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The frame of your eyes should be attractively shaped. Eyebrows should be plucked gently from underneath to form a clearly defined arch. Here is a trick for finding out the correct length of your brows. Hold a pencil in front of your nose and parpenticular to it, with its base being close to the outer nostril. The top end of the pencil will point to where the eyebrow line should begin. Gradually shift to top end of the pencil until it croses the extreme ends of the eyes. the tip end of the pencils will indicate where the brow line should end.

What you need :

5 tablespoons almond oil.
10 grams white wax.
20 grams lanolin.
1 tablespoon rose water.
2-3 drops of your favourite flower essence.

Melt the white wax and lanolin over indirect heat. Slowly add the rose water and almond oil, stirring as you add. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Add the flower essence. Store in glass jar. To cleanse your face, massage it well before wiping off with face tissue or cotton wool.

If your skin is badly blemished, use a medicted soap, avoid harsh soaps as they only dry off the top layer of the skin, leaving your real problem untouched. Wearing makeup on a blemished skin not only gives you greater confidence, it also helps cover your skin-flaws. What is more important is that it actually acts as a protection for your skin. So as long as you cleanse your face thoroughly and regularly, makeup will not make your blemishes worse.

Steam your face regularly, atleast once a week. This cleanse the skin and helps open clogged pores, which in turn prevents the skin from breaking out into pimples. Lime juice and vinegar are good after-cleansing and tonning lotions. Fuller’s earth, oatmeal and almost paste are excellent cleansers for an oily skin.

Beat the white of an egg and apply your face avoiding eye-area. Leave on for ten minutes, then wash off with cool water. This egg white mask has a marvellous tightening and pore-closing effect on the skin. Avoid rich, fried foods. These only contribute to oilyness. Substitude such foods with green vegetables, tomatoes, curd and lemon.

The purpose of oil is to condition your hair. Contrary to what is commonly believed, oil does not aid hair growth nor does it nourish it. However, an oil massage is soothing and relaxing, and stimulates circulation is the scalp to some extent.

• For its conditioning effect, oiling your hair once a week even for 1-2 hour is enough.
• By and large, any oil is as good as the other. However, it is better to avoid oils with perfume and color.
• If you have and oily scalp, do avoid oil. Sometimes oiling can increase Dandruff. You need to keep this is mind by using any oil on your scalp.
• Apart from the hair oils available commercially, you can also use edible oils like sunflower, olive, safflower, groundnut, etc. Sometimes, these help additionally for dry scalp.

• After shampooing, gently squeeze out the excess water from your hair with your hands.
• Pour conditioner in your hand. If your hair is less than 6 inch long, use a dollop of conditioner the size of a coin. If you have very long hair, you may need a handful.
• Rub your palms together to distribute the conditioner evenly, and then work it into your hair from the ends upwards.
• If you have long hair, gently comb through the ends with a wide-tooth comb to make sure that the conditioner is evenly distributed and to remove any tangles.
• After two to three minutes, rinse your hair well. Excess residue can make your hair look dull.
• Gently squeeze out the moisture with a towel. Donot rub vigorously.

The cause could be external, which is more common, or sometimes due to internal disorders. External Factors include overexposure to detergents, polishes, nail polish removers and other drying agents. Here are some tips on how to manage Brittle Nails :

• If you have to use detergents, wash your hands slowly with a mild soap as soon as you have finished and apply cold cream or oil.
• Use creams containing lactic acid and urea every night and as frequently as possible during the day. Such creams are available at the chemist’s.
• Once or twice a week, soak your fingers in tolerably hot olive oil for 10-15 minutes. Massage the olive oil over your nails, fingers and hands and leave it on overnight.
• Wear cotton gloves after application of the oil or the cream to accentuate their effect.
• You can use nail polish even as a protection, but avoid removing it too frequently.
• Increase your protein intake. Skimmed milk or curd is the best - there’s the added benefit of not putting on weight.