Keeping your skin fresh and healthy in this era of pollution and dust is really a great challenge. But with proper care and healthy routine, it’s easy to maintain your beauty for long and prevent aging. Some of the effective tips that help your skin to glow and reflect your great personality are:

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Author: Madeleine Pokroy
An "essential oil" is an aromatic oil extracted from a plant, the concentrated essence of that plant, and these oils (also known as volatile oils) are used in aromatherapy, as well as perfumes and food flavorings. In aromatherapy they are used in a number of different ways to have a healing effect on the body.Read the rest of this entry »

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Homeopathy is the Science of New Age Healing. The term homeopathy is derived from the Greek words 'homios' meaning similar, and 'pathos' meaning suffering. It is one of the oldest sciences of alternative medicine, the first homeopathic medicine having originated nearly 207 years ago back in Germany. Most homeopathy medicines like Belladonna and quinine are derived from plants.
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Put the squeeze on health

Why would you voluntarily drink up a blended bitter gourd? Norbert Rego asks around and comes up with some tasty pointers

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Looking good is one of the prerequisites of feeling good and vice versa. However, many-a-times, enhancing your outer appearance can also make you feel good on the inside too.Read the rest of this entry »

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For years scientists have been researching different ways and medicines to treat the skin and reverse aging, many products and treatments have been developed over the last years and the market is full of skin care products for every part of the body.
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Unlike most pressed powders that are pressed into traditional metal pans, MAC Minerlize Skinfinish is moulded onto small terracotta tiles and baked for 24 hours, allowing for a sheer, light application.

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By Sidra Shaukat
Coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, known for being antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal. This makes it a beauty tonic for both internal and external use. It will rejuvenate your skin and prevent wrinkles. Used as a moisturiser for healthier, younger skin, it prevents destructive free-radical formation and protects against them. It keeps connective tissues strong and supple and in some cases it might even restore damaged or diseased skin.
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There are body lotions on the market that are great to buy, but how would you like to make homemade beauty recipes like body lotions right in your own home? Now, you can, and you get to do it all your very own way and be creative with your mind. This would be a fun thing to do with your kids as well, but with adult supervision of course. There are several recipes out there for different body lotions.

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I've recently started suffering from breakouts again ( a combination of stopping Dianette and eating lots of ice cream) and am gettign tired of staring disconsolately in the mirror. A lot of spot treatments around are to harsh on my skin- they might kill the spots, but they'll make the rest of my face patchy and dry, so I was stuck for a cure. Leave it to uber brand Dermalogica to come up with a solution, as they've just created the mediBac range, which deals specifically with adult acne.

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I never thought I'd use "yummy" and "foot scrub" in the same sentence but there's a first time for everything. Product Body, a line of hand-made body products that are paraben-free, all-natural, vegetarian and vegan friendly have come up with foot scrubs scented in Ruby Red Grapefruit and Cookie (mmm... Cooookieeeee!). And doesn't the description sound luscious?

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Three awesome skin toners which you can prepare at home:

Essential Oil Toner

* 1 tsp almond oil

* ½ tsp castor oil

* 1 tbsp sunflower oil

* 2 capsules of vitamin E

* 1 drop patchouli oil

* 1 drop sandalwood oil

* 3 drops geranium oil

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Strawberry and lemon juice contain natural astringents.

INGREDIENTS:

* 1 tsp lemon juice
* 2 egg whites
* 3 tsp honey
* 1 cup strawberries
* Optional: 4 drops of your favorite essential oils

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Fresh and dried herbs have been use to make infusions with medical properties, that are applied externally or used with compresses, for thousands of years. The list below outlines the properties and benefits of the principal herbs recommended for use in herbal infusions. Several have cleansing and toning qualities that make them useful in any long-term natural skin-care program; all are suitable for any type of skin.

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A good remedy for weak and dry hair is the hair mask with lemon juice. You will need: 2 tbsp. castor oil /or almond oil/, 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice and 1 tbsp. honey. Add the honey and the castor oil to the lemon juice.

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