Monday, 23 May 2011

Treatment For Pimple, Acne, Moles, Dark Circles


Beauty tips:
Grate raw coconut and squeeze milk out of it. Apply this milk over your lips and face. It adds grace and glow to your skin.
Cleansing the skin:
Dip a piece of cotton wool in un boiled milk and wipe on the face with it. It also cleans unseen dirt and goes down to pores.
Skin Moisturizer:
For normal skin mix 1 tablespoon orange juice and 1 tablespoon lemon juice in a cup of yogurt, to make a paste. Apply it on face as a mask and keep it on for 15 minutes. Then clean it off with a wet tissue. This mask enhances the complexion and glow of face.
Nourishing the skin A protein mask help to nourish your skin. Soak a teaspoon of urad dal and 5-6 almonds overnight. Grind this to a fine paste apply this protein mask on face and wash it off after half an hour. This mask nourishes the facial skin and also enhances the complexion.
Treatment for Pimple, acne, moles, dark circles:
Balance your doshas by adopting the modified diet and life styles. Take rejuvenating herbal drinks.
Apply a face pack containing
masoora, kushta, kaaliyaka etc later
Following this procedure for seven days makes your face pimple, acne and dark circle free.
Preventing wrinkles:
Application of pure castor oil prevents wrinkles and softens the skin. This slows down the aging process also.
Homemade Conditioner:
Mix one table spoon of honey and 2 table spoon of cream. Apply this mixture on face and wash it off after few minutes. It works wonders.
Removing Skin pigmentation and marks:
Rubbing a raw potato on face removes marks and pigments.
Sun-screen Lotion from kitchen:
Prepare a homogenious mixture of cucumber juice, glycerin and rose water .Apply this mixture on face. This mixture can be refrigerated.
Face Packs:
Silk Cotton tree thorn paste ( For Pimples)
Ingredients:
Big thorns of Silk cotton tree.
Milk
Method of Preparation:
Rub thorns briskly and circularly on a grinding stone (Available in Indian stores or temples) sprinkling milk at intervals. The paste start accumulating on grinding stone as the process continues. Collect the paste so formed and apply it as a face pack. This removes pimples and their marks.
Split Orange lentils (Masoor dal) Flour pack (Gives glow to Skin)
Ingredients:
Split orange lentils (Masoor dal)
Milk
Ghee
Method of Preparation:
Prepare a paste by mixing the flour with ghee and milk .Apply this as face pack. This enhances the glow of skin.

Homemade Sugar Body Scrub Recipe


You choose the natural ingredients to exfoliate

Make your own body polish! Choose your favorite fragrances, control the granularity of the scrub, avoid ingredients that you may be allergic to, and create a big potful of body polish with about $10 worth of ingredients. Or you can make a cupful for under a dollar and decide if you like the recipe. It's a breeze: you'll need a spoon, a bowl, and a container for storage.


Raw Sugar, Turbinado
Raw sugar (Turbinado) isn't as harsh as other natural exfoliates.
Using Sugar as the Exfoliating Ingredient
Try it sweet. Sugar isn't as harsh as ground nut shells: it melts fast when it hits moisture, so if your skin is delicate, you're probably not going to over-scrub it. The other benefit is the fact that sugar, unlike pumice, ground shells and other insoluble ingredients, will melt instead of sticking in your bathtub drains. Here's what you need to make a large batch:


Homemade Sugar Body Scrub Recipe

  • 8 Cups turbinado (raw sugar) or light brown sugar
  • 1 ½ to 2 Cups avocado, untoasted sesame oil or jojoba oil
  • ½ to 1 Cup apricot or peach kernel oil
  • essential oil (we used ginger and vanilla)
  • honey for smoothing the texture 

Try Using Different Sugars for Different Skin Smoothing Results

If you use turbinado (raw sugar), you will probably want more oil because turbinado has a coarser texture than light brown sugar. Turbinado, being a specialty ingredient, also costs a lot more than brown sugar. You can use either form of sugar, just make sure that with the brown sugar, you're keeping a careful eye on the liquid ingredients so your scrub doesn't dissolve into a thin paste. Use honey only if you find your scrub is too dry, or just increase the amount of oil you use instead.


Sugar Scrub Mixing Instructions

Mix oils into the sugar slowly, stirring to keep the consistency smooth, and stop when you can form the mixture into a slightly wet ball without it dripping through your fingers. Add the essential oils last: they are for fragrance, not moisture, and you'll only need a few drops—maybe eight—to get the aroma strong enough. Never use "fragrance oils"—they are chemical fakes that have never been near a plant and can cause irritation or even allergic symptoms. Instead, make sure to use essential oils, which are the true plant oils expressed by pressing or by steam distillation from the actual plants. Before choosing an essential oil, make sure that it is considered to be good for the skin—some essential oils are irritants and are meant for other purposes. Some skin friendly oils include rose, rosemary, lemon, mandarin, lavender and chamomile.


Kosher Salt
Kosher salt (above) is coarser than table salt.

Using Salt to Exfoliate Your Skin

Salt recipe. In this body scrub, you can substitute 8 cups of coarse or kosher salt for the sugar in the recipe above. The nice thing about do it yourself scrubs is that you can then vary the ingredients to make your own favorite scents. Instead of essential oils, you may decide to add cocoa or coffee for a chocolate or mocha body scrub. Add vanilla; your scrub will smell fantastic. Here's how:


Homemade Salt Scrub Recipe

  • 8 Cups coarse pickling or Kosher salt.
  • 2 Cups avocado, untoasted sesame oil or jojoba oil
  • 1 Cup apricot or peach kernel oil
  • 1 Cup unsweetened cocoa or ¼ Cup freeze dried coffee crystals
  • 2 Tablespoons vanilla extract
    honey for smoothing the texture

When you make your own scrubs, you can afford to use the best ingredients. Add a handful of ground dried white tea leaves to your body scrub and follow it up with natural cucumber extract for a soothing, summery fragrance. With some practice, you'll understand how to make practically any scrub you want. And they make terrific gifts: buy some pretty jars and labels and package your own recipes for your friends!

5 Tips to Increase Your Hair Volume


5 Tips to Increase Your Hair Volume
Most women would love to have more volume in their hair. In fact, women spend thousands of dollars each year on product after product, with the hopes they increase the volume of their hair. With brands like Loreal and Paul Mitchell selling shampoos, mousse, conditioners and more, for ladies to use if they want more hair volume, there are many tools out there you can turn to. If you want to know how to get more body to your hair, use these five beauty tips!

Don’t Wash!
While it may sound disgusting for you not to wash your hair everyday, celebrity stylists recommend you not wash your hair on days you want mega volume. Hair that’s freshly washed often falls limp, especially if its medium to long. If you have no choice but to wash your hair, at least use volume-specific shampoo and conditioner.

Use Products! 
If you need more volume in a pinch, you can get what you want with volumizing mousse or spray. Just add it to damp hair and work the product throughout your hair with your fingers, before combing. This works with hair of all lengths, from short to long, from thin to thick!

Blow Dry Upside Down!
Although this is an old trick, it’s a good one. To get the most volume out of your blow drying session, flip your head upside down and blow dry your hair. While you’re drying, use your fingers to massage your scalp, lifting your roots as you dry it. If your hair is curly, simply scrunch your hair while you’re drying it. If your hair is short, work some gel in before doing this. If you want to wear your hair straight, finish the drying process by flipping your head back up and using a large round brush.

Use Velcro Curlers!
Directly after you’ve dried your hair, brush it out and use jumbo Velcro curlers as part of your styling technique. You can find these at any beauty store and many general merchandise stores. You simply roll large sections of hair onto the rollers and their soft Velcro allows them to stay in your hair. This works best if you have straight hair but it can also be wonderful for wavy hair. Give your hair a quick burst of warm air with your hair dryer and then let them cool while you do your makeup or get dressed. When you take them out, you’ll love the extra bounce! Just be careful if your hair is super long, as the curlers can get stuck in your long locks quite easily.

Pick Your Part Right!
If you want to give your hair a full look, be sure you style your hair against your natural part. If your hair is thin, this can be an easy way to always ensure your hair looks full and flirty. This will create an instant thick look!


Having high volume hair is extremely sexy, which is why most women crave it. To get full locks, Hollywood beauties often turn to hair extensions. However, everyday gals can’t afford expensive extensions or carve out the needed time to maintain them. They can be beautiful, but they are for high maintenance chicks only. Instead, you can use these five beauty tips to help you get more volume to your hair, everyday!