Tips for Naturally Glowing Skin

For naturally glowing skin, you don’t have to spend a fortune on over-the-counter creams and serums. All you need to do is understand what your skin needs or doesn’t, both from the inside and outside, and then work towards adapting it. Glowing skin is often an indication of good health, as our skin is the first to show changes when something happens in our body. However, having healthy and youthful skin depends upon a number of factors, such as environmental changes, exposure to sun and pollution, genes, medication, illness, dietary habits, water intake, and also lifestyle. Poor lifestyle choices, like smoking, a sedentary lifestyle, consuming refined sugar, or no sleep, can not only lead to skin conditions but also fast-track aging.

Changing lifestyle patterns and using natural remedies, like taking care of your gut health, sleeping well, and avoiding sugar, instead of expensive formulations, can hugely impact skin health.

Here are 5 simple, affordable, and easy-to-adapt practices that can help you achieve healthy and naturally glowing skin.

Follow a Great Skin Care Routine

Cleansing your skin daily and sealing in moisture with a natural moisturizer is essential for maintaining good skin health. Your face is most exposed to pollution, grime, dust, and UV rays, making it crucial to protect it.

If your work or lifestyle requires you to be outdoors every day, wash your face as soon as you get home. Carefully remove makeup, especially around the eyes, and cleanse your face with a paraben-free cleanser. We recommend following a double-cleansing process to clear clogged pores and dead skin, especially if you are prone to sweating.

If you have dry skin, don’t wash your face more than twice daily.

Exfoliate Your Skin Thrice a Week

Exfoliation removes the build-up of dry skin cells and breaks up pigmentated cells, retaining your skin's natural soft texture and healthy glow. Regular exfoliation will transform your skin from dull to soft. It also helps reduce acne formation and blackheads.

Natural exfoliators like coffee, oatmeal, and lemon + sugar increase collagen synthesis, boost blood circulation, help moisturizers penetrate deeper, and provide an even skin tone.

However, rigorous exfoliation can dry out your skin by stripping away natural oils. Therefore, follow up with moisturizer and sunscreen to lock in moisture.

Hydrate Your Body Within

If you notice that your skin has grown sensitive and itchy, there are visible white lines on your skin, or that your skin gets inflamed quite often, or if your wrinkles are more prominent, you probably are dehydrated.

Hydration is the fundamental aspect of naturally glowing skin and a radiant, blemish-free complexion. It means drinking enough water to keep your skin, which is the largest organ of your body, soft, happy, and young.

Your skin is made up of three layers – the epidermis (the outer layer), dermis (the underlying layer), and subcutaneous tissues. While moisturizers can penetrate the first two layers, water hydration will rejuvenate your skin from within by clearing away toxins from the skin cells and helping carry more oxygen and nutrients.

Tips to Increase Your Water Intake

• Flavor your water with fruits, lemon, watermelon, or neuherbs’ pure Rose Petal Powder, or pure Beetroot Powder.
• Create a ‘water drinking routine’ – two glasses after you wake up, two glasses before each meal, and every time you drink tea or coffee.
• Consume fruits and veggies with high water content, like cucumber and melons.
• Carry a water bottle whenever you step outside.
• Replace your beverages and sodas with plain water.

Choose Natural Moisturizer

Moisturizers add an extra layer of skin protection. Choosing natural moisturizers like olive oil, coconut oil, and aloe vera over formulated products will not only add a natural and healthy sheen to your skin but the natural antioxidants and nutrients present in oils will protect your skin from free radical damage and help reduce the signs of aging.

Change Your Dietary Habits and Take Care of Your Gut

There is a complex relationship between gut health and skin conditions. Impaired gut health can have a direct effect on your immune system, which in turn can lead to acne eruptions, skin inflammation, and skin diseases. This is because 70% of our immune cells reside in the gut. Your gut is impaired when there’s an imbalance in the gut microbes. The food we consume, our lifestyle, and other external factors, like stress, can cause the imbalance.

The skin is the last organ that receives any benefits from our diet, but it is the first organ to be impacted by deficiencies.

• Therefore, it is important to have a healthy and wholesome diet comprising grains, fruits, veggies, fats, and carbs.
• Tips for a Healthy Gut that Promotes Glowing Skin
• Eat Antioxidant-Rich Foods and Supplements
• Antioxidant-rich foods, like berries, pomegranate, nuts, grapes, green tea, and leafy vegetables, and food supplements like Vitamin E, Multivitamins, and Skin Collagen help fight free radical damage caused by oxidative stress, reducing inflammation and allowing your skin to repair itself.
• Antioxidants support skin healing, soften skin, reduce the signs of aging, improve hydration, help reduce acne flair-ups, improve gut immunity, and stimulate the production of collagen and elastin.
• Some of the best antioxidants for the skin are Vitamins E, A, and C, Selenium, Zinc, Copper, Curcumin (turmeric), and Silymarin present in Milk Thistle.
• Include Healthy Fats (Omega 3 Fatty Acids)
• Omega 3 Fatty Acids are crucial for keeping our skin young, elastic, supple, and moisturized. Omega-3, present in salmon and sardines and in avocados, can reduce inflammation and improve gut health, which are the reasons for poor skin conditions.

Omega 3 can even protect your skin from UV rays and free radical damage. To improve your skin naturally, replace unhealthy fat sources (saturated and trans fats) found in refined oils, fried foods, margarine, and animal fats with healthy fats, like seeds, nuts, grains, leafy greens, fish oil, walnuts, flaxseeds, and fortified eggs.

The best kind of Omega 3 Fatty Acids, containing EPA and DHA, are found in deep sea fish oils. If you cannot or do not have fish, supplement your meal with neuherbs’ Deep Sea Fish Oil 1000 mg (Lemon Flavor).

Get Adequate Sleep

Sleep deprivation can significantly impact your mental health and appearance. As an adult, it's crucial to get at least seven hours of uninterrupted sleep each night. A poor night’s sleep can lead to paler skin, puffy eyes, dark circles, under-eye bags, drooping mouth corners, fine lines, wrinkles, and red eyes. Your face may appear sadder, and you will likely feel less attractive.

Prioritizing more sleep can improve your complexion, enhance gut health, reduce wrinkles, and give your face a healthy glow.

Tips to Get Seven Hours of Sound Sleep

• Go to bed at the same time every night. Soon, your body will adapt to the routine and make you fall asleep faster.
• Change the environment – turn off lights and sound, keep the temperature cool, and reduce distractions and noise by using earplugs.
• Take a bath before bed.
• Avoid TV, phone, and computer before bedtime.
• Try meditating or breathing exercises like pranayama.
• Avoid eating a heavy dinner.
• Sleep before 11 PM.
• Perform moderate to vigorous exercises for 30 minutes, 3 – 4 times a week. Exercise can increase sleep quality by stimulating melatonin release, reduce daytime fatigue by improving blood circulation, and also help reduce the need for sleep medications.

Natural Remedies for Glowing Skin that You Can Find in Your Pantry

5 Easy DIY Face Masks

1. Make a paste of Gram Floor (Besan) and Curd/ Cream of Milk (Malai). Massage the paste gently on your face, and wash after it dries off. Repeat 2 – 3 times a week.
2. Pure Tomato Pulp. Apply and wash after 15 minutes. Repeat once a week.
3. Make a face pack with Multani Mitti (fuller’s clay) and Rose Water. Apply on your face, hands, and feet, and wash after drying up. Repeat every week.
4. Make a face mask using Raw Honey and Turmeric. Apply and let it sit for 15 minutes before washing it off. Repeat twice a week.
5. Mix ground Oats, Turmeric, Lemon, and Water. Apply the paste to your face. Gently massage to exfoliate, and wash after 15 minutes.

DIY Toner

• Apple Cider Vinegar, 50% diluted with water. Apply the mixture on your face with a cotton ball for a natural glow every day.
• Green Tea Toner. Boil green tea in water. Let the tea cool down. Strain and apply the tea on your face with cotton daily for clear skin.
• Rice water toner. Soak uncooked and washed rice in water for half an hour. Use the strained water as a toner or add it to a face mask for gentle exfoliation, skin brightening, and soothing inflammation.

Herbal Tonics that Improve Skin Naturally

The best herbs for naturally glowing skin are Green tea, Chamomile tea, Amla, Triphala, Mulethi, Hibiscus, and Rosemary.

When it comes to ayurvedic powders like Amla and Hibiscus, always choose a brand that is certified and offers pure ingredients, such as neuherbs. We offer USDA organic-certified products, ensuring the ingredients we use are safe for consumption after passing through rigorous testing.

Achieving naturally glowing skin doesn’t require expensive products. By understanding your skin's needs, maintaining a consistent skincare routine, hydrating, eating a balanced diet, and ensuring adequate sleep, you can improve your skin's health and radiance. Go for natural remedies and lifestyle changes for a youthful, glowing complexion.