Sandalwood:a Wonder For Me!

[ritu 1]

With a very tropical kind of climate in Mumbai, it is very easy to witness the problem of tanning, this becomes a matter of worry for many, when they have to go out and protect their skin at the same time. Recently I had to go visiting a few places here, and it is usual to keep waiting and standing in the sun, due to which my skin got tanned, After returning,I was gravely thinking of how to de-tan myself, ended up trying every possible thing that was present in my house and that looked suitable, my skin is on the drier side, I started with tomatoes, it did turn relieving but as I dried my face, rashes began to appear. Next I switched to fuller's earth but that made my skin even drier, now you can well imagine what I felt like, I was convinced that I had to spend the weekend with the tan and now the added rashes, as I was arranging a few things, my eyes slipped towards a piece of sandalwood, we usually have it in our house for our "Puja". I rubbed it on a stone plate and applied it, besides I drank some coconut water, which cooled my body from within.The sandalwood worked like magic, the rashes were gone, the tan was lightened and my skin felt refreshed, it was so relaxing that I almost fell asleep, I was successful in getting my tan removed. Here I would accommodate a special mention that the effect of sandalwood might not be the same for all skin types, before trying anything on the skin directly, it is advisable to try it on the area above the wrists, or the area behind your ears, after an observation of twenty four hours act accordingly.So, I was talking about how sandalwood worked wonders on my skin, and I was more than happy to have the most suitable de-tanning agent and it takes a couple of minutes to apply it . Now can I say I have the secret disclosed and it is such a simple one but only for a special skin type.

Edited March 12, 2012 by ritu (see edit history)

[sheepdog 10]

I do love the smell of sandlewood, but honestly why would you worry about a little bit of tan to the point you would sabatoge your skin to remove it? It generally fades away far too fast for my likings anyway, just a couple weeks of winter and poof, it's all gone and I'm back to pasty white looking skin. I think a little tan looks good on a person and is probably actually healthy for one's hide.