Home Remedies for Dark Circles

Apply a paste made from a teaspoon of tomato juice, half teaspoon lemon juice, a pinch of turmeric powder and a pinch of gram flour. Keep it for 10 minutes. This is very effective and one of the famous home remedies for dark circles under eyes.

Eight hours of sleep is necessary and recommended for all.

Apply cucumber or potato juice on the eyes with cotton balls. This is a very useful dark circles remedy.

Apply a mixture of lemon and tomato juice on the dark circles twice a day.

Application of used cold tea bag will soothe the eyes and cure dark circles of the eyes.

Drink tomato juice with some mint leaves, lemon juice and salt. This is a good diet for dark circles.

Make a mixture of lemon juice, cucumber juice and lanolin cream, apply under the eyes and keep for 10-15 minutes. This remedy is very simple and good home remedies for dark circles under eyes

Use sunglasses when going out in sun to protect the eyes from the harmful rays.

Drinking good amount of water also helps in lightening the dark circles under the eyes.

Apply a paste of turmeric powder with pineapple juice for treatment of dark circles under the eyes. This is very effective home remedy for dark circles under eyes.

To reduce the puffiness and dark circles of the eyes apply freezed cucumber juice.

Dark circles remedy – Almond oil is considered best in removing the dark circles. Massage the area with the oil at night before going to bed.

Application of cream with vitamin E and C also helps in reducing the dark circles.

Apply crushed mint leaves under the eyes for 20 minutes. This is a very effective dark circles cure.

Massage with almond oil under and around eyes at bed time daily for 3 weeks. This is effective in reducing dark circles around eyes and is also one of the good natural remedies for dark circles under eyes.

Keep cotton balls dipped in rose water under the eyes for 10 minutes daily.

Diet for dark circles - Eat vegetables and fruits that are rich in vitamin E for healthy eyes.

Solutions For Dark Elbows

Dark elbows are an unsightly problem that with a little care we can get rid of, or reduce to a very large extent with some easy home tips:

Scrub regularly:
The elbow area should be scrubbed regularly to ensure that there are no dead skin cell deposits in the area. However, care should be taken not to scrub too hard, since that could have the converse effect of skin darkening.

Use oil:
Olive oil and coconut oil, so widely used in cosmetic products have excellent properties to soften the tough and sometimes scaly skin of the elbow area. So, either of these oils could be used regularly to soften and smoothen the skin of the area, which will in turn lead to lighter skin.

Bleach:
If there is say a special occasion in the offing or for some reason you simply cannot wait to get better looking elbows, you could try bleaching the area, which has been seen to be beneficial in many cases.

Use Sugar:
Sugar is an excellent natural exfoliant and contains glycolic acid which is helpful in lightening the areas.

Use Lime: Things that contain citric acid, such as lime, lemon etc have been seen to be very useful in treating dark unsightly elbows because they can remove the dead skin and lighten it. Rubbing lime slices on the elbows has been seen to work very well.

Chinese Vegetable Noodles

Prep time - under 15 mins
Cook time - under 10 mins
Serves -1

Ingredients needed 

Chinese noodles - 1 packet (100 grams) ( easily available in all shops)
Finely chopped garlic -1 1/2 - 2 tbsp
Onion -1
Cabbage - 1/2 cup thinly sliced
Carrot - 1 medium size (julienned)
Capsicum - 1 medium size
Spring onion greens -1/4 cup finely chopped for garnishing

Soya sauce - 2 tsp
Chilli sauce - 1/2 tsp or as required
Salt and pepper powder to taste
Oil -2 1/2 tbsp

Preparation

Bring water to boil adding a tsp of oil and 1/2 tsp of salt.Then add noodles to the boiling water. Stir it now and then to prevent the noodles from sticking together. Do not over cook the noodles. It should be cooked al dente. Test it by tasting the noodles. It should be firm but not hard.

Drain the noodles in a colander and run cold water over it to prevent it from sticking to each other.

Cut the vegetables (carrot, onions, cabbage and capsicum) into thin strips as shown below and keep it aside. This is a very important step.

 Method

Heat oil in a pan, add finely chopped garlic and saute for 2 seconds. Then add onions and saute for a few more seconds on high flame followed by carrot, cabbage and capsicum. Saute the vegetables on high flame.You should not over cook the vegetables ( it should retain the crunchiness).

(I did not add beans. If adding beans,cut it into fine strips diagonally and add it immediately after sauteing onions as beans will take a little longer time to get cooked. After the beans are partially cooked, you can add carrot, cabbage and capsicum) 

 

Then add soya sauce, chilli souse and mix well.

Add the cooked noodles, salt, pepper powder and toss everything together, so that the noodles get coated with the sauces well. Switch off the flame and garnish with spring onion greens.

Serve piping hot with tomato sauce.

Note -The whole process has to be done on high flames, stirring continuously.

Fruit cocktails

Fruit cocktail

Ingredients

• 1/2 honeydew melon
• 225g/8oz canned pineapple chunks in juice
• 225g/8oz seedless white grapes, halved
• 125ml/4fl oz white grape juice

Directions

Remove the seeds from the melon half, and use a melon baller to scoop out even-sized balls.

Combine all the fruits in a glass bowl, and pour the pineapple and grape juices over the top.Cover and chill until required.

Recipe for cocktail

Ingredients

• 3/4 ounce gin
• 3/4 ounce St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
• 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce Wild Hibiscus Rose Syrup
• Prosecco
• 1 Wild Hibiscus Flower

Directions

Place a Wild Hibiscus Flower in the bottom of a martini glass. Shake the gin, St. Germain, lemon juice and Wild Hibiscus Rose Syrup in an ice filled shaker. Strain into the glass and top with prosecco.

 

Healthy Waldorf Salad and vegetable Salad

Healthy Waldorf Salad

• 3 Apples; cut into bite-size pieces
  
• 3 sticks celery; sliced finely
• 1 cup red/black grapes; cut into two
• 1 cup walnut pieces
• 1 lemon; grate the jest and juice it.
• 1 cup low fat Greek-style yogurt
• 2 tablespoons low fat mayonaise
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon; chopped fine

Place lemon juice in a bowl, add the chopped apples and mix.

Add the celery, grapes and walnut Mix the yogurt, mustard, mayonaise pepper, lemon jest and tarragon, add to the chopped salad and mix

Place in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving 

Vegetable Salad

• 50gms French beans
  
• 3-4 carrots
• 1 small cabbage
• 100gms Broccoli (cut into florets)
• 1 Capsicum
• salt to taste
• 1 Tomato (cut into thin rings)
• 2 green chilies(slit vertically)
• Finely Chopped coriander leaves
• 1 lemon juice
• Black pepper powder to taste

Cut and Steam the vegetables. Add tomatoes, green chilies salt, pepper powder and lemon juice, and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves.