If one were to ask one of the most longed desires of a woman, it would be to possess a glowing skin.

A student, a homemaker or a working professional every woman wants to have a radiant skin.

Our fragile skin demands proper care and exposing it to harmful chemicals damages our skin.

Stressful lifestyle, hectic work schedule, lack of nutrition, pollution, lack of nutritional diet, harmful sun rays (UVA/UVB) can make skin dry and dull.

Although a woman cannot prevent sun tan and the hazards of pollution, she can certainly minimize the side-effects by caring for them properly. Aging is a natural process, you can look younger and glowing if you take proper care of it.

Here we bring to you four natural ways of possessing soft and glowing skin naturally:

Drink 8-9 glasses of water daily:

No matter how ordinary this tip may sound, drinking water keeps your skin hydrated to provide you a glowing and a flawless skin. All of us are well aware of the fact that water is an essential component for the effective functioning of our body and approximately 50 to 0 percent of our body comprises of water. So drinking sufficient water cleanses off skin and removes toxins from your skin.

Moreover, water is also essential for maintaining the optimum skin moisture and delivers the required nutrients to the skin cells. It helps to replenish the skin and helps delay the appearance of signs of aging like ageing like wrinkles and fine lines by increasing the elasticity of the skin.  

Choose your diet wisely:

As the old adage goes, “You are what you eat.” But in today’s busy life, the diet has become very faulty. We all are all well aware of the fact that nutrition plays a pivotal role in keeping us healthy. But interestingly, eating healthy doesn’t only help in keeping you healthy, but it also helps in keeping your skin fresh and glowing.

It affects our body, appearance and our skin.

The best way to get a glowing skin is by eating a variety of superfoods. Food that contains Vitamin C is a powerful super food and an antioxidant. It maintains your immune system and helps you in giving a radiant skin. Thankfully, getting Vitamin C rich food from your local market isn’t a tedious task either! Go eat blueberries, papaya, strawberries, kiwi etc and get the skin that you have desired for so long.

One more easy way to include this into your diet is by mixing these blueberries with yogurt. Apart from this, you can also eat food which is high on healthy fats such as avocado, nuts and seeds.

Avoid putting on too much chemicals on your skin:

Although there are a plethora of skin creams available in the market today that claims to make your skin glow, it is very important not to get misled by those options and choose cautiously.

First of all choosing the right kind of sun screen is extremely important to avoid tanning of your skin. Whenever opting for a sun screen, make sure to pick one with SPF 15 or higher that ensures UVB protection.

The SPF factor tells you how effective the sunscreen is in preventing the sunburn caused by harmful UVB rays.

You can also try using masks as it is a great way to provide your skin, the much-needed hydration. It penetrates deep into the skin to draw excess oils and it also clears away dead skin and boosts moisture.  

Also remember that just like the seasons, your skin changes throughout the year too.

So it is not essential that what works in winter would also work in summers. Thus, try using a more hydrating and intense moisturizer for the winters and a lighter one for summers.

Get proper sleep:

Yes all you sleeping beauties out there! This tip exclusively belongs to you.

This might also sound an ordinary one, but quality of sleep really does matter. Taking minimum six hours of deep restful sleep is crucial for maintaining the beauty of your skin.  Moreover, the position that you prefer while sleeping matters too. Sleeping on your stomach can harm your skin. As this position might scrunch your face and put pressure on your neck. This in turn, will result in tighter face muscles, blocked blood circulation and sagging skin.

Try breaking this habit, as this habit will impact the radiance of your skin adversely.

See, taking care of your skin isn’t that difficult. It’s just that you need to make sure that you do not get lost in skin care myths and over-hyped marketing speak!