Summer Care Tips & Grooming For Ladies

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Summer Care Tips & Grooming For Ladies

Dear Ladies, here are few general tips which may facilitate you:

• Concentrate yourself: At least 5 minutes of meditation, art of living or even you can get make possible from yoga art or if you do your daily prayer sincerely, you can become aware of yourself inside your soul.
• Discover yourself what aspire your, which increase your level of deliberation, makes you happy and moreover which consoles you heart and soul ————–find them.
• Get a sound sleep every night and try to relax yourself in a number of methods. And try to be confident.
• Always be careful to balance your height and weight.
• Drink 8-10 Glasses of water each day along with green coconut water, beverage, saline water, glucose water etc.
• Never skip breakfast.
• Avoid fried food, dried fruits & white foods. This is one easy way to remember what not to eat. If it is made from sugar, flour, potatoes, rice or corn- just say no.
• Prepare your own food as much as possible, don’t have foods from restaurants.
• Have a proper diet every day, with adequate amount of protein, carbohydrate, fat, fibers, mineral, etc. Have light, healthy & oil free foods. Avoid hot, spicy foods, excessive salty & excess salt.

Here are few tips to be robust your skin and hair in this summer:

• If you want to keep your skin healthy, glowing and shining for a long period of time, you have to take care of your skin regularly. The basic of skin care is cleansing, toning and moisturizing. You have to choose the appropriate product according to your skin type.
• For Cleansing, take cleansing milk for normal to dry skin and for oily skin cleansing lotion. But to cleanse makeup, take cleansing cream, then wash off with face wash if you need.
• Then is to toning. Choose toner according to your skin type. Take astringent if your skin is oily and when it is normal to dry take toner. Toner is to apply with wet cotton, after applying toner cover the skin for 10-15 seconds with facial tissue.
• The next, final and extreme step is to moisturizing the skin. What ever your skin type is you have to apply moisturizer. Humectants of vitamin E in it, locks the normal moisturizer and protect to evaporate. Take moisturizing lotion for oily, combination and normal skin type and if not sensitive take moisturizing cream for dry skin.
• Sunscreen is another important factor for daily skin care. You should take sunscreens that have both UVA and UVB protection. The SPF of Sunscreen will be determined to how long you are going to stay outside.
• You should consider using a night cream before going to bed at night. It is advisable to use a cream that contains Alpha Hydroxyl Acids. AHA’s are derived from sources such as milk, fruit and sugar-cane.
• For oily skin, mash up a ripe tomato and leave it on for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse with warm (not hot) water.
• Mash up a very ripe banana. Add just enough honey to make a soft pulp. Apply over face and hair. It’s good for normal skin.
• Massaging you face regularly with almond oil or olive oil works wonders for dry skin.
• Take 1/4 of an apple. Peel off the skin and grate. Cool in the refrigerator. Apply it on the skin and leave it on for 15 minutes. Wash off with cool water. Apple helps soothe dry skin and gives it a pleasant glow.
• Or take 3-4 tbsp of ripe, deseeded papaya pulp. Mash well and cool in the refrigerator. Apply on face and leave it on for 10-15 minutes, then wash off with cool water. Papaya helps normalize combination or oily skin and gives it a beautiful healthy glow.
• Always keep a small bottle of rose water in the refrigerator. Saturate a bit of clean cotton with cool rose water and dab liberally on your face. Enjoy the fresh feeling on any skin.
• If your lips are very dry, lipstick will not last long, massage your lips with sugar.
• While you use makeup, apply some foundation on your lips, this will last your lipstick for a long period of norm. Always try to exploit branded lipstick.
• To keep your lips soft and glowing, take equal amount of glycerin, olive oil, honey and rose water. Mix theme and massage for 5 minutes on your lips.
• Sunlight is harmful for lips, so try to use creamy matt finish lipstick with at least SPF 15 or more then that

• If you wear nail polish on a regular basis, take them off for a day or two every week, in order to let your nails breath.
• Put your fingertips in half a lemon and twist your finger back and forth to clean the nails and cuticles.
• Neither picks small objects with your nail nor uses your nails as tools.
• If your nails persistently split and chip, then they probably need strengthening by regular use of one of the many nail hardeners in the market.
• The ideal nail shape is the oval shape; it provides the most strength to our nail.
• After your bath or any washing, always try to massage your hands with a lubricating cream.
• Every night, before bedtime, massage your hands with a cream or Vaseline for few minutes.
• Wear rubber gloves lined with cotton when your hands are in contact with harsh soaps, detergents or chemicals or while gardening.
• Use moisturizer & sunscreen on hands regularly and base while doing make-up.
• Use moisturizer & sunscreen on hands regularly and base while doing make-up.
• Treat yourself to a weekly manicure if possible; it is relaxing and keeps the hands, cuticles & nails healthy looking and attractive.
• Walk bare foot, where it is practical to do so.
• Wash feet daily in warm, soapy water.
• Moisturize the soles of feet with unscented lotion immediately after bathing especially between the toes.
• Happy feet all start with a good scrubbing. Healthy feet are clean feet, so you should be washing yours every day. Treat yourself to a weekly pedicure if possible.
• You can wear loose fitting attires made from loom, linen or half-silk beside cotton in the day light but at night full silk & tusser (Zmi) may go. But your lingerie should be 100% cotton and try them to change daily.
• But try not to wear polyester, rayon or other synthetic clothes.
• Light colored apparels may be cool for you but few bright colors will protect the UV rays.
• Our hair losses it moisturizer everyday. So condition your hair properly after each shampooing. After applying conditioner on your hair shaft, wait for 5 to 7 minutes, and then rinse off with adequate water.
• If you have bath before you set out, try to dry and tie your hair. Otherwise dust, pollutant, dirty particles can block your hair cuticles.

• Don’t use huge spray at day time. The alcohol of hairspray attracts the sun rays and deprives the hair from essential moisturizer.
• To stimulate the blood circulation and to help to slough off the dead skin cells from scalp, take a professional head and scalp massage weekly. It will accelerate the hair growth and will make the hair healthy. In spite of this, comb every day with big and widen teeth wooden comb.
• If you have dandruff and your scalp sweat profusely, take camphor powder in one cup of water and use it as a final rinse and then wipe with the towel very softly and then comb.
• For oily hair, Take some dry reetha and soak them in water overnight. Mash them in the morning and strain the soapy solution. Add a tsp of shikakai powder and wash your hair.
• Or boil two handfuls of mint leaves in one and a half glass of water for 20 minutes. Strain the solution and mix in a 300ml bottle of shampoo.
• For dry hair beat an egg in a cup of the skimmed milk. When the foam becomes consistent, rub it into the scalp. Leave it on for 5 minutes. Rinse the hair thoroughly with water. Carry out this routine twice a week.

• Beat one tbsp of castor oil, one tbsp of glycerin, one tbsp of cider vinegar and a tsp of mild herbal shampoo. Apply it on scalp and leave it on for 20 minutes. Rinse with clear water.

Make-up

As our skin needs to breathe properly in summer, we can bring into play light makeup for regular use. Try to skip foundation with a heavy base, if you want to apply foundation, matt will give an excellent result in the daylight. With the non-oily base you may get a natural, soft, sophisticated but gorgeous skin. Usually the t- zone of the face gets oily; you can apply translucent powder on this. Or you can try mineral make-up. Coordinated very light colored lipstick, eye-shadow, blush on, a thin line of brown/dark-brown eye liner, may be mascara also, now it’s glowing enough! But remember never forget to put on sunscreen while going outside between 10am to 4 pm. Here is a sequence how to prepare for an evening party:-

Before applying make-up you may need:

1. Your clothing, matching sandal, purse, jewelers, etc.
2. You may require concealer, foundation, loose or compact powder, blusher, eye-shadow, mascara, eye liner, kohl, lipstick, lip gloss, eyelash curler, pencil sharpener, facial tissues, etc.
3. For preparing the skin, cleanser, toner & moisturizer.
4. Sponge or different types of brush.
5. Water spray bottle.

First of all, wash your hands with anti-bacterial soap. Cleanse, after cleansing, you can use a face pack to prepare your skin.

• If normal skin, take one table spoon of honey, one egg yolk, one tea spoon of olive. Use the pack and wash off after 15 minutes.
• If rough & dry, use mayonnaise & rinse off after 20 minutes.
• If oily, take a half of a ripe tomato and fuller’s earth (Multani Matti), mix them well, and apply over skin. Rub until it dries, then wash off with warm water.
• Or if it is combination, smash a half of a ripe banana with 2 table spoon of curd & one table spoon of honey. Apply the pack; wash off after 15-20 minutes.

Now tone & moisturize according to your skin type. This is important whenever you will be going outside, especially around the middle of the day, even if it is cold or rainy, apply sunscreen.

Cold compress your skin before applying moisturizer and wait for 10-15 minutes before make-up. If you want to drape saree, wear blouse and petty-coat before starting make-up. Sit in front of a highly magnifying mirror with sufficient lighting. Your concealer should be one or two lighter than the foundation. Use concealer beside the eyes, on the eye lid & on dark areas with the fingers or make-up brush. Take the foundation which goes with your skin tone & apply with fingers or sponge.

For powder application, take large, wide & round brush. Spray water, dab with facial tissue and set the foundation with sponge.

Art your eye-brow with triangle shaped brush.

Choose eye shadow. For evening parties, take two or three shades of colors of eye shadow. Using a fine, blunt-ended brush, gently apply the base color to the entire lid from the inside to the outside comer and from the base of the lashes to the eyelid crease

If the eyes need extra definition, a deeper shade is blended into the crease line. This gives depth to the eyes. The brow bone is highlighted with a light shade. This gives the eyes a wide, open look., The cooler is applied to the most prominent area and blended up towards the brow and down to’ where the contour curves down, toward the eyelid creases Use a cosmetic puff and a little pressed powder to tone down heavy shadow. Shake any excess powder off the puff, and then press it gently on your lid. Blend properly, so that it does not make any partition of colors.

To apply eye-liner, gently pull the lid taut and with a steady elbow placed on the counter for balance, draw an even line as close the lashes as possible. For the under eye area, reverse your chin and tuck it as close to your neck as possible. Then look the eyes up and place a lighter line along the outer edge of the eye rim as close to the lashes as possible. Some may also desire to line the inner rims of the eyes. Open your mouth when applying your liner to keep your eyes from blinking.

Use an eyelash curler Curling lashes gives eyes the appearance of being wider and brighter. Shoot warm air from your blow dryer on the mascara curler for 3-5 seconds to warm it up before curling lashes. Touch it first to make sure it’s not too hot. It’s a myth that you have to curl lashes before you apply mascara. You can curl lashes after mascara application; just make sure the mascara is dry first. Wiggle the wand of the mascara left to right at the base of lashes. It’s the mascara placed near the roots — not the tips — that gives the illusion of length. Pull the wand up and through lashes, wiggling as you go. The wiggling part is the key. Wiggling separates lashes. In this final step, close the eye and place the mascara wand on top of lashes at the base and pull through to remove any clumps.

Now it is time for blusher; Dab blush on your brush and tap off any excess. Smile into the mirror and see where the apple of your cheek is. Keep the color of your blush light and blended. It is also good to dab it on with your middle finger, then blend with your ring and middle fingers. Experts say that the cleaner finger picks up any excess blush. If you think you’ve used excess powder blush, cover it with a little translucent powder or if you’ve used cream blush, blot it off with a tissue. Remember that gel and liquid blush ‘stain’ the cheeks, so lighten it by washing your face, then moisturize and reapply your makeup. But this time use very little makeup. Now, add a layer of translucent powder. Apply lip liner (lip pencil) all around your lips including the corners. Apply lipstick. Put a tissue paper between your lips and press it with your lip to absorb extra lipstick. Reapply lipstick. With the mouth closed, put a tissue on the lip and lightly press against them to set the lipstick so it last longer. You may put on your gloss after that.

There are few tips that you may want to know

• Apply water proof mascara and eyeliner pencil. Try not to use eyeliner on the lower lash or mascara in the day light.

• Summer makeup will be completed if you choose some color like as –bronze, golden, golden-green, or golden-mango green eye shadow with dark brown or brown mascaras.

• Always try to avoid powder or matt lipstick in summer season, can apply pink, coral, bronze or different types of fruits colored rich moisturizer gloss. Or line & fill your lips with light pink lipstick.

• Use sunglass to protect eyes from ultra violet rays.

• Choose sunscreen which has both UV-A and UV-B protection.