Salt Beauty Skin - (Life Workshop Vital Beauty. Natural Style)

Author: Zhai Yun
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Salt, the new beauty product, Salt, bath salt, Dead Sea mineral salt, bamboo salt for fighting [acne], whitening, moisturizing, tooth whitening, and blackhead removal salt can all come into play. Salt, the versatile beauty product, can be paired with various bath products for weight loss, body shaping, and colon cleansing. Open this book to get to know salt and use it! All beauty salts are listed, categorized, and introduce exclusive beauty and body shaping tricks. A treasure trove of salt-based home remedies is compiled to meticulously address seven common skin issues, proving that beauty is salt-born. Why can salt be used for beauty? When describing added pain, we often say, "salting a wound." In fact, it might not be bad to salt a wound, as salt has antibacterial and antiseptic properties, which are beneficial for wound healing and the skin. This is one reason; the second reason is that in ancient times, people often used sea mud and high-salt seawater for beauty, as seawater contains rich mineral components such as potassium, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. The components in salt can promote metabolism, deep cleanse the skin, reduce inflammation, kill bacteria, remove excess fat and dead skin cells, and tighten large pores, effectively eliminating accumulated oil, blackheads, and dead skin. It must be emphasized that all of salt's beauty benefits are based on the principle of "exfoliation." Salt—whether coarse or fine—can stimulate and promote the secretion of sweat and sebaceous glands in the body, helping us expel aging substances and remove surface dead skin layers, thus giving the skin a new life from the inside out. Moreover, since coarse salt is less refined, it contains more natural mineral components than refined salt, offering more benefits to the skin.
We know that exposed skin, after being exposed to wind and rain, accumulates dust in pores and dead skin cells on the surface. The role of salt is to remove the surface dirt, helping the skin restore its normal physiological cycle, allowing the true smooth skin beneath to be revealed. Once the accumulated dirt is removed, the skin naturally appears smooth and radiant. Generally, the salt used for skincare refers to natural salt. The salt we usually eat is crystallized from seawater through sun exposure, and its structural composition is similar to that of human blood and lymphatic fluid. When applied to the skin, it can directly enter the bloodstream and lymphatic system, expelling aging substances and toxins from blood and lymphatic cells, thereby achieving beauty effects. Using salt to wash the face is more effective than many facial cleansers and soaps. However, when you use salt to wash your face for the first time, you might feel oily on your face. In fact, these oils are the oils being expelled from your facial pores, not caused by washing with salt. After using salt to wash your face for about a week, your face will gradually become transparent and clean. In addition to removing facial dirt, salt also has excellent anti-inflammatory properties, so when used as a cleanser, it can accelerate the healing of acne. Normally, a pimple takes about a week from appearing to mature and heal. With salt as a helper, the entire process can be significantly shortened. Moreover, due to its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, salt helps prevent acne from becoming inflamed and infected. P9-11