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Bidding a goodbye to 2016!!

Hello everyone!! How are you all doing? This year is coming to an end and let us hope coming year brings a lot of happiness and blessings in each of our lives!! "God has perfect timing, never early, never late. It takes a little patience and a hell lot of faith but its worth the wait" We all know that things get better with time! But who has the time and the patience? If you feel like giving up on something, think why did you start it in the first place? I strongly believe if there is some thing happening in each one of our lives right now, its for the good. Believe me. You might not feel it right now, but its for the good. So let the flow take you to the new beginning, new opportunities and lot of happiness. Lets all choose happiness!! Happy New Year 2017!!

A perfect blend of Coconut and spices!!

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Hello everyone! Who else loves Idli Sambhar! I am big fan of hot Idli Sambhar! But this dish is really incomplete without coconut chutney! I would like to share my recipe of coconut chutney with you all, hope you like it! So let's see how to make it! Ingredients: 1. Fresh Coconut piece (peeled, remove the brown part of the coconut) 2. 2 to 3 Green Chili (This chutney tastes great little spicy, you can add green chili as per taste) 3. 2 tsp Curd 4. 1 tsp cumin seeds 5. 1 tsp sugar 6. Coriander Leaves 7. Roasted peanuts 8. Salt to taste Steps: 1. Blend all the ingredients together except curd and coriander. 2. Once all the ingredients are blended well, add curd and blend again. 3. In the end add fresh coriander leaves and slightly churn the blender. This will not alter the color of the chutney to green but it will add just very small pieces of coriander to the chutney! This chutney tastes super awesome and is very easy to make. Do tr...

New Year Resolutions for the coming year 2017!!

Hello everyone!! All of us, may not all, but some of us do make or take new year resolutions!! But somehow we get busy with the life, office, house hold work, family, friends, etc and forget the resolutions eventually!! I have some new year resolution ideas which will not take much of our time but surely will make us a better living being!! Please  note they are in no specific order!! 1. Drink lots of water!! 2. Save money!! Make it a habit!! 3. Stay Fit!! Its not that difficult. Start with walking 15 minutes daily. 4. Spend time with family! 5. Take a positive approach towards life!! 6. Try to quit an addiction!! If not quit it, at least reduce it!!   7. Get back to something you always wanted to do like dancing, singing, painting, swimming, sports, etc. Got busy with job or house, Take out time once in a week. Believe me it will make a difference. 8. Started something, finish it! 9. Adopt a pet! 10. Choose Happiness! ...

Detox Water

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Hello Everyone!! Ever heard of Detox Water? Lets understand toxins first and then get to the detox part of it. A toxin is anything that damages our body. It can be from food, air, radioactivity, water, etc. Our body has five detox organs- Skin, Lungs, Kidneys, Liver and the intestines. These organs help to pull out the toxins from our body. More intake of water helps these organs to flush out the toxins more easily. Detox Water or Infused water is combinations of fruits, vegetables immersed in cold water. The flavor and goodies of these fruits and veggies gets infused in the water and help to detox the toxins from our body and hence it is called Detox/Infused water. Benefits of Detox Water: 1. It helps to flush out toxins from our body 2. It improves your mood 3. Flavored water can increase the intake of water 4. It keeps the food moving into the body 5. It keeps the organs and the body healthy 6. It reduces fatigue and keeps your fresh 7. It ca...

2 minute Black smokey eye tutorial using only Black Kajal

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Hellooooo everyone! How are you all doing? This is last month of 2016, can't believe,  this year has went by too fast!! Today I am going to share with you all a 2 minute black smokey eye tutorial using only black Kajal. So lets get started. What all you will need? 1.Any Foundation/ Eye primer/ Concealer of your choice to be used as base 2.A black Kajal pencil (Should be quite dark, creamy and easily blend able) 3.A Smudge brush/Pencil brush (You can also use q-tip or ear bud with soft hands if you don't have this brush) How to do it? 1. Apply the foundation or concealer on you eyelid as shown below. 2. Blend the same smoothly using your fingers. Always use only your ring finger on your eyes as it puts lowest pressure on our eyes and it will not cause wrinkles. 3. Now apply the kajal in thick line over your lashes as shown below. This does not need to be very neat as we are going to smudge it anyway. 4. Now quickly smudge the same using smudge b...