Drink Water And Stay Healthy

As you know stay hydrated is very informant for healthy life. That’s means you have to drink plenty of water every day.

Make sure to drink at least 8 glasses a day. Water means fresh water not soda, caffeine or any other type of liquid. Soda has a high concentration of sodium. Sodium retains fluids. You need fluid that will hydrate and flush your body free of toxins.

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Eye Care Tips

How to remove Eyestrain:

You can easily remove eyestrain by placing slices of cucumber over closed eyes for 15 minutes. You will feel cool and refresh.


Reduce Swelling or Puffiness:

Use green tea that has steeped for five minutes and cooled. Wipe the eyes with this solution several times a day.


Vitamins and Minerals For Eyes:

Vitamin A : Improves night vision. Food Sources for vitamin A are carrots, spinach ,dark green leafy vegetables, broccoli, eggs, cheese and butter.

Vitamin B complex is good to reduce redness in eyes and can help eyes that are sensitive to light. Food Sources for vitamins B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B6 (pyridoxine), B12 (cobalamin): pastas, breads, milk, dark green vegetables, mushrooms, tuna, nuts, avocados, bananas, liver.

Carotene allows the formation of visual purple in the eyes, which helps improve weak eyes. A good source of carotene is: carrots, broccoli, cabbage and peas.

Resources

Food-Your Miracle Medicine
New Choices in Natural Healing
Nature's Cures
Earl Mindell's Herb Bible

Beauty Care - Kitchen recipes

Pumpkin Facial Mask

2 teaspoons cooked or canned pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon honey
1/4 teaspoon milk (or whipping cream, if your skin is very dry)

Combine ingredients and apply to a clean face with gentle circular motions, avoiding the area around your eyes.

Allow mask to remain on skin for 10 to 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water, pat dry, and apply your usual moisturizer.

Home Care -Kitchen Recipes

Carrot rejuvenating mask.

This homemade recipe is widely used to rejuvenate the skin. Carrots are rich in carotenoids, which give them their orange color.
Boil two carrots, mash them and add one spoon of honey. Use the carrots while they are still warm. Apply it over a clean face and leave it on for fifteen minutes. Rinse off with warm water.

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Tomato skin care mask.
Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, which are antioxidant red pigments that helps to prevent some forms of cancer. They are also a good source of vitamin c and alpha-lipoic-acid.

Mix a mashed ripe tomato with two teaspoons of natural yogurt.
Now Apply it over the face and leave it on for twenty five minutes. Rinse off with warm water.

Home Care -Kitchen Recipes

Using grapes for diminishing sunspots

You can use grapes for diminishing sunspots. Grapes contain up to twenty antioxidants, and are a good source of vitamins and minerals. To diminish sunspots, rub half grape over the skin, before bedtime. Rinse off with warm water the next day. Use sunblock with at least SPF 15 every day.

Beauty Care - Kitchen recipes

Watermelon Toner

Ingredients :

1 Tablespoon vodka
2 Tablespoons witch hazel
2 Tablespoons distilled water
2 Tablespoons fresh watermelon juice

Strain the watermelon juice to get rid of seeds and fruit pieces. Combine all ingredients in small bowl and stir well. Pour into clean containers with tight-fitting lids.

To use: pour a small amount on a clean cotton pad and apply to face. Store in fridge between uses to retain freshness. Will keep approximately one week.

Beauty Care - Kitchen recipes

ALMOND FACIAL MILK

The herbal waters are antiseptic and toning.

Ingredients :

* 1/2 cup rose, lavender, or distilled water
* 1 teaspoon pure vegetable glycerin
* 1/4 to 1 teaspoon cold pressed organic almond oil
* 12 drops grapefruit seed extract

Make the rose or lavender water by placing a small handful of dried organic rose petals or lavender in a pint mason jar and adding boiling water to cover. Steep overnight and then thoroughly strain. Add remaining ingredients in a glass jar and shake to blend.
Apply and massage the mixture on your skin. Rinse with warm water. Keep stored in the refrigerator for no more than a month or so. Discard at the first sign of mold.

Beauty Care - Kitchen recipes

Strawberries or Cucumbers face cleanser

Ingredients:
You can use either Strawberries or Cucumbers. Both have astringent qualities and are great cleansers.

1/4 to 1/2 cup Strawberries or
1/4 to 1/2 cup Cucumbers( With the cucumbers they have to be peeled and seeded).

1/4 to 1/2 pint of whole milk. You can use dried powdered milk for this recipe . Just mix up the milk first.

Mix strawberries or cucumbers and milk in a blender. Then let is set for a few hours. Pack the mixture in a clean bottle and shake well. Keep the bottle in a refrigerate.

Use a cotton ball to apply the mixture to the face. Then rinse with cool water.

Beauty Care - Kitchen recipes

Apple Toner

This is a very simple toner recipe. Take 1 apple. You may want to experiment with different varieties till you find the one that suits you best. Start with perhaps a green apple, like a Granny Smith. Remove the core and skin of the apple. Place the apple, chopped into quarters, into a blender with 1 to 2 tablespoons of honey. Puree the mixture.

Usage :Gently spread the mixture all over your face and let it rest for 12 to 15 minutes . Rinse it off with warm water and gently pat your skin dry.

Beauty Care - Kitchen recipes

Avocado and Honey Face Pack

Avocado and Honey Face Pack is very useful to treat for parched skin. The decadent, protein-packed fruit delivers a rich dose of moisture to the skin, thanks to its high content of beneficial fatty acids. Honey, a powerful antioxidant, also acts as a humectant, helping skin to retain moisture.





Ingredients :
• 1 ripe avocado
• 2 teaspoons plain yogurt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon clear honey

Directions For Use:
Place all ingredients in a medium bowl and mash into a paste using a fork. Chill for 30 minutes and use immediately.
Apply this mixture to your face for 10 minutes. Gently remove with cool water, then pat dry with a clean towel.

Beauty Care - Kitchen recipes

Papaya Enzyme Facial Masque
This recipe is well known for ages.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup mashed papaya fruit
1 tsp of honey
1 egg white whipped
1 tbs plain yogurt (optional-cooling & soothing for extra sensitive skin)

Directions to use:
Mix ingredients together, apply to clean skin, leave on for 5-8 minutes, and rinse with warm water, then cool water, pat skin dry. Papaya enzymes exfoliate skin when applied topically.

Beauty Care - Kitchen recipes

We like to eat chocolate and drink milk. Now let us see how we can use it as a beauty secret.

Chocolate Milk Bath
The ingredients in our Foaming Hot Chocolate Milk Bath are packed with skin softeners like lactic acid, found in powdered milk. Rich milk bath will help you to soothe and soften your skin.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup instant nonfat dry milk
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup baking soda
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons cream of tartar
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
Combine all ingredients in a jar, cover, and store. Keeps for up to six months.

Usage:

Heat 3 tablespoons of dry bath mix with 1/2 cup of water and 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan . Boil the mix. Add the hot mixture to bathwater while the tub is filling.

Beauty Care - Kitchen recipes

Lets prepare natural homemade skincare recipes for hands, feet, face and hair, all made with abundantly available fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs.

Lemon Facial Toner
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• Grated zest of 1 lemon
• 1 cup distilled water
• 2/3 cup witch hazel
Combine all ingredients in a clear bottle and seal with a stopper. For an even skin tone, smooth toner all over face and neck with a cotton ball.Shake well before each use. Keeps for a month in the refrigerator.

Premature Skin Aging - Hand Care

Your hands are usually the first place on your body to show signs of age, and they can make you look — gulp — five to 10 years older than you really are …On the other-hand it can make you younger.

These are your hands’ glory days: For the most part, they’re soft, plump, and evenly toned. Your primary concern isn’t so much combating the signs of aging, but preventing them.

Cumulative sun exposure is the biggest cause of premature skin aging — and now’s the time to start protecting yourself. Apply a moisturizer with an SPF of 15 at least twice a day.

If you plan to be in strong sunlight for long periods of time, use a sunscreen that has a UVA-blocking agent in it — either transparent zinc oxide or Parsol 1789 — since UVA rays cause brown spots and wrinkles.

Once a week, lightly slough off the dead skin flakes on your hands with a gentle facial scrub. Removing this flaky, occlusive layer will help your daily moisturizer penetrate your skin more deeply.

Fade minor brown spots or areas of discoloration by applying an over-the-counter lightening cream nightly. Beware: Spots will reappear if you’re not stringent about sunscreen use.

Hand and Nail Care: Do and Don’t for Healthy Hands

Having healthy and beautiful hands and nails is not that difficult especially if you know these simple do and don’t tips:














Do’s

• Wear rubber gloves lined with cotton when your hands are in contact with harsh soaps, detergents or chemicals

• Wear gloves when doing work that might damage the hands or nails, such as gardening or shovelling snow;# After washing your hands, pat dry and, while moist, use a moisturizer on the hands, cuticles and nails.Chemically enhanced moisturizers that contain urea of lactic acid are even more efficient in binding water to the skin (Uremol, Calmurid, Lachydrin, Lacticare)
• After washing your hands, pat dry and, while moist, use a moisturizer on the hands, cuticles and nails.Chemically enhanced moisturizers that contain urea of lactic acid are even more efficient in binding water to the skin (Uremol, Calmurid, Lachydrin, Lacticare);
  If your hands must be in and out of water frequently apply a silicone or a similarly based protectant film that sheds water over the hands and nails (Prevex, Atrixo, Barriere Cream);
  If nails darken despite good cleansing habits, a drop of lemon oil massaged twice weekly into the nail plate may work but must not be overdone or irritation of the surrounding skin and drying of the nail plate may occur.
• Nail polish protects the nail from stains, physical trauma, and acts as a barrier to chemicals. Use it but don`t overuse it or it may stain and dry nails, particularly if nail polish hardeners are used frequently. A base coat will allow your polish to last longer;
  If your nails are dry, soak them for 10 minutes twice daily in warm water, pat dry and immediately apply one of the chemically enhanced moisturizers that contain urea, lactic acid or glycerin oil
• Sculpt and shape your nails by filling in one direction with a very fine file. Avoid vigorous up and down or back and forth motions which may tear apart the various layers of the nails. Avoid sharp angles. Attend to small cracks, snags and breaks immediately;
  Treat yourself to a weekly manicure if possible; it is relaxing and keeps the nails healthy looking and attractive. Do not forget your toenails
• As they age, the nails thicken, grow more slowly, repair poorly and are susceptible to various skin diseases. Watch for changes and see your dermatologist early enough to treat problems.

Do Not’s

• Avoid digging blindly into a drawer or purse where a sharp object may crack or break the nail or harm the delicate skin around the nail;

• Avoid using the nails to do pick-up tasks. Use the soft ends of the fingers rather that the fragile nail. they will soon chip and break if used this way;

• Avoid gluing on false or molded nails; allergic and painful reactions may occur. “Mending paper” or tea-bag paper can be used to bridge large cracks;

• Do not reapply nail hardener or polish more often than necessary; these agents can discolor nails and make them brittle if overused. Try to repair your manicure rather than replace it. Avoid chipping and peeling off nail polish;

• Do not bother adding gelatin and calcium supplements to an otherwise well-balanced diet. They have no know positive effects on the nails despite certain claims;

• Do not use too much polish remover. Apply moisturizer after using nail polish remover in order minimize the irritating and drying cation of the acetone;

• Do not grow excessively long nails; they are too prone to breakage;

• Do not push back your cuticles too vigorously or you will harm the growing moon of the nail.Push them back only when the skin around the nails is warms and wet and therefore softer and easier to manipulate;

• Avoid applying sharp instruments under the nails. They might break the nail to skin bond;

• Do not ignore nails that separate from beds (it may be due to iron or thyroid deficiency), nails that thicken (it may be fungus infection) or pit (it may be psoriasis. See your doctor. The nail and skin reflect internal well being or disturbance.

Manicure tips -improves the appearance of the hands and nails

Giving a manicure, or manicuring as it is called professionally, was once considered only a luxury for the rich. More and more women (and men) now have regular manicures. Manicuring is derived from the Latin word manus which means hand and cura which means care. Manicuring improves the appearance of the hands and nails. Giving a manicure isn’t hard once you know the basic steps.

1. Remove the old polish. Moisten a cotton ball with nail polish remover. The type of polish remover depends on your personal preference. Press the cotton ball over the nail for a few seconds to soften the old polish. Wipe gently with the cotton ball on the nail starting at the base of the nail to the tip. This keeps old polish from smearing into the cuticle.
2. Shaping the nail is the next step. The fingernails should be filed into oval tips. Begin on the left hand with the little finger and work towards the thumb. Hold the finger between your thumb and the first two fingers of the left hand. Hold the fingernail file in the right hand. Slant the fingernail file so that the filing is done mostly to the under side of the nail. File each fingernail from the corner to the center, going from right to left and then from left to right. On each side of the fingernail, stroke in one direction only. Repeat the process on the right hand.
3. Softening the cuticles is accomplished by soaking the fingers in a small finger bowl filled with soapy water. A few drops of mild dish soap added to water in the finger bowl works well. Carefully dry the hand by holding a small towel and place, the hand on the towel. Dry the hand while simultaneously pushing back the cuticle and skin on each fingernail. Be very gentle.
4. Apply cuticle remover by following the directions on the cuticle remover tube or bottle. Gently loosen the cuticle with an orangewood stick or cuticle pusher. Keep the cuticle moist while working. Wash gently and dry.
5. Clean under the free edge of the fingernail by dipping a cotton-tipped orangewood stick in soapy water and cleaning under the nail from the center outward to each side.
   Sometimes it is necessary to remove dead cuticle or hangnails with small scissors or cuticle nippers. Be very careful when you do this.
6. Apply cuticle oil or cream at the base of the nail. Brush nails gently in a soapy water with a downward motion. Dry hands and nails thoroughly. Next use a very fine emery board. Buff nails giving them a smooth beveled edge. Wipe nails to remove any particles of cuticle or dead skin.
7. Apply base coat using long strokes. When the base coat is dry to a light touch apply polish. Apply polish lightly with strokes from the base to the tip. Excess polish on cuticle or nail can be easily removed with cotton tipped orangewood stick moistened with polish remover. Apply a top or seal coat. Brushing the top or seal coat around and under the tips of the nail will give the nail added protection.
8. The final step is to apply lotion. This can be done if time permits. Nails need to be completely dry. Start at the wrists moving down to the fingertips with light rubbing motion.

Nail Care - Beauty Tips

Your nails are an important part of your hands and they too need to be taken care of well. Well-kept hands with neat, clean, painted nails are a pleasure to behold. Dirty and unmanaged nails will make your hands look ugly. Your nails need to be strong and healthy for your hands to look beautiful. Here are a few tips on nail care.

• To harden soft nails soak them in warm olive oil for about 20 minutes on alternate days.
• For strong nails soak them in a mixture of horsetail.
• To remove stains from your nails, mix one tablespoon of lemon juice in a cup of water and soak your nails in this liquid for a few minutes.
• It is not a good idea to remove the cuticles from your nail, as it will make the nail susceptible to infection.
• If you use nail polish then do not use acetone polish removers.
• When you wear nail polish, give your nails a break from time to time. Leave them without polish for a few days.
• For natural nail polish rub petroleum jelly on your nails then buff with a soft cloth.

If you have brittle nails or split or dull nails then here are a few vitamins that will help you:

• Organic Silica: this will increase the growth of nails and prevent them from becoming brittle.
• Essential Fatty Acids: Found in most oils are good for healthy and strong nails.
• Vitamin B especially B5: Important for healthy skin and nails.
• MSM (Methyl-Sulfonyl-Methane): important for healthy nails.

Ensure that you follow a hand care regime, even it means only applying moisturizer on your hands. Even if you do this regularly it will go a long way in making your hands look better.

Hand Care Tips- Kitchen Recipes

• For rough hands take a tspn of sugar and lemon juice. Rub palms till sugar dissolves. Wash of with cold water.

• For rough hands boil potatoes, peel them before they get cold. Rub the pulp on hand and fingers.
  
• Mix a few drops of lemon juice and glycerine in whole milk cream. Rub on your hands and fingers at night.
  
• Wash your hands with lemon juice mixed water.
  
• Glycerine mixed with rose water or cucumber juice rubbed on hands cleans the skin.
  
• Massage hands and fingers with almond oil at night.

Anti-aging Hand Care

We all knows we are aging. When you hear about wrinkles and skin aging, your first thoughts are about face and neck. But the earliest signs of aging will show on your hands. Most people ignore the fact but hands need to be regularly taken care of, they will give away your age earlier than your pampered face.

Hand cream is a must have for your hands. Keep it in the bathroom, the bedroom and the kitchen. Use it!

Take care of your nails too. This starts with drinking enough water and eating a healthy diet. But here are a few more tips:

NEVER cut your cuticles. Keep them from drying out by using a good hand cream and hand soaks, then push them gently back with a cuticle/orange stick. Once you do this if you notice any white residue you can gently rub the area to remove this, but no cutting.



When you do cut your nails or hang nails make sure the clippers and other tools are very sharp so they don't tear as you trim. Always trim neat and clean-not too deep. Once you get them cut, try filing weekly instead of cutting. Use the file in one direction to avoid splitting and use a good quality file. If you maintain your nails this way you may not have cut them. Use gentle hand treatments to soften your skin and your cuticles. Here are a few you can make yourself:

Rosewater Hand Massage

You'll need:

* 1 tsp. glycerin
* 1 tsp. lemon juice
* 5 drops rose water

Mix together and keep in a small bottle. Use to massage your hands for 15-30 minutes. Don't forget the cuticles!
Nail Soak

You'll need:

* 1 cup bottled water
* juice of one lemon
* 1 tablespoon aloe vera gel
* 10 drops lemon essential oil

Mix all together and use as a finger soak for about ten minutes on each hand.

Nail Manicure Treatment

You'll need:

* 1 Tbsp. distilled water, slightly warmed
* 1 Tbsp. witch hazel
* 1 1/2 tsp. honey
* 1/2 tsp. alum powder

Mix above in a glass bowl. Soak nails for 10-15 minutes, occasionally massaging cuticles gently. Rinse with cool water. Use for both hands, then discard.