This is the one of the most amazing diys that I have ever done. Its natural and should normally last till the shelf life of these respective ingredients.

Something to keep in mind though is that not all natural ingredients could be suitable for every skin type. Everyone has different skin type and sensitivity levels, so try on a small area first.

Ingredients:

1/2 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp cinnamon powder
3/4 tbsp cocoa powder. 100% cacao is the best thing to use.
(I have even tried making with coffee and it works too!)
Note: Measures are not exact, so try and work around your skin tone.

Here is the video on me making this bronzer and demo.

Optional Ad ons:

Nutmeg powder if added can give a sunkissed brown shade.
You could even add hibiscus powder for a pinkish hue add on.
Few drops of your favorite essential oil or body lotion could actually bind it all together.

If you want to make bronzer for dark skin, you might want to use more cocoa powder. For more match to lighter skin use more cinnamon powder. For olive skin tone, I love to use both cinnamon and cocoa powder almost in the same ratio.

Recipe:

With cornstarch as your base, add other ingredients and mix well. And this is ready to use.
Store in a clean airtight container.

Thats it! So easy and works perfectly. Hope you make it and let me know how it turns out. If you have any queries you could leave it in the comment box down below.

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Arabian Depilatory wax or Sugaring or Persian wax is an easy diy and is all Natural. I am totally in love with it! It has certainly taken few trial and errors but has been so much worthit! So, I am really excited to be sharing this video and blog on making 'sugar wax at home' and actual 'demo' with you.

Its been a while since I posted in the Hair section of my blog. Those of you who watch my youtube videos or are following me on any social media know that I am absolutely like an hair addict. This does not mean I am a pro at hairdos and all but rather that I like to do things to my hair as I have like fine and the least manageable hair (at least in my opinion, and yes I am sure of that!). That is why I love all the things that I could do haha! and love it even more if these things come out to be easy and natural recipes.

I still cannot believe how I skipped blogging about this DIY Sea Salt Spray I made, when its so quick and easy to do and has amazing results.

Its literally just two ingredients, water and salt! Yes, thats about it.

I used 1/4 cup of warm water and 1 tsp sea salt. Put both these ingredients in a spray bottle. Give it a good shake. You could also use hair gel for extra hold (optional). Spray it on your hair.

From here keep scrunching your hair or twist it into a bun (recommended if your hair refuses to go into curls easily). Both ways you should end up with lovely beach waves within an hour. For drying either go overnight (this will give tight curls) or for waves that I love, I simply let it in buns for half an hour. While you are letting it sit in buns, you could even use blowdry to speed up the drying process. After about half an hour I open up the buns and sit in front of a fan and keep scrunching my hair for next 15-20 mins (whatever time your hair takes to dry).

Watch my full video tutorial here:



Hope you enjoyed! Let me know  in the comments if you would want to recreate it.

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Hello in this Spring

I am back in the States after a lovely trip to India. After official announcement of spring last week,  it is now that my city is starting to experience pleasant and warm weather vibes.

With spring approaching, I was looking out for a mild mist to go on with me full day. It was during this hunt that I tried a tester of this body mist in a CVS store and fell in love. Essense of Beauty is a CVS brand and they have various fragrances. I picked up 'FOREVER PARIS' fine fragrance body mist. 

I am so far liking the product in terms of the flowery fruity smell and that it lasts. I could smell the fragrance even after 4-5 hours. This is more than what I expected out of the product.

Forever Paris by essence of beauty

I definitely smell some Romance, that is what the word Paris stands for me. There is a smell of decadent Parisian roses, tulips and notes of strawberry that is evident. Essence of Beauty describes the scent as being delicate, light with lasting fragrance that is soothing to skin. And that is how even I would go about describing it. 

I have read some reviews stating that The Body Shop mists are better off and that the smell is similar to their Paris Amour fine fragrance mist. Personally I have not yet tried it. If anyone of you have tried, comment below telling me if  it is similar or better. 

I got a 2 oz bottle for myself. It comes topped with a spritz pump. It is also available in other sizes. 

Price and Sizes:
$6.99 for 8 oz., 3 for $ 15.00, $ 2.99 for 2 oz., 2 for $ 5.00

Also Available online at CVS website.

Ingredients:

Pros:
Light and refreshing fragrance
Love that it has some natural oils and juices.
Not tested on animals
Available in travel size 
Could smell its traces even after half a day
Easy to apply spritz bottle
Its Pink! the colour 

Cons:
It lasts but is most fragrant only till about one hour of application. It could be slightly smelled even after hours.

I would recommend buying the product this season. Happy Spring!

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Hello my Loves!

Hope you all had a happy Hallows' Eve. I personally had a blast and enjoyed myself. I took up the Disney's Jasmine look for the eve. You can check out my look at My Instagram or My Youtube.


Photo: Homemade Hair Mask

I wanted to post about this recipe ever since I tried it the first time. But, I wanted to be sure of the results before I post my review. Now that I have tried it twice, and I am really happy for my results, I felt like sharing it. Home masks are so good. One thing I can say about them is that the hair feels strong, shiny and definitely healthy after that. I have even bought a herbal Hair Mask with Lemon by Dabur Vatika. Let me know in the comment box below if you would like me to write a review on that.

Recipe.

2 Eggs White
A tablespoon Acacia Concinna powder (Shikakai)
Few Lemon drops
2 teaspoon Yogurt

If you don't have Shikakai, you can even add Hibiscus Powder, that will help you with the application by making this preparation dense. Shikakai is a natural conditioner so I definitely recommend you to buy it. You could get them on Asian Stores (if you are in US or out of India), or you could buy it on Amazon Health.

Mix all the ingredients well. Apply and leave for 30 minutes. Wash off and shampoo.
My hair felt soft and shiny.
If you happen to try it let me know how it was for you.

Tips: 

Use once a week for deep conditioning treatment.
Skip any ingredient that you know you are allergic to.
Skip Yogurt in winters.

This is not a sponsored post. I am always looking out for more healthy ways to Hair, especially because I have fine, wavy and sensitive Hair that require extra care.

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Hello beauties,

I have been enjoying short trips this Fall and it is totally gorgeous near Boston here in United States. Today, I want to talk something about a major issue that all of us experience - it is the Split Ends. I have my friends asking me all the time on this as I have not had them since many years now. Yes! I know its exciting and I thought of blogging about my very simple techniques that favored me in preventing them. It is not something out of the world but still conscious efforts are required to make it a habit.

It is not like I never had them, infact I had them a lot during my teens and even in early twenties. But thankfully I do not get them now, I would say almost gone. It was last year that I realized that oh! yes I do not have split ends, when a friend pointed out. So, I had to think hard and recall what difference I had made to my hair care regime that actually helped me with the results. I have had them as a habit since then and do it consciously. And it is very simple and all natural products.  I hope like it helped me, it would help all those who are facing this problem.


So, here are the few simple ways:

1. Be gentle to your hair

Your hair is the weakest at its ends. Never use anything harsh on it be it rubbing with towel or intense combing.

Just soak excess water with towel or even better with a T-shirt but be gentle, but do not rub.

2. Hydrate
I make a point that my ends are properly hydrated.

I like to put just a pea size amount of coconut oil, rub it between my palms and evenly distribute towards end of my hair after I wash my hair and hair is still damp. This locks in moisture for long.
Whenever I notice my hair is dry again, I would simply put some water or again oil over my ends. And trust me your hair is too dry at the ends so no one would even notice you have oil on. But of-course do not put loads on when you go out, just a pea size amount should do the trick.

Keep drinking water - I can not stress this enough. This helps from inside out and your hair remains hydrated and it can withstand any toughness that it faces from the environment.

3. Go for a trim
If you already have split ends, in my opinion first you really need to trim them off as a treatment girlies. And both the above steps should take care of preventing split ends.

If you have any other tips and tricks for preventing split ends, I would love to hear. Also if you happen

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to try these methods as a routine for some months, do come back and tell me how was your experience with it.

Alright girlies


As per the personal experience I was more happy with the conditioner. I found out the ends of my hair where I applied the conditioner to be a little more shiny that usual after the wash compared to the rest where I did not that much. You can checkout the pictures and even there I could see it was somewhat evident. I simply let my hair air dry and took these pictures.



Photo: Hair after using the shampoo and conditioner - felt soft and shiny.

For the shampoo, it felt amazing on my hair while washing and could feel that it is a natural shampoo. I feel that our hair thank us and that is evident the very moment we indulge in working the shampoo in our hair scalp. I would again want to stress upon a point which I made in my previous blog that not all shampoos are meant for your hair type and this even includes the natural shampoo. I remember an year back I tried a natural shampoo and moment I went lathering it into my hair I felt it was drying out my hair and they felt rough. We need to be aware of the type of hair we have and accordingly chose.

This shampoo felt good this point of time but still I would want to try more of it the coming weeks so that I can share more elaborated review. You can definately try them as staying closest possible to nature is always good.


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You can read more about my hair issues and how my current regular moisture shampoo is helping me deal with it in another post here:  http://ssilkydhillon.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-girl-with-hair-issues.html

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