Festival special...

Deewali is here and every one wants to look gorgeous and special. And to catch the limelight is a dream.To make this dream come true lets take care about some things and go yo.

Taking care include hair care, hand and legs care, face and dressing style.


Hair:
 To start with hair care, it is recommended to have a ' hair- spa'. this will also helps to clean up dandruff.It will make your hair sleeky and shiny, which you always wanted. Or else just shampoo and condition your hair. Use a anti frizz serum before you style your hair, or use a hair spray after wards, so that your hair stay beautiful for a long time. Pick up a hair accessory with stone to decorate your hair, so that you will be unique.

Nails:
Do pedicure and manicure for your hands and legs. Try waxing too(you can use veet waxing strips at home). 

To do manicure and pedicure at home...,
Put some baking soda, rose water, honey , shampoo and salt in warm water and dip your hands or legs in this for 30 minutes. Baking soda is to remove hard callus, and it is optional for hands. Use a pumice stone to remove hard and dead skin cells and moisturize. Put nail paint of your same color. YOu can use artificial nails on you hands too.


Face:
Facial treatments for your face will do better and just run to parlors. But this should have been started a week before ot get the effect fully. If You haven't started just try this
cleanse your face with a face wash or cleansing cream
Use a toner now. Natural toners like rose water or tomato juice will do good too.
Massage your face with any essential oils including almond oil or olive oil.Remove this after 10 minutes.
Now go for a face pack or mask
               
But doing each step should have atleast 15 minutes gap. I you are so lazy like me for instant result use EVERYUTH GOLDEN GLOW PEEL OFF. But be careful about the breakout, if it doesnot suits you dont use it, dont take such a risk now.

Dressing style:
On such a festival occasion fo for classic wears like saree or salwar. This will help you catching attention of both any age.If you  are wearing a saree use a 'fish cut' under skirt, it will help you to show you hour glass figure. And keeping an opening at the right side will help you to move with ease. Take much care about your neck if your are wearing any kind of pretty jewellery.


Make up:
Make up include face make up and body makeup. Nude make up is the latest trend. If you think it will suit,dont just stand there thinking   go for it.
while doing a Facial makeup Use color lasting eye shadows and lip color, Using lip gloss rather than lip sticks will give you face a pretty shine. Picking the right shades for you should be done with care. MAke up your eyes according to your eye shape. Try to have a natural look, NUDE  make up will help you to have it.


BODY MAKEUP:

Now a days body make up is as important as facial make up. It will help you get attention to your well toned figure. Body makeup should begin before you put on your dress.Start by keeping your hair up. If you are wearing a saree or salwar make up you neck, back shoulders and hands. If you are wearing a skirt or three fourth you should make up your legs too.

Buying cosmetics according to your skin tone and type is really important. If you have oily skin use water based makeup or if you have dry skin use oily makeup.

Neck and shoulder:

Start with wiping your neck and shoulders with cleansing milk. Then use a toner. After that massage with any protection cream and wait till it get absorbed. If you have any unwanted scares or black spots use a concealer.Now use a compact over it.After this you can free your hair and style it.

Hands and legs:

HAnds and legs should be waxed and pedicured or manicured before hand.Same makeup goes for hands and legs. Use a moisturizer in palms and foot. USe a latex sponge to put on the makeup.


Remember to remove the makeup before going to sleep. Wipe with cotton balls diped in cleanser and use moisturizer later.

Review on two bathing bars-Dove and Camay

As you all know how much bathing is important in our life, to keep mind and body refreshed. Is there anything which make you fresh duirng the moring than water sprinkling from your shower. You all may have used or is using shower gels for royal baths yet
today am gonna review on two bathing bars...............

• Dove
• Camay

DOVE- Bathing bar

 Dove, my friends recommended it for me......I have dry skin ( i know am saying it over and over), i was using JOHNSON AND JOHNSON  baby soap. As its too mild and  says it will make skin softer, i fEll for that words..

key ingredients:
sodium cocoyl isethionate,stearic acid, sodium palmitate,water, lauric acid, sodium isethionate, sodium stearater, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium palm kernelate, perfume, sodium chloride, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, glycerin, tetra sodium EDTA,etidronic acid, citric acid.

Price,Rs 38/- for 75 g


PRODUCT SAYS:

Here is the whole story of beautiful skin in one word. Moisture . Now you know why dove created 1/4 moisturizing cream and put into a beauty bar.

MY PERCEPTION:

To say my opinion about the product, its not satisfactory. Of course my friend's skin is really soft, and i dont know why, it is not suiting me. THis makes my skin soft for just after the bath, but after that my skin is too dry with that white patches ( which irritates me) and i need extra moisturizer for my whole body. I have other bathing bars which helps to keep my body soft and not too dry out there, so am opting that, saying a big NO to this product. Another demerit of this product it dont last for just 1 month, it just dissolve with water. But it has such an elegant smell that it makes my room smelling fresh when i come after bathing.  For face its really really good, gives that shine of moisture. But will give you pimples or may be even a breakout. I THINK THE PRODUCT IS GOOD FOR OILY TO NORMAL SKIN. And sensitive skin too. But not for dry ones.

CAMAY-BATHING BAR



At last i've got a bathing bar which suits my skin. I got this from a 'duty -paid' shop, where i get those imported things.The product CAMAY  is from Procter and gamble company, who is famous for PANTENE shampoo, which is the best. It dont have anything written on the product, or is in other language. i couldnt get it, am sorry.

Ingredients: Sodium Palmate,Sodium palm kernelate,Tapioca starch,water,glycerin,Titanium Dioxide,Fragnance,Palm kernel acid,sodium chloride,Disodium Distyrylbiphenyl Disulphonate.

Manufactured by: Procter and Gamble company Phils. Inc.,Light and Industry Science park,Diezmo,Cabuyao,Laguna,Philippines.Imported by:Procter and Gamble  (singapore(800-18-60018),Malaysia(1-800-88-3957))

ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL PRODUCT:
Usually bathing bars give me that white patches of dry skin all over my body especially on my legs, which cause itching and irritation. This is because my skin is too dry to keep the moisture.
Even though for this i can use moisturizers and body lotion, bathing bars also should contribute something for this, right? I' ve used so many products of toilet soaps, but only two soaps came to my satisfaction, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON BABY SOAP AND THIS CAMAY. To use a baby soap to do prevents from drying but nothing other than that, and i feel so unsatisfied with the cleaning effect and  Of course thats because adults have rougher skin compared to babes. I was searching for a perfect soap, and i got this.

To say about the product, its white in color, and has a smell of wild jasmine, its enchanting .......ufffff. Then its a big one,can last for 3 months and more with daily use. It has good foaming ability, and has a creamy foam.
After bathing it make skin glow and smell too last longer, even without using perfumes. ITs really mild yet, so good. Skin is soft and smooth. I just want to use a moisturizer just to make shiny.
To say about the product in one word, 'wow'.I liked there logo too, its highly feminine.

I think you can mail them at: brandinfo@vn.pgconsumers.com
Or call at 08-38225721or 08-38227265

CALM THOSE PALMS.......Hand care special

Have you really thought about the works we are doing with our hands daily? Ya its a quite long list. Apart from those who go to parlors once a week, each and everyone of us need care for our hands. Obviously, all of us are busy too.... So what about a solution for this?

ITs a horrifying fact that aging signs are first seen in your hands. And who dont want hands which catch one's eyes.........which are soft smooth and rosy.Now your can pamper your hands at home.

• use lemon juice and salt to remove stains, dyes or pigments in your hands.
• If your have really rough hands use a pumice stone to massage in circular motion before going to bed. This will make your hands soft
• For those soft hands you have seen in ads or parlors, use vinegar and tomato juice to massage once a week.
• Take a half banana and a tea spoon tea (LOL) and apply it to get rid of sunspots and sunburns.
• For rosy hands massage with aloe vera juice and table spoon milk.
• Want sexy hands? Do this- Take a carrot and juice it. Mix it with milk and sieve. This has a 'refrigerator life' of 1 week. Apply this before going out.
• Massage with olive oil to increase the strength of nails and make your nails pink.

• Applying honey + glycerin to make your hand look healthier with that glow.
• If you have any crack in your nails, apply VITAMIN E tablets and massage daily.

• Keep your nails without nail color or nail enamel at least once a month.

• Dip your hands in warm water for 15 minutes(so that blood circulation will be increased) and apply moisturizer daily before going to bed.                             

                                      Your hands will be ready for next great day.

AYUR HERBALS-Body Care Lotion( With cocoa butter) review

We have a small shop here, where we get all types of skin cosmetics. Went there to buy something new as my body lotion is completely finished. I was using POND'S body lotion. I was satisfied with it, but you know using same body lotion over and over , you will definitely get bored. So thinking of picking up something else, i saw this lotion. i was expecting something with cocoa butter, so bought it.

PRODUCT SAYS:

AYUR HERBALS-Body Care Lotion( With cocoa butter) daily skin care- pH balance-For that smooth skin.
Cocoa butter has been used for centuries by native women from all the world to soften and soothe dry skin. This extra rich moisturizer maintains the natural moisture balance. Its smooth creamy ingredients leave the skin looking and feeling velvety smooth to the touch and is great for normal to dry skin.

Directions for use: Use daily on your body for a soft and youthful appearance.
Price: Rs 50/- for 100 ml

Ingredients: Aqua,PArafinum,liquidum,glycerin,CCTG, Emulsifying wax,gms,cocoa butter,   aloe vera extract, cetyl alcohol,bees wax,tinovis ADM,Dimethicon, Vitamin E,EDTA,TEA,imidurea, Methyl paraben,Propyl paraben,color , fragnance.

MY PERCEPTION:

This bottle is a transparent one. We can see the white milk textured lotion in it. The quality of bottle is not satisfactory. It has a brown flip open cap. The body lotion is not so heavy or not so watery too.

ITs correct for a body lotion though. ITs not good for really dry areas like elbows or knees, but exceptionally ordinary. IT makes my skin velvety and not at all oily. ITs makes skin soft and smooth to touch. ( Must say irresistible to touch).

It last for more than 7 hours unless washed. One of the worst part of this body lotion is that, it has a awful smell at the 'absorption period'. That is, the smell is a bit strong yet good when we apply it. But after applying it for the next 5 minutes the smell becomes too strong. I must rather say its 'uff cant bear it' type of smell. But after 10 minutes or so, it will turn into a mild sweet smell. Anyways am not going to apply it on my face, as it contains so much ( those names are too scary) chemicals and paraben too.

BESTS:

• Give good results
• reasonably price
• Good for each penny spent
• Gives velvety skin
• No oily traces
• Cocoa butter
• Pleasant smell ( after sometime)

WORSTS

• Awful smell
• Paraben
• PAcking is not good.

Hope you liked it.........

Will meet your soon with another beauty solution 

love

mia.....

Check your NECK- Now care your neck tooo

When you are going out, may be for a party or just an outing with your family or friends,you give your pretty face the bestest makeup you can, right guys? But we usually forget some part just beneath our face,

NECK.

This ignorance may give us an embarrassing moment say someone out there asks" Why is your face color and neck color so different?haaaa......so much makeup....uffff". Damn it, we feel like vanishing from the right spot.

Some of you guys may put the foundation you usually apply to your face, but thats just not enough for that beautiful neck of yours.We should give the same care to our neck that we give to our face.

The main issue of neck darkening of skin.The main reasons for this are direct exposure to sunlight,side effects for some pills or supplements, hormonal changes, obesity, allergy to metals of neck jewelery etcetra.Some of these causes can only be treated by a dermatologist. Otherwise we can make it out :)

Some tips for skin whitening is:

• Applying lemon juice to neck
• Apply watermelon juice for half an hour and wash it, try this for a week or two.
• Mix carrot juice and cucumber juice equally and apply it.

A pack for your neck:
Take lemon juice, cucumber juice,sugar and milk. Mix this well. Apply it for 10 minutes and wash it with warm water.

Dry skin in neck is totally frustrating, and wrinkles too.....horrible. Massage with baby lotion, it will make skin smoother.massage from bottom to top and in circular motions.Apply a nourishing cream before going to bed, which will makes your neck look gorgeous.Using a moisturizer is also good.

When you are going out in sun, use a sun screen lotion to your neck too. That is to your neck, back of your neck.

A fat neck is too bad to look at. So for them who have this problemo.......do this simple exercise:

• Sit straight in a chair. Now slowly look at your legs by just moving your neck.Now look above you( say if you are sitting in a room look at the roof). Do this 10-12 times.
• Look to you left side and touch your chin on your shoulders, slowly look straight and above (say your roof).Now look to your right side and do the same.

Repeat these exercise for a slim neck.

AMWAY ATTITUDE - Hand AND Body CREAM

Today am gonna review on a product you may not have heard of (ok.....i haven't heard of it,anyways). It is ATTITUDE Hand and Body cream. I got this from my uncle who worked in Indian Army and now he got retired. My dry skin is famous here ( among my relatives, they all get me such things when they can, i know lucky me

   ). He got it directly from a AMWAY agent.

i started using it anyways for the last 3 weeks.

LOOks:

TO describe the product, the tube makes me remember about the OLAY total effects.. It has white tube and black colored flip cap.

PRODUCT CLAIMS:

ATTITUDE Hand and body cream is a light and non greasy cream, containing effective moisturizers. It reduces the dry or scaly appearance of skin and helps diminish the damage caused by the drying environment. It also contains Vitamin E, which nourishes the skin.
Dermatologically tested: Energize your skin with Attitude's unique skin vitalizing complex. This contains mango seed butter and coconut water to help nurture skin as well as rosemary extract to help control surface oil. Mango seed butter is an occlusive barrier that helps trap natural moisture in the skin. coconut water contains natural humentacts that trap water and act as moisture magnets within the top layer of skin. Rosemary is known as natural astrigent.


Price: Rs. 285.00 for 100 g.


Use directions : Take the required amount of cream and spread evenly on hands and all over the body.

Ingredients:

My Perceptions:

As I have  already told you, i have really dry skin all over the body. This cream is really oily. Its a hand and body cream yet i used it on my face. You guys may not agree,but when ever i see the cost..... ufff......... i cant do it.

the cream is pale white in color. 

It has unique smell, i doubt it is a bit clinical, but its one of a kind. Made my hands softer. If you are using it as a hand and body cream, its the best. But for face, it will be oily after few hours. IT gave me 2 pimples on my cheek, but made my skin glow. For those who have oily skin never go for it on face. It spreads evenly and staying power is so good. Totally it does the the job it claims.Availability is a problem, i think we will get it only from AMWAY agents.

 

BESTS:

• Mild smell
• Make hands and body softer
• Makes skin glow
• Does its job completely
• Spreads evenly
• Good staying power

WORSTS:

• Makes skin oily
• Has a clinical smell mildly
• May give breakout for sensitive skin
• Highly priced

For info/complaint contact:
Amway consumer care cell tel. 1800-1800-789 ( Toll free from msnl/bsnl) or care@amway.com. I think you can order it here.

BEAUTY AND EXAM BEAST-TIME MANAGEMENT

YA, i know, you all are confused to see the caption, and would have notified the 'beast' part =) Thats just a reference of 'coming semester' exams. This article is mainly for busy students who want to maintain their beauty along with their studies, and say also for those pretty ladies who are busy with their life style or schedule.

As a B tech student myself i know how busy are each semester works, unending records, tests, internal assessments etcetra.Good time management is essential to success for students at any level. Planning our time allows us to spread our work over a session, and avoid 'traffic jam' of work, and to cope with study stress. But we should find time to keep our beauty along with our studies. With good time management skills we will be able to strike balance between study and beauty.

MAKE A 'TO DO LIST' EVERY DAY

Put things that are most important at the top and do them first. Let the first ones be the things you have to do with better concentration. For later things you can mix this with a beauty care, eg: 'a face pack along with a samll revision'. If its easier , use a planner to track all your tasks. And to forget to reward yourself for your accomplishments, say like i reward my self for a high marks in class test by carrying myself to full body spa.

USE SPARE MINUTES WISELY:

When ever you have free time in your hands, use it to your advantage, as an example, get some reading done along with your home pedicure or get things in mind you had learnt while doing a massage on your face.

FIND THE RIGHT TIME

Do your beauty care at right times, allocate certain times to study certain subjects. you will work more efficiently if you figure out when you do your best work. To do a facial massage along with studying maths is note the right thing, instead you can have a nail print at that time.

REVIEW YOUR NOTES EVERYDAY

After each class, do a quick recap of the main topics discussed.Doing this you will reinforce what you've learned,so you need less time to study. You'll also be ready if your teacher calls on you for answers or gives a pop quiz.

TAKE FOOD -GOOD

 Take nutritious food, to maintain your health and good looks. Like say take almonds daily which will improve your skin clarity and is good for a complete diet. Have fresh Fruit juices or shakes which is good for your body in all ways, spares time of eating, and can have a diet too.

GET GOOD NIGHT SLEEP

Running on empty makes the day seem more difficult. Sleep deprivation only works against you. Consider these tips, Personalize your habits so that they suit you. IF you set priorities that fit your lifestyle, you will have a better chance to achieve a goal.

Have a good semester......With all those projects and assignments submitted on time, and good marks for exams.

And one more thing,

 STAY GORGEOUS.

LOVE,

mia <3