Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Tips for Silky Hair

1.
Apply 2 whole eggs mixed with 4 spoons olive oil to your hair. Then wrap your hair with a plastic and leave for 20 minutes then wash. This is an excellent tip for silky and shiny hair.
2.
Unusual Tip for silky hair - After washing your hair, mix 1/4 of mouthwash in mug of water and pour over your hair
3.
Shikakai powder,green grams and fenugreek seeds mixed with whole egg and used as shampoo also improves texture of hair resulting in soft and lustrous hair.
4.
Add 6-8 drops of lemon juice to an egg. Beat well and apply on your hair followed by washing with a herbal shampoo.
5.
Two tablespoons of fenugreek (methi) seeds soaked overnight in water. The softened seeds should be grounded into a fine paste in the morning , mixed with curd and applied over the scalp & left for half an hour and then washed thoroughly. This is highly affective for controlling dandruff and makes hair more straight and silky
6.
Essential Pack for hair - Take 2tbspns fuller's earth(multani mitti), 2 tbspns of besan and 1/2 cup vinegar. Apply this pack for 20-30 minutes and then wash it. If your hair are damaged by the use of ironing or rod ,etc then add two full eggs in this pack. You can also apply hair oil before applying this pack. This is a very healthy pack and a good conditioner.
7.
Take amla (100gm), shikaki (100gm), brahmi booti (10gm), shilajit (1/2 gm), anaarchhilka (20gm), bhringraj (10 gm). Soak them overnight in an iron utensil. Blend and make a paste. Apply well into the scalp. Keep it for 1-2 hours and wash it off with warm water.
8.
Beer- You can simply apply flat beer before washing hair. It helps in toning and conditioning the hair.It adds bounce and shine to the hair making it silky and shiny. Try it because it really works !
9.
Excellent tip before shampoo - Mix a tablespoon of glycerin with same quantity of olive oil, brown vinegar, castor oil, conditioner and shampoo. apply the mask to pre-shampooed hair and leave on for 10-minutes. rinse well and see the difference
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Tips For Your Face

Tips how to wash your face properly:

1. Tie your hair back from your face.First wash your hands with a good face soap to clean them.
2. Wet your face with warm water to open your pores. Avoid using too hot and too cold water that can dry out your skin. This will also open the pores for deeper cleansing.
3. Take the cleanser or face wash and get a small amount on your hands, about the size of a nickel. Rub some on your wet hands. Strong soaps can dry your skin and strip off natural lipids. Choose soap that is mild if you prefer soap, or you can always choose cleansers that are soap- free.
4. Using your fingers, rub the cleanser all over your face removing dirt on the surface of your skin. Remember that hard rubbing will actually do more harm than good.
5. Rinse your face with cool, clean water, to close your pores, keeping the soap out of your eyes. Residues left behind can actually clog your pores. Rinse three times, then rinse again.
6. Pat your face dry with a clean and soft face towel. Never ever rub your face.
7. If your skin is too dry after washing, use water only and pat dry, or apply a moisturizing lotion afterward. Make sure the moisturizer is not oily or it may cause pimples.
8. Wash your face twice if you have been wearing makeup. The first wash removes the makeup and the second cleanses the skin.

Take care of your skin:

Avoid much of sunlight.

People with dry skin should use soap which fall into the super fatted category.
Select cosmetics carefully.


Use a face pack for pimples. Check the ingredients of the face pack before you actually use it.
Include a steaming process as part of your facial cleansing routine. Once a week, for five to ten minutes at a time, gently steam your face. Be sure the water is cool enough to keep the steam from burning your face.


A good facial scrub can make all the difference in the look of your skin. The facial scrub should be soap free and mild. Use your fingers to work the facial scrub onto your face then rinse off with lukewarm water and blot.

Have good amounts of fresh fruits and drink water.

There may be many cosmetics in the market to add glow to your skin but washing your face every day is more important than any treatment or beauty regimen on the market today. Little care everyday and you will fall in love with your skin.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Tips For Dandruff

1.
Before going to bed, take 2 tsp pure vinegar and mix it with 6 tsp water and apply it on the scalp . Tie a towel around the head. Wash your head next morning. After shampooing, rinse again with vinegar water. Do these once a week for at least three months.
2.
Boil five teaspoons of dried and used tealeaves in lime water, use it as a last rinse after shampoo, to give your scalp skin, the factors of anti-dandruff formation. This gives your hair… a lustrous shine and provides nourishment too.
3.
Take 100gm each of amla (Indian goose berry), reetha, and shikakai and boil in two litre of water until the liquid reduces to half. Apply this shampoo on your hair for one month. It will remove dandruff and will provide thickness and shine to your hair.
4.
Mustard Oil boiled with henna (mehendi) leaves helps in reducing dandruff.
5.
Mix 1 teaspoons lemon juice with 2 teaspoons vinegar and massage on the scalp. Wash your hair with an egg shampoo.
6.
Apply grated carrots to the scalp and leave for some time to prevent dandruff. Wash off as usual. 7.
Massage the scalp with almond oil. Dip a towel in boiling water and wrap it around the hair. Repeat it thrice or four times when the towel gets cold.
8.
Grind fenugreek (methi) seeds soaked in water overnight. Massage this paste on scalp and hair and leave it for 15-20 minutes. Wash it off with a mild shampoo.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Dry Hair Tips


How to Treat Dry Hair

1. Use a nourishing shampoo and a conditioner for dry or damaged hair. Allow your hair to air dry whenever possible.

2. Avoid using heated appliances and steer clear of chemicals for a while. Colors and perms can be drying to your hair. If you want to add touches of color, opt for root touch ups, highlights or low lights instead of all over colors.

3. Limit washing to once every three to four days. If your dry hair is getting worse, use leave in conditioners and use detanglers to helps get any rats or knots out of your hair.

4. Use a soft, boars hair bristle brushes to brush out your hair. These soft brushes are better able to spread hair’s natural oils down the entire hair shaft.

5. For short term, use a shine product on dry hair will give instant sheen and a healthy looking appearance.

6. When you apply your body lotion, always take a little bit in your palms and distribute it through your hair. Use mayonnaise or olive oil in much the same way.

7. Wear a hat in the sun. The sun dries your hair out, as it bleaches it too. Hats can be cute, fun, and change your look completely! Even a simple straw hat can be fun and flirty! If you swim in pools, wear a bathing cap if possible. Comb leave in conditioner or a detangler into your hair before go into the water and throughout the day.

8. Use organic products like Wen Hair Products that sleek and smooth your hair. There are no chemicals added to them that can dry out your hair and make it poofy.
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Friday, September 18, 2009

Face Toning & Moisturizing

Toning is useful to your face

Toning is mainly useful to remove the dirt and unwanted dust particles from the face and the whole skin. You should tone your face after cleansing with a clean cotton cloth or pad.
You can apply toner to whole face especially around the nose and chin. Toning is the best treatment to make your face healthy and glowing because it will completely remove all the dirt from your skin.
After cleansing, it is very important that you should tone your face as instructed.

Moisturizing

The main work of moisturizing is to keep your face smooth and flexible. It is nature that your skin will get dry due to weather condition. Moisturizer creates a layer on the skin and protects from dirt and sunlight and it helps to keep your face wet and clean. It is very easy to apply moisturizing cream.
Take a drop of moisturizing cream massage it softly all over the face with your fingertips. Massage softly around the eyes. Massage gently around chin, jaw and mouth. You have to massage your throat area with both the hands from collarbone to chin.It is very important to care your skin health because skin is the cover for our whole body, so we have to give a special care to skin. We can maintain our healthy and glowing skin by Cleansing,
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Face Clensing


Face Cleansing is the most important feature to keep your face healthy and glowing. Face cleansing is nothing but cleaning your face in a proper way with proper care. Main aspect of cleansing is to remove the dirt and stain which mounted through out the day. You have to spare 15 minutes in the morning and bedtime for cleansing. It will give you a best result and make your face glowing.

Cleaning Tips
It is very simple to purify your face, follow the below mentioned treatments.
  1. Take some lemon juice and rub it on your face and the neck once in a week.

  2. Take a tomato, massage it softly on your face, leave it for 15 minutes, and take a wash.

  3. Apply the mixture of green gram powder with rice flour and curd.

  4. Have a slice of fresh cucumber and cut it roundly do not peel off, rub it gently on your face and wash after 10 to 15 minutes.

  5. Clean with un-boiled milk coated in cotton and wipe it gently on your face and neck area leave it for 10 to 15 minutes and wash it with cold water.

  6. It is highly recommended by beauticians that after cleaning your face with milk mix some water with besan or oat bran or wheat hust and make a paste. Apply this paste on your face and neck. Leave it for some time and wash it with cold water. You should not use soap. This mixture will clean away all the dead cells and make your face glowing and healthy with new cells.

  7. For Oily skins it is better after your bath wipe your face with limejuice before starting your make up.

  8. Massaging with buttermilk also gives you more complexions. Massage you face with buttermilk and leave it for 15 minutes and wipe softly with cotton. It is also advisable to rub your face with ice cubes.

  9. Keep some Apple slices on your face, leave it for 10 to 15 minutes, and then take it off. It will immerse the excess oil on your face and make it shine. Apart from cleansing you can also do toning and moisturizing to make you skin healthy and glowing.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Home Made Wax

Ingrédients:
4 cups of sugar
½ cup of Lemon juice
½ cup of water

Preparation:
1. Mix the sugar, water and lemon juice in a skillet or a sauce pan (From my experience it is always good to mix the ingredients before keeping it on flame)

2.Keep the container on a low flame after mixing.

3.Keep stirring the mixture until the sugar solution melts and you have a thick brown liquid. Normally it takes 10 to 15 minutes on low flame.

4.Let it cool slightly.
Your home made wax is ready.
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Glowing & Smooth Skin Tips


Home Remedies for Glowing & Smooth Skin :-

You can transform your dry skin into a super smooth, soft, supple, and glowing skin by using these home remedies.

1.Mash a banana with milk and apply on face and leave it for 20 minutes. Wash it with cold water to get a skin that will glow.

2.Apply honey on your face and neck for 20 minutes. Wash it with cold water. Your skin will glow and become soft and smooth.

3.Mix egg white with honey and apply on the face for 20 minutes. Wash it with cold water.

4.Make a paste of one teaspoon of walnut powder, honey and lemon juice. Scrub your face with this paste and leave it for 20 minutes. Wash it with cold water.

5.Rub a piece of papaya on your face and neck for 15 minutes.

6.Make a paste by mixing 2 tablespoon turmeric (haldi) powder in orange juice. Scrub it on your face and neck and leave it for 20 minutes. Wash it with cold water.

7.Make a paste by mixing mashed banana, honey, lemon juice and margarine. Apply on face for overnight. Smear on hands and feet, and wash off in the morning (wear gloves in hands and socks in feet).

8.Boil cabbage in water. Wash your face with this water.

9.Powder mango peels and mix 1 teaspoon milk powder and rub on face, neck, and hands. Wash it off after 15 minutes.

10.Mix one cup of sugar with 1 tablespoon fresh lemon / lime juice. While taking bath, lather your body and face heavily with a soft soap like Dove. Scrub the whole body and face with the sugar mixture on the lather.

11.After a shower apply vaseline over your entire body. Shower again after one hour. Repeat twice a month.

12.Mix corn (polenta) flour with egg white and apply on your face. When your face is dried completely in about 1/2 an hour, put your fingers in warm water and massage your face. Repeat daily for 10-15 days.

13.Soft and smooth hands for life:-Mix 3 teaspoons of baby oil and 2 teaspoons of sugar together. Rub your hands, feet or any part and leave it on for 10-15 minutes. Rince it off with warm water.


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Friday, September 11, 2009

Combination Skin Care

A simple morning skincare routine should include a cleanser, toner and moisturiser. This is to be done first thing in the morning and doesn't require a great effort. If you have specific skin complaints e.g. blemishes you may add products to combat these as required. After this you may then put on your make up.
In the evening before bed it is important you remove your make up before following a skincare routine. This will provide your skincare products with a clean face with which to work.
Follow your skincare routine as before, again adding products as required. Repeat daily.
Select your skincare products carefully. Many are designed specifically for combination skin and it is worth reading reviews and trying samples before committing yourself. Sales assistants working at beauty counters in department stores can advise you which products will work best for your skin type, they can also confirm your skin type if you are in doubt.
Once you have adopted a skincare routine, stick to it. Many products need time and may not work straight away. If you react to anything discontinue use immediately and seek advise.
Certain brands design make up with a specific skin type in mind so take care to select products for your type.


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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Oily Skin Care

The first basic rule for oily skin care is to keep it clean so as to kill acne-causing bacteria. It is essential to unclog the pores with exfoliation to prevent breakouts.
Washing your face with warm water and cleanser is preferable to using harsh soaps. Warm water helps in keeping the skin oil free.
Antibacterial cleansing lotions can also be used to keep the skin acne-free. Mild acne medications have a drying effect on oily skin.Choose cosmetics and facial care products with care.
Oily skin make up items must be water-based since oil-based cosmetics can aggravate the oiliness and create blemishes.
Clay masks and mud masks work well for oily skin. They remove the excess oil that is found in the skin. But do not excessively dry the upper layer of the skin with chemical products. Use of harsh products can leave the skin feeling taut and dehydrated.
This may be counterproductive since the skin will produce more oil to compensate the loss. This is a reaction called 'reactive seborrhea', where the oil glands work at a frenetic pace to compensate for the loss of natural oils.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Dry Skin Care

Wash your dry skin with mineral water and avoid using tap water. Do not use rough cloth or towel to clean your skin as it may irritate your skin. Instead of rubbing apply a spray or mineral water on your skin to clean. You can use plant sprayer for cleaning. Dry skin needs extra protection and you have to maintain moisture on your skin. Massage your skin with oil and moisture. This massage gives a soft and moist look, because moisturizer automatically increases the water content in your skin layer, to take bath use only soaps which contain gentle application of baby oil.

It is advisable that to use only homemade creams to massage your skin every night. Use liberal quantity of cream on surrounding of your eye area. Make a habit of pat on your whole body with virgin coconut oil, cocoa butter regularly after bath. You can prevent or treat your skin drying out by the following methods. Always take bath with Luke warm water instead of hot water. Do not spend more time for bathing. Apply moisturizer immediately after bathing and hand wash. Use always soft soaps. Choose proper ointments and cleansing creams.
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Friday, September 4, 2009

Skin Types


There are only three basic types of skin. They are Dry, Oily and Combination, and you may find that your skin also come under these types. Because every skin is mixture of these three types. Knowing your skin type can help you to care better.

Dry Skin:-

Dry Skin looks dry and tight, particularly when you wash your body with soap. Dry skin will not protect your skin from hot and cold weather by its roughness by nature. But Dry skin will not allow spots or acne on you skin comparing to oily skin. Maintaining a Dry skin is really difficult. Always use gentle and alcohol free makeup with rich and creamy cleanser. Maintain it wet always, including throat area and around your Eyes. It is advisable to use wet foundation in makeup. You need not apply powder on your skin. Clean your face with liquid cleansing bar. While using soap always use warm water.

Oily Skin:-

It is easy to identify the Oily skin because it will always shine. It has sebum to prevent drying out of your skin. Oily Skin easily magnetizes the dirt and dust comparing to Dry Skin, because it will always shine. It is better wash the dirt with warm water; because it will release the dirt from the skin and then you can clean you face by cold water. Always use non-greasy and light liquid cleanser to clean. The advantage of Oily Skin is you need not take any extra moisturizing care for it, because it is allredy having shine.

Combition Skin:-

This is the most common type of skin, because most of us have this type of skin. In this type of skin there are some areas such as nose, forehead and chins, which come under oily skin and the areas around your eyes and neck comes under dry skin. So it is very difficult to care your skin because you have to use separate products for both oil and dry skins and it is very expensive too. You have to use the cleanser which is suitable for both skins.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009