Diptidiva1 Tuesday Tip: Something from my kitchen to solve dry skin patches and chapped lips overnight

Check my vanity and you will notice at least 3 hand creams at any given point. Ask anybody with dry hands how many hand creams they own and they will probably have at least the same count.

I dint have this problem till about a year ago; but a few months ago I noticed that I had developed these dry rough ugly areas on my hands, one near my thumb which nobody would notice and another an extremely small area right on my palm. They were just spots but I was a bit nervous what if they became larger?

I first thought the damn dumbells were the culprits so bought exercising gloves then blamed my OCD habits of reaching out to cleaning things around the home as the reason and now realized that after controlling that too the patches have remained.

Ordered the Neutrogena Hand Cream from the US (when it wasn't available in India) which I love but even that dint seem to solve the issue.

The other day my lips got really dry and then came the thought of using home-made ghee (clarified butter if you not Indian) to my lips. At the end of the day I realized I dint re-apply the ghee since the morning. For a girl who applies her Maybelline Baby Lips at least 4 times during the day that was a big deal. Before retiring to bed I applied the ghee once again on my lips and the extra I rubbed on to my palm...Tada ...next morning the dry patch was no more there...YAY!!!!

Yes I felt like dancing like Hrithik Roshan on my bed just like he did to the song "Its magic, its magic"

So here is my beauty secret of using Ghee from my very own kitchen for chapped lips and dry rough problematic areas.  

Try using a few things from your kitchen that your mother suggested and not only will you save a few bucks but also be in for a huge organic beauty surprise:) Don't forget to share your beauty aids from the kitchen with us here.

P.S. Ghee is also considered as a good source of fat if consumed in the right proportions as part of a balanced diet.

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Diptidiva1 Tuesday Tip: Do you really need a moisturizer in the summer?

Spring is here and in no time it will the summer, and we will be finding out how to let the makeup be on our face through the day. I nearly feel like in the summer if someone says "May your dreams come true" it could very well mean "May you find a way to let the makeup stay all day"...haha at least to beauty divas like me :P

The main reason for makeup melting on your face is due to it mixing with the oils secreted by your own skin and to add to that the sweat in a humid environment.

A lot of us have oily skin and make the same mistake of changing our skincare routine for the summer and completing knocking of a moisturizer from it since we think that the oils in our skin are anyways moisturizer that is being thrown out by the skin. This is such a huge misconception.

Our skin needs 2 moisturizers one an internal one- Water which provides hydration to the skin and the other for the surface of the skin which is exposed to dirt, pollution and our own cleansing & toning routine which takes away the natural moisturizer from the surface of the skin.
This is no exception for those with oily skin; infact the skin tends to over produce oils due to lack of moisturization in the skin. Hence it is important to provide the skin the required moisturizer so than the skin does not get hyper active and secrete the oils in excess.

However make sure the moisturizer you use is as per your skin type, cream based for dry skin and gel or water based for oily skin. Do not forget your skin type may also change as per the season. Some moisturizers from Body shop are mattifying too for eg. the Mattifying lotion from the Seaweed range for combination skin and the Tea Tree Skin Clearing Lotion. Make sure to moisturize your skin at night for sure and consume 8 glasses of water each day; this will maintain the elasticity of the skin and slow down the aging process therefore making the skin look healthy & glowing.

I use the neutrogena oil free moisturizer for combination skin, what about you?

Diptidiva1 Tuesday Tip: Deep Breathing

Yes as lame as it may sound and as far away it may seem from being a beauty tip, it is one of the most important ones. Ever wondered how some women look so radiant and young even when you know that they have a day far longer and hectic than yours? I have asked many such women their beauty secret :P Well firstly because I NEEDED it and secondly I HAD TO share it with all of you:) Most of these women have told me either one of these 2 answers: Yoga or Deep breathing.

Image: Yogainmyschool

So I decided to give this a shot and start with 10 minutes of Deep Breathing. Day 1 I thought was the most chaotic 10 minutes of my life, every damn pending job and things to add to my to do list came to mind (heck and here I was to clear my mind for 10 minutes). Well decided there has to be something to this, so not the one to give up a 10 minute free beauty routine I made it a challenge to do it for the next 5 days. The second day was again torture and the then finally on the third day it actually got better. I went on and with each passing day I felt my day going better, things felt more sorted and a clear mind was on its way.

However, then came the moving of the house and an over worked body, mind and a crazy me with no space or time to spare and 10 minutes of breathing was too much of a luxury at that point, leading to the routine to be dropped.

So here I am today to share with you the fact that a happy mind is a blessed mind and leads to a beautiful face and body, so I have begun this routine today and want you to join me with an objective to achieve a beautiful and calmer space in and around us in a world thats way too chaotic.

Here is how you go about:

1. Start as soon as you wake up. You can even do it on your bed (but just make sure you don't go back to sleep). Also set an alarm for 10 mts.

2. Sit up straight, folding your legs on each other and shut your eyes.

3. Start Deep Breathing only through your nose.

Image: Shape.com

Using your finger shut your right nostril while inhaling from your left nostril. Take a deep breathe and hold it for a count of 10 then slowly release. Do the same on the other side which is shut your left nostril and inhaling deeply through your right nostril, hold for 10 counts and release slowly. Try to listen and concentrate on to the beautiful sounds of nature while doing this.
Do this routine until your 10 minute alarm goes off.

4. When you are done, rub your palms against each other to warm it up and place them gently on your shut eyes and slowly open your eyes to see the world in front of you.

Let me know if you accept the challenge to remove 10 minutes in a day for yourself to follow a free beauty routine with me.