Jonas Glass asked:

Healthy skin is really one of the most important ingredients for beauty-enhancement. This article on skin care tips is an effort to bring the 10 best skin care tips to you. The list of skin care tips has been restricted to 10 because anything more that that would not only be difficult to remember, but also shadow the more important skin care tips. So let’s see what these top ten skin care tips are:

* Knowing your skin type is one of the most important skin care tip. This is important because not every skin care product suits everyone. In fact, all the skin care products specify the type of skin they cater too.

* ‘Drink a lot of water’. This will not keep your skin moist but will help in overall upkeep of your health (and in turn your skin). It might seem a bit awkward to some, however, this is an important skin care tip.

* Cleanse your skin regularly (1-2 times everyday). A very effective skin care tip that helps in getting rid of the dirt and other harsh elements from your skin. Cleansing is especially important when you have been out of your house (and hence exposed to pollutants, dust etc). This skin care tip also advocates the use of Luke warm water for cleansing (hot and cold water, both, cause damage to your skin)

* Be gentle, after all it’s your skin. Don’t scrub/exfoliate too hard or too often. Similarly, don’t apply too much or too many skin care products. A must-to-follow skin care tip.

* Keep your skin moist at all times. This is one of the most important skin care tip. Don’t let your skin get dry. Dryness causes the outer layer of your skin to break, leading to a rough and unattractive appearance. Use moisturisers/ emollients. Moisturisers work best when applied while the skin is still damp.

* Avoid the use of soap on your face. Soap should only be used from below the neck. A small but important skin care tip.

* Use sunscreen to protect yourself from sun’s harmful UV radiations. You can use day-time moisturisers that have sunscreen built into them. Use them even when it’s cloudy. UV radiations are known to cause skin cancer, so follow this skin care tip without fail.

* A bit of exercise and good sleep are essential too, not just for skin care but for your health as a whole. Lack of sleep can lead to formation of wrinkles below your eyes and lack of exercise can cause your skin to slack. Moreover, exercise and sleep also help in beating stress. So besides being a skin care tip, this is also a health care tip.

* Treat skin dilemmas with care. This skin care tip is about not ignoring any skin dilemmas. Consult your dermatologist before you go on to use a skin care product (lest you do end up harming your skin even more).

* Beat the stress. The harmful effects of stress are known to everyone, however, sometimes stating the obvious is essential too (and hence this skin care tip found its place here). Yes, stress harms skin too. So, take a break or indulge in a warm bubble bath or just get good sleep.

Gen Wright asked:


be an important event coming up, and you want to look your very best. But your hair length doesn’t seem to be right – it’s too short! So you start to panic, thinking that you may be out of time. Fortunately, there is a science to hair growth, and there are things you can do to speed up the growth process.

Get plenty of rest.

Sometimes, hair growth may be stunted by stress and worry. If you haven’t had enough rest, or if you are feeling stressed out by work, that may slow down the growth of your hair. You may also notice that the hair starts to lose its healthy shine. If you find yourself getting tired easily, make sure that you drink plenty of water and get plenty of rest. Don’t work late nights as that will increase your fatigue level. Besides rest, what you eat is also important.

Taking care of your diet.

Your diet is the next major element of your hair growth program. Having enough rest helps recharge your body, but you still need to feed your body with good food to promote hair growth. Cut on on fatty and red meat. The idea here is to have a well balanced diet so that the fats and hormones don’t go out of control. If they do, you may be losing hair instead of acquiring hair.

Protecting your hair.

While you are trying to grow your hair, you must make sure that you take measures that will help protect those strands. In other words, don’t engage in any activity that will expose the strands to harsh elements like sunlight or strong winds. Over exposure may cause your hair to become brittle and they start to break off easily.

Hair care habits.

Your hair care habits also play an active role. Hair has natural oils that help prevent them from becoming too brittle. Sometimes, this balance may be upset – i.e. oil may be too little, or too much.

If you have the habit of washing your head daily, make sure that you use a mild shampoo instead of a strong one. Stronger chemicals may remove too much oil, and that damages the hair. To further protect the hair, use a conditioner.

But if you find that your head is excreting larger amounts of oil, then you may want to use a stronger shampoo. In this case, avoid using any type of conditioner. It all depends on individual needs.

After a hair wash, exercise caution when you are combing or brushing your hair. Use gentle and smooth strokes when doing so. Hard and willful brushing will most certainly strain the hair, and cause it to become weaker. You may also end up pulling out perfectly healthy strands.

If you adopt all the tips above, not only will you find yourself with lustrous looking hair after a few months, you will also notice that there is less dandruff. As your health improves, the condition of the scalp becomes better as well, and that helps to promote hair growth.