Eating to detox

We normally think of our daily routines and stick to them, we take 3 meals in a day and what we usually forget is exactly what we need to remember. We forget talking to our bodies and catering to its needs. For example you have been eating the same food for a while and you have stuck to this food routine for years but understand as we grow up our bodies requirements will change almost every 5 years, depending on our daily activities.

I have been staying our of my house for over 6 years now and I have been regularly eating out. I eat the same curries and maida rotis. But apart from a few stomach troubles I have never had any issue. Its only since 2 days that I am realizing that my digestive system needs a break too. Not only because I have been eating out but it is tired of all the amount of food I have had.

My food routine for today was -

11 am - soya milk
2 pm - Idli and fresh lime soda
9 pm - normal dinner (chapati and curry)

This is what I will follow for the nest 2-3 days.

Now you need not do this like me but understand we all need to detox so keep it easier on food and more on juices and milk. Try eating only one full meal, trust me your body feels awesome. It will feel totally fresh and clean. Again when you start eating at a normal pace it will be more ready to digest it.

Taking care of your body is always in style

Happy Styling!

Keeping festive weight at Bay

Ganapati festival is starting tomorrow and I am sure all of you have lots of invitations like me, you might have to visit relatives, friends, fiends of friends and what not. You can't stay off the sweets and increasing an extra kilo is a real no for all of us so here are a few simple tips to fight it out.

• Water

Drink as much warm water as you can, especially empty stomached in the morning and just before going to sleep. It will help you cut on the extra fat that your body might have started to store

• Sweetless

Go sweetless at home, since already sweet intake has gone up because of the festival, cut down on your chocolates and biscuits.

• Wheatgrass

Try drinking natural wheat grass juice it will remove all the toxins that you have assimilated either through overeating or even with a change in sleeping pattern. You could even take ready made wheat grass juice

• Fruits

Make fruits your company for these few days, so that the energy level in your body does not go down even if the sugar level does. It will give you ample sugar and help your skin to glow

• Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera needs to be consumed to keep any skin issues at bay that might lead to making your skin oily or any kind of pimples that might attack you, keep taking Aloe Vera juice in small portions or you can rub the gel on your body to get a natural glow

Anamika Khanna Bridal Collection

Anamika Khanna has showcased her designs in various fashion shows, she has caught my mind always. I have liked her deigns and the fusion that she creates in each of her outfits shows her creativity to stick to values and yet be modern at the same time. Here are my best picks from her collection

Though I don't feel that the color to be very bridal but I like the style, I like the dull gold work in the skirt which is very unusual and yet manages to catch the eye.

rating - 7/10

I wonder if any bride would like to endorse this kind of a garment for her wedding but I love the cloak if a woman can wear it, it would indeed create a style statement.

rating - 8/10

I love black and gold and if and looking at the current trend it seems I am definitely going to own something in this style, a very long kurta that touches the gorund.

rating - 9/10

Happy Styling!

You can find her stuff at
http://www.perniaspopupshop.com/designers-1/anamika-khanna
https://fashion.getit.in/anamika-khanna
http://www.bigindianwedding.com/ExpertGallery/Anamika-Khanna/

MAKING YOUR OWN JOJOBA CONDITIONER

How exciting it will be ti be able to create your own range of shampoos, conditioners, lotions and soaps. I am going to give you the secret on this blog on how to create your own range of products.

Ingredients

• Rose water (250 ml)
• Jojoba Oil (15ml)
• Vitamin E oil  10 drops

Method

• Put the rose water in a double boiler and add jojoba oil
• Put this mixture into a blender container
• Put the Vitamin E oil in the blender container
• Blend at a very high speed for at least 2 mins

How to Use

• Wet hair with warm water
• Massage this oil on your scalp and for better conditioning leave it for some time
• Rinse thoroughly
• Use a gentle shampoo to clean your hair and rinse again

Now you have super conditioned hair made by your own conditioner at home

Stay beautiful

Get The Perfect Skin with Homemade Packs

We all have our Skin woes and it totally depends on the constituents of the skin and its moisture content.
We have hundreds of beauty remedies hidden in our kitchens and we are just too ignorant sometimes to find it out. Infact there are different ingredients used only for different skin types and in specific remedies.

Here is we give you two face packs for Oily and Dry skin, the lucky ones with a normal skin can try any of them.

For Dry skin

• 1 tsp almond powder
• 1 tsp honey
• 2 drops lemon juice
• little milk
• glass bowl

Procedure

Mix almond powder, honey, lemon juice and milk in a bowl. When these are properly mixed you can apply this with your hand on your face and neck. Leave this pack for about 10 minutes. Take a little water in your hand and gently rub it off your skin. It will leave your skin clean and refreshed. You could also wash your face with milk after pack removal for best results.

For Oily skin

• 1 tsp Masoor Dal
• dried Orange peel 
• 1 tsp rose water
• 2 - 3 drops lemon juice
• glass bowl

Procedure

Churn Masoor Dal and dried Orange Peel in a mixer grinder. Mix this powder with rose water and lemon juice in a glass bowl. When these are properly mixed you can apply this with your hand on your face and neck. Leave this pack for about 10 minutes. Take a little water in your hand and gently rub it off your skin. It will leave your skin clean and refreshed. You could also wash your face with rose water after pack removal for best results.

Girlies, be beautiful

Happy Styling!

5 Foods to clear skin

We all know tropical summers and trouble it gives. We need to let our skin be as clear as in the other months of the year. We all apply face packs and face wash but forget that your body will radiate only what it has assimilated through food.

Here is a list of 5 summer friendly foods

• Aloe Vera

You may or may not know but Aloe Vera is one recipe for clear skin since centuries.

How to use

You can Rub Aloe Vera gel on your face.

You can drink the Aloe Vera Gel juice

You can knead the dough with the Aloe Vera Gel and trust me you wont even feel the difference

• Cucumber

Cucumber has great cooling characteristics and it can help all the heat flush out of your body.

How to use 

Eat as much as you can

Keep cucumber slice on your eyes to cool them

Use cucumber based skin products.

• Mint

Mint is another leaf which has various uses in the Indian Kitchen used as a coolant

How to use 

Eat as much in salads 

Drink homemade pana

Use mint based face packs

• Grapes

Grapes help you clear your skin and help to regulate your digestive system

How to use 

Eat as much you can raw

Drink plenty of Juice

Eat in the dried form as raisins for hemoglobin

• Neem

Neem has skin clearing characteristics since time immemorial

How to use

Drink neem juice

Try consuming it in various forms as possible

Use in face packs as much as possible 

Girlies try these methods and do let us know

Happy Styling!