Beauty and Personal Grooming

Aloe Vera's benefits had been known since times immemorial. While the aloe gel was touted as a health promoter by the Greek physician Dioscorides, it's beauty uses was well-known to the Egyptians. Cleopatra was a great admirer of aloe plant and used it extensively in her beauty rituals. It's indeed a miracle plant with its amazing healing properties. It's seen that aloevera can be used to heal cuts, wounds and even eczema , dermatitis and psoriasis most effectively. Aloe vera can penetrate into the skin layers resulting in prompt healing and rejuvenation of the skin. Not only that it is also used to relieve conditions like arthritis, asthma, heartburn, hemorrhoids, and manage diabetes aside from its topical use.  There is no end to singing the glories of this wonder plant.

Aloevera - the list of health and beauty benefits of this herb are endless. Instead of mentioning  it all over again, I would like to point you out to the post Aloevera- The wonder herb which  has an extensive list of its multifarious uses. Long time back, I purchased Patanjali Aloevera Gel / Baba Ramdev Aloevera Gel from a Patanjali outlet and this review was long overdue. I've been using this gel since last one year. Yes it lasted me that long! As you can see, it comes in a sturdy tube with a flip cap. When you squeeze out the gel from the tube, you can see that it's greenish in color. When you apply it to your skin, it feels sticky at first but gets absorbed into it easily when you gently rub it in.

An amazing cleansing mask for summer months is a mud pack – preferably a Multani Mitti face pack ; it draws out excessive oil, sweat and grime from the pores and leaves the skin cleansed and free from blackheads . Two such Multani face packs from Banjara Herbals seem good. Multani with AloeVera face pack Aloevera is an awesome herb with soothing and moisturizing properties and when combined with Multani mitti (fuller’s earth), it helps remove impurities from the skin surface without affecting its moisture balance. As such this is a powerful re-hydrant cleansing pack that is not only effective for dry skins but also for all skin types. It’s even mentioned that you can add a tsp of honey for additional moisturization and a soothing effect. Multani with aloevera face pack Multani with Rose face pack This combination of Multani mitti and Rose Petal Powder is supposed to be an anti-ageing formula utilizing protein rich compound. Rose petal powder is believed to soft...

Doy Care Aloe Vera Soap Aloe Vera is an awesome herb with innumerable medicinal and cosmetic uses. Pure Aloe Gel’s moisturizing, healing, anti-inflammatory, revitalizing and rejuvenating properties together with the fact that it helps with acne and blemishes make it an ideal ingredient for use in skin care products. In fact, it’s scientifically proven that it soothes burnt skin quickly and effectively. So like me, if you are a big fan of Aloe Vera and love all things ‘aloe’ then you might give Doy Care Aloe Vera Soap a try. Doy Care Aloe Vera with glycerine is a beautiful translucent green skincare soap containing genuine Aloe extracts which provide you with all the benefits of Aloe Vera, keeping your skin beautiful, fresh and glowing around the year; be it spring, summer , monsoon or winter .DoyCare AloeVera comes in two sizes: 75 g. and 125 g.

My love for the wonder-herb aloe is such that any product with aloe in it catches my attention. This summer I tried Vaseline Aloe Fresh Hydrating body lotion . As you can see in the picture, it comes in a pale green bottle, with a nozzle and flip lid. The lotion itself is, like the bottle, pale green in colour, and contains aloe and cucumber extracts. The smell is quite fresh and pleasant and not too overpowering. This lotion can also be used to relieve sunburn or as an after- shave lotion or as an after- shower moisturizer . You have to just squeeze a small blob of it into your palms and slather it on your body. It quickly soaks in and soothes the skin, without that sticky feeling. It’s not an amazing or out-of-the-world product, but does live up to its promise of keeping the skin refreshed, rehydrated, fresh and soft. Vaseline Aloe Fresh Hydrating Body Lotion with Aloe and Cucumber 24.5oz (Pack of 3) See also: Gels to soothe sunburn

I just adore this wonder herb called aloevera and am fascinated by its multifarious uses. Fresh aloevera gel is one of my favorite beauty aids. I use it for just about anything – as a hydrating mask , as a conditioner , as an antidote for dandruff and last but not the least to soothe minor burns . I have a special preference for natural skin care products which contain aloe. So when I received a bottle of Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion, I was more than willing to try and test this product on my skin. Besides aloe-gel, it contains chamomile extracts, arnica, antioxidants like vitamin-E, and a humectant which is 6 times more effective than glycerin – and all these ingredients play a major role in skin care. It’s also hypoallergenic, paraben free and not tested on animals. Surely these reasons are compelling enough for anyone to consider using it without any qualms.

When those over-publicized, fancy-packed hair-oils can’t do the trick and you end up losing your hair, it’s time to open grandma’s age-old recipe book for answers. These home-made, cheap and harmless potions are a perfect choice when you deal with something as important as your crowning glory . You simply can’t afford to make wrong choices. Take the case of split ends in the hair , for instance. You just can’t ignore it and leave it to its fate. If left untreated, it leads to poor hair-growth and hair - loss . So make an effort to get rid of split ends with alacrity. Read all about it here . You could also try your hand at this easy-to-make aloe hair oil . Applying this regularly on your hair will help you tackle this problem of split ends effectively. Hair tends to split when the natural sebum oil fails to reach the ends of the strands. So a proper massage with this aloe oil will nourish your hair and prevent the ends from becoming brittle and splitting up. Don’t let procras...

Of all the herbs available in the kitchen garden, aloe is perhaps the richest in healing properties and has been rightly named the “first-aid” plant. It has moisturizing and emollient properties and is used in cosmetic creams, sun-lotions, shaving creams and face packs. It can easily be cultivated as a house-plant in a sunny warm spot with good drainage. Cosmetologists mix aloe with several other herbs and draft fancy names for it. Then these “herbal” avatars are sold at exorbitant prices. Growing a plant and using fresh gel is much more effective than bottled gel, simply because it is alive and therefore is more potent. It is the only plant whose extract is applied directly from plant to face in its natural and purest form.