Sunday 12 July 2015

Goodness of Natural Oils #FirstLove

If you are a parent of a new born baby or if you are going to give birth to a new born baby, then this article is for you. Becoming a parent is one of the best happiness in the world, a smile of your small child makes you forget about every sorrows you have in your life. But becoming a parent is not everything, becoming a parent brings you a few responsibilities and out of which one of the major responsibility is taking care of your child's health. No parent can feel relaxed if they see even a drop of tear in their child's health.

As a parent we take a lot of care about our child from the food that we should feed to the child to the color of clothes that our child should wear. And the most important step towards taking care of our baby's health is done by every parent in the form of giving massage. Every mom gives a massage to her baby when the baby is very small. A massage is very important for a baby as it helps in the physical development of a child.

When a question is asked to every mother about which oil does she use to massage her baby, there will be a few names in the answers but the twist in the story arises when they are asked if the oil is natural or does it contains chemicals. There are many products available in the market which may contain chemical or may not contain. The ones which contain chemicals do promise that it will help the child's physical development to happen faster and many of the products even show the results, but they have a drawback that they may cause many skin problems to the baby in the younger part of his/her life.

Natural oils on the other hand give the same results and they do not even cause any future harms to the baby. Here are a few benefits of natural oils about how they help in the physical growth of your baby's body:

  • A small baby is born with more than 300 parts of bones, which further develop to for the 206 bones of our body. This process sometimes give a lot of pain to the baby. Almond extracts in natural oil act as a pain killer and also helps in nourishing the newly formed bones.
  • Olive extracts help for the development of a better digestive system.
  • They also contain the vital nutrients such as the vitamins and the minerals which provide a good skin to the baby.
  • They do not contain any chemicals, hence they avoid the future problems that can cause to your baby such as body rashes and skin darkening.
  • They help in improving the immune system of the body.
So the message is clear that you should use natural oils to massage a baby. If you are searching for a good natural oil then I will suggest you to buy Dabur Baby Massage Oil with Oilve and Almond. This is not for promotion but in fact I have a real life experience which has proved about its promising results. One of my neighbor Aarti gave birth to a baby boy about 8 months ago, she used normal oils such as coconut oil to massage him but there were no good signs of development in her son. I suggested her about this oil about two months back, and now she herself feels my suggestion was right. Her son is only 8 months and he has started crawling. Which I feel is something very good at this age.

Readers will be appreciated to share their experiences in the comments section.

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Natural Oils

Do you remember those days of your childhood when your mom used to massage your entire body with oil before sending you for a bath? Well, you were very small that time and you needed a lot of care which is taken for you by your mom. You mom used to hold you tight between her thighs and then she used to give you a toy to play in your hand and them when you started playing with it she used to gently lay you on her laps and give a comfortable oil massage on your entire body.

You were very small that time and you may have noticed what special types of oils she used while giving you a massage. Well, now you are grown up and may be you still take a body massage by going to a spa centre, but the oils which are put on you inside the spa are way different than what kinds if oils your mom used to massage you in your childhood. The oils which are used in the spa may contain a lot of chemicals and their final aim is to relax your body, but the oils which your mom used at that time were not only meant to relax you, but they were also meant to give your skin, bones and muscle a complete nourishment.

Those were natural oils and they contained almond and olive extracts in them. At that time you might not now what are the benefits of natural oils, but today in this article you will surely know about the benefits of those oils. Here are the benefits of natural oils that help for a better skin, bone and muscle development:

  • Natural oils contain vital vitamins and minerals which provide you a soft and fluffy skin.
  • The almond extracts act like an effective pain killer which minimizes the pains that is caused du to bone development in your body and nourishes the bones so that they are stronger from inside.
  • Natural oils do provide a better hair health, it does it by implanting proteins of keratin which help you to get stronger and longer hair in your future.
  • Natural oils do not contain any toxin as they are chemical free and instead they help your skin from absorbing toxin from the air.
  • Natural oils do help in improving the immune system of your body.
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Wednesday 8 July 2015

7 Hair care tips for silky and smooth hair

Inspiring from the articles on Reward Me, here is my second article for the category 'Hair care' where I will be sharing seven hair care tips for summer based on my personal experience. In a hot country like India, the summer season is something what your hair doesn't likes at all. And in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Chennai, summer days are experienced almost for the entire year.

Taking a proper care of your hair becomes very necessary in Summers. And the reason behind this is that this season can get your hair dry, rough and prone to sun damage. This can result as your hair becoming weaker day by day and you can even start losing your hair. And hence you need to take a proper care of your hair. I have shared some tips based on some internet research and personal experience which will help you to maintain your hair smooth and silky even in summers.

Natural Hair care tips for silky and smooth hair in summers:

Hair conditioner

Using a hair conditioner on every alternate days will help you fight all your hair problems in a lot better way.

Protect your hair by covering them.

It is advisable to avoid the direct contact of your hair with the hot sun rays. Use an umbrella or a hat with sunglasses to avoid their exposure to direct sun.

Hair Washing

Summer means a lot of sweat and oil extracts is going to get collected in your hair after a long day work. Washing your hair for just a few minutes will not help you. You should wash your hair very properly and gently for minimum 10 minutes with any shampoo that suits your hair.

Hot oil Massaging

Hot oil massaging is the best solution that can be done to avoid rough and dry hair in summers. Massage your hair using oils such as olive oil, coconut oil and almond oil. Try to take a massage at least once a day. 

Oily scalp treatment

If your scalp generally remains oily then you are going to face a lots of problems in summers, as this problem will not be in your control during the summers. I have a solution that requires not extra cosmetics, it can be prepared easily at home. This solution is to apply Apple Cider Vinegar Rinse after you are done washing your hair properly.

The method is very easy, all you need to do is take half cup of apple cider vinegar and add a little water to it. Mix it properly and then pour it on your head after you are done with washing your hair.

Hair Packs

Hair packs provide a lot of nourishment to your hair in summers. But you need to decide a hair pack based on the type of hair problem you have. I would suggest a protein hair pack by breaking an egg in a cup and then adding 3 teaspoons of lemon juice, mix it and apply it in your hair for around 30 minutes and then wash it in cold water using a shampoo.

Diet and water

Take a proper diet and consume a lot of water as water throws out all the toxins of your body in the form of the urine.


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Fighting pimples with simple home remedies.


I have read many articles about beauty on Reward Me, and inspiring from that here is my article to fight against acne using simple home remedies. Acne or pimples are one of the major concerns especially for teenagers, and in teenagers its a main topic of concern for the girls. Apart from teenagers, this problem also affects the adults, but the majorly it affects the teenagers.

Acne is a disease which generally occurs after the age of 13 to 14 years and its a disease where some red spots to appear on the faces of the victim. The general cause of acne is hormonal imbalances which occur during the age of adolescence. It is also genetically transmitted in some cases. But pimples on our face don't let us live properly, it creates many problems for us especially if you are a girl. It becomes difficult even to step out of the home with pimples and it is very important to prevent them.

Acne can be prevented by taking the following preventive measures:
  • Drinking a lot of water.
  • Avoiding oily foods.
  • Washing your face after coming from out.
  • Consuming a healthy diet.
These were the preventive measure through which you can prevent pimples but to get rid of them completely, you need to follow these home remedies:

1. Apply the juice of white carrot leaves.

The leaves of white carrots have the power to kill the toxins which give rise to pimples. It is recommended to apply at least four to five times a day. The juice of white carrot leaves will smell really horrible but you will have to bear with it. This treatment will remove all the pimples and clear the skin within 14 days.

2. Rub with peels of orange near the pimple.

Peels of orange can be rubbed on the part of the pimple, the juice which is released while rubbing kills the toxin. It is advisable to rub only the peels gently, don't try to rub them vigorously or directly apply the juice on the part of the pimple. The juice contains acetic acid, rubbing it more vigorously or directly applying the juice may result as a hole or dark spot on that portion of the face.

3. Rubbing boiled potatoes.

Boiled potatoes have the tendency to kill the toxin as well as fill the holes that have appeared on your face due to pimples.

4. Rubbing papaya or tomato.

Rubbing papaya or tomato provide vital proteins to cure the portion of the skin where there was a pimple.

5. Applying Fluid which is released from a raw papaya.

While cutting a raw papaya there is some white colored fluid which looks similar like milk coming out from the raw papaya. It is advisable to apply its purest form (without adding honey or milk) directly to the pimple. This will cure the problem of acne from the root, and acne will completely disappear from your face.

These were a few home remedies which can help you cure the pimples, I would really appreciate if the readers have got some better solutions and they share it in the comments section.

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Keratin Treatment: Pros and Cons

When it comes to hair, every woman loves to have a kind of hair which are smoother, silky, sleeker and easier to style. People use expensive cosmetics to get such results but those results don't last too long. The reason behind those products failing to last long is that they give some temporary results and you need to use them at regular intervals to keep the results alive. Well, that is not recommended as the cosmetics are too expensive and it applying them on regular intervals also has its own advantages and disadvantages.


To find a solution for it, salon professionals came up with a new treatment known as the Keratin treatment. I and a few friends of mine also decided to go for such treatment as we saw some good results with other colleagues working with me. The Keratin treatment was a little expensive but the results that we got were great compared to results from the cosmetics. As instructed by the salon professionals we used to take that treatment after every 12 weeks which were equal to 3 months. This continued for around 1.5 years and from last 12 months all of us started facing a few problems such as rashes on skin, red patches on the back, etc. We tried a few home remedies and we also consulted a skin specialist. That was in the month of March and April this year when there is summer in India. The skin specialist also said that this generally happens in this season and we avoided this problem thinking that it will end as the rainy season starts.

We waited for two long months and then there were rains in Mumbai in the month of June but even after two weeks of rains, we were still facing the same problems. We then consulted a better dermatologist and she scanned our routine, we told her about the Keratin treatment that we were taking from the last  20 months. She made a report of her observations and she instructed us to stop this treatment and she prescribed us with some skin medicines. By the month of July there were some good news as well as some bad news for us, the good news was that the skin problems had reduced by some great margin but on the other hand my hair started going rough and dry.

I was preparing to write an article for a contest organized by Blogadda and coincidentally I found this article on the Reward Me site of P&G. This article mentioned the pros and cons about Keratin Treatment and also explained about how formaldehyde is injurious to our health. The symptoms mentioned were exactly relating the same what problems I was facing. And at the end of the article there was a solution given to get smooth and silky hair by avoiding the Keratin Treatment. The solution given there was to apply Wella Professional Silk-Treat Straight service on my hair. I have been trying this product from last three days and I can say that the solution really worked for me. The results so far are really great, the roughness of my hair is no longer a problem for me as I got a health friendly solution to my problems.



I hope this post helps you, do share your hair caring solutions if you have one in the comments section.

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Tips to pamper stressed out skin.

Photographs are something everyone likes to take as memories at various occasions, but when it comes to take photographs without the make up, girls to try to stay far from the camera. This is something which happens almost with every second girl, we girls need to take a lot of care when the question comes to going out at some parties or family functions, meetings, etc. Without a proper make up it becomes difficult sometimes to show our faces to the world, this does not mean that we girls don't look beautiful, but still we take precautions before facing a camera.

I feel that the actresses who land on the red carpet of a ceremony are the lucky ones as they have a team along with them who take care of their beauty before they face any camera. But on the other hand we all are not that lucky to carry a few people along with us just to take care of our beauty. And if even a single black spot on our face gets captured in the camera, it is going to be in that image forever, and I don't think any person would like an ugly face as memories in a picture album.

Beauty of a girls face is never permanent, it may also differ to the lifestyle a girl is living in and the hormonal changes happening inside her body. Stress is something that every girl has to deal with in some or the other part of her life. And stress has a great effect on the beauty of a girl. A girl who is working for late at nights and not taking enough sleep will surely get her stress reflected on her face by getting dark circles near her eyes. Avoiding a proper diet meal due to stress can even result in loosing the glow of a girl's skin. On the other hand the menstrual cycle also plays a big role in maintaining a girl's beauty.
 
A few of my problems were solved after reading this article and taking a few tips from it. I have started practicing those tips from a week and I have got to observe these changes to on my face:
 
  • Skin has become more resistant to hot surfaces.
  • Dark spots have started to vanish.
  • Dryness level of the skin has gone down.
  • Skin has started glowing a lot.
  • Pimples on the face have reduced.
I would recommend my readers to try the beauty tips listed on this article and do share your experiences in the comments.
 
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#MaxFresh moves of Allu Arjun that can set any stage on fire.

Music is something that refreshes us, but the fun even gets better when some cool dance moves are performed with it. There are many situations in our life when we celebrate to enjoy the good moments of our life in a better and energizing way, such occasions are sometimes in a birthday party, wedding celebrations, success parties in our office, college fresher's party, the celebration during Ganesh chaturthi festivals, etc.

All such celebrations are enjoyable only when we forget about all our worries and start enjoying the happy moments by singing and dancing and perform some moves which can freshen up the moment.

Here I have a few moves of Allu Arjun from the video of Taazgi ka Dhamaka which can freshen up the celebrating moments of our life.:


Here are the 3 moves performed by Allu Arjun in the video which I liked the most:

Move #1:



This move of Allu Arjun where he is dancing with the people who have come to attend the wedding in the video can be used to freshen up the people after a wedding of our cousin, friend or relative is over and people are just having some good time chatting with each other and eating some snacks.

I was in such a situation where people are just sitting in a wedding and looking at each others face, I would probably tell someone to start the music and bring a few people on the stage or in the center and perform a few traditional moves of garba and get other people dancing. Looking at this a few more people would also join me and start enjoying the moments.

Move #2:


This is a kind of move that I will perform when we are celebrating some birthday party in our time or at the time of Ganesh Visarjan. The specialty of this move is that with this move you can get the elders of your family to enjoy wit the same energy as the other people in the party are enjoying. The elders of our family are generally those part of the party who sit in a corner and enjoy watching others.

My approach to them would be by performing a step in front of them in which they feel comfortable dancing and come in the center to enjoy the party with that energetic feeling which they used to have at the time when they were young. By doing this step it will b my responsibility that I can bring them back to their age of 20-30's so that they enjoy completely.

And when a senior of our family performs such steps in any occasions, surely the stage will set to fire with their energy and happiness on their faces.

Move #3:


This is a kind of move that can freshen up the moment at the time when you welcome Lord Ganesha to your home at the time of the Ganesh Chaturthi. We generally welcome the idol of Lord Ganesha to our home with big dhols and tasha played if we have a very high budget for the celebration, but incase if you have a low budget then you surely bring them with silence.

I think that money has not got anything to deal with the happiness of that moment and money can't stop us from celebrating the auspicious celebration. I would just play some Bollywood music loud on a my television and bring everyone in the center to enjoy the welcome of Lord Ganesha with a great energy.

Readers will be appreciated if they would like to share any moves that they liked in that video performed by Allu Arjun and Anushka Manchanda and how it can bring refreshing energy in some situation.

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Taazgi ka Dhamaka with my favorite music.

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Music is something which has a very great importance in our life. We wake up early in the morning and have a loads of work to do throughout the day, we prefer starting our day with some exercises and music to refresh ourselves and make ourselves feel a little energetic. Almost every third person reading this blog may have the habit of listening to music early in the morning, and if they don't have then surely they would have seen their parents or grandparents or neighbors doing it. No matter what music we prefer varying from religious songs or bhajans, Bollywood songs or English songs, but any kind of music we listen in the morning refreshes us and gives an energizing start for the day.

Here I have a video where the music of Anushka Manchanda and the moves of Allu Arjun have set the stage on fire in a boring wedding environment.

 
But in our practical  lives we can't have these celebrities coming up at our places, but we do have a favorite playlist that we play every time to refresh ourselves and fill some great energy in our life. Here is my playlist which gets me moving and gives me a Taazgi ka Dhamaka:

Kabhi Kabhi mere Dil me Khayal ata hai

 
 
This song by Mukesh is loved by three different generations in my family. My grandmother, my mother and by me. I do listen it once everyday.
 
 
Pani Da Rang by Ayushmann Khurana
 
 

 
This song from the movie Vicky Donor stands second in my playlist. One of the best Punjabi Songs I have heard till today.
 
 
Banjaarey
 

 
 
This song sung by Yo Yo Honey Singh is the only work I like made by him. The way the guitar is played in this movie is really awesome.
 
 
Mitti Di Khushboo
 

 

There are few songs listening to their lyrics you can guess the meaning of the song, but this song by Ayushmann Khurana has a great backgroung music which makes us feel the song. Hats off to the artists of this song.

Sooraj Dooba Hai Yaaro


This is one of the two best songs from the movie Roy who have won the hearts of millions of people who love or do not love Bollywood songs. The composition of this song is really great that it can be played in parties as well.

Tu hai ki nahi


This is the second song from the same movie Roy which is my favorite. I specially like the whistle tune of this song.

Hosanna


This song by A. R. Rahman is the most romantic composition by him. I love the music of this song.


Zindagi Aa Rahaan Hoon Main

 

This is one of the best albums of Atif Aslam. And the moves of Tiger Shroff are really great. Hats off to both the guys.

Jeena Jeena

This is another great song by Atif Aslam. It has a loving melody.

These were a few songs that I listen to refresh myself. I would really appreciate if the readers share their playlists in the comments section.