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Cucumber Slices for the Eyes: 5 Ways it Can Help You

Cucumber comprises many essential vitamins and minerals, enough to give you your daily dose of goodness. It contains Thiamine, riboflavin, Vitamin B6 and minerals like calcium and magnesium, which are responsible for various body functions, including healthy vision. It is considered as one of the most effective beauty ingredient for taking care of the eyes. Cucumber has an anti-inflammatory effect that helps in reducing puffiness. The high water content helps in hydrating the skin and the cool temperature decreases the flow of blood to the space around your eyes. Together they can soothe the skin around your eyes and alleviate swelling. You must have heard and seen many people putting cucumber slices on their eyes. It is a very common practice but a great one to instantly rejuvenate yourself and bring relief to tired eyes. Here are some benefits of using cucumber on the eyes: 1. Controls Puffiness Cucumber has ascorbic and caffeic acid, which helps bring down the water r...

5 Best homemade facials for glowing skin

Amidst our daily chores, it becomes difficult to keep up with a skin care routine but such a routine ascertains perfect shape and appearance of skin. Besides daily skin care routine, you need homemade facial for a glowing skin. Homemade facial for glowing skin is an excellent alternative to give skin a boost. Moreover, these facials are made from completely natural, non-toxic ingredients. So, you don’t have to worry about side-effects or risks.  Here are some homemade facials for glowing skin that will keep you looking and feeling great for years to come. Avocado face mask Take half of a ripe avocado and mash it up. Add a quick squirt of honey and a teaspoonful of plain organic yoghurt. Apply the mask to the skin on your face using your fingertips or a clean foundation brush and leave on for at least 60 minutes. It is one of the best facials if you want a glowing skin. Honey and banana face mask You need a spoonful of honey and one mashed banana to make this ...

How to Do Manicure At Home: Get Beautiful Hands & Perfect Nails

In this busy world where people don't even have the time to look at themselves in the mirror, how will they take out time go to a salon for grooming up? It would be much easier if you could just do it at home. It's no secret. Ladies (and men of course) love pretty hands - soft skin and well-polished nails. But that needs a lot of maintenance and frequent trips to your beautician. Professional manicures can be expensive and time consuming but what if we told you that it can be done at home with great ease? Pampering your nails has become easier and convenient than ever before. Let us show you how. 1. The first step would be to remove your old nail paint and use a good quality nail paint remover. Make sure you apply the remover only on the nails and not on the skin.   2. Then you need to trim your nails to the size you want them to be. Give them a good shape with a filer. Finally, with the help of a soft buffer you need to make the surface of each nail smooth. But don...

How to Remove Blackheads from Nose: 5 Natural Masks and Scrubs

There is something about blackheads that is so stubborn that it often has you pull your hair out in attempts to get rid of them. It is often beyond the repair of soaps and face washes, and in some cases, it also needs a serious dermatological treatment. Blackheads are nothing but few bumps that are caused when your skin pores get clogged. When these clogged pores are exposed in open, it further oxidizes and assumes a dark black colour. There are several factors that can contribute to blackheads such as excessive sebum oil production. Sebum is the oil produced by sebaceous glands present within our skin to keep our skins from getting dry. Though blackheads are different from a regular pimple. Some blackheads are formed due to the activity of acne-causing bacteria on your skin. Many a times, your dead skin cells are at fault, too. It is always essential to keep yourself exfoliated, irritation in the hair follicles can give rise to blackheads. Sometimes some medication, side effect or ho...