Simple ways to take care of your skin

Skin, a largest body organ, is not only for wrapping the other sensitive body organs (heart, liver, etc) but also for playing the role in biological life process. Epidermis which is the outmost layer of skin constantly renews itself with new cells. Formation of new cells and its quality depends on both what we feed ourselves as well as what touches our skin. Skin unlike other organs is exposed to the outer world and so we should take extra care to keep it fresh and active all the time. Effects of our mood can be quickly seen on the skin as it is closely connected with our nervous system. Hence our skin glows when we are happy and turns pale because of depression. Exam tension or interview anxiety or fear about how the conference meeting would end shows clearly on the skin.

                  
 
Actually it is a vicious circle. Our emotions, beliefs, thoughts and life style can either make or break our skin. Skin problems like acne, psoriasis, eczema or dermatitis cause the emotional disturbance further affecting the skin. It goes round and round. Skin problems do irritate us and is the major cause of inconvenience. However don’t allow your physical visible problems affect psychological terms. Instead try to find out the problems and resolve them.

• To tackle it we need to understand and try to resolve the conflicts, fears and depression in life in the positive way.

• Take care of biological needs - eat the balanced diet, keep your body hydrated, exercise, treat yourself with new clothes once in a while, take a break from work and go for the picnic.

• Build your emotional health – nourish your family and friends with love, respect the elders, protect the young ones, socialize with positive minded people. Discuss the problems faced with the knowledgeable person and strive for the solutions.


 
• Surpassing the ill-feeling’s like anger, revenge, etc is another cause of depression which ultimately speaks out loudly to the world in the form of pale skin tone. On the other hand, choosing to shout and throw all the reactions like slapping etc, would lead to red angry puffy face. Both outward and inward anger are harmful. Fulfilling the fundamental emotional needs helps in the long way to deal with anger and anxiety in life.

• There is a thin line between what we need and what we want. To live the stress free life, identify this line. Set up the boundary and limits. Follow them religiously.

• Understand the purpose of life with yoga and meditation. It helps in reaching the inner you and will make you aware of your deepest needs.

• Taking proper rest in this hectic life cannot be ruled out to maintain the youthful skin. Sleep for 8 hours a day. Take a power naps as and when you require.


 
• Choose the products that touch your skin carefully and the ones that suit your skin tone – Make Up, Body Lotions, Skin Creams, Moisturizer, Sun-screen, etc.

Be healthy and develop self esteem. Hear what your skin tells you, concentrate on the needs, provide them what is required and see with the smiling skin how all the problems run away.
 
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Should we talk about dieting in front of children?

Are you desperately waiting to lose your weight? Do you think you are overweight? You want to lose those extra pounds. For that you fixed an appointment with the dietician. After the long discussion on your background, likes, dislikes, eating habits, lifestyle and various other topics she has boiled down to the diet that will work on your body. She says this diet is made only for you.
 
Wow it feels so great, right? On way back to your home you are thinking about how smart the dietician is. Your face is glowing and eyes are widely opened. And you are optimistic about the diet she has provided to you. You just cannot wait to start the diet. You dream of looking slim and getting toned as early as possible. Good try it out. But do not talk about diet in front of children.
 
Whoever is on diet is bound to talk about diet and use words like calories, low fat, no carb, gluten free, low salt, low sugar, no chips, no fried foods, eating fruits, raw food, salads, juices, cleansing body, etc on the daily basis. Which words with regards to diet you use most of the times? Do let us know via comments....
 
                  
 
A diet language used in front of children can have the negative impact on the child’s mindset. Imagine saying dietician has asked me to have toast of brown bread without butter.
 
Though you are not saying anything to the kid, but her mind would wonder why his / her mother is having another kind of bread and why without butter?
 
She will always wonder why mother is having different food and other family member is having different food.
 
The impression of these questions would remain in his / her mind for entire life. She may also try to avoid butter whenever possible because children usually imitate their parent. But is this good? No.
 
One because children require more fat. Physical activities that are done by children are not comparable by elders. Hence they require more fats than we do.
 
Second, various questions on their mind like the ones mentioned above leave the negative impact on their mindset.
 

 
Constantly using the words like “I am fat” or “I want to lose belly fat” in front of children will result in building the negative body image in the child’s mind. Do not discuss or focus on weight issues in front of children. Stop labeling foods as bad or junk food. Stop discussing about problems like binge eating or stress eating. Stop discussing and complaining about weight problems in front of them. Instead of talking about diet, calories and weight issues concentrate on healthy eating food habit when children are around.
 
However don’t avoid any questions that are raised by children. Give them answers honestly. This would be the good time to explain the difference between being healthy & strong and lean & week.
 

 
So if you are following certain diet schedules please be extra careful and avoid using the diet language in front of children. When they are around, talk about strong body not about lean body. Develop the healthy relationship with food, love your body and convey the same to the children.

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Most Simple and Effective Tips for Beautiful Skin

Skin is the first exposure of us to the outside world. Skin, the most important part of our body, gives the first impression to others. And as it is said first impression is the last impression, we do not mind spending tremendous amount of our time and money to maintain the good and healthy skin. We do spend on cosmetics and on other essential skin care products. We are particular in regular visits to beauty parlors. Yet sometimes we face the problems of pale tired damaged looking skin. Are you also suffering from this problem? One liner solution is – Get back to basics of skin care. For detailed solution, read on.
 

Today I am going to discuss about most simple yet effective ways to take care of our skin.
 

Back to Basics – Daily Skin Care – To Do (Do It Yourself - DIY)
 
Drink Water. Drink enough of water on the daily basis. Read this article to find out how much water is enough water.
 
Take proper rest. Quality sleep is more important than just sleeping.
 
Exercise. Move baby move. Physical activity helps to give beautiful fresh looking skin.
 
Eat healthy food. Eat foods that are high in Vitamins and Minerals. Specifically, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Zinc, Iron and Fiber are good for radiant skin. Include fruits and vegetables in your daily diet.
 

 
                  
 

Back to Basics – Daily Skin Care –Do Not Do (Avoid It Yourself - AIY)
 
Not only you should avoid smoking, but also you should avoid standing in front of the one who is smoking.
 
Avoid being at the places of air pollution. If it is unavoidable, cover your skin with the help of scarf.
 
Avoid sleeping without removing the make-up. Remove it no matter how much tired you are.
 
Avoid exposing your skin to sun. Use good sunscreen lotion. Apply it at least 15 minutes before exposing to sun. Re-apply every 3-4 hours. Wear sunglasses.
 

 

 
Other essential pointers to be considered for soft and smooth skin:
 
Cleansing – Most common advice you would have heard or read whenever you check out on skin care – Proper cleansing. Cleansing on the regular basis helps in removing dirt and make up. Very important to wash your face before going to bed. You can make use of raw milk or curd. Apply on your face and leave till it dries off. Then cleanse it with warm water. Once you clean your skin, it helps your skin to breathe. Regularly doing this will give your skin the natural glow.
 
Exfoliate – Exfoliate helps in removing dead cells from the skin. It is important to exfoliate your skin once in a week in order to keep it fresh and clean. Exfoliate skin will not have the problems of blackheads, whiteheads and acne. However do not indulge in over exfoliation. Over doing will result in dry skin.
 
Moisturize – Not only we have to keep our skin internally hydrated but we have to take care of keeping our skin hydrated from outside as well. Moisturizers helps in keeping the skin hydrated externally. However oily skin beauties often are in the dilemma for using moisturizers. What I recommend is to use moisturizer once in two days and apply raw powder after the moisturizer to avoid sweating too much.
 
Few minutes spending on daily skin care will give you soft and supple baby like looking skin. Do take care of your skin and make it healthy because healthy skin gives the confidence and develops the positive thinking.
 

 
Do share with us what are your back to basic skin care tips.
 
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13 Simple Points To Be Motivated All The Time

Irrespective of vast experience and achievements, sometimes one needs to be motivated by self or others in reaching his/her goal successfully. Motivation is basically the appetite to do things in right manner that helps in achieving our goals. Taking timely action, putting lot of efforts and strict to commitments are key elements that motivates an individual. Below are the few points that motivate in achieving the goals:
 

Setting Goals:
 
1. You should write in your diary about your goals in details with time schedule so that it reminds you every time as the day passes. Define your goals; segregated into smaller goals with timelines, enabling you to accomplish it on regular basis.
 
2. During the time period in achieving goals, you should list the things that puts you in trouble or restrict you or that are complicated and then try to solve those problem individually by study or with others help.
 
3. You should be very much aware what rewards/benefit you will get in achieving your goal and that will automatically motivate you.
 
4. Try to share your goal with your trustfully colleagues, friends and family members, who are experienced and try to take their suggestions that will definitely motivate you in being successful.
 

 
                  
 
‘Do Your Best’ slogan: It is well known that by saying yourself or to the others to Do Your Best is an automatic method of motivation. This will not only encourage you in doing difficult things but also give you energy for timely completion of the project.
 
Challenges are opportunities: People, who are already motivated in one way or the other, would like to have challenging activities in which success is uncertain but with their practice, experience and willpower, they still try to finish the task as they feel it is an opportunity to them.
 
Be proud: In spite of struggling with motivation due to any reason, try to think of past achievements by which you had been motivated and feel proud of it. In doing so, you are likely to remain motivated, even in tough times.
 
Be intrinsically motivated: When you are doing something, you need not to worry about what people will tell you on your success, simply be intrinsically motivated and go on doing the things for better results.
 
Fight against fear: If you are a failure in one way or the other, you will automatically be de-motivated. Try not to be very concerning about your failure. Failure and Success are both required to understand the purpose of life. Fear of being failure will restrict you to do things which will result in no success anytime. If you keep your fear aside and give it a try there are always 50% chances of failure but there are 50% chances are also there to get success. You will be motivated once you start thinking positively and try to learn from your mistakes. Keep in mind that most successful person in the world, could be sometime failure in few things.
 

 
Remove distractions: Sometimes, it may come to you mind that what others are doing are more interesting than what you do. Try to remove these distractions from your mind to be success and motivated in what you are doing. For instance, if you are busy in doing something and getting distracted by receiving messages on your mobile then just switch-off your mobile and keep it at such place so that it is not visible to you. By doing this, you will be motivated in doing your work.
 
Competition: Competition is also one method to get motivated. Few people are having habit of doing something only when they see other people are doing it. If such things are matching your habits, then be motivated in following those habits.
 
Break the routine: When we do things in the same manner day after day there are more chances of getting bored. Hence the change and variety is very important to break the monotonous life.
 
Review: Reviewing your goals, achievement and failure is another key way to keep you motivated. Reward yourself for every success and learn the mistakes you did that made you fail. By doing this your enthusiasm will be boosted.
 
Rewards: One way is to reward yourself every time you have achieved something, irrespective of how small the achievement is. Getting rewards and appreciation is the sure shot way to be motivated and walk towards new goal in life
 
Keep away from disappointments and negative feelings: It is but natural to be upset if you are not achieving your targets within the time frame. However instead of getting discouraged, try to devote your energy on how you can work on improving that will give the results. Diverting your energy on the positive things is the sure shot way to be motivated.
 

 

Be a movie buff: Follow the famous dialog of our movie stars to be motivated
 
When you fail: Bade-bade shehron me aisi chhoti-chhoti baatein hoti rehti hain
 
Try again by saying: Don't underestimate the power of a common man
 
When you have tried all possible ways: Ek bhar jo maine commitment kar di phir main apne aap ki bhi nahi sunta” and try again
 

 
Apart from all above things, eating healthy, daily exercise, not having excess caffeine, smooth sleep, positive thinking, etc are few things that keep a person motivated.

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10 Practical Ways to be in control of your mind

To be the master of our imaginations or in other words to be in control of your thoughts is simple as well as complicated. Simple because it completely depends upon us and no one else. Yet it is so difficult to keep our thoughts in control thereby resulting in complicated situation. However, to have a happy and satisfying life, we have to master the art of keeping our mind in control. Neither over jeopardizing the situation nor underestimating it will help.
 
                  
 
Perfect attitude is to not react instead handling the situation. In case, the situation demands to react, react in a way after due consideration that the impact of your reaction is not negative. In order to achieve this, the basic requirement is to keep your mind under control.
 
So today, we will try and examine different ways that can help us to keep our mind in control. Let us begin
 
1) Healthy Imagination: First and foremost is to master our imagining capabilities. Human being is the only creation in the universe who has a capacity to imagine the things in all area of life. Healthy imagination will help in positive perspective and prepare you to have your mind in control.
 
2) Be focused: It is difficult to know the purpose of life and to move towards it. Practically speaking, most of us are unaware of why we are here and our purpose in life. In this scenario, our suggestion is to take one thing at a time and involve all your energy towards it. Once you are focused to that thing, you automatically distance yourself from the negativity thereby having a control on your thought process.
 

 
3) Be your emotional friend: Our life quality depends upon our emotions. If we are emotionally drained, there are higher chances of having the depressed life. On the other hand, when we are emotionally charged up, we enjoy every bit of our life. The aloofness is the only reason to make human emotionally weak. Instead, of searching a friend outside, be your own friend first. This will gear up your emotional sense and thereby helps in controlling our mind.
 
4) Concentrate on body signals: Our body gives us the signal before even our mind reacts on the circumstances we face. Take for an example, if you come near to any dangerous place, before even you think what to do next, your body will react and signal you to run from that situation. If we are able to hear our body's call well in time, there are higher chances to be saved from such danger situations. Our body tends to give such signals to us at the regular time intervals. It is up to us if we observe them and make use of it constructively.
 
5) Be Positive: Anything that is disturbing and develop negative differentiation, avoid that by all your force. Positive in life is basically to have control on your thoughts in constructive way. To achieve this abstain from all sorts of negative thoughts; avoid making use of negative wordings, keep away from unsatisfied people.
 
6) Read and listen to positive thoughts: What we hear and read have direct impact on our psychology. Like our body needs nutritional food to function, our mind also require positive to have a control on our mind. Reading and listening to positive thoughts automatically change our mindset to positive outlook and gives us energy to control our mind
 

 
7) Make use of affirmations: Either words can take control of you, or you take control of words. It is necessary to be mindful of what kind of words we use. Usage of words in affirmation leaves positivity on our mind and hence become easy to have control over it.
 
Right from the birth till this moment, our mind is controlled by the circumstances we live in and our circumstances depend upon what we think. Both are inter-dependent on each other. Hence in order to have a satisfying life, we have to concentrate on controlling our minds to live effective life.
 
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Most Easiest & Effective way to loose weight - Mindful Eating

No. I am not kidding. The easiest and most effective way to loose weight is Mindful Eating. Seventy-five percent of the problem of overweight will be resolved if we concentrate on how we eat instead of eating just for the sake of eating. In this multi-tasking world, we tend to do multiple things at a time. And eating is not an exception. Watching news or serials on television, teaching kids, reading books, working on PC, attending phone calls, answering door bells, conversation with family members, and so on and so forth are the few things that we unknowingly do while eating.
 
Bigger question is, 'Is it helping us? Is it giving us the energy in full to our body?' The answer simply is no. When you multi-task eating with even the small thing, our mind distribute the energy to all those tasks that we are doing at that moment equally. And hence the optimum utilisation of food that we are eating does not take place.
 
                  
 
We need to eat in a manner that our digestive framework lives up to expectations all the more effectively. For that it is obliged to eat gradually and bite legitimately. With a specific end goal to eat gradually we ought to abstain from multitasking of any structure. Why? Well there are just advantages of doing just eating while eating.
 
To turn into a slow and careful eater: We all are well aware of the advantages of eating gradually and biting food appropriately. Multitasking is the primary guilty party of not permitting us to turn into the moderate and careful eater. Subsequently when we abstain from doing whatever else we consequently turn into a slow eater. Complete digestion is one of the principle advantages of moderate eating.
 
Digestion is the process of breaking down the food we eat in the way that our body starts absorbing it nutrients. The smaller the food particles, the lesser our body has to work to break down. Rather its full energy will now depend upon absorb the nutrients. Thus when we are the slow eater, we tend to chew it more and thereby the food is available in its smallest part to work on. It is hence all the more effectively dealing with engrossing and less on separating in this manner bringing about better absorption.
 

 
Eating nourishment obliges our entire attention: When we multi-task eating food, our attention is divided in multiple things. This results in less satisfaction and thereby results in less fulfilment. Less fulfilment will most likely results in including ourselves in eating incorrectly nourishment in wrong amount which is generally admission of more sustenance without much yearning. When we just eat without any diversion, our entire consideration is on eating food to the extent our body requires. When our body is full, it passes the signal to us. But we will know the signal only when we concentrate on what our body is telling us.
 
We tend to overeat because our attention is less on eating and more on other things that we are doing on simultaneously. Hence when we concentrate only on eating, we tend to eat only what our body requires. The problem of overeating gets resolved as soon as we forbid multi-task eating.
 
When our entire focus is on eating food to the smallest bite, we also subconsciously choose the food that is healthy and avoid eating junk food. This further helps us to maintain weight and health of ourselves.
 

 
To wrap up, in order to utilize the maximum energy from the food we eat, the requirement is to abstain from multi-tasking while eating. Start today and see the difference for yourself.

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Scarf: Must have for 2 wheeler travelers

Scarf: Must have for 2 wheeler travelers

 
Long drives is the ultimate fun during the cold winters. Isn't? Clear roads, cool winds, no signals, my two wheeler and me. Whenever I get the chance I pounce on it and move out to ride. Though I prefer riding than sitting behind, but there are certain times when the driver is not me.
 
As it is said every coin has two sides, similarly, no matter how much fun it is to ride but it leaves out the bad effect on skin and hair due to reasons like pollution, harmful sun rays, etc.
 
Well, don't fret out. There is this one accessory which can prevent us from all the problems. It is called scarf.
 
Reasons why wearing scarf is good while for the ones riding a two wheeler:
 
                  
 
Scarf, apart from fashion and styling proves to be a great protection from sun and wind. It protects your hair from the mess and thereby prevents from tangling.
 
Scarf also helps in protecting your make up and keeps the dirt at bay. The moisturized skin and lips are prone to attract dirt. This dirt if not cleaned go inside the skin and spoils the quality of your skin. To prevent it make use of scarf
 
Scarf plays an important role in preventing us from the harmful sun rays thereby prevent our skin from tanning.
 
As mentioned in the opening paragraph, scarf prevents us from inhaling the harmful gas that is generated because of the pollution.
 

 

Other obvious reasons why scarf is good to wear
 
It protect us from foul odour
 
It protect us from mosquitoes
 
It also helps to avoid glimpses and stares from the roadside Romeos
 
To stay cool during summer
 
To stay warm during winter

 
Share with us do you wear a scarf while riding? If yes what are your reasons?
 
Image Source: Girl on Two Wheeler wearing scarf
 

 

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How to make BB Cream at Home?

BB creams hit the Asian beauty industry in late 2011 - early 2012 and since then has been a huge hit. You can call it Blemish Balm, Beblesh Balm, Blemish Base or Beauty Balm.

What is BB Cream?

BB Cream is basically the mixture of 6 essential beauty products - Moisturizer, Serum, primer, concealer, foundation and sun-block. The beauty product manufacturers combine these beauty products in the secret ratio to form the BB cream for different skin types. It won't be wrong to say that BB cream is a multi-tasker product for beautiful skin.

According to Wikipedia, Dr. Christine Schrammek is the creator of BB cream. The BB cream came into existence in Germany in 1960. Dr. Christine was looking for the product which can take care of the skin of the people who has gone through the facial surgery. She developed the product popularly known as BB Cream especially for her patients who used it post facial surgery.

                  
 
Why BB Creams are hit in beauty industry?

As BB Creams play a significant role of protecting your skin from harmful UV rays in addition of hiding the spots to give you the perfect moisturized glowing skin.

Secondly, you don't have to worry about multiple products. It won’t be wrong to say that BB Creams are all-in-one beauty product and you are done within 2 minutes by using it. Saves time in this fast paced world. What else we need?

In other words, BB Cream:

- Hydrate and moisturize the skin
- Protect skin from UV Rays
- Cover the blemishes / dark spots
- Perfectly tint the skin and make it even toned
- Make it radiant, smooth and young looking skin

How to choose the BB Cream:

Like any other beauty products, BB Cream should also be chosen according to your skin type and tone. If you are oily skin beauty, choose a matte touch BB Cream. Most obviously a moisturized BB cream should be chosen by the dry skin beauties.

The colour of BB Cream should be one tone lighter to your skin tone. However, the problem is BB cream comes in limited shades. Finding the perfect shade according to your skin tone is really a task. Hence I am here listing down here a simple to make BB Cream at home.


 
You will need:

- 4 tbsp face moisturizer
- 1 tbsp Serum
- 1 tbsp Concealer
- 1 tbsp sunscreen
- 2 tbsp foundation (liquid)
- 2 pumps primer
- 2 tbsp powder

Method

- Combine all the ingredients in the bowl and mix well for 5 - 10 minutes.
- It should be little creamy in consistency. Else add the powder if too liquid or moisturizer if too thick.
- Pour it in bottle and store it at cool place
- Use home-made BB Cream that is custom made for your skin tone as and when required to look and feel your best

How to apply Home Made BB Cream

- Clean your face with the face wash to remove any dirt if any
- Pat dry your face with soft clean towel
- Take small amount of BB Cream on your palm.
- With the help of the fingers apply the BB Cream on your face as dots. Make sure you apply on all parts of your face viz forehead, nose, cheeks, chin, front side and back side of the ears and neck.
- Blend the dots of bb cream; pat the cream with your fingertips in the circular motion to give you perfect glowing skin. Be sure to blend it in upward / outward motion.


 

 
Please note, if you are darker skin toned, add a bit of foundation in the BB Cream while applying it to cover the imperfections.

Make the BB Cream at home, and let us know the result via comments.

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Healthy & Beautiful Face – Do you find it difficult to maintain?

Healthy skin is the dream of every girl. A beautiful and a healthy face build up your overall personality. As you take care of your health, taking care and grooming your face is also equivalently important to have a positive and long lasting impact. Each and every part of your face adds up the value.10 Most Simple and Effective Tips for Beautiful Young Looking Skin
 
Tips for Healthy and Beautiful Face
 

1. Drink lot of water: Human body is made up of small units called cells, similarly our face skin is also made up of cells. Cells are made up of water and loss of water will result in loss of hydration, which in turn will result in dry and flacky skin. A dry and flacky skin makes you look older than your age. So drinking good amount of water which results in hydrating your skin and in making your skin glow naturally.How much water is enough to drink?

 

2. Moisturize your skin: Sometimes drinking water is not enough to hydrate your skin, the reasons may be progression of age, any health issue, taking medicines for long period of time, or long term illness , weather changes, etc. During this period you have to moisturize your skin by externally applying moisturizers. Eating fruits rich in water like watermelon, papaya, orange, etc. will also help to hydrate your face skin.How to eat fruits the right way

 
                  
 

3. Do regular cleanup of your face: Regular cleanup of the face adds to the radiance of the skin. Everyday our face is exposed to dust particles and if the same is not removed regularly it causes many skin problems like acne, which turns down the radiance of your skin. Also before going to bed it is very important to clean up all the make-up and set it free to make it breathe naturally. For regular cleanup you are not required to take beauty parlor appointment every time. You can do your cleanup at home with easily available items. Homemade Facial Masks for Glowing Skin
 
a) Cleaning your face with a cottons swab dabbed in milk (non-boiled) will help you to cleanse your skin.
 
b) Applying a curd and honey face mask will help you cleanse your skin and also nourish and moisturize your skin naturally
 
c) Rubbing a crushed cucumber will cleanse and tone up your skin
 
d) Applying a face mask of curd and cucumber will help you to cleanse and nourish your face.

 

4. Shaping up the eyebrows: The length, shape and thickness of your eyebrows can make or break the look. Before giving a shape to your eyebrow, draw and try different shapes of eyebrow with an eyebrow pencil and then go for the most suited shape. Use a good eyebrow pencil to give a final touch-up for a perfect shape of the eyebrow.

 

 

5. Eyelashes: The thickness, length and health of your eyelashes determine the beauty of your eyes. Nourishing the eyelashes increases the life of an eyelash. To nourish and moisturize your eyelash apply almond oil or castor oil to the eyelashes. Applying a petroleum jelly also moisturizes your eyelashes. Always apply the oil or petroleum jelly with the help of an unused mascara brush. Do not rub your eyelashes, as it may lead to breaking of eyelash.

 

6. Retain the beauty of your eyes: Eyes are the most delicate part of your face, taking care of your eyes will enhance the beauty and radiance of your face. Nourishing and moisturizing your eyes will give a good health to your eyes. Keeping a slice of cucumber on your eyes will moisturize your eyes naturally. For healthy eyes, eat fruits rich in Vitamin A, avoid direct contact with sunlight, chemicals and smoke. Avoid using a PC or smart phone screen for long time.Food to keep your eyes healthy and beautiful.
How to keep eyes beautiful and attractive naturally?

 

7. Healthy Lips: After eyes the most important and attractive part of your face is your lips. As your age increases your lips may turn dry. Maintaining the moisture of your lips naturally improves the health and beauty of your lips.
 
a) Scrubbing the lips with Sugar and honey will help to remove the dead skin of the lips.
 
b) Massaging with olive oil will nourish and moisturize the lips.
 
c) Applying tomato paste will help you to regain soft and pink lips.
 
d) Avoid harsh cosmetics on lips.
 
e) Do not apply lipstick for long time on lips.

 

 

8. Nose: Nose is the most prominent part of your face and nose is the 1st part of your face which is affected by the environment. Blackheads and whiteheads are most common problems which affects the beauty of your nose. Blackheads and whiteheads can be avoided if you scrub your nose with soap foam and sugar regularly. Take care of your nose as it reflects your personality.

 
Bottom line: Nourish and moisturize your face naturally for natural beauty. Love and care for your face and your face will make others love you.
 

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How to Choose the Right Toothbrush?

Choosing the right toothbrush is as important for the health of your teeth as brushing them properly. With such variety of tooth brushes, it becomes difficult to choose the best one. On the other hand, the advertisements and beautiful colors and displays make our decision even more difficult.

 
Mostly, people go to buy the family packs of toothbrush. The family packs come with the same size and shapes. However, not every member of the family has the same size of mouth. Some has the wider while others have the narrower one. The younger family member has the smaller mouth compare to the elder member of the family. So how can the same size of tooth-brush can be used by all family members.
 
                  
 
It is important to use the toothbrush accordingly that is best suited for you. Below are the general guidelines to choose the right toothbrush for own self.
 
1) Bristles: Many dentists recommend the use of soft bristles to remove the plaque from teeth and gums effectively. Stiff bristles can harm the gums and can damage the filling material, gum tissues. On the other hand the medium bristles can have the same effect as of stiff bristles if used improperly. The safest kind of brush is the brush with soft bristles.
 
2) Shape of Toothbrush: It is advisable to use the tooth-brush with flexible neck. But however the use of non slip grip can also can also be used. It depends upon the individual choice to choose the shape whether rectangular or otherwise. The only thing to keep in mind is to choose the shape which ensures that it reaches to all teeth easily and fits your mouth perfectly.
 

 
3) Age: Choose the toothbrush according to your age. The tooth brush for 3 years old and 30 years old is different. So choose the one according to your age.
 
4) Head of the toothbrush: It is advisable to use the tooth brush with smaller head and wider at the bottom. This ensures that the bristle reaches to the back molars and back teeth comfortably.
 
Once purchased, how to take care of tooth brush
 
1) Never share your toothbrush with others
2) Rinse your toothbrush completely after you are done with brushing and keep it in open space to air dry
3) Do ensure that the toothbrush does not touch the other toothbrushes.
4) Before using the toothbrush ensure to rinse it with water.
 

 
The right toothbrush can ensure the good oral hygiene is maintained and prevent from the tooth decay, dental plaque and gum diseases. I would lke to close the article with the famous quote by Clifford Stoll - "Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months."
 
Are you doing any of these 10 brushing mistakes?
 

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10 brushing mistakes we do daily

10 brushing mistakes we do daily
 

1) Brush too hard: Teeth are not floor tiles / marbles that the harder we rub, the cleaner it become. It only takes slow and soft moves of brush on teeth to clean it. Avoid brushing too hard as it makes your teeth weak in the long run

 

2) Using brush for too long: Life of your teeth is inversely proportional to life of your tooth brush. Don't extend your tooth brush usage beyond 45 days.

 

3) Brush horizontally: It is a general observation that people brush horizontally i.e. goes left goes right and so on. But the correct way to brush is to go up - down up - down with your brush on teeth. Brush your teeth in vertical strokes for better cleaning of bacteria.

 
                  
 

4) Use wrong brush size: Don't get lured with the "Buy 1 get 1 free" schemes or family pack. Make use of correct brush size according to the size of your mouth.

 

5) Use of Hard Bristles: While buying the brush, check out the bristles type. It should be either soft or ultra-soft bristles

 

6) Duration of brushing: It is often observed that people either brush too much of time or too little. Both are ineffective for your tooth health. Correct duration to brush your teeth is around 120 seconds. Yes, it just takes only 2 minutes to clean your entire mouth.

 

 

7) Brushing on gums: You do not require brushing on your gums. To get the gums clean, it all requires the good rinse to clean up the gums

 

8) Skipping inner tooth surface: The inner part of your teeth is not visible to anyone not even you, but they are the part of your teeth. Hence, it is equally important to clean your inner tooth surface as it is the outer one. Clean every tooth including the last one inside out for better health of teeth

 

9) Skip brushing before sleep: Being lazy or being too tired is just excuses that we have to keep aside. It just takes 2 minutes to clean up your teeth before hitting the bed.

 

10) Taking too much tooth paste: Though it is in interest of tooth-paste companies to take the tooth paste in the large quantity (for obvious reasons) but it is advisable to take the paste half the size of your tooth brush.

 
Click here to read more on how to choose right toothbrush?
 

 
Now it is your turn: Do share what mistakes you do while brushing and how you have overcome those.
 
Image Source: New & Old Tooth brush | Too much tooth paste

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10 things to do daily during summers

Heat is increasing day after day. Many doctors have advised to avoid going in sun during the peak hours especially the afternoon time when sun is at the highest burning stage ie 12 pm to 4 pm. In case it is urgent to step out, take proper precaution to avoid the sun burn and sun stroke.

 
What is important during these days is to take all the more care of your health. So today, I am consolidating the must have incorporation on the daily basis for better health, for better skin and for hair.
 

Drink more water: If you are drinking 8 glass of water on the normal day, increase the quantity and drink now to 10-12 glasses of water. Well, there is no defined quantity on how much water you should drink but here I am saying, whatever you normal quantity of intake of water, add couple of glasses more during the summer season. Must read this article to know how much water is essential for human body

 
                  
 

Opt for Watery Fruits & Vegetables: Get the habit of having more watery fruits & vegetables to keep yourself hydrated. Tomatoes, cucumber, lemon, zucchini, celery, watermelon, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, red bell Pepper, strawberry, broccoli, grapefruit, peach, cranberry, cantaloupe, apricot, blackberry, apple are the healthy options to have in summer

 

Bath more than once: Now this is not a tip. Taking bath more than once helps to cleanse up our skin from inside out. After the sweaty day it is important to clean your body before going to sleep. If you cannot afford to take bath more than twice, no problem, but two times is the must.

 

Wash hair more frequently: Yes, wash hair more frequently and take time to oil it the prior day. Washing, as and when, you feel your hair greasy and not so fresh opt for washing it without a second thought. Make use of mild shampoo so as to not destroy the health of the hair. Oiling the prior day or at least couple of hours will work wonders to maintain the good health of hair

 

 

Splash water after coming from outside: Every time after stepping in from outside make it a habit to splash the water on face and eyes. Cleanse your face thoroughly. Clean your hands and legs. In short cleanse all the exposed area by water immediately after coming from outside

 

Apply Sunscreen: Applying sunscreen is not the new tip but it is the must one in the summer days. You should be regular with applying sunscreen not only when you go outside but also when you sit in the shade. No one wants to get their skin destroyed from the harmful ultraviolet rays of sun. Sunscreen gives the protective shield to the skin.

 

Wear Sunglasses: Another important thing to do is to wear sunglasses as and when you step outside in sun. Wear your favorite shades to avoid getting your eyes affected by the harmful rays

 

Cover your face and hair: Though Vitamin D is important but not the harmful rays of sun. So cover your face and hair with the trending and colorful scarfs.

 

 

Wear cotton clothes: Our skin loves the cotton clothes. So preferably pack all the other material clothes and keep it at distance. Keep all the cotton fabric at your eye level and use them during these heaty summers.

 

Apply Deodorant: It goes without saying that you do not wish to be a smelly person at any point of time. Make use of deodorant more often if you sweat a lot.

 
Now it is your turn. Share with us and our reader’s that one habit that you just cannot go without in summers.
 

Image Source: Summer word written | 2nd Photo on Summer

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8 basic changes in kitchen for healthy life.

Health of the family depends upon how we keep our kitchen. Today, I am going to list down the ten basic things following which can help you and your family to lead the healthy life. In case if you are on the Weight Loss Mission than this post is the must read.
 

1. Storage of healthy food: Keep the healthy food at the eye level in the refrigerator or compartments. You should place them in such a way that it is easily available. Keep all fruits and vegetables at the eye level or not below the chest level while keep chips, cold-drinks and all junk food at the bottom of compartments or at the top level.

 
                  
 

2. Size of the utensils: Use wider utensils in case of healthy food and smaller ones keep it for unhealthy ones. Filling portion in the smaller containers will be less which will indirectly results in lesser intake of junk food.

 

3. Measurement Utensils: Make use of measurement utensils instead of adding the ingredients while preparing the food. For instance, pouring oil without the spoon has the higher chances of more inclusion of oil as compared to when poured with the help of the measuring spoons.

 

 

4. Availability of the Healthy Food: It is important to keep the tab on the quantity available of healthy food. You should start purchasing once there are only last 2 portions are available. This way, you will not have an excuse of indulging in junk food because of non availability of food.

 

5. Quantity: Use bigger compartments for the leafy vegetables, fruits and smaller ones for junk food. Appearance plays a bigger role and will give the impression that junk food containers are filled more as compared to healthy food items

 

6. Be prepared: If you do not get time in the morning, it is better to do preparation the night before whatever you can. For instance, you can keep the vegetables chopped the night before. This will prevent you from giving the reason of not cooking food in morning because of no time.

 

 

7. Use multi coloured food: Include multi coloured items and lots of variety in your meals. This has the twin benefit. 1) You will get the visual pleasure of too many things in the plate. 2) Because of multiple food items, there is lot of space utilized to keep the food segregated in the plate, yet the plate looks full. Top of it, eating variety of food ensures the intake of various essential nutrients

 

8. Have patience: It looks tempting to taste food as soon as it is prepared. But in the name of tasting sometimes we eat the entire bowl. Best way is to take your portion in the appropriate dishes and serve only when it is the time to eat the meal.

 
These basic things, when followed regularly, contribute in the huge way in maintaining the health and fitness.
 
Image Source: Food Storage | Measuring Utensils | Variety of Food | Be Prepared

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When well paid plans in life go awry, what is the best thing to do?

Nice question asked on Women's Web When well paid plans in life go awry, what is the best thing to do?

 
I thought about it, many things came in my mind from anger to frustration, from trying again to accept the failure. However. after reasoning out with each thought, I could come up with one solution which has worked most of the times. Check it out and let me know if you agree with the same.
 
When well paid plans in life go awry
Out of the order is the situation each and every
Failure is what making you high and dry
Everything around is just hue and cry
 
                  
 
What is the best thing to do?
What would be the solution, you have no clue?
There seems to be nothing that is making you woo
You just want to get it through
 
One thing is what I can suggest
To reduce the over growing stress
To overcome being depressed
That can make you feel blessed
 
Following which can bring the season of spring
Can make you again dance and sing
Happiness is what you are blindfolding
Achieve that by just doing “NOTHING”
 

 
Yes you read it right
Doing nothing is what will make you bright
Everything will then be alright
You will again be in the spotlight

 

Say nothing
Think nothing
See nothing
Feel nothing
Plan nothing
Try nothing
Doubt nothing
Assume nothing
Debate nothing
Understand nothing
Judge nothing
Relate nothing
Do nothing
Absolute nothing

 
Break all that is piled
Be pure as a small child
Everything will then be compiled
You will again be seen with a beautiful smiled.
 

 
A person tries everything by giving more than hundred percent to achieve what he dreams. But, however, sometimes he fails irrespective of putting the maximum efforts and using the right approach. During these times people usually take stress and try to reason out, think of the alternatives and still question and look for the answers.
 
I, say, when you have tried your best yet things go haywire than you should calm down. Leave everything beside and do nothing. Be blank, take rest and forget what has happened. Give time to rejuvenate yourself.
 
Once you have got the strength, set another goal. Make new plans. Now devote all your energy in achieving this new goal. Inside out just think about this new goal and plan on how to achieve the same. This is one of the best ways to forget the failures you have experienced last time.
 
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