Create Your Own Home Spa in Six Easy Steps

To pamper yourself you don’t always need money but a just sometime to yourself and some little things to get the spa treatment at home.

Pakistani women would love to treat themselves to a weekly day at the spa, but what if you lack the time or the money to indulge on a regular basis? A bit of pampering every once in a while will help Pakistani women feel more balanced in life and ready to nurture those around. And creating your own mini home spa is simple and affordable.

Whether it is a daily, weekly, or monthly indulgence, here are six steps to creating a luxurious home spa: 

1. Make sure the tub is nice and clean, too, soPakistani women can relax during the spa treatment.
2. Pakistani women will want at least one extra large towel for the body and another towel for the hair. There is nothing like a good, luxurious towel for your home spa experience. Wash and dry your towels with your favorite brand and scent of fabric softener so they smell blissful. 
3. If you don't already have one, spend in a plush bathrobe and nice slippers. This is a one-time expense that will make you feel spoiled each time you treat yourself to a home spa. 
4. Decide on a theme then set the mood with music and lighting. Select a tranquil or energizing CD, depending on the mood you wish to create. When Pakistani women set the right mood, they will intensify the effects of spa treatments. 
5. Whether Pakistani women prefer to create their own products from kitchen ingredients or to purchase a few samples from the drug store put them in an attractive basket or bag for easy access each time you create a home spa. 
6. Pakistani women should fully enjoy your luxurious home spa. Fill the bath with hot water and turn on the shower for extra steam. While your facial mask is working, start with your exfoliating scrub and let yourself relax. Sink into the experience and pay attention to what you smell, feel, and hear. 

Creating a home spa is so simple and affordable that Pakistani women will have no excuse not to indulge at least once a week. 

Source: Fashion Central

Include the Boots in your Winter Footwear Collection

Get the latest trend footwear for your fall collection.

Shoes are one of the most important accessories when it comes to completing the perfect look. If you don’t wear proper shoes according to your outfit you will not be able to look proper. Now if you have never paid attention to your footwear collection then it’s about time to go for an entire collection of it.
To get the hottest and latest available footwear you need to consult the latest trend list for shoes. Since 2011 is almost here with a pleasant arrival of the winters we need to know what will make our footwear collection good. This season we need to be particular regarding the colors and style of the shoes we select for ourselves.

With the arrival of the fall you definitely have to go for the boots. The boots can range from ankle high boots, fur or lady like refined style. The footwear collection has to have boots so that they keep your winters warm and stylish.

Other than this lady like boots, we have a fusion of men footwear trend with the women footwear trend. This fusion brings out the shoe style that is particularly military or utility inspired. Other than boots we need to get that lace up shoes, wedges and platforms.

Boots have so many options: mid-shaft, tall-shaft, over-the-knee, thigh-high and exposed zippers and laces. Even in the shoes the animal print is definitely a big hit for the fall 2010 and 2011.

Besides these shoes that particularly keep you warm you need to have those wooden heels for your footwear collection. These heavy wooden heels have heavy detailing and fabrics moving way from the traditional black. The colors for theshoes collection has to involve deep beige, cognac, burnt oranges and yellows for the winter 2010-2011.

The texture of the material of the shoes should be from furs to suede. This would make the foot wear collection the, oh so interesting for the entire season.

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Citrus Effect for Your Hair

Worried about how lifeless and parched your hair looks? No more worries ladies! Try this new citrus effect and be amazed by the outstanding results. You’ll get hair so beautiful, even you would hardly believe the reflection you see of yourself!

But the question is how can a citrus fruit be of such great a help? Well, you see the citric acid in fresh juice mixed with carbonation from club soda will perfectly cleanse hair and remove any dirt, chlorine, and salt residue, if any. And sage oil will restore life in your hair and revive the natural luster.

For preparing this recipe, you’ll require:

1/4 cup club soda

1/4 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice

1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

Drop of sage essential oil

Mix all the ingredients, i.ie the grapefruit juice, club soda, orange juice, and lemon juice and pour the mixture in a spray bottle. In case, you got longer hair, add a little more quantity of each ingredient (instead of ¼ cup add 1/8 cup of each aforementioned ingredient) and mix well.

Then add a drop of sage essential oil, which are readily available at most health-food stores.

Carefully wet hair, and then spray the mixture on to your hair well. Comb it through so that each hair strand gets properly covered. Leave it on for two to four minutes.

After sometime, wash it properly with your favorite shampoo and condition them.

Feel flabbergasted with the exotic effect your hair will get, as if someone sprayed new life into them.

Go over giving this Citrus effect to your hair once every two weeks. Incase your hair are very dry and damaged, repeat the procedure once every three weeks.

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Tips to Flaunt your Nails

Nails tell a lot about your personality. Here is how you can play with your nails and charm the birds.

Follow these simple nail tips and stay healthy.

These simple nail tips reveal a lot about your person, so are you ready to flaunt those natty nails. This nail tipsuggests that like every other part of your body nailscan become healthy with regular intake of minerals and vitamins. Those women who want to grow healthy nails must include fruits, dark green leafy vegetables, nuts and dried fruits in their diet. Drink lots of fresh carrot juice regularly as it increases the calcium and phosphorous content in the body which in turn helps strengthen nails.

According to this nail tip, soak your hands for a few minutes in a bowl of milk as it provides nourishment to your cuticles. You could use olive oil to moisturise nails.

This nail tip suggest never expose your nails to water for long or, even hard detergents, as this can dry out your cuticles. While doing domestic chores, protect your nails by wearing gloves. In case of washing clothes or utensils immediately wash your hands and use lotion to keep it clean.

Women and youngsters especially should not bite their nails. This is not a healthy habit and shows lot of complexes and lack of confidence. Always use a non-acetone nail enamel remover. To nourish your nails, mix honey with almond oil and leave it on your nails overnight. Apply a moisturiser to your nails before you retire for the day.

Source: Fashion Central

Warm and Fashionable Gloves

A glove is a piece of clothing that covers a hand and there are different kinds of warm and fashionable gloves available in different fabrics and materials.

Men and women wear gloves to keep their hands comfortable, warm and funky. They are used in various ways. Nowadays, women are wearing leather gloves as a part offashion statement. As compare to men, women have always wanted to look different from their counter part. Women do all they can like cosmetics, branded outfits and different fashion accessories to highlight their looks and boost their appeal, in the beginning there were hats, scarves in fashion and now hedesigner fashionable gloves are making their move.

There are gloves available in various materials like, cotton and satin, it is the leather gloves that are an all time favourite with women all over the world.

The most famous fashion gloves which women like to wear are long leather gloves. They look very fashionable and stylish while wearing. There are variety of long leather gloves such as spring leather gloves, black leather long 8 button big buckle gloves. Ladies Leather long Quilted, 16 button lace Fingerless gloves, and 16 button lace Fingerless/Ivy are the most famous and classical gloves of all.

Though, white and black are the colours that are most popular now, women can also find the ladies leather gloves in various contemporary and lively colours like burgundy, gold, green, grey, earthy brown and violet and you name it.

There are driving, patrolling and simple weather gloves available for men also and their price range from Rs 50 and above.

The different varieties of fashion gloves for men and women give a wide range of options to the wearer for both relaxed and formal dresses. The fashionable gloves add both fashion and class to the personality of the wearer.

Source: Fashion Central

The Perfect Bridal Makeup Tips

You have met the man of your dreams, fallen in love with him and even got the marriage date fixed. And now, you are eagerly waiting for the day of your union, when the two of you would become each other’s, forever. In the meantime, you have started with the preparations, right from choosing the venue to selecting the bridal dress. So you’ve got the guy, the dress , and the flowers and chosen a hairstyle, but what about your make-up? Here are a few tips that will ensure you look picture perfect when walking down the isle to say ‘I-do’!

Perfect Wedding Make Up Tips

Beauty Regime Before The Big Day

• Beauty Regime before the big day To get that glowing, fresh-faced look, there are a few things to consider a few weeks prior to your wedding day. A skin and nail care plan should be started about 6 weeks before the wedding. Talk to your beautician about having regular facials and manicures.
• Don’t get too much sun before your wedding. Sunburns and peeling skin shouldn’t sabotage your wedding day. Consider Spray-on-tanning, a 100% natural way to achieve a tan. Ask Cristina about Golden Tropics Spray on Tan.

Body Mind Spirit

• Don’t forget the importance of Body-Mind-Spirit. What’s going on inside is just as important to looking good. As you know preparing for a wedding is very stressful and if you are not looking after yourself by not getting enough sleep or not eating properly it will without a doubt show on your face!
• If you are really stressed out consider having a relaxing massage once a week for a month and also a day before the wedding. Burn some relaxing essential oils around the house to help calm your nerves.
• If you are having trouble sleeping try Valerian tea before going to bed, available from most health food shops.

Trial

• When you have chosen a makeup artist, organize a trial around 1-2 months before the wedding.
• It is a good idea to have your bridesmaids with you to give their input and also advise what kind of look they want themselves.
• Have pictures from magazines to show the makeup artist various looks that appeal to you.
• Mention if you have any skin problems or allergies etc or if there are any particular ways you wear your make-up.
• If you are having a day – time wedding it is ideal to organize the trial during the day as this will give you a better idea as to how the make-up will look.

Have Pictures and Swatches of Wedding Dress and Bridesmaid’s Dresses

• Having pictures of the dresses will give the make-up artist a starting point for designing the perfect look for you and your bridesmaids.
• Fabric swatches of the wedding dress and bridesmaid’s dresses and a description of the flowers will also help when choosing colors. The colors should compliment both the dress and the flowers.

What Look To Go With

• The style you choose for your wedding make-up will ultimately depend on your personal preference, but there are some other factors to consider:
• The time of the ceremony -is it a day or evening wedding? A lighter, more natural look is more suited to a day wedding and a more dramatic look is suited to an evening one.
• What time of year is your wedding? If you are having a Spring/Summer wedding, go for bright, pastel colors. Warm, deeper shades will lend themselves well to a winter wedding.
• Your skin tones and hair color? There are two color palettes- warm or cool.
• If you are Blond or fair skinned, cool tones of grey, blue, soft pink and lilac are ideal.
• If you are brunette or olive skinned, warm neutral tones of brown, taupe, burgundy & red are more suited.
• Remember your make up should be a little more dramatic than your everyday make-up as you can tend to look pale and wash-out in photos if your make-up doesn’t stand out.

Your Face

• Foundations with yellow undertones work best with flash photography.
• Keep away from shimmer highlighters as this look will not show up well in photos and give a reflective shine.
• Use a light dusting of translucent powder to prevent any unwanted shine.
• Ask your make-up artist to use a bronzing powder to warm your skin tone and give a natural glow. Place on areas where the sun would naturally hit e.g. Forehead, cheeks and bridge of nose.
• Blush- use more than not enough.

Your Eyes

• The eye-area should be soft and natural with no heavy, dark lines.
• Keep away from up to the minute eyeshades and make-up trends as you will regret it when you look at your photos in years to come!
• Use a brow pencil slightly darker than your hair color and avoid heavy, dark shadows.

Your Lips

• Use a lip-liner the same color as your lipstick and avoid a noticeable or dark lip line.
• The color on your lips will depend on whether you are a warm or cool color palette.
• It is more flattering to define one area i.e. If you want dark, defined eyes, go for a lighter lip shade and if you want dark/bright lips go for natural, light eyes.

Timing

• Ask your make-up artist to arrive as early as possible and allow plenty of time to get the job done. The last thing you want is to be rushed on your wedding day.

Touch Up Tips

• Ask your mum or one of your bridesmaids to carry a powder compact, tissues and lipstick for touch ups during the day.

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