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Tips for Beautiful Healthy Nails

Tips for Beautiful Healthy Nails   • If your nails are too brittle and dry, you should increase the consumption of food that items rich in vitamin A (such as apricots, broccoli, carrot and cheese) and calcium (such as milk, yoghurt, cheese and almonds). • Stay away from artificial nails as much as possible. Apart from destroying the underlying nail with their chemicals and glue, they might also lead to fungal infection of the fingernails. • If you are suffering from the problem of hangnails, it is advisable to eat food rich in protein, vitamin C and folic acid. • Whenever you are indulging in any kind of housework, be it doing the dishes or scrubbing the bathroom, make sure to wear hand gloves. This will prevent unnecessary chipping and save your nails from the harsh cleaners as well. • Every night, before you go off to sleep, wash your hands thoroughly, wipe them dry with a towel and apply a hand moisturizer. Thereafter, rub a small amount of petroleum jelly into the cuticle as well as the skin surrounding your nails. • Carrot juice is rich in calcium and phosphorus and helps strengthen your nails. So, try to consume as much fresh carrot juice as is possible for you. • Drink plenty of water and fresh fruit juices. It will help keep your body, and in turn your nails, well hydrated. • Never ever use an acetone-based or formaldehyde-based nail-polish remover. Rather, stick to a remover that has acetate in it. • Do not file you nails just after you have had a shower or have washed your hands. This is because wet nails tend to break easily. • While filing your nails, make sure to go in one direction only. Do not move the filer in a back-and-forth motion, as it makes your nails brittle. • If you want to keep your nails strong and shiny, resort to nail buffing. It augments the blood supply to the nail, in turn stimulating its growth. • Ensure that half of your diet is made up of fresh fruits and raw vegetables. This will supple your nails with the required vitamins, minerals and enzymes. • Supplementing your diet with spirulina and kelp will help make your nails strong and healthy. • Deficiency of vitamin B 12 can lead to dryness, rounded and curved ends and darkening of nails. So, make sure to include enough of the vitamin in your diet.

Foot Care Tips

Foot Care Tips   A lot is riding on your feet, so take care of them. Just imagine if they got injured and became too sore for you to walk! A little foot love every day can go a long way. And daily foot care is simple with our foolproof tips. Here’s how to care for your feet every day: Keep them clean. Wash and dry feet in the tub or shower. Clean between your toes. Use an antibacterial soap and a nail brush to scrub away dirt and grime. Don’t drip-dry. Dry feet thoroughly and carefully with a clean towel. This will help prevent athlete’s foot, a fungus that causes itchy, red, flaking skin between and around the toes. Slough off the dead skin. Smooth rough soles and the edges of your feet every day with a pumice stone. This removes the dead skin on your feet and helps prevent the skin from splitting, infection, and the buildup of calluses. Moisturize your feet every day with an unscented lotion. The skin on your feet is not naturally moist and needs the extra nutrients from a good quality lotion. Give ’em a rubdown. Massage your feet every day as you moisturize to soothe sore, aching muscles and improve blood flow. Enjoy fragrant aromatherapy oils such as peppermint or chamomile. Go round and round. Stretch your feet every morning by rotating your ankles in a circular motion, pointing and flexing your toes, and standing on your tiptoes to strengthen bones, tendons, and muscles. Soak it up. Immerse your feet in a quick daily footbath. Fill with marbles and move feet gently on top of the marbles to stimulate the nerve endings. Give yourself a pedicure. File your toenails so they’re smooth. File them straight across using an emery board, not a metal file. Avoid filing them too short or pulling on loose edges. Match the shape of your nail to the shape of your toe. This helps avoid splitting, ingrown toenails, fungus, and soreness. Push back the cuticles with a clean orangewood stick, and trim the excess if necessary. Wear the right shoes. Wear comfortable shoes every day. Painful feet mean problem feet. Wear the right shoes for the right climate. Protect your feet in the rain and snow with proper waterproof footwear. If you walk or run for exercise, invest in top quality sneakers. In the summer, wear sandals so your feet can breathe. And don’t walk barefoot outside, as this can cause injury to your feet. Walk it off. Walking stimulates the circulation to your feet and keeps them healthy and strong. Use good sock sense. Avoid nylon socks and pantyhose and opt for more breathable cotton socks instead, if possible. Keep an eye out. Examine feet for sores, infections, rashes, swelling, blemishes, or corns, and treat them promptly. It only takes a little time each day to treat your feet well, and these tips can keep them healthy and beautiful all year long.

Pregnancy Related Skin Problems and Their Natural Remedies

Pregnancy Related Skin Problems and Their Natural Remedies During pregnancy the body goes through a lot of changes, especially the condition of skin, hair, and nails may worsen.Many women experience dark patches on their face. Dark patches appear on cheek bones, near the nose area and the upper lip region of the face. Most of these patchy marks disappear few months after pregnancy. You need to give your body time to settle down with the new changes, after you have delivered your baby, before your skin issues get solved. * Drink water as much as you can. The blood flow is very fast during the pregnancy period. Water will help in mechanisms of the body organs. * Coconut water is your god father. Start consuming coconut water from the day you know you are pregnant. Coconut water contains nutrients which help to cool your body. Also it has nutrients which are high in anti- ageing effect. Coconut water also helps in preventing the occurrence of the acne as it is cool fluid. Coconut water also makes the womb strong. * Exercise every day. Just because you are pregnant doesn’t mean you become lazy. Exercising releases sweat. This is essential for you. * Chemical masks or creams may get absorbed in your blood stream, a happening which may not help your baby. Go Natural. Apply Neem paste on the dark patches of the face to reduce their visibility. * Cut down on the spicy food as much as you can. Spicy food adds to frequent acne occurrence and may also cause acidity.

Cucumber Beauty Benefits For Eyes

Cucumber Beauty Benefits For Eyes • Cucumber for puffy eyes: This is perhaps one of the best known beauty applications of cucumbers. Since cucumbers contain ascorbic acid in huge quantities, it prevents retention of water. Just place slices of cucumbers on your eyes and leave it for about fifteen minutes. The puffiness would be gone. • Cucumber for tired eyes and dark circles: If you are unhappy with the expensive serums that promise to remove dark circles, try using cucumbers. The silica and anti-oxidants that cucumber has helps in lightening dark circles and rejuvenating dull and tired eyes. You can also use potato juice in equal quantities with cucumber juice to do away with dark circles faster. 1. Cucumber beauty benefits for skin: • Cucumber for skin problems: The cooling properties of cucumbers help to soothe inflammations and treat rashes. Place thin cucumber slices on affected area to treat irritated skin conditions. In no time, you would feel better. • Cucumber for treating pimples: Cucumber is known to work wonders on pimples as well as blackheads. Apply cucumber juice on skin and let it dry. Wash off with plain water. The astringent properties would help to reduce pimples and acnes. Your skin would be smooth and soft naturally. • Cucumber for treating sunburn: Cucumber is a natural coolant, excellent for treating sunburns. It reduces pain and helps to heal the skin thus damaged. Apply cucumber juice directly on skin or place slices on the affected areas to get the best results. • Cucumber for cleansing: It is a deep pore cleanser which gives you bright skin when used daily. The water content of cucumbers helps to clean the pores gently and offer you healthy skin. Cucumber as anti-aging remedy: Cucumber contains 90% water and thus, helps to keep your skin hydrated. Cucumber seeds are rich in vitamin E and potassium. The seeds help in reducing fine lines, spots and other signs of aging. Cucumber Face Packs Cucumbers offer multiple benefits when used in face packs. Grated cucumber or cucumber juice can be used as a key component in facial masks to treat wrinkles, spots, blemishes, pimples and fine lines. Cucumber is also suitable for sensitive skin. • Cucumber-Egg white pack: Blend a few cucumber pieces in a blender and form a smooth paste. The paste needs to be strained so that the juice is separated from the residue. Now mix the juice with an egg white and a spoon of lemon juice. Leave it on for about twenty minutes and rinse with cold water • Cucumber- Oates pack: Make a paste by blending cucumber slices. Add some honey and yoghurt. Add half-a-cup of oats. Put it in the refrigerator and apply the pack when it is cold. Wait till it is dry and rinse with clean water. If you have a dry skin, you can use milk instead of yoghurt. • Cucumber-Almond face pack: Mix a spoon of grated cucumber with half-a-spoon of almond powder, a spoon of cold milk and honey. Apply it on your face and keep for twenty minutes. Wash off this nourishing face mask with lukewarm water. • Cucumber-milk pack: Mix equal quantities of cucumber juice with milk and apply it on your face to tighten the skin pores. • Cucumber-lemon pack: Mix cucumber juice and lemon juice in equal quantities and apply the concoction on your face. Keep for about fifteen minutes and rinse with water. This pack helps to lighten your complexion.

ఎల్లప్పుడు ముఖం అందంగా ఉండాలంటే

ఎల్లప్పుడు ముఖం అందంగా ఉండాలంటే ఎప్పటికప్పుడు మారిపోయే వాతావరణంలో వచ్చే మార్పుల వల్ల ఆడవాళ్ళూ తమ అందాన్ని కాపాడుకోవడానికి ఎన్నో విధాల ప్రయత్నం చేస్తారని అందరికి తెలుసు ! ఆ అందం చూసేవాళ్ళకి ఎలా తెలుస్తుందని ఎవరైనా అడిగితే వెంటనే మనం ముఖం ద్వారా అని టక్కున చెప్పేస్తాం ! మరి ఆ ముఖం ఎల్లప్పుడు ఏ కాలమైన అందంగా ఉండాలన్నా, నలుగురిలో అందంగా కనబడలన్నా మనం ఎప్పటికప్పుడు కొన్ని చిట్కాలు ఉపయోగించడం మంచిది కదా ! అందుకే అందమైనా ముఖం కోసం కొన్ని చిట్కాలు.   * నీళ్ళు ఎక్కువగా తాగుతుండాలి. అలా నీళ్ళు ఎక్కువగా తాగడం వల్ల ముఖం ఎప్పటికప్పుడు తాజాగా మెరుస్తూ మచ్చలు రాకుండా ఉంటాయి.   * నిమ్మకాయ రసాన్ని ముఖానికి రాసుకొని ఇరవై నిమిషాల తరువాత బాగా రుద్ది కడుక్కోవాలి. అలా చేయడం వల్ల ఎప్పటికప్పుడు ముఖం తాజాగా శుభ్రంగా ఉంటుంది.   * పావుకప్పు పాలలో రెండు చెంచాల నిమ్మరసం కలిపి ప్రతిరోజూ ముఖానికి రాసుకోవాలి.   * ఒక ఐదు బాదం పప్పులు రాత్రిపూట బాగా నానబెట్టి ఉదయాన్నే వాటిని పేస్టులా చేసుకొని ముఖానికి రాసుకుంటే ముఖం తాజాగా శుభ్రంగా అందంగా ఉంటుంది.   * టమాటా పేస్ట్ ముఖానికి రాసుకొని పదిహేను నిమిషాల తరువాత చల్లని నీటితో కడుక్కోవాలి.అలా చేయడం వల్ల మీ ముఖం ప్రకాశవంతంగా మెరుస్తూ ఉంటుంది.

ఎండాకాలంలో మృదువైన పెదాలకోసం

ఎండాకాలంలో మృదువైన పెదాలకోసం ఎండాకాలం వచ్చిందంటే చాలు ! అందాన్ని కాపాడుకోవడం ఆడవాళ్ళకి చాలా కష్టంతో కూడుకున్న పని అని చాలామంది ఆడవాళ్ళు బాధపడుతుంటారు. బాధపడకండి ! తెలికైనా చిట్కాలు ఉపయోగిస్తూ ఏ కాలమైన ఆడవాళ్ళు తమ అందాన్ని కాపాడుకోవచ్చు. మొహంలో సున్నితభాగాలైన పెదాలు, కళ్ల విషయంలో కాస్త ఎక్కువ శ్రద్ధ చూపల్సి ఉంటుంది కాబట్టి ఈ రోజు మనం పెదాలను ఎలా కాపాడుకోవాలో, ఎలా మృదువుగా వుంచుకోవాలో వాటికీ సంబంధించిన కొన్ని చిట్కాలు తెలుసుకుందాం ! * ఎప్పుడూ పెదాలను పొడిగా వదిలేయకుండా, నాణ్యత కలిగిన లిప్ లోషన్ తీసుకుని తరచూ పెదాలకు అప్లై చేయాలి. * పెదాలు ఆరోగ్యంగా ఉండటానికి బి విటమిన్ ఉపయోగపడుతుంది. వివిధ రూపాల్లో బి విటమిన్ తీసుకోవడం వల్ల పెదాలు చిట్లకుండా ఆరోగ్యంగా, అందంగా ఉంటాయి. * నీళ్ళు వీలనన్ని ఎక్కువగా తాగాలి. అలా తాగడం వల్ల శరీరంతో పాటు పెదాలు కూడా పొడిబారకుండా ఉంటాయి. * పెదాలలో నూనెక్షిగంధులు లేకపోవడం వల్ల తొందరగా చిట్లిపోవడం, పొడిబారడం జరుగుతుంది. తేమగా ఉండటానికి కావాల్సినంత మాయిశ్చరైజర్‌ను పెదాలకు ఆరకుండా రాస్తూ ఉండాలి. * ప్రతిరోజూ పడుకునేముందు లిప్‌స్టిక్‌ను తప్పనిసరిగా తీసేయాలి. వెన్నతో పెదాలను మృదువుగా మసాజ్ చేయాలి.

Tips for Beautiful Skin

Tips for Beautiful Skin Wear sunscreen every day: Grandma was certainly right about the SPF. Wearing sunscreen daily can help protect skin against cancer and visible signs of aging. Stick with a lotion labeled ‘broad spectrum’ and that has an SPF of 30 at the minimum. Remove your make-up every night: Ten points to Gran! Removing make-up every evening before bed is a healthy practice, as makeup contains chemicals and collects dirt and impurities throughout the day  all of which can be detrimental to your skin. If you forget a few times a month this shouldn’t have a major impact on the health of your skin. Don’t overpluck your eyebrows: Grandma knows what’s up when it comes to your brows. Overplucking, just like overwaxing, eventually causes microscopic scarring at the roots of follicles, and over time, repeatedly plucked hairs may cause damage in the follicle that it will seal off and a scar will form, preventing a new hair from being able to grow. Drink lots of water: Staying hydrated is always a good idea and will help you maintain a healthy fluid balance in the body which is important for every aspect of health, including hair and skin. Wash your face twice a day: A standard that many follow, it isn’t necessarily the right move for everyone. If you don’t go heavy on make-up or aren’t prone to oily skin, once-a-day wash is fine too. Facial cleansing should be gentle, and should not include  overly aggressive scrubbing or exfoliation on a regular basis. This can be counterproductive, causing overdrying and irritation, which can lead to the skin overproducing oil to compensate and in an attempt to rehydrate and  protect itself.

Sandalwood Beauty Tips

Sandalwood Beauty Tips The white sandal is used for make-up and skin care. The red sandal has been widely acclaimed for its medicinal values and skin care abilities. * Sandalwood Beauty Tips : Mix 5 tablespoons of coconut oil with 2 teaspoons of almond oil. Add 4 teaspoons of sandalwood powder and apply the mixture to the overexposed areas. This sandalwood tone oil will keep your skin complexion even. It will also remove the suntan and will stimulate a fairer complexion. * Sandalwood Beauty Tips : Sandalwood powder combined with rosewater can be used as a mask to treat acne. Combine 2 teaspoons of sandalwood with enough rosewater to make a spreadable mixture. Spread it evenly on your face and leave it on for 20 to 30 minutes. This is also a pleasantly cooling treatment for acne on the chest and back. * Sandalwood Beauty Tips : Sandalwood is an ancient Indian Ayurvedic remedy for many skin complaints and conditions. It is also known to cleanse and condition the skin, leaving it moisturized, free of germs and protected from the harmful rays of the sun. Application of the sandalwood paste on your body ensure a glowing skin to you. * Sandalwood Beauty Tips : Make a paste to treat pimples with 1 teaspoon of sandalwood powder with 1 teaspoon of turmeric. Add one teaspoon of water to make the paste, and apply to pimples before bed as a nighttime treatment. Add a small piece of camphor to the recipe for an added cooling effect. Your pimples will vanish without a scar within a very short period. * Sandalwood Beauty Tips : Sandalwood oil can be used for massage and as a moisturizer. Sandalwood's cooling effect soothes the skin. If your skin suffers from hot and itchy symptoms, try sandalwood oil to cool them off. To make your own, add sandalwood powder to your favorite oil and let it sit overnight before use.

Ayurvedic Ancient Indian Beauty Secrets

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

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

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.

Dark Neck Home Remedies

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.