Beautiful Corny

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Best potato facial packs and tips for your Glowing beauty

wash it off to acquire soft and supple skin.

• Prepare a homemade facial cleanser by blending 1/4th cup of chopped cucumber along with 1/8th cup of cut raw potatoes. You need not peel the cucumber and potato skin as it contains the actual components required to come p with a nourishing facial mask.

.Take an egg, one fourth cup of plain yogurt, and a teaspoon of baking soda in a bowl. Blend the mixture for about a minute. Apply this specific mask on your face and neck and leave it for to 10-15 minutes. Then, wash it off with cool water.

• Take a potato and two to three tablespoons of applesauce and blend it well into a fine thick paste. Apply the paste on your skin and leave it for 15-20 minutes and then wash it with cold water. This remedy helps the skin look younger and beautiful.

• When dealing with pimple and acne scars, prepare a remedy by adding potato juice, lemon juice, and fuller’s earth to obtain a paste. Apply this specific mask on your face and neck and leave it for to 10-15 minutes. Then, wash it off with cool water. Once done moisturize your face using regular moisturizer

• Keep some potato slices in the refrigerator and leave it at least 30 minutes. Place these slices on your eyes to get a soothing and uncomfortable effect on your eyes.

• Peel a potato and cut it into thin slices. Place these slices on your eyes for about 20 minutes then wash it off with with lukewarm water to whiten dark spots naturally. The fluid starch present in potatoes has an enzyme referred as catalase, which often helps decrease under eye circles.

• Often applying potato juice on skin and leaving it for 15-20 minutes is highly good for getting great looking skin. The potato juice helps in healing zits, blemishes, along with sunburn. Furthermore, it assists in preventing wrinkles and fine lines from exploding.

• Rub a uncooked grated potato on your skin, leave it for an hour, and then wash off using lukewarm water to facilitate skin whitening. This reduces facial puffiness, as well. Follow botox cosmetic injections three times in a week.

• Basically applying boiled potato peels on skin helps relieve issues like burns and inflammations. This soothes inflamed skin cells.

In case of rashes, itching sensation and insect/pest bites, place a slice of raw potato on the affected area for few minutes. Repeat this procedure several times a day to find relief.

• For making your tresses grow faster and longer, use a homemade tresses mask made by mixing a few tablespoons of potato juice, aloe vera gel, and a tablespoon of organic honey. Massage this mask in your scalp and then rinse it off after one or two hours.

• You may also make a hair tonic for grey hair by using potatoes. Peel 5 medium-sized potatoes, boil these in water for an hour, and strain the fluid when the it cools. Use this solution to rinse your hair.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Hair growth

Home Remedies For Hair Growth:

Here i hv some tips to get healthy & shining hair naturally......

Tip 1:

Onion juice:

This is the oldest and the most efficient home remedy for hair growth. Onion juice is rich in sulphur, which boosts the production of the collagen tissues and thus helps in the re-growth of hair.

You can use red onions or shallots by chopping it into small pieces and then squeezing out its juice. Then apply it on your scalp and keep for 15 minutes. Finally rinse off with a mild shampoo.

Tips 2:

Egg mask:

Egg has been used since the ancient times for combating hair loss. It contains high levels of proteins which help in the formation of new hair. It is also rich in sulphur, zinc, iron, selenium, phosphorous and iodine.

In white of an egg, add 1 teaspoon of olive oil and honey and mix it well to form a smooth paste. Apply all over the hair and leave it for 20 minutes. Rinse with cool water and shampoo it off. Not just for hair

Tips 3:

Potato juice:

This is a secret remedy as most of the people are not familiar with the hair growth properties of potato juice. Simply apply the potato juice on the scalp and leave it for 15 minutes. This can also be used if you’re suffering from “alopecia- thinning of hair”. Potato is also good for using as face packs too.

Tips 4:

Henna pack:

Henna is the best natural conditioner which transforms dull and dry hair into smooth and shiny hair and also adds a colour to them. It also promotes hair growth by strengthening the roots of the existing hair.

Make this pack by mixing 1 cup of dry henna powder with ½ cup of yoghurt and apply all over the hair. Leave the pack until it dries off completely and wash off with a mild shampoo

Tips 5:

Coconut milk:

Coconut milk is rich in proteins, iron, potassium and essential fats. It reduces hair shedding and breakage. So if you want to experience healthy and damage free hair, use coconut milk. Extract the milk of a coconut and apply on the targeted areas. Keep it overnight and rinse off with cool water the next day.

Tips 6:

green tea:

As you all know that green tea is rich in anti oxidants which prevents hair loss and boosts hair growth. Apply warm green tea all over your scalp and leave it for an hour. Rinse off with cool water

Tips 7:

Indian gooseberry (amla):

Everyone is familiar with the magical properties of amla. It is the powerhouse of antioxidants and vitamin C. Amla promotes healthy hair growth and also improves the pigmentation of the hair. Mix 2 teaspoons of amla powder or juice with 2 teaspoons of lime juice. Apply this on the scalp and let it dry. Rinse with warm water.

Tips 8:

Peppercorns:

The use of black peppercorns is prevalent in the ayurvedic medicine. Blend 2 teaspoons of peppercorns with half a cup of lime juice to form a smooth paste. Apply on the roots and cover your head with a warm towel so that it penetrates well. Rinse off after half an hour.

Tips 9:

Hibiscus flower:

Hibiscus is truly said the “flower of hair care.” This flower is used for curing dandruff and enhances the hair growth. It also thickens the hair and prevents pre mature ageing. Make a paste of the hibiscus flower with coconut oil or sesame oil and apply on the hair. Rinse with a mild shampoo.

Tips 10:

Vitamin E oil:

Regular massage with the essential oils promotes hair growth, reduces hair fall and split ends and makes your hair soft and smooth. After massaging your hair with any essential oil, wrap your head with a hot water towel or a shower cap. This allows the pores of the scalp to open up and helps the oils to penetrate into the scalp better. It also stimulates the scalp and improves the blood circulation which boosts the hair growth. Regular application of the hot oil treatment also reduces dandruff and gives you a pretty and shiny hair

Tips 11:

Rosemary oil:

One of the best oils to reduce hair loss, rosemary oil is prevalent in the Middle East countries. It is prepared from the distillation of the rosemary herb. Rosemary oil increases the cell division and expands the blood vessels, thus stimulating the blood circulation. It increases the hair growth and also acts as a hair tonic.

You can use rosemary oil by mixing it with your shampoo or conditioner. You can also massage your scalp with it by combining it with other essential oil like olive oil or tea tree oil.

Tips 12:

Lavender oil:

Lavender oil is widely used for curing “alopecia- thinning of hair and hair loss in patches”. Apart from the hair growth, it also reduces sleeplessness and stress, hence lavender oil is often used in majority of the spa treatments. Prepare an essential oil mixture by adding lavender oil, rosemary oil, thyme oil and jojoba oil by equal proportion. Apply on the scalp and wrap with a shower cap. Rinse after an hour.

Tips 13:

Olive oil:

Every beauty enthusiast is familiar with the health and the beauty benefits of the olive oil. Olive oil is used in face packs, face masks, scrubs, body oils, hair tonic etc. It helps preventing as well as curing hair loss by stimulating the formation of new hair. Regular use of olive oil prevents the formation of DTH hormone and thus facilitates hair growth. Rich in anti oxidants, it is very beneficial for overall hair health. Olive oil also acts as a natural conditioner by making the hair soft and silky. Here is an excellent post on olive oil.

Include olive oil in your daily diet or use it as a pre shampoo treatment. You can also mix it with lavender, sage and rosemary oil for hot oil treatment.

Tips 14:

Vitamin E:

The scalp capillary function is stimulated by the intake of vitamin E in your diet. Thus it increases the blood circulation and promotes hair growth. Cereals, sunflower oil, soybean oil, tofu etc contain vitamin E.