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**^^^Ansuu^^^** · #1 11-21-2008, 07:15 AM

Glowing Nails With The Power Of Nails

Living a healthy lifestyle encompasses being well-groomed from head to toe. However most of us spend hundreds of dollars on the skin and hair care products every month, but forget to pay a bit of attention on hands, feet and nails. Finger nails play an important role not only in beautifying the way you look but also preserving a good health on the whole. Here are few simple tips you can follow to own a healthy and strong nails.

Simple tips…

Make sure the nail polish remover is acetone-free, as it strips nail of its natural oils, making them dull and dry. Use any remover only thrice a month.

Massage a rich cream into your cuticle at least twice a week. Use alpha hydroxy cream if the cuticle is damaged.

To get rid of fungus or infection use a blend of Tea tree oil and lavender oil.

Treat nails with a hot essential oil soak. Heat Jojoba oil with two to three drops of rosemary oil. Wait until it becomes cool, then soak hands and nails for ten minutes. The heat aids absorption of the Jojoba oil and healing essential oil. For splitting nails, put on gloves after the hot oil treatment and leave them for ten minutes or overnight for best results.

At bedtime moisturize your nails and cuticles and cover them with cotton gloves.

Avoid using nail polish remover more than twice a month.

Repair splits or tears with nail glue or clear polish.

Take 300 micro grams of the B vitamin biotin four to six times a day, to make your nails as strong and resilient as a horse’s hooves. A Swiss research states that people who take 2.5 milligrams of biotin a day for 5.5 months had firmer, harder nails.

The right diet also plays a major role in strong and healthy nails. Therefore add a glass of milk and a hard-boiled egg to your daily diet. Diet rich in zinc, will do wonders to your nails, especially if your nails have white spots.

Rub your nails with lemon to keep them extra strong and shiny.

To keep your nails at their strongest, avoid filing in a back-and-forth motion, move only in one direction. Avoid filing nails just after getting out of a shower or bath as, wet nails break more easily.

Rub a small amount of petroleum jelly into your cuticle and the skin surrounding your nails before going to bed, this helps in keeping your nails hydrated. If you hate using petroleum jelly, then substitute it with Castor oil. Castor oil is thick and contains vitamin E, which is great for your cuticles. You can also use olive oil.

While washing dishes or doing any housework wear rubber gloves. For extra hand softness, apply hand cream before you put on the rubber gloves.

Drink eight to ten glasses of water every day this will help in keeping nails from drying out and peeling. Gelatine dietary supplements, available in a drinkable form, also helps in building nail strength from the inside out by thickening weak nails.

Diet rich in vitamins A, E & Biotin makes nails stronger. Vitamin A can be found in green, yellow and orange vegetables, while good sources of vitamin E include nuts and leafy green vegetables. Biotin is a B vitamin found in eggs, almonds, soybeans and sweet potatoes.

**^^^Ansuu^^^** · #2 11-21-2008, 07:18 AM

How to Have a Beautiful Lips

* The best lip color fixative? - A thin layer of Chapstick. The formula holds lip color like crazy as it heals and protects.

* Powder lips also gives lip color or gloss something to cling to for longer, smoother wear.

* For longer wear, blot lips after applying lipstick to set color and remove excess. Add a thin layer of loose or pressed powder, then apply color again.

* Turn down too much shine by holding a single-ply tissue to your lips and pressing a little loose powder through it - just enough will sift through the tissue to adhere to color and reduce the shine.

* Turn up the shine with a thin layer of clear lip gloss over lipstick or alone.

* For high-voltage shine and color, try a lip lacquer over lipstick or alone.

* For fuller, poutier lips, spotlight lip gloss right in the center of your mouth.

* Keep matte lip color from drying your lips - use a lip primer or lip color fixative before you apply the matte color.

* For evening special-effects, apply a sheer lip gloss in silver, gold or an iridescent shade over the lip color.

**^^^Ansuu^^^** · #3 11-21-2008, 07:20 AM

Beauty Facial At Home

If you are too busy to stop at the spa for essential skin care treatment, then try these facials at home to relax your mind and body. The process of cleansing, exfoliating, steaming, and hydrating can be done with some basic steps and ingredients. Experience a variety of treatment options and products to revitalize your skin, replenish essential nutrients and to reduce the signs of skin damage and skin aging.

Things you will need
Facial moisturizer, facial cleanser, face masks, cotton balls, towels, large bowl of hot steamy water, face scrub and eye cream.

Time required : 30- 45 minutes

The Process
Relax your mind: To relax the mind, lure your senses by turning off the bright lights. Light some aromatic candles in the bathroom with a soft music at the background.

Cleanse your skin: Cleansers help to get rid of dirt and make up without any traces. With the help of a milk cleanser clean the skin gently in a circular motion. Apply the cleanser to your face and throat, and use upward circular motions, to all the way up to the hairline, and down to the breastbone. After a fine massage, rinse well with warm water and pat it dry.

Exfoliate : Exfoliate your face with a gentle face scrub. You can use a grain-based scrub like oatmeal and apricot Concentrate on the areas around your nose and forehead. For a combination skin, work harder on the areas that are more oily. Make sure to use scrubs that don’t dry your face. Rinse it with lukewarm water.

Steaming time: Steaming is essential as it opens the pores and increases circulation on the skin’s surface. Select herbs like s lavender, mint or calendula for dry skin or mint, lavender, rose and witch hazel, for oily skin or try calendula, chamomile, or comfrey for sensitve skin and boil it in a bowl of water. Pour hot steamy water in a large bowl and bring it to the place you are going to do the facial. Lean your face over the bowl about a foot away and cover your head and the bowl to preserve the steam. If you feel a burning sensation then stop for few seconds and repeat it. Keep the steam going for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Tonic: As the pores are open, your skin is in ideal state for maximum absorption. So, gently massage a regenerating serum or tonic at this stage.

Face masks : envelop your skin with a face masks that suits your skin to enhance the skin care treatment.To replenish the pores apply toner by misting or cotton pad.

Moisturizer: smooth on a soft moisturizer according to your skin type. Apply the lotion all over the face and neck avoiding the area around the eyes. Apply an eye cream all around the eyes. This final stage will help in protecting your skin until your next facial

Do it at least once every week.

**^^^Ansuu^^^** · #4 11-21-2008, 07:26 AM

How to make a face mask?

Facial Mask For Dry Skin
1) Avocado and Honey mask
Ingredients needed: 2 tbs of avocado

1 egg yolk
Mix mashed avocado, honey and egg together and smooth it all over your face.

2) Olive oil and egg yolk mask
Ingredients: 1 tsp. olive oil
1 egg yolk

Face masks help to tighten your pores, remove excess oil from the skin, or moisturize and replenish dry skin.

1 tsp. Honey
Oatmeal
Make a paste combining all ingredients in a small bowl and apply it to your face. The honey used in making the mask, locks in moisture from the egg and olive oil. The oatmeal soothes and softens the skin. So, cherish a glowing skin for a week.

3) Nourishing mask for dry skin
Ingredients: 60g ripe avocado flesh
Orange juice
1 tsp honey
1 tsp molasses
5 drops chamomile essential oil.
Put all the ingredients in a blender, or mash by hand in a bowl. Add extra orange juice if the mixture is too thick. It helps in gently exfoliating your skin by gently cleansing it .

Facial Mask For Oily Skin
1) Apple and Honey Mask
Ingredients: 1 apple
1 tsp. honey
Grate the apple, mix in the honey and apply to your face.

2) Lemon and Flour Mask
Ingredients : 4 tbs. flour
4 tbs. plain/natural yogurt
1 tsp. lemon juice
Mix all the ingredients together to make a paste and apply. This mask works well even to oily skin.

3) Apple and oatmeal mask
Ingredients: 1/2 apple,
1 tbsp. Honey
Oatmeal for paste
Cook the apple until it becomes soft enough to be mashed easily. Combine all ingredients and apply to face. The oatmeal soothes irritated skin and absorbs oil. The fruit acid in the apple removes dead skin and clears the pores, and the honey contains anti-microbial properties to cleanse and rejuvenate the skin. Thats all for today folks. To know how to make a face mask for combination skin, sensitive skin, normal skin and much more read the forthcoming article.

**^^^Ansuu^^^** · #5 11-21-2008, 07:28 AM

Facial mask for normal skin

2) The fruity mask
Ingredients: 1/4 peach
2 strawberries
1/4 cup mashed papaya
1 tsp. honey

Butter is a good source of vitamin A, so it makes a perfect mask for sensitive, sunburned or damaged skin.

Oatmeal- enough to form a thin paste
Cook the peach. Mash all the fruit together and add oatmeal to make a paste. The fruit acids will remove dead skin and leave you with a beautiful, hydrated glow and the oatmeal helps to calms the skin.

Ex foliating Mask
1)Olive and Kosher salt
Ingredients : 3 tbs olive oil or any good oil
1 tbs kosher salt
For an ex foliating mask, mix the ingredients well and gently rub into dry skin. Do not apply it around the eyes. This mask works well even on elbows and feet.

2) Chocolate and honey
Ingredients :Butter
Chocolate spread
Honey
Sugar
Mix a teaspoon each of butter, chocolate spread, honey and sugar in a bowl and smooth onto your face. Make sure to use this mask only twice a month.

Facial mask for sensitive skin

Butter face mask
Ingredients: 1 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
1 strawberry, mashed
Or 1 inch slice of cucumber, chopped and rubbed through a sieve (for normal to dry skin)
Or 1 tbsp lemon juice (for oily skin)
Or 1 egg yolk (for dry skin)
Mash the strawberry into fine paste. Beat the butter in a bowl, then beat in your chosen ingredient according to your skin type. Spread the mixture on the face and leave on for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove it with a wet, warm washcloth. Butter is a good source of vitamin A, so it makes a perfect mask for sensitive, sunburned or damaged skin.

Facial mask for a combination skin

1)Cucumber & Yoghurt mask
Ingredient: ¼ of a cucumber
1 Tbsp plain/natural yoghurt
Puree the cucumber in a blender and mix it with the yoghurt. Your mask is ready.

2) Oatmeal and olive oil mask
Ingredients: 1 egg
1/2 cup cooked instant oatmeal
1tsp olive oil
Mix one egg and 1/2 cup cooked instant oatmeal and a teaspoon olive oil until smooth. Spread on your face and leave 15 min then rinse.
For combination skin, you can also try using two different masks. Use a mask for oily skin on the T-zone and a moisturizing mask on the cheeks and neck.

Facial mask for wrinkles
A homemade face mask of crushed ripe bananas will help to keep wrinkles at bay.

**^^^Ansuu^^^** · #6 11-21-2008, 07:41 AM

If you have chapped lips then use petroleum jelly, mineral oil, vegetable oil on your lips just before you sleep.
Drinking lots of water makes a great difference to your skin. It’s the best beauty treatment available on mother earth.
Wet your hands in warm water, and then rub oil or fat of any kind into them. Keep rubbing until most of it has been absorbed. Wipe off excess with a clean cloth. This works great as an overnight treatment,

**Maham.sehar** · #7 11-21-2008, 11:13 AM

very nice jee...........

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