Beauty alert

Hi all,

         How are yu ppl doin? Hope all are great and enjoying their holidays. It's summer in India and I can see tender coconuts in huge numbers on road sides. I can never compromise the goodness of tender coconuts with soft drinks n sodas. I had been completely busy with my baby that I had lost nearly 4 kilos! But I am proud to say that I have moved a step ahead in parenting and motherhood.

         My kid has become so naughty that my house looks like it's been affected by some tornado or tsunami! I feel exhausted at the end of the day and there he is, getting ready for another round of naughtiness. I needed some time off my regular schedule. I needed to be left alone. All I needed was just 5 minutes of time spent in calmness and tranquility. But it seemed that achieving this was almost impossible. I was completely stressed out. I badly wanted to escape from these situations. But I was unable to. It was then that I decided to fly back to my parents place. Now that I am in my parents' place, they take care of my baby, while I take care of my blog :) Yay!!

          So let's get started. I have lots in store for you. It's no wonder if I write 10 posts a day :) All thanks to my parents for taking care of my baby :) Today's topic is about India's NO:1 preferred drink- tender coconut water :) Tender coconut water not only aids your body in re hydration, but also keeps your skin away from acne, black marks n sun tan. So let's see how this works.

1. Facial Mask: 

          1. Mix half cup of tender coconut water to 1/4th of orange powder (preferably Fuller's earth).

          2. Add a small quantity of saffron to it. Adding saffron is optional but produces glowful results when mixed with tender coconut water.

          3. Add two drops of lemon and one tbsp of glycerin to the mixture.

          4. Apply this mask to your face and wash it off after 20 min.

 Saffron maintains your skin tone, while glycerin tends to keep your skin soft and supple. Lemon removes tan while coconut water oxidizes your face and adds rich look to it.

2. Hair Straightener:

           To keep your hair naturally straightened, spray pure coconut milk onto your scalp and hair for 5 min. Take a comb and brush your hair straightly removing the locks. Once you are done, wash your hair and then lightly spray the milk once again on your hair. Repeat this process each time you take head bath. The more you repeat, the longer your hair will be straight.

3. Pregnancy: 

           To increase the count of amniotic fluid, mix a small quantity of saffron to one glass of pure tender coconut water. This will not only increase amniotic fluid, but will also help in oxygen supply to the baby.

Hope you enjoyed reading today's post. Share and repost this if you find this informative :) Also don't forget to enter your valuable suggestions and opinions below as it helps me to move ahead with blogging :) You got nothing to lose if you comment while I largely appreciate your time taken for commenting :)

Meet you in next post. Until then, take care :)





               






       

            

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;)

Fun with potatoes

Hi beauties!!

              As soon as I started to write this post, my tummy has started yearning for potatoes; especially for deep fries :):) Pregnancy sure brings weird carvings!!! :) So today, my post is gonna be about potatoes. Potatoes were used as a natural ailment curing ingredient right from the ancient civilization. I am gonna list out some of the useful tips where you can use potato as an anti-tan, underarms lightener and as a scrub. So lets get started :)

1. Scrub:
               Take a big sized potato and juice it out. Mix two to three spoons of Fuller's Earth or Besan gram flour to it and apply it on your hands and face .Wash it off with luke warm water after 15 minutes. You can also use it directly. But if you intend to use it directly, you will be needing more potatoes as the juice does not stick to your skin. This can be used as a scrub and also as an anti-tanning face pack. If you want to use this as a scrub, then gently scrub your face and hands in clockwise and anticlockwise motions with a cotton ball dipped in milk. Those having oily skin can dip the cotton ball in water or can just use your palms for scrubbing purpose. See to that you scrub your face and hands gently as besan gram flour or fuller's earth tend to make your skin rough and reddish due to excessive scrubbing.

2.  Removing dark circles:
                  I have noticed many teenagers and young people suffering from dark circles. Guys suffer more than girls with this problem. Dark circles can be seen under your eyes which result due to improper sleep cycle. I acknowledge the fact that almost each and every one of us are deprived of sleep due to our career and life concerns. But it is also equally important to take care of our health. Anyways, to get rid of dark circles, cut two thin slices of potato and place them on your eyes when you sleep. This works more effectively during the night times. Potato releases a natural chemical which heals dark circles. Follow this regularly for two weeks and you will notice considerable results.

3. Elbow lightener:
                  Mix a few drops of lemon juice to one cup of potato juice. Dip a cotton ball in it and gently massage it on elbows, knees and under arms. This will lighten the darkness on your elbows, knees and underarms. If your elbows and knees are very dark in color, then use this twice or thrice a day to get effective results. Wash it off after 15 to 20 min. Apply glycerine on your elbows and knees once you wash off this mixture. This will keep your elbows and knees smooth and shiny.

So that's it for today my dears. Have fun. Keep reading my posts and do share them. Also leave your suggestions and comments so that I too can get to learn something new or useful :) Meet you in next post. Until then, take care :)