Holi Safety Tips 1.Never use synthetic colours as they often contain lead oxide, engine oil, diesel and other harmful chemicals which cause skin irritation and even blindness.can also lead to skin problems. 2. try to make your own natural colours: like take fresh henna leaves and dry them and powder them for the colour green.You can mix with a little besan Haldi mixed with gram flour gives a good yellow colour. Red sandalwood powder mixed with a little besan can be used for red colour. 3. Use herbal colours which are now easily available in the organic store or markets. 4 Apply liberally coconut oil in your hair before going out to play holi. Hair wash becomes easier and holi colours get washed off easily. 5.Wear cotton clothes that cover the maximum part of your body. Apply body cream or sunscreen cream on all exposed parts of the body.
Ayurvedic Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets Indian women mostly focus on their skin complexions, body shape and hair care. We love to make our hair smell good, keep our skin fair and build curves in our body.It is said that ancient Indian women were far more beautiful than they are today. * Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets : Many people think that being beautiful will make us happy but it is really the other way around. You will be beautiful when you are happy from the inside. Try to walk past a crowd of people with a frown on your face or a beautiful smile and you will notice the difference. * Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets : Use cold water as a toner. It closes the pores, improves blood circulation and cell stimulation. * Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets : If you are in a journey of losing weight, you might want to try adding spice in your diet e.g. chillies. But don't go overboard. Chillies speeds up your metabolism and believe it or not, even models add chillies in their diet to maintain their weight. * Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets : Ayurveda advises that do not put anything on your skin that you cannot eat. All their face masks are actually edible. Even if I use these natural stuff, I put make up on my skin like foundation. I wonder what it does to my skin :( I will try to use them less often now. * Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets : Ancient Indian women used Kajal (homemade natural eyeliner). It was made from castor oil, coconut oil, almond oil and black mustard seeds. This made your eyes brighter/whiter, it improved vision and stimulates the growth of eye lashes * Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets : The main ingredients used for hair care were Amla, Shikakai, Coconut Oil and Henna. There are actually thousands of herbs that were used for hair care but these are the main ones. And I always use coconut oil. I can swear by it. It really does help my hair grow really fast. * Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets : To tone and even out the skin complexion, make a paste of chick pea flour, turmeric and milk. Add the ingredients until it has consistency like any other face masks. Apply this paste all over your body and massage it in. Wash it out after 10-15 mins. * Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets : Another face mask for acne prone skin uses sandalwood and turmeric powder mixed with yoghurt. This mask has anti-septic properties. It makes your skin smooth, soft, acne-free and even toned. Mix the ingredients until your desired consistency forms and apply it. Wash it after 10-15 mins. * Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets : For acne prone skin, mix some onion juice and honey in equal ratio. Apply it as a face mask and wash it after 10-15 mins. * Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets : To get rid of wrinkles, mash up a few slices of banana and apply it as a face mask. This is recommended for mature, dry skin.
Simple Tips to Take Care of Your Skin 1. In summer we sit inside centrally air conditioned rooms, it snatches moisture from your skin. So spray glycerin rose water on your skin from time to time. You can also spray with make up on. 2. To keep your skin moisture throughout the day, before you apply cream spray rose water on your face. 3. If your skin is too dry, don’t use too much of soap to wash your face as soap snatches moisture from your skin, but do give your skin regular splashes of water. 4. Drink lots n lots of water. If your water intake is about 5-6 glasses of water then increase it up to 10-12 glasses of water in summer as water content gets reduce due to sweating. 5. Avoid going in the sun as much as you can, and when you are out in the sun make sure that you have applied sunscreen with SPF of 15 minimum. Use hats, caps, umbrella to protect yourself from sun. Wear full sleeve shirt if possible. 6. Cleanliness is important. Dust particles get stuck in the pores of the skin, so clean your face thoroughly before applying makeup. 7. In summer, there is more of oil secretion, so wash your face 3-4 times a day with cold water. 8. If you go for a walk, then first cool down and then splash cold water. 9. Apply ice packs on face, it reduces sweating to a larger extent. 10. Don't use scrubs daily it makes your skin dry. Homemade face packs with tomato and lemon takes out excess oil and black heads. If your skin is carrying pimples or rashes then don't use lemon. 11. Toning helps to tone and refresh the skin and help to add a finishing touch to the process of cleansing as it removes all cream and greasy residue. 12. Daily home care home made face packs prepared with yogurt, honey and egg is very effective on the dead cells
Indian Beauty Tips With Red Sandalwood Red sandalwood powder is an amazing product that can be applied to get even skin tone to your face. It can clear out mild scars on the skin. If you have different color patches then red sandal face pack and mask is a gift. It increases the beauty of your face. Combining coconut oil, almond oil and sandalwood powder makes a great toner. Apply the combination to all of the exposed parts on your face. The toner will keep your skin tone balanced. This combination can also remove an unwanted suntan. Make a paste to treat your pimples using red sandalwood powder, turmeric and water. As a night time treatment, apply the paste on to your pimples. Add a small piece of camphor to the formula for a cooling affect. Your pimples should fade away within a few hours. Wrinkles are one of the first signs of aging. A combination of red sandalwood powder, rosewater and glycerin can preserve skin features for a long period of time, but it only works if you use it consistently. Use red sandalwood for massage, reflexology and cosmetics. The cooling effect of red sandalwood calms the skin. If your skin suffers from uncomfortable irritated symptoms, use sandalwood oil to soothe them. To make your own red sandalwood oil, add red sandalwood powder to your favorite oil and let it sit overnight. Acne does not just appear on the face, but also on the back, neck, chest and upper arms. Acne can be a result of bacteria flourishing on the skin. The bacteria on your skin can cause irritation that leads to acne.
Aloe Vera Natural Face Cleanser 30ml (1 fl. oz.) aloe vera gel 50ml (1/5 cup) olive oil 30ml (1 fl. oz.) rosewater 4 drops rose essential oil 2 drops grapefruit seed extract Blend all the ingredients together in a food processor and decant into a small bottle. Ideally, keep in the fridge. Shake before use, as the ingredients may separate. Massage into your face and remove with either a muslin cloth or water.
Natural Beauty Tips for Teenagers Many teenage girls develop an interest in beauty tips that will enhance their overall style. From hair to makeup to skin care, teens want to do what they can to keep up with looks. * Teens often find themselves suffering from damaged hair due to excessive. olive oil can be used. If you have dry damaged hair then brush olive oil through your hair and then wrap your hair in towel. Wash oil out of your hair after one hour or so. Use a natural or organic shampoo to wash your hair. Olive oil can not only be used for treatment of damaged hair but it can also be used to make facial masks to prevent dry skin. * Most of the teenagers become worried when they see acne appearing on their face. honey can be used because it has anti-bacterial properties. Other things which can be used are peppermint as it has anti-inflammatory qualities. As a treatment of oily face. * This busy routine and lack of rest and sleep results in dark circles under their eyes. Teens can get rid of dark circles and eye puffiness by placing sliced and cold raw cucumbers on eyes to reduce swelling and dark circles. * The best and easiest way to do this is to use lemon juice for lightening hair color. Acid in lemon works in the same way as harsh chemicals do to bleach your hair. The method to do this is very simple. Before going into sun, wet your hair thoroughly with lemon juice.
Natural Dandruff Treatment Tips The problem of dandruff has become so huge that an entire category of hair care products have been launched for its treatment. The best however, are the natural remedies, as they are far more effective in treating and controlling this problem. * Much better to make this splendid formula with apple cider vinegar to balance the pH of your scalp, cornmeal to gently exfoliate the dry flakes, and an emollient to soothe and nourish your skin. * Mix a few drops of tea-tree oil with your shampoo and then wash your hair with it. Tea-tree is a natural antiseptic and so it helps a great deal in treating dandruff. * Neem juice is also an excellent way to clean the scalp and hair. Grind neem leaves in a food processer and extract the juice. Wash your hair and scalp with this juice. * Add two teaspoons of the soaked fenugreek paste to the Bengal gram paste and mix thoroughly. Apply this paste on the scalp and rinse thoroughly after 10 to 15 minutes. * Pour the grapeseed oil into a bowl, then add the cornmeal and vinegar. * Then, rinse the hair with warm water and apply the oil mixture on the scalp with the finger tips. Leave it for 30 minutes and then wash with a shampoo.
Dark Neck Home Remedies Many women nowadays, while washing their face never splash water on their neck along. What about moisturizing? Is moisturizing facial skin just enough? This low maintenance of the neckskin results in dark ugly patches, wrinkles and other blemishes. However, beautiful is your facial skin texture is a bad neck look would spoil your first impression by others. Let us check what can be done at home to protect and pamper the neck skin naturally. * Lemon Juice : Haven’t you ever heard about lemon having the natural bleaching properties? They can certainly help in fading the neck darkness quite naturally. Mix equal parts of lemon juice and rose water. Apply this serum on your dark neck skin and go to bed at night everyday. Do this daily for a month or so, to see visible lightening results. * Oats Scrub : Before starting any nourishment treatment, there is a need of removing the dead cells those have formed already due to improper maintenance. If you wouldn’t have taken care of your neck that much, it would have filled with more and more of waste accumulated dead cells by now. Let us scrub away them with a magical kitchen ingredient called ‘oats’. You have to simply grind oats coarsely and add a dash of tomato puree to it. Make sure not to grind oats as powder fine powder as it might loose the exfoliating properties. * Apply this mixture evenly on to your neck skin and leave it for about 20 minutes. After that, wet your finger tips and start scrubbing your neck gently; wash away with cold water and moisturizer.This process can be followed twice or thrice a week to achieve faster results in removing dead cells and dark patches from the neck. Tit bits to follow: * Take a resolution to wash your neck every time you wash your face * Never hide the facial moisturizer from your neck skin * Heat almond oil and massage your neck once in a month for better blood circulation and glow * Your neck skin needs sunscreen too, so never say no to sunscreen lotion and make your neck suffer. * Last but not the least; do not wear allergic metal ornaments or other street bought chains on your neck that causes neck darkening.
How To Clear Acne Naturally If you are not careful and do not take care of the acne at the right time and right age, they create havoc on your face, causing painful breakouts and scars, which become permanent. Yes I am talking about the scars from acne, if left untreated. * Make a paste of Neem powder made out of dried Neem leaves, and turmeric. Apply it on the acne prone areas of your face, after cleaning your face. * Make a paste of turmeric powder and cream. Apply the mixture on your face like a face pack. Leave it on your face for 30 minutes and wash it off. * Rub garlic on the affected region. Garlic possesses medicinal properties, which cures the acne, reduces their occurrence, and also clears the skin of blemishes. Be very careful before using garlic. Do not use it if the skin is very sensitive, or use on your hand, as an allergy test, before trying on the face. * Wash your face as much as you can with a mild soap or face wash, suitable to the type of your skin. Keep the face clean as much as possible. Oily skin is more prone to acne. * Have your meals three times a day, following a regular and fixed schedule, maintaining proper intervals between your meals. Remember to include leafy and green vegetables in your diet. * Avoid intake of junk and oily food. Keep yourself rehydrated by drinking plenty of water. Water removes the toxins from the body and keeps the skin clear. Add fruits in your diet.
Natural Homemade Beauty Tips for Face There are no beauty tips for face glow that will work without the individual being healthy in the first place. A good, balanced diet with plenty of nutrition and hydration is necessary to get the individual into good shape. Nourishment of the skin takes place from within which is why this is essential. Once this has been achieved, one can use some homemade beauty tips for face skin. * Experiment to find out what suits you: the richness of avocado makes a soothing facepack. * The use of milk has been popular for centuries when it comes to this aspect of skin care. A piece of cotton wool dabbed in milk can be rubbed across the face for a few minutes. The face can then be rinsed with cool water. * A slice of lemon helps lighten darker patches, but don't use this on dry or sensitive skin. * The same process can be applied using a cucumber. The cucumber slice can be rubbed across the face to act as a facial scrub. * Orange peel contains astringent oils and cleanse away excessive skin secretions and help to remove blemishes caused by blocked pores. * Any nourishing or rejuvenating facial treatment, such as an oil massage, should work upwards from below your collarbones - an area that is all too often neglected.
Special Beauty Tips For Girls There are various beauty tips for girls which should be followed meticulously. For that sexy appearance, follow the various beauty suggestions for girls and get the desired look. It is not that tough but you have to be a bit disciplined while following the beauty tips. * Keep the temperature of your room mild such that your skin doesn’t get too much dried. To have a mild effect on your skin, as you need to keep the room temperature moderate, go for humidifiers. * We all know that our skin needs a moisturizer. To hydrate our skin naturally, one can try to massage the skin with milk. This will also keep the fresh glow of the skin intact. * Always try to eat uncooked raw fruits and fresh vegetables. After cooking and heating the food, the fluorine is destroyed – whose deficiency can lead to scaly skin. Remember that the deficiency of sodium can cause a wrinkled skin. Nobody would want such a skin. * Make it a habit to drink minimum 8 glasses of water everyday. Also practice to take foods which are rich in Vitamin A and C. They help you a lot to look beautiful naturally. * To combat wrinkles on your skin, have lots of cucumber. It acts as a substitute for sodium deficiency. Not only rich in sodium, cucumber is also an enabler to keep your body cool provides a great relief during summers. * To maintain the shine on your skin, you can try to mix honey with water and drink it daily while you wake up from sleep. Your skin shall not only shine but also become smooth.
Tips for Rosy Lips Women and young girls have soft natural color and appearance of their lips for the very dignified. Your lips look brighter and soft lips you have some guidelines to follow. More time and money spent for care of lips, but you should be practicing the following tips, your lips cannot be more beautiful. * Take milk and cream. By boiling the milk and cream, you get this; you can leave it for half an hour. Receive off the fat layer on the outside of the milk and apply it for lip care. Glycerol and mixed with some cream on a homemade lip balm and apply this to your night and leave it on your lips smooth, bright and shiny to be. * Apply Pink Vaseline on your lips before sleeping to avoid the application, and low-quality lipsticks. Remain your lips moisturized with a few lip ointments. * Uses honey on your lips once daytime. It is improved to apply it previous to sleeping. * Coriander can be used on your lips more shiny and soft. On your lips twice a day gently rub a piece coriander. * To create your lips extra rosy and soft apply coriander. On your lips twice a day gently rub a piece coriander. * Do not sleep with makeup on your lips. * Apply branded lipsticks. * Improved to apply natural paint of lipsticks. * The most significant tips to get your food new and rosy lips the attention of schedule. Vitamin C and the right to food and sleeping on the lips is easy to use Vaseline.
6 Homemade Egg Face Packs And Masks Most of us are aware that Eggs act as an excellent hair pampering product however, they can prove miraculous in Improving our skin tone, Texturing and Minimizing fine lines and wrinkles too. All you have to do is to make some homemade face packs with eggs and pamper your skin. Here are 6 egg face masks that are completely homemade.Try them and see the results yourselves. * Egg Face Mask 1: Recipe with egg white Take Egg white and apply it directly on the cleansed face with a cotton ball. Let it dry for 10 – 15 minutes and rinse off with plain water. This helps in improving blood circulation and tightens skin. * Egg Face Pack 2: Recipe with egg yolk for dry skin Take Egg yolk and mix it with one teaspoon of honey. Mix them well and apply on cleansed face. Keep it on for 10- 15 minutes and wash off with plain water. This is very beneficial in providing moisture to dry skin. * Egg Face Pack 3: Recipe with egg white for acne Take some egg white and mix it well with some fuller’s earth (multani mitti). Keep mixing until you get equal consistency. Apply this on the face and let it dry for 15- 20 minutes. * Egg Face Pack 4: Recipe with milk, carrots and egg white Take some egg white and a small carrot with some milk. Grate the carrot finely and mix it well with the egg white and milk. Apply it and let it sit for 15- 20 minutes. This is a very beneficial anti aging mask for all skin types. * Egg Facial 5: Recipe with Gram flour and lemon for oily skin Take some gram flour and mix it well with egg white and add few drops of lemon in it. Apply it for 20 minutes and rinse after that with plain water. * Egg Face Pack 6: Recipe for Fine lines and Wrinkles Apply egg white and let it dry. Rinse after 10 minutes followed by an under eye cream or gel. Repeating this regularly can show great improvement.
Avocado Carrot Face Mask You all know the goodness of avocado and carrot. But it is also very good for your skin. The pulpy content of avocado nourishes your skin and makes it smooth and shiny. Carrot is with beta carotene and it can give an extra complexion to your skin. Ingredients for avocado carrot cream face mask Smashed avocado - 1 Boiled and smashed carrot- 1 Cooked oats - 5tsp. How to prepare avocado carrot cream face mask Take all the ingredients in mixer jar and make a paste. Add a little water if needed. The mask is ready to use. How to apply Wash your face with normal water. Then apply the mask all over the face and neck. Avoid the very near eye area. Wait for 20 min. and wash it of with cold water. This you can do daily for first few days then repeat it once in week. By doing so you can see a remarkable change for your skin complexion.
Skin Care for 50 Plus * Drink plenty of water, at least 8 glasses a day. * Use cold water to wash and bathe as the loss of moisture will be less compared to using hot water. Pat skin dry. * Ripe, mashed papaya fruit can be applied liberally and left on skin for 20 minutes. * Try not to expose yourself to direct sunlight between 10am-4pm. Protect your face, neck and arms with sunscreen lotion to avoid photo ageing and flaky skin. Try to wear a full-sleeved shirt and wear a scarf or a hat. Don’t forget to wear sunglasses as they will keep you from squinting in the glare of the sun. * The best time to moisturize your body is after a bath - while your skin is still moist. Apply sunscreen lotion, even when you are at home. * Exfoliate on a weekly basis as this will keep the skin clean from dead cells and a scaly look. * Include a lot of fiber in your diet as this will keep toxins away from your body. * Avoid use of heavy foundation and blush as these will lodge in fine lines and show up wrinkles and liver spots. * Massage the skin with castor oil, using circular motions, done regularly this will lighten the spots. * Use a colored lip-gloss instead of lipstick as this will keep your lips soft and will not high light wrinkles around the mouth area.
Natural Body Care Tips * Apply mixture of egg white and honey to remove skin tanning. * Honey, lemon and vegetable oil is a good moisturizer fro dry skin. * Cucumber juice with milk acts as a very good cleanser. * Peel and grate a cucumber. Squeeze the juice to this, mix half-a-teaspoon glycerin and half-a-teaspoon rose water. Apply this on sunburns, leave it for some time. * If you have cracked heels, melt paraffin wax; mix it with little mustard oil and apply on the affected area. Leave it overnight. After 10 or 15 days, your heels will become smooth. * Massage your body with a mixture of coconut oil and any of your favourite scented oils like lavender or rosemary. * For rough palms, use a mixture of glycerin and limejuice in equal proportion. * For cracked heals, massage the foot with coconut oil and keep the foot in warm water for some time. Wipe the water off the feet and apply a mixture of hibiscus flower(10), Henna (1 handful) and juice of half a lemon. when dry wash it off. * Remove scars on your hands and feet by rubbing them with lemon peel.
Summer Beauty Tips For Girls Bright sunny summer days and warm winds cause great damage to the skin. In this season we also have to face the stickiness of sweat. beauty routine that is fast, easy, and uses for this beauty tips in this summer. * Applying the cubes on the face will keep your skin fresh and shinny. * Bath at least twice a day with cold water. * Washing your face 3-4 times a day will soothe you. * Use sunscreen or sun block cream, lotion before going out in the sun. * Wear clean and washed cotton cloths. * Do not use scrubs daily it makes your skin dry. Homemade face packs with tomato and lemon take out excess oil and black heads. If your skin is carrying pimples or rashes then do not use lemon. * Avoid bleaching your skin in summer. Bleach may make your skin dark. * If you go for a walk, then first cool down and then splash cold water. * Take juice of cucumber, orange or sweet lime and put it in the ice tray in the refrigerator allow it to freeze.
Fairness Tips Home Remedies How to get fair skin naturally at home by home remedies. All want to have a fair face, but only few are blessed to have a really fair complexion. But, do not let worry dominate your mindscape. You do not have to splurge a lot of money in the beauty parlours to get fairer skin or buy expensive fairness cream. * Scrub a half of lemon on your face daily to lighten your skin tone. Lemon is an excellent bleaching agent, and it is very helpful in ironing out the blemishes of the face. Try this home remedy for getting fair skin at home. * Squeeze a juice of potato in a bowl, and apply this on your skin to bleach your face. Your skin's will get fair gradually after using this home remedy . * Use tomato mashed tomato pulp on your skin to give a pinkish glow to your skin. Tomato is very good for giving you fair skin tone . Home remedy of tomato also absorbs excess oil of your face to treat open pores of your face. * Take half teaspoon of honey with a pinch of cinnamon; apply on your face to get fair skin at home. * Apply coconut water to get fair and flawless skin at home . This home remedy is helpful in lightening the scar of chicken pox also. * Apply cucumber juice with lemon juice to lighten your skin. This home remedy is very useful for making oily skin fair. * Apply plain curd on your skin to get fair and soft skin. Curd is a good source of zinc and lactic acid, both aid in lightening the skin tone.Curd is an excellent home remedy for getting fair skin. * Mix 1 spoon of milk powder, 1 spoon of lemon juice and 1 spoon of almond oil. Apply this concoction on your skin; leave it on for 15 minutes before washing off. This is an effective skin lightening mask. This home remedy gives excellent results in getting fair skin at home.