Effective Remedies for Skin and Hair

This summer, try these effective remedies for your skin and hair:

• CURRY LEAVES: A regular intake of curry leaves and application of their paste is believed to do wonders for falling hair. Also, helps to make your hair appear thicker.

• HENNA:  It cools the head and conditions the hair too. Heena is our answer to modern day hair colour – even though the only shade you will get after its application is a middy orange. But it nourishes the hair and roots.

• GRAM FLOUR: In its coarsely crushed form, you can use it as an exfoliate to remove dead skin while in its finely powered form (paste) it can be used as a deep cleansing and skin brightening face masque.

• MULTANI MITTI: Better known in the beauty business as fuller’s earth, you should use this once a week to cleanse and tighten the skin. Regular use leaves skin looking fresh, clean and youthful.

• MUSTARD & COCONUT OIL: Use once weekly to nourish, cool and condition the hair and scalp. Can also be used as a massage oil for your fortnightly body massage.

• NEEM: In its powder form, neem works as an effective antiseptic and can kill skin infections and remove surface impurities. As oil (or face serum), it can be used to treat dull and unpolished skin.

• SANDALWOOD: Cools the skin and is also believed to have curative properties. Use either as a powder or paste directly on the skin. Can help in cases of extreme sunburn.

• TURMERIC: This is used widely in the formulation of sunscreens and when applied as a paste given a glow to skin. Oral application or turmeric also keeps harmful bacteria away from the skin.