This link is for my wife! Thanks on her behalf, deepa :)

Hey Manish, I have to take care of your better half too :)

You know Deepa, when I showed my wife the link, even she was putoff by those high-tech beauty tools... but I guess now she won’t mind joining the gang discussing home based tips...

Come to think of it,not a bad topic for post, what say? :)

My brain candy knows no Borders...It’s all good...:D

Well, so long as these are borrowed tips (from your wife) and not something that you do yourself, we can classify it as BC and use them here... but if these are your beauty secret reveled here - well .... I will immediately change my bets and put my money on Aneez :)

hOLY HELL..You want to drop me and take up with Aneez...just because I’m beautiful...Traitor!!! LOL....Trust me, if you saw my gruff skin, you’d know it’s all B.C. I learned from the wife..I eat alot of avocados and egss, but have noted no real difference..I used to drink ALOT as well, I can’t say it did much for my hair...must be for external use only...??

Now that’s more like a description of a macho champion... A silky haired - beautiful skinned Latino scared the hell out of me !!! LOL

And you know what, my wife always insisted women are smarter than men, which I obviously refused to believe.... but your statement ”must be for external use only” suddenly makes me feel she may be right....
While we guys drink our beer and end up getting a beer-belly, they have found a better ’external’ use of it that actually makes them more beautiful...... hmmmm, suddenly I don’t feel smart anymore!! LOL

Believe me brother...I know what you mean, although I would never admit it to HER...But you gotta think it through, they are happy and beautiful, we have extra money from their home beauty products..with the extra cash, we can indulge in more of our own ”internal” enhancements...Although there are occasional probelms, when she comes home from the grocery store, I see FOOD..Food is fair game, but occasional, okay more than occasionally, I do the UNTHINKABLE, and actually eat her beauty care..It’s all fine, I just think they need to tag things in the fridge..Like: DO NOT TOUCH..MOM’S FACE.., DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT DRINKING MY HAIR RINSE..EGGS ARE FOR MASKS, NOT FOR TOAST..you know, just to give us a heads up.

If you look at the list given by Deepa in one of her comment below, everything in fridge will get tagged.. honey, curd, banana, papaya, tomato, cucumber... Its not about giving us heads up on THEIR beauty care products, its about starving us to death mate... if I can’t touch any of these, I will die... then what would my wife do looking beautiful.... I think that would be dumb thinking on their part ... to starve us to death so they can look beautiful.... we should eat - suddenly I am feeling smart again!! LOL

Manish,
Are you getting the sneaky suspcion it has nothing to do with beauty, and EVERYTHING to do with them becoming young,BEAUTIFUL, widows??? Could it be a global conspiracy to starve us men out of existance..leaving the door open to young metrosexuals who watch their weight and would NEVER dream of using food for anything other than it’s GOD given use...Beauty.

It looks like we’ve been shammed.DO NOT HEED any simple conversations suggesting a bump up in your life insurance.

Good lord, you are right! Its getting clear now. Yes, its definitely a global conspiracy... I think we just cracked a Da Vinci code!
They are taking away our beer, our eggs, our curd, our bananas, everything that we eat so we die and they can look beautiful. Then this world will have only rich (with our insurance money) beautiful widows and those young weight-watching metrosexuals...
Damn, how could we not have see all this before!!!
Good we sneaked into this ”all women” discussion... We need to now plan our survival ... all beer drinking, egg eating men of the world are looking upon us! What a sham it was.

This is covert work...Not just any man can make a go of a ”woman” link.., The world needs more men like us..This is much bigger than I had originally thought, we’re gonna have to go underground and hit every girly fashion, shoe, fitness, make up, healthcare and celibrity style and gossip link on IB...Remember it for the sake of MANkind..Keep friends close and ENEMIES closer...GodSpeed my friend..

p.s. As we are going covert, I will no longer be known as Oscar...from now on, if you need me, just give a holler for Agent Metro..I’ll be waiting.

Yes, lets get working on this immediately... do you think we may need some spies? Can we depend on Deepa for this critical mission? After all, we got to know about this conspiracy right here in her blog.... and she did indicate she can keep secrets.

hmmmmmm.... this is so huge, I need to think clearly... and its rather late here on my part of globe, so I guess I will sign off for today... need to think of a plan ... maybe over a bottle of beer and some eggs and toast tomo morning...

btw, a very cleaver code name you have thought of from the word ”metro-sexual” Since you have taken the first half, I will take the other half.... LOL..

Signing off for now!!!

Ok, Agent Sexual...
Get some sleep.. We are gonna need to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for this mission..Being as on my side of the Globe we are still in the afternoon, early evening...we are well equipped to run a two man special force op for the time being...I think Deepa could very well be a double agent..she too is working on keeping friends close and the enemy closer..We will need to regroup out of Deepa’s satellite range..I will be in touch.. Be safe, keep one eye open, remember you are sleeping with the enemy.:D

AM

Mine too...Gosh Deepa, you find the most awesome links-even manly men can get a world of info from your gadgets :)

Hey Oscar, am I more than glad to know that you enjoy your visits to my blog :)Will strive hard to keep you hooked on lol

you have fascinitating insight...Just don’t let my secret out , you know Latino’s are macho :D

Thanks for letting me know that Latinos are macho! LOL

Ok, since my secret is safe, here are some home tips: (my wife uses)

she puts an egg white mask on 3 times a week.. great for th pores, and super soft

avocado mask (mash it up like guacamole) 1 time per week.. seems like an instant face lift and super hydrating

wash hair in beer (best to do on weekend)she’s a teacher, probably not good to go to school smelling like a brewery :

strawberry for teeth whitening

Good heavens Oscar! With all the beauty tips flowing around, I was going to tell you we should find some way to get out of this place and here you are - my champion, giving beauty tips!!!!
LOL

Manish...what the hell are you doing here??? It’s a secret man.Can’t I enjoy nice skin and still be macho...LOL...

A Latino with nice skin, smooth silky hair, and who still calls himself macho ..... hmmmm.. LOL

OK, maybe it’s metrosexual...LOL
Actually my wife does this crap, well, I’ve come to find it’s not crap..She saves a ton of money and looks great.

I can vouch for that too... they are good actually, both from money point and from beauty point... no personal experience, but from how my wife looks :)

Thanks for the link Deepa. Glad to know all those high-tech beauty tools. But many of them are too expensive. Well, a good proce is worthy to be spent for a good look. But being naturally beautiful is the best way, that does not depend on maintenance. I mean the home- based products and the herbal care.

Ditto Sastmita! I also hold the same opinion and if time permits, I to scrub my face with curds to get bit of glow :)

i too agree with Sasmita... im so obsessed with herbal beauty tricks that i have actually stopped using stuff from outside :)

Ya, Deepa. Fresh curd of normal temperature is a very good natural cleanser. Not only for face, but for hair as well. It has protein just like the egg, hence makes the face and hair shine. I use honey at times to remove dryness. These remedies have no risk of side-effcts like the readymades.

Hey deepa, good link, enjoyed reading and lusting after half the things..
Out of reach but not out of mind, maybe Santa will be kind on this good girl this Christmas and some of them will be found under my Christmas tree this year.

LOL.....will call up Santa to take care of my fellow geeky gal lusting after all these high-tech beauty doodads!

Excellent list.. as Radhika mentioned.. most of them seem outta reach.. but i think some beauty tips straight out of our kitchen can also beat the efficiency of these gadgets :)

Absolutely correct Ruchi! I belong to the same school of thoughts. We have gr8 home beauty ingredients like honey, curd, malai-besan-haldi combo, banana, papaya, tomato, cucumber....OMG the list can go on!

”Beat the efficiency of these gadgets” And save a lot of money too! right?

You know Sasmita, these home made beauty treatments also help our wallets from drying out :)
About 2 months back I purchased an anti-tan pack from VLCC to get rid of my tan (due to my recent swimming coaching). However I realized it didn’t help any better than the curd as a tan remover.
The curd did its job better :)

WOW, Oscar and Manish you guys have re-directed this story to a list of fantastic home beauty recipes.

Never realized that guys keep a tab on the secret of his ladylove’s beauty.

Hmmmm.....i need to question my hubby now? Wonder if he knows any bit of all this.

Deepa,
You’ve got to give us credit..We WANT to know, we just don’t want to ask..I read my wives chic magazines (okay, not in public) to know what’s up with the othr half...Amazing what Glamour, Self, and Cosmo cn do for a man..
As far as the beauty part..It’s hard not to take notice when your wife is a beautiful walking buffet of the finest, freshest foods, your fridge is off limits, and You are starving..
It’s natural for one to want to find the truth behind hunger and starvation...especially when it is our own.

Oscar, hold on, am coming back to this post a little later and pen a reply to all the boys-room fun that you and manish enjoyed.