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Natural Fruits for Skin : 5 Amazing Skincare Recipes

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Fruits and skin always go hand in hand in any season. Fruits cool the skin during summer, and during winter or rainy fruits give the dull skin a very good glow.

You name the nutrients and the minerals needed for a glowing skin, the requirement is found in any of the fruits. So, all of the fruits are a wonder product created by nature. They are to be considered a perfect gift for beauty freaks like us who always want a perfect skin.

My top 3 fruits that I never miss using for my skin apart from hogging are musk melon, guava, and of course papaya. All the 3 taste amazing and for skin too it works more amazingly.

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Homemade Ragi Facial for Clear and Supple Skin

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Taking care of skin is a continuous process. It never gets ended. It is only then the skin keeps getting what it wants to stay health and glowy. When it comes to natural ingredients that are readily available for skin care routine, then it becomes the most efficient one.

It is a well known fact that ragi has lot of skin benefits. It is believed to keep the entire body cool. Ragi in your diet also helps a lot for a healthy supple skin. Most importantly it is our belief and interest in these natural ingredients that helps us attain what we are craving for.

Ragi has high iron contents; I have been hearing this from the time I have known Ragi.

The whole ragi seeds even when soaked for infinite time do not become soft. It stays stiff as it is. The stiffness in ragi seeds makes them excellent scrub particles. If ragi is powdered, then when it is mixed well with a liquid

For face this whole ragi scrub might feel a little harsh. So it is better to as little as possible for face scrubbing. For feet and body the whole ragi seeds are the perfect one.

Also Read: Homemade Facial Kit with Kitchen Ingredients

Ragi Seed Scrub for Feet and Body:

Take 3 spoon of curd, and 3 spoons full of ragi seeds mix well. If you feel you need more curd, then add more until you are satisfied.

Before bath, rub this ragi and curd mixture on your skin continuously for about 5 minutes. Especially under arms area, behind the knee joint, sole of the feet, neck, corners behind the ears, all these areas needs extra care and cleansing. Ragi provides the cleansing scrub and curds provide the care and nourishment.

Ragi Flour Pack for Face:

When ragi seeds are powdered finely it forms the ragi flour. The fine particles of ragi flour forms a very good face pack agent.

Take about 2 spoons of ragi flour. Add about 3 spoons of milk and mix well. The flour softens and turns into a soft paste. Allow the setting for about half an hour before using.

Apply a thin layer of this pack on the face. Preferably, scrub the face using little whole ragi seeds and curds for about 2 minutes before using the pack.

Scrub and face pack when used one after the other gives a better result for facial skin.

So, how did you like this simple mixing procedure of ragi facial. Do try this out.?

How to Add Methi Essence to Hair Oil?

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by Chand

When it is hair care, one obvious thing that comes to mind is the using of oil. It is the choice and comfort of usage of oil that makes one to choose the type of oil. Also environmental factors contribute a lot in choosing hair oil. I often use coconut oil for hair. At time I use sesame oil for the nourishment it provides; but its smell turns me off. So, coconut oil is the safe option.

This post is all about adding methi/fenugreek essence into your daily hair oil.

The benefits of fenugreek for hair and scalp:

Fenugreek hair packs help in resolving dandruff problems and also prevents dandruff in the scalp.
Any sort of scalp infections or irritations are well treated by fenugreek.
Overnight soaked fenugreek hair pack helps resolve the lice problem in school going children
Also, summer heat boils due to sweating in the scalp is treated with fenugreek.
Intake of methi or fenugreek is believed to help in the healthy growth of the hair.

The benefits of coconut oil for hair and scalp:

Coconut oil has great aroma and gives a relieved feeling when massaged to head and hair.
Coconut oil provides very good nourishment to the dry scalp.
Coconut oil helps nourishing the hair strands and split ends too.

How to add methi/fenugreek essence to the hair oil?:

So, this is the actual portion of the topic. It is just easy and there is no great thing involved. All you will need are fenugreek, coconut oil and sunlight. Don’t get surprised. Yes.

It is up to you to choose the form of fenugreek. You can choose between fenugreek leaves or fenugreek seeds, or even both. Here I am doing only with the fenugreek seeds.

For fenugreek seeds, they need to be powdered in the mixer. Make sure it is completely in dry form. To a bowl (I prefer steel bowl, you will know why), add the fenugreek powder.

Now add coconut oil. (Quantity, as much as you need)

If you wish to add the leaves too, then just drop a fist full of leaves to the bowl containing coconut oil.

Keep this bowl under the sunlight; front yard, back yard, balcony, open terrace, anywhere. Scorching hot sun is very much needed. For this sun exposure, steel containers are the best.

Continue the exposing of fenugreek soaked in oil under hot sun for at least 7 days.

So, this is done. The oil is ready to be used. Thus fenugreek has emitted out all of its inner most essence into the oil. Transfer it to an air tight container and store for future usage.

If only fenugreek powder is used, it need not be separated from the oil before storing. But, if methi leaves are used, then they have to be removed out from the oil.

I hope you will try this and enjoy. 🙂 Thanks for reading.