it look gorgeous. Sensitive skin over lips turn dark due to few external factors like UV rays, allergens, excess smoking and hormonal imbalance. Dead skin over lips is common and every men and women will experience this in some point of their life.

Good news is that you can get rid of dead skin on lips at home. All you’ve to do is to exfoliate dead skin and apply the natural lip balm to hydrate them. You must try this simple remedy 1-2 times in a week.

Discard your idea about peeling the skin manually, this result in injury or bleeding. Natural home remedies not just it wipes those impurities off the lip, but the nutritional ingredients in it improve healthy functioning of the skin. I personally don’t recommend chemical creams as they can stimulate allergic reaction in sensitive people.

Hold on for few more minutes and you’ll know simple remedies to get rid of dry skin on lips.

1. Make your lips wet with warm water

To remove dry skin or dead cells piled over lips you must initially hydrate them with water. Dip a clean cloth in warm water and place it over lips for 5 minutes. You can alternatively use cotton ball over lips.

2. Exfoliate dead skin using lemon and sugar scrub

Lemon is renowned for its cleansing and whitening properties. It can effectively remove dark spots and dead skin over the lips. You can use this remedy over other parts of the skin like over elbows and knees.

Take required amount of powdered sugar in a clean bowl. Add 2-3 drops of lemon juice and water to it. Mix until you get thick paste.

Now, apply this scrub over lips and rub gently to remove dead skin cells. Once you’re done with this process rinse the scrub with water and pat dry.

Alternatively, you can mix 1 tablespoon of olive oil with 1 tablespoons of sea salt. Squeeze few drops of lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Gently massage the scrub over lips in circulation motion.

Note: Limit the use of salt and lemon juice if you experience infection over the lips.

3. Hydrate your lips with cucumber

As dead cells are wiped off, now your lips need natural ingredients that can stimulate cell regeneration and moisturize it. Rinse the scrub and pat dry with soft cloth.

Take chilled sliced cucumber and massage gently over the lips. Assorted properties in cucumber hydrate the skin and help to remove dark spots. Regular use can make your lips clear and healthy.

Another remedy to remove dead skin is to rub your lips with sliced beet root. With these natural remedies you must take nutritional rich diet and drink enough water.

If you’ve serious dark spots over lips, then use soft toothbrush to exfoliate. But, don’t apply force else you may damage your soft lips.

Raw Honey for Lips

Benefits of honey are prominent and have been documented in religious books. Honey moisturizes and exfoliates your skin and lips. Apart from that, it can lighten dark lips and gives your lips a pinkish glow. You can mix few drops of lemon juice with honey.

Don’t apply it before going to bed, as its sweetness will attract ants and insects towards your lips. You can try this first thing in the morning.

Gram Flour Paste

Gram flour is renowned to remove impurities and make the lips soft. But, you may find slight difficulty in remove the mask from lips.

Mix 2-3 drops of lemon juice and water with gram flour. Apply it over wet lips and leave it for few minutes. Use damp cloth to wipe the gram flour mask off the lips. Impurities and dead skin cells will be removed along with the mask.

Aloe vera gel to get rid of dead skin on lips

Hydrating and exfoliating activity of aloe gel will fade dark spots on lips. Because of its nutritional properties, cosmetic industries started incorporating aloe gel to their beauty products.

Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties in this gel restrain infectious bacteria and fungi. Mix few drops of lemon juice with aloe gel, and topically apply it on lips. Repeat the process once in a week.

Important tips

Use this remedy to exfoliate dead skin for twice in a week.
Use natural moisturizer to hydrate lips after wiping dead skin.
Chemical creams may irritate your sensitive lips, so use only natural ingredients.
Limit the use of lemon juice if you experience inflammation over lips.
Include nutritious food in your diet to improve healthy functioning.

Would you like to share your secrete remedy to remove dead skin on lips?

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3 Ways to Get Rid of Dry Skin on Your Nose

ByMoin Nex

Dry winds blowing in winter and harsh chemicals incorporated in creams and soaps stripe natural moisture from the skin leaving it dry and itchy. Though dry skin is not associated with any serious health issue, people try to get rid of dry skin on nose out of cosmetic concern.

Naturally, your skin is surrounded by natural oil that guards it from impurities and dry skin. Because of external factors mentioned above and also due to aging the sebaceous gland responsible for secreting sebum (natural oil) fails to keep your skin hydrated.

It’s really embarrassing to scratch your dry nose in public, isn’t it?

How to Get Rid of Dry Skin on Your Nose?

Avoid pricey cosmetic creams for few days, they harm more than benefit. As natural remedies are incorporated with high nutrients, renowned beauty experts recommend trying home remedies to treat most skin disorders.

However, we recommend you to consult your dermatologist for serious issues.

1. Drink enough water

Though this seems so simple, it’s not practiced by most of us. Water plays vital in metabolism and in regulating the body temperature. A study concludes that more than half Americans don’t drink enough water.

Drinking 8 glasses of water a day will bring drastic change in the skin functioning. Like your diet you must follow a time table to drink water.

Yes, seems weird but you must force yourself if you want to look good. Below is the time table for drinking water.

1st Glass – 7:00
Take your breakfast at least half an hour after the first glass.

2nd Glass – 9:00
Approximately 1 hour after your breakfast.

3rd Glass – 11:30
30 minutes before lunch.

4th Glass – 13:30
1 hour after lunch.

5th Glass – 15:00
During your tea break.

6th Glass – 17:00
Before dinner.

7th Glass – 20:00
1 hour after dinner.

8th Glass – 22:00
Before going to sleep.

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2. Coconut oil for dry skin around nose

Now that you’ve commenced hydrating your dry skin from the inside by drinking enough water, remove external dry patches by washing affected part with water or face scrub.

When the skin is still damp apply organic coconut oil over the dry skin. Optimal time to apply this innate remedy is before going to sleep. You can rinse it off in the morning.

Use cotton swab to apply coconut oil inside the nostrils.

Assorted properties in coconut oil are renowned to hydrate dry skin and thwart infectious bacteria. Don’t apply coconut oil while going out; the sticky nature of the oil attracts dust and impurities on your face.

Related: Coconut oil on dry hands

3. Almond oil to get rid of dry skin on nose

Emollient activity of almond oil helps to moisturize your dry skin from the outside. Almond oil exhibits antibacterial activity and can restrain bacterial infection over the dry skin.

Mix almond oil (1/2 tea spoon) with aloe vera gel (1/4 tea spoon) thoroughly and apply over dry skin on nose using cotton swab. Apply this home remedy before going to bed.

You can avoid aloe gel and replace it with other essential oil. Regularly use these home remedies to get rid of dry skin on your nose.

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Milk and Honey for Dry Skin on Your Nose

ByMoin Nex

milk for dry skin on nose

Natural oils surrounding your skin protect it from infectious bacteria and virus. Few external or internal factors reap these natural moisturizing elements, leaving the skin dry and lifeless.

Pricey cosmetic creams can hydrate your skin and help you get rid of itching, but chemicals incorporated in these creams may irritate your sensitive skin. Unlike artificial creams, natural ingredients like milk and honey saturate the dry scaly skin on nose without less or no side-effects.

Renowned humectant and antibacterial agents in honey deeply cleanse dead cells and impurities off the skin.
Rich antioxidant agents in raw honey thwart free radicals and enhance elasticity of the skin.
Antibacterial properties blended in milk and honey help to deeply cleanse the dry skin on nose and face.
Moisturizing agents in this mask will penetrate into deeper layers of the skin to hydrate.

How to use Milk & Honey to Remove Dry Skin on Nose

milk and honey face mask

Chemical and fragrance filled soaps and creams stripe natural moisture from the skin, leaving it dry. Apart from this, aging and weather may cause your skin around nose dry. With age, sebaceous glands fail to secrete required amount of sebum to keep the skin moist. The need for an external moisturizer comes here.

Initially cleanse your nose. Use rose water or olive oil, wash your face and apply one of the natural cleansers. Leave it for few minutes and wipe using cotton ball.
Blend milk and honey in a bowl and mix thoroughly. While the skin is still damp, topically apply the mask on the nose just like you do over the face.
Leave it to dry for few minutes.
Then rinse it off using cool water.

Alternatively, you can mix 1 table spoon of unsweetened yogurt with 1 table spoon of raw honey to apply on face and nose. Slightly massage the face mask over dry areas of the nose.

Optionally, follow with a natural moisturizer like jojoba oil.

Conclusion

Milk and honey mask for dry skin on nose works effectively, when you select raw form of its ingredients. Avoid processed milk and honey, as they lack notable nutrients. If you feel irritated after using this homemade face mask, stop its use and reach the physician.

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Dry Skin Around Nose Piercing

ByMoin Nex

Nose piercing is an old tradition, which is practiced in all parts of the world. In Indian culture nose piercing is regarded as a beauty and social standing. Often it’s used to wear jewellery. In USA, UK and Australia piercing is no more a tradition but a fashion icon.

Though it looks cute and adds beauty, but the dry skin around nose piercing will spoil your appearance.

First thing is pain, while piercing nose you’ll be accompanied by extreme pain. Piercing makes your skin sensitive; exposing it to harmful chemicals and wind makes it dry.

How to Fight Dry Skin around Nose Piercing?

Nose piercing involves puncturing through non cartilage lobe of one of the nostrils. It’s not only difficult but irritating till you get habituated to it.

A reputable piercer would suggest you to stay away from harmful chemicals and practice strict hygiene. Starting few days, the skin will be so sensitive that you need to avoid makeup and clean it twice a day. Also, you must stay away from harsh wind that can stripe natural oils from the skin.

If not taken care, the dry skin can worsen the infection and pus may gather with extreme pain. Moisturizing the nose skin with essential oils or with a natural moisturizer will help you prevent such conditions.

Avoid chemical filled soaps, creams, foods that may trigger pus and clothes that may cause allergic reaction. Alternatively, you can use mild chemical soaps, natural face packs (I’d recommend Argan oil face mask) and wear natural fabrics like cotton and linen.

Though there are dozens of natural remedies to hydrate the skin, coconut oil is affordable and always available ingredient for you. Mix it with pinch of turmeric powder and drop the oil around the piercing ring. Regular application is important for stimulate fast healing.

When I asked my mother about a simple home remedy to treat nose piercing, she suggested keeping warm boiled rice over painful part. Sounds strange but, you’ll be relieved from pain.

Let me know your home remedy for dry skin around nose piercing?

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Multani Mitti for Dry Skin and How to Use it

ByMoin Nex

Especially middle class Indian women are found of using multani mitti face pack to attain flawless radiant skin. Also known as Fuller’s earth, this clay has abundant benefits for skin. It’s renowned for controlling excess oil and reducing pimples.

But wait! Can I use multani mitti for dry skin?

People, who’ve used this natural clay face mask, know that it leaves the skin dry. So how this be an innate remedy for dry skin? Surely it’s going to dry your skin if you don’t add other natural ingredients to it. Other natural moisturizing ingredients like honey, rosewater, orange peels, almond paste and papaya helps to moisturize your skin.

How to Use Multani Mitti for Dry Skin

Weather conditions and skin diseases are mere cause of dry skin, which leaves the skin with sliver flakes. Assorted properties in multani mitti help to cleanse dead cells and dirt from the skin. Along with this it helps to solve the most annoying problems like whiteheads, blackheads, hyperpigmentation and irritation. (1)

Excellent Scrubber- Multani mitti for dry skin

Like mentioned above you must add innate moisturizing elements like raw honey or papaya paste with this clay to make it an effective remedy for dry skin.

If you’re from India, then easily you can get it from local store. Else, try online.

Multani mitti – 1 tbsp
Raw honey – 1 tbsp
Rosewater – 2 tbsp

Take a clean bowl and mix all the three ingredients in it. While you or your partner mixes it thoroughly, parallely wash your face with water or cleanse it and pat dry. While the skin is still damp massage multani mitti face pack over your face using fingers in circular motion.

Let the exceptional properties in multani mitti start affecting your skin. Yes, you can keep sliced cuke over eye lids. When the face pack becomes dry then rinse it off with water. When the skin is still damp apply moisturizer.

This face pack will help you to shed dead cells, remove blackheads, whiteheads and makes your skin smooth. Repeat it once or twice in a week.

Alternatively you can use papaya, almond paste, sandalwood powder, turmeric powder or milk (or curd) with multani mitti.

[Multani mitti for oily skin]

Multani Mitti for Acne/pimples

Magnesium chloride in this clay helps to reduce acne blemishes or pimples. Mix it with 1 tbsp of curd, required amount of milk, 1 tbsp of graded cucumber and 1 tbsp of tomato juice. After apply over the face and the neck, leave it for few minutes and rinse it off.

Multani mitti is an excellent remedy for dry skin only when you add moisturizing elements to it. Else it may make your skin worse. Post using it; apply moisturizer of your choice over your skin.

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Aloe Vera: Why It’s Good for Skin

ByMoin Nex

is aloe vera good for oily skin

Alarming levels of pollution we emit weakens your skin’s functionality, as a result wrinkles start appearing, skin loses its moisture and becomes prone to infections. Though there are lots of pricey chemical filled creams to moisturize your skin from the outside, a natural remedy is in demand to bring your skin back to life.

Do you like to have 4-5 creams over your desk? No.

So you must go for a product which works for all skin types, as your skin type changes with climate, it becomes dry in winter. Aloe vera is one such innate remedy that is packed with minerals and vitamins. Now stop asking, is aloe vera good for pimples? Is aloe vera good for dry skin or oily skin? Aloe vera, in its nutritional aisle has exceptional properties that work for all skin types.

Related post: Jojoba oil for oily skin

Active properties in aloe vera gel which makes your skin radiant and smooth

Along with vitamin, minerals and acids, aloe gel consists of 75 potential active constituents. Beta-carotene, vitamin C and E (antioxidants), B12, folic acid, and enzymes namely, alkaline phosphatase, peroxidase and bradykinase are included in its arsenal. Coming to minerals zinc, calcium, copper and sodium are few to name. Others include sugars, fatty acids, hormones with anti-inflammatory action etc…, are packed in aloe vera gel.

Is Aloe Vera Good for Dry Skin?

aloe vera for pimples Aloe vera gel is renowned for its moisturizing properties. Mucopolysaccharides in aloe vera gel aids to bind moisture to skin. Also nutritional properties in aloe gel stimulates fibroblast which enhances collagen production resulting is less wrinkles skin. Amino acids in aloe gel soften hard cells and zinc with astringent property tightens skin pores.

Packed with assorted properties aloe vera gel for dry skin is an effective and innate remedy that hydrates your skin from outside as well as inside.

Also read: DIY Aloe vera face mask Recipes

Aloe Vera for Oily Skin

Wonder how come a moisturizer treats oily skin?

Do you’ve oily skin? Unconcerned of what you heard, your skin needs a moisturizer. Epidermis fails to absorb oil over skin; it needs something simple, natural. Your sebum is filled with fat compounds. Apply aloe vera gel over skin after cleansing it.

Properties in aloe gel enhance collagen production and cell turnover, after regular application. Antioxidant in aloe gel thwarts free radicals and antimicrobial agents restrain bacterial infection. According to US National Institute of Health, aloe gel consists of 6 antiseptic agents, which stop fungi, bacteria and viruses.

Aloe Vera for Pimples

To know, how aloe vera is good for pimples. Let’s check out its nutritional aisle. From the above brief nutritional profile we came to know that aloe gel is packed with anti-inflammatory, antioxidants and antibacterial properties.

Pimples or acne is caused due to bacterial infection and hormonal imbalance. When you topically apply this sticky gel antibacterial action treats pimples by reducing redness and stimulates healing process.
Gibberellin and Glucomannan, in aloe gel interact with fibroblast in skin, which then not only stimulates collagen production but change its composition. (1)
Zinc acts as an astringent agent to remove excess sebum and cleanse dirt from pores. It also reduces inflammation and pain.
Along with reducing pimples, aloe can fade acne scars.

Though you can’t completely treat acne or pimples you can easy reduce swelling and redness. To reap nutritional benefits of aloe vera for skin, use pure and natural aloe vera.

Did you ever use aloe vera? What’s your opinion? Is aloe vera good for pimple, dry skin or oily skin?

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Shea Butter for Wrinkles and Dry Skin

ByMoin Nex

shea butter for wrinkles and dry skin

Raw shea butter for wrinkles and dry skin revamps skin tone and texture resulting in well hydrated skin. Let’s have a brief look on them.

Wrinkles are folds or ridges that appear as a result of aging, lack of few elements in skincare or because of prolonged immersion in water. Whatever the reason, it spoils your physical appearance. It’s a misconception that dry skin results in wrinkles, says Paula Begoun (creator of Paula’s Choice). Abundant research by experts proves that wrinkles are not caused by dry skin.

For instance, babies with dry skin have chronic skin diseases like eczema and psoriasis, but did you ever see wrinkles? (Excluding folds caused by excess muscles) [Related post: Shea butter for stretch marks]

Topical application of African shea butter transforms wrinkles and dry skin to smooth and well toned skin. Restorative properties in shea butter repairs damaged tissues resulting in supple skin.

How Shea Butter Removes Wrinkles

Collagen is responsible for skin’s elasticity, when it gets damaged because of outer or inner radical’s, skin loses its elasticity forming wrinkles. Just a moisturizer can’t remove these folds; anyhow fine lines formed by dry skin can be removed with topical application of store bought moisturizers. To remove wrinkles you need to try something with more innate properties like shea butter.

Shea butter as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, along with vitamins A, E, F. Cinnamic acid esters in shea butter provide natural SPF protection from harmful UV rays, this helps skin to avoid photo aging signs.

remove wrinkles with shea butter

Paula Begoun states, antioxidants thwarts free radical that can damage collagen and protects skin from the no #1 cause of aging, Sun. High levels of vitamin A and E are powerful antioxidants in shea butter, where vitamin A enhances collagen production; vitamin E keeps the skin soft, smooth and nourished.

Shea butter also contains therapeutic fatty acids in its nutritional aisle, this property balances the skin and aids in nourishment. A group of compounds known as phenols are specific source of antioxidants.

Topical application of shea butter forms a barrier on the skin which keeps dangerous pollutants at bay and saves you from harmful UV rays.

Thus versatile nature of shea butter not only removes wrinkles but prevents them.

Shea butter Anti-wrinkle cream recipe

Strong smell of raw shea butter makes it little bit difficult to use it over face, so mix it with other essential oil and make fascinating anti-wrinkle cream. You can try your own recipe with your favorite essential oils.

Things you’ll need

Raw shea butter – 2 ounce
Jojoba oil or virgin olive oil – 1 tbsp
Carrot seed essential oil – 20 drops
Fennel essential oil – 10 drops

Recommended : 40 Jojoba Oil Uses

Procedure

You can either melt shea butter or mash it using fork.
Pour other ingredients including virgin olive oil, carrot seed oil and fennel oil. Mix it well.
Let it cool for few minutes, and then apply it over your face or skin.

Note: Cleanse impurities before applying shea butter anti-aging cream.

Read this article : How to use raw shea butter on face

Shea Butter for Dry Skin

old man dry skin

Shea butter is an innate humectant, this well known for its moisturizing fractions. Unlike other oils, shea butter has both healing and moisturizing properties. Skin releases its own oil known as sebum, when it fails to secrete enough sebum because of inadequate eating habits or unfavorable environment, the moisture over skin dries up resulting is dry and itchy skin.

Luckily, shea butter and sebum has identical moisturizing elements, but unlike sebum it doesn’t clog pores and controls excess sebum production. Thus this makes this African butter competent remedy to treat dry skin.

Apply shea butter face mask directly over your skin or pour olive oil or jojoba oil in it to spice-up your moisture.

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9 Home Remedies for Dry Skin

ByMoin Nex

Skin is like an outerwear of our body. From scalp to toes we’re covered with skin. Stratum corneum is the top most layer of epidermis which is made of dead cells. These dead skin cells grab water from natural moisturizing factors, amino acids and other molecules that can absorb water from air and lock the moisture inside skin cells.

But, when our body is made to keep up the moisture how and why skin dries?

It depends on genes, climate and most importantly food you take. When we stop drinking enough water enzymes present in our skin will have hard time keeping water in and infections out. This is why our skin complaints about lack of resources by turning itself dry. If you ignore, it turns to itchy dry patches.

home remedies for dry skin As now the barrier is weak due to loss of moisture, bacteria easily attacks skin leading to major chronic skin diseases like Eczema, Dermatitis or Psoriasis.

Anyway if you’ve identified dry skin in its early stages and followed few home remedies you can cure dry skin.

Simple Home Remedies to Treat Dry Skin

There is no magic to turn your rough scaly dry skin to baby soft skin. Like everything in the world dry skin takes dedication, work and patience to get rid of it.

Note: Initially apply moisturizing cream to washed dry skin.

Here are few kitchen available simple remedies with which you can get rid of dry skin.

#1 Oil is great remedy for dry and itchy skin

Coating yourself in oil may make you feel a bit annoying at times. But experts say that oil (vegetable oil, sunflower or peanut oil) can work as great remedy to treat dry skin.

Coconut oil because of its fatty acids makes skin moist. It’s recommended to apply coconut oil at night and rinse off with lukewarm in the morning.

Castor oil which is known as one of the ancient oils is used to treat acne, yeast infection, sunburns, itching and other chronic diseases. Like other oils castor oil has fatty acids which penetrate into skin remove dry itchy patches on skin. If you want to get rid of itching instantly apply castor oil.

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#2 Petroleum Jelly and Glycerin

For a long time petroleum jelly and glycerin both used as moisturizers in winter. Duo can relieve your from itching and make your skin smooth and soft.

#3 Olive oil

Olive oil is natural oil which is helped to cure heart disease, diabetes and obesity. Olive oil is abstracted from olive tree. It is high is monounsaturated fat which controls cholesterol. It’s recommended to use in moderation because of its high calories.

To treat dry skin you can mix it with egg yolk. Mix 1 egg yolk, 1 tbsp of olive oil, few drops of rose water and lemon drops to make it a paste. Apply this mixed paste on affected part and leave it for about 20 minutes then rinse off with lukewarm water.

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#4 Aloe Vera Gel

aloe vera to treat dry skin

Either use ready mate gel or extract yourself from Aloe Vera. Apply generously over affected parts and leave it for about 30 minutes and then rinse it off. This is not just moisture but help you to get rid of itchy skin.

Aloe Vera is a great natural remedy for all skin problems.

Other face packs to apply on dry skin include

#5 Papaya, avocado and banana paste

#6 Egg yolk, milk powder and honey paste

#7 Cucumber paste

#8 Peeled almond, gram flour and lemon paste

#9 Turmeric powder with lemon

Related post: How to Make a Cucumber Face Mask

Conclusion

Drink more water. Enzymes in skin need water to lock moisturizer else they will dry up.
Consider vitamin rich diet.
Avoid hot water instead consider lukewarm water.
Consider consuming citrus fruits. Here are list of citrus fruits.
Use humidifiers in winter.
Apply moisturizing cream regularly.

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