Organic Living and Beauty Tips

Who doesn't want to look good? Staying fit and eating healthy is the only secret to a long and happy life. --> To stay fit you need to keep an eye on your diet. Eat the right food to fasten your metabolism. Home Remedies to Increase Metabolism Drink More Water: Drinking plenty of water is one of the most important and most common way to boost up your metabolism, and keeping yourself on top of good health. Green Tea: Another most popular and effective way to fasten our metabolism is to take green tea. Which is also called "Herbal Tea" , taking a cup or two of green tea a day fasten your metabolism rate that helps the body to digest food faster. And the best of all " Green Tea " helps in loosing weigh t . Avoid Fast Food: Cut back on all the processed foods you take. Fast foods like fries, burgers, pizza and so on can slow down your metabolism. This type of food takes long to digest.  Yoga / Exercise: Doing some Exercise or Yoga on...

Natural Skin Cleansers are the great blessing for us. In our daily routine we can get benefit from the food we eat. Vegetables and Fruits have Natural Skin Glowing and Cleansing ingredients in them.  Few of them are given below with their herbal benefits.  1- GRAPES: Grapes work as a natural skin cleanser and brings glow to your skin.  Si mply split a few grapes into half and rub gently across your face for several minutes, then rinse with cool water. Alternatively, you can also mash a few grapes and apply, allow to dry, then rinse off after 15 minutes. 2-   APPLES: Apple  helps to improve the circulation of blood. Mix a shredded apple with honey and apply this mixture on your face for five minutes.  This will make your face glow instantly. 3- APRICOTS: Apricots are not only best to eat. If it is used as a cleanser, nothing is better than that.  You must have heard and used Apricots Scrubs and Cleansers before. Apricots have natu...

PUFFY EYES: Puffy eyes is a condition in which the skin under the eyes becomes puffed or swallowed.   CAUSE:   Swelling of eyes occurs due to various factors like trapping of fluid in eye tissue, accumulation of fat in the skin beneath the eyes, stress,  hormonal changes, allergy, high blood pressure, dermatitis or sinus, aging, less consumption of water, long term use of antibiotics or use of excessive salt. --> Home Remedies for Puffy Eyes: Now, i am not going to repeat some common ways like drinking 8-10 glasses of water, taking proper sleep and so on. I am actually going to explain what you can really do about your eyes puffiness. Cold Water: Splash icy cold water on your face to reduce the puffiness in your eyes. Spoon Method: Another effective way to get rid of puffiness in eyes is to use cold spoon. Place spoon in fridge or freezer for sometime and once it's cold enough, take it and place it on your both eyes. This will sooth your eyes and r...

Home Remedies To Exfoliate Your Skin Naturally The process of natural exfoliation is defined as removing dead skin cells to make way for new healthy skin that lies beneath. Natural Exfoliating Methods: 1- LEMON Lemon is called NATURAL BLEACHING AGENT. Take some lemon juice and soak cotton ball in it. Apply it all over your face and rinse it after 10 minutes. This would naturally exfoliate your skin. 2- SUGAR Sugar is so effective that many spas offer sugar scrubs as part of their pampering routines. Take a  bowl full of raw sugar, mix some Olive Oil in it. Rub this mixture on your skin. Sugar will exfoliate the skin and Olive oil will make it smooth. 3- OATMEAL Oatmeal is the best natural exfoliant. Take  1 cup rolled oats in a blender and put them on the "Blend" setting for three minutes. Move the ground oatmeal to a bowl, then add some water and a few drops of olive oil until it becomes a paste. Use it on your skin as you would any other cleansing ...

Healthy looking skin is a must have during summer time. In Summer we need to take extra care of our skin because we frequently go in sun. So, we must take proper care of our skin as well. I am writing below few easy to do Home Remedies to protect and make your skin look more glowing and healthy. HOME REMEDIES for GLOWING and HEALTHY SKIN: Potato Method: Grate a potato and take a thin piece of cloth. Lie down and place the cloth on the face. On the cloth, place the grated potato. Spread the grated potato in such a manner that it spreads all over the face evenly. Leave it on for 20 minutes. This is also a good home remedy for white heads and to improve the complexion of the skin. You can spread the potato grating on eyes also. This will remove the dark circles around the eyes.  Cucumber Method:  Cut the cucumber in pieces and apply it on your face. Cucumber will lighten the skin color. Being a good coolant, it will relax your face and eyes. During summer this will ...

Lips Care in Summer: Home Remedies for dry, rough, and spotted lips. Rose petals with milk: If your lips have become dry and rough you can cure them  easily. Mix rose petals and milk together.  Apply the mix on your lips regularly to get a soft and  smooth feeling. Beetroot Juice: Using beetroot (Chukandar) juice on your lips regularly  will help you to get soft and pink lips. This will also help  you to remove dark marks on your lips. Sugar and Honey method: First mix a bit of white sugar/brown sugar and honey  together. Then pour olive oil and a little of lime  or lemon juice to make a mixture.  Scrub in circular motion.  Wash off with warm water, dry.  Apply good lip balm, or even better apply vitamin E to lips. Almond and Milk Treatment:  Take almonds, butter, and milk to make a paste. After you wash your lips,  apply this mixture  and let it stay on your lips for at least one hour.  Continue...

Exfoliate the dead skin on your lips . You can mix a little gram flour, honey and sugar together until the sugar crystals have dissolved slightly. You can then gently scrub your lips with this paste in order to get rid of any dead skin.  Make sure that you apply a little petroleum jelly to your lips once you have rinsed your lips as this will work as an effective winter moisturizer that will prevent your lips from drying. Mix one teaspoon of milk with few drops of lemon juice . keep the mixture in the fridge for an hour then apply before going into the bed ,not only on lips but also around the lips. In just three days you will get long lasting result. Mix glycerine with rose water . Apply the mixture on  lips before going to the bed. Coconut oil is very effective in treating chapped lips . Simply apply small amount of oil on your lips several times daily.  Aloe Vera is an amazing healing agent for our skin. Put a small amount of Aloe Vera gel on your lips dail...

 Look good in 2012 !!! Let's try to look good in this year and be what you are and what you deserve .   Exercise: Setting up a goal and exercising daily even for few minutes. Not only keeps you active, it also burns calories. You can start from 15 minutes and keep increasing day by day. If you start from heavy exercise and do it for an hour on the first day. You'll obviously get tired very soon, this will make you fed up within few days. Avoid Fast Food : Another great thing you can do if you are planning to stay healthy and loose weight is to replace all fast food with Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Avoid Quick Meals: The biggest mistake most of us do in our busy routine is to go with the quick Frozen or Canned meals . Get some time out from your busy schedule to actually prepare something healthy for yourself. Get More Sleep: Yes, that's true :) We actually burn calories while sleeping, that's why we are always told to get good breakfast .  Don...