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This section
contains information on taking care of
various parts of
the body. |
Pedicure is the care of feet, legs and toe nails. Its
purpose is to make the skin soft and smooth. To keep the
toe nails clean, well shaped and shiny. To keep the feet
clean, fair and in good condition. It improves blood
circulation, nourishes the leg skin and foot muscles.
Manicure is the care of hands, nails and arms. The term
“manicure” is derived from the Latin word ‘manus’ which
means hands. Its main purpose is to keep hands, arms
clean and in good condition. It prevents long nail
formation. It discourages the wrinkles on the skin on
the hand which is the first sin of ageing. It prevents
nail damage like fragile tips, splits.
The care should be taken about these useful hands. There
are three points which can make our hands beautiful
which are soft skin, beautiful nails and pretty fingers.
The skin needs to be protected. You should remove all
your rings and use warm water and soap to wash you
hands. After washing your hands apply a little
moisturizing cream on your cream. Immersing your hands
in cream for long time should be avoided as it can cause
infection of the skin around nails.
Sugar and starch should not be taken as it makes the
eyes dull. If the nerves and blood vessels gets
disturbed eyes appear be dull and looks tired. The skin
surrounding around the eyes is very delicate. After
getting up in the morning, splash cold water on your
eyes. It improves blood circulation.
Wipe eyes with apple juice as apple juice is rich in
pectin which makes the eyes sparkle. Basic eye problem
is dark circles.
Care of feet is very necessary. You should follow the
general tips to keep your feet neat and clean and free
from problems. The common feet problems are calluses,
the bad odour from feet, cracks and chilblains.
The skin of knees and elbows are generally devoid of oil
glands. That is why it gets dry so fast. Because of this
reason elbows and knees get dark. It is a plain grimy
from built up dead cells and dirt. They give an ugly
light if they are not properly cared.
Lips get dark due to various reasons that is from use of
some cheap brand of lipstick, sun exposure, heavy
application of lipstick, drinking tea or coffee in
excess. The most important cause of dark lips is
smoking. It can also be due to allergy and dryness.
Vitamins, iron and fresh air keeps the lips red. Carrot
and orange juice should be taken for maintaining red
lips.
Good nails are also essential in natural beauty. Dry,
cracked, bitten off decreases the beauty of hands and
feet. Proper diet rich in calcium, protein and vitamins
should be taken for proper care of nails. Tomato juice
with gelatine gives good nourishment to the nails.
Soaking your hands in hot oil for 10 minutes is also
effective. The oil used in this can be hot almond oil or
baby oil. Rub your nails with lemon juice for beautiful
nails and to remove strains.
Fungi and bacteria stay harmlessly on the skin but the
overgrowth of harmless type of fungus causes the
symptoms of fungal infections. Fungal rashes are common
and they are difficult to diagnose. There are various
fungal infections which include tinea crusis, tinea
versicolor, ringworm
Beauty sleep happens at night when our muscles and
digestive system rest and our blood cells do a better
job of supplying nutrients to skin cells. Without the
sleep, one look older and our skin will look drier. Our
skin renews itself as we sleep, that is why too little
sleep can make our skin look tired and dull. Sleep
renews and refreshes us and is vital for good health and
beauty.
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