Clouds Nail Art (Easy Nail Art Design)

Hey Smiley faces. I hope you are having an amazing day. Today I am going to share with you an easy clouds nail art perfect for the rainy season. It is an easy nail art and it requires no special tools. It looks great on any length of nails. :D So let’s get started.

You will need:

1. Protecting Base coat (Oriflame nail shield)

2. Sky blue nail polish (Maybelline color show Blueberry Ice)

3. White nail polish (Maybelline color show Porcelain Party)

4. Black nail polish (Elle 18 no.35)

5. Light grey nail polish (Elle 18 no.04)

6. Clear nail polish/ Top coat nail polish (Elle 18 no.27)

7. Few tooth picks

Procedure:

1. Apply the base coat to protect your natural nails. Let it dry completely.

2. Apply sky blue nail polish on all the nails. Let it dry completely.

3. Using the tooth pick dipped in white polish make small closely placed dots as shown. To get the shape of a cloud you have to make around 4-5 dots.

4. Repeat the clouds until you cover the entire nail. You can even make have clouds to cover the empty portions.

5. Make white clouds on all the nails except for the ring finger.

6. Now mix few drops of Black polish and light grey polish in a paper plate to get a dark grey colored polish. It should be somewhat like the dark rain filled clouds.

7. Now make the clouds using this color on the ring finger. You have to work quickly before the polish on the paper plate dries up.

8. Let all the nail polish dry completely. Then apply a coat of clear nail polish to make your manicure last longer.

So friends this is my take on this cloudy/rainy weather. You can either make all the clouds grey or all of them white. It is a very simple nail art design which doesn’t require any specialization. If I can do this nail art, anyone can do it. I actually asked my friend to be my model for this tutorial because I am still recovering from the broken nail disaster. I hope you like this nail art tutorial. If you did, then let me know in the comments down below. If you decide to recreate this design, do share your recreation with me on my facebook page.

Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you on Sunday with a slightly funny article.. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2). If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.

10 Signs That You Suffer from OCRD (Obsessive Compulsive Reading Disorder)

Hey Smiley Faces. I hope you all are having an amazing weekend till now. Today I am going to share with you 10 signs that indicate that you suffer from OCRD or in simple words you are in love with books. I am in love with books so I know what it is to be a book addict. So here we go bookaholics.

1. You love the smell of new books – For a book addict, the smell of new books is the best scent in this entire world. It makes him/her extremely happy. And moreover they keep on buying new books to experience this smell again and again.

2. Bookstores/libraries are heaven for you – A book addict does lose the track of time when he/she is at the bookstore/library, searching for books. The bookstores feel like heaven and you just wanna be there forever or maybe until you find some amazing reads :D

3. You can’t leave a book until you finish reading it – The book lovers are crazy. They can stay up all night just to complete a book. I mean if I am in the middle of an amazing chapter in a book, I will continue reading even if it’s 2 in the morning.

4. You are always on a look out for book sales – Come on who wouldn’t like to get more books for less money. So they always keep searching the internet for online book sales or news papers for bookstore sales.

5. You can lend someone anything except your books – The bookaholics are extremely possessive about their book collection. They refuse to let anyone borrow their books because they consider books as their wealth. Moreover they are afraid that the borrower would damage their book which in turn would give them a heart attack.

6. You give a dozen of instructions to the person who borrows your book – An avid book reader will recite a long list of instructions before anyone who borrows his/her books. If by chance; a book addict lends his book to someone then that someone is a lucky person indeed. But the chance of lending is one in a million.

7. You can use anything as a bookmark – Anything right from a pen to a tiny piece of paper can be used as a bookmark by the book addicts. They consider folding the tip of the page as a bookmark, a serious un- punishable crime.

8. People ask you for book recommendations – It’s natural for people to ask a book addict for book recommendations as he/she knows about a variety of books, new releases and also he/she knows which book is suitable for a non-book addict :D

9. You enter a trance state when you are reading – If reading a book is like meditation for you and it takes you into some other world where you cannot see anything except the book and you can’t hear anything except your mind reading the amazing lines written by the author, you are a die-hard fan of books for sure.

10. Your books are your best friends – If a bookaholic is sad or happy or lost or feeling alone, he/she will read a book. That is because books are his/her best friends or maybe even his/her life.

So friends, these are some signs that might help you to find out whether you are a book addict or not. If you are a book addict, you have a friend in me. If you know any other symptoms that indicate the signs of OCRD, the let me know in the comments down below. If you are not a OCRD patient, then share this post with someone who suffer from ORCD.

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How to Motivate Yourself to Start Exercising

Hello smiley faces. I hope you all are doing great. Today I am going to share with you some tips to motivate yourself to start exercising. Exercising is extremely important to keep you healthy both mentally and physically. So here we go.

1. Talk to yourself – The first tip is to ask yourself “Am I healthy???” (Healthy doesn’t mean skinny). If you can walk for half an hour or jog for 15 minutes without getting tired, you are healthy but if not, you got to start exercising right now. You should feed this in your brain that “exercising will make you look much better than you already are”. I mean who doesn’t want to look good right?? Once your brain accepts this, nothing can stop you from exercising daily.

2. Join a gym or any exercise class –If you are in an environment where everything screams out “health”, you are more likely to exercise regularly. Also you have to pay money at the gym or exercise class, and no one wants to let their money go into someone else pocket unless you gain something from it. Right friends?? :D

3. Find a healthy friend or maybe even an enemy – If you have a friend who loves to exercise and look good, then he/she will surely motivate you to follow him/her. Friends, consider me as your friend if you need any motivation. If you have an enemy who is fitter than you, well in that case, you need no motivation to start exercising and following a healthy lifestyle in general. This tip works like a magic for we girls :D

4. Hang a dress that you want to fit in – The act of hanging an old favorite top that I no longer could fit into is what drove me to start exercising. Hang a lovely clothing that you want to fit in and tell yourself that “I am gonna start exercising because I want to look fabulous in this dress”.

5. Get new clothes to exercise in – I mean who doesn’t want to wear new clothes. Initially you will exercise because you want to wear the new exercise wear and post a selfie on facebook. Then slowly you will fall in love with exercising.

6. Read motivational stories/posters/wallpapers – Read some stories about people whose lives have been changed due to exercising. Also have some motivational posters (related to exercising and being healthy of course) in your room or wallpaper on your computer or mobile. Looking at that everyday will surely get you in the exercise mode. You can read my story of starting a healthy lifestyle here 

7. Gift yourself – Everyone deserves a reward after hard work. So if you are successful in maintaining a healthy lifestyle for a month, gift yourself something that you love. If I am able to maintain my exercise regime for a month, I gift myself a book and if I eat healthy for a month, I gift myself a makeup item or a nice t-shirt. I love all these things and I can do anything to get them, so every month I save some money to keep me going. J

So friends, these are some of my tips to start exercising. Always remember that exercising should be a habit not punishment or compulsion. I wrote this article so that I can help some of you to start exercising. For more health inspiration keep reading this blog. Trust me friends, I have lived almost all my life till now, being unhealthy. Ever since I started exercising, I have been so much better. If you have any tips to start exercising, I would love to hear those so leave them in the comments down below.

Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you on Sunday with a slightly funny article.. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2). If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.

Cucumber-Potato Face Pack

Hello smiley faces. I hope you all are doing great. Today I am going to share with you an easy face-body mask. It is made with cucumber and potato both of which have mild bleaching properties. Both of them help to reduce tan, dark spots and also help to lighten the skin. I am also going to show you a simple eye mask made with the remnant from the pack. This eye pack will help to reduce the under eye circles. So without further ado, let’s get started. Here’s what you will need.

Ingredients:      

1. ¼ cup finely grated cucumber

2. ¼ cup finely grated potato

3. 2 tbsp besan

4. 1 tsp lemon juice

5. ¼ tsp turmeric powder (haldi)

6. Rosewater (if needed)

7. Clean tissue paper for eye mask

Procedure:

1. Take a large bowl and place a strainer on the top as shown.

2. Now put the grated cucumber and potato into the strainer.

3. Add lemon juice to it and with the help of a spoon squeeze the mixture in the strainer. The juice should start coming out. For most of the time I use my hands to get the juice out of the mixture. If you do so make sure your hands are clean :D

4. Keep on doing this until all the juice comes out of the cucumber-potato mixture.

5. In a bowl add besan and turmeric.

6. Add the potato-cucumber juice to this mixture and mix everything really well.

7. Check the consistency of the mixture. If the mixture is too thick, add some rosewater. I added around 1 tsp rosewater. The amount of rosewater will depend on the amount of potato-cucumber juice. Make sure that the pack isn’t too thick or too runny.

8. Now your pack is ready to use. Apply this pack on your face, neck, hands and feet. Leave it until it dries completely. Then take it off using lukewarm water.

9. For eye mask:

You will need the pulp that remains after squeezing out the juice from the potato and cucumber.

a) Divide the pulp into two parts.

b) Put the pulp into a clean tissue paper and wrap it up as shown. Make two such wraps.

c) Put this into the freezer for about an hour.

d) Put this on your eye for 5-7 minutes and then wash your eyes with cold water.

Use this pack once or twice a week for better results. This pack is a mild pack that will remove the tan and dark spots. But just like any other natural remedy, it works slowly. But if you apply this pack regularly, you will see a noticeable difference in your skin. I usually use this pack on weekends as a pamper mask for my face and body. So friends, if you try this pack, let me know how it works for you.

Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2). If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.

P.S: Always do a patch test behind your ear to test whether the pack is suitable for you or not.

Being thankful…….

Hello smiley faces. I hope you all are doing great. Today I am going to share with you an incident that taught me an important lesson in the book called life. This incident must have happened 3-4 months ago but even now I remember every bit of it.

I was with my mom at a local pharmacy when this incident took place. The pharmacy was crowded as it was the peak hour of their business. So I decided to wait outside and that’s when I saw an old beggar or should I say the one who changed my outlook towards life. There was nothing special about this beggar. He was just like any other beggar that you can find anywhere on the streets of any Indian city. He was dressed in shabby, fakir like clothes. To be frank his overall look was pretty bad.

He must have been hungry which is why he begged a fruit vendor for some food. The fruit vendor gave him few bananas to eat. He blessed the vendor and started moving towards a tree. I thought he would sit in the cool shadow of the tree and eat his food right away, but he didn’t. Yes friends, he didn’t.  He first touched the tree with his hands, and then he bowed before the tree with folded hands. I looked as if he considered the tree as his god. He then touched the tree with his food i.e. bananas as if he was making an offering to his god. And then he finally started eating his food after this ritual. Seconds after this incident, my mom came and we left that place. But I just couldn’t stop thinking about the incident even after we left.

For others, he was just a beggar. But for me he was a person who taught me an important lesson in life. I am not sure whether he thought the same while performing this whole ritual. But I thought that he bowed before the tree because he wanted to thank it because it was the source from where his food came. So friends the moral is “If you get something in life; always thank the person/ the source due to whom/ which you could get that thing.”

So at last I want to thank my family, friends and all of you my virtual friends for supporting my blog. Because writing articles for my blog makes me happy. So that in turn makes you all the source of my happiness. Thank you all once again.

Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2). If you have any suggestions, please comment below.  

Healthy Fruit Pops

Hey Smiley faces. I hope you all are doing great. Today I have a very easy but delicious healthy recipe for you. It is a healthy alternative to Chuski aka Ice gola. I love ice gola but it has a lot of sugary artificial flavoring that is just not good for you. So I gave it a healthy twist by using natural sweetener i.e. fruit juice. You can use the juice of any of your favorite fruit. Summer is almost over and so is the watermelon season so I decided to grab the last of the watermelons and use it in this recipe. So let’s get started.

Ingredients:

1. 1 ½- 2 cups Fruit juice (depending on your moulds)

2. 1 tbsp tuti fruity

3. 1 tbsp grated (dry) coconut

4. 1 tsp chaat masala or as per your taste

                 You will also need kulfi mould or you can even jugaad with a regular glass and spoon/fork.

Procedure:

1. Mix the chaat masala with the fruit juice.

2. Put this mixture in the kulfi mould or into a glass and freeze it for around 15-20 minutes.

3. Now add in little tuti fruity and grated coconut into the moulds.

4. Put the lid on the moulds and freeze it for good 3-4 hours.

5. It you are using a glass, select a spoon that fits perfectly in your freezer. The picture would explain the jugaad.

6.  After 3-4 hours your fruit pops are ready to satisfy your chuski craving.

I hope you enjoyed his easy and quick healthy recipe. I hope you give it a try. If you do, let me know in the comments below which fruit you used for making the pops.

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My Everyday Makeup Essentials

Hello smiley faces. How are you all doing? Today is my first makeup article so I decided to share with you my everyday makeup essentials. I have lots of items to show you girls so let’s get started.

Let’s begin with the face makeup. The only products that I use for my face are Garnier BB cream and Elle 18 glow compact (Pearl). Both of them look subtle on my skin that in turn makes my makeup look natural (wink wink). I sometimes even use baby powder instead of Elle 18 glow compact to set the BB cream. Trust me girls it actually works.

 Next on my list are lip balms. I only have two of them and they are Maybelline Baby lips (Tangerine pop) and an old favorite Nivea fruity shine (Strawberry).

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Next I wanted to share with you my favorite lip products most of them are lip glosses just because I love lip glosses. Some of my favorite ones are

From Left to right - Faces Go Chic lip gloss (Rose petal 07), Faces Ultra lip plump in Poetic, Faces Go Chic lip gloss (Mochaccino 06), Avon Simply Pretty lip gloss (Caramel apple), Elle 18 Juicy lip balm (Juicy Mauve), Maybelline lip polish (Glam 3), Faces Go Chic lipstick (Petal me out 226).

Out of this my ultimate favorite one is Maybelline lip polish (Glam 3). Two of them namely Faces Ultra lip plump in Poetic & Faces Go Chic lip gloss (Mochaccino 06) are borrowed (just for a few days though) from my bestie.

I love my eyes so here is the tiny list of eye makeup that I own. For eyelashes I have the Lakme eyeconic curling mascara (Washable), Maybelline hypercurl volume express mascara (Waterproof) and Vega eyelash curler.

I really love kajal and sometimes when I have a little more time I use liquid liner as well.

From left to right Maybelline hyper glossy liquid liner (Navy blue), Lakme eyeconic kajal (Brown) and Lakme eyeconic kajal (Black)

And lastly my favorite part of makeup that is nail polishes. These are 5 pastel colors that I am in love with right now.

From thumb to pinky – Elle 18 (07), Maybelline color show  (Blueberry ice, Tenacious teal, Blackcurrant pop and Nude skin)

So friends that’s all I have to share with you all. I hope it wasn’t too boring or too braggy. These are just some of the products that I used regularly. If you have any everyday makeup favorites please share with me in the comments below. If you want me to review any item mentioned in this article, then let me know in the comments down below.

Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark) and follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2). If you have any suggestions, please comment below.