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Skin Cleansers in Your Own Home

More people are relying on either holistic or home remedies for curing various ailments, obviously to avoid the ill effects of synthetic drugs. Home remedies for skin care is one such area, which is being perceived as more practical and safer to use and apply. People who do not want to try or who are tired of using chemical therapy for skin ailments are turning to home remedies. Home remedy skin cleansers are easy to make and gentle in nature; most of the ingredients, which are used to formulate these remedies, are available right in your home.

Before preparing your own home remedy skin cleanser, you will need to follow certain guidelines, which are time tested and proven over many years. First basic rule is to keep your body hygienic and clean, which can be assured only if you choose to take bath, twice a day. By bathing, your skin pores do not clog and form dirt, with in your sebaceous glands openings. A very mild soap, that is not too harsh to your sensitive skin, is preferred for bathing. Soaps with fragrances could be avoided, as they contain chemical fragrant compounds.

Making home remedy skin cleansers are as easy as making your food itself. You can make your own cleanser, to apply on your face, shoulder and neck. To prepare one such cleanser, you need the following additives: Bael tree leaves, Java plum or Black plum leaves, Betal leaves, Sandal wood, Cloves, Lemon peel, Asian Tur Daal, Acacia Sinnata, Turmeric and Camphor.

The procedure to formulate a cleanser from these ingredients is as follows:

• Select quality leaves of bael tree leaves, black plum leaves and betal leaves. Weight out, 1 kg each of theses leaves and soak in water for 12 hours. You will need to clean them thoroughly, before soaking in water. After soaking, boil the mixture till you get a thick decoction.
• The basic part of this home remedy is the mother tincture, which can be prepared as follows:
• Select, oil rich clove (10 numbers); crush them to make a fine powder. Mix 25 numbers of lemon peels, a gram of acacia, 2 table spoons of Asian Tur Dal and 2 tubers of turmeric, 4 grams of camphor; grind them together and soak in water for 3 hours. Filter the mixture to make a mother tincture. You will need to make a fine paste of sandalwood, with little water and keep it separately. The next step is to mix 1 part of sandalwood paste in 2 parts of mother tincture, taking care to avoid clumping and coagulation. The resulting paste is your base raw material, to make the final cleanser. A home remedy skin cleanser can be made now by mixing 50 grams of above paste in 100 ml of decoction. The keeping quality for such cleanser is short lived, mostly 3 to 4 days. This means you may consider making only the required amount cleanser, as and when it is needed.

Home remedy cleanser like this particular type, is known to impart a remarkable glow on your sensitive skin, making you feel better. The therapeutic value of this cleanser is attributed to the acne curing properties of betal and cloves, while bael and black plum helps you keep away itches and eczema. Turmeric and sandal fractions in the cleanser help you to make your skin shine and glow. Finally, sandal wood and camphor will help you in radiating a beautiful fragrance around you.