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Clay (Multani Mitti), Hibiscus and Rose Petals Facial Mask
If you are participating or attending functions here is a facial mask that is generally preferred by many celebrities.
What you need?
1. Multani mitti, better known as the Fuller’s earth is a clay
2. Hibiscus petals (dried powder or fresh petals)
3. Rose petals (dried powder or fresh petals)
4. One cup yogurt
Mix all the above ingredients and puree it in a mixer. Apply this on the face, around eyes and on the neck. Allow it to dry (for about an hour). Once it dries wash face using luke warm water. See the difference and freshness of the skin.
Hibiscus Powder is full of natural alpha-hydroxy acids, which exfoliate skin, help skin generation, help control breakouts, as well as improving skin elasticity.
Multani mitti removes the dead cells from the skin making space for it to breathe. It helps to improve the skin texture and it has oil absorbing property!
Grind rose petals with 2 tsp of sandal wood powder and half a cup milk
Prepare paste and apply this on face and around eyes and neck.
Wash face using luke warm water.
To remove unwanted facial marks and sun burn this is a good facial mask for all skin types. It also helps to glow the skin and gives a fresh look for many days. Both sandalwood and rose has high medicinal properties and are good for skin. One can use organic rose petal powder too. Rose Petal Powder hydrates and soothes skin and smells like roses.
1. In a blender, combine the banana, turmeric and lemon juice. 2. Blend to form a smooth paste. 3. Use a cotton ball to apply the mask to your face, avoiding the eye area. 4. Leave the mask on for 10 to 15 minutes. 5. Cleanse thoroughly with warm water, then splash your face with cool water.
All three ingredients here have positive effect on the skin. Ripened banana, which has minerals and vitamins, is good for glowing skin. Turmeric removes old cells and gives a healthy look to skin. Citrus has exfoliating nature and removes dead cells giving a fresh and soft look.
This is a simple facial mask for dry skin. If you’re looking for a quick pick-me-up that will leave you feeling and looking better, give yourself this facial mask treatment!
2 tablespoons plain thick yogurt
1 tablespoon liquid honey
Few drops of olive oil
In a small bowl, mix the yogurt, honey, and oil. Use a cotton ball to apply the mask to your face, avoiding the eye area. Leave the mask on for 10 to 15 minutes. Cleanse thoroughly with warm water, and then splash your face with cool water.
1. Jasmine flowers are highly aromatic and contains essential oil. Jasmine petals can be pureed and applied on skin directly. Leave for at least 15 minutes for good results.
2. Or mix handful of fresh jasmine flowers with a cup of yogurt and add little sugar. Puree the entire mix and apply on the face. Leave it for 10-15 minutes.
What to expect? Jasmine face mask tones and soothes the facial skin. It is good for all dry skin problem. It acts as an anti-aging agent and reverses the aging process of the skin. It also reduces the damage by sun and acne.
Summer season is when foods will get contaminated more. If we leave food outside for long hours without storing them in cool place, food will get infected. Similarly, outside roadside food and restaurant foods that are not properly cooked or handled well can also lead to food poisoning.
The food poisoning symptoms may include: Nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea, fatigue, fever or chills/sweating, headache
If you cannot see doctor immediately, try these home remedies for food poisoning.
Lemon and Lime: Drinking lime juice two or three times may help to ease the symptoms and to detoxify the body. Add little salt instead of sugar and drink the lime juice. Naturally, this contains anti-microbial properties and easily available fruit that can be used as an immediate remedy.
Cumin or Jeera: Boil the water and add a tsp of crushed cumin seeds. Boil the water to half and drink the water. It relieves the gas, improves the digestion and reduces the gut inflammation. Thus, it reduces the abdominal pain too. Have this water every 2 hours throughout the day.
Ginger: This wonderful herb has anti-inflammatory property and reduces the infection. Fry ginger pieces in little amount of clarified butter and eat. Or, add grated ginger to lemon juice or mix with warm water and drink for a relief from internal infection (3 times a day).
Holy basil or Tulsi leaves: Boil water and add one or two tsp of Tulsi leaves. Drink the water 3 to 4 times. Tulsi has antimicrobial properties and will help to reduce the infection – repeat this 5 to 6 times a day.
Garlic: The strong antiviral, antibacterial and anti-fungal properties makes garlic one of the good remedy for food poisoning. It also relieves symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. Eat one fresh garlic clove, swallowing it with water. Mix garlic oil in castor oil or olive oil and rub on the stomach.
Fenugreek or methi seeds : Dry fry fenugreek seeds, allow it to cool and powder it. Add 1/4 tsp of this powder to a cup of buttermilk and drink. This is a good remedy for diarrhea an abdominal pain. Similar to basil fenugreek also has antimicrobial in properties.
Apple cider vinegar: Even though acidic in nature, apple cider vinegar has alkaline effect due to the way it is metabolized in the body. It soothes gastrointestinal lining. Mix two Tbs of apple cider vinegar in a cup of hot water and drink before taking food.
Sea salt, basil leaves, powdered black pepper with yogurt: Mix all these ingredients and eat this four times a day. Continue this till body starts feeling better.
Orange juice and corn starch syrup: Mix two tsp of corn starch syrup with a glass of orange juice. Drink this slowly and repeat this two or three times a day.
Peppermint tea: Wash and add 4 to 5 peppermint leaves to boiling water. Boil for a minute or two. Strain and drink the tea. It gives relief from nausea and vomiting sensation.
Water: Natural remedy is water. Drink plenty of warm water throughout the day. Best ways to use water during food poisoning is to boil water and allow it to cool, and then drink. Water reduces and prevents dehydration.
What to avoid? : Allow your stomach to settle down. Drink water and avoid solid food, alcohol, milk products like butter, cheese, spicy foods, heavily fried foods and meat item for at least 24 hours. Avoid traveling and heavy workouts.
Consume plenty of liquid in the form of soup, water, non-caffeinated drinks. Take plenty of rest and sleep well to recover. More importantly cook well and make sure that there are no contaminated food in the kitchen.
Every one of us go through this phase not once but many times in our lives – worrying about our body image especially as a student, young adult, in our 20’s & 30’s, during middle age. Who determines how we look and who decides what is feminism and masculine? Is it magazines, beauty products, celebrities, fitness tantrum or all of these? In this era of selfie we want to have a perfect body so that, we can post our images on all social media. To have perfect so called “body image” we tend to punish our body and hurt ourselves very badly.
What is body image? Body image can be defined as how you see and picture yourself in your mind and what you believe about your own appearance which includes your memories, assumptions and generalizations.
Body image is also how you feel about your body, including your height, shape and weight.
Body image also includes how you feel about your body and how you sense, feel and control your body as you move.
More importantly, body image is how you feel about yourself when your body moves when you are alone or when you are socializing. In other words how you feel inside your body.
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