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Fenugreek seeds + aloe vera gel -         Soak a cup of fenugreek seeds overnight in water -         By the next morning, the seeds would have been softened and filter the water out in a different bowl (you can use that water for rinsing off your hair) and grind the soaked seeds in a runny but fine paste. -         Add 1/5 th of aloe vera gel -         If you wish to add fresh aloe vera, scrape out the pulp, cut it in pieces and add to the same grinder as the fenugreek seeds and grind to a paste -         Apply the mixture, from the roots to ends, tie in a bun and leave it for 30-45 mins -         Wash off using a lot of room temperature or lukewarm water and shampoo and conditioner. Fenugreek Seeds are best known for the properties to strengthen the h...

Gram flour + coconut oil + lemon juice -         Warm up half a cup of oil and squeeze a 1/3 rd amount of lemon juice -         Add a tea spoon of gram flour and keep mixing -         Add another tea spoon and keep adding and mixing until a good paste like consistency. -         At this point if you want to add any essential oil you can do so, I personally do not because I like to concentrate on the problem of dandruff. -         This paste will be too thick, in that case you can put equal amounts of coconut oil and water to make like runny batter consistency. -         Apply this thin layer right from your roots to the ends and leave it for 15-20 mins -         Wash this off using a mild shampoo and conditioner Gra...

TO    PREVENT    FRIZZ ®     Mix Coconut oil and honey first and then add curd, the mixture will thicken and form a batter like consistency. The amount depends on the length of your hair, I have short hair just till below my shoulder. ®     Make sure that your hair is tangle free and start applying the product to your roots and scalp working your way down to the ends. Make sure you saturate the product to the roots and the ends. ®     To make it easier, take a wide tooth comb and start spreading the mask all over your scalp. Tie your hair in a bun and cover it with an old shower cap or wrap an old, unusable towel around. ®     You can keep yourself busy for around half an hour to an hour, start arranging you books on the shelf or, arrange a small cupboard or anything at all to kill the time and not bother the turban or the shower cap on your head. ®     Rinse off using cold wate...

Today I am writing the last article for face masks in this series, I have already uploaded two articles  on DIY face masks using turmeric, face masks for summertime and this one is the last one focusing on masks for dry skins. If you want more such upload do let me know in the comments section and I'll do it for you. Let’s begin,   Green Tea + Rice Flour + Vitamin E Oil    Recipe : Make your regular green tea and take ½ a cup of green tea and add rice flour to it add one tablet of Evion vitamin E oil and mix well    Direction and use : On a clean face apply this mixture and keep it for a good 30 mins and then rinse off with warm water. Green tea has a powerful anti-oxidant called ECGC that fights DNA damage and in turn preventing from skin cancer. Green tea is also a potent ingredient for anti-ageing. I cannot really stop talking about the number of benefits we get from green tea.  Rice flour is something that helps our skin to...

Today we are going to discuss the problems that we face during summer and what kind of skin issues arise out of the heat in this article. The following 3 masks are specially for the summer months, they are soothing and cooling to our skin. Make sure you try these. 1.       Fuller's Earth + Mint Leaves 1.1.    Recipe : Take a bowl full of mint leaves (without stems), grind it well to form a paste. Add fuller’s earth (Multani mitti) enough make a thick but soft paste. 1.2.    Direction and use : Wash your face with a face wash, pat dry and start applying the pasty mask with thin coat all over your face. Let it dry for 20-25 mins and wash off with a wet sponge. Mint has extremely refreshing and soothing effect on your skin. It has anti-bacterial properties and salicylic acid both are important in treating acne. It also has vitamin A, which helps in controlling secretion of oil in people who has oily or acne prone skin. Fuller’s ...

I'm totally amazed by the amount of skin benefits a small piece of turmeric gives, hence writing a whole article on the face masks that can benefit all kinds of skin types. I suggest you do the masking before your good night's sleep so the skin gets the time to heal and condition itself and in the morning you will notice plump and glowy skin. So please keep reading. 1.       Hung Curd + Turmeric + Rose Water 1.1.    Recipe : Take 2-3 teaspoons of hung curd, add 1 teaspoon of Turmeric and 5-7 drops of rose water. Mix it all together to form a thick paste. 1.2.    Directions and use : Wash Your face thoroughly and wipe it dry. Apply the above paste with a Brush or spatula, let it sit for 20-25 mins, if it is partially dry, take a wet sponge and wipe it clean. Your skin will feel tingling sensation, because of the turmeric. As it has anti-oxidant and anti-septic properties, turmeric prevents the formation of bacterial acne a...

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU OIL YOUR HAIR BEFORE SHAMPOO? Today I’m going to talk about hair care and all the good things that you can do to enhance your hair and keep them in great shape. Yes! Yes! I know that the hair that we get are hereditary and that we cannot get the dream hair that we wish for. And you’re absolutely right, we can’t turn a curly haired girl to a straight haired but we can definitely make it better. HAIR CARE ROUTINE is something everyone talks about, but do you know that the hair care routine has actually benefited a lot of people. I have wavy to curly hair and they get a hell lot frizzy, growth is another issue, I can’t wash my hair until I have some hair oil in my hair. The reason is I have dry scalp and the way we use cleanser/make-up remover/micellar water on our skin to take out the external impurities before digging into face wash. Our scalp also needs a resistant cleanser/some agent to remove the build-up/gunk/that’s saturated on our scalp hence it fe...