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Should you use moisturizer on acne ?

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Have you ever felt the need of a moisturizer but are scared to use because of acne prone skin ? Do you find it difficult to find the best moisturizer for acne prone skin ? Does your skin feel dry after washing your face and you end up skipping the moisturizer ?  But you don’t realize that this leads to even more acne. Are you wondering how ? When you are struggling to control your acne prone skin, you tend to believe that cleansing and washing your face with harsh chemical products aka FACE WASHES will solve all your problems, but just think does changing face washes help your skin ? NO, because you are “stripping off” the moisture from your skin which in turn will produce more oil in order to balance itself. When I was struggling with acne, I too used to believe the myth "Curing acne required 'drying up' the skin."  But after 4 long years I learnt the importance and technique of moisturizing and this cleared up my acne so quickly. So here are some points th

DIY Moisturiser | Acne prone skin

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Rosewater on acne and acne scars works as a wonderful toner. Also you can make two in one acne plus moisturizer with rosewater to apply on acne.   To make Rosewater moisturizer for acne, you will require two main ingredients :  Rose water  Honey  In this we won’t be using store bought rose water. We will make Rosewater at home. If you have bought rosewater of any brand, you would have certainly known the colour of rosewater to be light pink to transparent. But original, completely preservative free and natural rosewater is deep pink to reddish in colour. I was not aware of this until I made my own rosewater at home. So to make Rosewater you will need one cup of rose petals and half litre of purified water. METHOD : Just boil the water in a pan and when it boils completely, turn off the gas. Wash the rose petals to get rid of any dust. Now put them into the boiled water.  Cover the container with a lid and let it cool. After half an hour or so you will