Winter Skincare Tips

“Now is the winter of our discontent.”

-          William Shakespeare

Winters – rightly described by the world’s greatest poet and playwright so pertinently yet so purely and simply! Winters – one word that sends jitters to our spine with the thought of all the problems and dissatisfaction that it brings to our face and skin. With all the frigid and dry air outside and the indoor heating, the delicate baby soft skin of ours is left parched and cracked. The harsh windy chilled winters leaves most of the skin over the body parts moisture-starved. For some it is even more forbidding resulting in results in flaking, cracking, even eczema.

To keep the most pampered part of your body- the skin even more radiant, rosy, glowing, and moisturized and baby soft, Modicare brings a range of products to cater to all the uncomfortable dryness of your skin, majorly face, hands and feet. Its time you be extra wary about your body to deal with all those winter woes and pay heed some very convenient winter skincare tips that Modicare brings to you:

1.    Clean up that extra make-up with a creamy cleanser that doesn’t strip away moisture during winter.

2.    Try avoiding hot water that wreaks havoc on dry skin, instead use lukewarm water.

3.    Keep the skin moisturized throughout the day with oil based moisturizer (esp non clogging oils like- avocado oil, mineral oil, primrose oil, or almond oil.)

4.   To heal chapped lips use lip balm with at least SPF 15 and preferably one with antiseptic agents to aid in healing.

5.   To reconcile those cracked heels soak your feet in warm water at night for 15 minutes,scrub with a pumice stone and apply foot cream.

6.   For softer hands add some sugar to lemon juice and use the mixture to scrub the hands.

7.   Apply a skin life anti-ageing cream and massage it on the skin with a little water.

With all the above mentioned tips, we can assure that - “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”

Modicare Blog - Get glowing with Modicare's Moor Innovate

Did you know, every time you wash your face and take a bath, our skin loses moisture? That’s because, most soaps while removing dirt, also clear away the natural oils and moisture in your skin. So, in addition to getting a clean skin, you also get an extra-dry skin. But Modicare takes care of your skin’s nourishment as well as beauty.

India's leading brand for personal and skin care introduces a new enriching product in its basket - Essensual 20 Moor Innovate Facial Bar. Moor nurtures the skin through and through taking care of cleansing, toning and moisturizing.

The polluted environment of today has made it necessary for one to take extra care of their skin. The hazardous atmospheric particles can damage skin tissues and hence, affect the skin's texture, glow and health.

Essensual 20 Moor Innovate Facial Bar with its quality ingredients emphasizes on the three essential steps to a smooth looking skin that includes:

Cleansing:

• Cleanses skin from deep inside
• Removes free radicals & toxins
• Improves acne, skin rash and other minor skin conditions

Toning:

• Tones skin
• Tightens pores and make them smaller

Moisturizing:

• Moisturizes skin naturally
• Enhances natural radiance

Adding to these key benefits, Modicare's Moor Innovate Facial Bar holds the advantage of rejuvenating and revitalizing the skin from deep within.

• Revitalizes and whitens the skin
• Lightens pigmentation
• Reduces wrinkles, fine lines and eye bags
• Firms and lifts facial skin

Moor Innovate bar can be used daily and is suitable for all skin types. To enjoy best results, simply add water to create a thick lather, apply gently onto skin in circular upward motion. For acne and other problems apply a thicker layer of lather to the affected area. For best results leave it on for 3 minutes or more and rinse off thoroughly with water.

Along with this new addition, the robust range at Modicare flaunts remarkable products for skin care, color cosmetics, nutrition health & wellness, daily personal care, jewellry bracelets, home care, laundry care, auto care and agriculture. Every single product in Modicare's collection boasts of enhanced quality and affordability. Where its unique product line can bring out the 'rejuvenated' you, the prices are such that will surely not burn a hole in your pocket.

Essensual Instante Tea Tree Oil

A natural essential oil for healthy skin

Do you know, skin is the largest organ of the body!
Undoubtedly one of the most important and so is its' care. Any damage to this vital organ makes us conscious because of the irritation and oversensitivity it might cause not just physically but psychologically. Skin bears a lot, its a surface that protects, gets tanned, shaved, painted, tattooed and otherwise assaulted for reasons of beauty, comfort, vanity or current style.

Roles of skin
Other than the fact that, it elongates to every inch of our body, it works as a container, a temperature controlling system, a rich energy depot, a vitamin and lubricant producer, a means of sensing the environment and nature around the world and a self-renewing cover. And those are just the well-established roles of this remarkable organ. But we can never deny the fact that it’s a habitat to a teeming host of bacteria and other microbes that live on its surface. These bacteria’s can cause irritation, allergies, spots, scars, soreness and even worse. So, how can we possibly keep this surface clean and free from harmful bacteria’s?

Modicare's Essensual Instante Tea Tree Oil subsists brilliant properties that make it a wonderful natural agent for curbing growth of all three types of infectious organisms on the skin: fungus, bacteria, and virus. Its anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal benefits help in soothing skin irritations very effectively. There are several other factors that you should know about this product:

• Naturally Antiseptic- Helps reduce infection
• Soothing- Helps relieving skin irritations
• Safely Penetrating- Quickly delivers soothing relief deep into the source of the discomfort
• Natural pleasing scent that refreshes the senses
• Suitable for all skin types including sensitive skin

This oil is highly effective for Acne and any sort of fungal infections on the foot. This is an efficacious agent for massing, and can be added to the bathing water.

To know more about the product you can visit http://bit.ly/1eKSgMi

Foot Care Tips for Monsoons!

Monsoon, the season of fun, greenery, serenity and beauty has arrived finally! Watery streets, breezy atmosphere, hot chips, and magical views, is what all best describes the Monsoon Season. However, with rains come a variety of skin and foot problems. Here are great foot care tips for monsoon to keep your feet look beautiful, fresh and thoroughly hygienic in this season:

Wear proper footwear – Protecting feet with proper footwear is as essential and important as protecting body with raincoats or umbrellas. In season like Monsoon, avoid wearing closed shoes/ sandals as they tend to accumulate water, attracting infections.

Clean Feet Instantly – A simple yet important activity to do is to wash your feet after each and every outing during monsoons. With this season comes germs, fungus and bacteria, hence, it’s important to clean your feet immediately after returning from school or work.

Trim Nails – Long nails tend to attract abundant of dirt and bacteria. Hence, short nails can keep away germs from the feet.

Pedicure – We know it’s a tough thing to do in Monsoons because of heavy water log all around , still it’s very essential. However, if budget is your constraint or excessive rains doesn’t allow you, you can try some home remedies.

Wear Dry Footwear- Yes, that’s very much true. Footwear soaked in water, or damp shoes offer a breeding surface to germs and bacteria, which ultimately leads to infection.

Apply moisturizer –A very healthy habit, applying a moisturizer on feet during monsoons helps you get rid of dead skin and keeps them clean, smooth and allergy-free.

Modicare India has come up with an exclusive product for those soft, beautiful and hygienic foot, named 'Essensual Intensive Foot Care Cream'. A unique formula packed with the power of good herbs, rich aroma oils, is one perfect option to keep your feet clean, soft and hydrated in weather like Monsoon. 

Party Make up

Getting ready for a party? Better start an hour or two in advance. A full face make up requires at least dedicated 30 minutes to put on. But who has that kind of time?

Try one of these get-gorgeous quick tips instead. After all, you don't want to be late to the party.

First and foremost identify the areas that need a little extra attention and are most time taking. The key is to enhance your best features and make your not-so-good features a little subdued.

A woman's eyes and smile tend to catch the most attention. Another feature that can make or break your complete look is your hair. Wear them according to the type and place of the party. Do not go over-board and as far as possible try to keep it natural looking and classy.

Lets start with applying a basic moisturizer followed by a primer and then foundation that matches your skin-tone. Do not cake your face. The secret is to do your everyday makeup, then apply an illuminating lotion with a subtle sheen in three areas: the tops of your cheekbones, just under your brows, and on the inner corners of your eyes. This creates an over-all glow that looks natural.

Next, enhance your eyes with a swipe of liquid liner or a regular black pencil, right along the lash line, inner just to the outer corner. If you have big beautiful eyes avoid making the lining too thick. 

Time to work on that pout now. First, prep your lips with a balm (it sheers out the color), then apply the lipstick with your finger for a softer effect. Make sure the lip liner and lip colour are not five shades apart. If you are going for a bold or bright shade, play down the rest of your face. Deep-orange, plum and fuchsia shades are a more modern way to rock the bold lip look.

A matching or contrasting (whatever your style is) shade of nail paint, a bit of blush and soft eye shadow are all you need to complete the look.
At last wear your hair whatever way is most comfortable for you. You do not want to fuss over settling them down the entire time or run to the washroom every fifteen minutes to check if they look fine.

Voila, you're good to go!

Maintain the natural luster of your beautiful hair

We are in the monsoons, this season is known popularly for dry and rough skin and damaged hair. The main reason behind the damages and dryness is the presence of excess humidity in the air. This is the time when you need to take care of your hair and skin. People move with a thinking that summers is the season that causes maximum hair damages but monsoons have their own set of weather which can cause huge damages to hair causing hair falls, roughness and dryness. 

This article will tell you about the tips to maintain the shine and luster for healthy hair. Following are some effective hair care tips during monsoons:

Try to keep your hair dry:

Many people love to get wet in the drizzle. But getting wet in rain water is very harmful for your hair. Rain water contains harmful substances like acid, dust particles and all these substances can enhance your hair woes. During rainy days, it is always recommended to dry your hair before leaving the house. Try to avoid the use of hair dryers rather try to dry naturally by using dry towels and try to avoid using combs on wet hair.

Shampoo your hair twice in a week:

It is very important to keep your hair and scalp clean. If rain water stick to your hair for long hours your hair might get a sticky effect and you might feel itchy. Due to rain water the chances of getting bacterial or fungal infections over your scalp will be more and this might also lead to dandruff. If you wash your hair regularly with shampoo, this will kill the hair problems.

Oil massage:

This is perhaps the most important tip that should be followed specifically in the monsoon times. Find sometime out from your busy schedules and massage your hair with oil. This will give your hair a natural boost of moisture which will ultimately hydrate and revitalize the damaged areas of your hair strands.

Monsoon Mayhem

As the seasons change your skin also changes with them. So does the need for its care. Monsoon perhaps is the trickiest season for taking care of the skin. The humidity, the stickiness and the occasional rain turn it into a challenge for women to keep their skin looking its best all the time.
There are a couple of pointers to keep in mind to avoid disasters. 

The face and hair tend to get greasy and limp very easily in monsoons therefore it is important that you give your skin what exactly it needs.

Know your skin type. Dry skin needs to be cleansed and moisturized regularly so as to look youthful and the oily skin of it should be cleaned, scrubbed and toned to avoid the unwanted shimmery shine on the face.

Wash your face 2-3 times daily (not more) with a anti-bacterial face wash as skin infections are most common during monsoons because of the high humidity. Always dab dry the face and do not rub it with a towel. This will make the skin look rough and dry.

Use face packs depending on your skin condition and as far as possible use natural home remedies rather than chemical based products.

Do not rush your cleansing routine. Inadequate cleansing can lead to bacteria build-up and skin break-outs.

Slathering on SPF protection only when the sun is shining is enough. Use a broad-spectrum sun protection moisturiser with SPF 30-50 under make-up all year round to avoid tanning, premature aging and sunburn.

Wearing makeup can be the biggest challenge in monsoon. It is crucial that you choose from among the best of products that do not run down your face at the drop of a drizzle.
Avoid heavy moisturising creams or oily foundations and cream-based colour makeup. Use a light mousse or a matte compact or simply a few drops of calamine lotion as a makeup base.

Hygiene is equally important in maintaining skin's health. Walking in dirty water during rainy season leads to numerous fungal infections which affect toes and nails. Always keep your feet dry and clean and keep your shoes, socks and raincoats dry and clean.

One of the best advices for attaining a healthy and flawless skin is to drink lots of water (at least 8-10 glasses everyday) irrespective of the season and you will see the change in 2-3 months.

Revitalize your look with skincare products from Modicare. We offer  premium Skin Care products for all skin types, right from Fairness Range to Anti Ageing Range with Day & Night Nourishing Creams to firm and moisturize your skin. Shop and experience the difference yourself!!! http://www.modicareindia.com/skincare.html

Look ravishing even amidst heavy falls, try quality Modicare products

Come Monsoons and the problems of dry and damaged skin becomes common. Hence, it is essential to protect our skin from harsh effects of the humid weather. Here are some tips for effective skin protection during monsoon:

Cleansing: Although the water droplets might be prosperous for the land and farms, this pleasant weather may bring some particles of dust and dirt along that can consequently bring harm to the health of your skin. Hence, regular cleansing is highly advisable during the rainy season. Go for quality cleansers that hold the right ingredients to clean your skin deep inside and make it look fresh and glowing.

Recommended Modicare Product: 

Essensual 20 Lemon Grass Face Wash- Containing the soothing effect of Aloe Vera and freshness of Lemon Grass, this gentle face wash removes impurities to bring out the rejuvenated and ravishing 'You'.

Toning: During Monsoons, a lot of waterborne germs are let free. Use gentle toners to protect your skin from unnecessary infections and fungal breakouts.

Recommended Modicare Product:

Essensual 20 Fairness Toner- Deeply cleanses & tightens the pores. Infused with skin tone lightening properties. Sepiwhite MSH, reduces pigmentation.

Moisturizing: The heavy monsoon pours can have a de-hydrating effect on dry skin and an excessive hydrating effect on oily skin. This may lead to redness or itchy feeling on the face and body. Use water-based moisturizers with minimum SPF content that can keep your skin regularly hydrated hence, making it soft and smooth throughout the monsoon season.

Recommended Modicare Product: 

Nourishing Gel Cream Oily/ Combination- Smooth luxurious Day Gel with Aloe Vera extracts which combines the power of hydration with the freshness of a gel. Hydration and elasticity, provides soothing effect & stimulates cell proliferation.

Keep fresh and stay glowing this Monsoon, try out quality premium skin care collection from Modicare. Visit: http://www.modicareindia.com/skin-care-products.html

Modicare Products --- Personal Care & Cosmetic

The three things that matter to women are their health, wellness and beauty. Modicare understands the need of their female customers and has been in the industry providing premium quality products in all above categories for almost 2 decades now. The company has 50 centers across the country that supply products to over 2,700 cities. More than 200 unique, high-quality products carry the Modicare name in the areas of nutrition, wellness, beauty, skin care, personal care, cosmetics etc.

Following are few of the best selling products under the Modicare umbrella:

1) 3 in 1 Base Makeup 

Best make-up is the need of the hour for a professional or a personal event. Modicare’s 3-in-1 Base Makeup is an ideal product when you are in a hurry & would like to apply makeup that would make you stand apart in the crowd. The 3-in-1 formula consists of a foundation, concealer and compact powder all in one. The cream foundation that sets as a powder giving a semi matte flawless finish in one step.

 

2) Aloe Vera Soothing Cleanser

The Aloe Vera soothing cleanser is the best cleansing product especially if you happen to travel in a crowded and pollution-filled environment. It is a soap free cleanser, with Aloe Vera extract that hydrates and soothes the skin. This cleanser lathers away impurities, leaving the skin feeling fresh and soothed. It is perfect for sensitive skin.

3) Fresh Moments 2 Tooth Paste 

Good toothpaste is required for clean teeth and fresh breath and one that keeps you alive and presentable throughout your busy day. Fresh Moments 2 is a premium toothpaste with fresh mint, Special Polishing Agents (SPA) and Xylitol which ensures less cavities, less bacteria and healthier enamel. Fresh Moments 2 toothpaste helps prevent the formation of tartar, gently cleans and polishes tooth enamel and helps to remove stains. It is a 100% vegetarian toothpaste.

4) Essentual 20 Kajal 

The super soft Essentual 20 Kajal is a long lasting kajal that accentuates a smoky effect on your eyes. This product is best for your eyes both in a clinical manner and by cosmetic standards. 

5) M Power 2 in 1 Toothbrush 

The high quality M Power 2-in-1 toothbrush and tongue cleaner is ultra effective, covers more teeth area during brushing, removes plaque, food particles and massage gums. It is ideal for normal, sensitive teeth and gums. This professionally designed T-shaped toothbrush encourages users to brush teeth in upward and downward direction which dentists have recommend for years. Its specially designed handle gives more relaxed holding and greater comfort while brushing.

Beat the heat with quality skin care!

After the blossoming spring, its time for the mercury to rise high. The Summer season is here to stay! As you continue to battle with the scorching heat, here are few essential tips to have a fresh and glowing summer skin:

1. Keep close to water- It is important to keep yourself regularly hydrated. The summer sun tends to evaporate much moisture from the skin, hence you must drink a lot of water and other liquids to keep your skin soft and moisturized in the heat.  

2. Use sunscreen- The summer sun rays can be harsh on your skin. Avoid stepping out between 11am and 3 pm. Also, applying sun protection is mandatory! Make sure you use enough sunscreen on your body before stepping out in summers. It keeps your skin well protected.

3.  Moisturize- Firstly, get over the myth that moisturizers can make your skin oily in summers. Moisturizing should be an important exercise for the summer season as well. It keeps your skin hydrated. However, to avoid stickiness you can go for water-based moisturizers instead of oil-based ones. 

4. Cleansing- Do remove all that dirt, dust and sweat from your skin regularly. Wash your face with a quality face wash atleast twice a day during summers. 

5.    Exfoliate- It is essential to remove off the dead skin during summers to better blood circulation. Choose from any of the cosmetic scrubs available in the market or make one at home.

Follow the above mentioned techniques to take care of your summer skin and let it shine with a distinguished glow!