Mint speaks it all

Hi everybody,

         Hope you all are doing fine. Before I ask how are you, let me ask you a serious question. Do you sleep contentedly? Is your sleep cycle uninterrupted? Do you have a sound sleep? If the answer is a big No, then do not feel sorry, for you have landed on the correct blog where I post many tips for a sound sleep. In this post, I am going to list out the benefits of Mint or Pudina to our skin and health. So join me as I bring forth to you some amazing benefits of Mint.

Benefits for skin:

To get softer and smoother lips, apply two leaves of fresh pudina leaves to your lips for two minutes. Squeeze the juice of the leaves on to your lips so that it acts as a moisturizer aiding in smotthing of your lips.

Problems with dark circles? Don't worry! Take two spoons of mint juice and dip a cotton ball in it. Apply it in circular motion around your eyes and let it dry for 15 min. After you wash it, you will feel fresh and rejuvenated since the aroma of mint enhances your brain cells and wades off even the slightest traces of insomnia.

To two spoons of mint juice, add three drops of lemon drops and apply it on acne affected spots on your face, neck, arms and shoulders. Mint aids in reducing pigmentation of the skin and also preventing acne.

Also applying mint juice on your face helps tighten your skin and removes bacteria and open pores. It revitalizes your skin with it's natural herbal value. You can apply as many times as you want, as it does not have any side effects :)

Boil mint and basil leaves and store the water in an air tight container. Use it as a toner whenever needed. This water does not only act as a toner, but also acts as an SPF blocking UV and harmful sun rays. Get set Go!!

Health benefits:

Suffering from insomnia or depression? Here's a solution:

Keep two to three fresh mint leaves below your pillow for an hour or so. When you are about to sleep, flip the pillow so that the aroma from the mint leaves makes you to get a sound and release sleep throughout the entire night :)

To reduce itchiness on your skin, dab a few drops of mint juice on the affected area. This will relieve your skin from burning and itchiness and acts as a coolant on your skin.

Many women suffer with cracks on their heels and feet. Even though getting a pedicure proves fruitful, one cannot get a pedicure quite often. The best way to treat cracked heels is to apply a few drops of mint juice, lemon juice and olive oil to the affected parts. Leave it on cracked heels over night. Repeat this process daily before you go to bed. You will notice dramatic changes. The cracked heels tend to close on its own leaving a smooth and soft texture on your skin.

Adding a dash of leaves or a few drops of mint juice in your diet can detoxify your system and increase oxygen supply to your body.

So that's it for today my dears! There are umpteen number of benefits with mint. But I have chosen to post only the best tips. So feel free to add your valuable suggestions on mint if any, so that we can make this an interactive session.

Keep reading my posts, sharing and resharing them so that everybody can be benefited. Meet you in next post.

Until then, take care :) Love you loads :)

10 Minutes manicure tutorial @ home

Hi my dear beauty lovers!!

              How are you doing? Hope you all are doing great. It's been soooo long since I have written any new post. It was because I kind of fell in love with Origami and D.I.Y craft ideas!! Yay!! I was so involved in Origami and crafts that I ended up doing nearly 20 new paper art and nearly 40 craft ideas. I shall soon be posting my stupendous work here :)

             It was then that I discovered something new. A whole new D.I.Y manicure process with natural things at home. When I craft paper, my hands kind of got rough and sticky and then slowly started to get tanned due to the glue that I had on my fingers for hours. At first, I was angry with myself for getting into this mess. But then, looking at this with a positive perspective made me to take a short cut to manicure!! ;) As I often say, sharing is always always and always fun!! So let's get started.

             I am gonna teach you 5 easy ways to go for a super cool manicure at home. Follow any one of these daily and you are sure to get a manicure effect on your fingers and hands within one week.

1. Potato:

              Potato always makes wonders on skin, no matter what your skin type is. Take a potato and cut it into five thin slices. Apply salt over the slices and leave them aside for two min. The salt gets absorbed into the potato. Scrub these slices onto your fingers, especially on the knuckles for five to ten min. Wash it off with a cotton ball dipped in milk or warm water. I prefer using milk as it is a natural moisture and tends to keep your fingers soft. While the salt acts as a scrub, the potato removes the tan from your fingers.

2. Lemon:

              Lemon is a natural de-tanner and acts very quickly on skin. Take a small slice of lemon and rub some salt on it. Scrub this mixture onto your fingers for 5 min and wash it off. Do not scrub it for more than 5 min if you find it too itchy. The citric acid present in the lemon de tans your fingers while the salt along with the citirc acid acts as a scrub, de tanner and dead cells remover. You can also rub your hands with a plain lemon in case you need to get rid of the tan.

3. Sugar and Almond oil:

              Almond oil is known for its moist nature. Mix two spoons of almond oil to one spoon of sugar and scrub it to your hands. Wash it off after 5 min with a cotton ball dipped in warm water. Do not wash with milk as the almond oil already contains moisture. Washing your fingers with milk will make your hands look more oily. You can also use olive oil to get the same effect. Since almond oil leaves an aromatic effect on your fingers, this is more preferable than olive oil.

4. Glycerine:

              Mix a few drops of lemon juice to one table spoon of sugar and half table spoon of glycerine and scrub it on your hands. Wash it off with warm water after 10 min. You can also apply this to your arms. While the sugar removes the dead cells, lemon removes tha tan and glycerine keeps your skin shiny and glossy.

5. Potato juice:

             Take a half cut potato and make it into a juice. Boil the juice for 5 min and apply it directly on your fingers. The juice removes the tan instantly from your fingers and tends to keep your fingers smooth.

So that's it for now ladies!! I shall be posting few more posts for today, as there's lot to share :) Keep waiting for my next post!! Bye babies;)