BEST WAY TO DO PEDICURE AT HOME

Face and Foot are extremes parts of our body and both need immense care so that they look LIVELY & BEAUTIFUL. So, what we do for our foot, we just hop in parlour & let them do cleaning of our feet. Actually, we need to take care of them by doing pedicure at home.That will be a great experience as it helps in relaxing ourselves & makes us beautiful dear......!! Just give it a try,whenever you have time.



Duration - 1 hr
Things you will need are - Bucket full of warm water, Mild shampoo, Baking soda, Pumice stone, foot scrub, Cuticle cream, cutical pushing stick, Nail cutter, Nail file, cotton, nail polish.

 Once you have all this, start the pedicure of your beautiful feet to make them more beautiful....

1. Prepare For Pedicure

    Wear dress comfortable enough for you and you can put
    on the soothing music whatever you like.
     It helps in relaxing you & enjoying it as well.

2. Remove Old Nail Polish

    First of all, remove your old nail polish with good quality polish remover like lakme with the
    help of cotton & do it gently.

3. Soak Your Feet

    Take warm water in bucket or tub & fill enough to cover more than your ankles. you can use mild 
    shampoo or foot soaking liquid available in market or just baking soda. Also, add few drops of
    essenstial oil of your choice as it will help in balancing moisture in skin & beautiful scent of it relax
    you. If you have pebbles in home, then put them in the bucket and keep your foot over them & 
    keep moving your feet.By this way,you can do massaging without any effort. Soak for 20 minutes &
    pat dry them with towel.

4. Exfoliate Dead Skin

    Once you are done with the foot bath.Start using a foot scrub or pumice stone usually available at 
    home for removing all the dry and dead skin cells slowly and gently. Be firm but do not scrape
    hard. Next,rinse and wipe with towel.

5. Clip and Shape Nails

    Take nail clipper and cut nails in whatever shape you wanted either square or rounded and shape 
    them with shaper carefully.

6.Tackle Cuticle

    Put some cuticle cream on base of toe nails & leave it for 5 minutes as it will soften the cuticle.
    Start pushing it with cuticle pusher very gently. Do not try to cut cuticle as you are not expert
    enough, give it a try only when you know right way to do it, otherwise its ok. Then wipe off  the
    cream with towel.                                                   

Cuticle Pusher

 

 

7. Moisturise Your Feet

    Put your feet in warm water for 1 min & rinse them & pat dry them with towel. Now, moisturise
    them with any foot cream or any other cream with thick base. Moisturising helps soften, hydrate the
    skin and protects it from cracking. Rub a generous portion on your feet and massage well for 10
    mins. Regular foot massages also helps to improve blood circulation and nourish the skin.

8. Paint Your Nails

    Select your choice of nail polish colour and base nail polish. First, put a base on nails and dry them, then put first nail polish coat, dry it & then go for secondone more neatly.Decorate them according to your choice.

So, these are steps you can do at home easily and have happy feet.......

5 Foods For Glowing Skin

Skin is superficial part of your body, guarding us fom outer atmosphere evils but its strength, glow & health comes from beneath of your body. It depends on the way you nourishes your skin with love & care & good food The food we daily eat decide the fate of  our skin health. Its no doudt that besides giving energy the food gives us vitamins, minerals & lots of antioxidants which play a role in maintaining our skin health & provide natural glow.
These are 5 great foods for glowing skin.

1. TOMATOES

• Tomatoes are very easily available in every house & it contains Lycopene and other carotenoids which is found in orange to reddish-coloured fruits & can help improve the skin’s antioxidant status.  
• Antioxidants combat free radicals produced from excessive sun exposure. It is recommended to have at least 16 milligrams of lycopene per day as they reduce the number of free radicals in the body and also help to retain the moisture in people who are used to sitting in air-conditioned environs.
• Vitamin A and vitamin C are commonly found in a lot of acne medicines and tomatoes are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin K.
• You don't need to spend much money for this. They are cheap.
• Tomatoes are big help in reducing open pores if  they are directly applied on skin. Regular application will shrink pores greatly.

2.GREEN TEA

• Green tea fights acne based on its ability to lower levels of an acne-producing hormone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT).So, it recommends brewing up three to five cups of green tea every day in order to reap the full benefits for your skin.
• This power drink is also packed with antioxidants, which will help your skin look younger and healthier overall.
• It contains polyphenols which help eliminate inflammation-producing free radicals. Polyphenols protect healthy cells from cancer causing DNA damage.
• Another remarkable finding is the power of green tea polyphenols known as EGCG to reactivate dying skin cells.Consider this amazing energizing of dying skin cells to potential benefit skin diseases such as psoriasis, ulcers, rosacea, wounds–and wrinkles.

3.BERRIES

• Deeply coloured berries such as blueberries and cherries are loaded with antioxidants, which help your body fight off blemishes.
• We found out recently about acne is that there’s a great local oxidative stress going on, so much so that it actually depletes the antioxidants in people with acne. So the more severe your acne, the lower your levels of blood antioxidantsThey are also a good source of antioxidants.
• They can be eaten raw, cooked with other foods, or dried for use in tea. No matter what form blueberries take in your diet, their many vitamins and nutrients can be good for your skin.
• Whether you suffer from acne, broken capillaries or splotchy skin, the nutrients in blueberries will heal your skin.
• The antioxidants and phytochemicals found in blueberries help to neutralize free radicals, which might otherwise damage skin cells, leaving your skin with a younger and softer look and feel.

 

4.FISH & SEA FOOD

• People who ate diets high in fish and seafood had less skin wrinkling. That is because of omega-3 fatty acids found in fish and seafood slow down the wrinkling process. Wrinkle development is rooted in inflammation of your skin. Omega-3s turn down this.
• Omega-3s can also help combat acne in a similar way.
• Furthermore, omega-3 fatty acids have mood-regulating benefits, which can help with the stress component of having acne.If you can’t imagine eating that much fish every week, take fish oil supplements instead.
• The two major types of essential fats found in fishes are DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid). In several researches, EPA component of fishes plays a major role in skin care.
• Omega-3 is recommended for the prevention of common pimples. EPA also has antioxidant qualities. Antioxidants are known to be the most age-defying substance and rightfully so. 
• EPA in fish helps in inhibiting the production of androgens–hormones that produces sebum in hair follicles. Excess production of these sebum results to oily skin, leading to acne and other skin problems.
• EPA also limits the production of Arachidonic acid. High levels of these are found in people with Psoriasis–an inflammatory skin disease.

 

5. GREEN FOODS

• Green Foods are young cereal grasses like barley grass and wheat grass. Nutritionally, they are close  to dark green leafy vegetables, but offer greater levels of nutrient density.
• An ounce of concentrated green foods contains more of the beneficial phytonutrients.
• Green foods detoxify the body to keep skin clear and radiant. Detoxification is very important process for our body function & helps in removing harmful toxins out of your body & cleans your body.
• Studies show that green foods have marked beneficial effects on cholesterol, blood pressure, immune response, and cancer prevention. These effects are attributed in part to their high concentrations of chlorophyll.
• Chlorophyll, the phyto-chemical that gives leaves, plants, and algae their green hues, is the plant equivalent of the oxygen-carrying red pigment hemoglobin in red blood cells. Dietary chlorophyll inhibits disease bacteria and exerts therapeutic effects on skin.

Overall, these foods play a important role for your skin. So,include them in your daily diet & take your first step towards the beautiful glowing skin. We usually rely on cosmetics which are far expensive than these easily available great food.So, go for it & look the difference.