Essential oils have been used for centuries. Although they have many uses, these oils are usually a wonderful skin care ingredient. Among many different kinds of oils, olive oil may be the most popular. If you have olive oil in your cupboards, you are in luck because you can immediately use olive oil to make your skin look more radiant.

If you are not a fan of homemade skin care, you can always take a look at products from your local department store. There are quite a few products that have olive oil extract in them and this includes olive oil body butters, olive oil soap, olive oil body lotion, cleansers and even shampoo with olive oil.

However, using olive oil straight from the bottle is a much better idea because you know that you are actually using olive oil instead of a product that may only have a very small portion of olive oil in it.

What good is olive oil though? According to history, the Egyptians used olive oil for skin care and this of course includes the legend Cleopatra. The Greeks and the Phoenicians also used olive oil to make their skin look more beautiful. What is great about olive oil is that it heals dry skin and even softens cuticles and heals brittle nails. It is also a wonderful ingredient for conditioning one’s hair.

If you think your skin is getting drier by the second, you might want to try olive oil –both internally and externally. Applying some on your skin will make your skin more elastic and therefore more beautiful and younger-looking. Eating it of course is a good idea. Using it for cooking is one way but if you are really bent on seeing results pronto, you can take 2 tablespoons of olive oil a day and take it like medicine. This will improve your immune system too. 

Do you have dark elbows and dark knees? If the skin on your elbows or your knees are relatively darker than your skin you would need to use whitening soap to even it out. Another way to even out the color of your skin is to apply a natural solution, here is what you'd need:

1 tsp dry milk powder

water

lemon juice

1. Mix all the ingredients together to form a paste.

2. Rub the mixture on your elbows and your knees.

3. Leave it on for 10 to 15 minutes and rinse.

In just three steps you already got a whitening session. You should do this regimen every day for faster results. You should also increase your intake of Vitamin C or fruits and vegetables loaded with the said vitamin so that your skin will look much better. This is not of course the fast lane in the skin department but it will help make your skin look and feel good.  

Aside from Nefertiti, Cleopatra, the infamous Queen of Egypt was the most beautiful woman who walked those desert lands. She invented makeup and also invented facial cleansers. At the age of 18 in the year 51 BC, the young Cleopatra and her brother ascended to the throne. It was noted in old texts that Cleopatra enjoyed lavish milk baths making her skin really beautiful and radiant. And centuries later, dermatologists find that Cleopatra was right because milk is loaded with AHAs or Alpha-hydroxy acids. These soften the skin and lightly exfoliate the skin by removing the glue-like substance that holds dead skin together. These baths made Cleopatra's skin soft and free of blackheads too. 

Apart from milk, AHAs can be found in items you have in your kitchen i.e. lemon juice, blackberries, vinegar, grapes, tomatoes, oranges, apple juice and grapes. You can also do a regimen like Cleopatra's by dabbing a small portion of milk on your face every morning, leaving it for ten minutes and the rinse well. You can also use lemon juice or any of the fruits mentioned above. 

Do you have acne? Acne is an annoying skin disorder and thisis something that is caused by oily skin and clogged pores. Before you startbuying creams and other anti-acne products you should try natural home remediesfirst because most of the time, the best treatments can come from your kitchenshelves and your fridge.

The Berry Treatment

Mix 50 grams of raspberries, blackberries and strawberriesand boil in a liter of water. Let it boil for around 3 minutes. Once lukewarm,you should apply this on your skin to make it itch free.

Yogurt and Outmeal

Mixing fine oatmeal and unflavored yogurt to a thick pasteis an effective treatment for pimples or acne. Leave the paste to dry in yourskin and then wash your face with lukewarm water. Pat your skin dry and thenapply the antibiotic lotion that your dermatologist gave you.

Aloe Vera Treatment

To heal acne-damaged skin, you can apply any Aloe Vera basedproduct on your skin. Aloe Vera is a natural ingredient for healing, it is alsoused to heal wounds and scratches.

Orange Peel

Mincing orange peel and applying it on your face is a goodway to get vitamin C for the surface of your skin. Aside from that, it willkill the virus (your pimples) on your skin and help in preventing those pimplesfrom coming back.