Take henna powder, around 4-5 tbsp if you want to apply it only around the area which has gray hair and more if you want to apply to your entire scalp. Make a thin paste of henna powder by adding juice of lemon, a tbsp of curd, a tsp of coffee powder (optional), the water of tea leaves and amla mixture which you prepared earlier. Add ½ tsp of mustard oil in this mixture to avoid dryness. Leave this mixture in an iron vessel for about 2 hours. During winter season you add a finely grounded paste of 2 cloves to elude cold. Apply the mixture on the hair carefully, cover gray hair completely. Leave this on for about 3-4 hours. (Some prefer to keep it overnight.) Then rinse off with water.

Mix coffee powder in the water and make a paste of henna with the water. Beat the egg yolk and mix this into henna. Also add brandy to it. Apply the paste and leave it on for 3-4 hours before washing it with lukewarm water.

If your goal is to cover grey hairs, try making a mixture of rosemary and sage. Mix the ingredients in water and allow them to simmer for about a half hour. Once it has simmered, remove the pan from the heat and allow the mixture to steep for a few hours. Apply to the hair and let it dry completely. Then wash and rinse your hair with your normal shampoo. When it has dried, you will see the results. If you want the hair darker, make another mixture and repeat the process.

Take 3 parts of litharge and 2 of quicklime, mix thoroughly; keep in a well stopped bottle. When used mix with water or milk, apply to the hair, and envelope in an oil-skin cap fur 5 or 6 hours.

The only things I can think of are peroxide and bleach for blonde, but both are not so good for your hair. Beet juice tends to stain your hands, but it would probably make your hair purple and come out the next time you wash it.

Dish washing soap can effectively remove hair dye stains, especially when mixed with either baking soda or lemon juice. Simply rub over the area until the stains fade. If you want to be a red head, consider using kool aid for your homemade hair dye. This gives a very vibrant shade of red, depending on how it is done. Mix the powder with a little water and apply to the hair. Allow the mixture to sit on the hair. The timing will depend on how bright you want the color. You can reapply this mixture if you want the red to be a darker shade.

There are two simple and straight forward reasons for having smelly feet one is the kind of shoe you wear and the other is the sweating of your feet. Sweating is an important process which helps to maintain our body temperature. It helps to remove waste products from our body, but sometime these smells become unbearable. Some individuals perspire more than the required amount to cool the body. This is known as Hyperhidrosis. Every foot has more than 250,000 sweat glands, so you can imagine why your foot smells so bad. The main reason for this kind of smell is because of thebacteria. As the bacteria feeds on the sweat it excretes waste in the form of malodorous odor. You can come across different feet smell due to the presence of various bacterial species. Some of the common smells are cheesy and trainer smell. Read the rest of this entry »

According to statistics, an average person walks around 6500 km in his lifetime. So you can imagine how much stress your feet go through in one lifetime.Cracked heels are due to years of neglect; hence do not expect positive results in two days.

- Common cause for Cracked Heels

Standing for long periods of time
Being overweight
Open backed shoes
Medical condition which causes drying of the skin, prevalent in diabetes
Skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema

Common Treatment for Cracked Heels

Clean and moisturize your feet daily. Before going to bed, soak your feet in warm, soapy water for 15 minutes, wash and dab it dry. Read the rest of this entry »

Oatmeal in skin care treatment has been around for a long time and have been proven by lot of people including me. As a teenager I recall using facial masks and bath and body products which contained oatmeal. I loved oatmeal skin care products then, and I still use oatmeal in my skin care routine until now. The only difference which happen is that I make my own oatmeal scrubs and masks and will soon try my hand at making some oatmeal bar soaps.

Oatmeal contains wonderful properties that do both nourish and heal and good for all skin types. It is hypoallergenic and contains amino acids which will keep the skin will hydrated. As we all know amino acids have a positive effect upon cells. They can help improve skin that has been scarred and I have read that they are more powerful than alpha-hydroxyls in terms of smoothing the skin and improving tone and color. Read the rest of this entry »

There are almost about 125 million people use contact lenses around the world, including 38 million in the USA and 13 million in Japan. By wear time, contact lenses can be divided into two types- daily wear and extended wear. Where daily disposable contact lenses are designed to be removed prior to be sleeping, an extended wear can be used continuously for 6 or more consecutive nights. An extended wear lens is completed with such material like silicon hydrogel that allows it to be worn for an extended time up to 30 nights. Oxygen surpassing capability is a feature which allows a continuous wear lens to give 5 to 6 times better service compared to a soft lens.

Using a contact lens sounds great, but when the maintenance factor comes, it becomes tougher. Eyes are the most valuable part of our body. It is very sensitive and prone to infection. So, people using a contact lens should take proper care of their lenses because it is connected with the protection of your sensitive eyes. Read the rest of this entry »