Aries

Your sign rules the head and face so you need to be alert to beauty related problems cropping up in these areas. A well balanced diet, regular exercise, facials and hair care ought to be a religious part of your lifestyle. Tomatoes and mustard seeds are favorable for your health and beauty.

Tip: Tomato juice is good for your skin weather taken internally or applied externally with a few drops of limejuice.

Taurus
You have a tendency to overindulge in food and weight gain. To lose the unsightly fat, cut down, not cut out, all the foods you love to eat and try healthy substitutes wherever possible. Your ruling planet, Venus confers beautiful expressive eyes to the ones born under her influence. Seek ways to best highlight your eyes.

Tip: Crush mint and apply around eyes. It helps lighten dark circles.

Gemini

You have a talent for expressing yourself. Your ruling planet Mercury governs arms and fingers which consciously or unconsciously, you use to your advantage while communicating. Make taking care of your hands a habit.

Tip: Use the following hand mask to keep your hands soft and beautiful: 1 ½ tablespoon oatmeal, 1 tablespoon warm water, 1 teaspoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon glycerin. Mix all the ingredients, apply on hands and let it remain for 15 minutes.

Cancer

Your sun sign rules the stomach making you vulnerable to stomach and digestive problems, which in turn can have negative effects on your skin. Besides outward beauty regime, you need to be careful about what you eat. Lettuce, cabbages, turnips, cucumber and melon are favorable foods for you.

Tip: Juice of a small cucumber mixed with a little limejuice and rose water makes a good skin tonic for cancerians with a dull and greasy complexion.

Leo

Like your symbol the lion, you usually have beautiful hair and you tend to make unique style statements with your crowning glory. Your ruler is the Sun and it governs the heart, back and the spinal cord. Avoid putting undue stress on your heart and maintain right postures for various activities you do. Saffron, chamomile, cloves, nutmeg, bayleaves, thyme, musk, myrrh and lavender are beneficial herbs for your health and beauty.

Tip: Mix lavender, rosemary and geranium oil (20 drops of each) with 50 ml of coconut oil. Use required quantity of this oil to massage your scalp once a week.

Virgo

Your sign rules health so you are quite aware of healthy to-dos. But too often you don’t put what you know into practice. You are not too fond of physical activities, but exercise is crucial to beauty. Make exercising a part of your daily routine. Favorable foods for you are carrots, oatmeal, parsley and nuts of all kinds.

Tip: To lighten your complexion, apply a mixture of carrot, lime and cucumber juice (1 tsp each) on your face and wash off after 15 minutes.

Libra

Your sign rules the kidneys making them vulnerable. Avoid foods with sugar. All kinds of beans, spinach, melons, apples, peaches, apricots, figs, walnuts and almonds are positive foods for you.

Tip: Almond oil makes an excellent nutrition skin tonic for Librans. Use creams, lotions, moisturizing agents that include almond oil in its ingredients.

Scorpio

Your sign rules the blood. Take preventive measures against blood related disorders. Neem [margosa] is an extremely beneficial herb for you. Make liberal use of neem based beauty and health products. Scorpios are generally blessed with very intense eyes.

Tip: Boil some neem leaves in water. Cool, strain and keep it in the fridge. Soak cotton in the cold neem water and use as eye pads twice a day.

Sagittarius

Your planet rules the hips and thighs, making you prone to put on weight in these areas. To counteract it, choose appropriate exercise programme. Beets, asparagus, cherries, strawberries, apples, peaches, olives, pomegranates, pineapples, grapes, almonds, figs and wheat are good for you.

Tip: Use grape juice frequently for a soft, smooth and fair complexion. Apply and leave it on your face for 15 minutes before washing off with cool water.

Capricorn

Saturn the ‘task master’ rules you making you a hard worker. You are endowed with ‘earthy’ beauty, and most of you have attractive feet.  Pedicure ought to feature in your beauty must-dos. Herbal skin, hair and health care products are strongly recommended for your sign. Consume lots of spinach, carrots, broccoli, celery and plantains for vitality, energy and glowing looks.

Tip: To cure cracks around heels, apply a thick paste made up of turmeric powder and mustard oil every day after bed bath till you get relief.

Aquarius

Your planet Uranus, rules the circulatory system and varicose veins, so take preventive measures to avert related problems. Negative emotions and stress plays havoc with your physical appearance so do practice serenity. Spinach and sage are primarily beneficial food items for you. Find ways to use them in abundance.

Tip: You can counteract stress with sage tea.  Pour a cup of boiling water over 1 tsp of dried sage leaves or 1 tablespoon of freshly chopped leaves. Keep covered for a few minutes, strain, add a dash of honey and drink it.

Pisces

Governed by Neptune most of you are quite dreamy, unpretentious, gentle and sensitive.  Most of you have extremely delicate skin, sensitive to the sun and friction. No wonder, you are prone to skin ailments. Avoid going out in the sun sans a good sunscreen. Lettuce, cabbage, cucumber, mushrooms, apples, and juices of all fruits are highly recommended for you.

Tip: A mixture of half a teaspoon of limejuice, one teaspoon of cucumber juice and a few drops of rose water is an effective Piscean antidote for dull and greasy complexion.

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