How to Use Green Tea For an Anti-Aging Home Facial

Green tea is full of antioxidants. These are found in many anti-aging skincare products. You may see green tea listed as one of the ingredients in various natural skincare and body beauty products.

Yes, drinking green tea is good for you.
Besides drinking the tea, you could use it in a DIY home facial.

What you need:

2 teabags or teaspoons of green tea.
1 teaspoon of fine oatmeal
1 teaspoon honey
4 tablespoons rice flour

Preparations:

Put both tea bags or tea leaves in a bowl.
Pour in boiling water.
Let the tea steep until it is cool.

The facial:

1. Mix the honey and oatmeal with a teaspoon of tea. Apply on your face and use as a cleaning scrub. Rinse off thoroughly.

2. Fill a basin with steaming hot water.

3. Sit or stand with your face at least 30cm above the steaming water and hold a towel over your head to form a tent to trap the steam. Let the steam cleanse your skin further for 10 minutes.

4. Mix the rice flour with enough of the brewed tea to form a thick, spreadable paste. Use this as your face mask. Apply on your face, avoiding your eye area.

5. Lie down with the mask on your face. Put a cool tea bag over each closed eye. If you do not have tea bags, you can use a slice of cucumber over each eye instead.

6. Remove the tea bags and rinse off the mask after at least 15 minutes.

7. Dip a cotton wool in green tea [http://www.everythingbeauty.info/green%20tea.htm] and use that as a facial toner.

8. Use your regular moisturizer.

Safe Alternative To Vaniqa For Facial Hair Removal

Is there a safe alternative to Vaniqa cream for women wanting to do something about unwanted facial hair?

Yes there is! In fact, this alternative to Vaniqa was on the market some years before Vaniqa was finally approved by the FDA (Food And Drug Administration) for public distribution on prescription in the year 2000.

In the early 1990’s a lesser known company operating near Toronto in Canada by the name of Nisim International was carrying out extensive research in its laboratories for a natural herbal solution to hair loss.

In 1993 they released the NewHair Biofactors range which consisted of deep cleansing shampoos and a hair growth stimulator made from natural herbs. It received a positive write up in the Medical Post of 1993 and the article listed some impressive success results from the clinical trials. (See http://www.4-hair-loss-solutions.com/baldness-medical-post.html for the full text of the article)

In the course of this research the folks at Nisim stumbled on a way to not only stop hair loss and get hair to regrow, they also found a way to stop unwanted hair from growing by interrupting the mechanism for hair growth in the hair follicle.

This led to the release of Kalo Hair Growth Inhibitor in 1997, some years before Vaniqa arrived on the scene.

Vaniqa And Kalo Compared

There are some main differences between this alternative to Vaniqa and Vaniqa cream. For one thing, Kalo can be used by men, women and children whereas Vaniqa is only for women and girls under the age of 12 are recommended not to use it.

Vaniqa is available on prescription only, Kalo is a non-prescription hair growth inhibitor.

Some may raise a question over Kalo being a viable alternative to Vaniqa because it is not FDA approved. While that is true it is important to understand the process of FDA approval.

Vaniqa was brought to the market by two powerful giants in the personal care industry, Bristol-Myer Squibb and The Gillette Company. Will millions of dollars available they put up the necessary funding to get Vaniqa through the many years of tests and trials necessary before the FDA gives approval.

The final clinical trial results showed that 58% of women who used Vaniqa found a reduction in hair growth. That means a fairly large percentage did not see any difference.

The alternative to Vaniqa, Kalo, is produced by a small company without the massive resources available to the major pharmaceuticals. They also rely on word of mouth instead of pouring large sums into advertising. As a result, Kalo has grown in popularity and since the appearance of Vaniqa on the personal care scene, it has proven to be a viable non-prescription alternative to Vaniqa cream.

Reasonable Expectations

As with Vaniqa, Kalo doesn’t work for everyone. That’s why the company offers a money back guarantee. Given the rate of returns and refunds however, no more than about 1%, it is evident the majority of users are satisfied to a degree.

Finding an ideal method of facial hair removal is a matter of experimentation for many women before settling on the method that suits their pocket, skin sensitivity and lifestyle.

Combining the use of Vaniqa cream, or an alternative to Vaniqa such as Kalo, has helped thousands of women make facial hair removal sessions much easier and more convenient!