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Best Foot Care tips for Beautiful and Happy Feet- Keep your Feet Soft and Beautiful

Everyone wants to look perfect, but healthy skin and your proper care reflects your whole personality. You do makeup, wear beautiful clothes and accessories to look beautiful but if your forget your feet, sometime it can be embarrassing and painful at the same time. Anyone looses his or her charm because of these dry and unkempt feet. These feet reflects your health and your improper care for your skin.

If I ask- Who wants to have soft and pretty feet? Than your answer is obvious, YESS...I want

In our daily life, we do not have much time to do everything for our body but if we want to look good and beautiful than you have to do proper care and daily skin care regime. These daily routine does not take much time and money. If you want to keep your feet looking their best, you have to take steps to preserve and maintain them. 

Best Foot Care Tips For Beautiful and Happy Feet


Here are the best foot care tips to keep your feet looking their best and beautiful. 

Wear Comfortable and Fit Shoes  


If you wear wrong shoes, it will down you feet very quickly. Too small, tight fit or shoes that rub your feet in wrong way can causes blisters, rashes and corns. You should always wears comfortable, well-fitting shoes, whenever possible. You should be careful when bringing home a new pair of shoe.

Soak Your Feet regularly


At night, after a long day of your work, your feet feels tired and dirty. To keep them clean and relax than it will takes a little effort. Follow these steps and pamper your feet-
  • Take a bucket of lukewarm water.
  • Add a liquid soap, lemon juice and 1 tbsp salt into the warm water.
  • Slowly dip your feet into the water and keep it soaking about 10-15 minutes.
  • Using a scrub or pumice stone, remove dead skin cells.
Do theses steps twice a week to see a good results.
  

Scrub your feet



Scrub your feet with good foot scrub. You can use a market bought foot scrub or homemade foot scrub. Apply foot scrub on your wet feet and massage it in circular motion on a dry areas. It helps to remove black and dry dead skin cells from your feet, and make them clean and smooth. Many times, I always used homemade foot scrub which is very simple and effective. So, I share with you my simple homemade food scrub- Sugar and baby oil scrub.
This is very simple and anyone can make this foot scrub. 
  • Take a half cup of sugar and 2 tbsp baby oil, mix it well. Apply this mixture on your feet and massage it slowly.
This being a very simple process, anyone can easily make this scrub and leave the feet perfectly free of dead cells and calluses. You need a bowl of sugar and ½ a cup of baby oil. Mix well and scrub the hard areas of your feet thoroughly.Doing this whenever you feel that the feet are developing roughness and calluses will make sure that they are well nourished and moisturised and you have no cause for complaining after your pedicure session.
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Remove Nail Polish 

Wearing a matching nail paint is good and enhance you feet beauty but overtime same layer of nail paint can down your nails. You should change your nail polish in a weak, for few hours let your nails nail-polish free. When apply new layer of nail polish, be sure to remove all of the old layer of old color. It gives strengthen your nails.

Nails Trimming


You should trim your nails regularly, broken and ingrown nails are not so good. They are painful and causes discomfort. Do not cut your nail too short and prevents the cuticles as this can also so painful and sensitive.
  

Moisturisation


Above all processes, moisturisation is also very essential part for our skin. Moisturisation keeps your feet soft and smooth like a baby feet. Your feet needs more moisture than your whole body parts. Apply thick layer of good foot cream on your feet and massage it, and put on pair of socks overnight. This helps your feet become more softer and smoother. Cocoa butter cream with vit. E is also very effective for dry and rough feet.

Try these simple natural foot care tips :-
  
Coconut oil - Massage your feet with coconut oil, it is very simple way to soothe and hydrate tired your feet. 

Vaseline - Apply a layer of Vaseline on your feet at night regularly. This will changes your texture of your skin and makes it smooth.

Rose water and Glycerine - Combine Rose water and glycerine together and fill it in a bottle. Use this solution daily on your feet. It helps to repair your cracks  and prevent your feet from itching and irritation. 

A proper care and regular foot massage is essential for our feet. Massage improves our blood circulation and makes our feet soft and smooth. By these, keeps your feet beautiful  young and looking fresh always.



If these simple foot care tips works for you or you share your favorite tips. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment box below. 



Stay happy and beautiful !!!!




Top 5 Egg Face Masks for Wrinkles:- Anti– Aging Face masks

Wrinkles are a natural process of aging. With the time, our skin get saggy and loose. Proper anti- aging skin care routine is so important after 30s. 

As you all know that major factor of wrinkles is aging, as you get older, naturally your skin becomes less elastic, natural oil production in your skin is decreases due to this your skin appear more dry and shows fine lines. Decreases fat in deeper layers of your skin. This causes saggy and loose skin and fine lines are more visible. 

Always keeps  your skin hydrated. Moisturising is very essential for our skin and the use of creams which contains collagen or vitamin E can help to restore our skin’s elasticity and reduce wrinkles. 

Another main cause of wrinkles is Sun Exposure, U.V. Rays speed up  the aging process, U.V. Rays damage your skin connective tissues due to this your skin loses elasticity, strength and flexibility. Your skin begins to saggy and premature wrinkles. 

Generally, we spends hundreds or even thousands to get younger and wrinkle free skin. If we starts anti- aging regime early, the chances of wrinkles is less. Your skin would remain tight and firm for a longer period of time. 

Anti- aging regime in parlour is very costly, or even not possible to take these surgeries, face lifts and cuts. These some times very mess up our facial features. My mother always uses homemade natural Face packs and her skin looks so younger. If you used these anti- aging Face-packs on the regular basis, you will get good result.  


Eggs are rich in proteins, but egg white in particular are great to tone and firm your skin. It  helps to reduce the appearance of large pores on your skin and makes your skin smooth. 

Besides, eggs acts as face  lifter, it also great for cleansing purposes and remove lot of impurities if you use it as a mask. If you used egg in face mask, it can help in reducing fine lines and restore your skin elasticity. 

Eggs are especially used for skin tightening. So, use these anti aging face masks and soon you get the result.

Top 5 Egg Face Masks for wrinkles 


Pure Egg white face mask



You can use directly egg  on you face, first separate egg whites from yolk. Apply fresh egg whites to your face and neck, leave mask for 20 minutes. Wash it off with Luke  warm water. Egg whites helps in reduce wrinkles and contracts your saggy skin.

Egg-white with  honey face mask


Take egg white, 1 tbsp honey and mix it well. Apply this mixture on your face and neck. Leave it for 15- 20 minutes, rinse with water. This face mask provides moisture to your skin and toned your skin.

Egg-white with lemon juice face mask




Take egg white and mix 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice. You can also add few drops of honey in it. Mix it well and apply it on your face. Leave it for 20 minutes, than wash it off. It makes your skin soft and remove dark spots from your face.

Egg- white with yoghurt face mask


Take egg white, 1 tbsp yoghurt,  few granules of brown sugar. Mix all the ingredients well. Apply this mixture on your face and neck. Gently massage your skin and leave it for 10 minutes. After that, wash it off with cool water. This face mask removes  dead skin cells and tightening loose skin. 

Egg-white with oatmeal face mask


Take egg white, 1 tbsp oatmeal and make a paste. Apply this paste on your face, wait for 15 minutes and rinse with cool water. By using this face mask, you feels the skin tightening.

For beautiful and firm skin, you would love to try these best egg face masks , but  for better result used on the regular basis. After all, you all know the beautiful, tight and firm skin is the key to timeless beauty.

How to get rid of blackheads – Home remedies to remove fast as possible.

Blackheads are open pores which are clogged with dead skin, keratin, and sebum (oily substance). Blackheads are a form of acne before bacteria enters the into clogged pores. They are mainly occur on the nose and some part of face. This is a common problem among adolescent stage.

Mostly, blackheads produced on oily skin, blackhead is small bump caused by clogged hair follicle and noticeable on nose.



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The main causes that lead to blackheads are Hormonal changes, Inheritance , Unclean skin, stress, smoking, cosmetics.

You can remove blackheads easily at your home by using some natural ingredients. These natural remedies are good for skin, chemical free, effective and affordable also.

So, you want to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Apply these home remedies to remove blackheads overnight from your nose and face.

Home Remedies to remove blackheads -



Lemon
Lemon is very effective natural ingredient in treating blackheads.
Take 1 lemon, squeeze few drops of lemon juice in a cup, add a pinch of salt in it and mix well. Apply this solution on your blackheads, leave it for 15- 20 minutes and wash your face with warm water. You can leave it for overnight also.
Lemon have antiseptic and antioxidant properties, lemon is popular home remedy to get rid of blackheads. It also contains citric acid and vitamin C which helps to remove dead skin and opens clogged pores. It also improves skin tone , reduces scars and blemishes. You can use this treatment as often as once per day.


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Cinnamon
Cinnamon is also antiseptic and anti-bacterial that can be used to make face packs for removal of blackheads.
Take ½ tbsp of cinnamon powder and 1 tbsp honey, mixed it and make a thick paste. Apply this paste over blackheads and leave it for 15 minutes. Wash off your face with water. It helps to reduce blackhead.
For the best result, use this remedy daily.


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Tomatoes
Tomatoes have anti oxidant property and very effective in removing blackheads.
Take medium size tomato, peeled and mashed it to make like a smooth paste.Use its pulp on the affected areas. Leave it for overnight and wash your face in the next morning.
Tomatoes are effective in de-clogging your pores and helps in dry up blackheads.

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Baking Soda
Baking soda helps in drying your blackheads and removes dirt ,oil from your skin that causes blackheads.
Take 1 tbsp baking soda and add water to make a smooth paste. Apply gently to the affected areas, using circular motion smoothly scrub it . After few minutes rinse it off with warm water. Don't forget to moisturise your face after this.
Baking soda has bleaching properties that make your skin lighten and brighten along with removing blackheads from nose and face. It is very effective ingredient for removing the blackheads. It also helps to clean your skin deeply.


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Oatmeal
Oatmeal is soothes irritation and itching and removes dead skin from your nose and face. It also helps in removing extra oil from your skin and clarify your complexion.
Mix 2 tbsp of oatmeal with 3 tbsp of curd or yogurt, add 1 tbsp lemon juice, Mix it well and forms a paste. Apply this paste on your face and scrub it for few minutes. Leave it for 5 minutes, wash your face with water. 
This mixture of oatmeal and yogurt is incredible to get rid of blackheads.

Eggs
Raw eggs are used for this remedy. Eggs are an effective home remedy to get rid of blackheads. 
For making the paste, Beat 1-2 egg whites and add one tbsp honey. Mix it well. Apply this mixture over the area of blackheads. Leave it for 30 minutes and wash your face or affected areas with warm water.
This home remedy will remove your blackheads and makes your face clear and glowing.


Natural Teeth Whitening Home Remedies: For a Beautiful Smile

Every one wants to have a smile with white sparkling teeth which lighten up the room as well as the mind of that person who met us first time.Teeth are the first impression which  people notice in our personality. This shows that how much we take care of ourselves. White Teeth are a sign of our good health. When we see a celebrities on a TV, we also want beautiful smile with white teeth, no one like a yellow smile.


Yellowish teeth or teeth discoloration is due to improper care and also from aging. In our today's society, good teeth is very important. Mostly, 20 percent of people spends hundred dollars only for teeth bleaching. They spend money and their time in dentist visits. Teeth bleaching is good but having their own side effects.
Research has shown that whitening of teeth can damage the teeth by removing the enamel. Over bleaching Of teeth creates new problem in our teeth,sometimes people have needed root canals treatment. These chemicals also results in tooth sensitivity, especially  with eating hot and cold food items.
The best way to whiten your teeth is by eating lots of healthy foods for strong bones, teeth and gums. Also avoid coffee, tea and sugary foods in your daily diet. Stop smoking if you smoke. 

Home remedies for whitening teeth-

Baking Soda and Hydrogen Peroxide

Hydrogen peroxide has the anti-bacterial property which is works as a cleaner of mouth and gum. It keeps the mouth germ free. It prevents the growth of bacteria, infections,and bad breath.Hydrogen peroxide with powdery substance baking soda both together are super-effective in teeth whitening. Mix small quantity of both to make a paste. Brush your teeth with this paste once in a week. Do not used too frequently or regularly, it can wear away your tooth enamel.

Baking soda and lemon


Baking soda is used with lemon is also very effective in whitening of our teeth. Squeezed a lemon in a small amount of baking soda and mix it well. Before brushing, apply this solution on your teeth with the help of cotton. Leave the solution for a minute than brush your teeth. It helps to remove excess plaque from your teeth.Do not leave the mixture more longer than a minute because it can be erode your tooth enamel.
Strawberries


Strawberry is rich in vitamin C and contains Malic acid in it. This acid helps to remove stains and yellowness from the teeth. Vitamin C helps to cure plaque. So, make a paste of strawberry and apply on your teeth. You can also  directly rub the strawberry on teeth. Do this once or twice a week for positive results. 
Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV)


Apple cider vinegar has been proven that it does work in teeth whitening  but you have to be consistent and regular. It  takes time at least a month for a good result .It helps to remove the stains of tea, coffee and nicotine but of continuous usage. But be careful, it can remove the teeth enamel also. Use once in a week, after applying this solution you will need to brush with a regular toothpaste and rinse your mouth.

Coconut Oil Pulling


Coconut oil has anti bacterial and anti microbial properties which is good for our mouth, gums and teeth. This is an Indian home remedy used to enhance our oral health.
Oil pulling method is very simple, effective and very inexpensive. So,put  one tablespoon of a pure coconut oil in your mouth for 15-20 minutes and swish it between your teeth. Than spit the oil and rinse your mouth with water.You can also applying oil with tooth brush. 

Brushing regularly


Brushing your teeth twice daily in morning and before going to bed. This is the easiest and simple method to clean, stained free and germ free your teeth. Regular brushing prevents any mouth infection as well as bad breath. Clean and clear teeth looks good and white.

Beauty Benefits of Lemon– For enhancing your beauty at home

 If you are in finding of miracle that would fulfills your all beauty needs , than what can be better you find in your kitchen? The answer is simple Lemon . Lemon is truly a miracle fruit, it might be the answer to most of your health problems. 

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Lemon is easily available in the market and is the rich source of Vitamin C, Vitamin B, Phosphorus and Carbohydrates. And there is no fats and absolutely no cholesterol in lemon. 

It's juice contains an essential nutrients and acids which helps to improve the health of the skin and body. It is good for internal or inside health benefits and used externally for skin care and hair care . Lemon is very beneficial in enhancing your beauty.

You only need to do is to squeeze out some fresh lemon juice and use it in your daily routine  and you get  smooth, glowy and flawless skin.


How to use lemon for enhancing your beauty at home ?

These are a few easy tips that you can use for skin and hair issues at home.

As a Blackhead remover 

Lemon have anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties that make them a natural alternative to remove blackheads from our skin. You can just slice a lemon and  squeeze the juice than rub it across your face.You can also add a few drops of honey  in a half lemon juice. After 5 to 10 minutes, rinsing off with cold water. Your blackheads will start to fading .

As a skin Exfoliator

Lemon is also very good for exfoliate dead skin . You can cut a lemon into a slice and than dip it for a few minutes in a sugar solution and than rub a cut lemon dipped into a half-teaspoon of sugar solution over your face for a few minutes. After that  rinse off with lukewarm water. You can do this once in a week which  help you to remove dead skin from you face and refresh your skin.

As a Moisturizer

With the small amount of honey, lemon and olive oil you can make a moisturizing mask for dry skin. You can mix 1 tablespoon of honey, lemon juice and olive oil .Apply the mixture to dry areas on the skin and elbows . Leave it to dry thoroughly for about 10 minutes. Than Rinse with warm water.

As a skin brightener and age spots remover 

Lemon can help in brighten and lighten your skin when used over time. Lemon is rich source of Vitamin C and citric acid. It also have antioxidants which neutralizing free radicals and boosting collagen production. You can apply lemon juice on your face and neck before going to bed wash off in the morning with cool water. After a few weeks  lemon will have cleansed the skin and lighten age spots, dark spots, tan . But Remember that to wear SPF when using lemon juice on your skin because the citrus fruit can make your skin more sensitive to UV rays.

As a Lips exfoliator 

Lemon juice also used as a exfoliant and help to removes dead skin cells from the lips , resulting in softer, smoother lips.Apply  little lemon juice on your lips before bedtime, and wash it off in the 
morning .

As a Elbow and knee brightener

Most of us do not  care properly of our elbows and knees and  they became darker . So simply you can rub the half of a lemon on it daily and see the effect.

As a Anti- wrinkle remover

Lemon is amazing for wrinkles also. You can make a lemon anti-wrinkle face mask. Take a 1 teaspoon of honey, a few drops of lemon juice and a few drops almond oil. Mix it well and Apply this mixture on your face. Allow to dry it properly and wash off with cold water.
Do not try lemon juice on your skin before any sun exposure since it will make your skin sensitive to the sun.

As a Teeth whitener

Normally, we all feel that our teeth is not clear white and try many tooth pastes. You can try this home remedy for better result. Take baking soda and lemon juice and mix it well, and apply it to your teeth with a cotton or ear bud. Leave the mixture on for only 1-2 minutes. Do not for a long time as it can break down tooth enamel. After that, use your toothbrush to scrub your teeth and rinse off.

As a foot scrubber

We all wish that we have a beautiful feet and we don’t always have time to go to a salon to get a pedicure. You can do it at home by follow the basic pedicure steps. You will need 1/2 fresh lemon juice,1/2 cup of granulated sugar, 1 tbls of olive oil, 1 tbls of organic honey. Mix it well and make a scrubber . Now , massage the scrubber on your feet thoroughly and  rinse off . After that , put your feet in warm water for 15 minutes. This home pedicure relaxed your feet and also remove dirt and tanning . This moisturizes your feet and helps in eliminating the dryness.

As a Anti dandruff

Lemon is one of the well-known and effective product related to hair dandruff . You can take a 4 teaspoon of coconut oil and add half lemon juice in it and mix it well. Now, apply this mixture on your scalp and massage slowly. Leave it for half an hour than shampoo you hair. It helps to remove dandruff and make your hair shiner.

As a Hair conditioner 

If you have dry and frizzy Hair than use this conditioner which make your hair shiner and soft. You can make this conditioner with 1 lemon, half cup of curd or yoghurt, 1 egg. Mix all of them and make a thick paste . Now apply this paste  all over scalp and hair.Leave it for half an hour and than wash off by  using a shampoo. Use one in a week.

As a Nail strengthener

Lemon is also good for our nails . By using, it  make your nails  harder and shiner. Simply you Soak your nails in a mixture of diluted lemon juice for a few minutes and  wash it off. Lemon also lighten the yellowness of your nails.