While using your regular skin care products like face wash, defoliators, moisturizers
etc., you need to be very careful with the ingredients contained in the
product. They might be toxic to your skin and tends to age you faster than
normal. Nature, however, provides you with best of ingredients that your skin
actually needs to look and feel young. A plethora of green products, present in
your kitchen are healthy for your skin and also for your overall health.

So instead of applying any harmful chemical product on your skin and getting an
adverse effect, one should stick to the green beauty and make use of green
products for nurturing your skin. A natural or green skin care would take
charge of not only your skin but also of your overall health. A green skin care
includes all sorts of homemade skin care remedies that will be all natural,
handmade and of course not too costly. Therefore, any homemade natural skin
care remedy would be overall beneficial.

There are various wonderful items that are present in almost every kitchen good for
almost all types of skins.

1. Lemon:

Because of its antiseptic properties it is widely used as a special ingredient in many
beauty remedies made at home. A few drops of lemon can treat many skin related
problems like wrinkles, black dots, and even fades off burn areas.

2. Aloe Vera:

A lot of skin problems can be treated using aloe Vera because of its cooling and
healing properties. It is used as an ingredient in many skin care products.

3. Honey:

The antiseptic and antibacterial properties of honey are used in many homemade skin
care products. Due to honey’s antibacterial nature it acts as cleanser, toner,
and moisturizer.

4. Olive oil:

Olive oil has been used as a beauty secret for thousands of years and now is an
essential component of skin care. Vitamin A and E, which have antioxidant
qualities, are important constituents of olive oil.

These were some of the ingredients used to make natural skin care products. For
cleansing your skin you can use either a mixture of cucumber juice and lemon
juice or a mixture of an egg yolk, a teaspoon of aloe Vera, a teaspoon olive
oil, a few drops of rose water and of course a few drops of lime juice. Both
these mixtures make good homemade cleanser. For exfoliating the skin with
natural products, you can make use of a mixture of two tablespoons of brown
sugar, a tablespoon of honey and some drops of fresh lemon juice. This face
mask will exfoliate your skin and make it healthy and glowing. For moisturizing
your skin you can apply a mixture of half ripe avocado. Two table spoons of
fresh milk cream, one tablespoon of wheat germ oil, and half tablespoon of
honey. This mixture is the best skin moisturizer. It will definitely make your
skin smooth and shiny.

For removing make up from your face you can make use of olive oil. It will clean
your skin of all dust particles leaving the skin supple and soft. People are
looking toward herbal cosmetic products. It is a new trend and synthetic
products have lost their appeal.

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About the author: Amanda Kidd is a
blogger and a writer who takes utmost care while choosing her beauty care stuff as she prefers them to be only organic in nature. The Nature Lover is into eco-friendly products and is currently on a look out for organic care for the nails and hair.