Astringents
#Rose water makes a good astringent when applied with rhe juice of a lemon.
#Yoghurt combined with tomato pulp serves as a good astringent.
#Combine equal parts of vinegar and water to get an effective astringent.
#Tomaro juice rubbed over the face is a good and economical astringent.
#Satuarate cotton wool in pure lemon juice, and apply as astringent.
#Mash a small peach and add four drops each of lemon juice and tomato juice to make an astringent lotion.
Baths
#Precious drops of olive or almond oil added to your bath water enhances a creamy, shiny and smooth skin.
#To prepare a rich oil bath, blend together a quarter cup of olive oil, one tablespoon shampoo, one cup vegetable oil and one tablespoon lemon juice. Use one or two tablespoons for your bath.
#Add 30 gms of Epsom salt to your bath, and soak in it for 20 minutes. This bath helps to neurralise waste matenals present in the body tissue. It also helps to open clogged pores.
#Add five tablespoons of milk powder to bath water, to nourish and soften the skin.
#In a muslin bag fill three tablespoons each of skimmed milk powder, oatmeal powder and laundry starch. Immerse this bag in a bucket of water till the water turns milky. Bathe with this water for a clear and glowing skin.
#Throw a couple of lemon peels into the bath for that rangy, refreshing feeling.
#A tablespoon of honey adds more moisture to your bath, and leaves your skin dewy and fresh.
#Tie oatmeal in a muslin bag, and place it in a bucket of water for five minures. While bathing, massage your skin gently with it. You will feel a sense of being well scrubbed.
#Add a handful of salt to your tub, and soak in it for 10 minutes. You will feel rejuvenated.
#Tie herbs in a piece of cloth and let it soak in your bucket of hot water rill you get the beautiful fragrance. Bathe with this water for a relaxed feeling.
Creams/Lotions/Tonics
#Mix two teaspoons each of gram flour and curd with two pinches of turmeric powder. Apply on the body, rub well and bathe in warm water.
#Mix together four teaspoons of barley powder, three teaspoons of turmeric and coconut or mustard or gingelly oil to make a paste. This can be used on the body, and for the face dilute it with raw milk.
#Gram flour mixed with turmeric powder and ol;ve oil makes an excellent cream.
#To two teaspoons of boiled and mashed masoor dal, add a teaspoon of rose water. Add fresh cream. This cream brings a natural glow to the skin.
#To prepare orange skin cream for natural glow and softness of skin, dry orange peels and powder. Before bathing, make a paste of two spoons of it with raw milk, and massage on body before bathing in warm water.
#Mix mustard seed paste in raw milk. Apply on body and rub in well. As it starts drying and falling off from the body, bathe in warm water. This cream helps to remove wrinkles and fissures on your skin.
#Mix together two teaspoons each of almond paste and chironji paste with a little milk. Applying this cream on the body makes the skin soft, glowing and beautiful.
#Lemon cream makes your skin glow and also improves your complexion. For this mix together the juice oflemon,
one and a half teaspoons of gram flour, two pinches of turmeric powder, a little coconut oil and cream.
#Mix a teaspoon of lemon juice and half a teaspoon of honey with a few drops of milk. This lotion has a mild bleaching effect on a greasy skin.
#To one tablespoon of cucumber juice, add a few drops of lemon juice, and a pinch of tUrmeric powder. This lotion makes on excellent whitener for all types of skins.
#Water melon lotion is ideal for clearing the skin of all blemishes. Grate and squeeze juice out of a small piece of water melon. Apply on face and leave on for 15 minutes then wash off with cold water.
# Keep the shell of an egg soaked in boiling water for half an hour. It serves as a good tonic for a dull skin when washed with water.
#Any sun cream left over can be used as a.body lotion if you don't want to keep it till the next year. Once opened, sun cream deteriorates and loses its protective qualilities, yet retains its moisturing ingredients.
# For extra protection during summer, choose a foundation cream containing a sun cream.
#Make a sunscreen lotion at home. Extract the juice of one medium-sized cucumber, add half tablespoon each of glycerine, water and milk, and refrigerate.
#To make a natural astringent lotion, mix together one teaspoon of peach juice, half a teaspoon of carrot juice and a quarter teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply on face and neck and leave for 15 minutes. This will tighten the skin without robbing it of its natural oils.
#An effective substitUte for cold cream is equal parts of lemon juice and glycerine mixed together.
#Soak two tablespoons of oatmeal overnight. In the morning, mix it onetablespoon lemon uice half a teaspoon each of diluted ammonia,olive oil rose water glyrecine and four tablespoon of warm water.An excellent hand lotion.
#Another effective lotion is a mixture of three tablespoon rose water two tablespoon lemon juice and one tablespoon glycerine.
#Mix toghether two and a half teaspoon each of honey,glycerine and barley powder one egg white and four tablespoon of rose water into a thick paste.It is a good for the hands.
#use generously on hands the paste made of one and a half teaspoon each of almond oil and petroleum jelly,one teaspoon lemon pulp two and a half teaspoon each of glycerine and lemon juice.
#Prepare a rich conditioning cream by combining 125 gms lard, one tablespoon each of honey, ground almonds and rose water, six drops of almond essence, and two yolks.
Dyes
#If you want to dye your hair red, add a spoon of glycerine to a cup of water in which the outer skin of an onion has been boiled. Use this on your hair, and after half an hour, nnse.
#To remove dye stains on skin, mix together an equal quantity of utensil cleaning powder and Dettol. Rub the stained area with this, and wash with water.
#To get instant colour in henna, break open an iron capsule, and add its contents to the henna mixture. It will lend a rich, deep brown tint.
Foundation
#A few drops of moisturiser added to foundation will make it easier to apply.
#Apply foundation with a slightly damp sponge for a better finish.
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