Tag: Cosmetics

Cleaning the wound and applying pressure and ice are important first steps in treating a cut on your lips. Applying sesame oil, grape seed oil, coconut oil, or safflower oil can help heal minor cuts. Aloe vera, honey, chamomile, and turmeric can help too. See a doctor for serious wounds.

A glowing, healthy skin is the stuff of everybody's fantasy. But thanks to the pollution we're exposed to on a daily basis, our skin...

Using natural ingredients is inexpensive and safe. You can make your own face scrub, moisturizer, dry shampoo, teeth whitener, and face pack with the ingredients available at home. These natural ingredients like lemon, coconut oil, sugar, glycerin have several benefits. You can also make your own perfume which does not harm the skin and stays for longer. Ensure that your skin is not sensitive to any specific ingredient, to prevent an allergic reaction.

An eye cream made out of natural ingredients is a much better choice to tackle wrinkles. These are nourishing, hydrating, and helps uplifting the skin around your eyes. Some very popular ingredients include frankincense oil, coconut oil, almond oil, vitamin E, shea butter, beeswax, primrose oil, and cocoa butter. All these ingredients are hydrating, anti-inflammatory, and helps to reverse sun damage.

If your hair lacks shine, is frizzy, or breaks off every time you brush your hair, then it is certain that you have tried...

To remove common skin marks, try natural remedies. They're safer and cheaper than laser removal, cryotherapy, and harsh medicines. Lighten moles with castor oil and baking soda. If you have age spots, the vitamin C in lemon juice and strawberries will help. Warts, which are caused by an HPV infection, can be healed with garlic’s antiviral properties. Oatmeal and green tea control excess oil, making the combination perfect for blackheads. Tea tree oil is a traditional remedy for skin tags.

Ask any smoker how many times they have tried to quit and you realize how addictive smoking is. It's one habit that just does...

Blocked sweat glands is a chronic condition that causes inflamed boils to erupt on the surface of the skin, especially on the buttocks, neck, armpits and groin. The boils are painful and difficult to manage. However, by altering your lifestyle, and bringing about a few changes to your diet, you can easily deal with the condition.

A potato face mask can naturally treat discoloration. It’s a cheaper alternative to harsh chemical creams! For a simple method, massage potato slices into your skin. You can also use puréed potato for a creamy leave-in mask. Adding lemon juice or strawberries provide vitamin C for your skin. To remove dead skin cells, make a scrub by adding sugar or baking soda. Or use potato juice and green tea to control acne and hyperpigmentation.

Aloe vera is an excellent remedy for all kinds of hair and scalp issues like dandruff, itching, hair loss and hair thinning. Loaded with vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, regular application of aloe vera juice topically can ensure speedy hair growth. It is a good moisturizer and cleanser, too.

As we grow older, it is quite normal for our hair to turn gray. But, premature graying is not normal and may occur even among the youth, which is alarming. Premature graying of the hair may be an indication of other underlying ailments and must not be ignored. Often, our diet and lifestyle are responsible for the hair to prematurely turn gray. It is important to understand the reason behind the condition to prevent more damage.

Genes from both the mother and father make us who we are. There are 23 chromosomes that we get from the mother, while the...

Numbness in the hands is a fairly common issue and usually one we ignore. Your hand may be numb right after you wake up simply because you've put too much pressure on it while sleeping. Sometimes, however, numbness in the hands may be a symptom of chronic conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome or diabetes. A host of other conditions such as systemic diseases and medication can also cause numbness in hands. It is important to find and address the underlying cause of the condition.

If there’s one thing we all share in common, it’s that each one of us envies the pore-less perfection that is Japanese skin. Don’t...

Your daily shower is an important aspect of maintaining personal hygiene and good health. Tips and tricks like showering in lukewarm water, avoiding long and frequent showers, using mild soaps, and applying hydrating oils or lotions immediately post-shower should be taken care of. Ayurveda suggests, to avoid bathing soon after a meal, as it weakens digestion.