Keep your skin glowing this monsoon

Is your skin behaving bit strange? Is it making you irritated? Well, the blame goes to the season. No doubt, monsoon is a welcome relief after a dry spell for some time. However, it’s also a time when your skin behaves a little strange and is often unstable; suddenly it's gets oily or becomes dry and dehydrated. Hence, it is very necessary that you take care of your skin during this season in order to look fresh and beautiful. Following are a few Skincare tips that you need to follow.

Apart from cleansing, toning and moisturizing you need to shield the skin by sun protection creams. Checking out by sunscreen will be beneficial as it deals in protecting the skin from harmful UV rays. Also use a mild scrubber to exfoliate the dead skin and let the skin get suppler. If your skin is oily or blackheads and whiteheads are noticeable and growing more like a weed. Then reduce the oil from skin by using water based moisturizers, cleansing it multiple times, drinking excess of water and applying citrus fruit peel pack. If your skin is getting dry and it gives you an irritated feeling, then just moisturize it. Apply rose water, glycerin, honey, almond or moisturizer before sleep. While the major issue during rainy season is the fungal infection. So never keep your skin and body wet for long time. Lukewarm water for bath, antifungal soap, cream and talc will be beneficial.

So what say ready to enjoy the rains and get compliments for your beautiful glowing skin?

Don’t underestimate the value of herbs this monsoon...

First showers of monsoon are heartily welcomed by everyone after experiencing the scorching heat of summer isn’t it?  But monsoons bring with it a spectre of diseases. So you need to have some herbs that will boost your immune system…

Well, to get these herbs you need not wonder in the forests, hills or mountains, they are easily available in your kitchen J One such herb is the Indian Lilac (Neem). The tree itself is a big transformer of carbon dioxide to oxygen and decreases the presence of malaria and cholera infections in the immediate vicinity. Basil (Tulsi) is another magical herb; its leaves are like an antidote for many fevers which occur in the rainy season. Sore throat can be prevented by gargling with tulsi leaves water. Bitter Gourd (Karela) has excellent medicinal properties and is used as a medicine for diabetes (with good results).In the monsoons, karela juice is very good for preventing/treating boils, itching, ringworm, fungal diseases. It is beneficial for liver disorders (specially induced by alcohol). People with respiratory troubles can also benefit from this vegetable. Turmeric (Haldi) is a very good antiseptic as it can act both internally (used for worm infestations) and externally for skin infections. 

Precautions coupled with care really help you to enjoy monsoon. Have a healthy and safe monsoon!

Eating right this monsoon...

Monsoons are here with green lushes around making you more romantic, but don't forget monsoon season comes with many diseases and infections. Thus it becomes all the more necessary for you to keep yourself healthy and fit during monsoon season. Here are explained some useful eating tips for this rainy season that will prevent you from various viruses that can cause different diseases.

No matter how tempting the roadside food may appear to you, avoid it otherwise you might have to suffer from gastro-intestinal problems. Also it’s advisable to avoid leafy vegetables, yoghurt and pre-cut fruits. During monsoon, our digestive power becomes sluggish that finds it hard to fight against various infections.  Leafy vegetables are rich in cellulose, making them difficult to get digested in monsoon. At the sametime, insects and bacteria thrive on these leafy vegetable, making you prone to infections. On the other hand including food items like turmeric, honey and garlic into your daily diet can just double your monsoon mania but in a healthy way...

So what say all set to welcome the first rain of the monsoon season :-)