8 Common Hair Mistakes

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Strong and healthy long hair doesn't grow over night,Maintaining strong and healthy long hair is not an easy job; it actually takes time and dedication from your side to get shiny and supple locks.and during the daily routine we all are making some hair mistakes which are culprit to weak hair. there are certain tips to correct them and keep your hair really healthy and help them grow long, I’ll walk you through them all in details.

Hyper pigmentation - Causes and Home Remedies to reduce them

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Today’s post is going to be of a common issue with most girls or even guys these days. That is hyper pigmentation. This can make up your skin tone look extremely uneven.

HOME MADE ANTI-WRINKLE SERUM

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   The appearance of wrinkles is inevitable for anyone , after the mid 20’s the collagen production of all skin starts to slow down, which results in the start of aging of the skin, which would eventually result in wrinkle, but with proper care it can be delayed. Anti-aging creams is one the first and most important step in the anti-wrinkle regime.

 You can make a simple homemade anti-wrinkle serum, easily at home with the simple recipe using all natural ingredients, and it’s suitable for all skin types.

This homemade anti-wrinkle serum has a lot of benefits:

* Hydrates the skin

* Evens out the complexion

* Reduces visible lines

* Slows down the aging process

So, now getting to the ingredients of the serum

You will need:

1 fresh egg yolk

2 tablespoons of almond oil (you can replace it with olive oil)

2 tablespoon tea tree oil (for sensitive and acne prone skin, other skin types its optional)

1/2 tablespoon of honey
2 teaspoons of organic shea butter or

2 teaspoons of regular Vaseline (i would suggest to skip it,since it can cause acne to some skin ,add it only if you have a very dry or mature skin, and not acne prone)

Preparation:

   Take a bowl and add in honey, egg yolk and (almond or olive) oil and mix well and set aside. Now take shea butter in a metal bowl and melt it over a double boiler, (it will need a few minutes) keep stirring until completely melted. Remove the pot from fire once melt and without any waiting add in the remaining ingredients that we mixed first in the bowl. Mix all things well and keep on the stirring until you get a smooth mixture. Now transfer this mixture in a clean empty container.

   To apply this cream, start massaging it in circular motion on clean skin, and after 30 minutes wipe off the excess cream from face using a wet cotton pad. This cream is super hydrating and can also serve as a massage cream from face.

The cream remains on the face after the excess is wiped of, the cream will need about an hour to be fully absorbed within the skin.

   Keep the cream refrigerated. This mixture can last up to 7-8 days in the fridge can you can prepare it again. Make sure you keep the mixture ingredient measurements the same. Continue using this cream you will start to see visible results in a short time.

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HOMECARE ROUTINE FOR HEALING CRACKED HEELS

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        Cracked Heels do not appear in just a single day, when we start to neglect out feet and its care for a long span of time we end up in getting dry, dehydrated feet and cracked heels. And another reality is that cracked heels are not that easy to get rid of. 

     The main reasons that are of the appearance of the lack of moisture in our feet and due to the calluses that develops with time with the lack of proper routine for the care of your feet. And when these cracked heels reach their peak point it may end up in extreme cases of bleeding, pain and very difficult to stand on your heels easily. 

    So before you reach this point just wake up and start taking care of your feet . In an effort to soothe these many people tend to spend a lot of money on the creams which promise a relief but sadly most of them don’t fulfill there promise. There are some very simple and effective home routine which can effectively help you get rid of the cracked heels. This routine would involve a simple method of getting rid of the dry and cracked skin, and then moisturize the skin.

For this method you will need:

1. A small tub
2. Salt -1 teaspoon
3. Any mild Soap
4. Lemon -1 medium size
5. Foot filer
6. Foot brush
7. Towel
8. Glycerin/Vaseline

Now, follow the simple steps below:

1. SOAK

   Fill in the tub with hot water. In this water add salt, soap and squeeze out the lemon juice in it. Now, in this water soak your feet for around 15-20 minutes or so (depends on how much hard the skin got).  Sit back and relax while the hot water works to soften the hard dry skin.

2. EXFOLIATE:

  Now, comes the important part, once the dry dead skin is softened, this needs to be scrubbed off, You will start doing it with the foot filer make sure you cover the whole heel area and the other dry area of your feet while you’re doing the scrubbing part.

3. BRUSH:

 After all the scrubbing is done take out your feet out of water and start brushing your whole feet, top and bottom , vigorously to brush off the dead skin.

 4. WASH &.DRY:

        Now wash off your feet with warm water and towel dry feet by by patting them gently.

 5. MOISTURIZE:

        This is another important step which will help your feet to recover from the dryness and to prevent any future crack. For moisturizing you would using either oure glycerine or Vaseline to whatever you can easy access to. Now take a small amount of your moisturizer in hand and massage your feet gently one by one. Keep massaging your feet. So that blood circulations speeds up and your skin absorbs as much glycerin as possible to relive cracked heels.

6. PROTECT:

        Now you need to protect your newly relived heels and help it to lock in the moisture. For this cover your feet with thick socks. Make sure you keep your feet covered for at least two hours. Repeat this process once a week especially in winter to avoid any further issue of cracked heels, if your feet are in a extreme dryness condition it may take a few weeks to make them recover completely. Remember to apply glycerin/Vaseline or any other foot care cream of your choice to keep them hydrated and to avoid any future cracked or dry heels.

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HOMEMADE LIP SCRUB FOR SMOOTH LIPS

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 HOMEMADE LIP SCRUB

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      Ever thought how the lips in the lipstick advertisements are always so smooth and crack free, though ads always involve editing up the cracks. But you can get your lips smooth and crack free in real life. Just by a simple scrub. The dryness and the cracks and lines that we see over the lips are usually due to the presence of dead skin over it. And a gentle exfoliation of the lips surface can be one of the most effective methods to deal with dry, chapped lips. What exfoliation does is to help remove that layer of dead skin and the rest of the moisturizing agents present in the scrub help to aid the moisture content of lips making them all smooth. And the best thing is that you don’t need to speed a fortune on getting smooth perfect lips. You can make a homemade scrub at home using natural ingredients.

YOU WILL NEED:

Sugar- 1 Tablespoon 

Honey- 1 Tablespoon

Olive  Oil – 1 teaspoon

  Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.

HOW TO USE IT:

   Cleanse your lips with a washcloth/towel, then apply the mixture and massage all over the lips with a gentle hand. Do the massage for 1-2 minutes and then keep the mixture over the lips for 10 minutes and then wash of. And enjoy smooth and hydrated lips.

MAKEUP TIP:

Whenever you’re planning to apply lipstick, just slightly brush your lips with a regular toothbrush this helps to lipstick not get sink in the creases of the lips and makes the lip surface instantly smooth.

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TURMERIC FAIRNESS FACE PACK

                   

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You will need :
2 tbsp Gram flour/besan
1 tsp Turmeric
2 tbsp Raw Milk

and
1/2 tsp Honey (for dry skin) or

½ tsp Lemon Juice (for oily skin) or

½ tsp Rose Water (for acne prone skin)

How to make it :

1. Combine the gram flour and turmeric in a small bowl. Mix well then slowly add milk and the other ingredient either honey, lemon juice or rose water according to your skin needs. Stir vigorously until a thick paste is formed.

2. Apply a thin layer and wait for it to dry, about 15-25 minutes, the mask will start to get hard this is what you want.

3. After the mask dries, wash it of completely by slowly rubbing it in circular motion.

And now enjoy soft and refreshed skin. Apply this mask once a week slowly you will start seeing changes in skin texture and skin tone soon.

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HOMEMADE DEEP CONDITIONING HAIR MASK

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You will need:

Whole eggs raw- 3 complete eggs

Mayonnaise - 2-3 Tbsp.

Olive Oil – 3 -4 Tbsp.

Honey 3-4 Tbsp.

How to make it:

1. Take a bowl and crack open all the eggs in it, and whisk it until all eggs are blended.

2. After that add the mayonnaise and then whisk again so it gets mixed up.

3. Then in the last step add all the remaining ingredients that is Olive oil and honey, add them and mix well.

4. Now apply it generously all over the hairs, then take a plastic bag and cover the whole head to prevent dripping.

5. Keep the mask on for 45 minutes and then wash it off and shampoo and condition as usual.

  You can increase or decrease the amount according to your hair length. This mask is very helpful for extremely damaged hairs, and also aids in preventing hair loss and adds a lot of shine to the hairs. Use at least once a week for continued visible results.

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JUICING RECIPE for HAIR GROWTH

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   Hair growth depends on a lot of factors and diet deficiency is a major factor is hair loss and thinning hair,and juicing can aid a lot in this concern. Juicing just not only helps in health issues but can be also a great beauty aid. This formula below will help in hair growth.

You will need

1. Cucumber -1 medium sized

2. Carrots-5 medium sized

3. Apple -1 medium sizes

How to make it

1. Clean and wash all the veggies and fruits, and remove the roots

2. Now dice the into big chunks

3. Toss them in a blender and add 50 percent water and 50 percent Orange juice, and blend

4. You can store it and use for two days

For visible results it’s advisable to use this juice 1-2 times a day.                                         

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HOME MADE FACE PACK FOR LARGE PORES

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TO PREPARE,YOU WILL NEED:

- Egg white-1

- Corn flour-2-3 teaspoon

- Rose water- 1 teaspoon

HOW TO MAKE IT:

 1. Take the egg and separate the egg white from the rest, and keep aside in a bowl .

2. Now in a separate bowl take the corn flour and adding the rose water slowly and keep on stirring continuously to avoid and lumps and that you get a well-blended liquid.

3. Once you have this corn flour liquid start slowing adding it to the egg white that we separated earlier. Mix thoroughly, so it doesn't makes many lumps. Now you have you mask prepared.

4.Clean your face with a warm towel so it opens up your pores and now apply the mask, try to apply it a thick layer, the mask in itself is quite runny so you can apply it in two steps first apply a layer and let it dry and then reapply over it again. Let the mask to dry around 20-30 minutes. After the mask dries out, rinse it off with cold water, you will instantly see that your skin has become a lot smoother with less visible pores.Following up with your regular moisturizer afterwards

5. Make sure you don’t talk or move face muscles much while the mask is on to avoid any creasing, take a break from all chores and listen to your favorite music or read your favorite book for a while.

     The corn flour is an excellent pore tightening element, while egg white not only works for pore tightening but also works for skin brightening due to presence of Arbutin. and rose water works for smoothing out the pores and as an anti-inflammatory.

For visible results it’s advisable to use this mask 2-3 times a week.                                     

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DIET PLAN #1

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Rules to follow:

• Drink at least 2 litres of water per day.
• Start your day with warm lemon water
• Drink at least 2 times the weight loss tea
• No fried food or sugar allowed
• All snacks listed for one day are not intended to take altogether,take at breaks when you feel hungry
• You can add the following to your foods:
• herbs
• salt
• pepper
• lemon
• vinegar
• mustard & ketchup

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DAY 1

• BREAKFAST
• Coffee or Tea w/1 teaspoon milk and ½ teaspoon honey (optional)
• one brown rusk
• LUNCH
• 2 hard boiled eggs
• 1 cup boiled/baked/raw vegetables (Spinach, Carrots, Cucumbers)
• DINNER
• 1 cup lettuce ,cabbage and celery salad
• 1 piece of chicken boiled (opt the muscle pieces) max 6 oz 
•  SNACKS

o    1 banana

o    1 apple

o    A bowl of watermelon/sweet melon

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DAY 2

• BREAKFAST

• Coffee or Tea w/1 teaspoon milk and ½ teaspoon honey (optional)

• one brown rusk
• LUNCH
• 1 cup lettuce ,cabbage and celery salad

o    1 piece of chicken boiled (opt the muscle pieces) max 6 oz

o    A bowl of watermelon/sweet melon

• DINNER
• 1 small cup lentil
• 1 bran bread

•   SNACKS

         o    5 Dates,

o    Any fruit other than banana

o    A bowl of watermelon/sweet melon

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DAY 3

•         BREAKFAST

o    Coffee or Tea w/1 teaspoon milk and ½ teaspoon honey (optional)

o    one brown rusk

•       LUNCH

o    2 hard boiled eggs

o    1 cup green beans

o    1 cup tomatoes

• DINNER
• 8-10 oz. of Fish (baked, grilled)
• 2 cups green bean/tomato /cabbage salad

• SNACKS

o    1 Apple ,1 grapefruit

o    A bowl of watermelon/sweet melon
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DAY 4

• BREAKFAST

o    Coffee or Tea w/1 teaspoon milk and ½ teaspoon honey (optional)

o    one brown rusk

• LUNCH
• 1 hard boiled egg
• 1 cup raw carrots, bell peppers
• DINNER
• 1 cup regular yogurt
• 1 bran bread
• 1 cup fruit salad

• SNACKS

o    200ml milk

o    A bowl of watermelon

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DAY 5

• BREAKFAST

o    Coffee or Tea w/1 teaspoon milk and ½ teaspoon honey (optional)

o    one brown rusk

• LUNCH
• 1 fried fish filet (4-6 oz.)
• tomato salad

• DINNER
• 1 (4-6 )oz. steak

o    1 cup green salad(lettuce, cucumber and celery)

•      SNACKS

o    1 inch dark chocolate square, and any fruit other than banana

o    A bowl of watermelon/sweet melon

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DAY 6

• BREAKFAST

o    Coffee or Tea w/1 teaspoon milk and ½ teaspoon honey (optional)

o    one brown rusk

• LUNCH
• 1 (4-8)oz. chicken broiled w/o skin
• DINNER
• 2 hard boiled eggs
• 1 cup carrot
• SNACKS

o    5 almonds and walnuts each

o    A bowl of watermelon/sweet melon

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DAY 7

• BREAKFAST

o    Coffee or Tea w/1 teaspoon milk and ½ teaspoon honey (optional)

o    one brown rusk

• LUNCH
• 1 4-8oz. chicken broiled or grilled
• 1 1/2 cup of fruit
• DINNER
• 1 small cup lentil soup

• SNACKS

o    1 banana

o    A bowl of watermelon/sweet melon

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WEIGHT LOSS SPECIAL GREEN TEA

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  This special weight loss tea ,uses green tea as a main ingredient and it is created in two stages:

STAGE 1:

You will need:

8 glasses of plain water

6 teaspoons of Green Tea

    In the first stage take 8 glasses of water and keep it on the heat .when it start boiling then take 6 teaspoons of green tea and now add this in the boiling water and brew it on low heat for about 10-15 minutes. Brew till the till that only 6 glasses of water remains. Now, in this tea add the following:

STAGE 2:

You Will Need:

Cinnamon-About 1-2 inch piece

Liquorice -1 small piece or one teaspoon

Green Cardamom-1 piece

Clove-1piece

Nigella seeds-1pinh

Ginger-1 inch piece

      Now add all of it and let it brew for 10-15 minutes, then before taking off the heat, you can also add some mint leaves to add a freshness feel. Whenever you intend to drink it you can add some honey in it. Take at least 3-4 glasses every day.

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CUCUMBER MASK FOR GLOWING SKIN

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You will need :

- Cucumber-1 medium size

- Lemon Juice-1 Tablespoon

- Egg white-of 1 egg

- Mint- 1/2 Table spoon

- Honey - 1 Tablespoon

- Rosewater- 1 Tablespoon

How to make it:

1. Take the cucumber and peel of the outer skin, then grind it to the level that it forms a paste

2. Now, in this paste add the lemon juice, ground mint leaves and honey and mix well.

3. First separately whisk the egg white properly and then add it in the mixture you prepared in the above step.

4.When the paste is all mixed well then use if on you face and hands, avoid the eye area.

5. Keep it for 30mins and then rinse off with Luke warm water.

   This mask is great for summers, especially for oily skins. Cucumber and mint are anti-inflammatory, Egg white and Rose water work to  tone and minimizing the pores, honey moisturizes and lemon juice acts as natural bleach.

For visible results it’s advisable to use this mask once a week.                                            

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