Health and beauty

Go glossy for spring


3/ 2/2004

Look good and stay healthy with Zahida Abbas

Assalamu Alaykum readers and Happy New Year.
The New Year is a time for people wanting to look and feel their best. It's also a time when our pockets are at their all time low.
However looking and feeling great doesn't mean you have to spend on expensive treatments.
Just a few rituals done regularly will put that spring in your step, that sparkle in your smile and that sheer gloss in your hair.
Sounds too good to be true? Read on.

Glossy hair
Invest in a pack of sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
These are available at most health food shops. Lightly toast them, then place them in an airtight container. Regularly sprinkle them on your cereal in the morning, on your salad in the afternoon or in your soup in the evening.
The seeds will go a long way in improving the shine and texture of your hair. To smooth down dry fly away hair, all you need is a pump spray bottle. Add a few drops of hair oil to 4ml of water. Place in the bottle and mix vigorously. Hold pump 3-4 inches away from your hair and gently spray over hair. Comb through and watch the shine emerge.

A spring in your step
Before retiring for the night, slice half a lemon, a small orange and one apple.
Place the fruit in a jug of water and cover over night. In the morning boil the fruit and water. Squeeze lemon into the boiled water, add a teaspoon of honey. When the water has cooled down sip the water like tea on an empty stomach.
This will refresh you and get your digestive juices flowing. The fruit can also be eaten, it's a good way getting to grips with fruit as part of your five fruit a day plan.
The water can be drank over the course of the day and it will taste fruity too.
Busy people can pour it into a flask and take it to work with them.

Extra special skin glow
In every women's magazine, there is stacks of information on keeping your skin in tip top condition.
Well and good but one look at the prices leaves you gasping.
Let's make life a little easier.
Take a few sticks of cinnamon, with a handful of rice and grind into powder.
Next add a teaspoon of turmeric powder, mix well and add enough water to make a think paste.
Gently massage this scrub into your hands, feet and elbows and knees.
This scrubs away dead skin, leaving you with smooth hands and feet.
For an extra pamper - warm live yoghurt and brush onto the scrubbed area, leave on for 10-15 minutes and wash off. The difference can not only be felt but seen instantly.
I would recommend this treatment once every six weeks only.


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