Beauty and Personal Grooming

Reflexology and hand massages can help un-kink the knots in your body after a hectic week at work. But if you are too busy to a visit to the spa try aromatherapy . Now who would say no to a little on-the-spot R & R to release tension one's body?

Beauty and skin care is not all about spending a ton of money on fancy lotions and exotic creams or getting yourself pampered at an expensive spa. Beauty is something that comes from within and your diet and lifestyle happen to play a very important part in your skin care routine. Undoubtedly, some foods are very skin friendly; moderate consumption of these foods will help improve the health of your entire body and this in turn will reflect on your skin. However, balance is the key word. No single food is responsible for building up or maintaining your skin or body ;  so fad diets, which over-emphasize one food in preference to others can actually deprive you of essential nutrients and so may even harm your body and skin.

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Fooled by her dainty looks, you might want to dismiss Shibani Kashyap as just another wannabe Bollywood singer or a Sheryl Crow look-alike who is riding high on the strength of a pretty face. That is, only until she opens her beestung lips and belts out a foot-tapping, sizzling number like 'Zinda hoon Main' , that you you discover that she's an extremely talented vocalist and singer. Shibani sings like a soprano, plays a mean guitar, writes her own lyrics and exhibits a remarkable talent in her compositions. Here Kashyap speaks about her fitness strategies, beauty secrets and how she keeps her voice healthy .

Turns out there might be a reason some people subject themselves to repeated Botox injections. They could be addicted. According to a study by two British authors, a psychologist and a plastic surgeon, 4 out of 10 people who received regular Botox injections have a compulsive motive for doing so. More than half of regular Botox users said they felt a lack of control over the natural ageing process without the jab, with a similar number admitting that Botox  made them "feel" younger. It has also been found that many patients return for follow-up visits before the effects of their Botox treatments wear off.

Since time immemorial, body piercing has been practiced by many cultures. Of all kinds of body piercing, ear piercing is the most popular, has cultural significance and certain health benefits as well. Navel piercing, on the the other hand, does not seem to be as common throughout history as ear or nose piercing.  But that doesn't mean that belly piercing is only a recent craze. Certainly, it has been has been made popular by Hollywood stars and fashion supermodels.like Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington in recent times but records of belly piercing do date back to ancient Egypt, where the royal family had pierced belly buttons and wore gold rings in their navels. Even Jacqueline Kennedy had one. Her belly-button jewelry is still on display today at the Kennedy presidential library.

What can you do about that zit that sprouted overnight? Don’t pick it which is about the worst thing you can do to a pimple. You may squeeze something to the surface, but you’ll only end up squeezing the infection deeper into the skin. It could also result in a more serious infection. The bacteria-filled pus oozing from the insides of the pimples could spread all over your skin and this, in turn, could cause more pimples. It's best  to just leave them  until they go away on their own, unless, of course, you know the right way of popping a pimple ,  which actually does heal a pimple quickly.

Here handsome hunk and controversial Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi shares his grooming, fitness and diet mantras .