martedì 27 gennaio 2009

Green Apple Face Mask

Homemade Green Apple Face Mask

There are lots of face masks are available in stores. Also available so many homemade face mask recipes. Select a face mask according to your need. Consider the atmospheric conditions of your place and climate or seasons. Green Apple face mask is good for all skin types. The face mask what I am suggesting here helps to moisturize and replenish the skin. Moreover it is a skin texturizing mask. Naturally your skin look good and a glow can be seen. Face looks fresh instantly.

How to prepare green apple face mask
It is very simple and saves money and time. The ingredients required are half green apple, 2 tsp honey and 3 tsp. yogurt/curd. This quantity is for just one time use. Try to get fresh fresh apple. Green apple contains vitamins and it can help to remove dead cells naturally. So this green apple face mask is a healthier choice.

Cut the apple into small slices. No need to peel. Put it in a blender or mixer and work for few min. to get a smooth mix. Add 2 tsp. honey and mix well. Honey helps to tighten skin so avoid the appearance of wrinkle. Now add 3 tsp. of curd and agitate well using the blender. Yogurt/curd acts as good cleanser and provides a smooth effect. Now you get a smooth green apple face mask.

Wash your face with low cold water. Apply this mask all over face and allow drying for 20 min. You may feel the skin tightening or dryness. Now splash cold water on face and wet the mask and remove it using a smooth wet cloth or tissue.

Yeh you can feel and see the difference. So apply homemade green apple face mask once in a week.

sabato 24 gennaio 2009

Homemade tips to soft and shiny hair

Natural tips for soft and shiny hair at home

Soft hair with Rosemary and olive oil
Add dried rosemary leaves to olive oil in equal amounts. Keep it for some time. Apply this on hair and scalp and massage well. Put a shower cap and keep for 20 min.

Soft and shiny hair with Apple Cider
Apple cider vinegar can give a final shine and softness to hair. Add 2 tsp. apple cider vinegar to 3 cups of water. Give a rinse to hair with this mix.

Get soft and shiny hair naturally
Mash one peeled avocado and mix it with coconut milk. Apply this on hair and rub well. Leave it for 20 min. and then wash it off. Shampoo if required.

Shiny Hair with a fresh feeling
Add 1 tsp. lemon juice, 2 tsp. apple cider vinegar and 1 cup of water. Apply this after shampooing. Leave it for ten min. then rinse it off.

venerdì 23 gennaio 2009

Turmeric Powder in Beauty Care

How can you use Turmeric powder

to increase your skin complexion?

Yes, turmeric can be used to make your skin soft and glowy. I hope that you all know now that turmeric powder is used in cosmetics and skin care products. It is having an antiseptic property also. It is used in Indian cooking as a spice or flavor or even as a natural colorant. It is found that the medicinal values of turmeric helps stomach problems.

From olden days turmeric powder is used as a main ingredient in beauty care routines. In Indian kitchen it is used with chilly and coriander powder to make curry masala. As it has got medicinal value as well as skin care usages, consuming it slightly along with daily food found useful.

Again, it is used to cure acne pimples also. So if you apply regularly it will avoid the appearance of pimples.

How to use turmeric powder in beauty care?

It is simple. You can buy turmeric powder and add some water to make a paste. You can add sandal powder also. While bathing apply this paste to face and full body skin. After few min. wash it off. If you apply this turmeric powder regularly it will increase your skin complexion.

OR if you add some milk and turmeric powder to make it a paste is doubly good. AND add some sandal wood powder also is extremely excellent. Sandal wood gives good complexion as well as good fragrance to your body.

Apply it and see the results of Turmeric Powder in Beauty Care. Result will be amazing folks.

Neem Antiseptic Face Pack

Neem Antiseptic Face Pack

Neem - Azadirachta indica

When you feel to get some natural ways that make your skin look glowing and feel great here is Neem antiseptic face pack. It makes you look beautiful and it avoids any skin irritation or itching due to sun burn etc. Neem leaves got antiseptic properties. It is proved that neem has good antibacterial properties also.

Here I am suggesting a great method to make this neem antiseptic face pack. Wee need grated coconut and few neem leaves. If coconut is not available look for coconut powder, not coconut milk powder. Neem powder also is available now.

How to make Neem Antiseptic Face Pack
Take 3 tsp. grated coconut in small bowl. Mix 1 tsp. neem powder to it. Add few drops of water and make it a paste.

Wash your face and apply this pack on face. Leave this pack on face for 15 min. and then wash it off. You can use this pack on full body if you like. Then do it before bath and take bath after applying this pack. This Neem Antiseptic Pack can give you astonishing benefit to your skin.

mercoledì 21 gennaio 2009

Ginger Lime Juice

Ginger Lime Juice for indigestion

While focusing on beauty, health also to be considered. Here I am putting a mild drink, Ginger Lime Juice. When you have minor digestive problems you can use this drink. Or if you feel discomfort in the stomach this ginger lime juice is a good choice. It can remove the gas formation in the stomach. What else, in the morning if you feel last day's dinner was heavy, so consider this ginger lime juice. In India fresh ginger is used in meat preparations. Dried ginger root can be used to make black coffee in winter to get a soothing effect for the throat. Yes may be you can buy bottled ginger lime but why not you try naturally. Yeh, here is how.

Ginger Lime Juice

Crush fresh ginger and squeeze the juice.Take half lemon and get the juice, add one glass of water and add 1 tsp. ginger juice. Add sugar for taste.
ginger
lemon






If you have colds avoid ice. Definitely this ginger lime juice will give relaxation to the stomach.

If you have severe stomach problem due to indigestion it is good to take ginger juice concentrate. For that put ginger root and few tsp. water in a small bowl and crush the ginger with the back side of a spoon. Sieve the juice and add a little sugar if you want. Drink the concentrate.
Warning:I won't recommend this ginger concentrate for all. If you are not used to this take care, sometimes it may give a burning sensation inside stomach. The Ginger Lime Juice is good for all.

lunedì 12 gennaio 2009

Rosehip Face Cream

Homemade Rose hip Face Cream

I hope you know about rose hip. The rosehip seed oil is used in many skin care products. It has got skin rejuvenating quality. It can be used to avoid wrinkles, marks and spots.

Rose hip seed oil is a pressed seed oil, extracted from the seeds of a rose bush (Rosa moschata or Rosa rubiginosa) which grows wild in the southern Andes. It is unique among vegetable oils in containing retinol (Vitamin A), and is also high in vitamin C. Rose hip seed oil is high in the essential fatty acids - linoleic acid or omega-6, and linolenic acid or omega-3. It is commonly used in skin care products. It is used for a variety of skin conditions, including dermatitis, acne and eczema, for mature and sun burnt skin as well as brittle nails and wrinkles. Most rose hip seed oil is produced in Chile and Argentina. Rosehip oil is also frequently used to heal scarring and diminish photoaging. (product description by Wikipedia).

Rose hip Face Cream
You can make a rosehip face cream at home and keep in fridge. Take equal amount of coconut oil and rose hip seed oil. Thoroughly heat it in a suitable container. Remove it from burner and wait till it reaches medium temperature. Pour it into a bottle with screw lid. Keep this in refrigerator for future use.


rose hip seed oil

Rose hip seed oil To buy

venerdì 9 gennaio 2009

Juice Recipe for Hairloss

Juice Recipe for Hairloss

Yes I am getting emails asking what to do to avoid hairloss in future, what to eat etc. In my other post about hair growth I suggested the nutritional tips for hair growth. I think that tip was not specific. So here you get a brief of it as juice recipe for hairloss. The ingredients for the juice will be very helpful to avoid hair loss in future or to promote hair growth. Here I am suggesting it as a juice recipe for hair loss, but if you can eat it like green salad also will help. Let me tell you this recipe will help you to avoid acne/pimple on your face. Yes believe me.

Juice Recipe for Hairloss
ingredients:
Indian Gooseberry - 3
Carrot - 1
Cucumber - 1 small
Beet - 1 small piece
Small Red Onion - 1 or 2

Get fresh gooseberry and cut the outer fleshy part into pieces. Carrot and cucumber get a small one. Beet we need a small piece or half piece. Red onion add one or two pieces. Try first time with one. Put all the ingredients in a mixer and get the juice. Try this juice recipe for hairloss in alternate days or at least twice a week.

giovedì 8 gennaio 2009

Bio lifting for skin

Bio lifting for facial skin

This is done to people above the age of 40 years. Bio lifting is done to remove wrinkles from facial skin. This when done each muscle should be lifted up. For people between 40- 50 years this bio lifting for skin should be given in 2 or 3 weeks . For people above 50 this should be given once a week. For this facial ice and astringent are not used because they are more drying and the person gets more wrinkles.

Bio lifting steps:

Clean the face with cleansing milk, wipe it off.

Apply cream, do circular movements up wards.

Take ice cold water and dip a soft cloth in it.

Fold the napkin into 4 folds. Do jerky movements on the sides and on the neck up wards on the sides and on the neck up wards. Hold the cloth ends and jerk up on the cheek.

Repeat the same on the other cheek also for 5 min.

Jerk movement on the forehead also for 5 min.

Apply honey all over the face and neck and put till it half dries when you start feeling the pull.

Apply white of an egg all over the honey applied portion with circular movement.

Apply pack with white of an egg, milk powder, 2 drops of almond or olive oil.

Wash everything off after 25 min.

This natural method of bio lifting for skin is very effective and no harm in doing it.

mercoledì 7 gennaio 2009

Homemade Anti Wrinkle Pack

Homemade anti wrinkle pack

Here you get homemade anti wrinkle pack. This pack helps to prevent or reduce the appearance of wrinkles from very beginning. You know there are so many natural remedies that can be used at home. Here I am suggesting potato as anti wrinkle pack. Raw potato can be used for wrinkles and pigmentation. It is a very good treatment for dark eye circles and eye puffiness.

Potato anti wrinkle pack

We need one fresh potato. Select the best one without any dark spots. Peel it off and grate it. This grated potato can be placed around eyes for dark circles or eye puffiness. Keep a little of this grated potato if you want. Put the grated potato in mixer to make it a paste. This paste can be used as anti wrinkle pack.

Wash your face in cold water in the morning. Apply the pack on the face and wait for half an hour. Even if you do not have any wrinkles you can use this anti wrinkle pack. You get an evenly textured and complexioned skin color. Your face skin becomes smooth. If you have any color difference due to sun etc, it can be solved using this pack.

After 30 min. wash the pack with again cold water. You put the grated potato around the eyes to remove dark circles. Try to use this anti wrinkle pack daily in the morning till you get result. and after that do it once in a week.

Other face packs/masks:
Tomato Skin Cleansing Mask
Facial Relaxing Pack
Homemade Acne Pack
Face Pack for Dry Skin
Face Pack for Oily Skin

anti wrinkle pack

martedì 6 gennaio 2009

Spinach Juice for Skin Beauty

Yes in my experience using spinach(palak) leave in various dishes and drinking spinach juice is so beneficial. It increases the skin beauty. So I am recommending spinach juice for skin beauty. I am not going to the nutritional benefits of spinach, you all know about it. Some people may not like the thick green juice of spinach. So here I am suggesting a best combination drink to suit your appetite.

Spinach Juice for Skin Beauty
Spinach leave - few
Fresh Carrot - 1
Celery - few stalk
Green Apple - 1
Pineapple - 1/2 cup

Cut everything suitably and put in a juicer. Prepare the juice. Drink one glass of spinach juice for skin beauty every morning. With all other benefits it manifest extra shine and beauty in your skin, sure.

lunedì 5 gennaio 2009

Tomato Skin Cleansing Mask

Tomato has cleansing effects on your skin. It has astringent properties also. Tomato contains vitamin C and can be used to brightening skin. So a Tomato Skin Cleansing Mask is used for acne reduction. It is of acidic nature and the use of tomato helps in balancing our acidic nature. If your body is highly acidic then avoid using tomato in your skin care purposes.

Here I am going for Tomato skin cleansing mask. Tomato cleans the excess oil from skin. So it can be used in oily skin. Here I am using Avocado together with Tomato in this skin cleansing mask. Avocado acts as a moisturizer. So this skin cleansing mask can be used in combination skin and all type of skin types for that matter.

Tomato Avocado Skin Cleansing Mask
Cut two fresh tomatoes. If possible use tomatoes you grown or organic tomatoes. Put it in a mixer. Cut one ripe avocado into small pieces and add to the tomato. Mix well to get a paste.
Tomato skin cleansing mask is ready.

Apply this mask on face. Wait for 30 min. Wash with medium cold water. Do it once in a week. Definitely your skin will become brighter and fresh. Similarly you can get the feeling of a facial at home naturally.

If you have any questions or suggestions about this Tomato Skin Cleansing Mask please feel free to leave a comment below.

Papaya Facial Tips

Facial at home with papaya

Papaya or Pineapple facial for a beautiful skin
These fruits are known to be good to fight free radicals and it reduces age spots. Papaya facial will cleanse the skin and give an instant fresh look. It is also used to remove dead cells. If you do a facial massage with these fruits will give an effect of a salon facial.

How to do papaya facial ( facial means 'a facial massage')
I won't recommend raw papaya, use half ripe, because some variety have milk on the green skin and flesh of papaya. That may give burning sensation to skin. So take a half ripe or full ripe papaya and mash a little of it. Instead of papaya you can use ripe pineapple also. Apply this paste on wet face. Giving a light massage is good. Leave it for 10 or 15 min. Then wipe it using a facial tissue. Then wash with mild cold water. Papaya facial once in week keep you fresh.

domenica 4 gennaio 2009

Coconut Milk Body Massage

Body massage with coconut milk at home
coconut milk
Now in spa treatment you can see coconut milk massage bar they are using. Body massage with coconut milk is so beneficial. For those who do not want coconut oil to put on their body, certainly coconut milk is a good choice. Because massage with coconut milk gives the benefits of coconut oil lightly together with other benefits of its milk. If you feel free and have the mood to experiment something in weekend then do a body massage with coconut milk and feel the difference. Please use fresh coconut for full benefit.
What exactly is the milk of coconut- how it is made
Simply, coconut milk is made out of its inner white matter/crux of coconut. It is a white juice made out of grated coconut.
What is the benefits coconut milk body massage
The fresh coconut oil contained in the coconut milk makes the skin smooth and supple. It will give a new complexion for your skin naturally.It is good for dry skin if used once in a week. And mainly the milk is used to treat irritation or itching on the skin. Coconut milk can be used to remove white skin patches with itching. If used periodically your skin won't get any skin problems in future. Don't forget to apply on your face. It is very good to use for children above five years.

Coconut milk is applied on hair for itchy scalp. Also it helps dandruff problems. Together with other treatments the coconut milk massage on hair helps hair growth.

Do a body massage with coconut milk once in a while and take the natural benefits of it.

giovedì 1 gennaio 2009

Hairloss remedy

Hair loss cure

You may be knowing that the reason for hairloss vary from physical to mental. If you found out the reason for the hair loss you have to try to avoid or find a solution for that reason. Still you may found your hair is loosing because of some general conditions. Here the home-made hairloss remedy comes to your help.Here are a few free herbal natural tips for hairloss, out of which you can any of these tips based on your convenience or availability of ingredients.

Hairloss cure#1

ingredients:
Reetha 2 tbsp.
Shikakai 2 tbsp.(Acacia concinna)
Amla
(Indian goose berry)2 tbsp.

Mix amla , reetha and shikakai. By adding an egg make it a paste. Before bathing apply this paste on scalp and massage. Leave it for 20 min. Latter wash hair using a natural or mild shampoo. Repeat it thrice a week for a month.
NB: If you don't like egg, use coconut or olive oil instead of egg.

Hair loss cure#2

ingredients:
castor oil
almond oil

Warm a little almond and castor oil and massage on the scalp and hair. After 15 min. rinse it off.
Do it like twice in a week. And do it for a month. It is an excellent recipe for curing hairloss and it helps new hair growth.

Indian Hairloss cure#3

Triphala is an excellent remedy for hairloss. Mix it with some aloe vera jell and make it a loose paste. Apply this on scalp and hair and massage well. Give time around half an hour and rinse it off. If you can repeat it twice a week for a month or so is good.

Hairloss cure#4
Get cinnamon powder and mix water to get a paste.This is good to control hair loss. Apply and massage well. These tip can be repeated once or twice till getting results.

Hairloss cure#5

Buy fenugreek seeds and grind it to make a powder. Add a little water and make a paste. Apply on your head and massage the scalp. After 30 min. rinse it off. Repeate once or twice in a week and see the results.

Note: Before trying any of these tips test your response to any allergies by applying it on you inner wrist first.

These natural homemade hairloss tips are herbal. So it is safe and economical.