Watkins Natural Home Remedies For Skin Care!

It's mind boggling as to the number of products and treatments available these days to help you improve the quality of your skin, and many of these beauty products contain harsh, damaging chemicals. If you are interested in having great looking skin without dangerous chemicals or procedures, there is a solution. You'll find some wonderful all natural skin care products, home remedies for skin care and homemade natural skin care recipes here. Plus some great tips to keep your skin looking fabulous.

Watkins All Natural Skin Care

Watkins offers you some wonderful all natural skin care products to choose from, here are two of my favorites. Use them on their own as well as in the recipes that follow. Read Grape News for Your Skin - Anti-Aging Treatment to learn more about the benefits of grapeseed oil.

All-Natural Facial BeautyAs you get older, you lose the oils that keep skin cells hydrated, full, smooth and soft. Watkins Beauty Oil is an all-natural blend of grapeseed and other plant oils that nourishes your skin by replenishing vital emollients without mineral oil. It is absorbed quickly leaving your skin soft and supple but not greasy. Works well for removing eye make up too.

All-Natural Body Oil is a fragrance-free, carefully-selected blend of four of the oils most highly regarded for their anti-aging, nourishing qualities, their penetrating ability and non-greasy feel, plus phytonutrient-rich aloe vera oil and antioxidant vitamin E. This all-natural blend of grapeseed, macadamia nut, avocado and apricot kernel oils moisturizes deeply. Use it as an all-over body oil after the shower or shaving, or as a delightful massage oil. Also available in naturally scented versions; Pure Lavender Body Oil and Pure Lemon Body Oil.

Shop for these and other natural Watkins Products in our safe, secure Watkins store, or request your free Watkins full product catalog.

Natural Skin Care Recipes

Did you know that you can make your own homemade natural skin care product? Here are a few recipes to get you started.

Lemon Bleach For Elbows and Knees
Ingredients: 1/2 lemon
1/2 cup water
3-4 drops of All-Natural Body Oil, lemon or unscented

Instructions: Squeeze juice from the lemon into a small mixing bowl. Add three to four drops of All-Natural Body Oil and stir. Add water and mix together throughly. Lay two cotton balls in liquid and soak for a few minutes. Apply the cotton balls to your elbows or knees leaving them on the area until your skin dries. Repeat several times as required. Apply one of our All-Natural Body Oils to soften skin when done.

Tropical Fruit Moisturizer
Ingredients: 1 banana not too ripe
1 papaya, peach or avacado

Instructions: Place banana and papaya, peach or avacado in blender and puree. Remove from blender and apply to areas of the skin that are dry, itchy and or flaky. Allow the fruit mixture to stay on skin area for about 30 minutes. Rinse the area well with warm water. After rinsing apply one of the All-Natural Body Oils or All-Natural Facial Beauty Oil to the area for an added moisturizer. Tip: great for dry, itchy skin, recipe can be halved or quatered.

Oatmeal Body Scrub
Ingredients: 4 Tablespoons rolled oats
4 teaspoons brown sugar
4 Tablespoons Watkins Aloe Vera Juice
2 teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions: Place rolled oats into a blender and grind into a very fine powder. Place oats in small mixing bowl. Add brown sugar and lemon juice. Mix well. Once mixed, add Aloe Vera Juice and stir into a paste making sure there are no lumps. Dampen your skin and massage paste onto skin. Rinse with warm water. This recipe makes enough to use over your entire body.

Beach Sand Foot Scrub
Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons of clean, dry beach sand
2 Tablespoons of All-Natural Body Oil, in scent of your choice

Vanilla Sugar Scrub
Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon of white or brown sugar
1 Tablespoon of All-Natural Body Oil, in scent of your choice
1/2 teaspoon Watkins Vanilla

Instructions: Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl to form a paste. Rub onto hands, elbows, knees or feet making sure to work well into the dry skin areas. Rinse with warm water and pat dry.

Tips For Natural Skin Care

Here are some great tips to help you keep your skin looking fabulous naturally:

• Keep out of the sun. A little bit of sun may be good for you. It provides vitamin D and can help give you a sunny disposition, but too much sun exposure can do irreversible damage. Always try to cover up with hats, and clothes, and use a good quality sun block to protect yourself from damaging UV rays. Try Watkins Aloe Vera Moisturizing Sunblock SPF-30.
• Drink enough water. Every cell in your body needs water to function properly. When your skin cells aren't properly hydrated, waste products build up in your cells and stop them from working right and looking their best. Also, if you don't drink enough water, your cells will try to retain as much as they can and you could end up looking puffy and bloated.
• Watch your diet. You have probably heard the phrase "you are what you eat" before. Well, if you think about it, this old saying is 100 percent true. Your body is made up of what you put into it. If you want it to work properly and look its very best, you need to feed yourself the nutrients it needs and avoid foods that may damage it. For beautiful skin, you should try to get more fiber and "good fats" in your diet and avoid foods with a high sugar conent.
• Rev-up your circulation. To function properly, your cells need to get plenty of oxygen. If you spend your days sitting at a desk or remaining mostly sedentry, your circulation probably isn't as good as it could be. You can increase your circulation by getting more exercise, stretching, or getting regular massages. You can also use a brush to exfoliate your skin which improves circulation while removing old, dead cells. This gives your skin a better overall look, and it can also reduce the appearance of unsightly cellulite.
• Pamper your skin. Last but not least, moisturize your skin with natural skin care products.