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Is Your Soap Causing Harm to Your Skin?

Is Your Soap Causing Harm to Your Skin?

When choosing soap, it is important to choose the right soap for your skin type, whether it is an herbal soap, a handmade soap or a commercial soap. Much commercial soap contains lots of chemicals which can be harmful to skin. A natural herbal soap can be a good alternative. This article contains:

• Which type of soap is best suited for oily skin?


• Tips on using soaps so they don't harm the skin


• What are the disadvantages of industrial soaps?

When choosing soap, it is important to choose the right soap for your skin type, whether it is an herbal soap, a handmade soap or a commercial soap. The following list will help you choose the right soap - herbal, natural or commercial - for your needs.

• Dry skin is skin that does not have enough sebum (the skin's natural oil). The best soap for dry skin is a gentle moisturizing soap. People with dry skin should avoid harsh soaps. Good commercial soaps include Olay or Dove, but skin cleansers are a better choice. Natural soaps that contain Aloe Vera, cocoa butter, avocado or vegetable oils are best for dry skin.


• Oily skin has too much sebum. It looks shiny and is prone to acne. It needs to be cleaned regularly. Soap is not as damaging for oily skin as it is for dry skin. An antibacterial soap or special cleansing soap is good for oily skin. Look for soaps (or make them yourself) with the following natural ingredients: lavender, chamomile and thyme or tea tree oil. Commercial anti-acne soaps may be beneficial if you suffer from spots or pimples.


• Combination skin contains a combination of oily skin and dry skin. Do not use soaps that are specially formulated to treat either dry skin or oily skin. It is hard to limit soap to the area that needs attention. Soaps for dry skin will make the oily areas even oilier and soaps for oily skin will make the dry areas drier. Using special cleansers are fine as they can more easily be used on the affected area. Choose commercial soaps and natural soaps for normal skin. Glycerin soap can be a good soap for combination skin. Be careful when using soap on the dry areas of your face.


• Normal skin is not too oily or too dry. Soap should generally be fine for use on normal skin. Do not choose soaps that are specially formulated for dry or oily skin, as they may cause problems. Many commercial soaps and herbal soaps are made for use on normal to oily or dry skin. These products are fine to use.

Soaps to Avoid

It is best to avoid soap altogether if you have a severe skin condition, like psoriasis, dermatitis or eczema. People with dry skin also need to be careful as some soap can be very drying. The following types of soaps may be damaging to the skin on the face and should be avoided.

• Soaps those are granular.


• Soaps with a high pH or acid-content.


• Soaps with lots of chemicals.


• Cheap commercial soaps.


• Soaps that are designed for a different type of skin than the one you have

Herbal Soaps: Are They Effective?

Much commercial soap contains lots of chemicals which can be harmful to skin. A natural herbal soap can be a good alternative. Soaps containing natural products are healthier for your skin and less likely to have any damaging effect. They are also less likely to provide a trigger for common skin complaints. Commercial soaps also remove the glycerin from soap. Glycerin helps the skin keep in moisture, and so soap that has had the glycerin removed is more drying. Natural soaps usually keep the glycerin in.

Natural soaps also make use of aromatherapy and herbal treatments to provide the best treatment for your skin. Herbs can help treatment skin problems and nourish the skin. Aromatherapy can have a positive effect on physical and emotional health.

When choosing a natural soap, check the ingredients. Some soaps may claim to be natural or herbal, but may in fact contain chemicals and harmful ingredients. They might also claim to contain ingredients such as lavender, when they really contain lavender scented oil. Scented oil is not the same thing as the essential oil and will not produce the same effect.

You can also make your own herbal soaps by using a soap base and adding different herbs and oils. The good thing about homemade soaps is you know exactly what ingredients are contained in the soap. Continue to: Tips on Using Soaps that Protect Your Skin

Latest Fashion Trends in Pakistani Boys and Girls

Keeping your personal flair should always be your priority. However, you can always customize the latest fashion trends into your flavor of style.

Once careless, the Pakistani youth of today is keeping up with the worldwide wave of fashion. Incorporate these suggested HOTS into your wardrobe, and be afashion inspiration for others!

The latest Pakistani fashion trends include a comeback of patched Denim. While double-denim may still be a question mark here, the torn and frayed look with your jeans is a definite YES-YES! While the mothers may be fussing about the deplorable condition of your jeans, it's surely in for casual gathering.

CAUTION: Don't over accessorize your jeans because it may easily cross the border from cool to tacky! Skinny-fitting jeans for girls got a hit in 2009, and its here to stay this year too. For boys, cargo shorts with a little extra length are catching fire.

Floral prints might have been a turn-off previously, but they're gaining recognition in both genders. Season collections of designers like Khaadi, Cross Roads, Stoneage, Gul Ahmed, FNKAsia, Ammar Belal, etc. highlighted the use of flowery designs for both girls and guys. While the girls are opting for catchy assembled fabrics of different designs, boys are going crazy over dress shirts in floral patterns. The A-Line shirts are primary preference for girls with loose/skin-fit trousers (in varying lengths).

The handbags were previously women's forte, but the gents are claiming their conquest in that section too. Emphasis on unisex or for-men bags has been a core trendsetter this season. From world-renowned designers to college boys, everyone is focusing on the uses/benefits of carrying a masculine handbag! Don't fret ladies, these guys cannot surpass the epic clutches that are available for you in 2010! For formal occasions the stylish clutches with beads, embroidery or handcrafts are hot! However, you can still flash your metallic handbags, though "over" over-sized bags are not a style statement now.

Gladiator sandals for women caught attention last year, but they're definitely in vogue for 2010. They have evolved into much intricate versions, but the strappy sandals are for casual use ONLY. Simple pumps have lost their luster, but the peep-toes are the goods to choose! Guys are actually opting for the comfy slippers or sandals, while the Spanish shoe-cut is raging for formal events.

Less is good this year! Minimalistic appearance is striking for both girls and boys. While delicate silver-ish jewelry is the preference of girls, the boys are getting rid of those chunky, leathery wrist-bands! Accessories are necessary – but not overrated in 2010.

So, boys, you don't have to squeeze the life out of your styling gel, and girls don't have to prepare a replica of foundation pancake on their faces. Embellish your plus points in an underrated way and receive an unexpected turn of heads!

Bangles and Eid

Woman always inclined towards jewellery on special occasions like Eid and hardly imagine about Eid celebration without jewellery and makeup.

A variety of jewellery items are available in market now as rings, bracelets, ear rings, necklaces, anklets etc but one of the most feminine jewellery item are bangles commonly known as ‘Churian’ in our society.

Adorning your wrists on Eid is as important as adorning your ears with earrings and neck with beautiful pendants. Bangles are the decorative ornaments; adorning women wrists, which they are wearing from centuries.

Bangles are available in almost every material of your inclination from glass to plastic, pearl and silver to gold ranging with a difference in price, outlook and quality. But the most popular type is glass bangles with beautiful and elegant appearance and reasonable prices. They also create a musical sound that endows our personality with a harmonious effect. Glass bangles with classy gems, trinkets and ornaments add colour to our Eid celebration.

Glass Bangles are commonly popular among every woman regardless of their age group. 
Due to diversity in its design you can easily any colour and style of your own choice.

Bangles always remain in women’s style from old times till at present. We can find it in ancient times with some different style and shape as Kangan, bazu band to beautify woman. There are number of jewellery items that women are using from pre-historic times but none could get the importance as bangles have. They are also considered to be sign of matrimony for woman.

Glass bangles are available in almost every colour that is another reason in its popularity because you can easily get matching with your dress. Glass bangles can be used on any occasion but especially on Eid woman flock toward market for matching bangles with their dresses. These glass bangles also give full colours and detonation to our Chand Raat, Eid, Mehndi, Eid Milan party or a small get together with friends. On Eid just matching bangles and light makeup can give you exclusively funky look.

Bangles have always been in style but they are more versatile and in vogue now. On Eid you can find glass bangles everywhere from huge shopping malls to small carts of street vendors. Luminescence, elegance and unique sound of glass bangles have their own uniqueness.

Surround your wrist in lush elegance by colourful glass bangles. Everyone can incorporate glass bangles on Eid according to their own choice because of unlimited new trends. Nothing can acquire the place of these glass bangles on Eid because tradition always has charisma that can’t be in any other thing.

Go 'Fashionista' this Eid!

Soon the Holy month of Ramadan will be leaving us and in return for our fasting Allah Almighty will give us Muslims the gift of Eid. As Eid is the time of festivities for us Muslims so let's find out style tips for Eid to make this Eid trendy.

Eid is the time of celebrations and we Muslims really look forward to it every year. I love this time of the year when families get together; new clothes are to be worn, varieties of sweet-dishes are made, dinners/BBQ is held, all in all it is a time to party! Now when we say it is the time to party it also means new clothes, shoes, bags, jewelry etc. etc. Most of the shopping is how ever done way before Eid yet girls love to go out at Chand Raat for 'Mehndi' and 'Churriyan' where as boys hangout because they love girls. :)

As Eid is coming in between summer and winter this year when the weather is hot and humid so Eid fashion trends are also according to the weather. Therefore, speaking of Eid-ul-Fitr I was wondering what new we could do with the latest Fashion trends and below are the style tips for Eid I thought of for making you look stylish on this Eid.

• Clothes
  We all know long flowing dresses are in vogue which means we can make the most out of the expensive cloth we buy. Kaftans are a la mode now a days they are available in variety of colors and designs. My Eid style tip for you is get your own Kaftan stitched and experiment with it. Choose your own combinations of the ribbons or embroidery with the color of the cloth. There are also a vast variety of laces available in market at very economical prices just search for the one made for you. You can also find colorful flowers made out of ribbons which will look really nice if used wisely on your Kaftan. Other than Kaftans, long A-line shirts are the love of every girl so what you should do to make your dress unique is go bold with the ribbons and laces you use on your dress. Choose bold colors and you can also show your dress off by using 3 or 4 layers of ribbons on the 'daaman' and sleeves of your shirt. Same colored layers of ribbons can also be used on the end of the loose trouser.


• Bangels 
  As loose and elbow length sleeves are in vogue your forearm is visible making plenty of space to wear bangles. So another Eid style tip is to match your bangles with the laces or ribbons you use. I personally like 'Kaanch ki Churiyan' they are available in almost every bold color you can think of. Mix them up and show off your girly side.


• Make Up for Eid
  Lucky us that the latest makeup trend also involves bold colored eye makeup i.e. orange, mint green, purple, mauve, yellow etc. Experiment with your makeup before Eid so that on Eid Day you are all set to do your thing. Mymakeup style tip for Eid includes bold eye makeup with lots of mascara, a little blush-on and shimmery gloss on the lips. (Avoid using too much of foundations etc. in summer)


• Shoes
  Fortunately platform heel shoes are also in this year so go out grab a pair of those heart throbbing shoes. Designs from Stylo, Comley, Milli, Oeces,Metro are my personal favorite.


• Mehndi Designs
  One could write a whole article on the mehndi designs for Eid style tips but here I will just mention the names of a few mehndi designs which are chic for Eid-ul-Fitr 2010. So the mehndi designs trendy for this year are Arabic mehndi designs, Modified Islamic mehndi design and Indian Mehndi designs. What I personally prefer is thelatest Arabic Mehndi design which is rather simple with a pattern of flowers and leafs made on hands and feet leaving a major part blank. Other designs which cover whole of the hand, arms and legs seem to be too old fashioned now and mostly they are used in weddings.


• Hair Styles
  My last but not the least Eid Style tip is about how to style your hair. The latest fashion trend for hair includes long hair-dos. So my Eid style tip which includes some modification to the latest fashion trend (because I like the 'desi' touch) is the use of 'Parandas'(already made braids out of thread to be worn when you make a pigtail). Believe me 'Parandas' go very well with long flowing shirts and if you know how to carry them off they can make you look really stylish. Parandas are available in very beautiful colors and eye catchy designs in the market so do grab one of them.

These are some of my Eid Style Tips hope that you get some ideas on how to make this Eid fashionable yet keeping it 'Desi' as 'Desi' Rocks! ;)

Mehndi on Eid-The gift of Colors from Nature

Mehndi is one of the essential part of eastern women beauty necessities. Mehndi just shows the bright colors of happiness, celebrations and joy. Mehndi is not only associated with Eid its being used in all theevents which requires celebrations. Applying Mehndihave different techniques and designs. The combination of red coloured Mehndi hands with beautiful coloured bangles just take ones heart away. in our article today we will discuss the most desirable Mehndi and Especially its usage on Eid.

If you ask a eastern Muslim Women to celebrate Eid without Mehndi then this will be a big bitter experience for her since its almost impossible to celebrate Eid without Mehndi. Eid is the ultimate joyful event for the Muslims. Eid comes right after 30 days of Ramadan.

Women prepare themselves to be very beautiful and attractive on this day and girls are ahead in this regardMehndi on Eid in not only important part of Muslim women preparation but her custom also. Mehndi designs on Eid are selected days before Eid .There are numerous Mehndi designs for Eid which can be classified in to Arabic ,Persian and Indian Mehndi designs in major .Different Mehndi designs on Eid represents different thoughts and indications adopted by majority of Muslim women like vines and leaves in a Mehndi design shows attraction and fertility.

Dove and peacocks shows love and peace of the mind. Another very interesting convention about Mehndi designs on Eidis finding girl's soul mate name in the Mehndi design put on the day of Eid. if a girl finds her soul mate name in her Mehndi design she is considered as good wife and if not she's considered as disobedient partner.Mehndi designs on Eid are difficult to be applied by everyone since it requires good sense of Mehndi design and good knowledge of this art. Pure Mehndi and Emergency cones are Available for applying these Mehndi Designs on Eid. As time passes the use of Mehndi is also modified since now it can be applied as tattoos also.

These tattoos have awesome Mehndi designs for Eid which you can paste on your part of the body which is more visible. Its surprising to tell you that now a days guys also have influence towards applying simple Mehndi designs on their hands or arms on joyful event of Eid .It shows the importance and demand of Mehndi on the day of Eid. Mehndi is just a gift of color from God for women to beautify themselves since a perfect Mehndi design with bright color on the hand along with bangles on the wrist just makes a girl perfect looking on Eid .At the moment most of the girls complain that when they apply Mehndi designs on Eid it don't take too much dark or bright colors.for solving problems like these lets have a look on some of the Mehndi tips yes these Mehndi tips can give you account of flawless and desirable dark color .

Your Mehndi will take color so bright and dark as long as it is wet … So keep moist your Mehndi on your palm by applying some oil with the help of cotton. You can also achieve the objective by sugar added water another Mehndi tip is about your skin safety don't use emergency cone Mehndi since it can effect your skin sensitivity. always use natural cone Mehndi with no artificial colors.

We hope our this comprehensive note on the Mehndi designs for Eid can help you in beautifying yourself on the day of Eid not only for you but for the one who loves you. Have a great Mehndi Design On Eid……!

Fashionable Flowing Frocks

Frocks are in and with this Eid and winter season approaching, frocks are soon going to be a part of our daily wear. Interesting, they are in flow of fashion and caters to people of all ages.

Frock has been used since Middle English as the name for an article of clothing for men and women. Originally, a frock was a loose, long garment with wide, full sleeves, such as the habit of a monk or priest, commonly belted.

However, with the passage of time the fashionabletrends in frocks were introduced and now they are mostly worn by women and young girls. There are all kinds of fashionable frocks with full and short sleeved ones. Now one of the fashionable trends is to wear long frocks with impressive designs and enchanting colours. The female clan love to wear short sleevedlong frocks due to its many features.

There are A-line frocks with jacket as it define, comfort and style. This dress makes a perfect style statement with multicoloured necklines and low waist bands. A mini A-line frock makes the outfit an absolute comfortable.

Another kind of fashion trend is a cotton cambric dress which is available in market with exquisite prints and fabrics. This kind of intricately designed, frock is high in fashion.

Similarly, there are designer short frocks in markets using different fabrics that complement the fashionable trends. Short frocks are huge in demand among the youth due to their exotic designs. These fashionable frocks can be worn on various occasions like Eid.

If you are about to attend a dinner or a formal lunch, these elegant frocks make an elegant wear. These fashionable frocks are available in striking colours and attractive floral print on the lower panel.

Short over coat frocks is perfect for parties and evening hangouts. Underneath the dress there are buckled shoulders for varying the length of the dress. It has buttons in the front and is elasticized for proper fit.

There are ladies frocks that are cut out from the best fabrics in the market. Most of these frocks on Eid are infused with a combination of tradition with modernity and successfully create an array of sophisticated frocks.

Then, there are printed frocks for women and girls. Spice up your weekend look with fashionable frock that add a dash to your personality. There are also long beaded frocks which bring glamour and style to your wardrobe. Cotton frocks andmini frocks continue to inspire ladies of our era.

This Eid, there are spectrum of colours and prints in frocks and designers of today continue to feature new designs and colour combinations as per the requirements of the clients.