Health Tips # 30 - Yoga for Beauty

Yoga is a wonderful method for gaining physical strength, fitness and beauty in your life.

Yoga helps to reduce excess fat in the body, makes you healthy and brings a shine of confidence on your face.

Yoga makes the body flexible and plays a vital role in overcoming stress and ageing. One should feel good from inside in order to look good.

Sukhasana and Shavasana are the two famous yogasna which provides complete relaxation to your body with mental peace.

Yoga helps you to maintain healthy body as well as mind, thus you can gain physical fitness. It provides flexibility to your body and removes toxins from it, which will make you feel younger.

It helps in thyroid and weight loss problems and thus you can get perfect shape of the body & look beautiful. Pranayams like kapalbhati are very useful to do.

Yoga helps you get perfect oxygen dose for your body which provides glow to skin.

It delays ageing, and you remain active and younger for longer time as compared to others who does not practice yoga.

With yoga you can get toned legs and hands, firm and flat belly which will make you look gorgeous.

It improves blood circulation and helps in balancing the hormones which gives the skin a healthy glow.

It is very useful for woman having wrinkled skin, under eye dark circles and flabby stomach.

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Health Tips # 29 - Tips for healthy, beautiful hair

Here are some simple tips and tricks for healthy soft silky hair.

• Drink plenty of water and take a healthy diet comprising of fruits and vegetables.
• Include cereals, eggs, peas, meat and other essential nutrients in diet for healthy & beautiful hair.
• Take food rich in proteins and minerals.
  
• To add luster to hair, add few drops of lemon juice in water & wash your hair with it.
• Boil dried amla in water and wash your hair with it to make them shiny & healthy.
• Always use a conditioner and shampoo that suits your hair type.
• Avoid excessive use of bleach, hair color, dye etc. as it may make hair rough, brittle and develop spilt ends. Test the dye on arm before applying to avoid scalp allergies.
• Regular trimming will keep your hair in healthy shape and will remove split ends too.
• Hot or warm water is not good for hair so always use cold water for rinsing and washing your hair.
• Give oil massage especially with olive oil as it is a natural moisturizer.
• Apply curd with lemon juice or use some medicated shampoo available to cure dandruff.
• Do not rub your wet or damp hair with towel as the chances of falling hair will increase. You can blow dry your hair occasionally. Also never go to bed with wet hair.
• Protect your hair from direct sunlight and pollution. Always cover your hair with cap or scarf while driving or going out.
• If you are swimming (wear swim cap) or using hairspray then you should wash hair thoroughly later else it will cause split ends and will damage the hair.
  

Health Tips # 28 - Beware of Tattoos

Tattoos have become very fashionable and trendy these days and people are highly attracted towards the exotic art day by day. Art has engulfed everyone in its grip whether it is celebrities, common man, criminals or even animals. Though tattoos look very alluring and attractive then too it can cause severe side effects in the body in the form of allergies.

Allergy Cause

Allergy is caused mainly due to the red and green colored ink used for designing. Dye used in these inks is much unregulated. Ingredients used to make such inks mainly include cobalt, cadmium and nickel. These metals usually cause skin infection or allergies in human which includes itching, raised bumps, skin redness, swelling and irritation. The worst case (oozing) can be dangerous too.

Precautions

You should be aware of the consequences of getting a tattoo as some side effects can lead to hypertension reaction which can be risky for life. Follow some precautions given below before going for a tattoo.

• Get a small test before getting a tattoo. Mark a small amount of ink behind your ear and wait for few minutes to see if there is any allergic reaction. If not you can proceed & get tattoo of your choice.
  
• Sometimes allergies can take place after a week or year also due to change in weather or any sickness. So there is no exact way to know the effect of tattoo on your body.
• Instruct the tattoo artist to use non-latex gloves.
  
• Carefully follow the cleaning tips given by artist, always keep tattoo clean and moisturize the area with wet cloth twice a day.
  
• Keep fresh tattoo away from direct sunlight
  
• Consult your artist about metals used for designing, if you are allergic to those substances do not go for it.
  
• Remember it is always better to be safe before then to regret later.