HOME MADE ANTI-WRINKLE FACE MASKS (Compiled)

 HOME MADE ANTI-WRINKLE FACE MASKS

The most sure-fire ways of keeping wrinkles at bay is adequate sun protection, nutritious diet, regular exercise, a stress-free lifestyle and proper sleep.

It’s a fact that you cannot get rid of wrinkles with homemade masks, nonetheless some of these face packs help rejuvenate, revitalize and give your skin a firmer texture.

Honey anti-wrinkle mask

Ingredients:

1 ½ tbsp honey

½ tsp carrot juice

A pinch of baking soda.

Method:

Combine honey and juice of carrots. Apply on face. Leave on for 20 minutes. Remove using cotton wool dipped into warm water to which a pinch of baking soda has been added.

Egg and Cream mask

Ingredients:

1 white of an egg

1 tablespoon of milk-cream (malai)

Method:

Combine together to make a paste. Apply on face and neck for 20 minutes. Rinse off with tepid water. This mask tautens the facial skin quickly and your face will look rejuvenated almost immediately but this doesn’t last for longer. If you're want to make your skin look tighter and younger for the evening, this is a great mask to use.

Cornflour mask:

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon corn flour (makki ka atta)

1 tablespoon of honey

Method:

Make a paste with the above ingredients without any lumps.

Application:

Apply on face and allow it to dry before rinsing off.

Apple facial mask

Ingredients:

Apple – 1

Method:

Mash apple and use as a facial mask to tighten your skin.

Application:

Use on face for 10 minutes and wash thoroughly with cold water.

Egg white-olive oil face mask

Ingredients:

Egg white – 1

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Olive oil – 1 tbsp

Method:

Beat egg white until smooth add the juice of lemon and olive oil. Apply to face and neck a few hours before retiring to bed and leave it on for 20 minutes. Wash off and follow with your moisturizer.

Egg white-lemon mask

Ingredients:

Eggwhite- 1

Juice of half a lemon

Salt- ½ tsp

Method:

Mix beaten egg white with the juice of 1/2 a lemon and salt. Apply for 15-20 min and wash off. Works wonders on wrinkled skin.

Banana mask

Ingredients:

1 ripe banana

1 tablespoon rose water

Method:

Mash banana and add in rose water.

Application:

Apply as often as you can. Wash with lukewarm water after 30 minutes. If used regularly it gives your skin a firm texture.

Mint-kaolin mask

Ingredients:

1 egg white

2 teaspoon kaolin

2 tablespoon mint leaves (pudina) juice

Method:

Crush a handful of mint leaves and allow it to steep in water for half an hour. Strain the liquid. Alternatively, you may extract the juice of mint. Beat the egg white until stiff. Add to the mint extract. Stir in kaolin to make a paste.

Application:

Apply the mask all over face and wash it off after 15 minutes.

Eggwhite-cucumber-mint anti wrinkle face pack

Ingredients:

1 tsp cucumber  juice

1 egg white

1 tbsp mint juice

½ tsp honey

1 tsp curd (yoghurt)

Method:

Beat egg white until stiff. Blend ingredients thoroughly.

Application:

Apply thickly on face. Leave on for 15 minutes and rinse.

Green-gram flour anti-wrinkle face pack

Ingredients:

Green Gram (moong) flour – 1 tbsp

Coconut oil – 1 tsp

Turmeric (Haldi) powder – ½ tsp

Method:

Mix all the ingredients and apply evenly all over the face and wash off with cold water after 20 minutes.

Papaya-cream face pack

Ingredients:

Mashed papaya – 2 tbsp

Milk cream – 1 tbsp

Method:

Mix the two ingredients well and apply on your face for 15-20 minutes to wash it off with cold water later. Do this at least thrice in a week.

Peach-lemon face pack

Ingredients:

Peaches – 2

Lemon juice – 1tsp

Method:

Mash the peaches and to this mixture add lemon juice. Apply on your face and neck for 15-20 min. Wash off and follow it up with a moisturizer.

Green seedless grape mask

Ingredients:

Green seedless grapes

Method:

Cut a green seedless grape in half, and gently rub it on your face concentrating on places which are more wrinkle-prone likecrow's feet,  laughter lines etc. Leave the mask on your face for around fifteen to twenty minutes before washing it off with cold or warm water. Gently pat your face dry. You may then apply a good herbal moisturiser.

11 brain exercises that work

Do you find that it's taking longer to process information as you get older?

 

Research backs this up. There are things you can do, though, to keep your brain fit as you age.
Brain Exercises That Boost Memory — and May Fight Alzheimer's
These tips and mental exercises can keep your brain sharper and may even help prevent the signs of Alzheimer's disease.
By Linda Melone

Like your muscles, your brain needs regular workouts to stay healthy and fit as you age. Why? Just as we lose some muscle as we get older, our brains can atrophy, too. More specifically, your brain's "cognitive reserve"— or its ability to withstand neurological damage due to aging and other factors without showing visible signs of slowing or memory loss — diminishes through the years. That can make it more difficult to perform mental tasks. But, just as weight workouts add lean muscle to your body and help you retain more muscle in your later years, researchers now believe that following a brain-healthy lifestyle and performing regular, targeted brain exercises can also increase your brain's cognitive reserve.

Putting Brainpower "In the Bank"
The bigger your brain's cognitive reserve, the more "backup" brainpower you possess. This reserve can protect your memory and perhaps even delay or prevent the visible symptoms of age-related neurological changes, including the damage caused by Alzheimer's disease. In fact, in a study of retired Catholic nuns, autopsies revealed Alzheimer's lesions in the brains of some 80- to 90-year-old nuns even though they did not exhibit symptoms prior to their deaths. "Leading a life of meditation and continued studying, eating a low-fat diet, and having strong social ties with other nuns created a life that increased their cognitive reserve," says Robert Bender, MD, medical director of the Johnny Orr Memory Center and Healthy Aging Institute in Des Moines, Iowa. "This enabled them to function very well despite the clinical evidence of Alzheimer's disease."

Regaining Lost Brain Activity — Even in Alzheimer's Patients.
In addition to helping you retain strong cognitive abilities as you age, new research suggests that making lifestyle changes and challenging your brain can also help regain lost brainpower. Physicians had previously believed that such loss was irreversible. In a six-month study, Dr. Bender and other researchers found that Alzheimer's patients recovered a significant amount of brain activity after undergoing a program involving drug therapy, physical exercise, low-fat diet instruction, cognitive training, socialization, and meditation. "We now know the brain is plastic, or resilient enough that we can actually make ourselves smarter," says Bender. "Even in cases of Alzheimer's disease, some normal brain cells remain, and research suggests they can be stimulated to create new connections."

The Healthy Brain:

A Multifaceted Approach
Researchers believe that the most effective plan to increase your cognitive reserve is to stimulate your brain in several ways. That includes diet, exercise, and lifestyle factors, as well as the daily flexing of your brain's neurons.

"Approaches to brain health include a well-balanced diet low in fat, low in cholesterol, and high in antioxidants," says Bender. In addition to good nutrition, regular exercise can promote vascular health to help protect brain tissue. And avoiding ruts and boredom is also critical. "The brain wants to learn new things," says Bender, noting that some researchers believe that people are more vulnerable to dementia when they pay less attention to the things around them. "When the brain is passive, it has a tendency to atrophy," he adds. For this reason, sedentary and relatively passive activities, like sitting in front of a TV for hours a day, can be detrimental to brain health over time.

 11 Brain Exercises That Work Exercises to strengthen brain function should offer novelty and challenge — and they can be fun. "Almost any silly suggestion can work," says David Eagleman, PhD, neuroscientist and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. "Drive home via a different route; brush your teeth with your opposite hand. The brain works through associations [which is why it's easier to memorize lyrics to a song than it is to try and remember the same words without music], so the more senses you involve the better."

Your morning newspaper is a great place to start. "Simple games like Sudoku and word games are good, as well as comic strips where you find things that are different from one picture to the next," says John E. Morley, MD, director of St. Louis University's Division of Geriatric Medicine and author of The Science of Staying Young. In addition to word games, Dr. Morley recommends the following exercises to sharpen your mental skills:

Test your recall. Make a list — of grocery items, things to do, or anything else that comes to mind — and memorize it. An hour or so later, see how many items you can recall. Make items on the list as challenging as possible for the greatest mental stimulation. Draw a map from memory. After returning home from visiting a new place, try to draw a map of the area; repeat this exercise each time you visit a new location. Do math in your head. Figure out problems without the aid of pencil, paper, or computer; you can make this more difficult by walking at the same time. Challenge your taste buds. When eating, try to identify individual ingredients in your meal, including subtle herbs and spices. Take a cooking class. Learn a new way to cook. Cooking uses a number of senses: smell, touch, sight, and taste, which all use different parts of the brain. Create word pictures. Visualize the spelling of a word in your head, then try and think of any other words that begin (or end) with the same two letters. Learn a foreign language. The listening and hearing involved stimulates the brain. Let the music play. Learn to play a musical instrument or study music. Refine your hand-eye abilities. Learn a new skill that involves fine-motor skills, such as knitting, drawing, painting, assembling a puzzle, etc. Engage your senses. Try activities that involve as many of your senses as possible, such as gardening. Learn a new sport. Take up an athletic exercise that utilizes the mind and body, like golf or basketball. Soon people will realize that they can take steps to keep their brains healthy, just as they know they can prevent heart disease by taking certain actions, says Bender. "In the coming decade, I predict brain wellness to be right up there with heart health — now that there's proof that living a brain-healthy lifestyle works!"

Face Exercise Part 2 (Compiled)

                                         Face Exercise :

Correcting Flabbiness Under Chin
Step 1	Lift chin slightly upward.
Step 2	With flat point of index and middle fingers press against indentation (hollow) formed by the two upper nodules of the larynx located at the curve from chin to neck. Do not be concerned in the beginning as to the precise location of pressure which you will discover through practice. Regard finger pressure as the resistance against the working muscles.
Step 3	Now press your back teeth firmly together * and while maintaining this position.
Step 4	Press the tip of your tongue against the inside of lower front teeth (gum line) increasing pressure with the tip of tongue ** in 10 or more gradual and definite steps (Count to 10).
Step 5	Hold end position of pressure for 6 seconds (count slowly to six).
Step 6	Release muscle work for 10 gradual steps (count to 10).
Step 7	Remove finger resistance.
	Repeat 4 more times. Results Note Suggestion Visible in approximately one week. * If resistance is kept at the right place you will feel the muscles pushing against your finger resistance. ** For each increase of pressure with tip of tongue you will sense a stronger push against your resistance. Since the pressure of the finger tips against resistance may be felt unpleasantly and also may slip, it is advisable to cushion finger tips with cotton.

If you have those circles under your eyes, frowning and squinting left tracks on your face then here are a few face exercises that will help you look great and beautiful. By following these few exercises religiously you will have a young and dazzling look without going for surgery or face-lift. Let us begin with forehead. This exercise should be done 10 times daily to the count of six at a time.

Forehead :

1. Join your fingers together with your thumbs folded in and place your fingers near your temples i.e., where your scalp meets your head. Push straight up and hold and then, raise your eyebrows, hold for six counts and release.

Benefits: This face exercise removes the lines above the brow. It targets the muscles of the forehead and the muscles at the back of your head.

2. First, place the middle fingertip of each hand in the centre of each eyebrow. Pull the eyebrows apart or outwards, and at the same time try to frown. Hold for six counts. The next step is totally the reverse exercise. Place the middle fingertip of each hand in the centre of each eyebrow; push brows together or inward and at the same time raise eyebrows and hold.

Benefits: This face exercise helps remove the mark on your forehead and the area between the eyebrows. This face exercise targets the muscles right above the brow area.

Eyes :

1. Place the three centre fingers of each hand underneath the eye, pull down, and try to close your eyes. Hold for six counts and release.

Benefits: This face exercise eliminates puffiness as it targets the muscles under the eyes.

2. Place the ring and middle fingers of each hand at the outer corners of eyes. Pull the corner of the eyes toward the hairline and hold. At the same time, squeeze eyes shut; hold for six counts and then release.

Benefits: This face exercise helps remove the wrinkles around the eyes.

Cheeks :

1. Put your head back. Take your three centre fingers, place them on the apples of the cheeks and push down. At the same time, raise your cheeks as hard as you can by smiling.

Benefits: This exercise targets the muscles of the cheeks.

2. Put your thumb in your mouth right in the centre of the cheek and push. At the same time, bring the cheek back towards the teeth against your thumb. Hold for six counts and then repeat on the other side.

Benefits: This face exercise will fill out the cheek hollows, firm the face and lift.

Mouth :

1. Take your middle fingers and pull down on either side of your lower lip thus exposing your teeth. At the same time try to mope.

Benefits: This exercise tones the muscles around the lip area.

Chin :

1. Take your three centre fingers, pull the chin down and at the same time curl the lower lip over the bottom teeth.

Benefits:  This face exercise tones the muscles of the chin.

Here's a sample exercise for the double chin, an area that seems to bag around on us as we age no matter what our body weight. It's called the Tongue Press:

          Purpose:  Firms the Area Under the Chin

          Place your thumb pads, one in front of the other, resting under the chin, fingers resting against the jawbone.

          As you press the tongue against the roof of the mouth, press and slide your thumbs, alternately, from front 

          (directly under the chin) to back (to where the under chin meets the neck), making a rhythm of one thumb 

          slide for every tongue press.

                *  Repeat 40 times

          Feel the muscle work as you slide your thumbs against the underneath part of your chin.

          Try this exercise twice a day for two weeks and you'll start to see the double chin area firming up. 

Double Chin

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To decrease a double chin and eventually take it away, lie

on your back on a flat surface. Raise your head, slowly, and touch your chin to your chest. Slowly return your head back to the ground. Repeat this chin to chest exercise 10 times, and work up to 50 a day once the muscles are stronger.

Sagging Jowls

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To help tighten up cheeks and neck that sag, pull

your bottom lip over your top lip and smile. Tilt your chin slightly upwards until you can feel it pulling on your neck. Hold this position for a 10 count, and repeat 5 times. Once you are accustomed to this exercise, try repeating the exercise 10 times per day, once in the morning and once at night.

Crows Feet

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This simple exercise is easy to do at night while applying face and eye cream. Close your eyes tightly and slide thumbs from the corners of your eyes towards your temples. Rest your other fingers on the top of your head. Do this exercise 10 times in the morning and at night for best results.

Upper Eyelid

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As age sets in, the upper eyelid often tends to fall and sag. To firm the upper eyelid, place your index fingers just under your eyebrows. Push your fingers up while closing your eye and stretching your eyelid down. Repeat this several times a day.

Facial Stretch

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This exercise can be used to tone the whole face. Open your mouth as wide as you can and stick your tongue out as far as you can. Open your eyes wide, and hold this position for a count of 10. Repeat 5 times for a full cycle. Be careful not to take this position too quickly to avoid jaw discomfort.

"Carolyn's Facial Fitness Program" 

I will be  

    

 sixty years old soon. "I've been doing the face
    

exercises for almost ten years now and to my
    

astonishment I still have youth jumps. That is,
    

in the first two years of face exercising, every
    

three months or so, all of a sudden you look a
    

bit younger than you did before,"  explains
    

Carolyn.  "Somehow my face and jowls are
    

just a little bit younger looking than before.
    

 So, I'm looking younger as I grow older."

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   "Neck Firmer"
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Tighten and firms the neck.

Grasp with a wide-open,
 

hand, under the chin.
 

Tilt the chin towards the
 

ceiling feeling the stretch  in your neck.  

                      

                    Slide your open hand

                    down to your collarbone

                     and Hold, while counting

                      to ten. Repeat 5 times

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                  "Upper Eyelid Stretch"

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                      Firms Upper Eyelid

                 

             Push up with the index finger, just under the brow, while closing the eye and stretching the upper eyelid down.  Hold for ten and repeat 5 times.

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                                                               Crows Feet"

                                                               Alleviates lines

                                                  

Squeeze the eyes shut and Slide your thumbs from the corners of your eyes towards the temples. Fingers rest gently on top of your head. Repeat 10 times.

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Push up with the index finger, just under the brow, while closing the eye and stretching the upper eyelid down.  Hold for ten and repeat 5 times.

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Purpose:  Firms the Area Under the Chin

           Place your thumb pads, one in front of

the other, resting under the chin, fingers resting

against the jawbone.
         

As you press the tongue against the roof of the

mouth, press and slide your thumbs,

alternately, from front (directly under the chin) to back (to where the under chin meets the neck), making a rhythm of one thumb slide for every tongue press.

                *  Repeat 40 times

         

           Feel the muscle work as you slide your thumbs

against the underneath part of your chin.

          Try this exercise twice a day for two

weeks and you'll start to see the double chin

area firming up.

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  Place the Index finger from each hand in both

corners of the mouth. While pulling the

corners of your mouth down with your fingers, draw your lower lip into a pout and hold for a count of 5. You may

also feel a strong pull in the neck.

                              *  Repeat 10 times

          

Next, lay down on the floor or the bed. Lift

your head about half an inch off the floor with

each pout and hold for a count of 5.

 Lying down will help to make this exercise

extra effective. You have gravity giving a

helping hand!
          

 Try this exercise twice a day, especially if you

have strong "pouches" or deep lines in the

corners of your mouth.

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   Grasp with a wide-open,
  hand, under the chin.
  Tilt the chin towards the
  ceiling feeling the stretch
  in your neck.

The news that will be of interest to many women, is that by devoting just ten minutes a day to a few simple facial exercises can make you look more youthful, more beautiful and more healthy! In fact, these exercises can be performed anywhere, although it might cause a few odd stares if you carry them out in public! This is not just a question of vanity. Strangers initially judge us by our faces, unfair as that may seem. During interviews, for example, your face is under constant scrutiny and it stands to reason that if you feel confident about the way you look, you will exude an aura of confidence.

   

             (Carolyn's Facial Fitness)