Women all over the world spend billions of dollars on skin care products every year, in an effort to keep their skin soft, smooth and lovely, even into their later years.

There are certainly no shortage of skin care products. Cosmetic companies now offer a host of skin creams, wrinkle reducing agents and under eye potions for that delicate skin around the eyes.

With all of these day creams, night creams, exfoliants and sunscreens, it can be quite confusing trying to figure out which products might be best for you. Such experimenting is a costly proposition and the results may be disappointing. Perhaps it's a good time to take a step back from these pricey products and try some natural skin care treatments, which have produced wonderful results over centuries of traditional use.

Natural Skin Care Treatments Start With Skin Cleansing

Our natural skin care treatment regimen begins with clean skin. No matter what your age, when you clean your skin, a natural glycerine soap is the least drying. It's hypo-allergenic and does an excellent job of cleaning the skin. Rinse your skin well to remove all traces of soap. Follow up with witch hazel lotion, applied with a cotton ball. This closes and tightens the pores in a manner similar to cosmetic toners. Witch hazel is available at any pharmacy and costs about $1.50 for a bottle that will last for months.

Time For A Natural Exfoliant

Next in our lineup of natural skin care treatments is a natural exfoliant, made with botanical extracts. These should be used once or twice a week, to remove dead skin cells. Your skin is a living organ which is continuously regenerating. Removing the buildup of dead skin allows nutrients and moisturizers to be absorbed into the new skin cells, producing a fresh, young and vibrant quality to your skin. The Freeman(R) company has an excellent and inexpensive line of these natural botanicals.

Next Step Is Moisturizing

Now, you're ready to moisturize. Sweet almond oil, avocado oil and jojoba oil will all do the job and are readily available at health food stores for just a few dollars. Young people may like sweet almond oil, which is not quite so heavy as the others. Older people, with dry skin can use avocado oil as a day cream and jojoba oil for night time. All of these are well absorbed, provide valuable nutrients and keep your skin soft and supple. Any of these oils may be used as an all over body treatment as well. With the exception of jojoba oil, keep your oils in the frig to prevent rancidity.

For little more than $10, you now have a complete natural skin care treatment program!

You'll want to keep in mind that nutrition is an important component of beautiful skin. Some of the vitamins and minerals which directly impact skin health include vitamins A, all of the B complexes, C and E. Zinc, copper and iron are trace minerals essential to healthy skin. Include plenty of fruits and vegetables in your diet, drink your 8 glasses of water daily and exercise regularly.

There you have the makings of a natural skin care treatment program that truly produces results you'll love!

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It is used predominantly as an herbal remedy for the skin, digestion, the reproductive system and detox. A gel or pulp can be extracted from the plants for many benefits, both externally and internally.

Primary Use Is For Skin

It is most commonly used to treat skin conditions by soothing the skin and easing pain and inflammation. It can even speed up the healing process of burns, eczema and other conditions. The plant’s gel can be rubbed to reduce redness after a couple of days. Rubbing the leaf over cuts in the skin can prevent infection and speed up the healing process by acting like a bandage. Because of its healing and moisturising benefits to the skin, it has been adopted by cosmetic companies and added in many products.

Aloe Vera Juice

The juice of Aloe Vera can be extracted by cutting the leaf, collecting the juice and then evaporating it. The juice has many benefits when drunk. This is partially due to the fact that it contains twelve vitamins (including A, B1, B6, B12, C and E), nineteen amino acids and over 20 minerals, which most of these are essential to the body. In Ayurveda, the Indian health practice, Aloe Vera is known as Kumari (‘the princess’) because of its positive effect on the menstrual cycle and female reproductive system. It is also known for its ability to clean the liver and protect the digestive system by reducing intestinal inflammation.

Overall, Aloe Vera can be used for cosmetics and healing the skin, or when consumed, as a potent cleansing and rejuvenating tonic that is very nutrient rich and beneficial to the body.  It is made only from the unfiltered inner gel of the whole plant, not the outer rind, which means less processing and more active ingredients are retained.

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