Monday, March 30, 2015

Hair rejuvenating lotion

Come one come all!!

                    This post is dedicated to each and every male and female! So spread the word to near and dear ones so that they too can prepare this Homemade, Natural oil that lasts for years and does not produce any side effects. Most importantly, they do not swallow or gulp down your money. So let's grab this opportunity!

                     To create your own awesome hair oil/lotion, all you  need is

                                                            1. Coriander powder


2. Curry leaves



3. Curry leaves seeds



4. Dried hibiscus flowers



                 


Pour a few spoons of coconut oil in a pan and let it be on heat for ten minutes.

Once the oil gets heated, add the dried hibiscus flowers. You can add any variety of hibiscus flowers. But for the best results, use only the red ones as they are said to have high medicinal value when compared with other varieties.

Before adding the hibiscus, removes the stigma (long stem like structure) and other parts of the flower. See to that the flowers are nicely dried for three to five days.

When the flowers get heated, they start to shrink in size. Add a handful of curry leaves at this point. The curry leaves tend to fry too soon. Simmer down the temperature when you add the curry  leaves.

You can stop with the above steps once the curry leaves shrink and begin to release an aromatic smell. Your homemade hair oil is ready to be used. But I have gone a bit further and added two more products to this hair oil that has made it into an essential oil.

To make your hair oil into an elixir, try adding these two ingredients. You will be astonished to find a great difference.

Once the boiling oil gets an aroma of curry leaves, mash some of the curry leaf seeds and add it to the boiling oil. Curry leaf seeds contain more oil content and helps in hair coloration. The more you add, the better the result. I have added two whole fistful amounts of curry leaves in my oil since my hair is jet black and I want to maintain the same color. You can skip this step if your hair is red/brown.

Let it boil it for 10 to 15 min. Meanwhile, stir the oil nicely and carefully so that all the ingredients come in contact with one another and kind of stick together. This helps in releasing a strong aromatic oil that contains all the flavors of the ingredients.

Finally, add some coriander/ coriander powder to the oil and let it boil for another 15 min. This is because coriander powder aids in preventing hair loss and also cleans your scalp from dandruff and bacteria.

Since I have added coriander powder, I skipped adding neem oil. You can also add some basil leaves to it as it is a very good natural antibiotic that helps in protecting, smoothing and conditioning your hair.

So your elixir is ready!! Go ahead and apply it whenever you feel like. But see to that you do not add too much of coriander powder as your oil might turn into a paste. If your oil has become a paste, use it as a conditioner.

There you go! Hope you enjoyed reading this informative post. Share and spread the word so that everybody can be benefited. Suggestions welcome :)

Meet you in next post. Until then, take care :)

Love you loads!! :)

Friday, March 27, 2015

Your inner world defines your beauty-III

Hi everybody,

                In continuation with the previous post http://beautyisskindee.blogspot.in/2015/02/your-inner-wolrd-defines-your-beauty-iii.html, I am going to share my diet chart and other tips as how I maintain my health and beauty simultaneously. So far, you have seen me posting tips for beauty on the exterior. But what is beauty in the interior? Is it something that is to be inherited from our ancestors? Is it something that we need to strive hard to achieve? Or is it something that only a few lucky ones can achieve? Definitely No. The answer is YOU.

               Yes, you read it right! It's absolutely YOU. Let me make it straight and clear to you. To have beauty reflected on the interior is completely dependent on you. So, how is this even possible? Many of you would have wondered at this very statement. But relax :) It's not going to take years or months, but just moments to achieve this.

                To start with, the secret to inner beauty is nothing but focusing and concentrating on yourself while trying to take control of your thoughts and actions. You are result of your thoughts and actions and this can be well contemplated on your face. When you fill your mind with positivity, your face will be bright and young. When you feed negativity to it, your face will be dull and down. You can check out on your own if you do not believe me.

              To achieve focus and concentration, you need to strike a balance between the mind and the heart. When you quiet the mind, you can hear your soul. Interesting, isn't it? The only solution to achieve this is through meditation.



Yoga and meditation are the two main things that I do Regularly early in the morning. Since I am a mom now, I am unable to concentrate like before. But I do take care of my health and body whenever I find time. I meditate for at least 30 min a day. I think almost everyone know the process of meditation- sitting quietly with your legs folded and palms opened.

But the meditation I do is entirely different from this, although it can be done even in this way. My way of meditation can be done at any time in any position. I learnt it in Reiki class (Reiki is the method of healing one's spiritual self by removing their negative energies. You can Google about it to know more.) At the end of the day, I calmly sleep in one fixed position on my bed and close my eyes. I then concentrate on my thoughts without cutting them. I allow all the thoughts to run in my mind-good or bad. Finally, this takes one to a state where they can experience a conscious sleep, i.e, hearing and noticing every minute detail in their sleep. The beauty of this meditation is that you can even set your own alarm in your mind (say 6:30) and just sleep in a fixed position and meditate.

You can find yourself waking up at exactly 6:30 the next day without any physical alarm. I have been practicing this method for the past 15 years and the results are simply awesome. Do try this and experience inexplicable results which are beneficial for your mind, body and soul.

Once I am done with my regular meditation, I then start my yoga practice, which I do for about 40 min. The first and foremost after my warm up includes Surya Namaskaram or the 12 Sun Poses.


The 12 Sun poses area very powerful tool to empower our mind and body. Apart from keeping our body fit and fab, it also keeps our mind strong, balanced and focused. After this comes my breathing exercises and a couple of other exercises. 

So this is my daily time table that I follow for a healthy life style apart from beauty tips. As I said before, your inner world defines your outer world. When your inner side is strong, your outer side becomes beautiful. So follow these healthy tips to create a beautiful and a new you. 

Hope you enjoyed reading this post. In case you missed out my previous post, you can check it out at http://beautyisskindee.blogspot.in/2015/02/your-inner-wolrd-defines-your-beauty-iii.html. Stay tuned for much more informative posts. Also, don't forget to share and re-share these posts as it keeps me motivated to bring many more informative posts to you. 

Meet you in next post. Until then, take care :) 

Love you loads :)

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Bye bye dandruff. Hi beautiful hair!

          A big hello and hi to everyone who are reading this post. I must say that people who are reading this post are the luckiest as what I am going to share today is a powerful tool against dandruff. A tool? Did I say tool? Yes, of course!It would have been better if I had described it as weapon. But my heart wanted it this way :) So what are we waiting for? Let's get started!

           Most of you would be aware of a routine treatment with lemon to cure dandruff. But lemon alone cannot control dandruff. The acid content in lemon will be sufficient to hold dandruff up to 6-7 washes. But once the acid content gets down from your scalp, dandruff once again gains entry. So what's the perma cure for this? Simple!! It's once again pure Indian Ayurveda :) Since I am an ardent follower of Ayurveda techniques for almost everything, I wanted to bring out the importance of it and spread it as far as I can so that each and every one who stop by my post will be benefited.

           For the perma cure, all you need is
1. Lemon juice (half of a lemon)


2. Curd

 

3. Pepper powder


4. Egg shell


To a few table spoons of curd, add seven to eight drops of lemon juice.

Leave it aside overnight.

Add half of a table spoon finely grounded pepper powder to it and mix well.

Finally, ground the egg shell finely into powder and mix it.

Apply to your scalp and leave it aside for 15 min.

Wash it off with a mild alkaline based shampoo.

EXTRA TIPS:

You can also add cilantro and coriander juice to this. Coriander juice maintains the color of your hair irrespective of the texture, while cilantro juice adds aroma soothing your mind and body, thus relaxing you.

If you feel you cannot hold too much of acid content, try reducing the quantity of lemon juice to 5 to 6 drops or much below. Since I am an Indian, I need to have at least 6 to 8 drops of lemon juice based on the climatic condition.

See to that you do not add too much pepper powder as it can cause redness and irritation on your scalp. if you feel that pepper powder is unnecessary, you can totally skip it.

So this is it for today my dears! If you find my post informative, please share, re-share and comment below as it keeps me motivated to bring many more interesting and informative posts to you. Meet you in next post!

Until then, take care :)

Love you loads :)