Banana on Hair - The Ugly Truth

I recently got my hair colored in choclate brown as I have very dark black hair no one would even notice that, just my highlights got a bit colored up anyways....
If you are planning to color your hair just for fun and you do NOT have a  hair greying problem, DON'T DO IT.
I choose the L'oreal Casting creme gloss praying that it wont dry out my hair but it did and although I used the inbuild conditioner and color protect shampoo the hair is just so coarse and dry I am putting them in a pony.

Anywas so that was about the Damage... I knew that there needs to be a good repair treatment to save my long tresses from the ugly rubber band and those Bobby pins...

So I started Hunting for a Homemade damage repair therepy for dry hair and when you do that the most common one you will see is the Banana and Honey.

I tried that and I am still not sure it that worked well, all you gotta do is take some banana (riper one) mash it and mix it with a teaspoon of honey and apply it to hair wash after 25 minutes.

Its not as easy as it sounds, the banana needs to be mashed in the blender and made a very very thin paste then mixed with honey and applied as i didnt know this (unfortunalty) I just used my palms to mash the fruit and applied it all over the more chunky pieces were mashed when they were on my hair.
This was a mistake those peices were so sticky they never came out even when i shampooed my hair twice they were still there, I applied the conditioner and still those sticky morons wouldnot come out ... I had to come out of the shower and wait until my hair dried up but still the chunks remain until the hair was really really dry and I had to remove the residue with a fine toothed comb and it took a lot of time for everythng to come out, do not ask about the hair breakage :'(

please donot try banana on hair until you have mashed it to a paste such thin as milk to wash it off.
I will be trying other homamade recipies as well and post the outcome.

hope this helps.

Online shopping

I recently found myself to be very addictive to online shopping in past few months I wouldn't give up looking into the site for new offers / sales / freebies. to face it i have had the good, the bad, and the ugly.  


It started with the www.ebay.in as its globally a renowned brand like amazon which isnt yet available in India I started buying small stuff like accessories and  makeup from there and them apparels, trust me ebay.in will take about an year or more to showcase the quality and variety like ebay.com or ebay.co.uk 


So when the items came and if they were damaged it was replaced .. but the apparel quality shown and written in description didnt match this made me stay away from shopping for apparels and shoes on ebay. 


Fortunatly I came across another site which provided High quality apparel brand which was economic and yeahhh free shipping and I really think you should check it out http://www.zovi.com 
The quality is amazing and they provide free shipping all over India. 


Thats Grand!
Another few site you should check out is www.yehbhi.com if you are really brand conscious and need great deals on them, I found this site cool for collage students as it contains mostly sporty stuff. 
www.myantra.com is another leading name but one of my friend swears that they have the coolest return policy like if you order a shoe and its a different size they send a pickup courier how cool is that. 

So pros and Cons time. 
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Pros: 
1.online shopping makes life easy, gets you great deals, big brands and gets  you a global product. 
2. you get the product at home, some sites do mention that if he product  received isn't the same you can return it to the same courier guy who can take it back and you can demand a refund or replacement. 
3. you can pay COD cash on Delivery if you do not trust a new site  


Cons:
1. buying apparels and shoes can be risky with the size as we have UK small and US small I am not sure what do I choose ... hey I am Indian ... do you have India S
2. Paying with credit cards is something not everyone is comfortable with 
3. received product might not be the one that has been shown. 




TIPS for Online Buyers:
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1. Paying with credit / debit cards can be risky, check for COD or secure connection in the website meaning site shows https:// while you make payments. 


2. For ebay consumer always check your sellers location and phone number is specified in the virtual shop and make sure you have 100 positive feedback about the seller from other buyers. 


3. Check your product in front of the Delivery Guy and return if there is even slightest mistake. 


4. Make sure you have the support info of the site like email support or callcenter info keep it handy. 


5. Note when was your product supposed to be Delivered and save the date on phone or calender be pro active to inform the customer support if there is a delay in delivery. 


6. Check out for EMI options and finance while purchasing electronic items so that the involved banks authorize the payment. 


7. check for original bills/ guarantee and warranty slips for electronic goods. 

My plastic Bag

Today while travelling to office by train I noticed a female, she looked nice and well dressed and she was carrying large number of shopping bags... looking closely I could spot Globus, Shoppers stop, Central you name it, you get it ...

The women was proud of spending her money as she was the center for attraction of that time in the train, what I noticed that amongst the big packets there were even small packets for things like really did not need them, like there was a small packet for Globus and it was transparent green so there was just a bangle peeping out of it, also there was a small packet for Archie's gallery ... maybe she bought a greeting card and also a small packet for some thing else which was opaque so I could not understand what it was but it was some accessory ...

I know I know that its bad to peep in someone else's bags but what i was concerned about was that these things in the little bags did not actually needed bags, she could have just fused the things in the big bags

Instead of carrying 5 plastic bags with little things, it would have been better to carry a single bag with 5 things inside it. I never take bags for small things that can be carried along or just kept in your purse.
I understand that the plastic bags provided by the BIGG shops in the malls are really cool and stylish and its a great thing to carry them ... but they are plastic at the end of the day and as I read a hoarding in Mumbai CST

"It takes a second to create a plastic bag and 1 million years to decompose it "

Please give it a thought and think 10 times before take plastic bags for small and unnecessary stuff.

Hope my fellow shopaholics get that message

Swine flu... disease or threat

I woke up today with the noise of the noisy street, children playing …. Aahhhh…. I hope I could do something about it; I rubbed my eyes & saw it was 6 pm … ohhhh I had to take the public transport to reach my office today, I switched on the TV to the most entertaining channel these dayz, no its not MTV its IBN7, Live India, Star news … your one stop destination to all gossips… made up scandals… scoops .. and ghost stories.. And for fill-ups in between some real time news, yes you guessed it it’s the “NEWZ Channel”

The topic for today was rather interesting “Swine flu”

As we know there have been around 6 deaths reported throughout country affected with swine flu, and most of them from Maharashtra. Pune has contributed most of it in the epidemic no doubt that the schools and stadiums and common public places which can be closed are closed. The bulletin covered some facts as to how can you get a virus, how can you prevent it from occurring you and that the swine flu in early stages is actually curable.

Aren’t we just too scared !!!!!

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After putting off the box, I rushed to the station to catch the 7:48 pm train and as I walked along the road I spotted some people covering their faces with handkerchiefs while walking, I tried smelling hard like a puppy to check if there was any odor, there was not…. I walked towards the station and spotted people on bench wearing surgical masks and some with hanky’s and scarf on their nose and mouth, then it clicked me that this was because people were horrified being attacked by Swine flu also as they have no other option but to use the masks, as there is no precautionary medicine available, no vaccine developed
It was not just that day I travelled my way back from office next morning and again to office next evening, people with masks are increasing in number, its good that we are well aware that there is a deadly virus in air and prevention is better than cure… but trust me when you watch these people you might get so scared… I was reminded or scary flicks like The happening, Resident Evil, I am Legend .. of course there is no Will Smith here to save the word … alas !!!

Face the fact:

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· I am not a great researcher but from what I have read and heard on TV and read thru the PPT floating in my mailbox daily… swine flu virus does not travel in train and buses so relax guys and treat it just like any other cough and cold virus.. like its said if you are scared of snake and if a non –poisonous snake bites you will die of the fear.

· Second that swine flu is curable if you see the doctor in time so if you develop the disease just visit get yourself checked and proper medication will heal the virus, people have been cured and are now leading normal lives

· Indian government has imported medicines to cure people and the medicines are to such amount that they can support about 1 billion people effected, swine flu cases will continue to occur until next summer. So take a chill pill guyz and necessary precautions ofcourse
May god be with you and protect you J

H.E.L.P

I missed my cab to office today so I traveled by a bus and then a Rickshaw to office today, while getting down at Vashi station and paying the fare there were at least 3 beggar kids who pounced to my rick from all directions, before I could say or do something the rick driver shouted at them and they all stepped back, well that was not the end of the story, when I got down they followed me and started dragging and nagging and touching and begging, I reached to my wallet as gave one of them a coin, Kid 1 got a coin and flee from the place in no time, Kid 2 made faces and went after Kid 1, Kid 3 was a Melodrama queen, she started shouting and crying and stomping on ground, I was damn surprised and I have my mouth open in form of a full ‘O’, she layed down on ground and started rolling with her little dirty clothes, (of course I can see a kid or anyone like that) I reached to her and picked her up but she refused to be touched….
Of course that did create a scene for all the people around and the pedestrians, finally I picked her up, and dragged her to nearby fast-food staff and offered her a vadapav which made her quite and me relaxed.

The bottom line is never give money to the beggar children; why? It promotes them, and their parents send them so that they get good earnings as people pity on children as sympathize better then over an adult

In case you see a beggar child and you really want to give him or her something, buy something to eat and give them, anything like biscuits, chocolates, vadapav anything even old clothes, but do not give them money as this is going to ruin their career as permanent child beggars
Help Children to study not to work or beg, help India’s Future

Fight against Child labor

Today Mum was not well, she complaint of pain in back and ribs which is not normal at all according to me at her age and I am a bit more concerned about her bones and she is quite skinny, actually we are renovating our bathroom and plumbing section, so we ordered some heavy metal pipes from a shop and the shopkeeper sent the delivery boy who was a a small kid not more than 10 years old and was carrying 5 heavy pipes on his back,

When mum saw him, she rushed downstairs to help him keep that down which actually made a catch on her back, I was so glad to hear this and that's why I love her so much !!!!

But that is really a very big problem faced by the Indian Children today, I remember going to a shop to order some snacks and there were child waiters and Dishwashers everywhere their hands were too small to hold the juice classes but they were still delivering it, when I noticed keenly I found that all the workers where children from age 10 – 17, I thought of calling 1098 right away and complaining to the Child Help Line, but then my friend reminded me that these children might be supporting there families and to avoid a child labor we might effect the family, that could be correct but there has to be some way out to stop this.

In my previous post Stomach Teaches them all, I tried to highlight this feature but I agree that it sounded completely different. When you see small kids working for you, you really do not feel good because this is not what they deserve, these children are the upcoming generation and future of India, If this continues India will never graduate to be termed as Developed country….

In case you spot a Child labor or child violation you can call the number 1098 which is toll free or Forum against Child sexual exploitation at 23002683

HAPPY EARTH DAY EVERYONE !!!!!

Today is Earth day !!! what does it mean? it means that we should be thankful to the earth for resources and life and everything that we derive from her

We should try to go green and try to wipe out the toxics that bothers earth from its living,

Come on people lets make optimum use of fuel, do not waste water and other valuable resources stick to Reduce > Reuse and Recycle, use less plastic, plant more trees, use less paper

Wear green today and show every one that you are an ECO friendly person, we should also practice the eco nature not only today but everyday, we need to save the earth from the ozone threat and plastic chocking and other things….. we can only do this and not much when aliens attack us or an orbit hits earth; so the bottom line is do it when you really can, :)

HAPPY EARTH DAY EVERYONE !!!!!

Sleepless

I had a great weekend, relaxed and joyful had a little conversation with friends and a good memories, when I came to office I had my friend lets call her “Miss UK” (why ? well that's a looong story) she came to me with dark and puffy eyes and very stressed I asked her if she was busy or had to hit office directly after a party, she replied that she could hardly get sleep as its so HOOOOT and trust me it is !!!!!

Another victim was “Pup” he was looking super stressed and just irritated he was suffering from insomniac as well, since Friday, and trust me its not as easy as it sounds its the worse that can happen to you, and getting over it is really tough

Reasons :

• Nightshifts
  
• Stress (work and emotional)
  
• Climate change
  
• Extreme (humid, hot, cold) situations
  
• Dehydration
  
• Leaving of a long habit suddenly

The water splash will help you get over it

Its super hot and the temperature hits around 40 degrees Celsius in day time so guys get something to chill you and I literally mean that, get an AC or a good Air Cooler as soon as possible, there are lot of variations available in market.

Take a cold water shower before going to sleep, wash you hair and body with a soothing soap something gel based & which kills bacteria cause the temperature is best for bacteria to survive on your skin

Keep yourself hydrated with loads of water and juices, yea that will work because water makes you sweat and keeps body moisturized

Pamper your self with some cool face packs which contain cucumber, apply head oil which is thanda thanda, with all the ayurvedic benefits and try foot massage this will relax you

Do not take too much stress leave office work at office play with your pet or kids to relax your self, indulge in an activity that interests you like drawing painting or cooking, this will de-stress you and move your concentration from something that's really disturbing you

Physical activity does make you tired and sleepy, go to gym, cycling or just a run around the town, this will relax you and your muscles and help you get some sleep and stay healthy

Hope this helps ….