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Watermelon and Pudina Summer Facial Massage – Do It Yourself

Summer means ‘groping for something cooling’.

The next idea that pops in mind is fruits, fruit juices with ice cubes, water, helping skin to get rid of summer boils or acne, trying hard to keep the sweat off from you.. This is my usual summer days.

So, here is the topic of today; the combination of water melon and mint (pudina) leaves. This post suffices both the skin and thirst needs of summer.

Watermelon as a fruit is comprised with major portion of fluid. It cools down the burning heat of the body. When you cut open the watermelon, and further into small pieces, there is so much of its juice that gets collected. It has the sweetening agent too in it.
And there is no necessity to intoduce the pudina leaves. I am a great fan of its fragance and taste too. The scent is so very pleasant and soothing. Pudina has the all ‘anti’ properties in it. A great gift for skin. It keeps the skin healthy and trouble free. Removes all infections and bacterial growth due to sweat.

How to?:

The duo (water melon and pudina) has been with me throughout this summer. The process is very easy.

1. Slice a piece of inside of the water melon. Do not bother to separate the seeds. Let them be involved too.

2. Take a fist full of pudina/mint leaves. (A fist full means around 10-15 leaves.)Wash them well.

3. Put the both into the blender and blend them well till everything looks like a juice.

Watermelon and pudina facial massage product is ready to use. Only a couple of spoon is required for massaging. I do the massaging half an hour before bath. All strokes of massaging gives a very good effect to the skin and help in blood circulation. The pudina works in every nuke and corner of the skin when massaged well.

Water melon cools down the sweaty skin and pudina fights the body odour.

Cool Drink for Summer:

The little blending of watermelon and pudina for facial use usually leads to extending the blending for a drink. Some more watermelon pieaces and pudina leaves, and along with this I add whole pepper too. Pepper is supposed to cool the body.

So, here is a very tempting drink for the well being of the body during this summer.

Have a happy summer everyone! 🙂

Enliven Coconut and Vanilla Shower Gel Review

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Hi All!

I like trying almost every skin care product. It is just a curiosity how it smells and how it fares. I hardly stick to one particular thing. If it is extremely good for my skin buy that particular product and always keep a back up. And Enliven was one such brand I had never heard of.

Price & Quantity:

Rs.60 for 100 ml; Rs.199 for 400 ml

My Experience:

Packaging: The product comes in a transparent bottle which is absolutely clear. The screw cap is press able from top to open and pour the shower gel out. The front view has images of key ingredients. Actually these images are very tempting and the entire package makes a tempting attempt to pick this shower gel.

Color, Consistency & Fragrance: The shower gel is plain clear like water. It is gel like, but a little runny than the actual gel structure.

And fragrance, this is where it is totally different. I was expecting an amazing coconut fragrance like the ones that come in pure coconut oil. But this smells like old and outdated coconut. And vanilla fragrance; I am not sure of. Only the not-so-fresh smell of coconut is dominating. It vanishes soon enough though.

How it works: A regular quantity of shower gel will work for the whole body. It lathers very little and does not dry out the skin. The instant smell hits the sensing cells as soon as the gel is poured into the palm. The smell goes when you rub the gel against your skin and thin it down into lather.

But, it takes lot of water to rinse from the body. Even after the shower, I feel the soapy texture near the corners of my under arms. And yet again I need some water to rinse it off. Some time when in hurry, using this shower gel is a big problem.

I am not a fan of this shower gel. Well, I have another Enliven product in line for review. It is the shampoo. And, this shampoo is the best one I have come across so far for my dry hair and scalp.

Hmmm…Enliven has some hit and miss products. So, just can not ignore this brand.

PROS:

Easy handling package style.
Clear see through bottle.
Clear gel product.
Minimum lathering.
Does not dry the skin.
Reasonably priced.

CONS:

Smells weird like that of old coconut.
Needs lot of water for rinsing the shower gel.
Not suitable for bath when in hurry.

Rating: 2.5/5

My Recommendation:

No. There are so many shower gels at this price range that work even well.
Would I Repurchase?: No.

Coloressence Mesmerising Lip Color No.45 Back to Basics Review & Swatches

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Hi All!

Coloressence is the sister brand of Nature Essence. Nature essence has many facial and skin care products. With the make up colors and cosmentics, they are known as Coloressence. This is my first coloressence product.

Price & Quantity:

Rs.125 for 4 g

Shade:

No. 45; Back to Basics

Key Ingredients:

Coriander & Basil extract, Almond Oil & Vitamin E

My Experience:

Packaging: The standards twist up tube case with a plastic black cap that shuts with a click. The cap is opaque. But the bottom of the tube is transparent showing the color of the lipstick.

Color & Texture: The shade is a beautiful pinkish coral. It is neither pink nor coral; both are mixed in equal amounts. And this is definitely a basic color that has to be present in every body’s collection; every day color type. The texture is feather light and very thin. It is not shiny on the lips, yet it is not matte; it is some where mid way.

How it works?: In the lip swatch image I have applied directly on my bare lips. My lips are usually dry. It did not get clumped on my dry lips. It does not settle on the fine lines of my lips too. It looks very evenly spread and the pigmentation is also very good.
It stays on for so so so long that you would be amazed; easily for over 6 hours on me. Even then, it did not turn my lips flaky. When it begins to fade, it leaves behind the color tint on the lips. And here is one problem when it fades; it fades unevenly making my lips patchy with colors in some area of the lips. 🙁 I do not like this.

PROS:

Good coverage.
Well pigmented lip color.
Does not get clumped on the lips.
Does not settle on the fine lines of the lips.
Does not dry the lips.
Very good staying power.
Applies the color evenly.
Travel friendly twist tube package.
Transparent tube bottom helps in identifying the color.

CONS:

The color fades unevenly on the lips.
Leaves behind color patches on the lips

Rating: 3/5

My Recommendation:

If you keep a reminder to remove the lipstick off by yourself before they tend to fade unevenly on your lips, then you may proceed to buy this. Or else forget the product. They have good basic colors that will suit of every day use and easy color carrying for all types of occasions.

Would I Repurchase?: No.