Your nails say a lot about you and your hygiene. It is important that you keep them clean, healthy and strong at all times. However, our hands are often exposed to dirt and chemicals that result to weak and unhealthy nails. That’s why they require regular cleaning and maintenance.

Methods of Healing offers natural solutions to nail problems that prevent growth and cause unsightly conditions.

Homemade recipes for nail care are effective options that can replace many harsh chemicals and expensive products. Nail care is not easy, especially when you type, wash dishes and clean regularly. Taking some precautionary measures to ensure that you cuticles and nails are healthy and strong is a primary step in the process.

• Moisturizing lip balm – can be used to massage the cuticles, fingers and hands.
• Lemon – is a natural exfoliating agent and a natural lightening agent that can aid in removing yellow color from nails.
• Warm castor oil – is a great moisturizer for your nails.
• Orange juice – helps promote nail growth. This can be done by soaking nails in fresh orange juice for 10 minutes.
• Sugar - naturally exfoliates and helps your nail and cuticle health.
• Honey and beeswax – can moisturize and protect your nails naturally.
• Vitamin E – strengthens your nails. It can be taken as a supplement.

Avoid nail salon products because they lead to nail damage and breakage. In addition, commercial nail hardening products should also be avoided because they make your nails dry and brittle. It is best to stick to natural remedies and treatments because nails, just like hair, are at its healthiest on their natural state.

Watch this video that will give you more tips on how to have strong and healthy nails.

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One way to be beautiful is to keep your eyes clear and bright, no matter what its color, size and shape is. It doesn’t only show the external beauty of the person but the beauty within, as well. That is why it is important that you shouldn’t let dark circles cast a shadow over your naturally beautiful eyes.

This is actually a common beauty problem and can mostly be treated with natural remedies. But first, let’s find out what causes this problem.

Dark circles around the eyes are caused by several factors. Generally, they are:

1. Lack of sleep
2. Poor diet
3. Over exposure to the sun
4. Dehydration
5. Allergy
6. Aging
7. Hereditary

Before you even jump to other kinds of treatment for the dark circles around your eyes, it is best if you first try the natural remedies.

1. Always get enough sleep. Most of the time, dark circles appear when you weren’t able to get sufficient rest  or sleep.
2. Cold application on your eyes for 15-20 minutes.

• cotton pads/balls dipped in cucumber juice, lemon juice or milk
• slices of raw potato or cucumber
• green tea or chamomile tea bags

3. Massage your eyes with almond oil.
4. Drink plenty of water every day.
5. Use sunglasses to protect your eyes from the sun.

6. Eat fruits and vegetables that are rich in vitamin E, C and iron.

Here’s a video that will show you how to treat dark circles around your eyes with green tea bags.

For more demonstration on how to naturally get rid of dark circles or puffy eyes, you can also watch this video.

Dark circles can be really frustrating and may take a while to get rid of. Meanwhile, you may use high quality concealer that contains UV-protection properties to look great instantly.

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Removing them by ourselves can be difficult and troublesome. But don’t let this stop you from looking good in that bikini!

Here are a few natural methods that you can use to remove unwanted hair.

Waxing – A classic method of removing unwanted hair which lasts for 6-8 weeks. Choose products made of natural ingredients.
Sugaring – Another classic method similar to waxing; less painful but may leave some stubborn hair behind.
Threading – Safe and effective way to remove unwanted hair on small areas on the face. As the name suggests, it uses a cotton thread to roll and twist along the skin, trapping hairs and lifting them out by the root.
Tweezing – Fast, inexpensive and effective method for removing unwanted hair on small areas on the face.
Shaving – The easiest and most inexpensive hair removal method. Use of recyclable razors and organic shaving cream or soap is encouraged.
Buffing – Less common method with the use of a buffing tool to rub hair off at the skin level. It does not last long but it is a good quick fix used on legs between shaving or waxing.

Watch this video that will show you how to make a home-made sugar and honey hair removal wax.

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The negative information is all around us and it’s really hard not to get affected. I think most of us do worry today.

No matter how justified your worries are you need to watch out that you don’t get into negative thought patterns that are hard to get out of.

If you have negative money beliefs going through you head on a regular basis. It is a good idea to learn about How to turn in around? By using positive prosperity affirmations.

How bad are your thought patterns?

Test yourself.

Are thinking any of these thoughts?

1. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
2. I am always in debt.
3. No one has ever said that making money is easy.
4. I don’t like receiving bills.
5. I will never gain financial freedom.
6. I will always be poor.
7. Dreams rarely come true.
8. Miracles rarely or never happen to me.

Then I suggest you read this  Free Report.

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Do you believe them?

Do you question them?

Do you talk back to them?

ANT’s are Automatic Negative Thought’s and we all have them. But sometimes they are so many and so dominant that we actually start to believe them.

If you get in that situation Talk Back To Them!

Write down you negative thoughts and ask yourself: Is this really true?

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Akashic records are like a “universal computer” contain every thought, every word and every action. Through your birth date, your full birth name and your place of birth a specialist can read your akashic record through meditation.

Would you like to understand who you are at Soul level?
Do you what to know what special talents and gifts you are born with?
  
Then an akashic records reading could be something for you. You can actually order a reading online and get all the answers over the phone.

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I found a article today with 45 ways to live a happy, simple and more productive life.

Here are my favorites:

1. Be grateful
2. Remember the kid you were
3. Put on a happy face
4. Pursue your goals
5. Believe you are worthy
6. Get healthy
7. Smarter Saving and Spending: Buy Homegrown
8. Smarter Saving and Spending: Buy Used
9. Listen to your body
10. Give yourself grace and mercy

Which once are yours?

I feel for her and her family.

And it makes me think of how important it is to be present and enjoy life here and now.

Let’s spend 6 minutes of our time forgetting all our musts and worries and just laugh at this hilarious video:

“My brain? That´s my second favorite organ.” Woody Allen said.

If our brains function poorly we function poorly. Without a working memory our life falls apart.

Here are 4 ways to support your brain:

1. Food
2. Rest
3. Exercise
4. Brain games

Food:
The fat-free society that we have built up actually not very brain friendly. Our brains consist of 60% fat. Half of which is omega3 fatty acids. It is really important for our brains, our memory and our children’s brain development to eat enough fat.

The best brain food is sushi.

Sushi has fish, sea food and algae that together becomes a perfect composition of brain fat.

Rest:
Getting sufficient rest is absolutely vital for you brain function.
An experiment with American soldiers showed that getting a maximum of 4 hours sleep per day during 1 week can cause strange behavior and delirium.

Exercise:
Exercise increase our overall health, we know that. But research has also shown that exercise improve our learning ability.
A Danish research team made tests on humans that showed that the BDNF ( Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ) levels increased as people exercised. BDNF levels in our brains is linked to our learning ability.

Brain games:
While researchers are divided as to whether computer games can really make us more intelligent, brain games are becoming increasingly popular. I believe that there is no doubt about that you can improve certain skills using brain games and researchers seem to agree on the point that stimulation of the brain is good and important.

The range of brain games is huge. From hand held games to free online games and popular video games like Nintendo Wii Big Brain Academy. There is even a brain training on Facebook called Who Has The Biggest Brain?.

But brain games are also used for medical reasons. At the Stockholm Brain Institute Dr. Torkel Klingberg have helped children with ADD/ADHD with a 5 week long program using a computer game called RoboMemo. The program improves the children’s working memory which helps them concentrate and makes the world around them less chaotic.

There is also an adult version of the program:

We can have tons of things to do, work hard and feel great. Some people call it positive stress; some call it the effect of adrenaline. That is not what I’m talking about.

All of a sudden you’ve crossed the invisible line. You get tried, irritated and feel like you’re not getting enough done. It’s the real, negative stress that has caught up with you.

Stress that makes you tense, tired, nervous and in the long run can cause serious health problems.

We’ve all been there:

• The positive rush is over and you become anxious and afraid that you might not succeed.
• It get difficult to focus and prioritize and you end up working really hard but still lacking the feeling of accomplishment.
• You’re really tired but still might find it hard to fall asleep
• And as your body is screaming for help the quick stimulators start calling: Sugar, Caffeine and Alcohol.

It can be so hard to turn it around. But this time instead to turning to quick stimulators that actually make the body more stressed I will make a conscious choice and break the vicious circle.

What we really need when we are stressed is:

• Foods that give us extra energy. – Super foods filled with antioxidants that will give your body a real energy kick.

• Physical exercise Nothing gives you as much relaxation as really though workout. And it doesn’t have to take up a lot of time either. More and more programs are coming out that show better results in less time .

• Mental relaxation and meditation This will not only help you focus and give you more energy for most people it also reduces the need to sleep.

• Enough sleep Getting enough sleep is vital for your health. It gives your body its necessary rest and your brain a chance to sort things out.

• Last but not least laugh Laughing is a great way to relax. Before you go to bed put a big smile on your face and then do, read or watch something that makes you laugh.

And now watch Ms Rabbles stress management and laugh.