How to get glowing skin in one week.

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog!

So its wedding season here, so everybody needs to get perfect skin before that special day. Even if its not wedding season anywhere else, this might be helpful getting ready for a special occasion. It can be prom, farewell, graduation day, etc. So today, i am going to share my thoughts on how to get glowing skin in one week before the special day.

1. Make sure that there is no acne or pimples. If you do have acne, then get treatment for it. Mix rose water to turmeric and apply the paste on the affected area overnight. Make sure to do this for the whole week except for the night before the special day, or your face will look yellow.

  Also toothpaste works for some people. But if you have very sensitive skin, avoid this. Avoid gel based toothpaste and stick to white creamy toothpaste.

If you are used to any acne fighting creams or gels, use them regularly.

 Use eye drops to reduce the redness.

2. To get radiance to skin, massage skin with cotton ball dipped in rose water twice daily. This will brighten you skin and make it look very radiant, fresh and awake.

 Also massage skin gently with aloe gel. Aloe gel is best known for its skin soothing properties and makes you skin feel really fresh.

3.  To remove any sun tan, use Fullers Earth(Multani mitti) as a face pack. Fullers earth has a property to fade away tan overtime and make you skin look brighter and fresh.

Rub half a lemon on your face regularly to make it brighter and glowing.

Rub half a tomato on the affected area to gently fade away the sun tan.

4. To get rid of dark circles, apply cucumber slices on your eyes for twenty minutes or even overnight. Cucumber is also known for its cooling and soothing properties.

Potato slices are also a great way to fade away dark circles. Keep the potato slices on your eyes for 15-20 minutes before you tone your face.


Tea bags are another way to sooth the area under the eyes. After you use a tea bag for drinking, store it in the fridge overnight and apply it on the eyes for 20-30 minutes to reduce puffiness and redness.

Tea bags can also be massaged on the face regularly in circular motions gently. This will make you skin smooth and glowing. It also has cleansing properties.

Place two spoons in the freezer overnight and in the morning, place the inner curve on your eyes for 10 seconds and the outer curves right underneath the eyes to get rid of puffiness.

5. Exfoliate you skin to make it soft. Make a coffee scrub. This will tighten you skin and make it surprisingly soft. Also you can use your normal  exfoliater or face scrub two-three times a week.

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Make a face pack with honey and turmeric and apply on face for 15 mins and wash off. Your skin will instantly feel glowing and bright.

Make a soothing face pack with honey and rose water. This will make you skin super soft and radiant.

If you have dry skin, then use milk instead of rose water.

Honey is best known for its property to attract moisture which moisturizes you skin and makes it soft, while rose water gives radiance/milk gives a subtle glow to skin.

 Use collagen masks to maintain the elasticity of skin.

I say this in almost all my blogs. Drink lots and lots of water. You must be thinking why, but trust me guys, keeping yourself hydrated by drinking water can almost solve 80% of the beauty problems that you have. 

Follow a good regime of cleanse, tone and moisturize and visit the parlor/salon once in a while to get pampered.

Spend some time and money pampering your skin, because if you can spend money on clothes and holidays, then you must give some time to your face which you have to keep for a lifetime.

Never skip your sunscreen because the sun shows the first signs of ageing, like wrinkles, dark spots, pigmentation,etc. So Always use a broad spectrum sunscreen 20 mins before sun exposure. I recommend spf 30 and above.

If you want healthy skin and life: you must quit smoking and alcohol. They are not only harmful for skin, but for life as well. They cause hair fall, dark spots, pigmentation, lip darkening, and so many lung related problems, SO quit smoking and alcohol. not just for healthy skin, but for life. 

Eat healthy food. Make sure that you are getting the right amounts of proteins. vitamins and nutrients.

One last point, make sure that you remove your makeup at the end of the day, because all the care and pampering you give to your skin would be wasted overnight if you sleep with makeup on. So please make time to remove makeup every night no matter how tired you are.

Hope you found the blog helpful, If you did please share it with your friends and stay tuned  with my blog.

I will see you guys soon, Until then i hope you are all doing good

Take care

Bye

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Bridal Makeup Tips and Makeup Essentials.

Hi Everyone! Welcome to blog!
So, its bridal season here in the south, and every bride wants to look her best, because it is a very special day in her life. So, i have been doing a little bit of bridal makeup recently...so i thought that it would be the best to share with you guys some tips and makeup essentials so that you can look perfect on your wedding.

Makeup Tips

1. Always choose the right shade of foundation. Never go for lighter or darker shades because it may reflect back light and does not look good in the pictures. Also, your face will look in a different color from the rest of your body,which is not what we want on our wedding.

2. Do not apply too much blush, From the name itself  you can say that blush is something that has to be subtle or subdued. Always go for soft colors. I think peach would make the best color for any skin tone, but if you have sightly darker skin tone, you can go for a little bright pink or a darker peach. Try to match the color of you blush to the outfit. I don't mean to say wear green or blue blush....:P, but what i mean is do not go for an orange blush of you are wearing a pink dress.

3. Don't go overboard with highlighters as they can make your face look too shiny, and also avoid white highlighters. Instead opt for the ones with warm/yellow undertones. They look great.

4. Make sure that your eyebrows are well groomed, because eyebrows frame your face and face looks dull when they are not groomed well.

5. Opt for matte lipstick or creamy lipsticks and try to stay away from the gloss as much as possible.

Makeup Essentials

1. Always carry your compact with you at all times for touch ups, because you are going to be taking lots of photos and you don't wanna look shiny.

2. Stick to water-proof makeup as much as possible, especially the eye makeup, Just in case you get emotional.

3. Carry blotting sheets/tissue papers to blot any oil/sebum or sweat that formed overtime rather than directly applying powder.

4. Always carry some Q-tips with you in a box and keep it beside at all times. If you have any mascara smudge or lipstick smudge you can clear it out with the Q-tip or an ear-bud.

 Mascara can be removed with a Q-tip with ease once its dry rather than when freshly applied.

5. Keep a makeup remover handy while applying makeup, just in case if you have applied excess you can always remove it all and apply it freshly. Also it is very important to remove makeup at the end of the  day if you don't want to wake up with breakouts and acne.
Its best to get the bi-phased ones with oil and water which are meant for the eye and lip, can also be used on the face.

General Tips/Pre wedding skin care

*Make sure that you are taking care of you skin. Have a healthy skin care regime and never skip it. 

*Make sure to drink a lots and lots of water to keep yourself hydrated.

* Most of the time its a midnight wedding in the south India, so make it a point to regularly apply your under eye cream. Otherwise you will look very dull and tired on your wedding day with over puffed eyes. Dark circles can be covered with a concealer but puffiness cannot be covered. You can also get soothing under eye-patches that work wonders overnight.

 * Make sure to cleanse, tone and moisturize everyday, and before moisturizing show some extra love by using a serum that works for skin type. Serum is basically formulated with heavy-duty benefits for face. They will intensify the strength of your regime.

* Take good care of your diet, eats lots of fruits and veggies, which will also benefit your hair growth.

* Oil your hair regularly and give the right amount of conditioning.

Make sure that you check my posts on how to make makeup last longer which might be helpful.

How to Make Foundation Last Longer.

How to Make Lipstick Last Longer.

How to Make Eye-Makeup Last Longer

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So, this was just a small quick blog for the brides out there. Its wedding season in south India, If its not anywhere else in the country or world, then you should probably share this with someone who is going to get married or you can follow these steps on your wedding day or any other special occasion.

Hope you found this blog helpful, if you did please share it on Facebook, twitter and G+

I will see you guys soon, until then i hope you are all doing well.

Bye

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How to make makeup last longer: Lipstick.

Hi Everyone!

So it feels really embarrassing  when you put on lipstick and it transfers to your wine glass and other people's cheeks. So i am going to share my thoughts on how to make it last longer and transfer proof.

So start off by exfoliating your lips. Take a bit of petroleum jelly or lip balm onto a tooth brush and gently rub over your lips. Doing so will remove any layers peeling off and make your lips soft and also make them look fuller. Leave the lip balm/petroleum jelly for about 10 minutes and then wipe off with tissue.

Apply a lip primer/ or dab a bit of foundation or concealer on your lips.

Priming your lips is an important step. This will fill in the lines and create a smooth base for lipstick and make it last longer.

Next, Line your lips with a lip liner. Doing so will prevent the color from bleeding, especially when you wear dark colors, lip liner is a  must. Use a shade closest to your lipstick or to the natural color of lips and line you lips.

After lining your lips, fill them in using a lip brush or your fingers.

Then apply your favorite lipstick.

To make your lipstick last longer, blot it with a tissue and re-apply it.

Repeat this step.

It will make your lipstick last longer. TO make it transfer proof, take a piece of tissue and place it on your lips, take a powder brush and dust some powder  over your lips.

This is also a great way to turn creamy or glossy lipstick into matte ones.

You can apply lipstick over this once again to get the glossy effect.

Take a powder brush and dust some powder along the edges of lips to prevent any further bleeding.

You can also apply a lip gloss of you want a more glossy effect. But do not go overboard.

Less is More when it comes to gloss, especially on dark lips.

And viola, transfer-proof and long-lasting lipstick for the night.

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If there are any other tips that you know to make lipsticks last longer, do let me know.