Unless your face is absolutely clean, no make-up will be effective. Scrub your face thoroughly with some mild soap not forgetting the area around the nose and chin. People with an oily skin should do so many times a day so that no blemishes develop. If you have an extremely dry skin, avoid using soap. Clean your face with some cleansing lotion. Now you ready steam the face. Oily-skinned people may need steaming twice a week or once in two weeks. Steaming deep cleans your face off dirt and other impurities. Steaming forces skin to perspire which prevents pimples.

However, if you have a sensitive, delicate skin, steaming is not for you. Make a towel-tent over a basin of hot water and lean over it. Steam your face for about ten minutes. A brief description of some of the face cleansing cosmetics is given below, which are explained in details in the subsequent chapters.

Face Cleansing Milk :- This is a liquid, like milk. This is applied on face with a flock of cotton. Its application removes all the dirt from the face and clean skin emerges. This is more useful for oily skin. Wash your face with a go soap and wipe it dry with a towel before make-up. Do make-up after a few minutes. Cleansing milk is applied first of all. This white milky liquid is available in nice looking phials. Its main function is to remove dirt, dust and clean the face. It is applied with cotton. The dust, which is still left, even after washing the face with soap, is cleaned with cleansing milk. This is good for oily skins. Those who have oily skin must use it before make-up. It will remove extra oil. Move your hands upwards and outwards, while applying it. It will open the pores. Now a clean face is reads for the make-up

Astringent Lotion :- Astringent is a kinds of lotion and liquid which has a special function of closing pores, else cosmetics will creep into the skin and harm it. Use skin tonic on normal and dry skin. Astringent lotion is good for black heads too. You will not have perspiration, after applying it on forehead, chin over the lips and nose. Apply it with the tips of fingers. If you have oily skin, move a piece of ice on the face first. It will reduce oiliness and prepare a smooth skin for make-up. Make-up stays longer on such a skin. Vanishing cream is the best base for those who have small pores. It is a light cream that saves your skin. Take a small quantity and massage it slowly with the tips of fingers. It is also as good as an astringent.

Face Cleansing Cream :- This is applied with the tips of fingers.

Face Skin Tonic :- This liquid is applied on face with a flock of cotton after applying milk. Its main function is to block the pores so that cosmetics do not enter the skin. Cosmetics harm you if they enter the skin. This can be used on normal skin. It makes skin soft and glowing. This is available in many colors.

Face Moisturizer :- This resembles white cream, and is available as a cream or in a tube. Face moisturizer should be applied with the tips of fingers. Application of this can hide white spots visible on the dry skin. Its base makes the make-up shiny.

Face Cold Cream or Night Cream :- If you have a very dry skin, apply this on face, hands and legs and then go to bed. Your skin will not be dry in the morning. This is good for less dry skin also. Put this on your palms and apply by rubbing it.

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