Beauty is the desire of every individual to give pleasure to the sense. Beauty is not always related to women rather men are more beauty consciousness as the evolution shows male animals are more beautiful. Some are beauty by birth and some are want to become beautiful. According to Ayurveda happiness, gloom, sadness and relaxation are the aspects that are reflected by the face and by the body and can’t be disguised with cosmetics. In other words, Ayurveda emphasizes on external and internal beauty. It is believed in Ayurveda that one can enhance internal beauty by understanding and following the basic principle of Ayurveda. There’s a secret beauty or the third level of beauty in Ayurveda and is also known as the state of ‘self-realization’. It is said that a self – realized person is eternally beautiful and does not need to use any external cosmetics or designer clothes.

However, in Ayurveda the therapies, treatment and tips are concern with physical beauty which is considered to be the path to secret of beauty. Health promotion, beauty management and healing in Ayurveda rely on freeing the body of toxins, restoring cellular nutrition, facilitating complete elimination and re-establishing the balance of the doshas. Diet and lifestyle are two things that help achieve good health and beauty.

As Ayurveda relates to every aspect of the mind, body and the soul, it considers beauty as an intimate part of the human personality. To serve the purpose of fast natural beauty a faster and deeper cleansing and re-balancing is accomplished by using Ayurveda’s traditional rejuvenation therapy. The rejuvenation therapy in Ayurveda teaches ways to become naturally beautiful, which is not just limited to the physical body but extends to subtle qualities and vitality of a person. Hence, rejuvenation therapy is regarded as an integral part of ongoing self-care that helps beauty be with you throughout life and a fresh start in the process of making health-supporting lifestyle changes.

What makes you beautiful?

Ayurveda determined beauty by prakriti (Body constitution), sara (structural predominance), samhanan (compactness of body), twak (skin complexion), Praman (Measurement) and dirghayu lakshyana (symptom of long life). Beauty is not only a source of joy but gives confidence and proud in some extent. Ayurveda cosmetology started from mother wombs, dinacharya (daily regimen) ratricharya (night regimen), ritu charya(seasonal regimen) with the practice of medicinal herbs and minerals , all aid in improving the beauty in a healthy way. Daily regimen like collyrium application, oil massage, herbal powder massage etc when practiced daily gives healthy as well as beautiful body structures.

Who works against your beauty?

According to Ayurveda Human body functions through various channel systems called “Srotas”, containing both microscopic and macroscopic structures such as the respiratory system, lymphatic/ circulatory system, reproductive system and nervous systems etc. These channels function as innumerable psycho-biological processes such as enzyme production, neuro-transmitter secretion, hormonal intelligence, respiratory capacity and digestive assimilation/ elimination, immune power etc and responsible for wellness and beauty. These act rhythmically and in concern with one another to perform complex decision-making regarding the supply of nutrients, filtration of toxins, excretion of wastes and much more

If these waste materials are insufficiently metabolized, toxins or incompletely processed foods can become deposited in weak areas of the body. If unaddressed, these can become a disease. Weak zones occur in the body due to genetic factors or more commonly, lifestyle factors, such as unhealthy food choices, stress or environmental influences. These toxins or unprocessed metabolic deposits can cloud the normal psycho-biological cellular intelligence and loss body lustre and beauty.

Soldiers of health and beauty

Panchakarma therapy is both preventative for healthy people to maintain and improve excellent cellular function, and curative for those experiencing disease. The Ama (toxic materials inside our body) make a person ugly and disease and Sodhana/panchakarma (Purification) is the best therapeutic intervention to eliminate body toxins. It is a highly complex and sophisticated science of purification of the body/mind.

How can make your skin lustrous?

Water is a major component for keeping skin in good condition. Water originates in the deeper epidermal layers and moves upward to hydrate cells in the stratum corneum in the skin, eventually being lost to evaporation. Snehana(oleation) and Swedana(sudation) bring moisture to our skin. It gives our skin greater elasticity and rejuvenates skin tissues. As cells in our face make their way to the surface over their lifecycle, they die and become saturated with keratin, or skin debris. Keratin is important because it protects your skin from the elements but the shedding of that outer layer can unclog pores. Oleation and Sudation are believed to be inhibiting trans-epidermal water loss, restoring the lipid barrier and restore the amino-lipid of the skin. Ayurveda always advocate balanced diet in appropriate quantity and advice for plenty of water intakes for restore the beauty and youthfulness.

Ayurveda cosmetics can be grouped under

1. Cosmetics for enhancing the beauty of the facial skin
2. Cosmetics for hair growth and care
3. Cosmetics for body skin care
4. Perfumes, herbal shampoos. Herbal pastes
5. Other products like collyrium on eyes

Face is the mirror of beauty

1. For oily skin : cleanse with cucumber and lemon juice, then do steaming, then scrub with strawberry, cherry and peach scrubs. Then apply a face mask made of sandal, apricot and almond paste. Also application of aloe vera gel everyday will help to maintain the oil balance of facial skin.
2. For dry skin : wash the face with cold water. Cleanse it with scum of boiled milk. Do light steaming and scrub with a paste made from banana and semolina. Apply a face mask with banana, carrot and black grapes. Then massage with herbal oil like eladi tailam or almond oil.
3. For normal skin : wash with normal water. Cleanse with orange juice. Do steaming and scrub with apricot or cherry. Apply a mask made of almond and orange pulp.

Apply mixture of curd and tomato everyday gives an instant freshness for persons with normal skin

Cosmetology is the science of alternation of appearance and modification of beauty. Any substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of human body (epidermis, hair, nails, lips, and external genitals) or with the teeth and mucous membrane of oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, changing their appearance and/or correcting body odors and /or protecting them or keeping them in good conditions are cosmetics. So ayurvedic herbal oil, powders, pastes or minerals used in our daily regimen satisfies the concept of a cosmetic.

Dr.Dhanya Dharani,

Physician, Atreya Ayurveda, Moscow