Honey: a treat used for your skin- By: Jessica Louise

Description : Whichever way you have it, you can be self-confident that it is a treat for your healthiness, skin and body.

Honey includes a extensive array of natural vitamins and minerals, including niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium and zinc. Along with its multiple vitamin content, honey is a humectant, which means it attracts and retains moisture. Honey also acts as an anti-irritant, making it suitable for sensitive skin and baby care products, and it contains a range of flavonoids and phenolic acids which operate as antioxidants, scavenging and removing free radicals.

Honey has been made use of in beauty care for ages, and if you have ever tried honey in a recipe for your skin or hair, you know why. There is easily no sweeter way to get a smooth glow to your skin and hair than with wonderful golden honey.
More Therapeutic Properties
Making use of honey on cuts, wounds and burns helps them heal faster, as honey controls anti-oxidants which take in the oxygen from the atmosphere and help the wound heal earlier, with no scarring. The ancient Egyptians used honey to remedy cataracts, cuts and burns. Hippocrates, the Greek physician, prepared honey-based cures for skin disorders and ulcers. During World War I, German Medical doctors used honey mixed with cod liver oil to surgically dress soldiers' wounds.
To sum up some unique particulars about honey:

Honey is truly safe for very sensitive skin and rejuvenates your skin
Honey will feed your skin and make it smoother
Honey (only the pure one) won’t inflame your skin
Honey can lighten your skin
Honey is a natural anti-oxidant
Honey can heal and thwart pimples and freckles.


A Couple of Easy Beauty Formulas:

Hair Shine:

Stir 1 teaspoon honey into 4 cups (1 quart) tepid water. Blondes may decide to add a squeeze of lemon. Following shampooing, pour mixture through hair. Do not wash out. Dry as usual.

Hair Conditioner:

Blend half a cup of honey with two tablespoons olive oil. If your hair is very dry add a third tablespoon. Segment off your hair and coat it well with the mixture. Cover your hair with a shower cap so you don't mess up the entire house. In addition, the shower cap traps warmth from your scalp, enabling the oils to penetrate further. Wash out after half an hour.

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