Party Beauty

With the Christmas season almost upon us once again it is the party time, and you need at least 7 days to give your self a glamorous appearance. To look your best for the party season you should exercise and follow a strict diet. Have you wondered why the stars whom you so admire always look so slim and trim with not an ounce of flesh out of place. This is because. they follow a strict exercise and diet regime to look honed and toned. Besides exercising and dieting you should prepare yourself a week in advance preceding any big event you have to attend. So here is your preparation plan.

1. Body: Keep it well toned with diet and exercise and drink plenty of water and vegetable and fruit juices. Since it is winter, carrots are available in plenty. Drink at least one large glass of carrot juice every day. Carrot juice helps convert dry and rough skin into silky smooth skin. Besides it acts as a natural blusher which works from within by purifying the blood. Since Christmas comes in the cold season your skin will suffer from the ailments of this season. If your lips have become dry and cracked, then every night before you go to bed apply a thin film of pure ghee mixed with a pinch of salt on them, the hands too turn black and rough. Dip the hands for 15 minutes in warm salted water. Apply a thin layer of Vaseline over them and go to bed. The feet too are affected by the cold weather. Dip feet like hands for 15 minutes in warm and salted water, apply Vaseline nicely on them. Wear soft socks and go to bed.
2. Hair: If your hair is dry, massage them every second day with warm coconut oil and then wash them wish egg shampoo. The last rinse should be juice of 1 lime added to 2 cups warm water. The latest on the hair front is that the hair is becoming shorter, bolder and brighter. Todays young people are going in for razored, layered and textured hair. Straight hair has made a come back and the latest in styling technique is colouring. The most fashionable hair colour is red with purple and orange not far behind.
3. Face: If you have a dry skin, massage the skin with cod liver oil before going to bed. Every alternate day take a tablespoon of strawberries and mix in equal quantity of milk cream (cream found on top of boiled and cooled milk). Apply on the face and leave for half an hour. Remove with tap water. This makes the skin soft and smooth and removes tiny wrinkles. This season the foundations have come out with a glitter, even eyeshadow have glitter in them. Blusher is no longer favored by the rich and the famous, but lipsticks are generally worn in red shades. This is also because of the festive season. Acrylic nails and nail art continue to rule the fashion scene. Gold foil on nails has become very popular and also French manicure. Nail varnish colours have become more metallic and the more adventurous are also using crystals on the teeth. This is the latest fad with the glitterati.