No words can explain my love for making beauty products at home. It is not limited just to beauty, but clothes and home decor too. Besides being pocket-friendly, it provides you immense joy in your leisure time and you can make things the way you wanted them to be.

Today I will be sharing my method of preparing flower water or I will say rose water with added benefits in 10 minutes at home. No heat, letting it infuse in water at ambient temperature.

Let's start-

You will need-

1 Rose flower
4-5 Crape Jasmines
4-5 Vinca Petals
1 Marigold

Benefits of Rose-

A versatile potion which can be used by any age group of women, men, and kids with any skin type. It controls excess oil production, removes dirt gently, hydrates your skin, aids healing scars and acne, a great skin-toner and an excellent mood enhancer.
It is best used with fuller's earth in a face pack of after washing your face with a mild cleanser as a toner. Use it anytime you will dull and your face needs a wash. Spray all the tiredness and dust away!

Benefits of Crape Jasmine-

Also known as pinwheel flower or Chandani in Hindi, it has proved to be an excellent home ointment for eye infections. Crush some petals and put the juice in your eyes. Good for dark circles and eye health.

Benefits of Vinca-

You can call it periwinkle, or sadabahar in Hindi. These little pink flowers are hidden gems. As per FoxNews - The plant contains as many as 70 known alkaloids, many of which demonstrate medicinal value. These compounds include the anti-cancer compounds vinblastine, vincristine, and the blood pressure-lowering compound reserpine. Some compounds in rosy periwinkle show benefit in regulating blood sugar and others are known to help reduce high blood pressure. Other folk uses of the plant include those for memory loss, circulatory disorders, and toothache. But the consumption of the plant, other than in small amounts, can be fatal.

Benefits of Marigold-

Sister of Calendula flower, marigold ( Gendha in Hindi) as the color suggests treats sun damaged skin very well. And every acne and pimple-prone skin owner should keep this at his home. Marigold is good for irritated eyes, also used to treat conjunctivitis. It contains anti-aging compounds that enhance the production of collagen in our skin and smooth out lines, wrinkles on our face and for keeping skin clear, fresh, glowing and youthful.
You can crush the leaves or dry them and make a fine powder to make a face mask. Use it with curd, honey, papaya, or lemon to get different skin benefits.

How to make it?

1. Take RO water and put the petals in it. 
2. Keep the bowl under the Sun for 2-3 hours. 
3. Let the from the petals get completely infuse in water.
4. Next day, pour this water into some spray bottle or any bottle. Pour it on cotton and gently dab on your skin.

Storage-

Shongruff
-A glow of happiness

I cannot tell you how desperate I am right now to reduce my falling hair. The problem is I gave them a shock of their life by coloring them a few months back and with the onset of monsoons, I have lost almost half of the volume of my hair. My rubber band which used to take 2 turns now needs one more to pull up my pony. It feels like a cow's tail when I wanted a horse's.
Getting drenched in rain and high humidity makes it difficult to manage our hair and also leads to scalp problems and smelly hair. Lustreless, frizzy hair which comes out as soon as you put your fingers on them.

So the important tips to keep your locks healthy and reduce the hair fall are-


1. Don't keep your hair wet for long. Dry them asap! No matter how much you love to get soaked in rain, Rainwater is acidic and damages your hair.

2. Shampoo them alternatively. Humid conditions encourage the growth of bacteria and fungi on the scalp, aggravating scalp issues such as itchiness, flakiness, excess oiliness and hair loss. Use SLS-free and paraben free shampoo as they are mild ones.

3. Tie up your hair to reduce the frizz.

4. Do the spa at home- First shampoo your hair to remove the residue around hair follicles, then do the hot oil treatment for 15 mins and run the steam for 10 mins after. Shampoo your hair and put a conditioning masque for 20 mins and again steam your hair.

5. If you have to use a curler or a straightener, always and always use a heat protectant spray, argan oil or Moroccan oil first. I use Toni & Guy heat protection

6. Use RO water to wash your hair.


7. Apply Curd+ Mustard oil+ Methi (fenugreek) seeds  homemade hair pack on your hair for 30 mins on weekends.

8. Okay ! this may sound cliche but drink lots of water and consume vitamins externally. Take note of your protein intake in your diet. Eat eggs and milk mixed with protein X powder, they helped me to an extent.

Heart-Break💔

9. Avoid touching your hair often. When at home whenever my hand goes towards my head, I have my granny and mother shouting constantly and if they are sitting close, I am definitely going to get a slap on my hand. They consider it a 'POISON'. Strange?!
But true! You must have heard birds eggs when touched, the egg doesn't hatch. In the same way, our hands contain millions of bacteria, germs, and viruses. It is better to avoid touching your face and hair.


10. Use a wide- toothed comb on your hair and apply peppermint essential oil at its tips before sleeping, the day before you want to shower your hair. The menthol in it has a cooling and refreshing effect on your scalp. It also stimulates hair growth because of its ability to increase blood circulation.

This is the one that I use. I love aroma magic products!

I hope these 10 tips prove helpful to you. If you have any skin or hair related problem, comment below. Till then,

Oil, Shampoo, Mask, Repeat!
Shongruff
- A glow of happiness...

5. Munnar, Kerala

4. Chandratal, Himachal Pradesh

3. Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra

Lingmala Waterfall

2. Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh

1. Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh

Road Trip of a lifetime

I, in no time, called Kshitja, her number was there for any queries ( later I came to know that she is the co-founder of PFA). She asked- what do you do, I said am not into any sort of art. I just do a bit of blogging and youtube but not anything full-time. I am not a professional. and she was like- we need people like you only. You need not be a professional. That is what I wanted to hear.

Our project finished on Tuesday and boom, I took an off on Friday since it was going to be a 3-day affair. My thought process before the festival was like super chill sessions will be there. Also, did I forget to mention we were having early morning yoga and meditation session? This was the picture I had in my head.

Let's begin our trip-

Thursday, 5:30 PM

Priyanka on the left, My face looks weird and Shruti on the right

There were around 30 artists, including singers, musicians, poets, and mainly painters. I don't know why but I have this weird thing in my mind that artist = painter.

Choco Bomb- Speciality of TLT

Ladies selling tea, lunch, and dinner and, also a few traditional clothes, fruits like cherries, green almonds, and apricots.

Soon it felt like a college, assignments, and tasks! We were supposed to finish our task in 2 hours. Bro, I am not here to take the stress.

A few people had just arrived, I got to collaborate with them. Both related to photography. I, a travel blogger and one was a cinematographer other a photographer- what a match!
I did not want to stay there like others to finish this task so we, three, just went down exploring the village, the houses, we filmed our way and reached down to the banks of river Beas. I did not want to work according to time limits. We sat there, watching the river gushing, burbling and splashing. I could not tell you how badly I wanted to take rest there itself but I knew now or later I have to go back. So let's go back.

People started presenting-

Khushnuma Panchi

Deep and Ankita

Deep Vamdev is literally the person for whom the word artist has been made. Go to his Instagram Handle to check his masterpieces which he creates after his 9-5 job.