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Whiteheads are nothing but a form of acne that are caused due to clogged skin pores with dead skin, dirt and dust. They are mostly similar to blackheads with the only difference that they are tiny white spots whereas blackheads appear black in color.

The areas affected with whiteheads are temples, cheeks, forehead and nose. Some peoples skin produce excess sebum as a result whiteheads are formed. And the other reason is it can appear due to hormonal changes and genetic reasons.

Here we are going to disclose best home remedies to get rid of whiteheads. Do follow them regularly for best results.

Home Remedies For Whiteheads

Stream

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Facial steam is one of the easiest way to remove whiteheads as well as blackheads. Steam helps in opening the skin pores which makes it easy for the dirt to be removed.

For this remedy you need a steamer, but if you dont have one then do not worry. Boil some water in a vessel so that the steam is formed, remove it from heat and carefully bend your face towards the vessel to take the steam, cover your head with a towel so that steam doesn’t evaporate.
Now pat dry your skin with soft cloth, using a whitehead remover gently press the pores and remove the dirt.
Do it twice in a week.

2. Sugar Scrub

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This remedy can do wonders for your skin. It will help to remove the excess sebum from the skin pores and wash away the whiteheads.

Take a tablespoon of sugar and mix equal amount of honey in it.
Add few drops of lemon juice and mix well.
Massage your face with this scrub in circular motion.
Leave it for few minutes and then wash your face.
Repeat it twice or thrice a week.

3. Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar has antiseptic and antibacterial properties that can easily fight against acne and whiteheads.

Take a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and dilute it with a cup of water.
With the help of a cotton ball apply this on your face. Let it remain for 5-10 minutes and then wash with normal water.

4. Baking Soda

Baking soda is very helpful in maintaining the PH level of the skin. It exfoliates the skin and removes all the dirt, dust and excess sebum from the skin. If your skin is sensitive then do not use this remedy.

All you need to do is take a tablespoon of baking soda and mix little amount of water to make it a thick paste.
Now apply this on your whiteheads.
Keep it for 5-10 minutes and then wash away.
Repeat it once or twice a week.

5. Gram Flour

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Gram flour also known as besan is an excellent remedy for skin problems and has been used from decades. It absorbs excess oil and deep cleanses it.

Take 2-3 tablespoon of gram flour and add half a teaspoon of turmeric.
Mix this with small amount of water or yogurt to make it a paste.
Apply this on your skin and leave it to dry.
Wash away after that.
This remedy can be used on daily basis.
If your skin is sensitive you can skin adding turmeric.

6. Lemon Juice

Lemon juice has got astringent properties which helps you to get rid of excess oil. Lemons contain alpha hydroxy acid that helps to exfoliate the skin as well as it is helpful in cell generation.

Extract juice from from a lemon.
Dip a cotton ball in this and apply it on the effected skin.
Leave it for 10-15 minutes and then wash.
It might cause light burning and tingling sensation in the beginning.
Follow this remedy on daily basis.

Skin Care

10 Tips For Preventing And Banishing Acne For Good

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Acne is one of the most common problem face by many people these days. And people those who deal with it knows how painful it is to handle all the time. Many people try to pop it out to banish them completely, but popping out is not the solution to banish them away. You must follow healthy lifestyle with healthy food to keep your skin healthy.

Here are some tips for preventing and banishing acne completely from your skin and make it look beautiful.

Before that just have a look on the causes of acne on your kin.

Causes Of Acne

Many factors can cause acne or pimples. Some include:

Stress
Hormonal changes in the body
Clogged pores
Depression
Smoking
Genetics

10 Tips For Preventing Acne

1. Wash Your Face Twice In A Day

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Doesn’t matter if you have acne or not, it’s quite important to wash your face twice in a day. Washing your face will help you to remove impurities, dead skin cells and extra oil on your skin’s surface.

It is not even necessary to wash your face more than twice, it may result in doing more harm than good. Use warm water and a mild cleanser to wash your face and avoid using harsh soaps that can increase the inflammation and irritation of your skin.

2. Moisturize Your Skin

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Moisturizing skin is an essential part to prevent acne or pimples. Many acne products contain ingredients that increase the dryness of your skin. So, better opt for products that minimize dryness and skin peeling.

Always use non comedogenic skin products which means doesn’t result in causing acne. You can find moisturizers for all types of skin.

3. Avoid Using Makeup

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Generally, makeup is essentially external dirt for skin which tends to clog pores of the skin. This can sit on your skin and result in aggravating the condition. So, when using makeup go for non comedogenic and non greasy products and avoid using heavy foundations and concealers.

4. Stay Hydrated By Drinking Lots Of Water

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When your body is dehydrated, it results in producing excess amount of oil to keep your skin moisturized. This increases inflammation and worsens the condition of your acne.

5. Try An Over The Counter Acne Product

You can find over the counter acne products in drug stores that can treat acne or pimples in an ease way and these products don’t need a prescription. Most of them have ingredients such as salicylic acid, glycolic or lactic acid that curb bacteria and dry your skin.

Make sure to consult your dermatologist before taking any medicines for your skin.

6. Do Not Touch Your Skin Often

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Constantly touching your skin again and again transfers dirt and bacteria to the pores from your fingers and make the situation worse. So make sure to touch your skin with clean and sanitized fingers.

7. Use A Sulfur Mask

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Sulfur is an important mineral known for its capability of absorbing oil, purifying skin and pores reduces inflammation caused by acne. Sulfur not only helps in healing the acne, it even helps in dry out blemishes and prevents more from coming.

8. Do Not Scrub Your Skin

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Avoid using face scrubs that can increase the irritation and inflammation of your skin. Even do avoid cleaning your face with cloth pads or wash cloths.

9. Keep Yourself Sun Safe

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Heavy exposure of sun might result in dehydrating your skin and produce more oil causing blocked pores and breakouts. So, apply sunscreen or carry an umbrella whenever you step out from your home.

10. Follow Healthy Diet

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It is a fact that what you eat will reflect on your skin. So, be mindful on what you eat and avoid processed foods, soft drinks, chip and anything that make with white flour can result in aggravating the condition of acne.

Health Care

Eight Ways To Actively Fight Depression

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Depression is not a disease, but it is severe disorder that shut down all the doors around us to be active in everything we do, think and perform. When we are depressed, nothing seems to be better with us not even our favorite food, people, places and things.

The symptoms of this condition will drag us to be in depression state for longer time. But, anyone who is suffering with this disease should understand that it is curable and very common. Treating this disease like other physical conditions many affect your mental state and conquer your depression.

Like all other illness the symptoms of this condition from mild to severe and the best thing to do is reaching to your doctor.

Some of those symptoms include:

Feeling of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
Appetite loss or over eating
Decreased energy or fatigue
Insomnia or early morning wakefulness
Anxious
Difficulty in concentrating
Persistent sadness

Here are eight effective ways that help you fight against depression and to get back your happy life.

Eight Effective Ways To Fight Against Depression

1. Be Active

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When we are depressed we often neglect to care ourselves and become lethargic. We don’t want to do anything and every little task seems like a burden on our head, so the best way to beat it by doing exercise in early morning.

Exercise will make you feel better and help you to concentrate on things you want to do. When you exercise, your body tends to release endorphins in to the blood stream that produces calming effect to your body.

You must choose simple exercises like a simple walk with your friends for 30 minutes or something like swimming or jogging also help you to be active throughout the day.

2. Express Your Anger

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Depression will not allow you to express all the feelings and thoughts inside you, it might make you feel uncomfortable in the things which you can do positively.

The best way to fight against depression is by expressing yourself in front of people. Expressing anger is not a bad feeling never let your step back while supporting or expressing anything in front of anyone.

If you feel that people around you will avoid you or leave you because of your angriness, just remember one thing people who love you will never get detached by the qualities within you!

3. Learn To Accept Yourself As You Are

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We often grow up by thinking that some parts of ourselves are not good enough. All these kind of experiences will lead us to become a person that we are not.

Many people pursue some ideal versions of who they want to be that simultaneously passes judgments of who they really are. Because they are not accepting themselves and trying to be smarter, better and richer that leaves them in dissatisfaction always.

The thing is accepting yourself as you are, is the best thing you could do to grow as a positive person. Because everyone is not perfect in this world, we need to be perfect in our imperfections to lead a happy life.

4. Do Things You Are Good At

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Depression is a feeling of worthlessness and ineffective in everything. So, the anti dose of these two things is doing the things you love and you are good at. The sense of accomplishment will help to rebuild your confidence and help you to fight against depression.

You don’t need to be good at everything to achieve victory, just go back to your early times that you’ve accomplished something that gave you happiness or when someone said that you have a talent just grab it and do it again to bring that happiness again.

You might not feel doing it, but do it anyway and challenge your negative thinking by achieving it. You will definitely feel better at the end of your day.

5. Learn To Forgive And Move On

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Most of the people with depression end up being angry and sad that make them to unable to move from their position in their lives. But, according to a research being sad and angry is not the way to get over from depression you must have guts to forgive someone and move on.

The best way to forgive them is by being in their shoes at that situation and think about them like what you would do if you are in his/her position. That’s it, this will clear your mind and make you feel free from angriness and sadness.

6. Practice Self Compassion

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Many people with depression are very compassionate and understanding in other people mistakes but not their own. They often criticize themselves in everything they do and get in, the best way to fight against it by self compassion.

It is nothing but adopting a loving and caring attitude towards yourself which is similar to the one you have shown. It is better to remind yourself that you are also a human and it is very common in making mistakes and learning something from those mistakes.

7. Face Your Fears

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One of the best things you can do to fight against depression is by facing your fears all alone. Whatever happened in your life is just happened, you should not be in the same mood all over the life. You should get rid out of situation by lowering the people’s expectations and by not risking the rejection and disappointment.

Try to surround yourself with the people you love and support to be with you. Make sure to challenge yourself to be positive in all the ways you can!

8. Maintain 7-8 Hours Of Sleep

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Oversleeping and under sleeping are the most dangerous symptoms of depression. The best way to fight against is nothing but following proper sleeping pattern that even keeps you to be active all day long.

If you’re struggling to fall asleep, try to move all the screens including your mobile phones out of your room. Sit back at your window and if possible try to read a journal that will make you fall asleep as soon as possible.

Skin Care

I Used Apple Cider Vinegar On My Face For 7 Days And Here’s What Happened

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Are you looking for a product that works perfect on your skin to prevent all the skin issues within days? You might have tried many expensive skin products such as creams, cleansers, toners etc that resulted in dissatisfying you after every use!

If am I right and you are facing skin problems same like me, then you are in the right place to treat your skin in a better way.

Have you ever tried apple cider vinegar on your face? Probably not, but this wonderful ingredient is not only effective in treating all type of health issues but also in treating all types of skin issues too like pimples, marks, redness etc.

Even I have used this product on my face for 7 days which gave me great relief from all the skin issues I have been facing for longer time. I suggest you to give a try and enjoy its benefits.

Every day, I took a cotton pad dipped in little amount of vinegar mixed with water and rubbed it gently over my skin. And allow it to sink in and dry then follow with moisturizer.

Let me explain you in detail, what has happened with apple cider vinegar after 7 days on my skin.

First Day

In the morning of first day, I found the smell of it a little stronger but I have been used to it. Once it is soaked in my skin I felt very soft and then followed up with moisturizer and makeup. Then in the evening, I used by cleanser to remove the makeup and again used vinegar.

Second Day

I have seen all the pimples were gone on my face and redness had subsided a little bit. So, I continued the same routine, while in the night I felt like my skin was little dry so without using any products I just continued using vinegar as usual.

Third Day

Well, this morning I have not seen any pimple or redness all over my face. My skin was literally very soft and smooth, so I followed using vinegar like every day.

Fourth Day To Sixth Day

From all these days I have not seen any pimple or redness on my skin, even some stretch marks on my forehead begin to disappear for a while. So I washed my face with a cleanser and applied apple cider vinegar as usual before stepping out from the home and before going to bed.

Seventh Day

Finally, on the last day of treatment I saw my face clear with no scars, pimples, marks and the best part is it is not irritating as before. This makes it so much easier to apply makeup on my face.

Apple cider vinegar worked decently well at preventing breakouts and I think with longer use of apple cider vinegar could help you to get rid of scarring altogether. Make sure to try this on your face and make it glow than before.

Note

Before applying it on your face, make sure to do patch test on your hand so that it cannot cause any allergic reactions on your face. This ingredient work perfect for combination skin.

Skin Care

6 Amazing Tips For Healthy And Glowing Skin

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The journey to achieve a long lasting glowing skin is not an easy thing, it’s hard and needs lots of care. But, if you are guarded with the right methods and tricks it’s not tough enough to achieve that beautiful skin.

When you take proper care of your skin it rewards you with a healthy glow that can form the foundation of your whole look.

In this article we have included six amazing tips that will help you to achieve desired results. To get glowing skin, you must flow these tips to unlock the beauty within you!

6 Amazing Tips For Healthy And Glowing Skin

1. Eat Proper And Healthy Food For Healthy Skin

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Food gives life to your skin, whatever you eat the whole days reflects and contributes to your skin. Try to include fresh fruits, vegetables and especially vitamin C rich foods such as oranges, strawberries, broccoli, red peppers etc in your regular diet that will help to enhance the complexion of overall skin.

Vitamin C also acts as an antioxidant that prevents collagen damage and prevents causing of ageing symptoms such as wrinkles, fine lines, dark circles etc on your skin.

You can also apply vitamin C essential oil directly on your skin which helps in hydrating and moisturizing your skin to keep it healthy all day long. It also protects your skin from harmful rays of sun.

2. Protect Your Skin From Sun

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The harmful rays from sun will not only damage your skin, it also weakens the elasticity of your skin too. The best way to protect your skin from harmful UV rays of sun is just by applying sunscreen wherever you go no matter if it is a sunny day or not.

Use big dollop of sunscreen with SPF on your face whenever you are stepping out from your home. Do not care for the season, always use sunscreen on your skin and make sure to wear hat especially in summer seasons to protect your face.

3. Moisturize, Moisturize, Moisturize

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Apart from eating healthy food and drinking lots of water moisturizing your skin also plays major role in making it glow and shine.

Moisturizers do not add great deal of moisture by themselves, but they lock the present moisture and keep your skin hydrated. Make sure to apply moisturizer on your skin after bath to keep it hydrated throughout the day.

You can even use serum to improve the elasticity of your skin such as 24 karat Gold Collagen Serum that brightens the skin and lifts its glow.

4. Exfoliate Your Skin On Regular Basis

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Exfoliation is the key to maintain healthy and glowing skin. Scrubbing your skin twice or thrice in a week will help to get rid of dead skin cells that might have clogged in the pores of the skin that lead to acne breakouts.

It also helps in improving your complexion and clear all toxins from your skin and adds glow to it. Don’t keep scrubbing your skin regularly, it might result in making your skin look even drier.

5. Minimal Makeup Usage

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Well, it’s always necessary to use concealer, blush, foundation or whatever the beauty product to look beautiful. It might add glow to your skin, but that doesn’t last long and damages your original skin.

No matter how expensive the brand is, it always results in damaging your skin to large extends due to its chemical components in it.

It’s not about avoiding them completely, just use them or apply them only on special occasions. Other days tone and moisturize your skin and apply sunscreen wherever you go. Help you skin to breathe in a natural way.

6. Get Your Beauty Sleep

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You might think it is not necessary to maintain the whole eight hours sleep every night, but your skin is begging for you to maintain it each night. Your body rebuilds collagen while you rest and allows blood to flow towards the skin to create healthy glow while sleeping.

So, make sure to get enough sleep every night and make sure to remove makeup before going to bed to avoid risk of infections and to keep your skin healthy and glowing.

Skin Care

What Is Skin PH Level And How To Balance It

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Have you ever seen “PH balanced” on any products or things and wondered what meant PH? You might have heard it many times in your science class and didn’t make conscious effort to know what it is! But if you really want to know what it really mean and how it is effectively balanced for healthy skin and body, then you must read complete article.

What Is Skin Ph Level?

Generally our skin is designed to fight against infections and environmental stress and its ability to do so it’s affected by PH level. The PH level of the skin is generally referred by how acidic or alkaline it is.

PH is often referred as “Potential Hydrogen” or it is also called as measure of hydrogen in any substance. The scale of PH was invented in early 1900’s by Danist chemist SPL Sonesten for measuring alkanity and acidity which ranges from 0 to 14 where 1 is being more acidic and 14 being more alkaline.

Our skin has thin and protective layer on its surface known as acidic mantle. This surface is made from sebaceous glands which mix lactic and amino acids from sweat to create skin PH level to maintain healthy and moisturized skin by blocking the toxins and other germs. So, it is essential to maintain perfect skin PH level to be healthy.

Signs Of Off Balance Ph Levels

Ideally our skin is slightly acidic and PH level should be 5.5. However it is absolutely fine when it is around 4.8 and fine.

Often our skin shows some signs when the ph level is off balanced and acidic mantle is completely damaged, which include:

Excessive oiliness
Redness and rashes
Psoriasis
Eczema
Acne
Dry patches
Signs of ageing

Factors Affecting Skin PH Level

There are certain factors that affect your skin PH level and make it look dry and dull. Just have a look on them:

Heavy Exposure To Sun

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Heavy exposure to UV rays of sun will weaken acidic mantle and make it more alkaline and prone to issues such as pigmentation, dullness and acne.

Ageing

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Ageing is very common factor that imbalances the PH level of our skin. As you get older, your skin becomes more alkaline that leads to pigmentation, wrinkles and formation of fine line on your skin.

Diet

Your diet has major impact on your skin to make it dull and more alkaline in nature. Having too much acid in your system will affect your skin. Consuming caffeine, processed foods, sugar, yeast and alcohol increases the levels of acid in your system.

Skin Care Habits

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Skin care habits like using harsh soaps and face washes on your skin or taking long showers and using hot water to wash your face will lead to strip off the acid mantle on your skin.

How To Balance Your Skin PH level

Here are some easy ways to maintain well balanced skin PH levels and to keep radiant and glowing skin.

Avoid Using Harsh Soaps And Cleansers

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Probably, this is the first thing you need for maintaining healthy and glowing skin. Avoid using bar soaps and harsh cleansers on your skin. Choose products wisely and make sure they mentioned PH balanced on the product package.

Never wash your face using hot water, always use luke warm water or room temperature water.

Choose Good Moisturizers And Oils

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When you are getting old, your skin loses its ability to produce enough amounts of natural oils. It often results in affecting the PH balance of your skin.

So, use good oils and moisturizers on your skin to keep it hydrated and to build moisture barrier.

Try Apple Cider Vinegar

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Apple cider vinegar works excellent in maintaining your skin PH level. You need to just mix table spoon of apple cider vinegar with little amount of water and use it as a toner for your face regularly.

Use Acids Carefully

Skin care products which contain alpha and beta hydroxyl acids or retinoic acid are good for your skinto maintain balanced PH level. But, if your skin starts to feel dry, redness and rashes then stop using the product immediately. Be careful with the acid products you use on your skin.

Be Conscious About Your Diet

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Make sure your diet contain antioxidant rich foods such as leafy vegetables, fruits such as apple, banana and all watery fruits. Avoid consuming processed foods that have impact on your skins PH level.

Use Sunscree

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It’s absolutely important to use sunscreen whenever you step outside from your home. It maintains your skin PH level and forms a layer on your skin and prevents it from further damaging.

Skin Care

Loose Belly Fat Fast With These Yoga Poses

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We all wish to have flat stomach and hourglass figure that attracts everyone! Unfortunately we don’t, the stubborn belly fat won’t go away easily no matter what we do. You may have tried many things from healthy diet and spending many hours in gym to starving yourself to achieve flat stomach and saw the same thing on your body.

Belly fat not only looks unattractive, it also put you at higher risk of developing high blood pressure, fatty liver disease and diabetes.

Don’t worry, if something doesn’t work for you because we do have many alternatives to try. If you are fed up with healthy diet and spending long hours in gym to get flat stomach, let me suggest you to try yoga to get your wish come true.

Some yoga poses can give you flat stomach with just minutes of efforts daily along with healthy diet in your regular routine.

Yoga Poses To Lose Belly Fat

The following are some yoga poses that help you to beat belly fat and gives you perfect shape.

1. Bujangasana (Cobra Pose)

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Bujangasana or cobra pose helps to strengthen the abdominal muscles and easily reduces belly fat. It even helps to relieve stress and fatigue and improve blood circulation throughout the day.

How To Do

Lie down on your stomach on the floor with your legs stretched out and place your palms under your shoulders fingers pointing downwards.
Now keep your elbows close to your torso and chin on the floor, all your toes touching the floor.
Raise your chest by slowly inhaling and bend backwards as much as possible without using your arm strength.
Hold this position for few seconds and slowly lay flat, relax and take few breaths.
Repeat this 5-10 times by taking 15 seconds of break every time.

2. Padahastasana (Standing Forward Bend)

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Padahastasana will help to burn stubborn belly fat easily as it involves all backside muscles in the body from head to heels.

It also help to calm your mind and body and fight against stress, anxiety, fatigue, mild depression and can easily relieve digestive problems like constipation and increases blood supply to brain.

How To Do

First stand up straight by keeping your legs closer, so that their heels touch each other.
Keep your hands either side of your body and slowly lift your hands straight over your head by inhaling.
Slowly exhale and bend forward from the hips by keeping your legs straight.
Touch the ground with your fingertips in line with your toes. If you cannot reach to floor just wrap your hands around the back of your legs.
Bring your head as close to your knees and relax your neck muscles.
Hold this position for 1 minute and come back to starting point.
Do this 5-10 times by taking 15 seconds of break in between 2 repetitions.

3. Kumbhakasana (Plank Pose)

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Kumbhakasana is an effective pose to reduce belly fat and strengthens your buttocks, arms, shoulders, back and thighs.

How To Do

Begin with your hands and knees on floor, where hands resting directly under shoulders and knees under hips.
Extend your legs behind you by balance the weight on your toes and hands.
Make sure you form a straight line while holding this position.
Hold your abdominal muscles in and keep your palms and fingers straight.
Hold this position for 10-15 seconds and come back to starting point slowly.
Do 5 repetitions every day.

4. Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)

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Dhanurasana strengthen the muscles of your abdomen, thighs, groin, chest, ankles and back that results in losing belly fat easily.

It also helps to digestive issues like gastrointestinal problems and improve blood circulation throughout the body and functioning of liver, pancreas, small intestine and large intestine.

How To Do

Lie down on the floor with your stomach by placing your chin on the floor and keep your legs straight.
Slowly, raise your legs and bend your knees towards your abdomen and hold your ankles with your hands.
Slowly, raise your chest off the floor and look straight ahead.
Hold this position for 20 seconds and hold your breath. Make sure to balance your weight on your abdomen.
Come back to starting point slowly and repeat it for 8-10 times.

5. Naukasana (Boat Pose)

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This pose is a complete workout for your body that reduces stubborn belly fat and strengthens the back, thighs and abdominal muscles.

How To Do

Sit on the floor by bending your knees and feet on the floor. Keep your hands beside your hip and fingers pointing towards your feet.
Now slowly press on your palms extend your spine and slowly pull yourself back by staying on your hips.
Take deep breaths by holding this position that lifts your feet off the floor.
Slowly straighten your legs so that your body forms V shape and stay in this position for 2-5 breaths.
Bend your knees and hug them tight while exhaling.
Now, elongate and touch your forehead to your knees and take few deep breaths.
Raise your head while inhaling and cross your legs while exhaling.
Repeat it for 5-6 times.

Note:

All these poses shown above are not suitable for pregnant women and for people who recently underwent surgeries involving, abdomen, spine and lungs.

Skin Care

How To Firm Sagging Breasts Naturally

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Every women love to have firm and perky breast and it’s not uncommon. Unfortunately, hormone fluctuations, pregnancy, excess weight loss or weight gain and ageing lead us to cause our breasts to sag. Saggy breast usually occur after crossing the age of 40 in most of the women, but with unhealthy lifestyle and food it also occurs at the age of 20 and 30 too.

However, with the advent of new technology, sophisticated instrument and many creams, lotions and treatments are available in the market that help to tone up sagging breast.

Apart from all these products and treatments, you can still depend on some natural ways to firm up your sagging breasts and prevent them from sagging with the help of following home remedies.

Home Remedies To Firm Sagging Breasts Naturally

All the home remedies shown below are inexpensive and very easy to do and not to mention quite effecting in getting those sagging breasts to firm up.

1. Ice Massage

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Ice massage is quite an effective way to get firmness in your breasts. The cold temperature will lead to contraction of tissues and result in making the breasts firmer.

What You Need To Do

Take 2 ice cubes and massage the breasts in circular motion for 1-2 minutes.
Use soft towel to dry the breasts and wear comfortable bra immediately.
Do this in regular intervals throughout the day for few days.

2. Olive Oil Massage

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Olive oil is rich in anti oxidants and fatty acids that help to reverse the damage caused by free radicals and prevent sagging breast. Regular application and massaging breast with olive oil often results in improving the skin tone and texture.

What You Need To Do

Take 2 table spoons of olive oil in your hands and rub them over to generate little heat.
Apply this oil on your breast in upward direction and massage it for 10 -15 minutes to improve the circulation and repair cell damage.
Do this 3-4 times in a week.
You can even replace olive oil with argon, almond avocado oil to massage breasts.

3. Cucumber And Egg Yolk

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The combination of cucumber and egg yolk works great for saggy breasts. Cucumber is loaded with natural skin toning properties and egg yolk contains various essential vitamins and minerals that treat sagging breasts easily.

What You Need To Do

Take half of cucumber and blend it to form a thick paste.
Take one table spoon of cucumber puree and one table spoon of egg yolk, mix them together.
Apply this mixture on your breasts and leave it for 30 minutes.
Then wash it off with water properly and repeat it once in a week to strengthen breast tissues.

4. Shea Butter

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Shea butter contains high amount of vitamin E which is an essential vitamin to tighten the skin and give your breasts a firmer shape. The properties in shea butter also help in preventing cell damage caused by free radicals.

What You Need To Do

Take some Shea butter and rub it on your breasts.
Massage your breast in upward and circular motion for 10-15 minutes.
Leave it off for another 10 minutes and wash it off completely with water.
Do this for 3-4 times in a week for good results.

5. Aloe Vera

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Aloe vera contains anti oxidant properties that repair the cell damage under your skin. Even the natural skin tightening properties in aloe Vera helps to get rid of sagging breasts.

What You Need To Do

Take little amount of fresh aloe vera gel and apply it on your breasts and massage gently in circular motion for 10 minutes.
Do it for 4-5 times in a week for good results.

6. Egg White

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Egg white is another best remedy for sagging breasts, the skin tightening and nourishing properties in egg white are good for sagging breasts. It also contains hydro lipids that easily lift loose skin around your breast.

What You Need To Do

Take a small cup and beat an egg until you get foamy texture. Now apply this texture on your breasts and leave it for 30 minutes.
Then wash it off with cucumber or onion juice and finally with cold water.
Repeat it 3-4 times in a week to see improved results.

7. Exercise

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Regular exercise is the best way to keep your body stay fit and healthy. Even some exercises will target on pectoral muscles around the chest and breast tissues that add firmness.

What You Need To Do

Spend little time in doing exercises like pushups, chest presses and pulls, arm raises, dumbbell flyes to improve firmness in your breasts.

Skin Care

Can’t Go To Salon For Waxing? Do It At Home Easy And Natural Way

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Are you one of them who are worried about those unwanted hair on your body and ready to make appointment in your beauty salon every month? Here is good news for all those ladies and young girls.

Now, it’s time to put full stop for standing or waiting long hours at salons for waxing, because you can easily remove those unwanted hair just by using some natural ingredients by sitting in your home.

Surprised? Yes, unwanted hair is something nobody wants to see on their body and that’s the reason we spend lots of money and time in salons to get smooth and soft skin. In medical terms this unwanted hair is often called as a problem called hirsutism.

Causes Of Unwanted Body Hair

According to Indian journal of dermatology, more than 5-10% of women are being affected with hirsutism every year.

This is generally caused by imbalance of hormones in the body or use of certain medications. In rare cases it can be caused by tumor and cancer of adrenal glands and ovaries.

Apart from face, excess hair can be grown on the legs, armpits, arms and bikini area and making it one of the cosmetic problem faced by many women.

In fact, we do have many hair removal treatments and products available in the market. But using those products again and again on your skin might result in causing some side effects.

Here are some natural ways to remove unwanted body hair using some natural ingredients without any side effects.

Natural Ways To Remove Unwanted Body hair

The following are best natural remedies to remove unwanted body hair and result in smooth and soft skin.

Egg Whites

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Eggs are not only good for health, it also helps in maintaining smooth skin and silky hair. It even works as a perfect natural peel off mask to remove unwanted hair as well as impurities from the skin.

What You Need To Do

Take one egg and whisk white in a small bowl.
Add 1 teaspoon of sugar and ½ tea spoon of gram flour, then mix them well to form a smooth paste.
Apply this paste as mask on the hairy part f your body and leave it for 15-20 minutes.
Finally, wash the area with running water, repeat this process as many times as needed.

Raw Papaya

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Papaya is loaded with many nutrients and vitamins which are good for our health. It also contains an enzyme called papain that stops unwanted hair growth by breaking down the hair follicles. It will also help to remove dead skin cells from the skin and improve the texture.

What You Need To Do

Take few slices of peeled papaya and grind them to form a thick paste.
Add one teaspoon of turmeric to papaya paste and mix it well.
Apply this paste on the areas of unwanted hair and massage it for 5 minutes in the direction of hair growth.
Leave it for 10 minutes and wash it off with water. Repeat this process twice in a week to remove unwanted hair completely.

Sugar And Honey

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The mixture of sugar and honey works perfect for removing unwanted hair from your body.

Sugar acts as an exfoliating agent by removing dead skin cells and helps you to get rid of excess hair. Honey keeps your skin moisturized and healthy.

What You Need To Do

Heat the mixture of one table spoon of honey and 3 table spoons of sugar in a small bowl, until the sugar dissolves completely.
Let it cool down and add one teaspoon of lemon juice and mix it well.
Apply this mixture when it is warm enough to touch where you have unwanted hair.
Put a waxing strip on the mixture, pull it down and pull it off against the direction of hair growth.
Then, clean the area with cool water and pat dry.

Gram Flour

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Gram flour also acts perfect for removing unwanted hair easily. Its slightly coarse nature works as a perfect exfoliating agent that absorbs impurities and loosen the hair in the follicles and removes extra hair.

What You Need To Do

Take a bowl and add one table spoon of gram flour and a pinch of turmeric powder.
Add little amount of milk to this mixture to form a thick paste.
Apply this paste on the unwanted hair places and allow it to dry completely.
Now, scrub it off using your fingers completely against the direction of hair growth.
Finally, rinse it off with cool water and repeat it twice in a week.

Gelatin

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Gelatin works as a perfect home remedy for removing unwanted hair, due to its sticky nature. In fact many natural peel off masks contains little amount of gelatin as one of the main ingredient.

What You Need To Do

Heat the mixture of one table spoon of unflavored gelatin, 11/2 table spoon of milk and few drops of lavender essential oil.
Mix all ingredients well using a non metallic spoon.
Turn it off after a minute and allow the mixture to cool down completely.
Apply thick layer of this mixture on the unwanted hair using a wooden stick.
Allow it to dry, then peel it off against the direction of hair growth.
Rinse the area with cool water and repeat it as many times as needed.

Skin Care

Best Skin Care Routine To Get Rid Off Dull Skin

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Our skin becomes dull and damaged as we age. Our diet and lifestyle habits reflects on our skin. Unhealthy eating habits can make our skin dull. If you really care for your skin then you need to keep a close eye on what you eat and how you spend your day.

Healthy lifestyle requires exercise, stress free life, sound sleep, eating fruits and vegetables, staying hydrated and avoiding junk, alcohol, smoking.

Here you are going to know how to make yours skin free from dullness and make your skin relive again.

Home Remedies To Get Rid Off Dull skin

1. Sugar To Exfoliate

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Sugar is not good for your health but it acts as an excellent remedy for your dull skin. Take tea spoon of brown sugar and white sugar each. Give it a nice mix by pouring few drops of water. Now apply this on your face and give a massage in circulation motion. Leave it for few minutes and then wash with water. This remedy exfoliates your skin and remove dead skin cells.

2. Honey

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Honey is one of the natural ingredient that has got skin lightening properties as it is anti oxidant, anti inflammatory and anti septic in nature. Honey can be used in many ways, some of them are as follows.

Mix a tea spoon of honey along with a tea spoon of lemon juice in it and apply it on your face. Give it a gentle massage and leave it for few minutes before washing.
Take 3 table spoon of honey, 2 table spoon of finely powdered oats and one egg yolk. Make a paste of it and apply it on your face. allow it to dry and then wash it.
Take 2 table spoon of honey and mix it with half a tea spoon of cinnamon in it. Apply this on your face and leave it for 5-10 minutes.

3. Lemon

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Lemon can prevent premature ageing as it contains vitamin C. It can even brighten the skin due to the presence of citric acid. You can use lemon for internal and external purpose as well. Drink a glass of lemon juice every day morning, apply lemon juice on your face and neck. You can even rub the lemon peel on your skin.

4. Almonds

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Almonds are not only good for your memory but for your skin too. Eating handful of almonds daily can be helpful in making your skin free from dullness. Almond oil is best to moisture your skin and make it soft and smooth. You can even apply almond face pack by grinding few almonds, mix a little milk to make a paste. Apply this on your skin and leave it for about 10-15 minutes and then wash.

5. Coconut oil

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Coconut oil is the best remedy to hydrate the skin and make it look fresh as it removes the dead skin cells. the anti oxidants present on coconut oil will heal the damaged skin and prevents premature aging. Massage your face and neck with coconut oil daily. You can even mix a bit of honey in coconut oil and give a nice massage on your face.

6. Cucumber And Orange

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Cucumber has hydrating properties while orange supplies anti oxidants, when these two are combined together, it can do wonders to your skin. Apply cucumber juice on your face to get rid of dark spots. You can even make a scrub by mixing two table spoon of cucumber juice, two table spoon of orange juice and a table spoon of rice flour. Apply this on your face to exfoliate your skin.

Additional tips

Drink lots of water and juices to stay hydrated.
Avoid sleeping and waking up late.
Avoid junk food
Restrict alcohol intake
Eat right
Workout regularly
Moisturize your skin

Home Remedies For Whiteheads

Stream

2. Sugar Scrub

3. Apple Cider Vinegar

4. Baking Soda

5. Gram Flour

6. Lemon Juice

Causes Of Acne

10 Tips For Preventing Acne

1. Wash Your Face Twice In A Day

2. Moisturize Your Skin

4. Stay Hydrated By Drinking Lots Of Water

5. Try An Over The Counter Acne Product

6. Do Not Touch Your Skin Often

7. Use A Sulfur Mask

8. Do Not Scrub Your Skin

9. Keep Yourself Sun Safe

10. Follow Healthy Diet

Eight Effective Ways To Fight Against Depression

1. Be Active

2. Express Your Anger

3. Learn To Accept Yourself As You Are

4. Do Things You Are Good At

5. Learn To Forgive And Move On

6. Practice Self Compassion

7. Face Your Fears

8. Maintain 7-8 Hours Of Sleep

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Note

6 Amazing Tips For Healthy And Glowing Skin

1. Eat Proper And Healthy Food For Healthy Skin

2. Protect Your Skin From Sun

3. Moisturize, Moisturize, Moisturize

4. Exfoliate Your Skin On Regular Basis

5. Minimal Makeup Usage

6. Get Your Beauty Sleep

What Is Skin Ph Level?

Signs Of Off Balance Ph Levels

Factors Affecting Skin PH Level

Heavy Exposure To Sun

Ageing

Diet

Skin Care Habits

How To Balance Your Skin PH level

Avoid Using Harsh Soaps And Cleansers

Choose Good Moisturizers And Oils

Try Apple Cider Vinegar

Use Acids Carefully

Be Conscious About Your Diet

Use Sunscree

Yoga Poses To Lose Belly Fat

1. Bujangasana (Cobra Pose)

How To Do

2. Padahastasana (Standing Forward Bend)

How To Do

3. Kumbhakasana (Plank Pose)

How To Do

4. Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)

How To Do

5. Naukasana (Boat Pose)

How To Do

Home Remedies To Firm Sagging Breasts Naturally

1. Ice Massage

What You Need To Do

2. Olive Oil Massage

What You Need To Do

3. Cucumber And Egg Yolk

What You Need To Do

4. Shea Butter

What You Need To Do

5. Aloe Vera

What You Need To Do

6. Egg White

What You Need To Do

7. Exercise

What You Need To Do