Acne remedy with Baking soda as an Exfoliator and Face mask

Day 2

Baking soda remedy for Acne as an exfoliator and a face mask.

Though I have known this remedy long before,I never gave it a try simply because I didn’t think it will work. But as always,one day came when I gathered some courage and gave it a try and on god,I just cant stop using it now.I just got addicted to this magic ingrediant,Baking soda .This can do wonders to skin girls,my personal experience and as you all know it not even  costs 0.001 cents per day.so what are you waiting for lets get started…

1.As an exfoliator: just take a tablespoon of baking soda in your palms,wet it with few drops of water and rub gently on your already wet face.gently massage for 15-30 seconds in small strokes and wash it off with lukewarm water.you can do this 3 times a week or may be regularly if you don’t have very sensitive skin.you will thank me girls for this hehe..

2.As a Face mask: same as above take 1 tsp baking soda and mix it with water/honey and apply it all over the face and neck evenly.wait for 10 min and wash it off with warm water and pat dry.Now apply your favourite moisturiser(plz tell me your fav one in below comments,I wanna get one)or aloe vera and you are now you moved 1 inch far from acne..ya sachiii.

Baking soda or sodium bicarbonate will soothe your skin.Its antiseptic property will help kill the acne bacteria on the skin that are the reason for zits .It even corrects and restore the pH balance.what else so we need right??why spend a bomb on some fancy boxes from that glassy stores when all we can do is to reach the kitchen cabinet na?? what say girls..


I am so happy with this simple remedy that I became regular with it now. For the storage part,nothing very fancy, I just store the baking soda in a small pet bottle and keep it in my shower.this way it would just not be missed…

do share the magic thing that worked for you and help me in my mission acne-free skin(??)…as you know I m all ears and waiting…

xoxo

pav

love,beauty and happiness to all

Project 100 Days Challenge

Day 1

Project 100 Days Challenge:

Project 100 Days:

There are just 100 days more for me  in becoming a doctor,the one thing I dreamed of from when I was 5 and standing just  3 months away is making me … very happy,excited,thrilled ,tension,worried about future,full of anxiety,just soo many feelings all at the same time.Just many mixed  emotions and I wanted to capture these beautiful last days of my medicine,these precious moments, for the future and what better way than to share them here on my blog with all you lovely people.This would just be a kind of journal of things I m doing,thinking of doing and that are done.hope we will have a smooth sail.

Challenge 100 Days:

On my day of graduation, I want to be my personal best-till date.I want to finish off the things I had planned all these years and somehow could not complete them.i wanna make some permanent changes to my lifestyle that would help me become a better doctor and a better professional.

Simply,

I want to get better with life

Continuous efforts give power to rise

In these 100 days,the challenge is

To improve myself  1% a day everyday…

So that would make 100% improvement in the 100 days…perfect!!!

GOALS:

1.become fully prepared academically…perfect with everything

2.i m an cheerful extrovert but somehow now I feel that I should become a little calm, would like to be an introvert by choice.(tips are most welcome as I just cant stop talking).

3.lose my extra weight don’t stare plz ,15 kilos and a nice toned body.

4.get clean and clear skin,acne-free,dark circles-free and gorgeous hair.

5.healthy lifestyle change with good organic food and exercises.

 I will keep you all updated on my journey and any tips on thse are most welcome and I will be sharing the small tips and tricks,secrets that I discover in my way with you all so stay tuned and don’t forget to share your tips with me and thus help me in my endeavor.

Thank you,

Looking forward to the 100 days….

pav

Happy Maha Shivrathri 2012

                                                                       

Wish you all a very happy mahashivrathri.This year is very auspicious as it falls on Monday and great for people who want to start this fast from this year.As an ardent shiva devotee,I m totally doing it..yeyyy sorry om namah: sivaiah

              

Maha Shivratri, the night of the worship of Lord Shiva, occurs on the 14th night of the new moon during the dark half of the month of Phalguna. It falls on a moonless February night, when Hindus offer special prayer to the lord of destruction. Shivratri (Sanskrit 'ratri' = night) is the night when he is said to have performed theTandava Nritya or the dance of primordial creation, preservation and destruction. The festival is observed for one day and one night only.

                                            

                                      Though generally, the night time is considered sacred and suitable for the worship of the feminine aspect of' the deity and the day time for that of' the masculine, yet on this particular occasion Siva is worshipped during the night time, and as a matter of fact, it is specially enjoined to be observed then. The observance of the Vratha is believed to secure for the devotee immunity from the eftects of sin committed either wittingly or unwittingly. The night is divided into four quarters, each quarter going by the name of a Jama called also Yama and pious people keep awake during every one of it , worshipping Iswara.

                      
                                         

HOW TO:

The people who observe this Sivaratri- Vratha take only single meal during the day previous to the Vratha day and sleep in clean place during the night. In the morning of the Vratha day they take a bath in the waters of a sacred river, and then go to witness the divine worship in a Siva temple, and at night offer worship to Siva during every one of the four Yamams. Night long vigil on Sivaratri day,watching the sacred ablutions of Siva Linga at the temple,is the core of the Sivaratri festival.The Rudra Japa Abhisheka of Siva Linga resounds the multifacted glory of Lord Siva,who is also called Asutosh or One who is easily pleased by copius ablutions with water, the cheapest available commodity.We should remember that water in essence is Prana Sakti or life force. Such an observance of Siva Ratri will really bestow on the devotee the greatest grace of Lord Siva, the auspicious knowledge of Atma Jnana. Besides the devotee is also blessed with material prosperity the items of which are beautifully listed in the ChamakaMantra uttered on this occasion.

Story:

There is also a myth emphasizing the importance of the worship of Siva during the Sivaratri night and it is in brief as follows :

Once there was a hunter, and he one day went into the forest to procure meat for his family by hunting some animal. He wandered up and down in the forest from morning till night in search of game but was unable to shoot any. At last, when night overtook him, he climbed up a Bael tree to escape from a wild animal that was pursuing him, being roused from its lair by the hunter. The animal was lying down at the foot of the tree quite certain that the man would fall down either from sleep or from exhaustion, and that he might eat him. The hunter, exhausted as he was from his exertions and hunger, wished to scare away the animal by throwing handful of bael leaves. These leaves dripping with water on account of the recent shower, fell on a Siva-Lingam that was near. The night happened to be the Maha-Sivaratri night. He had fasted during the whole day since he could not find anything to eat. The drenching rain constituted a bath and his action of throwing the bael leaves on the Siva-Lingam, the wor­ship of Siva on the Sivaratri night. Though his actions were not intentional to worship Siva, yet he is said to have gained heaven as he had observed the Sivaratri - Vratha unwittingly.

The basic principle underlying the observance of the Maha-Sivaratri Vratha appears to be to emphasize the fact that death is sure to follow birth, night is sure to follow day,Pralaya, active cosmic life and so on, and consequently people should always bear in mind while enjoying the one its opposite and regulate their life accordingly. They should not be elated at success nor should they allow themselves to be carried away by despair at failures but always have trust in God and worship him

om namah: sivaiah

om namah: sivaiah

           om namah: sivaiah

What I really do???

We dont even have money to afford a study-table!!!

 

Rules for a Happy Marriage

Advance HAPPY VALENTINES DAY



Hello guys,sorry I was missing from here since long.Today while browsing the net I found this on a telugu food site,the recipes there are just great,very homely  and wanted to share it with you all..though I m not married and have any experience as of in these matters,this would be of some help to some of you married lovelies…so here goes

Rules of a Happy Marriage

1)Never both be angry at the same time

2)Never yell at each other unless the house is on fire

3)If one of you has to win an argument let it be your mate

4)If you have to criticize, do it lovingly

5)Never bring-up mistakes of the past

6)Neglect the whole world rather than each other

7)Never go to sleep with an argument unsettled

8)When you have done something wrong have the courage to admit it and say “Sorry”

9)Compliment your partner atleast once during the day

10)Remember, it takes two to make a quarrel, and the one in the wrong is the one who does most talking

Tc guys

Love,beauty and happiness to all

Xoxo

pav

My Huge Makeup Haul!!! coastal scents HOT POTS,NYX

Hello friends..i m soooo excited!!!!really very very happyyyy because I just received my huge makeup courier…this may not be huge haul to beauty bloggers but for a simple girl like me..its just is.I always had an eye for cosmetics,skin care products but makeup is something new for me until recently(6 months ago). Then one day I was just browsing the net and suddenly stumbled upon a beauty blog and then on another and on another. These beauty blogs just transformed my humble kajal,lipbalm world into what I m today..a makeup addict,I can call it that after spending so much on makeup in these six months. I collected decent amount of makeup in the past months(will post them if u want to see),and this offer on coastal scents tempted me sooo much that I ended up buying all these…

Since as a student MAC is something I don’t want now,so thought of getting mac dupes in the coastal scents hotpots.there is an offer of 1 empty maagntic palette with every 12 hotpots. I after 5 hrs of research ordered 24 hotpots from cs most of them are nice dupes for the MAC eyeshadows.

I received my parcel exactly after 25 days and packaging is done very carefully( I m impressed).so lets open it tadaaa!!!

The package was marked fragile.everything was packed neatly inside and there were no broken hotpots.i will do a post on their names and mac dupes list if you want…

I m so happy with this 24 hotpots yeyyyyy….

This was my nyx package from cherryculture…

·        Nyx round lipsticks fig, paris, frapuchino

·        Nyx jumbo pencil in yogurt

·        Nyx triple eyeshadow in copper/rust/bronze(perfect for indian bridal looks).

I m happpyyyy…..do comment if you have anything to share…

Love,health and beauty to all

Take care

pav

Mushroom Dum Biryani

 Who said only non-vegetarians can enjoy hyderabadi dum biryani...heres my love to vegetarian friends...the dum mushroom biryani...

Hi friends,today I have a yummy treat for you..the MUSHROOM BIRYANI…this was requested by  gayatri  and other sweethearts from the sneekpeak pics…I chose to post this dish first among all because this is special to me because this is not a copy-paste type one copied from internet,this is the one I kind of customised to self by changing many things and adapted it to my taste and convenience.I had two problems with the recipes on net  1.most of them did not cook the mushrooms first and my friends didn’t want the o mushroom smell in the dish 2.nearly all of the recipes told to do curry and rice separately and mix them which sounded more like routine rice-curry mix  than special biryani and being hyderabadi I want to give it dum ka.so with out further adue here is the delight for my special special buddies:

Difficulty level: normal

Time for preparation: 45-60 min

Serves:2-3 persons

 Ingrediants:

For marinade:                                                                                     

250gms Mushrooms sliced                                                               

1.5 cup curd/yogurt                                                                            

2 spoons ginger garlic paste                                                              

1 spoon chilli powder

 1 spoon coriander powder

 ½ spoon turmeric powder  

 1 spoon cumin powder                                                                   

  ½ spoon garam masala  

 salt                                                                                                                                      

For rice:

500 gms Indian Basmati rice

2 tbsp ghee/oil(you can cut it down)

2 bayleaves,  2 cloves ,2 green cardamom

1 cinnamon stick, 1 mace

food colour/ saffron(optional)

Seasoning:

½ tsp jeera(cumin) seeds

1 big onion slice

1 tomato chopped

Juice of ½ lemon                                                                                   

Coriander leaves,mint(optional)

Fried onion(optional)to taste

                                                                                                 

 Preparation:

1.  Cut the mushrooms into slices if they are big or you can use the small button mushrooms without cuting(they would look pretty na )

2.  In a bowl,To the sliced mushroom pieces add all the marinade ingrediants and set it aside for 30-40 min.check the salt

3.  For more flavourful rice: Take the deep biryani pan and add she some ghee to it.Then add the biryani spices listed above and saute for 1 min and then add rice to it.now add 1 spoon salt and pour water and cook till the rice is HALF DONE(50% done).i.e remove when the rice starts to splutter out or kind of start dancing..hehe and now strain the water out and let the rice cool.take care so that rice wont become sticky by spreading it if possible on a plastic cover or some cloth.

Quick method: add rice to boiling water and cook till half done and then strain the remaining water and allow the rice to cool.

4.  Take a wide pan and add some ghee/oil.to the hot oil add a tsp of cumin seeds .when they crackle add the sliced onions,1 tsp salt and fry till golden brown(!!)

5.  To this add the marinated mushrooms and cook till done. This frying of mushrooms will remove their stupid smell and add flavour to them.dont add any water since the curd we added will make enough gravy.

6.  Giving THE Dum: Take a heavy bottomed pan and add generous oil .this will prevent the buring of biryani(really!!).now arrange the layers as you wish mine were fron botton to top:

Oil-mushroom gravy-rice-some mint-fried onions-mushroom gravy-rice-coriander-food colour mixed with lemon juice.  Sprinkle some oil over to keep the rice non-sticky and separate.(yes!i m a nerd)

7.  Cover the lid tighly and cook it on a low flame for 15-25 mins and tada!!!the mushroom dum biryani is ready and yes you made it all by yourself….

I m sure you will get it right because if I(I never stepped into kitchen for 20 yrs of my life)can do it,you sure can do it…pukkaaaa!!!

I hope this will be helpful to you and plz  me know how it turned out and ya any tips and suggestions are most welcome….ty guys I had good time writing this…

 xoxo

  pav