Take Care of your Eyes

Who does not want to have beautiful eyes...... though you can not change the color and shape of your eyes,

but you can enhance their beauty be taking good care of your eyes.

good care gives your eyes life ... makes they look bright and attractive .

Tips for Beautiful Eyes

• Eat beta-carotene rich vegetables and fruits –carrots, spinach, papaya, mangoes.

• Take at least 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep to avoid puffiness and dark circles.

•  Drink plenty of water.

• Get an anti-glare screen fixed on the monitor.

• Blink your eyes in between and do not stare at the computer continuously.

• Always remove your eye makeup before going to sleep.

• Always keep your eyes moistened to avoid infection from contact lenses.

• Splash cool water twice a day on the eyes to clean and refresh them.

• Always use a pair of sunglasses with protection against UV-A and B rays to protect your eyes.

• Go for eye check up once a year.

Home remedies for beautiful eyes

• Grate or crush a cucumber and take out the juice from the pulp. Add a few drops of rose water to this juice and use this to get rid of dark circles. Apply it around the eyes and wash it after 30 minutes.

• To get rid of the dark circles under the eye, mix five drops each of almond and coconut oils and massage the eye area with this mixture. Grate half cucumber and apply as an eye pad. Leave it on for 15 minutes and then wash off.

• To treat dark circles around the eyes, you can also massage a little coconut oil around the eyes.

• Another treatment to treat dark eyes is to gently dab cotton soaked in warm tea without milk around eyes.

• Keep a cotton wad, dipped in chilled cucumber and potato juice, on your eyes for 15 minutes to ward off tiredness and puffiness. To strengthen and elongate the eyelashes, apply castor oil every night.

• Grate or crush a cucumber and take out the juice from the pulp. Add a few drops of rose water to this juice and use this to get rid of dark circles. Apply it around the eyes and wash it after 30 minutes.

• To get rid of the dark circles under the eye, mix five drops each of almond and coconut oils and massage the eye area with this mixture. Grate half cucumber and apply as an eye pad. Leave it on for 15 minutes and then wash off.

• To treat dark circles around the eyes, you can also massage a little coconut oil around the eyes.

• Another treatment to treat dark eyes is to gently dab cotton soaked in warm tea without milk around eyes.

• Keep a cotton wad, dipped in chilled cucumber and potato juice, on your eyes for 15 minutes to ward off tiredness and puffiness. To strengthen and elongate the eyelashes, apply castor oil every night.

New Olay Total effect cream + serum duo review

I don't have aging issues.... yet. But I did have sun spots and hyper pigmentation problem due to sun exposure and needed to start moving away from acne creams that were over-drying my skin and start focusing on toning and moisturizing while sun-protecting my skin.
My skin is typically combination skin which means acne cream would make my cheeks dry and sun screen would make my nose forehead and chin oily and patchy :\

I was to post this review within 7 days of receiving the product ...... but I believe in fully satisfying myself before posting review....

I am always in pursuit of skincare products that will give me great results. I'm a bit of product freak I purchase skincare products right from drugstore to high end stores like dermatologist and boutiques.
I had to go out of town for 5 days and I ran out of my sun-screen and since I had to go to Kota, Rajasthan sunscreen was a must. And it was way to late to order my combination skin sunscreen from a medical store in Mumbai.
I had Olay Total Effects cream + serum (SPF 15) with me that was in a small enough packing that was easy to carry, I knew this could turn out all kinds of adventurous but I had no choice. I was about to start using this product after I came back from Rajasthan.

What official site says about product :

Olay Total Effects Cream + Serum duo - fragrance free is the most concentrated Total Effects formula for anti-aging skincare, designed to fight & signs of aging in one step, for visibly younger looking skin...

Signs of aging :

1. Lines and wrinkles
2. Loss of firmness
3. Visible pores
4. Uneven tone
5. Uneven skin texture
6. Dryness
7. Dullness

Application instruction:

• Apply liberally and gently smooth onto your face and neck.
• Apply 15 minutes before sun exposure.
• Reapply at least every 2 hours.
• Use water resistant sunscreen if swimming or sweating.

Regular use of products guarantees :

• Skin has a soft, smooth and youthful appearance.
• Reduces the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
• Protects skin with broad spectrum SPF 15.

Price : 369

Quantity : 20 gms.

Shelf life : 3 years.

My Experience :

I am in my mid twenties with combination skin. I have used the former original Olay Total Effects 7 some 2 years back and liked it as a moisturizer, although not as much to repurchase it as I found it way overpriced.

With the name olay comes a surety about the quality of the product, so I need not say anything about its quality.

Whats new in "new" Olay Total Effects 7 is the serum part and of course the SPF 15 it contains.

Look closely and you can see the swirls it makes in the bottle.... sadly no swirls when you pump it out, all you get is same white cream...no orangish swirl :( 

One pump is enough for both face and neck.

And this white cream is amazingly rich, smooth texture, get absorbed in skin as if you were never applying anything .... but if you ask my mom who is among No.1 fan of Olay products ... she loved it.

and I fell in love with this cream on my tour to Kota as I mentioned above. It is an amazing sunscreen, it just sinks in and is so comfortable to wear,other sunscreen gives you a sensation of something heavy applied on your face. My mother is already using olay total effects 7, the new one and she says "this one is as good as it comes" It is not oily in texture which makes it usable for all skin type specially for combination skin 

It does not attract dirt believe me this is a major positive point , It is good for pre-makeup moisturizer base and makes make-up last longer...

Reduces visibility of pores, wrinkles and pigmentation; which makes you look younger

The only negetive point that I found was it's SPF which should atleast be SPF 30 for India.....

I did not liked when I had to purchase a sunscreen just because I was going to water park the other day...

I would rate it 3 out of 5.

Body Shop : Rainforest Coconut Hair Oil review

Diya Mirza unveiling rain forest hair oil for Body Shop

We all know the goodness of coconut oil, our dadis and nanis and other elders often tell us to use coconut oil for any and all skin and hair problems.... but the problem till now was purity. Every product that claims to be pure coconut oil fails to stand up to our expectation ( in my case my dadi's expectation ) After using every oil all she says is in our days we use to get things pure ... koi milawat nhi hoti thi.... kya zamana aa gaya hai..

Some 20 days back I received BodyShop rainforest coconut hair oil that again claimed to be pure .... yes virgin coconut oil, they claimed it to be.....me and my dadi has been using Body Shop's Rain forest coconut hair oil for last 20 days. And I feel glad to write its review :)

"We all know the goodness of coconut oil, but now is the time to know the goodness of virgin coconut oil", says Diya Mirza, brand ambassador of BodyShop while unveiling new product of Body Shop; Rain forest Coconut Hair Oil.

This luxurious hair oil provides nourishment for all hair types. It contain organic pracaxi oil and community fair trade organic virgin coconut oil.It does not contain any silicones or colourants. 

Quantity : 200ml.

Price : 675/-.

Availability : easily available at any body shop outlet, also available online.

Product claim : with regular use this luxurious, nourishing oil leaves hair feeling stronger, smoother and softer.

With medium consistency applying becomes easy ..... its USP according to me would be its amazing soothing fragrance, like pure sweet coconut oil... don't worry it won't give you headache, its fragrance is mild not strong.... mild and soothing it is.

It gets completely absorbed in your hair and as a result no pillow stains......yes no pillow stains!!!! and your pillow does not smell like oil after you wake up :)

For best results apply warm oil, that is after heating it a bit.

According to me oiling is one solution to any hair problem one has..... I oil my hair like thrice a week or whenever I am to take head bath, a night prior to that day I oil my hair from root to tip and wash the next day.

Over night oil treatment works best for me.... but for people having oily skin or having acne problem I would not suggest overnight oiling. 

Anywhich way Body shop's Rainforest coconut hair oil gave very me good results, no chip chip ;) , amazing fragrance, no pillow stains, smooth hair after wash..... and one more thing, it makes my hair looks straighter..

I might sound silly to you but really it made my hair look straighter, it gave my hair kind of bounce for which I have to  use conditioner and sprays. I might get superstitious here but seriously according to me it makes me look more like  diva  <3

Worth trying atleast once, I am sure you will fall in love with it like I did <3

Rating : 8/10.

(It is costly)

I just want to go back to that classic era of romance

I wanna go back to the generation when a guy had to get permission from the girl's parents to ask her out.

I wanna go back to the generation when a guy would physically call her and talk to her, not text her.

I wanna go back to the generation where your first kiss would be with someone you have been dating for months, not hookup with a guy you meet in a club.

I wanna go back to the generation where a guy would give you his varsity jacket.

I wanna go back to the generation where a girl can get any guy just by wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and a pair of sneakers.

I wanna go back to the generation where the guy wanted the girl, not always just the sex.

I wanna go back to the generation where couples slow danced, not grind.

I wanna go back to the generation where love actually made sense.

When you think of romances, don't those same classic movies keep popping into you head?

Movies about classic timeless love stories.

Movies like Casablanca, Gone with the wind, The quiet man, An affair to remember have always fascinated me. The classic love that not just meant to have sex, which actually had feelings. 

Today words like romance has turns into flirting, love has turned into lust.

No one believes in love, everyone is up for hookup.

I just want to go back to the generation of romance ...... The generation shown in movies :-

Casablanca 1942

Gone with the wind 1939

An affair to remember 1957

Dirty dancing 1987

Sleepless in Seattle 1993

Titanic 1997

There are many more romantic movies, but these are my personal favourite classic romantic movies :) 

Cancer Care Camp Indore

CHL Apollo Hospital Cancer Center organized a one day cancer camp.

In this camp people got aware of symptoms of cancer, senior doctors were available to give information on the symptoms of cancer.

Full body test which generally cost Rs 6000/- to Rs 12000/- in different hospitals, was offered on a discounted price of Rs 1000/- for males and  Rs 1500/- for females.

Both of my parents went to this camp which according to them was very helpful, my mom was having some problem in her chest which could be a symptom of breast cancer according to doctors their but the tests ruled out breast cancer after seeing the reports of the test, so now she is relieved as we have already lost a member of our family to cancer and my grandmother has suffered from breast cancer many years back (now she is completely fine ).

Other than full body test other offers were available, cancer treatment is very expensive, thus 25% discount on hospital bills for chemotherapy and surgery and 10% discount on radiation was available. No doubt CHL Apollo, Indore was so crowed that day.

Thanx CHL Apollo for this helpful Camp. And for all those who do not know about this Camp, CHL Apollo organizes this Cancer camp every year on this very same day, that is 18th may.