For natural home skin care remedies steaming out black heads works wonders. When steaming at home, do this no longer than 5-7 minutes once or twice a week It will cleanse the skin and the black heads but may loosen the skin, and which may create early wrinkles.

Combine 1/4 cup of hot water and 1 teaspoon of Epsom salts with 4 drops of iodine. Heat slightly to dissolve, mix well and let it cool until it is lukewarm. Submerge a cotton ball in to the mixture and apply to the troubled area. When the mixture dries, remove it gently with a washcloth. Do not use a Kleenex tissue as this contains paper particles that may add to clogging of the pores.

Use Green Tea as a face scrub to loosen blackheads.

Combine equal parts baking soda and water in your hand and massage gently on your skin and allow it to set up for 2 to 3 minutes once or twice a week to exfoliate. Do not exfoliate longer than 2-3 minutes per usage as this can break down too much skin tissue at one time. Rinse with warm water by touch your skin lightly with your hands.

If you choose to use a moderately warm washcloth, use with care as the roughness may also create skin break down. Apply the washcloth to your skin, and allow it to absorb the mixture on it’s own. Then use a blotting method to remove mixture from nose and creases.

Drink plenty of water daily.

Always cleanse twice a day with warm water and use your astringent with each cleansing.

Many people with black heads hesitate to use moisturizers. A moisturizer helps protect the skin from future wrinkles. Moisturizers for oily skin should be very lightweight.

Many people have black heads under the eye area. It is most important to remember this is a very sensitive area of the face. This area of the skin is much thinner and home remedies as well as over the counter products must be used with caution and care.

Some natural remedies may be too heavy for this area and cause under eye swelling. Try Rosewater, Lavender and Alcohol at equal portions. Steaming is the best method. Do not squeeze, blot with washcloth as instructed above.

Black heads under the eye area are very difficult to treat and this takes patience with time for results.

Take a tablespoon each of curd, multani mitti powder and mint powder. Soak multani mitti and mint powder in curd for half an hour and then blend well. Apply it on your face for 15 minutes. When dried, wash off with lukewarm water followed by a cold-water rinse. This is an ideal mask for oily skin.

Take one egg white, a teaspoon of multani mitti powder, a few drops each of peppermint extract and water. Soak multani mitti powder in the water for half an hour. Beat the egg and blend in all the ingredients together. Mix the soaked multani mitti powder in the mixture. Apply this on the face for 15 minutes and wash off with lukewarm water. This is also a good mask for oily skin.

If you have a patchy skin make the following face pack. Take a tablespoon each of curd and multani mitti and a teaspoon of mint powder. Soak multani mitti in curd for half an hour, then mix mint in it. Apply the paste on the face. Leave it to dry and wash off with lukewarm water followed by a cold-water rinse.

Mix an egg white, a tablespoon curd, a teaspoon each multani mitti and honey as a mask for normal to oily skin. Mix a tablespoon each of curd and multani mitti with half a teaspoon of honey and one eighth teaspoon of baking soda for a mask for normal to oily skin. A simple mask of multani mitti with besan and gulabjal (rose water) is effective for treating sunburn. Some multani mitti mixed with tomato juice applied it to your skin is also good for treating sunburn.

Mix together one fourth cup of multani mitti, one fourth cup dried orange peel and two tablespoons full of oatmeal powder. Take a spoon full of this mixture, add some water to make a paste and apply it all over the face and neck. Work the paste gently into the skin in a circular motion. Concentrate on the nose and chin area. Wash off with water. This scrub deep cleans oily skin and helps unclog pores.

Mix four ounces of powdered almonds, two ounces of glycerine soap and one ounce of multani mitti in a little water. Rub this exfoliating scrub on the blackhead-affected areas on your face. Make an exfoliating scrub with multani mitti, orange peel, sandalwood and tomato pulp. Massage it on the skin and rinse off.

Mix together multani mitti, oatmeal and almond paste. Apply all over face and wash off after 10 minutes. Mix together multani mitti, besan and sandalwood powder in equal quantities and store the mixture in an airtight container. Use a teaspoon of this scrub mixed to a paste with water to cleanse the skin of flakes and dirt.

Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all precautionary measures while following instructions on the home remedies from this article. Avoid using any of these products if you are allergic to it. The responsibility lies with the reader and not with the site or the writer.

By:
Alice Hampton
Licensed Hair Stylist
Trained under Dermalogica for Esthetics.
Website: Beautiful Naturally Wigs and Hair Pieces http://www.todaystylist.com

Blackheads, whiteheads and pimples are the most common problems, teenagers come across.

- Application of warm goat's milk is helpful in removing blackheads.
- A steam session with a rub of olive oil, proves beneficial.
- Grated potatoes make a fine scrub for removing blackheads.
- Oat powder rubbed on the face, mixed with honey helps in blackhead removal.
- Carrots mashed and applied on the face, followed by almond oil massage, can be helpful.
- Groundnut oil, mixed with equal amount of lime juice, when applied on face, proves beneficial for blackheads.