2 Quick Home Remedies to Lighten Your Skin Complexion

Guest Post by Vandana
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Here are some very easy tips to improve your complexion and to reduce dark spots on your face. Check them out, try at your home and do let me know how it works.

Remedy 1:

Cucumber Overnight Fairness Pack

If you think that no face pack can make your your skin fair then you are wrong. I have tried a home made paste which really worked. Just follow these simple steps and your skin will look more fairer and spot free.

Things required to make a paste are:

• Cucumber
• Rosewater 
• Glycerine

Firstly take out the cucumber juice by using mixer. Now add rosewater and glycerine in equal quantities to the cucumber juice. Make sure that the paste should neither be thin nor too thick. Now apply it over your face at night time before going to sleep.
       In the morning, wash your face with clean water and pat dry. After some days you will see amazing change in the complexion of your skin and even the dark spots will lighten.

Tip: If you feel lazy making this everyday then you can make this paste for 3 days and you can keep it fridge and use it everyday.


Remedy 2:
Banana Glow Face Pack

To give instant glow to your face before going to a party or something, you can try a banana face pack. To make this pack you don't have to make any effort. You just have to peel banana and take out its pulp and crush it to make a smooth paste. You can make this paste using mixer as well. Now apply this banana paste on your face and leave it for 10-15 minutes. Later, remove it with clean water and pat dry.

Results? You will see that yourself. You will notice that your skin is glowing and you will feel a new softness and smoothness on your skin!

                      Hope you liked these fairness home remedies! Share your comments below
                                    And do you have any special skin lightening DIY recipe girls?

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10 Essential Hairfall Rescue Tips

Guest Post by Shruti Lakshman

Weekend Fun Giveaway July Week 2 Giveaway Entry #4

Hiee!! You can call me a late bloomer!! What I mean to say is that I got introduced to the fascinating world of skin care, hair care and makeup very recently.:) I am a software engineer from Mumbai but now based in Chennai. I spend a considerable amount of my time in office looking at beauty blogs and that's when I came across this blog ;). I love the fact that you review goodies which are affordable and the tips you give me are quite useful. I love writing and its been a long time since I wrote something apart from software codes!! I also love animals (be it fluffy, four legged or 3 legged). This is my 1st article on anything related to beauty and hope you all like it!!
 

Given the stressful lives we all live nowadays, I am not surprised to see everybody complaining of 1 thing! Yes, I am talking about hair loss. The crowning glory on which we, not just women but men too nowadays, spend a lot of time taking care of. I live in a humid city where no matter how many times I wash my face, I start looking like an overflowing oil can. I find time to wash my face but not my hair often (Yes you can imagine its state then!!!). So here are certain things I follow to ensure that I don’t end up looking like Mogambo ( if you havn’t seen Mr India , go watch it)

• First and foremost, never comb wet hair. It’s something we all do when we are pressed for time (guilty). But wet hair equals fragile hair which easily tends to break. Let it dry naturally.

• Always use a wide toothed comb. People say its difficult to comb with it but trust me. It’s easier than it looks.

• Towel drying is another issue.  Picture this. A piece of cloth being washed on the stone by beating it repeatedly on the stone. Now replace the stone with your hair. Get it? Just gently rub the towel on your hair.

• ALWAYS COVER your hair with something when you travel. Use old dupattas.

• Use shampoos which do not have SLS, SLES and parabens.

• Do not use conditioner every time you shampoo. Restrict it to once a week or 2.

• Essential oils like Rosemary, Clary Sage and Basil are very good for combating hair fall. Add a couple of drops to coconut, olive or almond oil and apply it to your scalp. Worked wonders for me!!

• Do not tie up your hair too tightly. It makes hair vulnerable. Also gives a headache.

• Every night comb your hair atleast once to remove knots.

• AND THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL- Do not stress too much about hair fall. You stress, your hair stresses. It’s a vicious cycle.

I hope these small tips help you guys. Stay stress free and have a good hair day!!

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How to Cure Eyebrow Dandruff Fast?

Dandruff is known as dry skin flakes found mostly on the scalp of a person. There are several manufacturers producing dandruff clearing shampoos, lotions and creams today due to the increases dandruff problem among people around the world. Scalp dandruff is something familiar with me but I never heard about 'dandruff in eye brows' until I met my cousin experiencing this problem. She was 16 year old that time and was suffering from eyebrow dandruff severely. Eyebrow dandruff might be embarrassing and difficult to handle. How uneasy it would be to maintain a itchy eyebrow skin and dandruff flakes falling into our eye causing irritation? Today, we are going to check the causes, natural home treatments and some preventing ideas of this eyebrow dandruff problem among men, women and children.

Causes and Symptoms of Eyebrow Dandruff

Dandruff in eyebrows is caused for a no new reason, it is all because of dry skin first of all like how scalp dandruff occurs. If you have extremely dry skin, it gets itchy, dry and produces the flaky dead skin cells. These are called 'Eyebrow dandruff'. On the other hand, a condition called Seborrheic dermatitis could also cause eyebrow dandruff. In that case, the skin below your eyebrows look greasy with yellow dandruff flakes, and also with a red itchy skin. If you experience itchiness in eyebrows and see flakes around them, you can confirm that you have eyebrow dandruff. Before preferring any medicinal treatments, you can try some nautral home remedies to treat them. If your eyebrow dandruff is just at the starting stage or caused just by excess dryness or sebum production, it can be cured at home easily. For severe conditions, do consult your dermatologist in time.

Home Treatments to Cure Eyebrow Dandruff

• Get a good branded exfoliating facial cleanser. It is much more better if it is mild and herbal. Cleanse your eyebrows with this before starting any other treatment because using a exfoliator in eyebrow skin removes the dry flaky dead skin which causes dandruff. Follow up with a natural leaf serum treatment.

• Add half a cup of cleaned Neem leaves and basil leaves to one cup of distilled water. Bring this mixture to a boil and simmer the stove. After 10-15 minutes switch off the stove, close the lid and allow the mixture to cool down. Now strain the leaf extract using a strainer and fill it up in a clean sterilized bottle. After cleansing your eyebrow skin with a mild face wash, apply there this leaf serum over your eyebrows using a cotton pad. Leave on for 20-30 minutes before washing off. This treatment naturally prevents eyebrow dandruff by calming down the skin and controlling any bacterial infection. Store the remaining serum in refrigerator and use it within a week.

• Keep your scalp clean and free from dandruff and always use a good dandruff clearing shampoo. Scalp dandruff might also be the reason for causing dandruff in eyebrows.  Dry skin in eyebrows doesn't mean we shouldn't moisturize it. A weekly hot oil massage in eyebrows followed by a warm water wash helps controlling eyebrow dandruff up to a great extent. You can use castor, coconut or almond oils for this.

Preventing Eyebrow Dandruff after Curing

• Wash your eyebrows twice with clean cold water and a mild herbal face wash everyday. 
• Exfoliate your eyebrows once a week with a mild exfoliating face wash to get rid of dry dead skin flakes.
• Apply water based baby lotion or a soothing gel on your eyebrow skin before going to bed every night.
• Follow hot oil eyebrow massage every weekend.
• Eat healthy fats and avoid junk foods to control excess sebum production on the skin.

Hope these natural eyebrow dandruff treatment ideas help. Share your comments below!

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Top Two Acne Scar Removal Treatments at Home

At Home Acne Scar Removal - Does it Really Work?

Does acne scar removal home remedies really work? This would be the popping question in your mind right now. Acne scars usually develop after the occurrence of acne bumps. When we suffer from acne, the acne bump irritates us a lot both physically and mentally. It develops irritation in the acne developed area and of course it lowers our self esteem and confidence if we are about to step out of our home for a party or an occasion. Moreover, these acne leave UGLY marks on face which are called the acne scars. Practically speaking, we cannot remove these acne scars overnight with home remedies, like the laser acne scar removal treatments do, but yes we can actually speed up the FADING PROCESS. You got it? Acne scars naturally fades day by day and using these at home acne scar removal treatments speeds up the process.

Facial Acne Scar Removal - Why is our face affected by acne often?

Our facial skin is the main area which is affected by acne and leftover acne scars, hence we need to take extra attention to our face if we want to get rid of these ugly looking acne scars. One may also experience body acne and back acne, which can be cured by regular exfoliation and other natural remedies. Our facial skin is delicate, sensitive and usually oilier than our body skin and this becomes the main reason for the appearance of acne. Maintaining our facial skin clean, clear and dirt free is very essential when it comes to preventing acne scars.

Top Two Acne Scar Removal Treatments at Home

Lemon Juice Acne Scar Removal Treatment:

• Cut a lemon and squeeze the juice from this. Dilute this raw lemon extract with 1/2 parts of pure rose water.
• After cleansing your face, dip a cotton pad in the lemon juice and dab your acne spots with this cotton pad. 
• You can either dab this juice overall your face for an instant brightening effect or just dab your acne scars with it to fade them. This is one of the most heard popular acne scar removal treatment at home, but hence it helps a lot in clearing out those ugly acne scars. 
• The citrus extracts helps bleaching the dark brown or red acne scars naturally while the rose water balances the acidity of the lemon juice to protect our skin from any harm. After leaving the juice in your facial skin for 15-20 minutes, wash off face with clean cold water. Pat dry and moisturize. Do this everyday for a faster fading of acne scars.
  
   

 

Chickpea Flour Acne Scar Clearing Face Pack Treatment:

• Chickpea powder helps in cleansing skin deeper which actually helps in fading the dark acne scars. Take a small bowl and add 2 teaspoons of chickpea flour, a teaspoon of orange juice, a pinch of turmeric, few drops of glycerin and required rose water to it. 
• Blend this mixture well to make a creamy paste. If required, add few more drops of rose water but make sure not to make the pack too thin.
• After cleansing your face, apply this face pack evenly over your facial skin concentrating on the acne scar affected areas well and leave on for 10-15 minutes.
• After 10-15 minutes, splash cold water and wash off this pack from your facial skin without leaving any residue. This pack can be used up to thrice a week for maximum benefits. If you have dry skin, add milk instead of rose water to this recipe.
  

Follow the below recipes without fail as instructed. Do the lemon juice acne scar removal treatment everyday or every other day and follow the chickpea flour acne scar clearing face pack treatment atleast twice in a week. This will double up the speed of the natural acne fading process and the result is your clearer glowing face!

Also Read:  Natural Ways to Remove Acne

Post Acne Scar Removal - Must Follow Ideas

Removing your acne scars is a just not enough, you need to prevent the future acne bumps from occurring. By now you would have realized the hardness of removing acne scars. It is actually better to remove the acne before it leaves a scar isn't it? It is even more better to PREVENT acne first of all right? Hence, maintain a good eating habit and avoid excess oily snacks. Avoiding junk foods is the first rule when it comes to post acne scar removal tips. Maintain your skin clean, moisturized and healthy to avoid further popping of acne bumps and that is what all you want to say goodbye to acne scars in future!

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