Following tips from our expert ensure a carefree winter for all those who dread it.

Skin

For itchy skin, add half a cup of vinegar to a bucket of water. Use it at the end of your bath.

Add a tablespoon of honey to your bath water. This also has a softening effect and relieves fatigue.

Add a handful of powdered milk to your bath water. This nourishes dry skin.

Make your own massage oil by mixing almond oil with sunflower oil and adding a few drops of rose or sandalwood oil. This leaves the body with a pleasant fragrance and is much better than using perfumed oils which are available in the market.

Lips get dark due to various reason that is use of some cheap brand of lipstick, sun exposure, heavy application of lipstick, drinking tea or coffee in excess.

The most important cause of dark lips is smoking.

It can also be due to allergy and dryness.

Vitamins, iron and fresh air keeps the lips red.

Carrot and orange juice should be taken for maintaining red lips.

Tips for maintaining red lips:

• Before going to bed massage your lips with drops of glycerine, lime juice and honey.
• Lemon is natural bleach apply it with a little glycerine at night.

According to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ANY DIET that limits calorie intake to 1500 calories per day will result in weight loss. However, this groundbreaking report emphasizes that only a diet that is moderate in fat and high in complex carbohydrates will help you keep weight off permanently. In addition, this moderate fat, high carbohydrate diet — which is what we serves up in our daily meal plans–is the only proven way to produce long term health benefits such as lowering cholesterol and blood pressure levels and reducing cancer risks.

Our skin is very delicate and needs all the care that you can give it. In our teens and youth the skin is very elastic however after years of wear and tear, pulling and tugging and exposure to the elements, the elasticity wears out leaving behind wrinkles on our beautiful skin. Wrinkles are caused because of number of reasons, the most dangerous is sun exposure.

A beautiful smile lights up a day. It makes your face more beautiful and lively. Your lips are the most important and exquisitely sensitive part of your body. And therefore you have to take special care of your lips.

The common lips problems are:

• Dark Lips
• Cracked lips

Dark Lips
You will be surprised to know that our lips unlike most part of our body do not have any melanin pigment to protect them. Lips are covered on the outside by a thin layer of skin and on the inside by virtually transparent mucous membranes. Therefore it is necessary to take care of our lips and to eat well-balanced food and lots of fruits.

You’ve always had good skin. But of late, these niggling, problems have been cropping up. What happened? The answer is that your skin doesn’t remain the same throughout your life cycle. Pimples, rashes, burns, pigmentation- all of these can change it.

What you basically need to do is to get a skin care program sooner than you think you need it. Cleansing, toning and moisturizing are still healthy skin care imperatives. Without these basic moves, skin becomes dull, devitalized and cannot defend itself against environmental damage.

Most of us may have seen advertisements for anti-dandruff shampoo. In the advertisements, dandruff is portrayed as a social problem. However, in addition to dandruff being a social embarrassment, it is also a medical problem as it can lead to conditions like seborrheic dermatitis or even psoriasis.

What is dandruff? Regeneration of dead cells is an ongoing process all over the body. However, when the process of shedding of dead cells overtakes regeneration, it leads to formation of dandruff.