Things you should do soon after you get up:

You should do:

• Again brush your teeth
• Wash your face to remove cream or moisturizers
• Take a shower which will make you fresh
  
  
  
• Do some warming ups
• Take a glass of water the first thing in the morning
• Look your face in the mirror and feel happy
• Think positive things which will make your mood good
• Try to hear your favorite music gives a positive aura.
  
  
  
• Think that its another day to enjoy your life with friends and family

You should not do:

• Sitting lazily
• Not brushing your teeth
• Going out without having a shower
• Drinking alcohol
• smoking as the first thing in the morning
• Thinking negative
• Eating junk food as breakfast

Things you should do before going to bed

Before going to bed:

Things you should do

• brush your teeth
• Try to take a shower before going to bed
• wash your legs before getting to bed
• cleanse your face and remove all the make up
  
  
  
• apply a night cream or nourishing cream
• tie your hair away from face,clip all those side bangs
• for long hair oil your hair on scalp and at the ends
• moisturize your hands and legs
• apply lip balm
• clean your nails and put cuticle oil on your nails
• Eat food at least 2 hours before going to bed
• Drink two glass of water, on with a spoon of honey in it. Make your face glow
  
  
  
• Relax your mind either by praying or by thinking positive things about tomorrow

Things your should not do:

• sleep with make up on
• sleeping with hair loose
• Getting into bed without washing your legs
• Not brushing your teeth
• Drinking alcohol before going to bed
• Eating food and jumping on to bed
• Forgetting to drink water
• Not moisturizing face you will get a dull face the next day

HEALTHY HAIR ROUTINE

The first and foremost thing that you should do is never let your hair be dry. Always apply any moisturizers or conditioners to hair.

Keep it hydrated, drink plenty of water.

This is a crazy tip but it really works for me. Shampooing and conditioning does not keep my hair from frizz, and am afraid to try anti frizz serum. As the number of chemicals applying in hair increases damage is more.

After shampooing and conditioning even when the hair is wet I apply hair. This is not for straight non frizz heads, this is for struggling curly hair with frizz. Okay if you have a curl hair, give me a high five.

Try to avoid brushing your hair, comb it is essential. That too with wide teethed comb.

Always tie up your hair before going to sleep. This will help to keep your hair long. And comb your hair, this is type of massaging effect on your head.

Apply oil before shampooing. And comb your hair. This will increase blood circulation and helps to remove dirt easily.

Try using shampoo and conditioner according to the type of your hair.

Wash your hair daily or within two days. According to the climate at your place. Sweat, dust or other foreign particles will make your hair flakes be dull.

Always try to avoid styling to your hair, keep your hair as it is. Just make it controllable with comb or brush.

Apply any hair mask once a week and do the hot oil treatment too. This will prevent hair falling.

QUICK TIPS FOR GLOWING SKIN

Let me give you guys some quick tips for glowing skin. These tips are found effective for me, and hence you can do it safely.

Cleanse your face daily and scrub your face each 3^rd day, so that no black or white heads stay on your face.

Take some atta ( the one with which we make chapathi) and mix it with milk or water. Apply it. This is mainly for oily skin, which absorbs excess oil.

Take some orange peels and dry it. Then powder it and keep it in refrigerator. Take a teaspoon and mix with water and apply daily before taking bath.

Have a table spoon of honey the first thing I the morning, this keeps your blood purified and face glow.

Egg white will helps your pores look small and tighten your face.

Oats+ milk will give a special glow on the face. 

Steaming your face will give an instant glow.

Aging: fight it

Aging is a process which cannot be stopped or reversed. But we can fight it. So put that gorgeous smile on your face and keep reading. :)

Lets start with the problem of dry skin. Those who are born with dry skin they are used to it, yet drying or dehydration of skin is the first sign of aging to your skin. Your skin lose its natural ability to keep water in cells. In short dryness catalysts aging process. To keep your skin moisturized, Mix 6 spoons of petroleum jelly,2 spoons of glycerin and 2 spoons of lemon juice and apply, yet be careful when you apply it on face as it may clog pores and causes adult acne. Use mild soap or shower gels to keep your skin moisturized

When ever your think about aging the first thing that comes to your mind is wrinkles. Many of the products fight wrinkles. Apply vitamin A capsule directly on face. Vitamin A fights wrinkles and thus aging. Carrot juice is good to keep your skin younger and with the glow. Stay away from sun, use a sun ban cream or lotion before going out. Apply nourishing cream before going to bed. Apply milk cream and lemon on the face, keep it for half and hour and wash it with cold water. Apply fruit juices on face to keep it nourished, apple and guava juice is the best of all.

Tanning, age spots, blemishes are the next beauty problems. Try this

1 teaspoon oats,2 teaspoons of tomato juice,lemon juice and carrot juice, this a good face pack helps to reduce aging signs like dark spots and this lasts longer. Pea powder and honey face pack tightens face and give a glow

Hands and legs shout out each persons age. Actually aging signs first show up in hands and legs. Olive oil massage and pumice stone rub should be done daily. Paraffin wax and gingelly oil is a good foot cream and helps to avoid cracks.

For those who are the early stages of aging start using anti aging creams now. 

 

CARE YOUR HAIR for wiNter

Its winter coming up with those 'hair falling-days' too. Hair will become dry, hair fall increases. But if you are going to count the fallen hairs it will increase your stress and hair fall too. So keep those worries away and lets go on with confidence.

The main causes of hair problems are

• Lack of nutritious food
• Vitamin A deficiency
• Protein deficiency
• Climate
• Dandruff
• Less care for hair
• Side effects of some drugs.

( Ok, lets dont start with ' cut the edges of tablets yaar......so there will be no side effects )

So here are some methods to stop those hair fall and keep your hair stay beautiful all winter.

WHEAT GRASS JUICE:

This is recommended by high dieticians. Just buy some wheat from your grocery, and just put it ina a pot or something water it daily. When it grows all green, cut it and juice it. Drink it along with some lemon juice and salt.

VITAMIN  A:

Eat food containing vitamin a like leafy vegies like spinach,lettuce etc:- Or just have a vitamin A tablet. But before doing so take an advice of your dermatologist.

PROTEIN:

Eat proteinaceous food like egg white, legumes, fish. Never fry fish, it will lose its goodies. Never avoid dairy products like milk, curd etc:
Have a protein drink daily. An easy way to include protein to our daily diet if you dont like legumes is this. Have you heard of soya bean, not many like this, i know personally. So here is the way just powder it and put it in every dish you make, it has a neutral taste so your dish is not spoiled+ you will get your proteins.

WATER:

I know its what your hear may be daily. But thats so vital. When its winter and cold you dont feel like drinking water, but never avoid it Otherwise your skin and hair  will be dry.

DANDRUFF:

If you dont have dandruff then keep your hair clean so that it never attacks you. But if you have severe dandruff problem consult a doctor. Dandruff can cause severe hair fall. When it will just once in a while, do this dont go for those dandruff shampoos in my opinion. When you shampoo your hair its getting dry losing those natural oils. So use a mild shampoo which contains protein  

and clean your comb and brush clean. To get rid of dandruff to an extent take some neem leaves either grind it and mix with water or just put some neem leaves and boil water. Wash your hair with this once in a week. Its effective for me .

Here are some natural methods to avoid hair fall

Henna is a good method to keep hair fall away. Make a hair oil by putting mehandi powder in oil and warm it. It will keep your hair soft and head cool.

Using curry leaves too will do the same effect.

Use natural shampoo and conditionersto keep your hair moisturized.

REUSE REDUCE AND RECYCLE- beauty products

You may be thinking about 'Go Green' motto or something. But it isn't anything about it. Lemme start this article with this question, 'What will you do with those beauty products you had brought, still lying there in the cupboard because of several reasons like you got bored of using it , it does not work well, it is not good on you etcetera?'

Some of you will throw it away, but if you are thinking of what to do with those expensive things because you dont want to just put it in your waste bin..... JOIN THE CLUB.

I never liked like or will like to throw away the beauty products just like that, donno why , i never do that. If it is not worth using for the purpose it claims for use it for another. Here are some things i use like that and has results.

FACEWASH:

I had a craze about face wash and i used to try one after the other. I buy another facewash each time before the former ends. Now i have two face washes at handy. So now am using it as body wash. As it is claimed for the face, gave me a breakout, so used it on the body. It has high moisturizing effect. I will use this instead of shampoo in home pedicure or manicure water.

SHAMPOO:

Shampoo is used as shower gel. Just add a bit of salt and glycerin, and almond oil if needed and you can use your shampoo as a shower gel.

Same this can be used as cleansing agent in home pedicure water. Can be used as nail cleaner too.

LIP BALM/STICK:

Use lip balm as cuticle oil, massage your nails every night before going to bed. Just turn you lip stick to lip balms by putting this lip stick and Vaseline in a vessel and keep it in microwave oven. The mixture will be in semi fluid form , then add color and fragrance.

PERFUMES/DEODORANTS: Use as room freshener. Or just to make a quick get away if someone is attacking your nasty bedroom like a guest at home....

BODY LOTION:

Add Each drop of body lotion to water before taking bath. You can lock your moisture. Can use as a hand or foot massage cream too.

EYE PENCIL:

Use black or brown eye pencil as eye brow pencil. If it is colored use as eye shadow pencil( just shade with it and smudge, you will get that smoky effect) or lip liner.

EYE LINER:

Use as mascara. Dip the mascara brush and apply.... Just use vice versa, if your mascara is not so good, dip you eye liner brush and put it on.

NAIL POLISH/ NAIL POLISH REMOVERS:

Use nail polish as markers to write on different places. Nail polish removers can be used to make the nail polish back to new. Put some drops of nail polish remover in those hardened nail polish to get to back to fluid. Nail polish removers can be used to remove paints or unwanted colors on your things.

BLUSH:

Use blush as eyeshadow. If it is a powder blush, just turn it to a cream blush.

It will make a change in the color too. Just mix this powder blush with the moisturizer cream to the amount needed. Be careful if using as cream blush, let it not give you a break out. 

 

FOUNDATION/COMPACT:

Use it as a concealer. If the products is giving you a break out, just use it in body makeup.

If you have any doubt about these things, just ask it loud..... Feel free to do it,OK?

Tell me about your great ideas too.

mia