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About Arshita

Arshita is beauty blogger from Hyderabad. She is married and also working in Amazon. Apart from being a foodie and fun-lover, she is addicted to pet dogs.

Do It Yourself Cocoa Face Mask for Glowing Skin

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by Arshita

Good day everybody! We all have more or less good skin but still who does not want some additional glow and clear skin? How about a special DIY Cocoa Face Mask? Sounds too yummy, right? We all like chocolates and coffee, did you know these tasty ingredients can be used as luxurious treatment for your skin? So, let’s see the details.

Benefits of this Mask:

Cocoa powder is as tasty as healthy for us. It has anti-oxidants which is very important for our skin as it clears out the toxins. It also has essential minerals like zinc, calcium etc. It has anti-aging properties that keep your wrinkles at bay. The fatty acid in cocoa powder makes our skin soft, nourished and smooth. Not for your skin only, the aroma of cocoa feeds our senses also. It is proven that the aroma of cocoa heals depression or sadness.

Coffee Powder is also a source of anti-oxidants; it also helps removing fine lines and wrinkles and makes skin smooth and tight. Milk Powder and Curd works as bleaching agents, it helps reduce spots and blemishes. Honey makes skin soft and well-nourished. Curd and honey both plays an important role as skin conditioners.

Things You Will Need:

One tablespoon cocoa powder (unsweetened).
One tablespoon coffee powder.
One tablespoon milk powder.
One tablespoon curd (unflavored).
One teaspoon honey (optional for oily skin).

How to Use?:

In a clean bowl, take all the ingredients and mix well. Apply the paste on all over face and neck leaving the eye contour and lips. Let dry for 25 minutes and wash with plain water, for better result wash with lukewarm water.

Important Things to Remember:

If you have oily skin, you can skip honey.
Make sure to make a smooth paste while mixing coffee powder.
This mask will not break out your skin. (People assume that cocoa or chocolate causes pimple, but it is actually the dairy product that should be blamed)
If you have sensitive skin, keep the mask 15 minutes on your face.
Use it once in a week or two weeks.
You can use this mask as your home facial mask after taking a steam. (steam opens pores and lets masks work liberally)
This mask will give you a perfect a glowing, soft and smooth skin instantly and by its application of once in every week you will get a younger looking bright skin that everyone around you will envy. So, enjoy this luxurious aromatic treatment at home.

Have you tried Cocoa Facial Pack at Home?

Ayur Neem Face Pack Review and Photos

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Good day dear ones!

Ayur is one the oldest Indian herbal brand. I honestly had no idea about this face pack until I saw it in a corner of a local mall. I thought of giving it a go. So, I bought it and here I share the details of this product.

Price and Quantity:

Rs. 15 for 25 g, Rs. 40 for 100 g.

My Take:

I am using this face pack since one and half years. It comes in a plastic sachet in a powder form. So, I have to transfer it the moment I cut open the sachet. In the mix, dried particles of neem leaves can be seen. And it smells like other herbal products.

It is directed to use with water, but I use rose water for better result. Only one tablespoon or even half tablespoon of the powder is enough to make a thick paste. I let the paste stay on my face until it is completely dry. After applying, it might sting a little bit, but I don’t worry about that because I know it is because of the neem extracts. Anybody who has used organic neem paste on face would understand that! Then I wash it off with plain water, mildly scrubbing.

Now, the after effect details, it works on my skin like miracle. It literally makes my acnes vanish (even my Biotin-effected mountain like big acnes!). Sometimes when I don’t find time or feel like too lazy, I only make a tiny amount of paste and apply it right on my acnes and it does its wonder every single time. I use this religiously 3-4 times a month and every time I see my face instantly glowing and clear after using this pack. I love using this product so much that even before I finish one sachet, I get another one as a back-up.

I honestly have not experienced such effective face pack till now. I have normal skin with T-zone oily and this face pack is my HG Face Pack. I am also using Ayur Sandal Face Pack and will soon review that also.

PROS:

Does everything it claims.
Makes my pimples vanish.
Controls oil.
Fairly large quantity.
Very affordable price.
Herbal, no chemicals.
Makes skin soft and clear.

CONS:

Sachet packaging.
Stings a bit.

Rating: 5/5 (can overlook the cons for such effective product).

Do I Recommend?:

Yes!

Will I Purchase?:

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Fiama Di Wills Gel Bathing Bar Exotic Dream Review

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by Arshita

Hello friends!
Today, I am here to review Fiama Di Wills Exotic Dream Gel Bar with Blackberry & Blackcurrant. So, here are the details of the product.

Claims of the Bathing Bar:

Fiama Di Wills Gel Bar is hand-crafted using ITC’s innovative Liquid Crystal Freezing technology, which freezes gel into bathing bar. The gel bar contains skin conditioners for ultra rich moisturisation.
Go ahead, indulge your senses in the never before experience of shower gel in a bar.

Price and quantity:

Rs. 52 for 125 g.

Key Ingredients:

Sodium Salts of fatty Acid, Aqua, SLS, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Sucrose, PEG-400, Fragrance, Sodium Chloride, Natural extract of bearberry, Natural extract of Blackcurrant, Disodium Etidronate, BHT, CI. 51319, CI.74160, CI. 17200.

Shelf life:

15 Months.

My Take on Fiama Di Wills Gel Bar Exotic Dream:

I am fond of using soaps and shower gels or body washes almost every time I take bath. I know, some people tell me that it is not good for skin, but if I don’t use soap or shower gel, I don’t even feel that I took bath, how weird am I? Anyways, coming back to the product, I have used soaps from the same brand before and I liked it. So, Fiama Di Wills Gel Bar Exotic Dream (Blackberry & Blackcurrant) is a quite big bar and of my favorite color, purple. It comes in a big cartoon box and sealed in a foil-type sachet.

It smells heavenly, but the fragrance does not linger for even some time after the bath (I wish it could!). It lathers very well like every other soap. It is easy to rinse off, no slippery effect afterwards (thank goodness!). But my semi dry body skin feels quite dry after using this gel bar.

So, I don’t think this gel bar accomplishes what it claims, such as, shower gel experience in a bar, rich in moisture. The only good thing about this gel bar is its beautiful smell. Maybe, I was expecting a little bit more from this gel bar but overall, it is a good soap (I mean Gel Bar) for daily use if you (dry skin ladies) are planning to use body lotion afterwards.

And, sorry about the pictures where it looks like I have scratched the bar, well, I did not do anything like that; though it is my fault because I forcibly wanted to put the bar inside of its sachet after using (don’t really have an answer why :P).