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Homemade Cocoa Lip Scrub – DIY

Hey girls!

I am starting this week with a small DIY post. Who doesn’t want smooth and soft lips? To achieve this, one needs to exfoliate lips regularly. Lip exfoliation is very important to get rid of dead cells and flakiness from your lips. Lip skin lacks oil glands and thats why they get super dried compared to our facial skin. Try this homemade yummy cocoa lip scrub for baby soft pout.

I am sharing my version of cocoa lip scrub which is quite easy to prepare and use. And lip scrubs are awesome way to treat dry and chapped lips. You just have to refrain yourself from eating it.. it’s that delicious!! 😛

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Requirements:

Cocoa powder – 1 measure
Honey – 1 measure
Sugar – 1 measure

Benefits of ingredients:

Cocoa powder: Cocoa contains fatty acids that retain skin’s moisture. Enriched with anti oxidants that delay ageing process.
Honey: It has anti-fungal properties and seals the moisture within the skin.
Sugar: Sugar is a yummy and gentle exfoliator that scrubs away dead skin which in turn keeps your skin healthy.

Preparation and Usage Instructions:

Step 1: Get your ingredients ready in a clean bowl. Mix well and the homemade cocoa lip scrub is ready.

Step 2: Apply this mixture in circular motion on clean lips.

Step 3: Be gentle and exfoliate for 2-3 minutes.

Step 4: Rinse it off with warm water and apply your favorite lip balm.

That’s it, you are left with soft moisturized lips. Don’t go overboard. That can weaken the lips and make it unhealthy. Scrubbing your lips once or twice a week is sufficient. Follow it up with a lip balm.

I have started doing this at night as the lip balm will stay undisturbed for hours. This is definitely inexpensive and easy way to care our delicate lips.

When you prepare your own concoctions, their shelf life is limited due to the lack of preservatives. You can add vitamin E oil if you are planning to store it for a longer time. Give it a sniff before you apply it and if the smell is bad just throw it away. You can preserve this mixture for about 10 days in fridge. But I always prepare my DIY fresh every time. Try this and you will notice how smoothly your lipstick glides on your lips 🙂

This is the first lip scrub I ever made and I am super happy with it. Do try this and we will be glad to see your valuable comments.

In case you have your own version, let us know in the comments section! 🙂

Miracle Homemade Face Pack to Remove Sun Tan

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Hi everyone,

I am back with another DIY article after a long time. Before starting the DIY let me tell you something about my skin, my skin is not that sensitive but it gets tanned extremely easily and fast, even after using sunscreen lotion (prescribed by my dermatologist).

So, a tan removing pack is must have for me. I have tried almost every cream available in the market for removing tan 😛 some of them work, some do not. As I am a student I keep looking for inexpensive yet effective solutions for my skin and here problems, I made this pack few months back on my mother’s suggestion and using it on regular basis, keep reading to know my experience with this pack.

Name of the pack: Miracle pack

Ingredients list:

Curd (home made sour curd prepared from skimmed milk. I have combination skin that’s why I use fat free curd. If you have extremely dry skin then use whole milk)
Milk powder
Honey (optional)
Refined flour (maida/aata )
Tomato pulp
Bowl
Spoon

Preparation and Usage:

1. Take 1 tablespoon (10 gm) curd in a bowl, add 1 teaspoon (5 gm)milk powder, 1 table spoon tomato juice, 1 teaspoon maida/aata, 1/2 teaspoon honey one by one (if you have extremely oily skin then you can skip honey)

2. Mix well, apply on face, neck, feet,hand or wherever you want. 😛 Keep this pack for 20-25 minutes (it takes time to get dry), and wipe this off with sponge or wet cloth.

3. Apply moisturizer. I don’t use any moisturizer as this pack is moisturizing enough for my combination skin.

Few Things to Remember:

Try to use this pack at night, as it has tomato which is acidic in nature might make your skin photo sensitive.
If you are using this in day time, don’t forget to apply sunscreen.
Avoid this pack if you are allergic to any if the ingredient.

PROS of this Face Pack:

Removes tan.
Adds instant glow to the skin.
Improves skin’s texture and tone with regular use.
Tomato helps in clearing pimple marks.
Honey is antibacterial in natures; it keeps pimples at a bay.
Curd is rich in vitamin which is good for our stomach as well as our skin.
Maida exfoliate the dead cells.
All ingredients are easily available.
Affordable.
Easy to prepare.
This pack is going to suit almost every skin (unless you have extremely sensitive skin/oily skin, please do a patch test before trying this on face).

Cons of this Face Pack:

It takes some time to get dry.
It has curd, might not suit superb oily skin
Apart from this I can’t think of any other con.

I recommend this face pack to everyone who is suffering from tanned dull rough lifeless skin. Do try this pack and let me know your experience. Thank you for reading! Love you all :-*

Natural Fruits for Skin : 5 Amazing Skincare Recipes

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Hello everyone!

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.