Body care ........

• Mix six-teaspoon petroleum jelly, two-teaspoon glycerin and two-teaspoon lemon juice. Apply this moisturizing lotion at least twice a week if you have dry and flaky, arms and legs.


• Peel and grate a cucumber. Squeeze the juice to this, mix half-a-teaspoon glycerin and half-a-teaspoon rose water Apply this on sunburns, leave it for some time.


• If you have cracked heels, melt paraffin wax; mix it with little mustard oil and apply on the affected area. Leave it overnight. After 10 or 15 days, your heels will become smooth.


• Massage your body with a mixture of coconut oil and any of your favourite scented oils like lavender or rosemary.


• For rough palms use a mixture of glycerin and limejuice in equal proportion.
• Remove scars on your hands and feet by rubbing them with lemon peel.

Eye care.....

• Dip wads of cotton in a chilled mixture of cucumber and potato juice. Keep this on your eyelids for 15 to 20 minutes and gently wash it off. Apply a little baby oil.


• For long eyelashes.., apply a thin cost of castor oil every night. It strengthens lashes and cools your eyes.


• Massage a few drops of coconut oil around the eyes to get rid off dark circles.


• To reduce puffiness of your eyes, grate a potato; tie in a cloth and place the cloth over your eyes for about 15 minutes.


• Add a small pinch of salt in water and wash for bright and sparkling eyes.
  Mix tomato juice and lemon juice in equal quantity and apply around the eyes. After 30 minutes wash it off with cold and hot water alternatively.


• Crush a cucumber and take the juice. Add a little rose water and apply around the eyes and wash it after 30 minutes.
  Place cotton wool swabs dipped in cold milk on closed eyes for removing dark circles.

Lip Care

You can mix one-tablespoon cranberry sauce juice with two tablespoons Vaseline for a delicious home made lip balm.
Apply the juice of lemon skin for avoiding black colour of lips.
Massage your lips with leaf juice for soft and rosy lips.

Few skin care tips

For pimples......

• Apply a mixture of turmeric and neem on the face .


• A mixture of crushed mint leaves and oats will reduce pimples. Leave this for 20 minutes and wash it with warm water.


• Mix thick curd, turmeric and two drops of oil. Apply on the face.


• Crush garlic and take the juice and apply it on the face daily to reduce pimples


• Make a paste with sandal wood and turmeric and apply it on the face.

For Black Spots.....

• Make a paste with mehndi and oil and apply on the face.


• Make a mixture of 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice and glycerin and apply it on the spots .


• Apply the paste of turmeric and curry leaves on the face and wash it after 15 minutes.


• Apply a mixture of mehndi and turmeric. For a piece of turmeric, 2-3 leaves of mehndi are used .


• Grind betel leaf and add a little coconut oil and apply it on the spots
  Soak a chappathi in milk overnight . Make it into a paste and apply it on black heads. Repeat for several days
  Make a paste of saffron and add some honey , apply it on the face to remove black spots.

For Glowing skin.......

• A facemask of egg white and honey gently removes the tan from your face.


• Take 1/3-cup cocoa, three teaspoons of heavy cream, 1/3-cup ripe papaya, 1/4-cup honey and three teaspoons of oatmeal powder. Mix it all together. Apply on your face. After 10 minutes, wash your face with warm water. This is best for oily skin


• Cut the lemon and rub the wedge all over your face. Leave it for about 20 minutes, then rinse off with cold water. This will refresh your face. Avoid doing this if you have dry skin.


• Mix honey, lemon and vegetable oil .This mixture is a good moisturiser for dry skin. Apply this mask for 10 minutes.
  Apply the mixture of honey and milk on the face . This will make your skin glow.


• Prepare a mask by mixing a slice of pumpkin with egg yolk and milk. Let this mask set on your face for 30 minutes for a glowing skin.
  Mix half-a-cup honey to your bath water for soft and smooth skin.


• Make a paste of red sandal wood and apply it on the face every day for glowing skin.
  Make a paste with red sandal powder and coconut milk and apply on the face for soft skin.

How to take care of your skin

Mosturising
Regular use of a suitable moisturiser benefits your skin. The moisturiser not only replaces the water lost from the skin but also prevents its loss to the surroundings. It protects the skin against the drying influences of the environment such as the effects of the sun, cold and heat. Tinted moisturiser are very helpful under foundation. It always keep the make up moist.
A moisturiser is particularly helpful for dry skins. Oil free moisturisers can be used for oily skins.
There are two types of moisturisers: Oil - in water emulsions and water -in -oil emulsions. The moisturiser you select should suit your skin type. For normal skins, a water based moisturiser containing a little oil is suitable. Sensitive skins and dry skins need moisturisers having a high oil content.
Protecting
The sun, is the environmental factor that is most harmful to the health and appearance of the skin. Ultraviolet radiation from sunlight can cause permanent damage to the skin. It can cause the skin to sag, lose elasticity and form wrinkles. Severe sunburn can even cause skin cancer.
Sunscreen and foundation protects the skin against the damaging ultraviolet rays. It also shields your face from direct contact with dirt or pollutants in the air and helps the skin against loosing its necessary moisture.
Sunscreen's come in lotions and creams. A sunscreen with the sun protection factor (SPF) of number 10 can block most of the sun's ultraviolet radiations before it can damage the skin. The SPF number indicates the length of time, the product will protect the skin. Sunscreen's should be applied at least 10 minutes before you go out in the sun.

Freshening
The skin care products include cosmetics like skin fresheners, toners and astringents which basically contains alcohol and water. These products are used after cleansing the skin to freshen and tone up the skin, they also restore the acid/ alkali balance of the skin. Having cleansed, wipe away any last traces of dirt or oil with a skin freshener or toner (cleansing milk) which suits your skin type. Non alcoholic freshener are for dry and sensitive skin. Those with alcohol (astringent) are for oily skin. People with combination skin should use toner and astringent.

Masks
Basically all face masks have some sort of a cleansing action. Various ingredients are used in the masks, depending on the skin type. Clay, form an important constituent of many face masks. They help to remove dirt, sebum, and dead skin so that the skin looks clean, soft and youthful.
Fullers earth is a special type of clay often used in face packs. It contains aluminium silicate. As it dries on the skin, it absorbs the superficial dead cells and blots up any excessive oil on the skin. It is therefore excellent for an oily skin but should not be used on dry skin. Kaolin is also a fine clay which has been used for tummy upsets because it absorbs toxins from the system. It removes grime, oils and dead cells. Kaolin is also best for oily skin and best avoided for dry skin.
Another ingredient of some of the masks is the peeling or the exfoliating agent-these remove the top layer of dead cells from the skin, leaving behind fresh youthful skin. Oatmeal and bran are the commonly used peelers. Oatmeal is obtained from oats which is rich in Vitamin B and Vitamin E
Also added to many masks are natural ingredients-cucumbers, curds, lemon juice and Brewer's Yeast. It restores the acid / alkali balance of the skin.

Cleansing
Cleansing is the first essential step in your daily skin care routine.
Cleansing the face 2-3 times a day; is adequate for normal skin. If your skin is oily a more frequent cleansing i.e. 4-5 times a day is necessary. If your skin is dry it is best to avoid frequent washing and you may have to use a suitable oil-based cosmetic cleanser instead of soap, which has a dry effect.
There are several alternatives to soap and water cleansing. Cleansers can be in the form of creams, milks, lotions, gels and liquids. All are, a mixture of oil, wax and water which have been formulated to suit different skin types. A cotton -pad dipped in fresh milk available at home, is an equally effective cleanser.
The right way to apply cleansers and creams on your face is in an upward and outward movement. The skin should not be stretched, dragged or pulled. Leave the cleanser on for a minute or two so as to loosen the dirt and make up. Remove it either using a cotton wool or with a tissue paper, again using an upward and out ward movement. Finally rinse with water.

What is fashion

Every day, people wake up and wonder what they are going to wear. The suit and tie? The fast-food smock? Do we ever really think about why we go to all this trouble, or are we clueless? Why does fashion exist?

People use fashion to present themselves to the public eye. What we wear is an image of what we want the world to see.

Fashion exists to provide information about ourselves, who we think we are and who we aspire to be. It defines our age, our sex, our occupation and often, our ethnicity. A man walks down the street in a business suit -- and we gather information about him. A young girl wears a tank top and short pink skirt -- and we form an impression of her.

Fashion has evolved over the centuries. In cultures that wear few clothes, body paint is used as a substitute. In some cultures, the powerful decide what everyone wears. They use laws to mark off different segments of society from each other.

Today we tend to dress based on the way clothes appeal to our personal taste. If we like it, we like it. If we don't, we don't. We chose our style to express our personality. It's nice to be cool and to dress with the times. But let's be serious, what's cool now is probably going to look silly in a few years.

why we need beauty

Professional facials are sometimes thought of as a luxury. To this writer, they are closer to being a necessity! Our faces are also the initial presentations of ourselves to the world at large. As such, good skin helps us increase our self esteem and overall confidence in our everyday dealings.

What affects our skin and what can we do about it?
Dead skin cells come up to the surface of your skin on a daily basis. The accumulation of these dead cells results in the complexion losing its radiance and the face ends up looking tired. With the excess cells building up, the skin does not breathe as easily and becomes suffocated. Once that happens, the pores clog up with impurities and toxins are less easily eliminated.
This is the point at which you really can benefit from a total salon cleansing. A qualified aesthetician can give you a precise diagnosis and then treat your skin according to its needs with products - like those offered by Guinot - that are specially developed for professional use.
During the approximate hour that it takes for a facial, you will experience a time of total relaxation, a wonderful time of bliss.
Afterwards, you skin will breathe better and your complexion will become radiant once again. Treatment results are immediate for all skin types. You will be able to look in the mirror and clearly see the beneficial effects of a professional facial treatment on your face.

WHAT IS HEALTH

Health is metabolic efficiency. Sickness is metabolic inefficiency. Nobody is totally healthy or totally sick. Each of us is a unique combination of health and sickness. And each of us has a unique combination of abilities and disabilities, both emotional and physical.

As we grow up, we learn that we are loved for our abilities but hated for our disabilities. This happens at home, at play, at school, and at work. Sometimes, this even happens with our doctors, especially if our disabilities mystify them or remind them of their own disabilities.

So, we try to hide our disabilities from people and from ourselves. This charade undermines our relationships and our self-esteem. We learn to fear society and hate ourselves.

Self-hatred is the most debilitating sickness. It interferes with our ability to seek and accept help. And everybody needs help. How do we free ourselves from self-hatred?

What is beauty

The concept of beauty and related concepts are difficult if not impossible to define. I suppose they have some connections with other concepts. For example, all else being equal, if something is beautiful in a certain respect, we tend to enjoy the apprehension or perception of that aspect of beauty. This is an area I haven't really thought much about. I might venture two guesses though. First, a philosophical account of beauty and ugliness (if it is possible to have such an account) should ultimately explain them in terms of the effects and emotions beautiful and ugly things elicit in us. So these qualities are different from for example electricity. We don't define or explain electricity in terms of what electricity does to us. Second, aesthetic values are very different from moral values. I think the case for aesthetic relativism is a lot stronger than the case of moral relativism.
Judgments about beauty and ugliness are notoriously culture-bound. Bell bottom pants were all the rage during my parents' time. They look rather silly to me but now they are making a come back. Yet there can still be some universal general principles at work in our brain that affect our aesthetics judgment. Many studies have suggested that symmetry plays an important role in determining whether someone is beautiful. Young children tends to like music with strong and clear rhythm and beat. Of course, these generalizations might have all sorts of exceptions, and can express in behavior in all kinds of ways depending on the influence of culture and the environment. After all, many people think that Marilyn Monroe would be less beautiful if she were to have a symmetric face without her mole (or to have two for that matter).