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Hair Removal at Home with Sugar Waxing {Reader Beauty Query}

Jahnavi asks in Reader Beauty Queries..
Question: How can we remove body hair naturally and effectively at home? Waxing leaves my skin reddish and causes an uneven growth. 
MABH answers..
Instead of chemical waxing, a natural homemade sugar waxing can be done at home with simple steps. If your skin is too sensitive and unbearable of waxing, you need to go for turmeric hair removal. This procedure doesn’t removes hair instantly, but gradually weakens hair roots and removes it permanently with regular use. Mix turmeric with water to make a paste, apply this paste over the areas you want to remove fine hairs. Leave it overnight and wash off in the morning. If you need instant results naturally, homemade natural waxing is the only way. You can apply cold cream to calm down the skin and reduce redness, after waxing. Let me give you the instructions. Be very cautious and careful while performing this at home.

Homemade Hair Removal with Sugar Waxing
Ingredients
  1. Sugar – 2 cups
  2. Water – 1/4 cup
  3. Lemon Juice – 1/4 cup
  4. Corn Starch – 2 pinches
  5. Fabric cotton strips – required
Method
  • Add the sugar, water, lemon juice and corn starch to a sauce pan and light the stove.
  • Simmer the stove and blend the mixture gently until the sugar melts and forms a thick brown mixture.
  • When it is totally melted, switch off the stove and allow the wax to cool a bit, not too much, the wax’s heat should be bearable for you.
  • Now at bearable heat, apply the sugar wax on your clean and dry skin evenly and immediately press a fabric cotton strip over the wax, seeing the direction of your hair growth.
  • Leave on for few minutes until it’s dry and pull of the strip fast, opposite to the hair growth direction. Wash with cold and clean water (to close pores) and apply rose water or any cold creams to calm down your skin. If the hairs are not completely removed, you can wax one or two times again until you get soft, hair free skin.
Hope this helped, be very careful and cautious while performing this homemade waxing procedure. Take care!

How to Make Natural Sunscreen for Skin and Hair? {Reader Beauty Query}

One of my reader Jahnavi Jha asks in Reader Beauty Queries..
Beauty Query: Is there a natural sunscreen which we can make at home both for hair and skin protection? 
MABH Answers..
Yes. You can make your own sunscreen lotion at home with few natural things easily. In this post, I will instruct you how to make homemade sunscreen lotion for skin and a sunscreen hairspray for healthy hair.
Homemade Sunscreen Skin Lotion
Ingredients Needed:
  1. Emulsify wax : 4 gm
  2. Vitamin E Capsules : 7 nos (Evion is a good brand)
  3. Grape seed oil : 4 to 5 drops
  4. Aloevera gel    : 2 tablespoons
  5. Distilled water  : 100 ml
  6. Essential oil of your choice : 30 ml
  7. Jojoba oil : 50 ml
  8. Zinc Oxide : 15 gm (Acts as a sunscreen ingredient)
Method:
  • Pour the jojoba oil, wax and zinc oxide in a bowl and place the bowl above the double boiler.
  • Blend well with a clean until the wax melts. Keep aside.
  • Now add distilled water and allover gel in separate bowl and heat it until the mixture is lukewarm. This is the important step, don’t skip it or else the mixture wont mix up well.
  • After this step, add this lukewarm aloevera mixture to the wax mixture. Blend well again.
  • After this step, take the bowl down from the double boiler. Add Vitamin E oil (Extracted from the capsules), essential oils and grape seed oil. Grape seed oil acts a natural preservative.
  • Pour the lotion into a clean bottle and allow it to cool before closing with lid. Store in a cool, dry place. This lotion contains natural SPF 20 and preservative (Grape seed oil). So it can be used for about an year without fear.
  • You can also add avocado oil, lavender oil and any other essential oil as you wish.
Natural Sunscreen Spray For Hair
I’ll give you a simple hair spray recipe which nourishes hair, protects and repairs sun damage. It also gives a nice aroma to hair. What all you have to do is, mix few drops of grape seed oil in 200 ml of fresh rose water. Store it in a spray bottle and shake well. Use this hair spray before you go out in sun every time. As grape seed oil is a natural sunscreen ingredient, it protects and develops hair texture.

Early Morning Skincare Routine for Glowing Skin

Have you ever wondered about the skincare routines those should be done on early mornings? What’s the difference between the skincare regime we do at day, night time and in early mornings? It’s true that people who wake early in the morning, around 5 to 6, has the beautiful skin which is younger for years than the lazy people who wake up late 😛 It’s all because of the reason that we get pure oxygen to breathe and our skin  gets too when we wake up early in the morning. As I am a lazy girl I never wake up earlier, but just want to make you know all what a dermatologist said to me. Let me follow this hereafter at least 😛 In this post you are going to know a simple easy early morning skin care routine for glowing young skin. Follow the below steps and beautify your skin in early mornings!

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Warm water bath
Soon after you wake up, rush in to the bathroom and have a quick warm water bath with a mild nourishing body wash or a shower gel. Go for cream based moisturizing soaps if you have dry skin. Oily people skinned should go for a good oil control body wash. As much as possible, avoid using soap for facial wash because soap has a lot of harmful chemicals which are lesser in face washes. Soap free mild face washes those doesn’t irritate your skin is best for facial use. After having a bath, gently wipe your skin with soft cotton towel. This calming warm water bath in early morning boosts up your mental, physical energy and helps your body skin get rid of dirt, sweat and bacteria. After bathing, go to the terrace and relax! Breathe in the fresh oxygen well for few minutes. Fresh oxygen not only helps you in maintaining a good health, but also a very good skin.

Read: Nyassa Handmade Clear Soap in Fresh Raspberry Review

Natural Toning of Skin
Got pure oxygen for your skin and you? Come down. Now you are going to tone your skin for extra glow. You can use any good branded toners which suits your skin type or go for homemade natural ones. Don’t worry I’ll teach you how to make one. Take a glass of clean water. Mix 2 teaspoons of lime juice to it and refrigerate it. After cleansing face, apply this toner on your facial skin with soft cotton and allow your skin to absorb it. This will tighten skin and helps removing tan by lightening naturally.
         Rose water can also be used as a wonderful skin toner. I’ll give your few more recipes.  If you are okay with using ice cube toners on your skin, blend fresh strawberries with a cup of water. Filter the extract and make it as ice cubes by setting it in your freezer! 🙂 That’s all. Homemade ice cube fruit toner is ready to use. This toner can be used within 5 to 7 days when refrigerated. Likewise, you can make different fruit skin toners with your favorite fruits and vegetables. Eg: Apple, papaya, tomato, carrot etc.

Read: Forest Essentials Facial Toner Panchpushp Review

Moisturizing Face and Body Skin
More than the importance we give to cleansing and toning processes, our skin need to be moisturized without fail whatever our skin type is. By cleansing, the skin would have lost excess moisture. To restore it and to bring out the original glow you need to give nourishment to your skin. Use a good branded moisturizer for your facial skin and a good body lotion to nourish hands, feet and all over your body. Keep in mind, you should concentrate more on dry parts like knees, elbows more while applying your body lotion.
       As same as the toner, you can also make your own simple body lotion by yourself. This is a very simple procedure. All you have to do is, pour 3/4 parts of glycerin and 1/2 parts of fresh rose water in a old body lotion container of jar. Shake well. This lotion can be used to moisturize your body skin whenever needed. It is chemical free, very natural and hence it will be a great boon to dry skins in winter and can also be used on children skin.

Read: TNC Lily Of The Valley Body Lotion For Dry and Sensitive Skin Review

Other Early Morning Diet Tips for Glowing Skin
  • Drink a glass of fresh water soon as you get up and brush your teeth. This balances the acids in your body and removes the inner toxins. Toxin free body reflects in your skin’s beauty. 
  • You can also add a dash of honey to your water for better blood purifying benefits. Honey is good for overall health and beauty. 
  • Your breakfast should be nutritious to maintain good overall health and skin health. Add lots of veggies, fruits and greens to your breakfast. Healthy fats are essential too, they are abundant in nuts such as almonds, walnut etc.
  • Few minutes of fast walk in early morning also helps in beautifying skin as it improves the blood circulation. 


By following all these steps in your early morning skin care routine, your skin shines beautifully forever!
Share with us your early morning skin secrets in the comment section below.