Dark Circles

Lack of sleep may be a cause for the dark circle under your eyes. Have enough sleep and a diet rich in fresh fruits ans uncooked vegetables.

Apply juice of cucumber on the dark circle every day with a damp piece of cotton. To take out cucumber juice, grate a 1" piece of unpeeled cucumber and squeeze through a muslin cloth.

OR

Mix 1 tsp tomato pulp grated on the grater, a pinch of haldi (turmeric pd.), half tsp lemon juice and 1 tsp besan (gram flour) together to form a paste. Apply with a brush on the dark circle every day. Wash off when it dries.

Massage Around the Eyes

Do not stretch or rub the delicate skin around the eyes when applying any cream or lotion on your face. Any massage around the eyes should be done with a very light & a feathery touch.

Avoid the area around the eyes when you apply face masks as the skin around the eyes is very delicate.

Note:
Tips:  It is essential to remove all Eye make-up at night.

1. Always massage with a light, feathery touch.

2. While massage the skin around the eyes, start from the outer corner of your eye, move below your eye using your fore finger. As you reach near nose, take a 'U' turn and massage with an extremely light touch over the upper lid towards the outer corner of the eye or the starting point.

3. Massage both the eye with fingers of both the hands simultaneously.

Puffy Eyes

Rub a slice of raw potato gently on the area around the eyes.

OR

Grate a potato & tie in a muslin cloth. Keep on the eyes.

This relieves puffiness and makes the eyes fresh and clear.

For Sparkling Eyes

Soak 

• 1 tsp of dried amla in a cup of clean water at night.

Next morning, strain the water through a muslin cloth. Dilute the water by adding another cup of water & splash the eyes with this water.

Note: It may hurt the eyes slightly but it's certainly very good for eyes.

For Tired Aching Eyes

Dip cotton wool pads in one fourth cup chilled milk. Squeeze gently. Place on closed eyes for 10 minutes. Listen to soothing music.

• Put cucumber slices on closed eyes  for 10-15 minutes.

Bright Eyes

Get plenty of sleep. Aim for 7-8 hours sleep each night. Avoid late nights.

Treat sleep like a bank. Put in extra hours when you have overdrawn

Sparkling Teeth

• Rub teeth once a week with lemon juice mixed with a little table salt

OR

• table salt mixed with a few drops of mustard oil

OR

• Soda bicarb

Any of these will give a sparkle to your teeth

Rose Water After Bath Body Lotion

This after-bath lotion will replace the natural oils lost through bathing and will leave your skin feeling luxuriously smooth and soft.

• 125 ml rose water
  
• 1 tsp lemon juice
  
• 2 tsp honey
  
• 2 tbsp almond oil
  
• 4 drops oil of rose
  
• 100 ml glycerin

1.  Warm rose water over low heat and stir in the lemon juice and honey until dissolved. Remove from heat, add almond oil, rose oil and glycerin. Beat the mixture until it emulsifies.
2. Store in a sterilized tightly capped bottle. Apply generously to the body after bathing, massaging well into the skin.

Wedding mehndi designs | Indian Bridal Mehndi Design Style

Bridal Mehndi Designs Hands

Front side of the bridal hand always has more imortance and the designer knows this ver well. The way that the designer adopt to put this beautiful Bridal Mehndi Design for Bridals is really fine and awesome.

Designer use the same technique and theme on feet and legs as he/she use on hands. Mehndi Design has its cultural image In it and looks so cool.

Mehndi for Mehndi Nights

Lets have a look on this arabic Mehndi Design that she9 team choose for this Wedding season 2010-11. Arabic designs are more fine and that’s why have more fans. This Arabic Bridal Mehndi Design for the wedding season 2010-11 is very beautiful and the designer really works in a superb way. Front side of hands and arms along feet and legs have this gorgeous Mehedi Design. Bridal will shine after implementing this design.

On hands designer use Large leaf style along tiny curvy lining style on fingers. Palm and the joint of the hand has leaf style and the on the arm designer use different technique that looks so beautiful. Designer implement Mehndi on arms in such a way that he/she created a double view and created a leaf style adjacent with curvy base of half circle whicj looks so beautiful.

Stylish Bridal Feet

The design on feet and on legs is more beautiful and fine. Designer put very beautifully the branches of curvy lines and the put the nodes of flowers which looks so cool on fingers. On legs, the designer use same technique as he/she adopt on hands with a little change.

Following Bridal Mehndi design is the Indian copy of above Arabic Bridal Mehndi Design. Designer did the little changes and makes this Mehndi Design more beautiful but in Indian style. If you look at the design carefully you will observe that the both Bridal Mehndi Designs are same with slight cultural changes.

Indian Classic Henna

The 2nd phase of the design which the designer put on the back side of the hand of Bridal has less floweral but curvier lining style which gives gorgeous view.

This design will shine you in this wedding season 2010-11. Don’t worry we recommend this Mehndi Design to those visitors who don’t have their weddings in this wedding season of 2010-11. The design is so beautiful and that’s why not only the bridals but all the participated girls can apply this design. Designer has use lining style on fingers and put floweral design of Mehndi at palms. At wrist the designer use small boxes with tiny flowers and at the top the designer created some floweral stuff to make this design more beautiful.

Bridal Floral Look

Very beautiful Indian Mehndi Design for the hands of a Bridal. If you are a victim of some allergic disease of skin and can’t put rich and thick Mehndi paste than this Bridal Mehndi Design would be a more powerful and beautiful for you. This Mehndi Design consists of floweral and leaf style combination and has zig zag lining style on fingers.

Mehndi for Bridal Party

Following Indian Bridal Mehndi Design has cultural influence within itself and the designer also take very care about this thing and put the design in a special cultural way and include some images and cultural shapes in the design and finally implement this design in a superb way. The design has been implemented on both sides of the hands and arms. Such designs are really famous in rural areas and the girls who really likes to be like a traditional bride.

Henna Night

This typical Indian Mehndi Design is really awesome and most of the brides will like such Mehndi Design because this has cultural image and these types of designs are very easy to put. Front side has small and large flowers combination with some curvy lining stuff. The back side of the bridal hand looks more beautiful as the design is so gorgeous and attracts more. Designer put flowers and leaf in such a beautiful way and finally constructs a very gorgeous and amazing Mehndi design. This Bridal Mehndi Design is really fantastic and will be the best Bridal Mehndi Design for this Wedding Season 2010-11.

Stylish Back Side

This is very beautiful Pakistani Bridal Mehndi Design. The typical Pakistani way to put Mehndi Design and this has simplicity in it which attracts others. Simple combination of flowers leaves and branches make finally the best Bridal Mehndi Design.

Latest Bridal Style

Another beautiful Pakistani Mehndi style is front of you. Pakistani Mehndi style has a specialty that the design has more worth and more stylish stuff than others as the designer also use different style for both the hands.

We are living in a modern age and everything facing its change phase due to technology advancement. Although putting a Mehndi paste and creating the Mehndi Designs is not a technical thins but the use of other things along with Mehndi paste make this more beautiful. People use some shiny stuff like glitters especially for Bridal Mehndi and this ting appreciated in all over the world. Here we present you some gorgeous designs of shiny stuff for Brides.

The design consists of flowers and leaf combination and designer prolong this design to the upper side of the arms. The speciality of this bridal Mehndi design lies in the use of motif and shiny glitter which make the design more beautiful and powerful.

Stylish Bridal Mehndi

In this design designer use colorful glitter along traditional Mehndi paste which gives more beautiful sensation to the viewer. Simple but beautiful Mehndi Design on foot also the part of this Bridal Mehndi Design package. Designer also uses glossy and blooming glitter for this design.

Mehndi Designs 2011-2012

Following are the typical Indian Bridal Mehndi Designs for this wedding season of 2010-11. All the designs have good work and beautiful theme and use of different shape of flowers and leaves along with lining stuff. Designer did his/her best and make these all the best for this wedding season.

Indian Party Mehndi

This design has some cultural and traditional stuff as you observe some shapes have typical Indian style and format. Don’t forget that Mehndi is also a tradition and cultural object of Indian Culture.

Typical Indian Bridal Mehndi Designs shines gorgeously. This design is really awesome and most of the brides will like this.

Full Covered Feet

Another gorgeous and stylish Arabic Mehndi Design here for the brides of this season 2010-11. Very nice and fine work of the designer and the style also looks so amazing. Designer put beautiful floweral theme along with curves and finally the overall design gives gorgeous look.

Front side has more rich design and has more beautiful theme.

Back side of the hands and arms also has a series of beautiful flower series and overall design has strong symmetry of style that gives more beautiful sight to the viewer.

Very thin and fine use of Mehndi Paste is the speciality of Arabic Mehndi Designs. This Arabic Bridal Mehndi Design also has fine and norrow use of Mehndi paste and the designer finalized the design in a very beautiful way. Fingers, palm, front side of the hand and arm and the back side of the arm all the designs have beautiful and amazing use and separation of lines and stlyles which gives a very powerful design to us.

Back Hand Covered

This is the Bridal Mehndi Design of this wedding season of 2010-11 by the she9 team. The design is really awesome, the design, the theme and the way to put the Mehndi paste and the implementation and the presentation all the things are superb and on merit. The design has rich style on both sides of the hand but looks so pretty and simple because designer implements this style in very fine way.

Simple Bridal Mehndi

Chic Bridal Henna

Leaf style along with different themes of shapes gives interesting and beautiful sight to the user.

Hope you will like and appreciated all the Bridal Mehndi Designs for this Wedding Season of 2010-11.

All these Mehndi Designs are taken from an official user of facebook . Mona is a best mehndi designer specially in wedding and body tattoos for parties. All these gorgeous mehndi designs are published with approval.

Party Face Tighteners

Here are face-tighteners to brighten your face before going to party.

• Beat one egg white and apply on your face with a brush
• After it dries up (15-20 min), wash off with warm water.
• splash cold water on the face. Pat dry.

Make a paste of tsp cornflour, 1 tsp wheat husk (obtained after sifting ordinary quality wheat flour) and enough malai to form a thick paste. Rub on your face and neck. Rinse after it dries. The corn starch tightens the skin, the husk removes the dead cells and the malai provides the nourishment.

Tabbed Skin in Winter

In winter, bleach the tanned skin with walnut or vinegar.

Mix to form a paste

• 1 Walnut- powdered (can be done on a done on a chakla-belan)
• 1 tbsp milk, few drops rose water.

Cover face and neck with the paste. After it dries, rub it upwards. Wash off.

or

Mix

1 tsp honey with a few drops of vinegar

Apply on your face and neck for 15 minutes. Wash off.

Maize Polisher

Wash face. Do not wipe. Take 2 tsp makki ka atta on your palm and rub it on your wet face for a few seconds. Wash Off.

Husk Polisher
Sift ordinary quality chakki ka atta to get the husk. Mix 1 tsp (bran) of atta (wheat flour) with a few drop of rose water. Apply on your face. Massage gently on your face with an upward, circular motion for 1 minute. Rinse with cold water.

Honey-Carrot Anti Wrinkle Mask

Mix:
1 tbsp carrot juice (great a small piece of carrot & squeeze through a muslin cloth)

• Apply on the face & neck.
• Keep cucumber slices on your eyes and relax for 20 minutes.
• Add a pinch of soda bicarb in half cup warm water.
• dip cotton wool in this warm water and remove the mask with it.

Polish Your Skin "The Natural Way"

Polishers should be used once a week.
The slightly, abrasive tiny grains present in the polishers, remove the dead cells from the surface of the skin, leaving a fresh smooth face behind.

Orange Peel Polisher

The orange peels are dried and powdered finely. The powder can be bottled. Mix 1 tbsp powder with enough unboiled milk to make a thick paste.

Massage by rubbing it gently on your face with an upward, circular motion for 1 minute. Rinse with cold water after 5-7 minutes.

Anti Wrinkle Masks

Mix

• Half tbsp cornflour together without any lumps.
• Apply on the face and let it dry. Rinse off after it dries.

OR

Mix

• Beat egg white. Add malai and mix to form a paste.
• Apply on the face and neck for 20 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.

Tips for preventing and curing Wrinkles

• Massage your face & neck with almond oil (Badaam Rogan) with upward, circular motion.The oil is available even with chemists.
• Cut a vitamin E capsule open. Mix Vitamin E capsule (opened up) and enough glycerin to make a paste. Apply on your face with a brush in the upward direction. Wash off after 10-15 minutes.
• Fresh malai (not for oily skin) left on the face overnight, is very effective for wrinkles.

• An effective, simple exercise to keep your facial muscles tight. File your mouth with air as if you are filling air into a balloon. keeping the air trapped in the mouth, carry it to the side into the cheek, thus blowing your cheek. Now rotate the air to the other cheek. Repeat it several times. you can feel the muscles being pulled. Do it any time - reading a book, driving car ....

Ageing Problems

A mature woman can look young in her late forties if wrinkles are postponed with the right care during her youth.

Protect yourself from the harsh rays of the sun. Invest in a pair of good quality sun glasses to avoid getting wrinkles at the outer corner of the eyes. (crow's feet). Your eyes tend to shrives up in the sun 7 wrinkles come at the outer corners of the eyes.

Try to be relaxed & tension free. Overlook small, petty matters. Have a sound 8 hour sleep. Massage your face in the right way (right way to massage) to postpone wrinkles. Follow the daily beauty care routine as given "Daily Skin Care" to look young.

Grandmother's Tips for Black Heads (Daadi Ma ke Nuskhe)

To avoid black heads .... Mix
1tbsp husk obtained by sifting wheat flour (chokkar)
1tbsp milk (enough to form a thick, dry paste)

Sift chakki ka atta of ordinary quality to get the husk. Make a very thick paste with milk & rub it on the black heads on your  nose for 1-2 minutes daily. You may rub the left over on your face too.

For removing black heads .....

Mis 1tsp mitha soda (soda-bi-carb) in 2-3 drops water to make a thick paste. Rub on your nose on the black-heads.

Black Heads

Black-heads are caused by over active oil producing glands (sebaceous glands) of the skin. The excess secretion  of oil expands and thickness the pores of the skin. The oil collects in the pores are then clogged with hardened sebum or oil. Since the pores are open, the tip of the clogged grease is exposed to the air and oxidizes, turning black. Hence, the name black-heads.

Washing the face twice a day with a medicated soap and lukewarm water helps reduce the oiliness of the skin surface and eliminates the chances of black-heads.

For Removing Black Heads

Mix in a large pan

5-6cups water, juice of lemon

• Keep the pan on fire to boil.
• Rub cold cream on the black-heads.
• Keep a large towel ready.
• remove the pan of boiling water from fire.
• Bend over the steaming hot water and cover your head with the towel.
• Steam for 10 minutes.
• Rub the Black-heads vigorously with a face towel.
• Wash with chilled water. Repeat twice a week.

The Right Way to Massage

A wrong massage can prepone wrinkles and a right massage can postpone wrinkles. So, do it the right way !

To Massage ...

• Start at the collar bone and brush fingers up neck and under chin. Roll knuckles over cheeks and gently roll between fingers until it tingles.
• Position thumbs under chin and starting at the inner corner of eyes run fourth finger gently over brow bone and down below eyes into corners again . Massage with a very light touch.
• Place first and second fingers on temples and rotate firmly, without moving fingers, pressing as you go. Finish with a firm stroke towards the center of the fore head. Massage the forehead upward with the fingers of the hands alternately.

Beauty Secrets

Tip: When ever you eat any fruit, keep a small piece for your face. Mash it and apply on your face. This way fruit will work both ways at the same time - internally and externally, to give you good health and a beautiful glow to your face.

Olive Oil and Malai Mask for Dry Skin

Mix
1tsp Olive oil or almond oil.

2 tsp fresh malai

• Apply on face with a brush. Massage for 2 minutes in the upward direction
  with the fingers so that it gets absorbed. Leave for 10 minutes.

• Wash with warm water. Remove excess with cotton wool pads soaked in warm water.
• Splash cold water on the face. Par dry.

Potato Yoghurt Mask for Dry Skin

Mix: 
1 tbsp finely granted raw potato
1tsp thick curd

• Wash and cut a small potato. Grate finely. Press the grated potato to extract the juice. Mix curd.
• Apply on face and neck with a brush. Move the brush in the upward direction.
• Leave for 15 minutes. Wash off.

Egg and Honey Mask for Oily Skin

Mix 1tsp honey half tbsp of egg white.

• Break an egg and separate the white. Take out half tbsp of egg white in a small bowl. Keep the rest in the fridge (or use it up for breakfast ! )
• Mix honey & apply on the face & neck with a brush.
• Rinse after 7-10 minutes.

Multani Mitti with Rose Water for Oily Skin

Mix to form a past
1tbsp Multani Mitti (fuller's earth)
rose water - enough to make a paste

• Apply the paste on the face and neck.
• Rinse offer after 10-15 minutes.

Special Masks for Different Skins

Understand your type of skin by reading on page 10 and unmask your beauty by deciding on the right face mask.


Apply the mask at-least once a week with a flat face brush, moving the brush in the upward direction.

A face mask helps  to draw out dirt from clogged pores. It gives a smooth completion to the user.

A Glowing You

This lotion will bring a ravishing glow to all skin tones. If you have a spicy sexy dark skin tone, it will look more radiant. Use this lotion every day to enhance your complexion.

Mix :
1tbsp cucumber juice (grate 1" piece of unpeeled cucumber & squeeze through a muslin cloth fer drops lemon juice a pinch drops lemon juice a pinch of haldi (turmeric) powder.

Dampen a piece of cotton wool & squeeze it. Dip in the above lotion. Rub it all over the face & neck. Keep for half hour. Wash off with water.

Your weekly beauty programme through Nature

Do it at any time of the day. Remember to clean your face first.
Monday...
Scrub a piece of cucumber on your face & neck. Wash off with cold water after 15 minutes.

Tuesday...
Rub half a tomato on your face and neck. Rinse off after  15-20 minutes.

Wednesday...
 Scrub a piece of lemon. Rinse off after 15-20 minutes.

Rub in an upward & Circular motion.
Repeat for the next three day of the week.

Weekend Routine

Sunday...
Pamper your face with an almond-honey mask

Mix

• 4-5 almonds (soaked & skin removed) - ground to a fine paste half tsp honey.
• half tsp milk - enough to make a paste

Apply on your face & neck. Wash off after 15 minutes.
If you are always in a hurry, grind half cup almonds with their skin to a powder & bottle it. Make a paste of 1 tbsp almonds powder mixed with 1 tsp honey & enough milk.