For a beautiful and healthy look, one needs to know the basic facts about beauty and physical fitness. A natural lifestyle and the use of herbal means will ensure you always have a glowing skin, vibrant face, attractive personality and a slim body. This book gives you handy tips on how to have just such a face, body and personality.
Today even beauticians, dietitians and doctors are promoting the herbal way of life, encouraging their clients to use products that are safer on the skin and the body. This book acts as a practical guide where the author uncovers exotic herbal secrets that can be prepared at home to naturally enhance your beauty.
The book gives simple tips on:
• Staying slim and attractive.
• Shaping your body the natural way.
• Cultivating a smooth, youthful skin at any age.
• Preventing premature ageing.
Herbal Beauty & Body Care imparts genuine herbal tips for your general health, skin, face, hair, nails, hands, feet, neck, back and other beauty-related problems. Every page of this book reveals priceless beauty secrets for people of all age groups.
Every woman can be beautiful irrespective of her physical attributes, provided she maintains her health and ensures nourishment to the different body parts, viz. hair, skin and tissues etc. Nature has given us a wide variety of products and these are of immense value as far as the nourishment of our body is concerned.
Although many synthetic cosmetics are available to the Indian women these products are considered out of fashion. But women still buy such cosmetics for the sake of style or for maintaining themselves within their shoe-string budgets. About the effects or the efficacy of these cosmetics, the less said the better.
The herbal products prepared after years of analysis of tropical conditions, body mechanisms and pollution effects are unique blends of several natural ingredients. If you use them you will be amazed at the results. Since many of the products are extracts of rarely available herbs, they are very costly. However, every effort has been made to explain how these costly preparations can be easily prepared at home at relatively cheaper rates. Besides using these herbal cosmetics, women should exercise daily to ensure proper blood circulation, keep the tissues intact and to correct their figure. And we assure you that the combined effect of herbal cosmetics and exercises will simply be amazing.
Skin Care | 7 |
Tips for Skin Care | 7 |
Complexion Lotions/ Sunscreen Lotions for All Skin Types | 8 |
Skin Soothing Routine | 10 |
Basic Steps for Skin Care Routine | 11 |
Face | 12 |
Types of Skin | 12 |
Cleansing the Face | 13 |
Basic Steps for Facial Care Routine | 14 |
Cleansing Creams/Cold Creams for All Skin Types | 15 |
Face Scrub | 16 |
Face Packs or Face Masks | 20 |
Toning | 24 |
Skin Toning Lotions | 25 |
Astringent Lotions for All Skin Types | 26 |
Water Based Face Packs | 28 |
Moisturizing and Nourishing | 29 |
Night Creams | 31 |
Nourishing CreamsJDay Time Creams | 32 |
Massaging the Face | 34 |
Beauty Problems | 40 |
Blackheads and Acne | 40 |
Freckles | 41 |
Pigmentation | 41 |
Pimples | 41 |
Pimple Removing Lotions | 42 |
Stretch Marks | 43 |
Dark Circles Under the Eyes | 43 |
Whiteheads | 43 |
Wrinkles | 43 |
Removing Unwanted Body Hair | 45 |
Removing Underarm Hair | 45 |
Removing Facial Hair | 45 |
Removing Leg Hair | 46 |
Removing Thigh Hair | 46 |
Removing Hair from Breast, Lower Back and Stomach | 47 |
Care of Your Hands | 48 |
Different Steps of Hand Care | 49 |
Hand Creams | 52 |
Care of Your Feet | 54 |
Different Steps of Feet Care | 55 |
Problems of Feet and their Cures | 59 |
Care for Neck and Back | 60 |
Skin Problems | 62 |
Burns and Scalds | 62 |
Corns and Warts | 63 |
Eczema | 64 |
Prickly Heat | 64 |
Hair Care | 66 |
Hair Type Test | 66 |
Hair Type | 67 |
Tips for Hair Care | 68 |
Shampoos for All Hair Types | 70 |
Hair Rinses | 72 |
Hair Setting Preparations for All Hair Types | 73 |
Hair Conditioners for All Hair Types | 74 |
This & That of | 75 |
Hair Dyes for All Hair Types | 78 |
Hair Problems | 79 |
Dandruff | 79 |
Anti-dandruff Preparations for All Hair Types | 80 |
Split Ends and Hair Loss | 81 |
Baldness | 82 |
Head-lice | 82 |
Beauty With Fruits and Vegetables | 84 |
Apple | 84 |
Apricot (Khubani) | 84 |
Banana | 85 |
Barley | 85 |
Carrot | 85 |
Castor oil | 85 |
Clove | 86 |
Cucumber | 86 |
Dhania | 86 |
Egg | 86 |
Honey | 86 |
Lavender | 87 |
Lemon | 87 |
Orange | 87 |
Palak | 87 |
Peach | 87 |
Potato | 88 |
Pudina | 88 |
Rose | 88 |
Sage | 88 |
Salt | 89 |
Saunf | 89 |
Tea | 89 |
Thyrhe | 89 |
Tomato | 89 |
Yoghurt | 89 |
Massage | 90 |
Strokes Used in Massaging | 90 |
Preparation for Massaging | 95 |
Oiling the Body for Massaging | 95 |
The Basic Massage Sequence | 96 |
Use of Different Strokes while Massaging the Different Parts of the Body | 97 |
Body Shaping and Health Care | 110 |
Figure Improvement Plan | 110 |
Exercise Tips | 111 |
Slimming Exercises | 111 |
Dietary Plan | 120 |
Do and Do not Eat Foods | 124 |
Medicinal Part | 127 |
Vegetable Preparations | 140 |
For a beautiful and healthy look, one needs to know the basic facts about beauty and physical fitness. A natural lifestyle and the use of herbal means will ensure you always have a glowing skin, vibrant face, attractive personality and a slim body. This book gives you handy tips on how to have just such a face, body and personality.
Today even beauticians, dietitians and doctors are promoting the herbal way of life, encouraging their clients to use products that are safer on the skin and the body. This book acts as a practical guide where the author uncovers exotic herbal secrets that can be prepared at home to naturally enhance your beauty.
The book gives simple tips on:
• Staying slim and attractive.
• Shaping your body the natural way.
• Cultivating a smooth, youthful skin at any age.
• Preventing premature ageing.
Herbal Beauty & Body Care imparts genuine herbal tips for your general health, skin, face, hair, nails, hands, feet, neck, back and other beauty-related problems. Every page of this book reveals priceless beauty secrets for people of all age groups.
Every woman can be beautiful irrespective of her physical attributes, provided she maintains her health and ensures nourishment to the different body parts, viz. hair, skin and tissues etc. Nature has given us a wide variety of products and these are of immense value as far as the nourishment of our body is concerned.
Although many synthetic cosmetics are available to the Indian women these products are considered out of fashion. But women still buy such cosmetics for the sake of style or for maintaining themselves within their shoe-string budgets. About the effects or the efficacy of these cosmetics, the less said the better.
The herbal products prepared after years of analysis of tropical conditions, body mechanisms and pollution effects are unique blends of several natural ingredients. If you use them you will be amazed at the results. Since many of the products are extracts of rarely available herbs, they are very costly. However, every effort has been made to explain how these costly preparations can be easily prepared at home at relatively cheaper rates. Besides using these herbal cosmetics, women should exercise daily to ensure proper blood circulation, keep the tissues intact and to correct their figure. And we assure you that the combined effect of herbal cosmetics and exercises will simply be amazing.
Skin Care | 7 |
Tips for Skin Care | 7 |
Complexion Lotions/ Sunscreen Lotions for All Skin Types | 8 |
Skin Soothing Routine | 10 |
Basic Steps for Skin Care Routine | 11 |
Face | 12 |
Types of Skin | 12 |
Cleansing the Face | 13 |
Basic Steps for Facial Care Routine | 14 |
Cleansing Creams/Cold Creams for All Skin Types | 15 |
Face Scrub | 16 |
Face Packs or Face Masks | 20 |
Toning | 24 |
Skin Toning Lotions | 25 |
Astringent Lotions for All Skin Types | 26 |
Water Based Face Packs | 28 |
Moisturizing and Nourishing | 29 |
Night Creams | 31 |
Nourishing CreamsJDay Time Creams | 32 |
Massaging the Face | 34 |
Beauty Problems | 40 |
Blackheads and Acne | 40 |
Freckles | 41 |
Pigmentation | 41 |
Pimples | 41 |
Pimple Removing Lotions | 42 |
Stretch Marks | 43 |
Dark Circles Under the Eyes | 43 |
Whiteheads | 43 |
Wrinkles | 43 |
Removing Unwanted Body Hair | 45 |
Removing Underarm Hair | 45 |
Removing Facial Hair | 45 |
Removing Leg Hair | 46 |
Removing Thigh Hair | 46 |
Removing Hair from Breast, Lower Back and Stomach | 47 |
Care of Your Hands | 48 |
Different Steps of Hand Care | 49 |
Hand Creams | 52 |
Care of Your Feet | 54 |
Different Steps of Feet Care | 55 |
Problems of Feet and their Cures | 59 |
Care for Neck and Back | 60 |
Skin Problems | 62 |
Burns and Scalds | 62 |
Corns and Warts | 63 |
Eczema | 64 |
Prickly Heat | 64 |
Hair Care | 66 |
Hair Type Test | 66 |
Hair Type | 67 |
Tips for Hair Care | 68 |
Shampoos for All Hair Types | 70 |
Hair Rinses | 72 |
Hair Setting Preparations for All Hair Types | 73 |
Hair Conditioners for All Hair Types | 74 |
This & That of | 75 |
Hair Dyes for All Hair Types | 78 |
Hair Problems | 79 |
Dandruff | 79 |
Anti-dandruff Preparations for All Hair Types | 80 |
Split Ends and Hair Loss | 81 |
Baldness | 82 |
Head-lice | 82 |
Beauty With Fruits and Vegetables | 84 |
Apple | 84 |
Apricot (Khubani) | 84 |
Banana | 85 |
Barley | 85 |
Carrot | 85 |
Castor oil | 85 |
Clove | 86 |
Cucumber | 86 |
Dhania | 86 |
Egg | 86 |
Honey | 86 |
Lavender | 87 |
Lemon | 87 |
Orange | 87 |
Palak | 87 |
Peach | 87 |
Potato | 88 |
Pudina | 88 |
Rose | 88 |
Sage | 88 |
Salt | 89 |
Saunf | 89 |
Tea | 89 |
Thyrhe | 89 |
Tomato | 89 |
Yoghurt | 89 |
Massage | 90 |
Strokes Used in Massaging | 90 |
Preparation for Massaging | 95 |
Oiling the Body for Massaging | 95 |
The Basic Massage Sequence | 96 |
Use of Different Strokes while Massaging the Different Parts of the Body | 97 |
Body Shaping and Health Care | 110 |
Figure Improvement Plan | 110 |
Exercise Tips | 111 |
Slimming Exercises | 111 |
Dietary Plan | 120 |
Do and Do not Eat Foods | 124 |
Medicinal Part | 127 |
Vegetable Preparations | 140 |