How to Grow Your Hair Faster? Quick Hair Growing Tips

Growing your hair quickly is not a very easy task. How at times you desire to have that long straight hair and try every means to get. But dear friend, growing hair requires lots of care and you need to be patient. While there is no scientifically proven way to make your hair grow faster, there are ways in which you can prevent hair loss. And the less hair you lose, the more hair you have growing to your length of choice, right?

Some Tips to Follow

• If you're trying to grow your hair, forget the old tip that you should have the ends trimmed regularly. Wait at least three months before doing so. It's good to get a trim if you want your hair longer, but it won't make it grow faster: Hair grows from the root, not the ends. Your hair will look better longer if you trim all the dead ends. Hair seems to grow quicker this way and long hair results.
• Oil and massage your hair and scalp regularly. You can use good quality almond oil, cocnut oil and olive oil. Warm the oil before applying.
• Never towel dry your hair, instead use the towel to smooth your hair (you're hairs weakest when wet).
• Use a wide toothed comb tp comb your hair.
• Brush your hair regularly before going to bed. This improves blood circulation and helps to grow hair.
• Tie a pony tail when your hair is dry. This is an old grandmother's technique to grow hair faster.

Regular Routine

• Proper nutrition.
• Drinking enough daily fluids.
• Minimizing unhealthy hair care habits like using chemicals, blower, damaging hair care product use.
• Avoid excessive caffeine, sugar, nicotine, alcohol.
• Get enough sleep, rest and relaxation.
• Taking vitamins, minerals & herbs.

Using Horse Shampoo
Horse Shampoo, is simply the best for growing your hair. Horse shampoo is actually the Mane & Tail shampoo used for shampooing the tail of horses. It is tried by many. Instead of using regular hair shampoo, get a horse shampoo from your nearest pet shop and try using this atleast once a week in your hair. You will see the difference.

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General Weakness Home Remedies

General weakness or feeling lethargic or tired is a common problem faced by many. It may be due to various reasons like an illness, boredom, low immune system or maybe just your mental state than anything else. You can also check out our natural home treatments to boost your immunity with nutrition and herbs. General weakness has many symptoms like feeling lack of energy, drowsy or tired, sluggish, uninterested or inactive, loss of appetite patterns, difficulty in performing daily routine, difficulty in concentrating, difficulty in falling asleep and so on.


Natural Remedies for General Weakness

• Soak 8-10 almonds and 1 teaspoon rice overnight. Remove the outer skin of almonds and make a fine paste. Mix in some milk and a pinch of turmeric powder (haldi). Boil in water and drink this with sugar candy (mishri) or ordinary sugar to taste.
• Take mango slices. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon honey, a pinch of saffron (kesar), cardamom (chhoti illaichi) and rose water (gulab jal) on it. Take twice daily.
• Do 10-15 minutes of warm up and stretching exercises in the morning before leaving for work. This will help to keep you fresh and prevent tiredness.
• Never skip your morning breakfast.
• Take a break from your daily routine. Set some goals in the day to perform. Learn to delegate work as too many things together can be a cause for fatigue and tiredness.
• A warm shower after work or before going to bed is also helpful.
• Avoid cigarette smoking, alcohol and tobacco as far as possible.
• Avoid burning the candle from both the ends by sleeping late and getting up early in the morning. Have a sound sleep for at least 7-8 hours daily.

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Scrub Yourself And Shine After A Fabulous Holi Bash

After the Holi bash, just stand in front of the mirror and you will be shocked to see yourself. Red, Pink, Purple, Green ... you look like an alien . But that should stop you from playing this colourful festival. Just follow these simple tips to beat the Holi hues at home.


What do you do the previous night?

• Apply oil all over your body the night before Holi. You can use coconut oil, mustard oil, almond oil, malai or any cold cream. You should also oil your hair thoroughly to prevent damage caused by the harsh chemicals present in the colours or gulal.
• Mix together 1 tbsp butter, few drops of lemon juice, radish juice, cucumber juice, tomato juice and a little bit of turmeric. Apply this on your face. When the pack dries, rub gently with glycerine and rose water. It moisturizes your skin making it easy for the colours to be washed with cold water.

Make Home Scrubs
Make these easy-to-make scrubs at home and see how it can help you to get rid of all the colour smeared on your face:

• Take 1 tsp each of masoor dal, gram flour, rose water, 2 tsp curd, a pinch of haldi and a few drops of lemon juice. Apply it all over your body. Scrub and wash off.
• Mix besan (gram flour), mustard oil and rose water (1 tsp each) with a pinch of turmeric powder and apply all over. Leave for some time and then wash.
• Mix a mashed banana in 2 tbsp milk cream and apply this paste all over.
• Mix 2 tbsp fuller’s earth (multani mitti), 1 tbsp glycerine, raw milk and curd (2 tbsp each) and apply. However you should use this scrub if you have normal skin.
• To prevent irritation and itchiness, mix 1 tbsp each of cucumber juice, milk cream , freshly ground bottle gourd peels and apply it on your face. Wash it off with coconut water. This paste soothes the skin.

Removing Teeth Stains: Say CHEESE
Colour on the teeth can be removed by rubbing some lemon rind on them for a shine. You can also make a paste of lemon juice, mustard oil and fine salt. Apply the mix and see your teeth glow.

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