Pimple is the common problem to those who have oily skin. You can easily get rid of pimple just by using simple homemade remedies. These are the remedies I have tried and it has good results on my skin.

Lemon Juice:

 Lemon juice is always the best remedy for all skin problems. You can apply lemon juice everyday to get clear skin.

            Take some lemon juice and apply it on the pimple before sleeping. Wash off your face in the morning. Lemon not only removes pimple it also remove scars.
Toothpaste:

            It is the best method to get rid of pimple instantly. You may have beauty contest tomorrow but you have pimple on your face which eventually spoils your beauty. Then Toothpaste is the best remedy to get rid of pimple in overnight. 

            Toothpaste contains silica which reduces the size of pimple in overnight. But do not use the toothpaste which has sodium lauryl salpate which may irritate some skin. Take a pinch of Toothpaste and apply it on your pimple. Wash the face in the morning.
Ice cubes:



Ice cubes are also a best way to get rid of pimple. Take an ice cube and rub it on your. It also freshen your skin.
Tomato Juice:
             Tomatoes are high in anti-oxidants.Tomatoes are very useful in treating damaged skin. Cut the tomato and rub it on your pimple. 

You can apply tomato juice mixed with olive oil on your skin. It will rejuvenate your skin.


               Taking the right care at right time can make your skin look younger and beautiful ever. The right step starts from your home. You don't need to go to parlor for every simple occasion, instead you can look gorgeous just by using some kitchen things without any side effects.


Lemon:  



  
               Lemon is the very good bleaching agent. Take some lemon juice. Apply it to face, hands and neck. Lemon has the property to lighten your skin. Applying the lemon juice regularly is the good treatment to oily skin.

Exfoliation and Scrubber:


             
               Sugar is the best homemade scrubber. Mix some sugar with olive oil. Rub it on your face and wash with warm water. Sugar helps you to remove dust particles from your face.

Mint Leaves:

                 Mint has many beauty benefits. Take some mint leaves and make a paste of it. You can add olive oil or oats with it. Apply it your skin and neck. it is a good remedy for black heads. It hydrates and moisture your skin.


                  Boil some mint leaves in water and soak you feet in that boiled water for 10 - 15 minutes. It helps you heal the cracks and soften your feet.            

Papaya:



              Papaya is the source of vitamin A. Apply the paste of the papaya on your face and neck. It removes the dead skin and freshen your skin. Regular consumption and applying of papaya will give you shiny and soft skin. You can add yogurt, lemon juice with papaya pulp to make it as paste.

Milk:


             
                 Milk, the common thing that all we have in our kitchen. Milk cleanse your skin. Regular cleansing is the key for glowing skin. Dip a piece of cotton in milk and gently wipe your face with it.



Cucumber:


             
            We all know that cucumber is one of the best beauty ingredients.  Peel a cucumber and mash it. You can add sugar or olive oil. Apply it on your face and neck. Leave it for 15 - 20 minutes.  Wash your face with cold water.

Banana:

 

                 Banana is the very good beauty ingredient when coming to dry skin. Mash one banana and add some honey. Apply it to face and let it set for 15 minutes. Wash with lukewarm water. Banana gives you the instant fairness and better to use before any occasion to get a fairer skin instant.

Pumpkin:


             
                   Pumpkin is loaded with many natural anti oxidants  Take a cup of pumpkin pulp and make a thick paste.  You can add egg, honey and lemon juice. Apply it to face and neck. Leave it for 15 - 20 minutes and wash your face with lukewarm water. It helps you to keep the skin healthier and younger. 

       
               Mineral makeup is the hot and upcoming trend as it is healthy for skin. Most of the womens are opting for mineral makeup now a days because the ingredients of mineral makeup are mostly minerals and it doesn't contains the chemicals.

 The things you needed for mineral makeup:  Foundation
concealer
Powder
Eye makeup

 step1 : Moisture:

                first of all, before applying the makeup you should wash your face throughly. Apply the moisturizer and wait until the skin absorb completely.

 step2 : Foundation:

              The makeup begins here. I recommend Everyday mineral foundation or bare mineral foundation. everyday mineral is really good and affordable, giving all day coverage. If you are beginner then, bare mineral;l starting kit is better for you. if you need the foundation you can purchase alone.
 


            Gently tap little amount of foundation into the lid of the container. Dip the kabuki brush which is shorter and denser into foundation. Do not apply directly onto yur skin. Tap the brush to remove the excess amount of foundation.Apply the foundation in circular motion. You can apply one more layer if you need.

 step 3: Concealer:

              
Apply concealer in the areas where you need extra coverage like dark spots and scars. Dip the brush into the foundation and tap the excess amount of foundation.Apply Apply smooth and even strokes to have even finishing. The kabuki brush helps you to avoid outlines and streaks.

 step4: powder


            If you are having the oily skin, you an go for the mineral powder after applying foundation and concealer. The powder helps you to set the makeup and stay long. Bare mineral has the mineral powder called mineral veil. 

             Take some amount of powder in lid and swirl the brush in the powder.Tap the excess powder and apply.

          The rest are all the as usual eye makeup. Apply the eye makeup before applying foundation so you wont leave smudges.The mineral makeup is over!

                The mineral makeup at first look like an powder in the skin. But later it will settle on your skin and looks more natural. 
 

             If you are looking for the light and natural makeup tat doesn't affect your skin,I recommend mineral makeup. At first it may look strange.But it has many advantages over traditional liquid or powder foundation.
          Want long and gorgeous hair? Looking for the best way to grow your hair? Then it is the right place. 
            When I was 15 - 16 in that of age, I had a very long and thick hair. But after that my hair becomes thinner as i didn't take care of it. My friends were having good hair than mine. I decided to take some care of it. Now, I'm having long and gorgeous hair than others. Here are the tips i tried and benefited. 

 1. Drink Water:

           All the beauty tips start from the simple fact that is drink water. Usually, your body needs water content. Drink as much you can, atleast 2 liters of water a day. 

 2. Oil Massage:
         
         Oil is the most important as water. Oil your atleast twice a week. I recommend coconut oil massage. Massage your hair with coconut oil before you go to bed. 

 3. Take Green Veggies:
         Stronger Body - Stronger hair. Hair growth is not entirely depending on what you apply on hair rather it is what you intake. Take the green veggies and spinach.Your food should be colorful like with colorful veggies.

 4. Hibiscus:
     
         Hibiscus has many medical properties. One of it is hair nourishing and hair growth. Eat one hibiscus every day morning before breakfast. Not every type of hibiscus can be eaten. You can only eat red colored hibiscus shown in image.

 5. Curry Leaves:

Curry leaf is the essential part of our cooking. Like hibiscus curry leaves also have medical properties. Eat some curry leaves every day that eventually helps your hair growth.

 6. Keep Your Body Cool:
          The most essential tip for hair growing is keeping your body cool. That can be done with the help of regular oiling and drink enough water. Try to avoid going out in sun.

          These all are natural remedies. It boosts your immune system. Do this and you will see the difference in your hair length and thickness.



                       Trouble in finding the perfect foundation for you? Cream, powder, liquid - wondering which one to choose? The answer for this question is finding out your skin type.
Dry Skin:
          If you are having dry skin, go for the liquid or cream and moisturized foundation. Look for the words - "hydrated or moisture rich foundation" on the label. It will give the moisture to the skin.
Oily Skin:
           If you are having oily skin, choose the oil free liquid or powder foundation. Powder is the best to choose as it controls the oil and leaves your skin looks smoother. It won't feel heavy on skin. Look for the words "Oil free or mattifying" on the label.
Combined Skin:
            If you are having combined skin, then look for the powder or liquid foundation. Powder absorbs the oil in your skin.

Choose Foundation:


                Select some foundation that matches your skin color. Apply it on your cheeks. Choose which exactly or nearly matches your skin tone.
            Go to departmental or drug store and buy foundation. Don't go for online purchase.
            Though you use the foundation, sunscreen is essential. Apply sunscreen before applying foundation. 
             Choose yellow based foundation as it suits for all skin color. But if you are very fair, go with pink foundation.


             Oily skin is hard to treat especially in summer. If you apply the wrong make up on your oily skin, then the entire make up can result in unattractive skin. Applying wrong makeup on oily skin can also make it look more oilier than it before. Here are the simple ideas to treat the oily skin.

 1. Avoid Oily Food
                
            
          The first and foremost step starts from your food routine. Taking oily food item make your skin oilier.Avoid oily food item and drink enough water so that your skin will be young and fresh

2. Cleansing Toning Moisturizing


                 It is important to start a cleansing, toning, moisturizing routine.  It is the most important thing you must do in order to prevent from oily skin. Use a good cleanser and toner that treats your skin gently and reduce oiliness. cleanse your skin and follow with toner and oil free moisturizer wait for some time before you apply makeup.

 3. Use Primer

               Before applying foundation and eyeshadow you must use primer. Primer helps the makeup to stay longer. At least apply primer on oilier areas such as forehead, chin, nose. Use oil free primer.

 4. Go with Powder
               
           Don't apply too much foundation on your skin. Go with less foundation. It is important to choose the right foundation for you(tell you in my next post).Powder the friend of oily skin. Powder helps to set your makeup. But don't overdo with powder. Overdo Powder can pull out more oil in your pores.

 5. Carry Blotting Paper
                 
           
            The most helpful tip for oily skin is prepare for the oiliness. There are times that you need to touch up your makeup. Easy tip is to carry some blotting paper. Just press the paper on oily areas and take off. Don't rub your skin with blotting paper. 
Tips:
       Wash your face at least thrice a day.
       Don't eat oily food.
       Go for oil free makeup tools.
       Remove the all makeup before going to sleep by using cleansing routine.
       Try to use less foundation and use water based or powder or mineral                  foundation.
       Use blotting sheets that help to keep your skin fresh all the day.
       Never use any type of shimmer on your skin. It can make your skin look greasy.


                 
          
            One of the trending spa treatment is chocolate facial and it's worthy too.Many Hollywood celebrities mentioned it in their beauty secret. You can be wondering how this exotic facial can be done in home? and most important is, it is cheaper and beneficial too.


            Chocolate has high antioxidants which boost the collagen production and make your skin glow.  It helps from anti aging and softens your skin. Flavonoids found in dark chocolate protect women’s skin from the sun’s UV rays, according to German scientist. As chocolate facial suits for all skin types, you can boldly experience the chocolate. 

 DO NOT USE MILK CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS. USE ONLY DARK CHOCOLATES.

 How to do Chocolate facial at home?

Ingredients you need are,
                                          2 bars of  Dark chocolate,
                                          A cup of milk,
                                         1/4 cup of  honey.
Procedure:

          1. Heat the dark chocolate in the boiler and work well.
         2. Mix the milk and honey well in chocolate.
         3.Remove the melted chocolate form heat.
         4. Allow it to cool but not to hardened.
         5. Apply it on your face and wait until it hardens.
         6. Rinse it with warm water.


         The mentioned ingredients are not limited. but, you can also add sea salt, oatmeal powder, cocoa powder. Be careful when using cocoa powder, not to burn yourself with hot cocoa. Chocolate facial give you a luxury feeling, and you will surely love it.                                                  

                      Coconut oil has many beauty benefits. Coconut oil is natural and cheapest beauty ingredient which contains fatty acids, vitamin D & E. It is multipurpose oil that can be used in all over your body.
Makeup Remover:
           Coconut oil can be used for removing the makeup. Warm the coconut oil little bit and takes it in your hand. Gently rub it all over the face. You can also cotton ball soaked into oil to rub your face. Coconut oil is the effective natural cleanser.

Reduce Acne:
            Coconut oil helps to reduce the acne. Wash your face before going to bed. Apply coconut oil lightly on the skin and massage until the skin absorbs it. Wash your face in the morning otherwise you can wash after 15 minutes. It also delays the formation of wrinkles.

Lighten The Elbows and Knees:
            Another beauty benefit of coconut oil is that it can help to lighten the elbows and knees. Add some lemon juice with coconut oil and apply on your elbows and knees. Let it be for 20 – 30 minutes. It also smoothen the skin.

Hair Treatment:
            Many of us know coconut oil helps for hair grow and condition the hair. Simply rub coconut oil on your scalp before shampoo your hair. Using little amount of coconut oil after shampoo will make the hair shine and frizzy free. Regular usage of coconut oil will reduce the dandruff levels.

Helps in Weight Loss:
            Yes, the coconut oil helps to lose weight. The coconut oil not digested as the same way as other oils. It takes fewer calories than other oil and Trans – fat free. It supports sugar metabolism and reduce sugar level.

Coconut oil is a natural product with multipurpose. Go for natural coconut oil.

            Determining your body shape is the first step to knowing how to dress in which your body looks best. There are generally four body types. It depends on your bust, waist and hip size. Stand in front of the mirror and measure your bust, waist and hip sizes.


Pear or Triangular Shape:
Pear body shape generally gain weight on rear and thigh. Bust and waist sizes are lesser than the hip size.
Apple or Inverted Triangle Shape:
Apple shape has broader shoulder. It gains weight on bust and waist. The hip size is lesser than the bust and waist size. Upper body is larger than lower body.
Hourglass Shape:
Hourglass shape has almost equal size in hip and bust. The waist is narrow than hip and bust. Hip and bust are in the similar proportion but waist is smaller.
Apple or Rectangle Shape:
The rectangular shape women’s have equal weight in bust, waist and hip. Their hips are less than 1-8 inches smaller than the hip and bust size.





            If you wear an eye makeup and having trouble in removing eye makeup? Many people know to apply makeup but they don’t know to remove it properly. Particularly leaving eye makeup as it is before going to bed can be result in getting makeup in your eyes and cause irritation and may result in infection. Since the skin aroun the eye is more sensitive, extra care is to be given while removing the eye makeup.Here is the great tips for removing the eye makeup without it’s trace.



Olive Oil
            Olive oil is an excellent makeup remover without causing irritation to your skin. Olive oil is also condition your eye lashes. Soak a cotton ball in olive oil. Wipe gently over the eye. Pinching the cotton ball tightly can be more helpful while removing the eye makeup. For more result, Slightly warm the olive oil and wipe it. After removing the makeup gently wipe eye with washcloth.

Baby oil
            The baby oil is the easiest way to remove the eye makeup.  It is the most affordable and pain free way to remove makeup. Wet the eye area in water. Apply baby shampoo or oil in eye area. Massage it untill makeup removes. Finally wash with lukewarm water.

Vaseline
            Like olive oil and baby oil, vaseline also a low cost product to remove eye makeup. Apply vaseline in your eye area.gently wipe it and use dampe cloth to remove it.You can also use Q- tip to remove eye liner or shadow. Do not rub hard when you removing vaseline because irritation may occur.

Eye Makeup Remover
            Really I recommend effective eye makeup remover. I suggest Nivea or Neutrogena Eye Makeup Remover. Apply eye makeup remover to a cotton ball and ensure it wet enough to remove eye makeup. Appy it to your eye lid and lashes. Leave it for some minute. Swipe it off using washcloth. If You find any trceof makeup then do it again. Using a Q- tip will help to remove eye makeup that is closer to the eye lashes.

            Vaseline is petroleum jelly based product. Petroleum jelly motivates the wound to healing stems. Most of the skin product today has petroleum jelly as it does not oxidize in air. Vaseline contains mineral Oil, butylenes glycol, polyethylene, methyl Lactate, propyl Paraben, cocoa butter, tocopheryl acetate and many components. 

 
 
Vaseline helps to product your lips from sun.  It is mostly used for moisture loss lips and chapped lips. It also used to soften the nail cuticles. Vaseline will not be useful if you severe dry lips. But if your lips are pigmented due to lack of moisture, then Vaseline can help you by moisturizing lips.
            If you born with brown lips, Vaseline will not going to make it pink. As it comes with small packet, you carry it any over. The product says itself that apply it for every ¾ hours. We need to apply it again and again. Vaseline works if you have pink lips otherwise you can use lip gloss instead of Vaseline.

             And finally I think it’s not worth unless you have pink lips.
          Janelle Tam, 16 year old teenager won award in Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC) competition for her ground breaking work on anti aging properties of tree pulp.
              The theme of the competition is “How will you change the world?” inspired the hundreds of students to participate in the SBCC competition. Janelle Tam presented her findings that the cellulose, the woody material found in trees that enables them to stand, also acts as a potent anti-oxidant. Cellulose is made up of tiny nano particles called nano-crystalline cellulose (NCC). Her research has won her $5000 (Rs. 2.68 lakh).

                NCC is non-toxic, stable, soluble in water and renewable, since it comes from trees,” says Janelle, a Grade 12 student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute.

                Her super anti-oxidant compound could one day help improve health and anti-aging products by neutralizing more of the harmful free-radicals found in the body," Bioscience Education Canada said in a statement.
                   NCC is obtained from the pulp of trees in a process that is similar to how pulp is isolated for paper making. It is a rod-shaped nano scale material with exceptional strength and physicochemical properties that makes it a promising reinforcing agent.
               Janelle, chemically ‘paired’ NCC with a well-known nano particle called a Buckminster fullerene. These ‘buckyballs’  are already used in cosmetic and anti-aging products she says. The new NCC-buckyball combination acted like a ‘nano-vacuum,’ sucking up free radicals and neutralizing them.
              
                    The results were really exciting,” she says and especially since cellulose is already used as filler and stabilizer in many vitamin products. One day those products may be super-charged free radical neutralizers thanks to NCC, she hopes.
                    
                When we founded the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada 19 years ago we believed then, as we do now, in the potential of our youth to develop the next big breakthrough in science," said Sanofi Pasteur Canada President Mark Lievonen, who presented the first place prize.