Get Rid of Facial Hair Naturally

Facial hair not only looks unpleasant, but, can also cause embarrassment to some. Unwanted facial hair, if in excess, can also make your face look darker than its natural shade. There are many ways to get rid of facial hair, such as bleaching and waxing, etc. But, many of these come with their own side-effects. So, here are some natural ways in which you can get rid of those unwanted facial hair.

                                                          

  Rub some Potato :

Take a potato and slice it into half. Apply some water on its surface and rub it on your face. It will lighten the color of your facial hair and will make your skin soft and supple

 Use Tomatoes :

Take a slice of tomato and rub it on your face. Do this for 5 minutes and then wash your face. In a few days, you will notice your hair color lightening.

Lemon juice and Honey :

Add few drops of lemon juice to honey and apply the mixture on face. Rub it in the same direction of the hair growth. Leave it for 20 minutes and then rinse it off. Repeat this procedure at least twice a week.

Papaya Pulp :

Take half a cup of papaya pulp and mix it with one tablespoon of milk. Make a thick paste of it. Then rub it gently on your face and leave it for 10 minutes. After this rinse it off. This mixture serves as a natural bleach.

Egg White :

  If you can stand the smell of egg, then an egg white can also prove to be a good option for your problem. Add some sugar to it before applying it on your face. Let it stay, till it dries. After that rinse it off and do remember to use a toner after that.







 Home-made facial Scrubs:

You spend your time using chemical based scrubs on your face to discourage the growth of facial hair, well why not use some home-made natural scrubs:

Sugar :

Mix sugar (30gm) and freshly squeezed lemon juice (10ml), with water to make a paste. Apply it on your face and rub it in the direction of your hair growth. Rinse it off after 15 minutes using cold water. Sugar acts as an exfoliating agent, while lemon juice will act as an astringent on your face.

Banana and Oatmeal :

First take a ripe banana and mash it. Then add some oatmeal to it. Apply this scrub on your face in circular movement. Do this for 15 minutes before rinsing it off.






Home-Made Wax:

Here is a home-made cold wax formula for you. Prepare a mix of sugar (2 cups) and lemon juice (1/4 cup) in half a cup of water. Heat it on a low flame and keep stirring it. It should become a thick brown liquid. Use it when it cools down slightly. Dust the area, where you want to apply, with some corn flour or powder. Apply it using a butter knife and place a waxing strip or a clean cloth over that. Pull it off in the opposite direction of the hair growth. After this immediately apply some astringent and ice over that area to close the open pores. But remember, whenever you make this mix do not try this directly on your face. Always do a patch test on the back of your hand or arm first, to check its consistency.

 Other than these natural bleaches and scrubs, It is very important to use cleansing milk especially after removing makeup. It is always a good skin care routine to use a toner every time after face wash. Excessive hair growth can also be due to imbalance hormonal level. In such a case, you must see a doctor immediately rather than trying any activities yourself.


    

DIY: Perfect Manicure At Home

It is extremely important to take good care of your hands. So, you would really want your beautiful hands to be well-manicured.
Getting regular manicures at a professional salon can burn a few holes in your budget. Also if you have a sensitive skin, then you would prefer to avoid the unknown chemical products used by certain salons. So, here are some easy tips using which you can give yourself a manicure at home like a pro.

Things you will need:

Here is your list of the basic ingredients:

• Cotton balls or buds
• A soft towel and a damp cloth
• Emery board or nail filer or clipper
• Cuticle cream and cuticle stick
• Anti-bacterial moisturizing hand soap
• Moisturizing hand lotion
• Nail polish remover
• Base coat and top coat
• Nail polish
• A shallow bowl
• Warm water

Step-by-step Manicure At Home:


1) Remove your old nail polish by moistening a cotton ball with nail polish remover. Gently move from the base of the nail to the tip. After this, wash your hands in soapy water and gently pat dry with a soft towel.

2) Use the nail filer to shape your nails. Trim then first if needed. Then shape them by moving the filer in one direction only. Start at one edge and move to the top smoothly– don’t saw back and forth.

3) Fill a shallow bowl with warm water. Add a few drops of anti-bacterial moisturizing hand soap to it. Soak your fingers in the soapy water for a few minutes to soften the cuticles. Then pat dry gently with a soft towel.

4) Rub a cuticle cream softly on all fingers. Use a cuticle stick or a wooden stick, to gently push back the cuticles. Again wash your hands in clean warm water and pat dry. 

5) Apply a moisturizing hand lotion and massage your hands till the cream is completely absorbed. Remove any excess cream by wiping with a damp cloth. 

6) Take a cotton ball moistened with nail polish remover and remove the cream from your nails, before you start to apply nail polish. 

7) Before applying the nail color, start with a base coat, preferably with the nail strengthening formula. Apply to all nails and let it dry for a few minutes. 

8) Choose a color of your choice. Apply the nail polish in smooth strokes, moving from the base of the nail to the tip. Three strokes are ideal to cover each nail– starting with one in the middle and then one on each side. Keep a paper towel and cotton ball dipped in remover handy, to fix any mistakes. 

9) After a gap of ten minutes (till the nail polish dries completely), apply a second coat on it, in the same way. 

10) Again after letting it dry completely, apply a top coat to make the color last longer. The longer you let the nails dry each time, the less smudging you will have.


Weekly manicures can work wonders on your nails and cuticles. Home manicures are not only budget-friendly but also easy and give the same desired results as the salon manicures if done regularly. Your hands will look healthier, your nails will become stronger and your ring will shine much brighter on those well-manicured fingers.

Tips to Make your Lipstick Last Long

Lipsticks enhance the pouts and add beauty to face, but they can even make a face look gloomy and miserable. You can deck up in best of attire, with your face still flushed with face powder, but with the lip paint going away you would protrude a dim representation. A little attention can bring in relief and make those lips look luscious with the lip color all over it. For making lipsticks stay longer, a few things have to be kept in mind.


Healthy lips

Healthy lips can retain color in a much better way than unhealthy lips. For this, apply a thick coat of Vaseline or other lip balm as a lip treatment and leave them overnight on to your lips. In morning, lightly brush your lips with your toothbrush to shed away the peeling skin of your lips. Before you coat them with lipstick ensure you use a sunscreen added lip balm to not only retain the colour, but also protect them from the sun.



 Lip liners

Use lip liners to outline lips. It is effective in preventing bleeding of lip colors. Also, use a gentle dab of foundation on lips before you use a lipstick. Post application of lipstick over foundation, use a slight sweep of face powder and reapply the lipstick to retain the color for a longer period of time.


Non-transferable lipsticks:

For a better stay, use lipsticks which stay for a longer duration. Lip colors from certain brands come with non-transferable gloss products. Even after eating, drinking, endless talking or even kissing, the color of such products will not smudge or transfer. However, some lipsticks, having long wearing formulas, can have drying effect on lips so for that drink loads of water to hydrate your lips.



 Some essential tips:

• Using lip brush to apply lipstick will help in spreading the color evenly all over the lips, making the lips look fuller.

•  It is always advisable to use brighter shades of lipsticks. Even if they smudge and lighten at the end of the day, they will still have a light tint, which will make the lips look good.

• Adding a coat of a lip gloss adds shine and makes the lip color glossy.

• Always use lip brush or lip tubes directly. Applying lip colors through fingertips will not make them stay for long. It is because the oils in fingertips break down the lipstick formula and make the lip color smudge.

10 Tips for Getting Long Beautiful Hair

Hair — a lot of time goes into taking care of it.Every woman wants longer and thicker hair. These hair growth tips help you retain precious inches, allowing you to get the long hair you've always wanted.

1) Here is extremely great and efficient hair mask, which will not only help your hair to grow faster, but also will make your locks look more shiny, healthy and beautiful.

 Mix in a small bowl: 1 egg yolk, 1 table spoon of honey, 1 table spoon of extra virgin olive oil (or linen oil) and 1 table spoon of vodka (or cognac).

Massage this mixture into the roots of your hair and then, spread to the lengths; wait for about 40 minutes. (For better results you can put a shower cup on your head and cover it up with a towel, but make sure that your special someone doesn’t see you wearing this extravagant “construction” on your head, it might not look that seductive :D). After the 40 minutes, wash and condition your hair, as usual. You will be astonished with amazing results!

2) Here is another simple hair mask that will help your hair grow faster: For this treatment you’ll need some potato juice! Yes, it might sound strange, but it works! Isn’t it the most important?! At least, potato juice smells better than an onion juice, right? (Onion juice can be really great in helping boost your hair shine, as well as hair growth, but it smells horrible, and that smell won’t go anywhere for weeks! So, how to make our potato hair mask?

Juice 2 big potatoes, add 1 table spoon of honey and 1 egg yolk.
Apply this mixture on your hair (mainly on the roots), wait for half an hour and wash your locks, as you usually do. This hair mask is amazing and it’s all natural!


3. Try warm oil scalp massage. It’s a very easy trick, but it works wonders! This treatment works wonders for the hair growth and makes your tresses look very shiny and healthy

Just heat up a little bit of oil (Any oil of your choice like olive oil, coconut oil, argan oil and jojoba oil); never boil the oil, slightly warm it up, so that it’s pleasantly warm and comfortable to touch, then, massage your scalp with this treatment. If you have someone else to gently massage going through the roots of your hair, this can become even more pleasant! This scalp massage can last for about 20 minutes, then spread the oil on the length of your hair, wait for about half an hour and wash your locks thoroughly. Not only this experience is very relaxing, but also, you will love the result.

4.Try castor oil hair treatment. It’s all simple: just massage your scalp with castor oil and leave it overnight; then, the next morning, wash and condition your hair as usual.

 Do this treatment once or twice a week for couple of weeks and you will be astonished by the amazing result! It works wonders for hair growth! Also, castor oil can help you to grow longer lashes and thicker eyebrows!

5.Vinegar rinse. Not only vinegar can help boost your hair growth, but also it can tremendously change the appearance of your locks – of course, for better – hair becomes shinier, stronger and healthier!

Add 2 table spoons of vinegar into 1 litter of water and rinse your hair with this “self made healthy conditioner”, do it as the final step of your shampooing/conditioning process. If you aren’t a fan of vinegar odor – add a couple of drops of your favorite essential oil into your vinegar rinse (or you can mix lemon juice with water instead of vinegar in the same proportion). Great and simple, all natural, but most important – it works!

6.Brush your hair every day for 1 or 2 minutes, do it every morning and every evening to stimulate circulation in your scalp.

Make sure to massage your head gently, it’s not working by a principle “the harder you push the faster it grows!”. Remember, never brush your hair when it’s wet, because it can damage your locks and cause breakage. We don’t want it, because we love our hair, right? :)


7.Massage your scalp every time you shampoo your hair. Do it gently, use your fingers, massage your head for about a minute or two, push and move the skin around your head, it will stimulate the blood flow and help your hair grow faster.

 The best thing is to wash your hair as per your hair type. For curly hair, shampoo your hair once a week and for fine, straight hair, it is good to go for two or three washes.

8.Mayonnaise - The Natural Conditioner: Healthy and beautiful hair starts with a healthy scalp…It’s logical, right? This is why it’s important to take a great care of your scalp! Here is one easy tip: never apply a hair conditioner on the roots of your hair! Not only it will cause the loss of volume and your locks might get oily very quickly, but also, some hair conditioners contain waxes and silicons, and if you apply them on your scalp, it can prevent the skin on your head from breathing and clog pores. Apply your hair conditioner only on the length of your hair.

Applying mayonnaise is a good way to condition your hair, making it more manageable and shiny. It’s as easy as combing mayonnaise all over your hair and then rinsing it.

9. Eat protein!It is important to keep your hair healthy from the outside with products, love and care. What about from the inside? Not only our exterior efforts, massages and sophisticated masks are important, but also, if you really want to have thick and beautiful hair, watch what you eat! Did you know that food can make a tremendous difference in how fast your hair grows?

 Protein provides a building material for your locks to grow quicker, look healthier and be stronger, so include in eggs, nuts, fish, chicken, red meat, etc…include these into your balanced diet. Eat healthy. Your hair will say: “Thank you!”.

10.Care for your hair while you sleep. Probably, you are wondering – how in the world is it possible to care for my hair while I sleep? Yes, it’s, actually, easy as pie. First of all, never sleep with a tight ponytail or a tight braid, it definitely won’t help your hair grow faster and can even cause breakage of your hair and pains in your scalp.

Make a loose ponytail instead. And second tip for a night hair care is – try to sleep on a silk pillow case, it won’t cause friction and it’s much kinder to your hair, than cotton pillow covers. And, by the way, silk pillow is not only beneficial for your hair, but also for your facial skin. What a wonder is this silk! Healthy and shiny hair plus wrinkle free skin! Just perfect

4 Easy DIY Beauty Treatments

Although there are a host of fantastic beauty products on the market today, sometimes it’s nice to go back to basics and utilize the foods that contain natural beauty benefits. After you’ve graduated from the good old cucumber slice as a natural eye de-puffer trick, there are tons of other earth-friendly recipes out there that can be executed using yummy products from your fridge. Who knew that playing with your food could be a good thing? Here are four fun treatments to whip up at home:

1. Skin Revitalizer: Beauty Mask with Fruits

Ingredients: 3/4 cup cherries ; 1/4 cup pineapple; 1/2 cup blueberries; 2 bananas; 4 tbsp of honey; 1/2 cup plain yogurt
Recipe: Pour all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Apply to a clean face and leave on for five to ten minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water and gently pat dry.


2. Oil-Fighting Face Exfoliator: Berry Skin Scrub
Ingredients: 3 medium strawberries; 4 tbsp of raw honey
Recipe: Remove stems and cut strawberries into small pieces. Mash into a ball with a spoon until smooth. Fold in honey and gently mix until evenly distributed. Massage scrub on clean skin for three minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water and gently pat dry.


3. Delicious Body Exfoliator: Grapefruit Coconut Scrub
Ingredients: 3-4 large grapefruits; 2 tsp of raw coconut oil; 1/2 cup of sea salt; 3 tsp of grapeseed oil
Recipe: Zest all the grapefruits and add zest to a bowl, along with the other ingredients. Mix together thoroughly and gently apply scrub to body. Rinse in the shower with warm water and pat dry. Store scrub in an airtight container in the fridge for future use.


4. Super Shine Booster: Avocado Hair Mask
Ingredients: 1 ripe avocado; 2-3 tbsp of olive oil; 1 banana; 1 egg
Recipe: Pour all ingredients into a blender and blend until the mixture has a chunk-free, cake-batter consistency. Apply one quarter of the mask to dry hair and leave in for 10 minutes. Rinse, shampoo, and stick the leftover in the fridge.

3 DIY Foot Soak Recipes

If you’re on your feet all day, it can be so worth it to relieve the stress that builds up in the muscles, joints and bones of your feet after long hours without a break. Cracked, dry skin on one’s heels or the balls of your feet can get painful throughout the winter, if not taken care of regularly. Treat yourself to one of these easy, DIY at-home foot soaks to soften and heal the skin of your feet, as well as generally give them some tender love & care.

#1: Mix together 1/4 cup of lemon juice, 1/4 cup of milk, 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, and a sprinkle of Cinnamon. Mix well, add to water, and enjoy – will leave your feet feeling super soft and nourished.

#2: Steep 4 bags of chamomile tea in 1 gallon of hot water for 10 minuets, then mix in 4 drops of the essential oil of your choice (we recommend peppermint, lemon, orange or eucalyptus). Put some marbles or smooth stones on the bottom of the basin for an extra relaxing mini foot massage!

#3: Mix 1 cup of baking soda, 1/2 cup of epsom salts and the contents of 3-4 peppermint tea bags. Use a couple of tablespoons of this mixture in a gallon of warm water for a soothing and refreshing foot soak to cleanse and strengthen the skin of your feet.


Remember to moisturize your feet afterwards with a nourishing natural body oil or moisturizer to trap all that clean goodness and keep your skin soft throughout the day!

DIY: Apple Cider Vinegar Acne Toner

Apple cider vinegar is known as an overall cure-all for good reason; it’s a great anti-bacterial agent. It can do amazing things for not only your hair, but also your skin. Here is a simple recipe for a homemade acne toner which uses ACV as a base.

Whisk together ¼ cup raw honey, 1 cup of brewed green tea, and ½ cup of apple cider vinegar in a bowl. Put it into a container you can seal closed, and you’re set to go. To apply, just use a cotton ball and swab it onto your face in problem areas as needed. This mixture not only will kill bacteria, but also help your skin to recover from acne scars and may reduce the effects of age.