Archive for March, 2009

29 MarColoring your Hair – Secrets of the Pros

Coloring Your Hair


Coloring your hair enhances your looks and confidence to carry yourself. Coloring your hair is perhaps the quickest and most dramatic way to change your look. It is also an excuse to go out and buy a new wardrobe of clothes. There are two types of hair dyes: permanent and semi-permanent, with variations of each. Permanent Tints- The peroxide opens the hair cuticle so that the tint can penetrate the cortex and form the color. The higher the level of peroxide, the quicker and lighter the result. Semi-Permanent Colors-Quasi-color contains ethanolamine and 3% peroxide which slightly opens the cuticle. This means that the color can last up to 20 washes and will softly fade as you shampoo, causing no regrowth problem.

Semi-permanent vegetable colors-It is similar to henna but it doesn’t coat the hair (adds shine though). This color sits on the hair’s surface and will wash out after about 8 shampoos. Red is the ultimate sexy shade, for color that cries out for attention. Hair holds on to red-toned pigments well, so going copper-top can be easy for most people. A good kind of shampoo to use is one that removes the pollutants of your hair. Do not conditioning and do not use a shampoo/conditioner mixtures available in single bottle. Conditioner will interfere with the dye bonding to your hair. To make your coloring to last longer, rinse your hair in lemon based solution immediately after dyeing. Protect and condition your hair and scalp regularly.

The hair should never be worn “done up” constantly. Another way to help prevent hair loss is to make sure that you don’t style it in a way that will influence it negatively. Scalp massage makes the hair grow and prevents many hair troubles. Scalp massage makes the hair grow and prevents many hair troubles. A five-minute finger-tip massage, night and morning, is the one ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure. The electrical massage by a professional (after a shampoo), the violet ray, and the rubber-disk vibrator are all excellent for the hair. Daily care of the scalp, massage and brushing, if persisted in when the disorder first appears, are very beneficial. A drop or two of rosemary will give a boost to darker hair, while chamomile oil will do wonders for lighter hair colors.

Hair Care Tips

1. Use regular hair rollers, winding hair loosely around them.

2. Avoid electric rollers, hot combs, and curling irons, or use these on a cool setting.

3. Always apply conditioner from the ears down – never condition the scalp.

4. Choose hair color that compliments your style.

5. Avoid pulling back your hair tightly.

6. Add iron and minerals in the natural form in your diet.

7. Apply a mixture of almond oil and gooseberry juice with finger tips on the scalp.

8. Egg white and curd is a good conditioner for hair.



26 MarHomemade Hair Spray – How to Make it

Homemade Hair Spray


Hair spray (or hair lacquer) is a common household aqueous solution that is used to keep hair stiff or in a certain style. Hair spray is used on hair once you are ready with a hairstyle. The function of hair spray is to hold the hairstyle. The hair sprays available in the market have chemicals in them. Some simple recipe for homemade hair spray and need is 1 Lemon or orange, 2 cups of water ,and 1 ounce of rubbing alcohol. Chop the lemon (or an orange for dry hair). Place in a pot with the water and boil until half of the initial amount remains. Cool, strain, and place in a spray bottle. Store in the refrigerator. To make a tropical mist for your hair you need 2 tablespoons of coconut milk and 6 tablespoons of water You need a spraybottle Put both ingredients together and shake and viola. Sugar-Oil hair spray- required to make this hair spray are 1-tablespoon sugar, one-cup hot purified water, one-tablespoon vodka (optional), and three to five drops of oil. In a pan add sugar and water.

Boil water and make it sure that the sugar dissolves in water. Add oil and vodka. Store the liquid in a cool and dry place. Unsweetened Vanilla- 1 pint Vodka and 1 Vanilla Bean – chopped. Cut vanilla bean into small pieces with kitchen shears directly into Vodka bottle. Let stand, shaking once a week for 3 weeks. Then use same amount called for in your recipe. You can add 1 T honey or sugar to make it sweeter. Other Hairspray- 1 T Sugar ,1/3 to 1 C hot water and 1/2 t oil of choice (I like lemon). Mix well and pour into spray bottle. Use sparingly at first. Less water for stronger spray. An effective hair care discipline involves cleansing, toning and conditioning routines.Chop one lemon (or an orange for dry hair). Place in a pot with 2 cups distilled water. Boil until half of the initial amount remains. Cool, strain, and place in a spray bottle. Store in the refrigerator.



26 MarSummer Hair Care Tips

Summer Hairstyle Tips


Summer is approaching, time to wear short hairstyles and pay special attention to your hair care, because the sun and humidity is the worst enemy of your hair’s cuticles, causing damage that results in split ends, dry hair, frizzy hair or brittle hair.

It’s just as important to take extra precaution in the summer’s sun as it is in the harsh winter’s frigid weather. Many people don’t realize that the sun dries out the hair and may leave it brittle if it’s not properly and regularly moisturized; remember, just because there’s humidity in the air, doesn’t mean there’s automatically moisture in your hair.

Wear hats to protect your hair from direct sunlight. Trendy sun hats and scarves are available on all leading stores so that you don’t need to sacrifice fashion.

If you are going to be swimming a lot, protect your hair from chlorine by combing conditioner into wet hair before jumping into the pool.

Mix eclipta alba, black sesame, dry emblica myrobalan and sugar candy in equal quantities. Take six grams in the morning on an empty stomach daily and drink 250 gm of milk over it. Take this treatment from one years, along with it take vegetarian food, and do not indulge in sex.

Use a quality conditioner with moisturizing ingredients to deep condition her hair on a weekly basis during the summer. Look for ingredients such as wheat germ, jojoba oil, coconut oil, silk amino acids, etc.

Use face powder. Put a little at the root of your hair before straying. If it is a serious problem, put the powder on heavily for 15 minutes wash completely, condition lightly, and style.

You might be having apple-cider vinegar and mayonnaise in your kitchen. They are use in so many different recipes. You should also know that they are also good for your hair too. Dilute one part of apple-cider vinegar to seven parts water and rinse your hair with it after you shampoo.

However, eschewing all shampoo is a bad idea. Some women have decided that shampoo isn’t ever healthy and choose to wash their hair with hot water, conditioner, baking soda, or vinegar rinses.

Dry for damaged hair; extra body for normal fine hair, etc. If you have fine, straight hair for example, be cautious with conditioners, they will weigh your hair down; for best results, condition only the ends. For curly hair use a moisturizing shampoo and a conditioner specially formulated for curly hair.

Conditioners are great because they will keep your hair in great shape and prevent it from tangling and frizzing. Intensive deep conditioners meanwhile should be applied once a week to treat hair from sun damage.

Wet your hair with natural water first, this will keep less salt or chlorine from being absorbed by the hair as it has already absorbed its fill. Immediately after swimming rinse the hair again with clean water. Never let your hair dry with pool chemicals or salt on it, which seriously attacks the fibre.

24 MarTop 5 Advantages of Liquid Eyeliner

Eyeliner Application


With so many different kinds of eyeliner available it can be a challenge to identify which ones to purchase and which ones to leave on the shelf. Powder-based and liquid eyeliners have varying results, depending on the person. Many people choose powdered eyeliners (and the related powdered cream eyeliners) because these products seems more familiar and subtle; they focus on the ease with which liquid eyeliner can be used in excess and assume that powders and creams are the way to go. Although powdered eyeliners may work for some individuals, this is not necessarily the case, of course, for everyone.

There are a number of advantages to choosing a liquid eyeliner instead of a powder-based option, not the least of which are the ease with which liquid eyeliners can be used and how easy it can be to customize your eyeliner application. The following are five reasons to choose liquid eyeliner, hopefully giving you something to think about the next time you are trying to decide between liquid and powder-based eyeliner.

Less Clumping

Using powder-based eyeliners can result in small clumps of the eyeliner forming along your eyelid, ruining the smooth effect that most eyeliner applications attempt to achieve. This is not necessarily a fault of powder-based eyeliners, as it is most often a result of excessive eye movements or an unsteady application. If eyeliner is used on a consistent basis, clumping may also result from small amounts collecting on the surface. This can be caused by the applicator itself. Liquid eyeliner, due to the fact that it’s liquid, does not clump, and therefore does not have this problem. A quality liquid eyeliner should flow as smoothly on the twentieth application as it did on the first.

Smooth Application

Applying liquid eyeliner is generally much easier than putting on powder-based eyeliners. This is because liquid eyeliner flows more naturally onto your eyelid and the surrounding skin than powder-based eyeliner. Applying powdered eyeliners, if you want to get an even application, generally requires the user to pull on their eyelid. Liquid eyeliner can be applied gently without pulling on the eyelid and still result in an even coating. Removing the tugging, pulling and maneuvering not only saves you work and prevents you from missing portions of your application, but it can also greatly reduce the chance of you smudging your eyeliner application while trying to get your fingers out of the way.

Waterproof Eyeliners

Several brands of liquid eyeliner provide waterproof coverage, something that is much harder to achieve with a powder-based eyeliner application. Not only does this mean that your eyeliner will be ruined by an unexpected rain shower, but waterproof coverage also helps the eyeliner to stay in place when you are out under hot lights; or any other situation where small amounts of sweat could potentially ruin your makeup job. If this is a feature that you are looking for, make sure that the liquid eyeliner that you choose is waterproof. However, not all brands of liquid eyeliner will resist water, and you do not want to be given a false confidence by assuming that your brand has this feature when it does not. Take some time to read the fine print about the certain kind of eyeliner that you are interested in purchasing.

Bolder Colors

Many of the colors available for liquid eyeliners can make a sharper or bolder statement than similar powdered eyeliners. This does not mean that they will seem loud or out of place; liquid eyeliner colors simply tend to be more defined and give you many more options when it comes to expressing yourself through your makeup. While both liquid and powder eyeliners can be either subtle or obvious, powdered eyeliners achieve these states by either blending in with the skin that they are applied to or creating an obvious application through the use of color or layers of eyeliner. Liquid eyeliners instead allow you to have a subtle or obvious application by choosing from a wide variety of colors and application techniques, with the end result being smooth regardless of the option that you choose.

Easy Cleanup

Though many liquid eyeliners are waterproof or otherwise resistant to smudging, they generally come off quite readily when using makeup remover or in some cases even applying a soft but steady pressure to the area where the eyeliner is applied. As powdered eyeliner blends in with the skin it can take quite a bit of rubbing and removal in order to get it all off; liquid eyeliner on the other hand is generally designed to be removed as easily as it was applied. Because the liquid eyeliner will still remain moist even after it has been applied you also will not have to worry about bits of it flaking off and ending up all over your clothes before you can remove it.



23 MarHand Massage Therapy To Relieve Daily Stress

Hand Massage


Why do we need to turn to a hand massage evry once in a while? Our hands are one of the most abused parts of our bodies when we work. Whether you’re a typist, a clerk, an assembly line worker, or an executive, it’s inevitable for your hands not to take a beating day in and day out at work. Even the simple task of driving puts a big strain on our hands.

There are some simple techniques that you can do to ease the tension building up in your hand muscles and tendons. Sure, you can stop for a moment and give yourself a hand massage, but since you’re working with one hand to relieve the stress on another, it’s not as effective as being hand-massaged by a professional.

A hand massage would only take a few minutes of your time and would mean a lot, especially when your work involves repeated hand movements. To give someone else a soothing hand massage, first use good quality oil or lotion.

Next, gently spread the oil or lotion on the other person’s hand with light strokes. On the backside of the hand, use your thumbs and start from the center. Use outward strokes and move the thumbs from the center, outwards. Next, massage the tendons on the backside of the hand by pushing up in the direction of the wrist. Follow this with a rubbing of the wrist grooves.

Each of the fingers are then given gentle squeezes and are vigorously rotated by their joints to loosen the stiffness residing in the tendons. This will also provide flexibility and ease any soreness.

The next part of the hand massage is pulling the fingers to release any tension building up in them. Often, a hand massage professional will even wait for the popping sounds which mean a release of gases that build up in the joints and make hand movements difficult.

You can do tiny circular motions on the palm of the hand and finish off by holding the person’s wrist with one hand while sliding your other hand up and down his forearm. Do this several times. For more info see http://www.knowbodymassage.com/Articles/Hand_Massage.php on Hand Massage.

A hand massage works three ways: First, it improves the circulation. By doing so, we can perform better with our hands, especially if our work entails meticulous hand movements such as playing the piano or painting.

Next, it enhances the flexibility of the wrist and the digits. A hand massage eliminates the stiffness in the fingers, and the gentle pulling of fingers helps make them more dexterous.



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