Beauty and Personal Grooming

If exercising had an opposite, it would probably be the act of watching television. Exercising and watching TV go together like morbidly obese couch potatoes and bikini season, right? Not necessarily. Not only are there some exercises that can be done while staring into the boob tube, but sometimes, staring at the TV can actually help you do the exercise correctly.

So you just got a manicure and you couldn't be happier, taking any excuse to show off your fingers to the world. But you know that in a few days, that post-mani euphoria will chip and crack like the polish on your nails, leaving you to walk around hiding your hands like a prodigy piano student with a paranoid mother.

While it's true that common colds are most common in winters and monsoons , you can catch it any time, especially if you are not particular about hand hygiene or have been in the company of people who have been suffering from this. Though colds last for around 5-7 days, the accompanying nasal stuffiness / congestion can be very irksome as you cannot breathe properly. Just nose blowing won't help, especially if you aren't doing it right . Several remedies do help to ease your symptoms and pamper yourself.  But one of the easiest way to beat this nasal congestion is to to eat lots of spicy food . 

If you're like most gals, you've probably stood at the makeup counter for hours trying to find your shade of concealer or blush only to get home and realize it's not quite the ideal color match. Suddenly you're stuck with a product you'll never use and you still don't have the beauty product you were after.

Going through menopause is like being in a battle. Many women even have the scars to show from it. Image Credits As we near menopause the body starts preparing for a big set of changes which may affect us physically as well as mentally. It certainly does bring on unusual moodiness and depression in many cases, accompanied by hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, and also weight gain.

A homemade oil that can be used as a topical application to treat minor skin ailments is what I'm gonna share with you all today.

I remember reading somewhere that long sleepers tend to be shy, introverted and of worrying nature. Long sleepers are those who need to have at least 9 or more hours of sleep to feel adequately well-rested and refreshed. True, excessively long sleep (for more than 10 hours)  is linked to a host of health issues; read one of the earlier posts on this topic. But as long as this oversleep is not due to any underlying medical condition, it isn't such a cause for worry.

In my childhood days, I was fascinated by that tiny plant called Touch-Me-Not. The way its leaves curled up the moment I touched them intrigued me.  I used to search for them around in my garden and other open spaces just to make them shrink. It was a sort of playful activity for me in those days.  Even now it continues to enamour me by making me feel nostalgic, reminding me of those fun-filled, care-free days, when seemingly simple activities gave me so much pleasure!  Besides getting to know the reasons behind its peculiar behaviour to external stimuli, I have come to appreciate other aspects of this plant as well - it's amazing healing qualities.