Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Honey and warm water to aid weight loss

Remember how your grandmother used to tell you about the great, great benefits of having honey with lemon? And remember how you used to dismiss all the benefits with an utter disregard for its taste?

If you really did dismiss it, now will be the right time to know that you did wrong, for a spoon of honey a day could offer you wonders, says an expert at a beauty academy.

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A teaspoon of honey mixed well in a glass of warm water can help shedding those extra pounds. At the same time it also maintains the calorie content of your body and flushes out harmful toxins, too.

If you have misconceptions about honey, frivolous that they might be, it is the time to get them in place.  Just read on!


  • Substituting the sugar in your milk or drinks can cut down over 63% of calories. 
  • If you are a sweet tooth and often find yourself mindlessly indulging in sugar packed desserts and drinks, try honey for a healthy take. You can keep a check on empty calories while curbing those bouts of unhealthy munchings. 
  • The honey-warm water mixture helps detoxicate your body by flushing out all the toxins. 
Here is how you can use honey in other ways too.
  • Cut an apple and dip its pieces into honey before eating. Apple with honey provides ample fiber and energy to keep you going for the day. 
  • Adding a little honey to chicken pieces before grilling it over a barbeque can definitely make lives more interesting. A low calorie caramelized grilled chicken can for sure give a treat to your taste buds. 
  • Apple with honey can be given  twist by sprinkling cinnamon powder over it.


Friday, 10 October 2014

Benefits of Skin Bleaching

The desire for a radiant, light and clear skin has been prevalent since the times immemorial. For this very purpose bleaching is a common cosmetic treatment for lightening the skin and face tone. A good bleaching cream can also remove sun spots, tanning, unwanted blemishes and some signs of ageing. It is a chemical treatment which makes the complexion more smooth and fine. Unlike any usual face wash which gives a superficial glow, bleaching enhances the skin tone from the inside.


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The whitening agents used in bleaching creams regularly include Botanicals, Mercury, Topical Retinoid, Vitamin C and Hydroquinone. However this treatment might not be effective on many skin tones which are sensitive. In this particular case the experts recommend that you should apply a small portion of the whitening agent to your skin to check how it reacts with the skin to prevent side-effect of any type. To others there are a variety of benefits they can avail with the use of facial bleach. Some of these are:

-The most basic advantage of using bleach is that it lightens the skin tone by keeping a check on the melanin content of the skin. Bleaching also works wonders when it is subjected to fighting the tan. Although it should be kept into account that this bleaching effect is not permanent and often reduces after a while. To ensure best results bleach at regular interval of time.

-Facial bleach also improves the glow of the skin. Bleaching works well in rejuvenating the skin while it combats the dullness, augmenting the dullness thereby.

-Bleaching the skin also helps in revitalizing and boosting the texture of the skin. Bleach at fixed time intervals aids in softening the skin.

-It facilitates the removal of dead cells, black heads and white heads which often makes the skin unhealthy and rough.

-Many types of blemishes and dark spots can be treated by using bleach. By removing the dirt from the skin pores and cells it abets the skin with youthful radiance. 

Monday, 6 October 2014

Rejuvenate your Skin Organically

Obsession with fair skin is not an unknown fetish in many parts of the country. However it is the flawless and smooth skin which matters. It is in fact an accomplishment to flaunt an organically radiant skin. While there is an increase in skin problems owing to several biological and physical environments there are various skin diseases which come unwarranted with age. Limiting your approach to mere fairness creams is in fact ignoring the knock of diverse skin problems. Apart from losing the natural skin texture age leads to reduced skin elasticity and lucidity. Wrinkles and fine lines then give a tough battle.


Fighting skin problems with regular face wash is no less than undermining and misunderstanding the needs of your skin. What you need to understand that nourishing your skin internally is the only plausible solution. Stress and poor diet might be the biggest reasons you are struggling against skin damage. While you are looking for ways to replenish naturally, here are some to help you:

-Keep your Skin Moisturized

Lock an ageless skin with a moisturizer. Help your skin with a daily dose of moisturizer which in turn reduces the wrinkles around your face. You can use an avocado-honey moisturizer; it acts as temporary filler for the stubborn wrinkles. Blend fresh cream, avocado and honey together and apply it for half an hour on your face and see the result and fairness yourself.

-Bid farewell to acnes

Practice using basil toner in a routine. Apart from being an antiseptic it improves the circulation.

-Have Fresh Fruit Salad

Not only does it boosts the energy levels it is an antioxidant which removes toxins from your skin. It also keeps sun damage at bay while pushing the blood circulation for good.

-Sweat Hard

A routine exercise is not only important for your body but for your body systems as well. Activities like aerobics and meditation help you cleanse and oil the body functions.

Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Creative Ways to Use Your Bridal Wear

So, finally that you have tied the most sacred knot in life, things are settled down, you are all done with all those tiring wedding affairs. Good enough! But if similar to many brides, this thought that you have had invested a lot in your wedding attire and now that functions ate all over, what will you do with it? Well, no one would preferably wear it again, even in a cousin’s or sister’s marriage. Except that it can be used once a year, i.e. the wedding anniversary. Well, not really! So what’s going to be the solution? Well, if you happen to be struggling with similar questions then follow up the blog makes mention of creative ways to team up with your bridal lehnga and spell cast a magical presence in an occasion:


Lighten up: obviously you won't really wish to look like a bride on someone's wedding so what can be done is instead of flaunting that wedding semblance, you can lighten up the overall look, varying from the bridal make up that you got done to the dress. Let the heavily embroidered blouse be the way as it is, but team it up with a silk long skirt and to add-in the girly grace by sporting a vibrant dupatta. It would look great, isn’t it?

Custom based sari- it’s acknowledged there are loaded memories attached with the bridal wear, but merely stashing the wonderful dress in closets would be more paining. So to avoid such heart breaking thing, you can use your bridal dress innovatively. Get in touch with a designer, probably with the one who designed your bridal lengha and ask him to add extra fabric, (if needed), else attach the dupatta itself in a way that it takes in a perfect shape as that of a saree pallu. Now your leghna would be good to go with in a relative’s wedding or any other party. Now you will have an extra dress to flaunt, that too without splurging in excess. If you think what sort of makeup would be good to go with, no worries, seek beauty salon expert advice to get that intended looks.

More creative ways, to be coming in soon but till then stay hooked to the space!

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Becoming a makeup artist

Beauty is your art and body is your canvas. From behind every pretty face that glams up the tabloids and streams through the silver screen peeks an immensely talented artist. The job is the right concoction of glamour, fame and money for those who are truly skilled and talented.
So do you think you have it in you? Have makeup brushes and cosmetics been your playthings? Do you enjoy transforming looks? Then get ready to join a makeup course and launch yourself in the mainstream. But before you materialize your ambitions just know what’s in their in the fare.


Beginning
Just the first step you would take towards your dream is by joining a professional makeup courses and later choose a specialization in your favourite field. You can be a hair stylist a film artist, personal artist etc. Check out the best institutes that offer courses in this field. However, be mindful of where you invest your time and money. Since there are too many options around, keep in mind that branding and reputation of your institute does matter. So choose big names which provide other beauty courses and diploma in health as well. Though, neglecting the curriculum completely is not wise as well. Talk to alumni and see where they are placed. Do a thorough research as this is the most important aspect of your career.

A short specialization
You will sure learn over years even when you are an established name. But taking professional aid can speed up the process. Best is to start your career and pursue it as a part time course. This will give you hands on practical experience plus economic support as well.

Where to

Most good institutes have a very god placement platform so your first job should be easy. Most probably you would be absorbed atone of the exclusive salons in town, which is great for the beginning. You will get immense exposure and a lot of practice. With numerous customers coming in, you will get to experiment with different faces, textures, tones, styles and looks. The bulk of the work will train you in the nuances and by end of can year you can literally dab makeup blindfolded. 

Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Health Benefits of Eating Salads

Salad has a bad reputation amongst the youth owing to the fact that these are generally associated with losing weight and a part of some strict diet chart. The stereotypes about having these salads border on jest and include things like a dieting girlfriend who will never order anything except salad and choose starving or to vegetarians with limited eating options and the worst of all a predecessor to the main course. There are many people who don’t order a salad alone or a salad only when eating out and hesitate from including these with their homemade food. But all these stereotypes fail to acknowledge the health benefits as enjoyed by your body and thereby health states an expert in a course in nutrition.

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Salads can be as artful as you want them to be, full of flavors and you have no idea how nutritious these are. Despite the fact these are easy to make you generally skip having these and blame your ‘no-time’ schedule for you are too healthy to ensure that salads form an indispensible part of your diet plan. You don’t need to be a proficient in some dietician course to recognize the health benefits of a salad these can be easily identified by their wide availability on the menus of even the best restaurants. Few of these are:

-Cut Calories and Increase Satisfaction

If you want to lose weight then cutting on the calorie count should be your first priority. The best way of doing this is including green salads in your diet. Ask any one with a dietician course and they’ll suggest you the same. To achieve satisfaction which the sense of fullness it is best to increase the size of your salad.

-For Good Fats


Intake of  little good fat with vegetables help the body in absorbing protective phytochemicals like lycopene from tomatoes and lutein from dark green vegetables. Some of these beneficial fats include monounsaturated fats as found in olive oil, avocado and nuts. 

Sunday, 7 September 2014

Prep-up for the grand occasion - Part 2

In conjunction to the last post titled as ‘prep-up well for the grand occasion’, here are the other considerable secrets laid bare for the would-be bride:  

Flexible footwear: no matter how comfortable you are in heels, it might be a daunting affair to carry it off well that day. So what you can do is instead of going too high with heels, prefer something with less intricacies. Remember there’s a lot that would call for sincere consideration and above all, when its monsoons, it would be apt to avoid taking any sort of risk and enjoy the big day flawlessly.  

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Hair styling: when it’s pouring all over, you just can’t skip asking for good hair styling as humidity in the air might make your hair look absolutely lifeless than ever, says a beauty school professional. So prior to the wedding day, go easy on conditioners to add in volume to hair and make it look greasy. Do not forget to be on a healthy diet, which ideally should be followed weeks before the wedding day. This will surely come as an added bonus in disguise of radiant looks. 

Water proof make is must: well, this is something that needs no justification. Nothing can compensate for the embarrassment that can perhaps happen with the melting make up. So to avoid of hindrance on the big day, make sure that you are all set for it. 

Avoid usage of cream-oriented products: going by pros recommendation, this is something that can make a big time difference in the overall getup. Like spa enables the would-be bride to flaunt radiant looks, powdered makeup works magically, concede noted spa courses pro. Cream based products are best suited in winters. Try and avoid oily masks, make up or anything as such that becomes a source of embarrassment.

Over boarding shimmers- a big no: similar to the wedding outfit, it’s advised not to overboard shimmers and glitters in any way. It’s going to be a regretting otherwise. This is where instead of taking advices on own, rely on the professionals as they will help you in a better way. 

So as a whole, these few imperatives play a vital role for a bride, if taken into consideration on a serious note.