Showing posts with label Beauty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beauty. Show all posts

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Beauty Kit for Journey

Beauty Kit for Journey

Weather it is going home after the long-awaited moment to be able to meet with relatives in the area or it is going to meet your love one its always a matter that you look beautiful at the time of meeting. So to stay beautiful during the journey becomes an absolute thing for women and, therefore, do not forget to bring some things that keep you beautiful and lively in your beauty kit. The five things which I prefer you must have are following:

1. Sunblock at least SPF 30: In a good trip by car, train or plane is very important to use a sunblock with SPF 30 especially those that aim to areas with hot weather.

2. Lip balm with SPF 15: To avoid dry lips, use a moisturizer with SPF 15 or higher. This will also protect the skin around the lips from the sun.

3. Sunscreen: Use a moisturizer to keep skin dehydration away.

4. Powder: Use compact manifold translucent to absorb more oil on the skin.

5. Face Mist: Always provide a face mist spray. If your skin feels dry or not to start fresh you can directly spray.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Create Your Own Home Spa in Six Easy Steps


To pamper yourself you don’t always need money but a just sometime to yourself and some little things to get the spa treatment at home.
Pakistani women would love to treat themselves to a weekly day at the spa, but what if you lack the time or the money to indulge on a regular basis? A bit of pampering every once in a while will help Pakistani women feel more balanced in life and ready to nurture those around. And creating your own mini home spa is simple and affordable.
Whether it is a daily, weekly, or monthly indulgence, here are six steps to creating a luxurious home spa: 
  1. Make sure the tub is nice and clean, too, soPakistani women can relax during the spa treatment.
  2. Pakistani women will want at least one extra large towel for the body and another towel for the hair. There is nothing like a good, luxurious towel for your home spa experience. Wash and dry your towels with your favorite brand and scent of fabric softener so they smell blissful. 
  3. If you don't already have one, spend in a plush bathrobe and nice slippers. This is a one-time expense that will make you feel spoiled each time you treat yourself to a home spa. 
  4. Decide on a theme then set the mood with music and lighting. Select a tranquil or energizing CD, depending on the mood you wish to create. When Pakistani women set the right mood, they will intensify the effects of spa treatments. 
  5. Whether Pakistani women prefer to create their own products from kitchen ingredients or to purchase a few samples from the drug store put them in an attractive basket or bag for easy access each time you create a home spa. 
  6. Pakistani women should fully enjoy your luxurious home spa. Fill the bath with hot water and turn on the shower for extra steam. While your facial mask is working, start with your exfoliating scrub and let yourself relax. Sink into the experience and pay attention to what you smell, feel, and hear. 
Creating a home spa is so simple and affordable that Pakistani women will have no excuse not to indulge at least once a week. 
Source: Fashion Central

Include the Boots in your Winter Footwear Collection


Get the latest trend footwear for your fall collection.

Shoes are one of the most important accessories when it comes to completing the perfect look. If you don’t wear proper shoes according to your outfit you will not be able to look proper. Now if you have never paid attention to your footwear collection then it’s about time to go for an entire collection of it.
To get the hottest and latest available footwear you need to consult the latest trend list for shoes. Since 2011 is almost here with a pleasant arrival of the winters we need to know what will make our footwear collection good. This season we need to be particular regarding the colors and style of the shoes we select for ourselves.

With the arrival of the fall you definitely have to go for the boots. The boots can range from ankle high boots, fur or lady like refined style. The footwear collection has to have boots so that they keep your winters warm and stylish.

Other than this lady like boots, we have a fusion of men footwear trend with the women footwear trend. This fusion brings out the shoe style that is particularly military or utility inspired. Other than boots we need to get that lace up shoes, wedges and platforms.

Boots have so many options: mid-shaft, tall-shaft, over-the-knee, thigh-high and exposed zippers and laces. Even in the shoes the animal print is definitely a big hit for the fall 2010 and 2011.

Besides these shoes that particularly keep you warm you need to have those wooden heels for your footwear collection. These heavy wooden heels have heavy detailing and fabrics moving way from the traditional black. The colors for theshoes collection has to involve deep beige, cognac, burnt oranges and yellows for the winter 2010-2011.

The texture of the material of the shoes should be from furs to suede. This would make the foot wear collection the, oh so interesting for the entire season.
Source: Fashion Central

Citrus Effect for Your Hair


Worried about how lifeless and parched your hair looks? No more worries ladies! Try this new citrus effect and be amazed by the outstanding results. You’ll get hair so beautiful, even you would hardly believe the reflection you see of yourself!

But the question is how can a citrus fruit be of such great a help? Well, you see the citric acid in fresh juice mixed with carbonation from club soda will perfectly cleanse hair and remove any dirt, chlorine, and salt residue, if any. And sage oil will restore life in your hair and revive the natural luster.

For preparing this recipe, you’ll require:

1/4 cup club soda

1/4 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice

1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

Drop of sage essential oil

Mix all the ingredients, i.ie the grapefruit juice, club soda, orange juice, and lemon juice and pour the mixture in a spray bottle. In case, you got longer hair, add a little more quantity of each ingredient (instead of ¼ cup add 1/8 cup of each aforementioned ingredient) and mix well.

Then add a drop of sage essential oil, which are readily available at most health-food stores.

Carefully wet hair, and then spray the mixture on to your hair well. Comb it through so that each hair strand gets properly covered. Leave it on for two to four minutes.

After sometime, wash it properly with your favorite shampoo and condition them.

Feel flabbergasted with the exotic effect your hair will get, as if someone sprayed new life into them.

Go over giving this Citrus effect to your hair once every two weeks. Incase your hair are very dry and damaged, repeat the procedure once every three weeks.
Source: Fashion Central

Find Good Quality Cosmetics


There are times when women do not give much importance to cosmetics and prefer to buy expensive makeup products thinking that it might help them in the long run which is not true always and damage their skin. Here is what you can do to help:

Visit your local drug store before you think of visiting a department store. The cosmetics available are much cheaper as compare to department store. It is almost as good as a store. In fact some of the drugstore brands are the same company that are sold in high end department stores.

Always look for a makeup product like foundation,concealer, and powder to match your skin tone. The foundation should match your skin tone and test it by dabbing some from the sample onto your jaw. When you are looking to buy a cosmetic like concealer, you can usually tell just by holding the product up to your face whether it is the right colour or not. Buy theconcealer and foundation of the same company.

Women should look for makeup products like eye shadows and blush which complement their skin tone. Women should try plum shades for green eyes, rose for brown, and peach for blue. Warm tones complement skin with yellow, peach, or olive tones. Cool tones complement skin with pink tones. For everyday makeup, browns, golden browns and pearly silvers work best.

This tip suggests that women should use four colours of lip gloss throughout their life. Such colours work well for every female and it includes beige, pink, red, and clear. Beige for a professional look, pink as a casual everyday colour, red for formal occasions and clear for any time at all.

This tip states that buy cosmetic of simple black mascara. Women should try not to buy mascara with bits in it to "extend" the lashes. They might end up fishing them out of your eyes all day.
Source: Fashion Central

Tips to Flaunt your Nails


Nails tell a lot about your personality. Here is how you can play with your nails and charm the birds.

Follow these simple nail tips and stay healthy.

These simple nail tips reveal a lot about your person, so are you ready to flaunt those natty nails. This nail tipsuggests that like every other part of your body nailscan become healthy with regular intake of minerals and vitamins. Those women who want to grow healthy nails must include fruits, dark green leafy vegetables, nuts and dried fruits in their diet. Drink lots of fresh carrot juice regularly as it increases the calcium and phosphorous content in the body which in turn helps strengthen nails.

According to this nail tip, soak your hands for a few minutes in a bowl of milk as it provides nourishment to your cuticles. You could use olive oil to moisturise nails.

This nail tip suggest never expose your nails to water for long or, even hard detergents, as this can dry out your cuticles. While doing domestic chores, protect your nails by wearing gloves. In case of washing clothes or utensils immediately wash your hands and use lotion to keep it clean.

Women and youngsters especially should not bite their nails. This is not a healthy habit and shows lot of complexes and lack of confidence. Always use a non-acetone nail enamel remover. To nourish your nails, mix honey with almond oil and leave it on your nails overnight. Apply a moisturiser to your nails before you retire for the day.
Source: Fashion Central

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Look Beautiful on Your Wedding Day



As a bride, you must have a desire to perform the most beautiful on special day. Here are some steps of treatment you can follow:


Skin care
Five months before the day is the right time for prospective brides to start doing intensive skin care. When your party, the photographer will take pictures of your face up close. The guests will compete to kiss your cheek as a sign of congratulations. Nothing wrong for a little attention to subtlety and beauty of skin.

Here are the steps of facial skin care:
1. Choosing the appropriate skin cleansing program, started in the morning until night.
2. Choosing a special beauty care product.
3. Doing exfoliation to cleanse dead skin cells.

If you have a surplus budget, consult with your doctor to get maximum beauty results. Drinking a lot of fresh water and reduce caffeine will restore the skin’s naturally.


Hair Care 
It’s time to consult with a favorite hairstylist. Start buying hair care products like hair conditioner or tonic that can make your hair look more beautiful.

If you want to change your hair color, consult to your hairstylist to get the color and when the right time to do the painting.


Make-up
Make-up for the wedding of course different from regular makeup. You can determine the make-up style in accordance with your wedding theme. Select a good make-up artist. Do some make-up tests to compare, so you can choose the best.



Relaxation
Stress will hit the bride when preparing the wedding. Stress of course is bad for beauty. Get a spa body treatments, scrubs and so forth. You can also treat your body to relax. Exercise regularly and eat nutritious food will also help you cope with stress.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Warm and Fashionable Gloves


A glove is a piece of clothing that covers a hand and there are different kinds of warm and fashionable gloves available in different fabrics and materials.

Men and women wear gloves to keep their hands comfortable, warm and funky. They are used in various ways. Nowadays, women are wearing leather gloves as a part offashion statement. As compare to men, women have always wanted to look different from their counter part. Women do all they can like cosmetics, branded outfits and different fashion accessories to highlight their looks and boost their appeal, in the beginning there were hats, scarves in fashion and now hedesigner fashionable gloves are making their move.

There are gloves available in various materials like, cotton and satin, it is the leather gloves that are an all time favourite with women all over the world.

The most famous fashion gloves which women like to wear are long leather gloves. They look very fashionable and stylish while wearing. There are variety of long leather gloves such as spring leather gloves, black leather long 8 button big buckle gloves. Ladies Leather long Quilted, 16 button lace Fingerless gloves, and 16 button lace Fingerless/Ivy are the most famous and classical gloves of all.

Though, white and black are the colours that are most popular now, women can also find the ladies leather gloves in various contemporary and lively colours like burgundy, gold, green, grey, earthy brown and violet and you name it.

There are driving, patrolling and simple weather gloves available for men also and their price range from Rs 50 and above.

The different varieties of fashion gloves for men and women give a wide range of options to the wearer for both relaxed and formal dresses. The fashionable gloves add both fashion and class to the personality of the wearer.
Source: Fashion Central

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Best Natural Remedies To Stop Hair Fall


The search for natural alternatives to treat hair loss aims to find alternatives for conventional pharmacological measures, since these often have extreme side effects. One of these alternatives is homeopathy – it can be termed a natural route because this medicinal system utilizes distillations of organic substances. Homeopathy has several treatment modes for addressing hair loss. A qualified homeopath’s arsenal of remedies includes fluoric acid, lycopodium, kali carbonicum, kali sulphuricum, natrum mur, phosphorus, selenium and tissue salts. What a homeopath actually prescribes depends on the problem’s nature and severity.

Causes of Specific Types of Hair Loss
Pattern Baldness (androgenetic alopecia)
In male- and female-pattern baldness, the time of growth shortens, and the hairs are not as thick or sturdy. With each growth cycle, the hairs become rooted more superficially and more easily fall out. Heredity likely plays a key role. A history of androgenetic alopecia on either side of your family increases your risk of balding. Heredity also affects the age at which you begin to lose hair and the developmental speed, pattern and extent of your baldness.

Cicatricial Alopecia
This type of permanent hair loss occurs when inflammation damages and scars the hair follicle. This prevents new hair from growing. This condition can be seen in several skin conditions, including lupus erythematosus or lichen planus. It’s not known what triggers or causes this inflammation.

Alopecia Areata
This is classified as an autoimmune disease, but the cause is unknown. People who develop alopecia areata are generally in good health. A few people may have other autoimmune disorders, including thyroid disease. Some scientists believe that some people are genetically predisposed to develop alopecia areata and that a trigger, such as a virus or something else in the environment, sets off the condition. A family history of alopecia areata makes you more likely to develop it. With alopecia areata, your hair generally grows back, but you may lose and regrow your hair a number of times.

Telogen Effluvium
This type of hair loss is usually due to a change in your normal hair cycle. It may occur when some type of shock to your system – emotional or physical – causes hair roots to be pushed prematurely into the resting state. The affected growing hairs from these hair roots fall out. In a month or two, the hair follicles become active again and new hair starts to grow. Telogen effluvium may follow emotional distress, such as a death in the family or a physiological stress, such as a high fever, sudden or excessive weight loss, extreme diets, nutritional deficiencies, surgery, or metabolic disturbances. Hair typically grows back once the condition that caused it corrects itself, but it usually take months

Traction Alopecia
Excessive hairstyling or hairstyles that pull your hair too tightly cause traction alopecia. If the pulling is stopped before there’s scarring of your scalp and permanent damage to the root, hair usually grows back normally.

Home Remedies For Hair Loss
  • The Indian gooseberry has been showing great results treating hair loss. For this, oil containing Indian gooseberry will be great to use.
  • Lettuce is another great home remedy for treating hair loss. A mixture of lettuce and spinach juice is considered to help the growth of hair if taken up to ½ liter a day.
  • Another great home remedy for hair loss is Amaranth. Its fresh leaves juice should be applied to the hair and this can help growing new hairs.
  • An application of coconut milk over the scalp will be helpful treating hair loss. You can take coconut milk and then massage it into the hair roots. It nourishes the hair and promotes the hair growth.
  • The most valuable home remedy for hair loss is using seeds of lime and black pepper. Ground it together and then make it into fine paste. Use this paste as an application on the patches. This might irritate but simultaneously it stimulates the hair growth and promotes the hair follicles to grow firm hairs.
  • The leaves of the tree margosa will be useful treating hair loss. It should be used as a decoction. This will stop hair from falling and will stabilize them into their roots. It also kills the hair lice.
  • Another useful home remedy for hair loss is using the paste of liquorice. It can be made by grinding the liquorice pieces in the milk with a pinch of saffron. The paste should be applied over the bald patches at night before retiring to the bed. This works wonderfully for treating alopecia condition.
  • Onions have also been found beneficial patchy baldness along with hair falling condition. The affected part must be rubbed with onions in the morning and evening. The juice of onion is stimulant to the hair follicles and hence will prevent falling too.
  • A fine paste made form pigeon pea or red gram is also considered as good home remedy for hair falling. Use this for longer period for maximum benefit.
  • One of the proven hair loss home remedy for hair loss is rubbing olive oil onto the scalp and affected area.
Other Remedies For Hair Loss
  • Apply olive oil at bed time and wash off the hair next morning.
  • At home, wash hair with cold water, rub scalp with fingers. This is a simple, and effective remedy against hair loss.
  • Boil Heena leaves in mustard oil till they are burnt, the oil can be filtered. A regular massage of this oil is helpful.
  • Seeds of lime and black pepper ground together to a fine paste helps treat patchy baldness.
  • Apply coconut milk all over the scalp and massage into roots.
  • Scrub the area of patchy baldness with onions untill it becomes red. Follow up by applying honey over this patch.
  • Trim the hair every 4 to 5 weeks even if you are growing it.
  • Avoid rubber bands, sharp clips, spiky brushes and do not brush hair when it is wet.
  • The juice of leaves of bhongra massaged into the head is an effective hair tonic to check falling hair.
  • The paste made from powdered seeds of shana with coconut/sesame/castor oil is used as a hair tonic.
  • The juice of kanta karika mixed with honey applied to the head acts as a hair tonic.
  • The oil extracted from rohisa, briskly rubbed into the head encourages the new growth.
  • The oil extracted from the seeds of sagvan is massaged on the head to check premature loss of hair.
Source: SheClick

Love Your Skin this winter


The skin is the most important part of the body because it covers your inner. If it looks well maintained then it means that you have care for them. The dull,torn skin shows ones ignorance about beauty. Here are few winter beauty tips.

The skin is the most essential part of ones body. Since it’s like the face of every organ. So how can you forget your skin care this winter where you try many beauty tips for the face only? Here are few beauty tips which are the gem of the winter beauty tip.

Wash well-before going on the ahead winter beauty tip you have to keep clean your skin first. This skin may be of any part of the body. Just wash it well to keep it clean. The motive of this winter tip is to keep away the germs and avoid common infections. You can use the face wash, body leather lotions to clean the skinthouroughly have this beauty tips always.

Moisture head to toe-Most of the people think that beauty tips are only for the face and the neck, It’s not true at all. Here is the general beauty tip for all body that moisture your body from head to toe. In order to give it nutrition and a sizzling, loved soft outlook. Follow this winter beauty tip musty if you have dry skin in particular.

Don’t expose skin much-the most essential and demanded winter beauty tip is to cover you skin .Never let it be expose to sun and cruel winds of winter. You can wear long sleeves and long necked sweaters to keep you skin hidden. Remember this winter beauty tip since the sun and climate have damaging effects on skin in different weather and in winter it’s harsh.

Have you pedicure-Have your pedicure more frequently. The winter beauty tip about the pedicure is that it not only enhances the cleaning level but nourishes the skin. You can use body, hand lotion like latest Vaseline 24 hours protection or you can also do it at home manually which requires salt, hot water and cream you use daily. Keep that winter beauty tip in mind that pedicure is must both in winter and summer.

The skin is as much important as delicate it is. Love you skin this winter and protect it form winter harshness by following our winter beauty tip.

Source: Fashion Central

Friday, November 26, 2010

How To Choose The Right Makeup For Pale Skin


Pale skin can be very translucent so finding the right foundation is one of your most important tasks. You may find that being so fair that you are a little more prone to aging especially if you live in a sunny climate. I would recommend that if your foundation doesn’t contain a good amount of SPF that you always apply sunscreen on a daily basis as part of your beauty routine and, before your foundation to aid you in slowing the aging process.
If you’re blessed with a milky white Celtic complexion, then you know the trials and tribulations of trying to find a foundation makeup for pale skin. Since people with especially fair skin are in the minority, Cosmetics companies simply don’t have an adequate selection of shades of foundation makeup for pale skin.
This means products tend to be too white, or else dark enough to leave a noticeable ‘tide line’ where the cosmetic ends and your natural flesh begins. While this can be frustrating, don’t despair. There are some good brands of foundation makeup for pale skin out there, they just take a little more work to find.
If you know some small makeup tricks, you can learn what are those colors and shades that work best for your complexion, and how to use them in a way to make your face radiant and show your natural beauty.

Makeup for Pale Skin:

Base Makeup for Pale skin:
No matter how easy it is to deal with fair or pale skin, it could be a tricky job. This is because there are many flaws which you have to hide with this makeup for pale skin.
The first thing we do is set a base for the makeup, hence applying the right shade of makeup foundation is very important, but mix it with a pinch of moisturizer. When you select the perfect shade which matches your skin tone, make sure you apply one coat of the foundation, uniformly all over your face till your neck.
The concealer is the next product which you can use to conceal your flaws like freckles, dark spots, under eye circles, marks, etc. A number of makeup brands produce base makeup products especially for pale skin.
Make sure you cover your veins and blood vessels with a few concealer tips, which are accentuated in pale skinned women, and the concealer should always be two tones lighter than the foundation.

Blush Makeup for Pale skin:
After you have set your base with the two most important factors in makeup, you can start with the actual process, which is adding color!
You will need to know how to apply blush in a very faint layer to your cheeks so that they look held up and not sloppy. For this you can use a one tone lighter blush than the concealer, with a slight tinge of pink.
Pink or peach colored blush is always preferred for pale skin, since the glossy pink is immediately noticed over the light skin tone. Thus, with the help of a brush, dust the blush on your cheeks equally on both the sides.

Eye Makeup for Pale skin:
When you are set with your beautiful looking face, take up your eyes. In eye makeup for pale skin, you have to remember to use a variety of colors in your palate.
Depending on what color dress or outfit you are going to wear, select the eyeshadow and apply the light shade below the eyebrow first. Then pick the darker shade and gently apply it on the ball area of the eye, just above the eyelash.
After this, carefully line the eyeliner right up till the end of the eye corner and you can extend it outside to get a beautiful edge.
Brush the eyelashes with mascara, and you can either use black or dark brown, whichever suits your look.

Lip Makeup for Pale skin:
Well, for the finale of your pale skin makeup, choose the right lip colors, preferably dark since you are fair skin.
If you are wearing dark clothes, try to pick bright colors like red, maroon, purple, etc. and use good lip makeup tips. These will give you a gorgeous and luscious lip look.
However, select lighter colors like pink, peach, bronze, coffee, lavender, etc. if you are wearing something slightly faded or white. If you want, use a lip liner, or else the lipstick, gloss or balm will be perfect!
With these great tips on makeup for pale skin, we are sure you can’t wait to get ready and party! Well, women and beauty are associated to only each other, and no matter what your skin color is, you are born to be the prettiest. So, take the liberty to look absolutely stunning and don’t feel shy to turn those heads.

Source: SheClick