Thursday, November 21, 2013

Smooth & Clear Face With Egg White And Lemon



Whiteheads are dead skin cells, which usually causes by pore. It is when a skin surface on a face opens up and is exposed to air, liquid, dust, and dirt. As a result, those dirt and other substances get clogged up in the pore. Whiteheads often spreads out in the oily area on the face, especially, forehead, nose, and chin. However, there is a way that we can simply get rid of this annoying whiteheads by ourself with the help of basic tool and ingredients that most of us have in ours kitchens.
The Tool & Ingredients:
- Napkin paper
- Boiling water
- 2 egg whites
- 1/4 cup of lemon juice



Step 1 :  Make your facial mask by mixing together 1/4 cup of lemon juice and 2 egg whites in a bowl.
Step 2 : Wash your face thoroughly with water. Pour boiling water into a large bowl. Low your head down to the hot steam to let the pores open, which helps masking in the next step becomes more effective.
Step 3 :  Gently apply and mask a light mixture onto the area(s) that affected with whiteheads.
Step 4 : Cover the masking area(s) with the napkin paper and leave it on for 30 minutes or until you feel tight on your skin and that the paper becomes stiff.
Step 5 : Gently peel off the napkin paper. It will pull out whiteheads from your skin, which you will notice that it will be stuck onto the paper. Then, wash out your face with cold water to close those pores.
Tips: Lemon contains Alpha Hydroxy acid, which helps removing acne from the skin. To manage acne effectively. The egg white helps fortifying elastin in the skin, tightening the skin surface, and absorbing excess oil in the skin. Besides, it nourishes the skin and prevent it from aging.





Sunday, November 3, 2013

Food for your skin


Dry Skin Lack of skin fatty acids that keep skin nourish and smooth.

Recommend: Good fatty acids(Omega 3 and Omega 6)
- Fish with high levels of fish oil (Omega-3) like salmon, mackerel, and anchovies.
  • Whole grains 
  • Nuts of various kinds, especially those with hardshell.

Reduce & Avoid: Margarine fat content
  • Fast food and processed foods
  • French fries, biscuits, and white sugar

Oily Skin 

Recommend: 
  • Fresh fruits and vegetables to keep skin moist, particularly papaya, avocado , pineapple and nuts. 
  • Whole grains 

Reduce & Avoid: 
  • Food rich in saturated fats
  • Dairy products
  • Red meat 
  • Anything that fried or deep-fried. 
It disturbs the balance of fats in the sensitive cell membranes of your skin. It will stimulate the skin to produce too much fat, which causes your skin to be too oily.


Sensitive Skin 

Recommend: Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and Zinc
  • Carrots, mango, and  kiwi
  • Meat
  • Oats and hardshell nuts 

Reduce & Avoid: Spicy foods such as chili.       
Spicy foods can easily irritate digestive system in your body. It can cause Lining inflammation in your stomach. The result is that the immune system is active, which causes red rash on your face and body. Other types of food allergies can cause similar problems and lead to skin allergy, too.



Believe it or not...yogurt can help enhancing your skin.


Even when you are at home you can mask yourself in a simple and natural way, without harming your skin.

It's not hard to do at all. You can simply look for any yogurt in your fridge, the most effective would be the plain one, and use it as face mask to improve your skin.

Regular and/or oily skin

Ingredients:
1 cup of Yogurt
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
1 teaspoon of orange juice
1 teaspoon of carrot juice

How to:
  1. Mix and stir all the ingredients together until smoothly blended. 
  2. Mask onto your face and leave it on for 10-15 minutes 
  3. Rinse with warm water and followed by cold water. 

Dry skin and/or sensitive skin. 

Ingredients:

1/2 avocado
1/2 banana
2 table spoon of yogurt

How to:
  1. Mix all the ingredients together until well blended 
  2. Mask it onto your face and leave it on for 10 to 15 minutes.
  3. Rinse the mask with warm water and followed by cold water.



It will be most effective when you repeat this regularly, at least 2-3 times per month, along with keeping your facial skin nourish and healthy. I assure you will have a smoother and glowing skin, as well as, it will help slowing down aging skin that causes wrinkles.




Sunday, October 20, 2013

If computer causes you too much pain, let us help you...


People who use computer regularly often have headaches, neck pain and shoulder pain. Do not ignore those symptoms. It could lead to chronic pain. 
"Definitely yes ! I have to do my work by using computer. I'm not just only stressed out of my work, but also my back hurts so bad. It is very frustrating me because it takes time till the pain is gone. It would be great if you can find the way to help me with this painful. : )" - Yam Sesavej

"Computer is my companion. I always enjoy spending time working on all the graphics but I just hate when I got sore eyes. It is so distracting! All I do is closing my eyes for a bit from time to time and taking beta-carotene as a vitamin for the eyes. What is the best way though?" - Narasha Patmastana

No matter who you are, student or designer, you can relieve the pain by massaging yourself from time to time. It is the way to help reducing those pains. 

For the eyes
Use the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger of both hands to press the edge of the eye socket on the brow area fairly and slowly push three fingers up toward your head, neck, and to the back of your neck for 10 to 20 times.

For the shoulders
  1. Extend out your right arm forward, keep it straight, and parallel to the ground.
  2. Use your left hand to hold the right elbow and pull it towards you body. 
  3. Hold and slowly count 1 to 10. You will feel tight.
  4. Switch back and forth between left and right arms. 
This will help relax your shoulders muscles.

For the arms and hands
  1. Lift your right arm up above you head until feeling tight. 
  2. Stretch your left arm to the back of your head until you can hold your right elbow. 
  3. Pull the right arm to tilt to the left until feeling tight 
  4. Slowly count 1-10 and gradually switch to the other sides for at least 20 times or more.

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Blood Type Diet Eating.


Blood Type Diet eating by blood type was developed by a Naturopathic Physician named Dr. Peter D’Adamo, which is called "Eat Right For Your Type" and it is recommended that people eat food based on blood type. Blood types A B AB or O are claiming to digest protein from food differently. Therefore, eating the wrong type of food will impact negatively on the body. It is also believed that eating the right type for you to make your body stronger.



Blood types

O
The oldest blood type. People believe that those who have this blood type are hunters. So, high-protein diet with low in fat – meat, fish, bread, and whole grains– is good for people with this blood type. 
Intensive exercise
A
Because we need to digest carbohydrates very well, so, this blood type is believed to appear after the rise of agriculture. No wonder, soy proteins, grains and vegetables are good for people with this blood type. At the same time, these people should consume less red meat than any other blood type
Light exercise
B
It is believed that these people are not only capable of adapting themselves but also have quite a flexible digestive system. So, they have no problem of consuming dairy products, besides, they can eat meat, too. However, people with this blood type should avoid corn, tomatoes, whole grains, nuts and peanut. Exercise could be intense than people with Type A . In the medium.
Medium exercise
AB
These people features a combination of A and B. These people should avoid eating meat and turn to eat more tofu products, seafood or milk instead. 
Alternate between intense - light exercise

Eating according to your blood type will help you lose weight, stay energetic, and healthy. However, this method focuses on the effect of health and prevention of disease rather than weight lost.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Are looking for ways to easily remove black elbows and enhance you skin?


Here are 3 ways that you can simply do it by yourself...

Solution 1: Sourness of lime

Lime helps removing old skin cells and brightening the skin.

  1. Clean your elbows.
  2. Cut a lime in half. 
  3. Gently scrub lime onto the area of dark rough skin on your elbows. 
  4. Leave the lime on your skin and let it absorb the juice from lime for 10-15 minutes.
  5. Rinse it off 

Scrub once a week and several consecutive weeks. Rough surface will be removed and you will gradually get your soft white elbows back again.

Solution 2: The chill of pineapple

  1. Chop and mince 1/4 of pineapple.
  2. Refrigerate the pineapple until chill. 
  3. While you are showering, scrub and rub the chill pineapple that we prepared onto elbows and the area of rough skin. 
  4. Leave it on for 15-20 minutes. 
  5. Rinse and wipe your elbows.

Solution 3: Scrubbing with sugar

  1. Mix granulated sugar with baby oil. 
  2. Apply onto the elbows.  
  3. Leave it soak in for 15 minutes.
  4. Rub a round shower sponge gently in a circular motion, which helps stimulate and removes old and damaged skin cells.

For a solution to soften and brighten black elbow can be applied to the knee as well. 

Don’t forget to apply cream or moisturizer onto your elbows and other parts of your body regularly.

Tip:
How to prevent yourself from causing dark and rough elbow? 
Avoid leaning your elbows on the table or friction it against any rough surfaces.