How to Eat Mung Beans: Get Healthy Hair and Slim Waist
I grew up in a household that cooked lots of beans and lentils. There was always something soaking, something sprouting. Soaking beans was done in light-weight steel pots, and for sprouting, the seeds were covered with wet cotton/muslin cloth. Although, there were no potted plants, our kitchen was teeming with life – plant life. Mung […]
Continue reading15 Home Remedies for Grey Hair (and Natural Hair Colours)
Grey hair is a sign of wisdom and maturity. But the trouble is if greying happens early in life. While conventional hair dyes can cover the grey hair, they contain many harmful chemicals — which can cause skin and eye irritation, damage hair follicles and even adversely affect your health. Fortunately, nature provides us […]
Continue readingHow to Cheat Grey Hair: Darken Your Hair Without Hair Dye
Hair dyes can be harmful. Henna can be messy and time-consuming. And eating black sesame seeds and amla may take a long time to work and produce any visible results. So what’s a grey hair person to do? There is one quick fix which is not harmful, neither messy nor time-consuming. And it will darken […]
Continue readingHow to Use Amla for Thicker, Fuller Hair (and Darken Greys)
You most likely know the age-old saying “An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away”. And do you know that “An Amla a Day Keeps Hair Loss Away”. That’s also an age-old saying. Not in those words, but if you were to pick any ayurvedic text that talks about amla, there will be mention of […]
Continue readingMagnesium for Healthy Hair Growth (and Top Foods High in Magnesium)
Our lives have become busy and distracting. And it’s not getting any better, maybe worse. There’s work to be done, emails to be dealt with, home to be managed and then every so often a new gadget is launched in the market that appears very cool and you want to get it. In the midst […]
Continue readingMake Your Own Egg Hair Mask: Boost Volume and Thickness Instantly
Want hair like a film celebrity? Shiny, Bouncy and Voluminous. Do what they do… Exercise. Get beauty sleep. Eat healthy. And if all that is too much – put egg on the hair. It smells a little, but many celebs swear by this at-home beauty secret. Eggs are full of protein, which helps strengthen your […]
Continue readingGrey Hair Care: Natural Tips to Make Grey Hair Gorgeous
No one quite knows at what age our hair will start turning grey. It can happen in the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s or even much later. Of course, your genes play a big role. So if your parents turned grey early, you’ll also go grey early. But that is not a sure probability. It […]
Continue readingWhat is the Right temperature to Wash Your Hair: Hot or Cold
In the quest to keep our hair healthy and strong, we worry about what shampoo to use, what oils to apply and what supplements to take. But water temperature? Is that even an issue? Or maybe it is. You don’t have to carry a thermometer in the shower, you know when the water is hot […]
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