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Homemade Mehndi Cone – Long Lasting and Dark Color Tips

All aged people, especially women love Mehndi (Henna) 🙂 Mehndi is a temporary hand decoration which is loved by most of the women in the regions like India and Pakistan. Mehndi, I mean henna is also used in hair care purposes such as hair coloring and conditionally naturally. Mehndi is very famous among Indian brides, as they wear mehndi designs in their hands, feet, arms and different parts of the body 🙂 I love mehndi a lot from my childhood, but I never knew how to make beautiful designs until the age of 12. After that I got practiced well a and now designs better than before 😛 (Not so professional, but better enough). Everyone in my family asks me to design their hands with mehndi and I wondered every time how to get a nice dark color and make the staying power long lasting. I have been always using ready made packed mehndi cones from the store which has artificial coloring agents but this time I wanted to try something different for a long lasting natural mehndi designs and good color. Yeah, I made my own mehndi cone 🙂 It’s very simple, natural and free from chemicals and side effects, which you can easily prepare at home 🙂 Follow the instructions below to make your own henna cone. Before that, see my own design and the natural color which I got 😀

MY MEHNDI DESIGN (FOOT) 😀 😀

HOW TO MAKE MEHNDI CONE AT HOME

Buy and bunch of mehndi leaves and paste them finely adding enough water, few drops of eucalyptus oil and 2 teaspoons of lime juice. Keep in mind, the paste should not be too thin or too thick, it should be in a right consistency for easy smooth application and better results.
Take a clean, plain polythene or plastic cover (Thin) and role it to get a nice cone shape. Fill this mehandi paste into the hollow cone and tape the cone on it’s sides and bottom with lots of cello tape that the paste shouldn’t get out even a bit.
Allow the mehndi paste and the other ingredients to set well for 1 hour, I mean leave the cone as it is at least for 1 hour before starting the application.

After an hour, cleanse your hands or feet well and cut the tip of your mehndi cone slighting with sharp scissors. Now start designing your hands with all natural homemade mehndi cone 🙂

LONG LASTING COLOR AND DARKNESS TIPS

We have already added lemon juice and eucalyptus oil which acts as the color darkening agent in mehndi, so no need to add any extra applications after designing.
If you wish to get more dark colour and a long lasting mehndi design, mix sugar with little water to make a thin sugar syrup. Dip a cotton ball in this sugar syrup and apply over the little dried mehandi and leave for 6 to 8 hours. It’s much better to design mehndi at night before going to bed, and remove in the morning 🙂
Remove the mehndi from your hands after that and apply two drops of eucalyptus oil for a good lasting power and shine 🙂

Nourishing Winter Pedicure at Home

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Hi people!

Hope this winter is going on well. All of us need extra skin nourishment in winter as our skin loses all the moisture and natural oils. Even I do feel uncomfortable with my skin in winters as its very dry and flaky. It’s not only enough taking care of your facial and body skin with lotions and creams, we should also take care of our precious feet which bears our whole weight :). Even in summers our feet are usually dry and rough, then just imagine how it will be in winters? Just check your feet now, touch it gently. What do you feel? It’s like toughing a rough cactus isn’t it? 🙁 My feet was like same till today morning, as I didn’t perform any pedicure after summer. Today morning I found out an interesting way to perform a best winter pedicure and my feet became instantly soft and bright 🙂

So, how to perform this nourishing winter pedicure at home? And what are the things needed? A very few things which you can find in your kitchen 😀

THINGS NEEDED

1. Salt

2. A small tub

3. Essential oils such as olive, almond, grape seed oils

4. Foot scrubber, loofah or a pumice stone

5. Soft towel

6. Nail cutter

7. Nail polish remover.

8. Cold cream or moisturizer.

FOOT SCRUBBER

Foot scrubber is very essential for every pedicure because it scrubs your feet well, removes the flaky dead skin cells and makes feet soft and smooth. If you don’t have one you can purchase it from your nearest department store or you as also replace a foot scrubber with a good loofah pad or a pumice stone.

Okay now I will give the steps of performing this pedicure. 😀

METHOD

1.Remove your old nail polish and file your nails. Fill the tub with warm water. The water shouldn’t be too hot or cold, it should be bearable for your foot. Hot water is used in pedicure because it loosens up the pores of your skin and makes the scrubbing process more easier and fuller. It softens the rough skin and thus the impurities and dead skin gets removed easily 🙂

2. Now mix a hand full of salt, few drops of your regular body wash or shampoo and the essential oils to the tub of water. Salt acts as a great exfoliate while the essential oils nourishes your feet and prevent it from drying.

3. Blend the minute of water well to get lather like this and soak your feet in the tub for 15 minutes.

4. After 15 minutes, take out your feet and scrub it with your foot scrubber gently over the sensitive skin surfaces and little harder over the rough parts of your feet. Don’t be too harsh to your feet while scrubbing.

5. After 10 to 15 minutes of scrubbing, wash your feet with plenty of clean and cold water. Towel dry and moisturize with a good moisturizing lotion or a cold cream like the ponds cold cream which I use all the time 🙂 You can coat your nails with a good nail enamel if you wish. The process is complete. 🙂

NOTE: This winter pedicure can be followed once in every 15 days to prevent the beauty of your precious feet 🙂 You should clean and moisturize your feet every night before going to bed in order to make it look and feet soft and smooth all the time 🙂

Softy softly feet is all yours now! Say goodbye to winter dryness 😀 😀

Skin Benefits of Red Sandalwood

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Skin Benefits of Red Sandalwood

Hello Everyone!
Today I am going to share with you all, few amazing skin benefits of red sandalwood powder. I got a small pack of red sandalwood powder from my uncle and wanted to post its effective skincare uses here. When googled about red sandal, I happened to know that it acts as a good natural skincare product which helps our skin to get rid of many skincare issues. I used it to even out my skin, remove tan and vanish acne scars. Red sandalwood has skin lightening and anti-gaining properties abundantly. It fights wrinkles and fine lines to give a glowing young skin. For past one month I am using red sandal in many ways to help my skin get rid of some problems and now let us check what they are 🙂

Red Sandalwood Skincare Recipes at Home

Red Sandalwood for Acne & Dark Spots:

The powder should be mixed with tomato juice and used as a face pack to remove tan and lighten skin naturally. This face pack also removes acne and dark spots effectively with regular use.

Dry Skin Red Sandalwood Face Pack:

Dry skinned people can mix red sandalwood with milk and honey to pack it over face. Spread this cream over you face and neck and wash off with cold water after 20 minutes.

Remove Blackheads with Red Sandalwood:

Mix the red sandal wood powder with rice powder with required water to use as a facial exfoliating scrub. After applying the paste over your skin gently scrub in circular motion with finger tips. Wash off. It helps clearing out even those stubborn blackheads you have.

Tighten Wrinkles & Remove Scars with Red Sandalwood:

To remove scars and to tighten the wrinkles mix red sandalwood powder with cabbage juice and use as your face pack.

Improve Skin Tone with Red Sandalwood:

Red sandalwood powder can be combined with your bath massage oil to improve the tone and texture of your skin

Add A Pinch of Red Sandalwood to Face Pack:

Add two-three pinches of red sandalwood powder to your regular homemade/store bought face pack. There you are done adding some magical ingredient to boost up the face pack results!

Calming Red Sandal Body Spray:

Dilute red sandalwood with water and spray this over your body to reduce excess body heat. This process not only balances the body heat, but also helps prevent skin infections.