Cool Green beauty - The Cucumber Love

                              

            Heya, my lovely readers. I have been doing great with your love and blessings. This post is for the reader who requested me to post about cucumber. Yes scroll down and read ahead. Happy Nature Love week-3.

                            Cucumber - A big boon to skin and eyes.

Our skin has many other purposes other than being beautiful and serving as an eye candy for everyone. It protects our internal organs from any of the external adversities as far as possible.

         

Protecting our skin and caring for it the right way does a lot of good for our beauty and health. Apart from cosmetic products available, fruits and vegetables eat do whole lot of good for the skin.

One such veggie is the cool cucumber. With 90% water content, it is known as a cooling agent.

                                          Cucumber for Eyes

                                           

                    Cucumber helps in reducing swelling around the eyes or the big dark circles around your eyes. Cucumbers are the most wonderful eye pads you can find.

                          The puffiness and tiredness in your eyes may just leave you, if you do this in a relaxed fashion. These natural eye pads do wonders after a long day's work.

                                       Cucumber for Skin

                                       

              If you want to have happy skin, then cucumber is the answer. As cucumber and skin share the same level of hydrogen, it becomes easier for cucumber to mask all the problem areas. It helps in soothing and softening your skin which can get you relaxed in no time.

    

              With so many useful ingredients in cucumber it can help you in treating so many skin problems. It has become part of daily beauty product into face packs, facials, juice and many other things which can affect your skin.

              Due to its cooling effect it can be termed as a magic wand for all your skin problems. The cleaning and cleansing property makes your skin soft and supple.


                                          

                   Regular intake of cucumber juice is very useful both internally and externally.

               Grated cucumber applied all over the face and neck daily for 15-20 minutes works as an excellent tonic and reduces pimples and blemishes.

                To brighten up dull skin, add a dash of lime juice and rose water and apply.

               Equal quantities of cucumber juice and milk mixed with a few drops of rose water, keep sensitive skin glowing.
                                
                                      

                Drinking a mixture of cucumber and carrot juice regularly helps stimulate hair growth.

                 The chlorine is swimming pool water damages the hair. To minimise damage, blend together an egg, 3-4 tblsp olive oil and a quarter peeled cucumber. Spread all over hair and rinse after 10 minutes.

                                  Cucumber toner

                                    

                            Puree 1  medium-sized cucumber in a blender. Pour the cucumber puree through the sieve and let it stand for 15 minutes for the juices to drip into the bowl. Pour the clear juice into a clean bottle and add 2 tbsp honey.

                    To use, shake the bottle and saturate a cotton pad with lotion.

                    Sweep over face, neck and chest, morning and night, and let it dry( about 3 to 4 minutes). Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Pep up your skin with papaya

       

Happy Nature Loving Week-3. Love you all.

 Among the many fruits that are highly beneficial  to our skin, is the good old papaya. This easily available fruit is a storehouse of vitamins and does ample good to your skin from both within and outside.

           Packed with goodness, juice of this wonderful fruit has some very special enzymes which mean it could be your skin's best friend.

           Papaya can work magic on your skin. It is rich in antioxidants such as vitamin C, flavinoids and carotenes and it contains an enzyme called Papain which can help banish dead skin cells and clear impurities.

          A number of popular facial products now use this extract  and you can make your own face mask from the flesh of papaya crushed with a few seeds  or apply the inside layer of the papaya skin directly onto your skin for a great facial treat.

          The fruit's enzyme has recently become known as a leading ingredient in skin whitening products and is also thought to encourage skin renewal. 

When used to exfoliate the skin, it has restorative properties that can help soften the skin  and give a smoother appearance. Here are some quick fixes with this fruit:

                          

Acne :

 Apply a mask using the fleshy side of a green papaya skin on the acne.

 Apply a mask of pickled grated papaya in vinegar once a week.

  Skin Cleanser

Ingredients: 

3 Tbl spoon pure honey

             1/2 tsp of extra-virgin olive oil

    1/2 tsp wheat germ oil

1 tsp papaya juice

              

   Method :

 Mix the ingredients together. Wash the skin with warm water. Gently massage the cleanser onto moist skin, then rinse well with water. Apply twice daily.

                               

Moisturizer:

                    Blend ripe papaya until smooth. Apply the paste and keep it for 20 minutes and wash it with wash cloth or cold water. It is simple method to moisture the skin.

For Sun Tan and to brighten skin complexion:

                   Make a paste of papaya and add yogurt, lemon juice, honey and egg white into it. Mix to make a thick paste and apply all over face and leave it for 15 minutes. Wash it with lukewarm water. This papaya face mask brightens the skin complexion and cures tan.

Homemade Face Pack for wrinkled skin

        

 

Homemade Face Pack for wrinkled skin with Almonds

      Don't look for the expensive cosmetics in any store next time. Because it all begins at home. Enjoy the joy of loving nature's ingredients. Week -3 . Love you all.

  Today I will be posting a recipe for girls and beautiful ladies who have requested  me to post a recipe for wrinkled skin. This ones for you. 

        

       Enjoy and start loving yourself a little more everyday.

                        

        

Things Required :

Almonds

 Milk  

Method : 

            Soak almonds in milk overnight. Grind almonds in the same milk after taking off it's brown skin. Grind it into paste. Do not make the paste very runny by adding too much of milk.

                 

Result :

         Almonds are rich in Vitamin A which moisturizes the skin and milk improves the complexion and cleanses it naturally.

Nature's Ingredients - Natural Homemade Face Pack :)

                 

               

 

  Natural Home Face Pack Love 

    Start Pampering yourself a little more everyday!

Our face is very dear to all of us and it does not pinch much to spend a little to preserve it beautiful. But the problem is choosing the right things and spending on the right things.  

Regular simple care goes a long way in keeping you looking young and fresh.

To protect your face from day to day harsh damages we really do not have to spend a whole day in front of the mirror - all we need to do is just be regular. It is also necessary that you use cosmetics that suit your skin. 

Here is a quick recipe to make home made masks to get instant glow to dull dry skin.

For Glowing Skin:

Things required -   Ripened banana - 1

                               Sandalwood powder - 1 tablespoon

                               Honey - 1 tablespoon

Method -  Mix Sandalwood powder with mashed banana and honey into a thick paste. Apply and leave for 15 minutes before washing off with warm water. 

Results - It works as a deep cleanser and gives a natural glow to dull dry skin.

tomato Love !

                          

   Tangy Red tomato

            Whether tomato is a fruit or vegetable, it does a lot of good for the skin. When applied externally or eaten, this pulpy fruit helps give skin the hydration it needs and gives it a glow.

                                                                                                     

         My mother collected all tit-bits of information related to health and beauty from newspaper and magazines, So when I grew up I was so totally amazed to see a huge collection of these at my place. (My mom is the most talented and hard-working woman i have seen on this earth. Oh lovely, mothers are a priceless gift to us. So girls, please listen to your mothers, rather than becoming a prey to those cosmetic ads which will spoil your beautiful face and of course your health gradually. Mothers know what to use on face, candidly speaking she gives me wonderful advice, so i asked her and did you ?) I just ran upstairs a got a dairy without giving a second thought to throw away those lovely beauty tips. I took a dairy and pasted all of them into the dairy. It took me a week  at the most. And i flip through the dairy during my free time. Now the question of why to blog ?

  Seriously I never thought I would blog all those information, but I was introduced into blogging by my sweet matured  brother. Then I pondered over this and finally i made my mind because Internet is vast and connected; I find it like my family, connected connected, vast and vast , if my tit-bits of information would transform people's lives into a really great one, then why not I do it. I proudly started to blog. Now guys this is the fourth one i suppose. Blogging is so much fun and the amount of love i get from my readers is so immense and supportive.

 This time I would like to mention some face-packs which can provide wonders using this tangy reddy tomato.... so why wait, get one from your kitchen and include them in your face-packs. :) have a great day!

For oily skin:

             Use tomato pulp by itself, or in combination with lime juice. Rub the pulp onto the skin, leave it on for 20 minutes to an hour, and wash it off with cool or warm water.

results: This will shrink enlarged pores, and help get rid of blemishes.

For normal skin:

   Juice half of one tomato and add two teaspoons of yogurt. Apply to the face and let it dry, then wash it off. 

results:  This will give your skin a healthy glow. Substituting four teaspoons of buttermilk for the yoghurt is also an excellent sunburn treatment.

For dry skin: 

   Grind a carrot with a few almonds and add enough tomato juice to form a paste. Apply it to the face and leave it on for about 20 minutes, then wash off.

  Tomato juice mixed with honey is also a great mask for all skin types.Use it on your face and neck and wash off  after about 15 minutes.

Shrink pores:

  Combine one tablespoon of fresh tomato juice with two or four drops of fresh lime juice. Apply the mixture with a cotton ball and massage gently into the skin using circular motions. Leave on the skin for about 15 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water to shrink pores even further and moisturise.

 

Cure acne: 

  Mash a fresh tomato and apply the pulp liberally to your face. Leave on skin for an hour or more, then rinse and moisturise. Do this every day for several days and your acne will disappear.

Cleanse skin:

  

  A tomato and avocado mask is great for combination skin( oily , normal, and dry) because it combines the astringent, blackhead and oil-reducing benefits of tomatoes with the antiseptic and moisturising properties of avocados.

   This super-rich mask also contains vitamin A, C and E, all of which are essential for healthy skin.

    To make this soothing mask, mash tomato and avocado together in a bowl. Mix well and smooth on your face. Rinse after 20 to 30 minutes with lukewarm water.

Quick and easy tomato facial:

    Cut a tomato in half and rub it on your face. Press into blackheads. Rinse and moisturise.

Astringent:

   To remove excess oil from your skin, crush a fresh  tomato, strain and then set the juice aside. Next, squeeze a cucumber  into the tomato juice. Apply to skin  with a cotton ball daily to keep oil and acne under control.

 So my dearest readers, hope this article helped you. Love you all. Have a great time ahead! yooohooo,happy nature loving !

You can leave your comments and suggestions without any hesitation. Looking forward for replies from my 'nature lovers' and transformed 'nature lovers'. I am one among the transformed 'nature lover'. Would love to hear from you all. Love you all again!

 

 

besan, a wonder flour for a great face!

                                                               

                        Besan, a g

irl's best friend !

                    Many ingredients from your kitchen if you used regularly are a boon to your skin. As I already told you in my previous posts why spend on expensive cosmetics when mother nature's ingredients can get you a priceless beauty. I mean it, justification would be our ancestors who have religiously followed it and hence still flaunting great beauty even in their 80's. I am getting jealous of my granny now. ha ha. :D

                    One such miracle producing ingredient on face is good old 'besan'.

The benefits it has on all kinds of skin has proven time and again.

Here are some more ways you can use this simple ingredient for radiant  and  smoother skin.

                                           

                                           

Lightening Mask 

Ingredients:

•     Few drops of lemon juice

•      2 tablespoons of gram-flour.

•      2 tablespoons of milk-cream.

•      1 tablespoon of honey                         

  

Method:   

                Mix a few drops of lemon juice with gram flour, milk, cream and honey. Apply on face and neck and wash with warm water when dry.

 Note: 

                      This mask is good for dry skin. For oily and normal skin, replace milk cream and honey with sandalwood powder.

               

To remove freckles from face:

 

Ingredients: 

• 2 tablespoons of milk.

• 1 tablespoon of rose-water.

• 1 tablespoon of carrot-juice.

• 1  tablespoon of cucumber juice.

• 2 tablespoons of besan.

Method:

   Mix all of the above ingredients and apply on face for 15 mins.

To remove sun-tan : 

Below are the different methods to get rid-off sun tan, follow the appropriate one depending on your skin-type to get great results 

Ingredients: (suited for dry-skin)

• spoonful of besan.

• 2 spoonfuls of curd.

 Method:

        Apply all of the above ingredients on face and let it stay for half-an-hour and then wash off.

 Ingredients: (suited for oily-skin) 

• 2 tablespoons of besan.

• 5 teaspoons of rose water.

• 1-2 teaspoons of milk-cream.

• pinch of turmeric.    

• Method:
• Mix well all of the above ingredients and apply on face and neck. When dry, wet your hands and slowly scrub in circular motion for 1-2 minutes before washing off.

  Excellent face-pack for daily use:

 Also, a mixture of lime juice, besan and honey applied everyday helps in removing sun-tan.

 Acne:   

 Method:

 Make a scrub  by mixing besan and wheat husk with milk and apply it on the face, scrub lightly.

Results:

   The besan cleanses the skin of blackheads; the wheat husk is dermabrasive( removes dead skin ) and the milk is a moisturiser.

Natural Skin whitening:

Ingredients:

•   half teaspoon  freshly ground turmeric.
•   2 teaspoons of besan
•   2 teaspoons of honey
•   2 teaspoons of milk.

Method:

     Mix all the above ingredients and apply on face. Use 4 to 5 times a week. Using the above face-pack religiously will provide a fair, smooth and healthy skin.

Great acne pack:

Ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons of besan

• 1 teaspoon of lime juice

• half teaspoon of turmeric

• 3-4 teaspoons of cucumber juice

Method:

     Mix all of above ingredients and apply on face. Wash off after half-an-hour. This serves as a great acne pack. It removes excess oil and acts as an antiseptic against acne causing bacteria.

Face wash:

Take a teaspoon each of turmeric powder, milk cream, sandalwood powder and besan. Use it daily.

Pimples:

   Add curd to gram flour to make a paste and apply it on the face. Completely rub it off before it dries. Repeat every two days. 

   Warm some honey and add some besan to it. Apply this paste to your face. Wash with warm water after it dries.