The Best Home Remedies For Dry Skin

Whether it's the weather, a skin condition, or age, dry skin is unpleasant. To make it worse, it brings along itch, rashes, and sometimes irritation.

However, you can fight and win over dry skin conditions with the five best home remedies for dry skin.

Interested? Read on!

Be friends with coconut and olive oil!

Coconut oil contains some properties called emollient. When your skin becomes dry, it creates space between cells. Emollient helps to fill the gap between skin cells and make the surface smooth & healthy. You can use this oil on the sensitive parts of your body like around the mouth, under-eye, over the freaky skin of your face.

Source - North American Olive Oil Association

Olive oil, a great natural oil, can be used as a moisturizer, cleanser. This oil has anti-inflammatory properties. You need to damp, warm cloth and heat up your face for 20 seconds, then gently massage oil all over your skin and wipe the excess oil away.

But this is not recommended for acne-prone, oily skin or skin with other issues.

DIY a Natural Toner

Well, your skin does need toning besides your daily skincare regime. A toner maintains the PH balance of your skin, tightens the pores, provides nourishment, and hydrates your skin properly. It also helps in reducing acne, fine lines, and wrinkles. So, DIY your own chemical-free toner!

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1. Cucumber toner: Cucumber makes your skin stay hydrated in dry seasons and nourishes your skin too. The easy process to make it is to grate and squish the fresh juice of it and apply it as a toner all over your neck and face. Simply and easy. Isn't it?

2. Mint and honey toner: To make your skin feel some extra moist, you should try this one. The combination of mint and honey gives a good treat to your damaged and dry cells. It takes some time to make but worth it! Add some mint leaves to boiling water and wait for 15-20 minutes. Then turn off the heat, add one tablespoon of honey, strain the leaves away and store it on a toner bottle. You can apply it once a day.

Make a DIY Olive and Sugar scrub

Treat yourself with a healthy and naturally created exfoliating scrub combined with olive oil and sugar. Take two or three tablespoons of olive oil and mix it well with three tablespoons of sugar.

Rub the scrub gently into your skin, then wash it off. To keep the benefits of freshly exfoliated skin, use a moisturizer..

DIY Face Mask

Before spending money on expensive face masks available in the market, try the natural ingredients that are easily available in your kitchen.

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So let's check the process -

1. Honey and Egg: In a bowl, take one tablespoon of honey and sunflower oil and add the white part of one egg. Then mix it properly and apply on the face, wait for 15 minutes and wash it off with warm water. To rejuvenate and to get a healthy glow on your skin, you must try this mask.

2. Yogurt, banana, and honey mask: Moisturizing is so important to keep your skin healthy. And this mask will give a proper smoothness to your face. To make this, you firstly need a blender. Then take 1/2 cup of yogurt, one tablespoon of honey, fully ripe two bananas, and blend it all together. Apply the paste on your face and again wait for 15 to 20 minutes, then wash it off after it dries up. 

Add Malai to your daily skin regime

If you want to see some miracles on your dry skin, trusting malai is the best choice. You can use it in multiple ways. Like, as a cleanser, moisturizer, and also for glowing skin or tan removal. For cleansing, massage your skin with malai or milk cream with a few drops of lemon juice.

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For glowing and radiant skin, use one tablespoon of malai with one tablespoon of gram flour and turmeric powder. Then malai is a good agent for tan removal. You need to make a paste with malai and one spoonful of lemon juice.

Keep it for 15 minutes and wash in cool water. As well as malai is the perfect ingredient for moisturizing. It will repair your damaged skin cells and make your skin soft, smooth, nourished.

Here are some expert tips -

1. Drink plenty of water daily

2. Use lotion or cream that contains the following one or more ingredients, such as lactic acid, hyaluronic acid, jojoba oil, glycerine, shea butter.

3. Apply lip balm.

4. Carry a pocket-friendly hand cream with you so that you can use it after washing your hands every time.

5. Stop using products containing Alcohol, AHA (Alpha-hydroxy acid).