Monthly Archives: November 2014
HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF HAPPY: 6 SIMPLE WAYS
6 ways to be happy
1. Understand your dreams
It is most important to recognize yourself, your potential and your dreams. You have to think what you want to become and what you enjoy doing the most. There may be huge pressure on you from your parents and peers, but you need to overcome that pressure. Choose your desired path and channelize your energy in the right direction.
Don’t start doing anything for the sake of others. It’s your life and you have to be in commanding position all the time.
You have to be strict and communicative while convincing others about your decisions.
Last word – Make a goal keeping in view your interest, competency and potential.
2. Stop over thinking
When you think about starting anything new and unconventional, your mind starts processing as a whirlwind. Many questions arise in your mind and start puzzling you. You think about your friends and family members reactions. What if you don’t succeed in your new venture? What will you answer to the people? It is called over thinking syndrome; and it’s a big hindrance in the way of fulfilling your dream.
If you are not confident of your success then what about others. When you see the background of Brad Pitt, Michael Jordan, Aishwarya Rai and Nelson Mandela, these personalities never looked behind, once they decided to go ahead.
Go ahead with strong determination and enthusiasm in your life. Don’t bother about others
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3. Let bygones be bygones
Many opportunities and breaks might have come in your earlier life, but you had not grabbed it. You are not the first person who missed the chance, just read the biography of well-known personalities. All have mentioned their past failures. You have to learn from them, how they made a comeback with strong impacts. Failure is the beginning of any success.
So, get over your past failures and move ahead with a new beginning.
4. Education is not an excuse
You may not have excellent academic records. There might be several reasons behind this, ranging from your lack of interest in studying to your poor financial background.
Undoubtedly, education is the most important part of your life, however; it can’t be an excuse for you, not being successful in life.
Mark Zuckerberg to Sachin Tendulkar to Oprah Winfrey, all was school dropouts, but they were very practical, focused and determined towards their goal. If you have skills and proper strategy, education can’t come as a big barricade in your way to success. There are many professional and academic courses where age is not a concern. So, if you think you need some higher studies, you can start today itself.
As someone says” where there is a will there is away”.
5. Stop blaming
Maximum people think that they didn’t get support from family or friends. I firmly believe, everyone gets equal opportunities in their life to become successful. It is true that everyone has a different family background and financial situation. If you accept this reality and move on to fulfill your dreams with a killer instinct, you will get over this easily.
When you see the successful people like Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, they all had the zeal to prove themselves. They all fought against the adverse situation and won. They accepted the harsh reality of life as a challenge and changed the adverse situation in a favorable environment.
It takes time to get recognition but your strong believe in your skills and knowledge will make your presence felt in this world.
6) Avoid comparing:-
World is diversified. Every country has different races, languages, religions and cultures. Besides this, every one has different mind and different physical abilities. No human being is like the other. So it is completely irrational to compare yourself with others and having an inferiority complex. It affects your way to approach with others and your happiness. It only weakens your confidence and hampers your success.
No can make you feel inferior without your consent.
You too can make your presence felt all around the world, if you follow these 6 ways to be happy in life. All successful personalities who crossed these 6 barriers in their lives become path makers for us.
Beauty parlor is a waste of time and money
by: Rashmikhushbu
When I say, Beauty salon is “A Waste Of Time And Money”, It sounds weird, puzzling and certainly raising your eyebrows.
When we take a look of ancient times, there are thousands of books available in different languages. But, we never see any artificial beauty products being used at that time. Let us go back to 1950th century of Hollywood and Bollywood. We don’t see the use of parlors and artificial products. Even, we don’t see the use of branded products, spa, saloon and parlor.
Let me recall you a few names Marilyn Munro, Madhubala and Ava Gardner. They all are still enthralling and mesmerizing us with their natural beauties.
Why I am saying that “beauty parlors are useless”? Yes, i agree, it gives you an artificial temporary beauty. These days, saloons are opened as mushroom and maximum parlors don’t have the knowledge and skills. Even, they are not a dermatologist who could find out the reasons behind pimples, black spot.They don’t have the knowledge to understand about your skin type. Whether it’s oily, dry or normal. They don’t care about hygiene and sanitation.
Then, why we go to the parlor? It is an utter waste of time and money. All beauty therapies easily you can do at your home. Now, let me share with you, how you can do all beauty treatments at home, step by step.
Here are top 7 beauty treatments with natural products:
SEE ALSO: 6 AMAZING BEAUTY TIPS WITH TURMERIC
1) Face scrub
Our environment is highly polluted and it affects adversely on our skin. When we talk about the beauty, then face comes first in our Mind which is the most influential part of our personality. We usually use artificial face wash for cleaning, which contains chemicals and in a long term creates problems for us. We should use natural easily available home made scrub, which doesn’t contain chemicals.
a) Take two tsp. oats, two tsp. honey and one tsp. orange peel powder.
Mix it and massage on your face gently for 6 to 10 minutes. Splash the normal water on your face. It opens your closed pores and removes dead cells.
b) Take one tsp sugar and two to three tsp almond oil and scrub lightly from the upwards direction for 10 minutes and wash with water. It removes dust and old skins.
SEE ALSO: 5 HOME MADE BANANA SCRUBS
2) Face massage
After scrubbing, you need a face massage.
a) Take 1/4 banana, 1tsp honey and yoghurt. Massage softly in a circular way for 5 minutes; leave it another 5 minutes and after 10 minutes rinse with water.
b) One tsp. cucumber puree, two tsp. orange juice and mix it with 2 tsp. almond oil. Massage from upwards direction for 10 minutes and wash.
It will rejuvenate your skin and make your face flawless and radiant.
3) Pedicure and manicure
In any festive season, we get a long queue in beauty salon. If you try to do it by yourself, not a tough task; just need practice and zeal to learn.
a. If your nails are polished then use nail paint remover to make your nails clean, but don’t use high amounts of remover it makes your nail rough and weak.
b. If your nails are soft, then cut them before you soak. If it is hard, then do the opposite. Now immerse your cuticles in warm water for 10 minutes. After that, massage with almond oil.
c. Now, use a sugar scrub to massage your feet, legs, hands and arms.you can use flat pumice stone to clean your cracked heels.
Now, softly push the cuticles back away from the nails gently and trim the corners. Clean your nails with cotton and after 5 minutes polish your nails in two layers. When your nail paints are dried up, massage all around with almond or coconut oil. Now, you get a soft, clean and well shaped nails, feet, arms and legs.
4) Waxing
Waxing is not easy to do. It demands continuous practice. I firmly believe that only a well-known salon can wax smoothly and without scars.
Before waxing, don’t wash your skin. Just apply talc on the skin and softer wax will make your waxing easier and painless. Now heat your wax to a liquid, and keep it in that same way throughout the process. Use the thinner layer of wax in the direction of hair growth, and use strip immediately extended beyond the waxed area. After that, Zip-off strip in the opposite direction of hair growth. Just do it swiftly and only once. After waxing, don’t use water or any chemicals. Instead, put almond oil all around the wax area and continue it for the next few days.
SEE ALSO: 5 TIPS FOR A HEALTHY DIET WHICJ WILL MAKE YOUR SKIN CHARMING
5) Hair cutting and trimming
When you come out of a dressmaker or salon, you never get satisfied completely. Learning hair cutting is a complete practice. If you want to learn this art, first practice your scissors on an artificial wig. And then, try to apply this on a small kid.
So, first start from your home and get confidence; and keep practicing will make you a good hair stylist.
6) Highlighting and coloring
You should use Ritha, Aawla and Mehdi for a silky and strong hair. However, if you want artificial color, go to a cosmetics shop and buy a branded hair color or high lightening products. Just follow the instructions written on the brochure. Your zeal and Continuous practice make you a perfect beautician.
7) Body message
Massage has been used since ancient times for increasing blood circulation; making us relaxed and rejuvenating . It makes our immunity system strong. Body massage is also very helpful in curing diseases like arthritis, heart problem, itching and many more. If you are planning to get yourself the soothing treatment at home, you can use almond oil, coconut oil, Jojoba oil or olive oil. Even you can make a mixture of oils and put camphor in it for better result. Additionally, you can also put rose petals or rosemary petals in it for a good fragrance.
SEE ALSO: NATURAL SKIN CARE TIPS
If you start doing above all stuffs at home. It will be much healthier for your skin because you use natural home made products, which doesn’t have any side effects.
All these beauties remind us that beauty parlors are useless
If you learn all the above mentioned skills that mean you have got an occupation in hand which can make you a popular celebrity in your friend circle.
What do you think?
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Corn Salad recipe
Corn salad is a great source of nutrition for you. Doctors and dieticians also recommend you to include it in your daily diet. Biggest advantage of salad is the absence of calorie and fat in it. Water is abundant in salad which hydrates our body. It contains Vitamin C, protein, iron, Zink (and what not) to give you a healthy and fit body. You should never forget to include a corn salad in your diet.
Yesterday, I was thinking about making something new. Suddenly, one brilliant corn salad recipe came in my mind. I thought to give it a try.
I am sharing the recipe with you.
Corn Salad Ingredients
- Tomato
- Cucumber
- Sweet corn
- Red bell pepper
- Green bell pepper
- Yellow bell pepper
- Green chilly
- Mint leaves
- Black pepper powder
- Lettuce leaves
- Lemon juice
- Salt, as per your taste
- Chat masala
Corn Salad Recipe
1. Boil sweet corn in a bowl of salted water for few minutes. Leave it till it cool down and strain the water with a strainer.
2. Wash all the bell peppers properly; cut in small pieces and throw away the seeds.
3. Take few green chilies, tomatoes and cucumbers; wash them and cut in small pieces.
4. Now, mix all the above ingredients with sweet corn and lettuce leaves in big nice bowl.
5. Sprinkle salt and black pepper powder as per your taste.
6. Pour some drops of lemon juice on top of it.
7. Still not finished, sprinkle some chat masala in the bowl. Don’t overdo it, may spoil the taste.
8. Finally, garnish your wonderful salad with few mint leaves
Hey my corn salad is ready. Agree, it’s very simple but yummy and healthy too. I didn’t expect it to be so tasty. So, you too, can try it today. Why not?
If you know some more salad recipe, i am dying to know. Please share.
Waiting for your feedback?
5 amazing health benefits of Beetroot
Beetroot is a dark red coloured vegetable. It is called with different names red beet, beets, garden beet or golden beet. Beetroot looking attractive and juicy, it has also several health benefits. It contains carbohydrate as well as Protein, Sodium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Magnesium, Iron, Vitamin A/B/C, folic acid and antioxidants. Consumption of beets increases the level of Haemoglobin in your blood and also purifies your blood.
Read on to find out more about how Beetroot helps you maintain a healthy lifestyle!!
Makes more blood
Beetroot is a well-known fruit found in every parts of the world. Its ruby red color is useful in making blood cells in your body. Iron is found in abundant in beet root that makes your cells active and helps in their recreation. So, Beetroot is often advised to the patient suffering from Anemia and fatigue.
Enhances your stamina
Beetroot juice is very beneficial for your health. It strengthens your stamina. Taking the beet juice will make you feel less exhausted after hard work and workouts. As per research, daily consumption of beet juice can increase your workout time up to 16%. Nitrate found in the beet juice prevents excess oxygen consumption by your body. So, if you are a guy who wants to make body like Arnold, a glass full of Beetroot juice is a must for you.
In another research, two different persons were given two different juices before the workout. First person consumed some other juice and second person took beet juice. End result was in the favour of beet juice because it was much more effective during workout session. Furthermore, it was helpful in controlling the blood pressure after the workout.
Beets juice helps in widening your veins and makes your blood circulation fast. That helps you in feeling more energetic.
Manages blood pressure
Beet contains Nitrate which helps you in lowering your blood pressure. In this way it also helps you in keeping check on heart disease.
Good for your skin and eyes
Beet is also helpful for your skin and eyes. Since it contains irons and so many vitamins, taking a glassful of beet juice will make your skin soft, pink and radiant. You can also use grated beetroot in your normal facemask to make it healthier.
Cure for diseases
Beet root juice is also said to be helpful in curing Jaundice, Hepatitis and vomiting. Its regular use can keep various diseases like piles and constipation at bay. Beet root’s biggest benefit lies in the fact that it contains very less calorie. So, you will not put on weight even if you consume it in excess amount. According to a research it’s a natural treatment for cancer. Doctor advice pregnant woman for taking some amount of beet juice to prevent birth defects and good growth. Beetroot juice is a natural anti ageing cream makes your skin hydrated, shining and keeps wrinkles away from your beautiful face.
Please do not dare to underestimate the benefits of beetroot, what I have mentioned here is just a glimpses of what it can do. There are many more health benefits that I didn’t describe.
Taking just a glass of Beetroot juice may relieve you from Anaemia, Blood pressure, Heart problem and will enhance your stamina and skin beauty. Including beet in your diet is part of having a healthy lifestyle.
I am waiting for your feedback…….
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