Herbal Cleansing cream
Ingredients:
5 teaspoons fresh coconut oil
5 teaspoons olive oil
2 teaspoons glycerine
4 teaspoons beeswax
5 tablespoons cucumber juice
A pinch of borax
Method:
Melt the oils and wax by the double boiling method. Warm cucumber juice, glycerine and borax in a separate bowl until borax is dissolved. Add the cucumber juice, borax and glycerine mixture to the oil and whisk the mixture till it thickens. Cool. Store excess in your fridge.
You have already set your heart for the big day, visualizing yourself as a radiant bride, all aglow in glittering finery. You are excited and you have taken up the challenge to look your best by plunging headlong into the preparations with full zest and enthusiasm - pampering yourself and your skin with all sorts of beauty aids. Ideally you should be working at it at least a month before. If you are doing just that and following all the skin care rituals mentioned in the post Skin care for the bride meticulously, then you have made the right start.
Special Body mask for the bride
Ingredients:
1 tbsp dried and sieved lemon peel
1 tbsp dried and sieved orange peel
2 tbsp ground almond
4 tbsp wheat germ flour
1 tbsp thymes
2 tbsp rose water
A few drops of jasmine oil
A pinch of salt
Method:
Massage well into your body with circular and gentle movements. Leave on for 20 minute and then take a bath.
Hypertension or high blood pressure is often referred to as the silent killer, because there are usually no symptoms until blood pressure reaches dangerous levels. Recent statistics reveal that at least 10 crore people in
Dr. Chapman says: "Most cases of hypertension are gradual -- you don't shoot up into a high blood pressure range overnight. That's why we urge people -- especially those at risk -- to have their blood pressure checked frequently." High blood pressure can be caused by a number of factors. It runs in families, and can be caused by lack of exercise, smoking or a poor diet. Recent studies have pinpointed stress, coffee, and salt as triggers for high blood pressure.
So those of you who have been diagnosed with this disease, along with your daily dose of prescribed medicine, amend your current sedentary lifestyle. Don’t seek refuge under excuses like lack of time. Do manage to squeeze in a few hours for yourself in your hectic jam-packed work schedule. Health should be your first priority and your primary concern. After all, if health is lost, all is lost. (with appropriate changes in the original proverb.)
Pranayamas (especially, Kapalabhati and Anulom-vilom) along with regular exercise, like yoga or even brisk walking will show marked improvement in your condition. All this coupled with other positive change in your erratic lifestyle and food habits will pave the way for lowering your blood pressure. Recent studies have confirmed this.
Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure and boost overall fitness, suggests a small new study. To stave off ill health, adults are currently recommended to indulge in 30 minutes of moderately strenuous exercise on at least five days of the week.
Couch potatoes and procrastinators, especially, pay heed to this piece of advice and work to get rid of your abhorrent habits.
When we consider the chronic and considerable insults that are heaped on our bodies, it’s a wonder our youthful looks last as long as they do. Forget about the part played by factors like heredity, sun, gravity, stress and time on our skin, plain lethargy or lackadaisical attitude towards skin care on our part also hastens its ageing. Since women’s skin ages more rapidly than men’s, they have to be splurge more in maintaining their beauty and youthfulness.
But not all women relish the idea of dolling up or fussing and pampering their skin and body. If you come under the category of such persons who even forget to remove their make-up before retiring to bed then most certainly you don’t care for the nightly skin care rituals. Facials, pedicure, manicure, hair care, smearing pastes and masks on your face – you simply find all these things highly despicable. You just don’t seem to have the precious time or inclination for indulging in such frivolities, as you call it.
Casting off your indolence for a while, try your hand at this rich bath oil.
Ingredients:
¼ th cup olive oil
1 tablespoon shampoo
1 cup of vegetable oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Method:
In the morning you are as fresh as a daisy, but towards dusk you always end up with a tired look and a dull, sallow complexion. No, you are not sick or fatigued. The culprits are your own dead cells sticking on to your skin virtually giving you a tired, haggard look. Yes, you might feel a twinge of envy by looking at some others (No, they don’t touch up their face frequently.) who continue to look fresh and gleaming even towards the end of the day. It’s just that your dead cells are more stubborn in shedding off than theirs or maybe your skin is too greasy. But that’s the way it is. Instead of brooding or cribbing over their good fortune, it’s better to spend that time in resolving your own problem. And the solution lies in sloughing off those obstinate dead cells by exfoliating your skin more often to give way to new cells.
Ingredients:
2 tsp aloe vera gel
2 drops of tea tree oil
2 drops of juniper berry oil
1 drop of orange oil
Method
Mix all ingredients to make a smooth paste and apply it over your face and neck using circular motion.
Wheat germ complexion scrub
Ingredients:
Oatmeal powder – 1 tablespoon
Wheat germ powder – 1 tablespoon
Skimmed milk powder – 1 tablespoon
Sandalwood powder – 1 teaspoon
Method:
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If you don’t want to chemically treat your hair to get those curls, there’s an easy way out.
All you have to do is to lightly spritz your hair with salt water and let it dry. When it’s dry, your hair will take on interesting shapes to give a natural wavy look. Then you should scrunch your hair a bit. And, voila, you can go around sporting natural curls. When I first heard of this little trick I was a bit skeptical, but, nevertheless, decided to give it a try. And, yes my straight hair now has interesting twists and bends. At least for the next couple of days, until it’s time for the next wash.
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More than any other type, it is dry hair that needs a thorough conditioning after shampooing. You just can’t afford to skip conditioning and oiling in your hair care routine, especially, if you have dry hair. Dry hair also tends to develop split ends – an oil massage, twice a week with this homemade aloe-oil will nourish your dry strands and prevent split ends. You need not buy expensive conditioners when you can easily prepare some of these recipes yourself – these are quite effective in giving a luminous shine and body to your tresses. Here are 2 such easy-to-make conditioners for you to use after shampooing your hair.
Lavender-treated conditioner for dry hair
Ingredients:
1 egg yolk or ½ cup of aloe gel
½ cup coconut milk
1 cup papaya pulp
2 drops lavender oil
½ cup whole milk
Method:
Whip all ingredients in a blender till the mixture is thick. After shampooing and rinsing, part your hair into small sections and apply conditioner from hair roots to the ends.
Henna conditioner
Ingredients
3 tablespoon henna (mehendi)
2 tablespoon strong coffee or tea decoction
1 egg
1 teaspoon ground cloves (laung)
2 teaspoons ground parsley (ajmod) leaves
½ tsp castor oil
Method:
Mix the 1st five ingredients until smooth. Add castor oil and blend well. Squeeze out excess water from your hair after rinsing your hair of shampoo. Then apply this mixture as explained in the previous method. Henna powder is used in combination with other ingredients, so it won’t make your hair dry. So go ahead and use it on dry hair. This conditioner also suits any hair type.
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