Tips for Monsoon Care

Monsoon Season has been started and Monsoon is the time where your skin behaves a little strange and is often unstable; suddenly it's gets oily or become dry and dehydrated. Hence it is very necessary that you take care of your skin during this season in order to look fresh and beautiful. Following are a few Skin care tips that you need to follow.

Your morning Regime will be the same as usual but you can add a few different technique's in pampering your skin best suiting for the weather.

Below are the usual step and also the additional home made recipes for different skin types:

Step 1: Cleansing

Cleanse your face with your regular face wash to keep your skin fresh and clean.

Dry Skin: You can use almond paste or honey cleanser. Take ten crushed almonds and make a paste and add two tsp of honey. Massage on face for 5 to 7 minutes, rinse face and pat dry.

Oily Skin: You need a very mild cleanser to get the dead cells and grime off from skin. Use pure oatmeal scrub to cleanse oily skin or use ripe papaya pulp as a mild exfoliant.

Step 2 : Toning

Toning is a must at night. During monsoon, a lot of airborne and waterborne microbes are let loose. So a good anti-bacterial toner will go a long way to prevent skin infections and eruptions. It is a good idea to get anti-bacterial face wash too. You need to mildly tone a dry skin since the pore size is small.

Dry Skin: Use five drops chamomile oil in a one tsp milk to tone dry skin

Oily Skin: Ten drops of Lavender oil in one tsp water to tone an oily skin..

Step 3 : Moisturizing

Moisturizing in the rains is as important as it is in summer. Monsoons can mean a de-moisturizing effect on dry skin and an over-hydrating effect on oily skin. The skin gets wet often and with the constant wetting and drying, a lot of dehydration (yes, in the rains!) takes place. That explains the itchy feeling one gets during monsoons. Use a non-water based moisturizer, if you happen to get wet often. Otherwise a water- based moisturizer will do.

Dry Skin: Take I tsp honey, I tsp fresh curd and I tsp jojoba oil. Mix all of these together and apply on your face and neck. Leave it on for 10 mins and then wash off with plenty of water.

Oily and Combination Skin: In 2 tsp rose water add 2 drops of strawberry oil and fresh orange oil. Mix and apply on face and neck for 10 mins and then wash off.

Tips for Makeup, Hairstyles & Styles:

Women should use transfer-resistant lipsticks, waterproof cosmetics products like waterproof lip liners, waterproof eyeliners, waterproof foundation for monsoon makeup.

Use only water based cosmetics products for monsoon makeup. The following are the specific tips for monsoon makeup:

• Do not use Liquid foundation and only use little powder before starting makeup for monsoon. Powder Foundations are best recommended!

• Use cream in pink color as eye shadow with a thick layer of eyeliner and after this use waterproof mascara for eye makeup.

• Matte lipsticks are the best option during monsoons to lips makeup. One can use light shades for lip liners and lipsticks such as pink shade, soft brown shade with sheer gloss.

• Avoid wearing just gloss.

• Do not forget to use moisturizers that are also waterproof for keeping away the greasy skin, loss of water because of sweating and acne during monsoon.

• For monsoon makeup, select hairstyles, which are easy to make, simple and uncommon. Do not keep hairstyles like redo, limp damp and Elaborate during rainy season.

• Choose lightweight jewelry for monsoon makeup. One can also select bright jewelry in vogue.

• If blush is necessary, one should keep it blend and light it. One can use cream blush in peach, brown and pink in color.

• Remember, always keep eyebrows in correct shape by using threading and during downpour do not use eyebrow pencil.

• People should wash hair daily and doing massage the head for keeping away dandruff and other hair conditions.

• Do not wear Denims. One should wear Capris Pants, light cotton fabrics.

• Avoid white clothes and clothes in light colors, as it can get muddy during downpour.

• Avoid footwear like high heels at the back of shoes and leather booths. One should wear sandals and sneakers.

• Raincoats and Umbrellas are available in market in different designs, shapes and in many sizes with different colors. One can use it during rainy season.

• Use waterproof Cosmetics and few are mentioned above.

• Use more of cream and powder blushes and eye shades. Avoid liquid shades

• Avoid heavy makeup!

• Avoid using hair styling products such as mousse, hair gels and wax. These clump up and become ineffective in contact with moisture laden air. Worse still they can become dust magnets in a storm, working your hair into a dry, frizzy, tangled mess. A light slick of anti-frizz and shine serum is best.

Slushy roads and puddles everywhere make the feet get an absolute beating. The monsoon are definitely the time to look after one's feet. Wear appropriate shoes and at every night massage your feet with glycerin. This will help keep your feet smooth, soft and free from ointments. Go in for a regular pedicure as well.

Pollution of drinking water during monsoon is very common. It is very necessary to drink clean and pure water when water borne monsoon diseases like diarrhea and gastro intestinal infections threaten us. Drinking boiled water at home is strongly recommended to tap water. Prefer mineral water of government certified companies when you are away from home.

Walking in dirty water during rainy season leads to numerous fungal infections which affect toes and nails. Diabetic patients have to take a special care about their feet. Always keep your feet dry and clean. Avoid walking in dirty water. Keep your shoes, socks and raincoats dry and clean. Drying clothes with fumes of Loban and dry Neem leaves is recommended in Ayurvedic texts.

Ayurvedic Tips to increase body immunity and preventing diseases of monsoon.

• Light foods prepared out of old barley, rice and wheat.
• Sour and salted soups of vegetables.
• Drinking boiled and cooled water mixed with little honey.
• Consuming little quantity of wine prepared out of grapes.
• Adding ginger and green gram in daily diet.
• Eating warm food.

Avoid the following:

• Sleeping in daytime.
• Over physical exertion.
• Over exposure to sun.

Additional Precautions:

• Always keep the surrounding dry and clean.
• Do not allow water to get accumulated around.
• Keep your body warm as viruses attack immediately when body temperature goes down.
• Do not enter air conditioned room with wet hair and damp cloths.
• Dry your feet and webs with soft dry cloth whenever they are wet.
• Wash vegetables with clean water and steam them well to kill germs.
• Avoid eating uncooked foods and salads.
• Drink plenty of water and keep your body well hydrated.
• Do not allow kids to play in stagnant polluted water filled puddles.

Ayurvedic Home remedies for Monsoon diseases:

• Apply castor oil or sesame oil for cracked feet and skin.
• A freshly prepared paste of turmeric, neem and sesame seeds is recommended in Ayurveda for fungal infection between toes.
• Drink a glass of warm water mixed with a tea spoon of honey in empty stomach. This flushes out accumulated toxins.
• Freshly prepared radish juice is the best remedy for cold.
• A pinch each of long pepper powder and rock salt mixed in warm water reduces cough.
  

Hope the above Tips will help you in maintaining your Body, Skin, Style and Health in the Monsoon Season :)

Stay Beautiful ;)
AK