HAIR CARE DURING SUMMER

Jojoba oil works wonders for frizzy hair. Apply it on the end of your strands for protection during the day. Avoid a hot water hair wash, as the heat can damage your hair. Some amount of mousse mixed with mild gel is perfect to keep your hair fresh all through the day. Use a smoothening serum with avocado and jojoba oil to shine to your hair. For naturally curly hair that’s prone to frizz in the summer, mix your curling mousse with a leave-in conditioner and apply to damp hair. This will give you a sleeker look with more controlled curls. To make your hair style last for a long time, avoid using serum because this makes the hair too slippery and more prone to collapsing.

MEDITATE, MEDITATE, MEDITATE

Meditation is the most beautiful way to blow out all the negative energies accumulated from stressful interactions and situations. Include complete body and mind relaxation, deep breathing and visualization. The peaceful inner spaces are amazingly tranquillizing and rejuvenating. Make your motto: when stressed, head to meditate, not to the refrigerator. It will keep your both physical and mental health good. It helps to lead a peaceful life.

HAIR CARE MADE EASY

In summer, your hair is likely to lose out on natural moisturizer and become dull and coarse. Here are a few pointers to help you keep your tresses sleek and soft all through summer. Always use a conditioner after you wash your hair. It adds you wash your hair. It adds moisture and shine to your hair. If your hair is thin, then opt for a leave-in conditioner instead. If you normally use hair dryers, hot irons, electric curlers, etc. every day, try and give your hair a break during the summer months. Let your hair dry naturally most of the time.

MAKING HANDICRAFTS AND ORIGAMI

Dabbling in arts and crafts is an excellent exercise for kids. Get them stuff like drawing and painting books, colors, crayons, art and craft items, etc and watch them cast their magic on it. Rate them according to their creativity. Invest in a good paint-board to ensure that they do not use your bedroom wall to display their art. The art of paper folding or origami is a fun activity for kids to indulge in. origami kits is readily available in arts and crafts stores. Guide them a bit and leave the rest to their creativity and imagination. The activity helps kids to not only get acquainted with geometric figures, but also de-stress.

SKIN DEEP

One of the most important and common troubles is constant unavoidable exposure to the sun. The result of the heat taking its toll can be quite pressing and precautions taken need to be far more than just being limited to external skin care. ‘A nutritious diet accounts for healthy skin and begins from within. Hence, it is essential not only to treat the skin from the outside but also from the inside,” “a healthy diet and lifestyle are vital to keep the skin healthy and glowing. Different dietary factors influence the skin’s condition’ which results in the healthy skin,”

SOME EFFECTIVE AND SIMPLE WAYS TO COMBAT THE HEAT

Drink plenty of water at regular interval of time to prevent hydration. Shower immediately after exercise to keep cool and maintain hygiene. Wear open shoes to allow air circulation especially if you perspire a lot on the feet it will make you feel fresh. This will keep bad odor away and prevent fungal infection due to the dampness. Use a deodorant and body odor. Wear loose cotton clothing to keep comfortable and prevent sunburn. Wear a sun block on all exposed areas of the skin.

MAKING A KIDDIE RECIPE

Guide them to making a new recipe like a sandwich, pizza, and milkshake or fruit juice. As long as it does not involve the use of the gas flame, it’s fine if they prepare it. While you could help them with slicing veggies or fruits, they can do the mixture part of it. If you allow them to use all their favorite ingredients in the dish, they will eat it willingly too. You could begin by enlisting them to make colorful vegetable and fruit salads or sandwiches.

HAIR SPRAY RISKY FOR PREGNANT WOMEN

A word of caution for mothers-to-be! Think twice if you are using a hairspray. According to the research, women who are exposed to hairspray in their first trimester of pregnancy risk having a child with genital birth defects. Their study states that hypospadias is one of the most common birth defects of the male genitalia, where the urinary opening is displaced to the underside of the penis. It further suggests that hairspray and hupospadias may be linked because of the chemicals in hairsprays known as phthalates. Incidentally, phthalates may disrupt the hormonal systems in the body and affect reproductive development.

Writing a story

Story writing increase your kid’s creative and interactive skills and improves their vocabulary. Give them a topic with pointer and characters and make them use of their imaginative power to build a plot around that. You can get the final story typed in their choice of font, make a cover, take printouts and bind them all to make it look like a real book authored by them. In this way you can use their vacation time very excited and at the same time make it a useful manner.

TAKE UP ON WATER

Drink two liters a day. This is the best way to avoid any muscle aches and the only way to replenish the 70 percent body fluids that evaporate through perspiration, elimination, menstruation. Water keeps you sweetly hydrated and your muscles primed. Water also helps to avoid kidney stone. So drink at least 2 to 3 liters of water daily. It also keeps you fresh all the day.