Monday, January 7, 2008

The Case of Cracked Feet

Winter is a beautiful season on its own. However, it does bring along beauty problems. As if dry skin and hair and sometimes watery noses weren’t enough, there is the problem of cracked feet. With winter, cracked feet are more common than in the summer. Such feet are very ugly to look at and can be very embarrassing to walk around with. Can you imagine yourself hiding your feet in socks and shoes everyday? Not only are cracked feet ugly and dirty to look at, they can also be rather painful. The constant rubbing of cracked feet against your own skin, bed sheets and towels also feels coarse. Even when you don’t see it, you’re still reminded of it. An needless nuisance, the best thing to do is to prevent it in the first place. With some prevention cares at home, this can be achieved.
The most important thing is to be kind to your feet. It is common human behavior to be a little less attentive to the feet as compared to the hands and face. So make it a mandatory habit to take care of your feet. Something like a religion in fact. Every night, before going to bed, clean your feet with warm water and soap. Keep it soft and moisturized with a rich lotion or cream and keep them clean and protected with a pair of socks. If you’ve developed cracked soles, do not walk around bare footed.
If you already have the case of the cracked feet, you might want to try these remedies at home.
In a basin of hot water dissolve a tablespoonful of baking soda and immerse your feet in it for at least 10 minutes.
You may also want to use a pumice stone to gently slough off the soles. Continue this treatment for 2-3 days.
Another suggestible remedy is to boil a cup of milk and then add some lemon juice and a teaspoonful of glycerin. After half an hour apply this mixture over the cracked heels and soles, preferably in the night. This not only soothes your cracked heels but also makes you feet smooth.
For not so severe cracks, you may try massaging the soles of your feet with sesame oil and then immerse the feet in warm water.

Quit smoking this year

A new year’s resolution would be a wonderful excuse to quit smoking. A lot of many others will also no doubt have the same resolution. Even if you’ve tried before and not succeeded, don’t worry, statistics has shown that on an average, smokers have tried for four times before finally succeeding to quit the stick. If you really want to cure your nasty habit, you should reinforce your resolution with some preparations.
First and foremost you’ll need to develop a strong desire to quit smoking. It’s going to be a hard long journey so you’ll need encouragement and support. Keep your friends and family for moral support.Is there any place that you’re accustomed to smoking at?
If there’s any place that you can’t just be at without having a drag at the stick, avoid that place altogether until you’re completely over it. You also want to avoid being in the company or around people who smoke.
Find another habit.
Many people switch to chewing tobacco or parag while giving up smoking. While it may work for most, these aren’t healthy alternatives. Some end up acquiring a new habit without losing the old. Every time you feel like smoking try something less harmful like a chewing gum or some candy or even drink a glass of water.
Get Busy:
Keep your mind off cigarettes and keep it busy with something to do. Go for a walk or do some breathing exercises. Your lungs will feel better. Whenever your fingers feel like holding a cigarette, indulge them in something more productive like needling, gardening or a simple board game.
Think healthy.
Take up some form of aerobic exercise and stick to it. Indulge in some sporting activity or enroll yourself in some dance classes. If you become more health conscious, you’ll find a stronger reason to quit smoking.
Think positive:
Smoking can have some painful withdrawal symptoms, which only weaken your resolution to quit. For the first couple of weeks you may experience temporary withdrawal symptoms, such as headaches, irritability, tiredness, and trouble concentrating. Take this as a positive step towards recovery. Think yourself successfully getting free of the habit and you will definitely succeed.

5 Hot tips every women must try!

The women world is actually tough! We may have applied numerous beauty tips to look beautiful, spent thousands of rupees to buy those expensive beauty products; also joined yoga or salsa classes to maintain our figure. But have we been able to live up to our expectations? No! If you really are in a need of better piece of advice, try these things out! It gives you 100% guaranteed results!(Warning: The results may be extremely positive!)

For the curves to die for:
How about a little social service? Share your piece of bread to the hungry little boy; he probably is in better need of the food than you!

For sexy, shimmering looks:
Observe & inspire yourself with all the good things in the world. Eyes reflect a woman’s soul. Let the world recognize this woman’s enforcing passion.

For a good posture:
Never walk alone. Here, I don’t mean your tall, handsome, masculine boyfriend with a loaded wallet; walk with all you have within, your knowledge and intrinsic gifted qualities.

For that divalicious’ outfits:
Open up our wardrobe and offer some of your lengthy outdated outfits to the young girl that’s helping in your house; despite child labor being illegal in Nepal! Coz’ girls….the latest fashion trend that's in hot parties in Nepal (although it’s winter!), is to show your skin!

For a beautiful “you”:
A woman’s beauty is not just about the curves, style, facial mode or sex appeal; the beauty lies in all of us. So, let’s reveal the beautiful “us” inside. Let’s celebrate womanhood!