BEAUTY CARE- SUMMER CARE
SUN TAN
Natural bleach like lemon and tomato are very effective to remove suntan. These natural products should not be used directly on your skin but should be applied with a base. If your skin is sensitive to lemon and tomato juice, apply a mixture of cucumber and turmeric juice 3-4 times a day. A body and face pack of orange juice, musambi juice, tomato juice, basan(chick-pea flour), milk powder or bread soaked in milk and multani (fullers earth), applied regularly will give you immense benefit. Let it dry mildly. Remove it with moist cotton.
PIMPLES
Aggravation of pimples during the summer months is painful.
To avoid pimples one should have Chirota's water for 2-3 times in a week. Have 2-3 green (kancha haldi) turmeric and sugar cane jaggery. Keep you face clean always and carry a face wash in your handbag. A paste of neem, turmeric, chirota and multani should be applied to keep off pimples.
OILY SKIN
Summer months tends to aggravate oil in your skin. Lemon juice and cucumber juice is best for your skin. With flour, mix either of the juice and apply on your face for 15 mins. and then wash off. Rub ice.
DRY SKIN
To treat dry skin during the summer months apply water melon juice with a cotton on your face and keep for 15 mins. and then wash off.
NORMAL SKIN
Sandalwood paste is very good for normal skin during the hot months. It is advised to be applied before bedtime and can be left on and washed off the next morning.
HAIR PROBLEMS
The humid season keeps the head wet with perspiration, which often emits bad odour. To avoid odour wash your head twice a day. If it is not possible moisten a piece of cotton in rose water and apply on the scalp. Use of camphor is very beneficial to keep off odour and heavy perspiration.
RELIEF FROM SWEAT AND DANDRUFF
Take one spoon of camphor powder mix in half a cup of water apply it on your scalp, towel dry and then brush your hair. This will relieve you both from sweat and dandruff.
Henna your hair once a week. It is an excellent way to keep your hair healthy and beautiful during the summers. It keeps your head cool and gives you a good night's sleep.
SCALP ITCHES
If your scalp itches apply a paste of neem, turmeric, chirota, keep it for sometime and then wash off.
TO TREAT ROUGH HAIR
The hair often becomes rough. Give an oil massage 3 times a week and apply a mild shampoo.
TO CONTROL DANDRUFF
To control dandruff apply oil and after an hour later apply curd and turmeric paste. Keep for 20 mins. and then wash off.
Excessive perspiration tends to wash off all the minerals from the body so we often become tired during the hot season. So to stay healthy have curd, watermelon sharbat, bel (wood apple) sharbat, pudina (mint) sharbat.
