5 Tips to Help You Reach Your Beauty Goals Better

 

Guest post by Vineetha Reddy

Women today spend big bucks and long hours in an attempt to get beautiful hair and skin. Little do they understand the root cause of their beauty woes and often fail to address the same. This article shares simple tips that will help you go neck deep into the causes of skin and hair problems along with the right ways to fix them.

With the wondrous season of spring knocking on our doors, we are all set to embrace a fresh new start. Take forward the age-old tradition of spring-cleaning this year, and set a new goal of cleansing your unhealthy life choices. Replace them with salubrious and positive goals for good health and beauty. Set aside those expensive beauty creams and hair products and give way to the natural ways of achieving gorgeous skin and hair. Quit the fad diet bandwagon and embark on a journey of lifelong fitness. Here are five essential tips that will help you reach your beauty goals better: 

#1 Don’t Go To Bed Without Cleansing

Picture this – you’re back home from a late night party and are extremely tired. You have your makeup on but are too lazy to go through the entire cleansing drill. What do you do? You hit the sack and wake up with Panda eyes and Joker lips. Apart from giving yourself a big shocker, you are also putting your skin through extreme torture! Studies suggest that sleeping with makeup on can expedite symptoms of premature aging such as wrinkles, dryness, enlarged pores, etc. This is due to the impact of the collection of environmental pollutants that result in the formation of free radicals which can destroy your skin’s collagen and elastin.

Watch how to properly remove makeup before going to bed.

 #2 Stay Active

Along with promising a healthy mind and body, an active lifestyle also helps improve the quality of your hair and skin. Exercising can help enhance your hair texture and strength as it increases the flow of blood to the scalp, thereby providing it with the nourishment of essential nutrients. It also slows down the skin’s aging process and gives it a natural glow and flush. In addition, it helps you get rid of cellulite and bulges. Need we give you any more reasons to hit the gym? Guess not!

#3 Enjoy a Wholesome Diet

Beautiful skin and hair has a lot to do with healthy dietary choices. If you regularly indulge in deep fried foods, be prepared to face the brunt of skin problems like pimples and acne. Including foods like antioxidant-rich blueberries, omega-3 fatty acid rich coconuts, vitamin C-rich citrus fruits and vitamin E rich avocados in your diet will do you a lot of good. Vitamin C helps boost the production of collagen, a structural protein that plays a huge role in improving your skin’s elasticity. Vitamin E is an excellent moisturizer that can prevent your skin from getting dry and scaly. It also helps heal scars. For the hair, vitamin E prevents the incidence of premature graying and split ends. The anti-inflammatory properties of omega-3 provide relief against skin conditions like rosacea, psoriasis, and eczema. It even helps prevent dandruff and restores hair luster. Vitamin A contained in blueberries helps control the skin condition of acne from thriving.

#4 Keep Yourself Hydrated

Dehydration can have serious effects on your digestive health, but did you know it could have repercussions on your skin and hair health too? Dehydration can leave your skin extremely dry, cracked, and saggy. Though beauty creams and lotions may provide temporary relief, the long-term solution to cure and prevent this issue is to keep yourself hydrated at all times. Dehydration can also result in a number of hair issues like dry and brittle hair, flaky scalp and extreme thinning. If your roots are dry, your system will be unable to stimulate the growth of new and healthy hair. Make sure you have at least 7-8 glasses of water daily. To improve its flavor and nutritional value, you could add a dash of lime and a few slices of cucumber to it.

#5 Rely on Granny Remedies More Than Chemical Treatments

While flipping through the pages of a magazine, you chance upon a new beauty launch and have the urge to try it immediately. While numerous beauty products make numerous beauty promises, almost none fill you on details of the harmful impacts of some of the toxic chemicals they use. These chemicals could be carcinogenic, skin irritants, hormone disruptors, and a lot more! Some of the most harmful chemicals found in a number of popular beauty products include parabens, triclosan, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and propylene glycol. It is, therefore, advisable that you check products for the presence of these chemicals before purchasing them. As far as possible, stick to natural beauty care remedies for your daily beauty regimen. For example, use coconut oil for cleansing your makeup, homemade fruit skin and hair masks, natural skin conditioners, etc.

 In addition to following the pointers mentioned above, make sure to avoid leading a stressful life, as stress can also contribute greatly to skin, hair and overall bodily wellness. Remember, the best way to stay beautiful is not by hastily swiping your credit card at beauty stores, but by bringing positive diet and lifestyle changes.

 

 

Vineetha Reddy: Being a regular practitioner and adviser of everything related to nutrition, fitness, health and wellness, I also have begun to write and contribute to this knowledge ecosystem. I strongly believe that the organic food you find in your pantry provide the best benefits for good health. Follow me for my best ideas and solutions: Twitter

 

Copyright: / 123RF Stock Photo