Coconuts are the new super-food. And Coconut Oil - the super ingredient. It’s a great natural replacement for several chemical laced products that we have become dependent on in our daily lives. We’ve put together a...
With our warm climate, mosquitoes and insects are a perennial problem. The best way to keep them away is to use insect repellents that block the sensors of mosquitoes and other bugs and thereby make it difficult for them to...
Did you know that almost half of the goods on our supermarket shelves contain palm oil? Palm oil is an edible oil derived from pulping the fruit of oil palm trees. Palm oil and its derivatives – listed as vegetable oil,...
‘Essential Oils’ are oils that give plants their characteristic odor and are extracted from different parts such as its leaves, the root, stem and flowers. Their benefits however, go beyond the pleasant fragrance. They...
Cornstarch goes beyond being just a thickening agent used in food. Derived from the kernel of corns, this silky powder or starch has innumerable uses at home. Not only is it cheap, and therefore affordable but also...
If your answer to getting the perfect dazzling white teeth involves a big labeled brand of toothpaste, then may be it’s time to re-read that label. Most toothpaste, (including some brands that claim to be natural) can...
With winters wearing out and the summer heat setting in, chapped lips are going to become a routine. While the market is flooded with drooling flavours of lip balms, it’s time to stop and do a quick check on what’s it...
Premature greying is on the rise, thanks to the stress induced lifestyles, and salons are doing brisk business covering them up with a variety of brands seeking to cash in on our vanity. Reports have shown over 5000...
Winter is here and with it comes dry, flaky and sometimes itchy skin. Sometimes things can get so bad, that your only recourse is to rush to the doctor, or opt for over the counter medical moisturisers. What’s the problem...
A distant relative of the ginger family, Haldi or Turmeric - the bright yellow-orange spice that is a rhizome enhances the color and flavor of food. But that’s not all – it is also an excellent ingredient for your skin...
Masala Dabbas are integral to every Indian kitchen and no food would be complete without the flavours of its varied spices. But did you know these aromatic flavour and colour providers are also packed with antioxidants? Not...
When involved with household chores first degree burns i.e. burns that affect only the outer layer of the skin and cause redness and pain, are a common occurrence. This type of burns can be treated by using some home and...
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