Beauty tips

• Body Care
• Eye Care
• Hair Care
• Lip Care
• Skin Care
Body Care
Dry Body
Mix six-teaspoon petroleum jelly,
two-teaspoon glycerin and two-
teaspoon lemon juice. Apply this
moisturizing lotion at least twice
a week if you have dry and flaky,
arms and legs
Massage your body with a
mixture of coconut oil and any
of your favorite's scented oils like
lavender or rosemary.
Sunburns
Peel and grate a cucumber.
Squeeze the juice to this, mix
half-a-teaspoon glycerin and
half-a-teaspoon rose water.
Apply this on sunburns, leave it
for some time.
Cracked Heels
If you have cracked heels, melt
paraffin wax; mix it with little
mustard oil and apply on the
affected area. Leave it overnight.
After 10 or 15 days, your heels
will become smooth.
Massage the foot with coconut
oil and keep the foot in warm
water for some time. Wipe the
water off the feet and apply a
mixture of hibiscus flower (10),
Henna (1 handful) and juice of
half a lemon. When dry wash it
off.
Rough Palms
For rough palms, use a mixture
of glycerin and limejuice in equal
proportion.
Eye Care
• Dip cotton wad in a chilled
cucumber and potato juice
mixture and keep on your
eyelids for 15 to 20 minutes.
Wash your eyes gently and apply
baby oil.
• For long eyelashes, apply a thin
coat of castor oil every night. It
strengthens lashes and cools
your eyes.
• Massage a few drops of coconut
oil around the eyes to get rid off
dark circles.
• To reduce puffiness of your eyes,
grate a potato; tie in a cloth and
place the cloth over your eyes
for about 15 minutes.
• Add a small pinch of salt in
water and wash for bright and
sparkling eyes.
• Mix tomato juice and lemon juice
in equal quantity and apply
around the eyes. After 30
minutes wash it off with cold and
hot water alternatively.
• Make a paste of sandal wood
and nutmeg. Apply the paste
around the eyes before sleeping
and wash it off in the morning.
• Crush a cucumber and take the
juice. Add a little rose water and
apply around the eyes and wash
it after 30 minutes.
• Place cotton wool swabs dipped
in cold milk on closed eyes for
removing dark circles.
Hair Care
Healthy and Shiny Hair
• Wash hair with tea once in a
week.
• Add a lemon peel to a 'shikakai'
and 'amla' mixture while washing
your hair.
• Apply castor oil for a healthy
growth of hair.
• Apply besan in the hair and
wash it with water drained from
the cooked rice.
• Deep condition with curd, beer
and egg.
• Soak a handful of gooseberry in
a cup of milk for two hours.
Make it as a paste and apply in
the hair.
• Apply the mixture of an egg
white, 2 spoon of castor oil, 1
spoon glycerin, in the scalp and
hair. Wash it after some time.
• Massage hair with warm coconut
oil an hour before washing. Let it
soak. Cover your head with a
hot towel and wash your hair
after an hour or so.
• Do a 'steam-towel-wrap' once in
a while, if your cuticles are
damaged, as this steaming opens
out the pores and absorbs the
oil.
• Mix a little vinegar in warm water
and rinse your hair with this
solution. This will add bounce to
dull and lifeless hair.
• Boil a few hibiscus flowers in
coconut oil. Filter and use this
hair oil to control hair loss and
thinning.
• Soak 1 teaspoon fenugreek in
curd and keep it for a night.
Have it in the next morning.
• Egg white and curd is a good
conditioner for hair.
• Take a cup of coconut and
mustard oils. Soak half a cup of
curry leaves in the oil mixture
and keep it for a night. Next
morning, heat on a slow fire till
the curry leaves turn crisp.
Remove from heat and add two
to three camphor balls. Allow oil
to cool and then strain. Apply oil
to hair roots using cotton wool
along the parting and massage in
circular movements. Leave the oil
overnight and shampoo the next
morning. Repeat twice a week.
• Boil coconut oil with the juices of
curry leaves, basil, hibiscus
flower and gooseberry. Apply on
hair, keep it for sometime and
rinse.
Dandruff
• Crush the leaves of five petal
hibiscus flower and take the
juice. Wash the hair with this
juice.
• Apply the warm mixture of olive
oil, lemon juice and coconut oil.
Do a steam -towel- wrap for 15
minutes and wash the hair with a
mild shampoo.
• Massage the Scalp with pure
coconut oil. This will also help
growth of hair.
• Heat oil with a little camphor.
Apply the oil in the scalp and
massage for 10 minutes. After 30
minutes wash the hair with a
herbal shampoo. Do the steam -
towel- wrap for 15 minutes.
• Mix Shikakai powder with the
water drained from the cooked
rice and wash the hair with it
• Apply coconut oil which has
been boiled with small onions
for about 20 minutes. Wash it off
with a mixture of green gram
powder and water drained from
cooked (boiled) rice.
• Apply a paste of fenugreek and
mustard to the scalp.
• Apply a mixture of almond oil
and gooseberry juice with finger
tips on the scalp.
Greying of Hairs
• Boil one cup of dried gooseberry
with 4 cups of water. Add a
pinch of sugar in it. Keep boiling
till the quantity of the liquid
reduces to one cup. Mix 2 cups
of Mehendi, an egg, juice of a
lemon and the gooseberry
solution and apply on hair. Wash
the hair after two hours.
• Take a little Mehandi , an egg,
juice of half a lemon, one table
spoon of instant coffee powder.
Mix it together and apply on the
hair. Wash it after 45 minutes.
Lip Care
• You can mix one-tablespoon
cranberry sauce juice with two
tablespoons Vaseline for a
delicious home made lip balm.
• Apply the juice of lemon skin for
avoiding black colour of lips
• Massage your lips with coriander
leaf juice for soft and rosy lips.
Skin Care
Scars
• Remove scars on your hands and
feet by rubbing them with lemon
peel.
Summer Care
• Wash your face with water after
every 2 hours to avoid the
grease on your skin. You can
wash your face with just plain
water, and then rub ice on your
face
Anti-Wrinkle
• A mixture of juice of a quarter
cucumbers, egg white of 1 egg, a
teaspoon lemon juice and a
teaspoon of vodka makes an
excellent anti-wrinkle lotion.
Apply on your face and wash off
after 10 minutes. Use at least
twice in a week.
Pimple
• To get rid of your pimple scars
from the face apply tomato pulp
every day and wash off after an
hour. Apply a mixture of
turmeric and neem on the face .
• A mixture of crushed mint leaves
and oats will reduce pimples.
Leave this for 20 minutes and
wash it with warm water.
• Mix thick curd, turmeric and two
drops of oil. Apply on the face.
• Crush garlic and take the juice
and apply it on the face daily to
reduce pimples
• Make a paste with sandal wood
and turmeric and apply it on the
face.
Glowing skin
• Mix equal quantity of almond,
rose water, glycerin and lemon
juice. Apply on face and keep
overnight. Wash off in the
morning, first with warm water
and then with cold water, to give
a glowing effect to your face
• Skin Tonic: Mix together 1 egg
yolk, 1 tsp honey and a pinch of
turmeric and apply it for half an
hour, You can preserve this
mixture in fridge for around 20
days. Cucumber is a natural
cleanser. Mix cucumber juice
with milk and use it instead of a
cleanser.
• Take 1/3-cup cocoa, three
teaspoons of heavy cream, 1/3-
cup ripe papaya, 1/4-cup honey
and three teaspoons of oatmeal
powder. Mix it all together.
Apply on your face. After 10
minutes, wash your face with
warm water. This is best for oily
skin
• For oily skin, apply a mixture of
grapes, lemon and egg white.
Leave it for 20 minutes and rinse
with warm water. While lemon
acts as a natural cleanser, grapes
will soften your skin and egg
whites will tighten it. Don't be
alarmed if your skin tingles.
• Cut the lemon and rub the
wedge all over your face. Leave
it for about 20 minutes, then
rinse off with cold water. This will
refresh your face. Avoid doing
this if you have dry skin.
• Mix honey, lemon and vegetable
oil .This mixture is a good
moisturiser for dry skin. Apply
this mask for 10 minutes.
Black Spots
• Make a paste with mehndi and
oil and apply on the face
• Make a mixture of 1/2 teaspoon
lemon juice and glycerin and
apply it on the spots
• Apply the paste of turmeric and
curry leaves on the face and
wash it after 15 minutes.
• Apply a mixture of mehndi and
turmeric. For a piece of turmeric,
2-3 leaves of mehndi are used
• Grind dried basil leaf, neem and
mint (100 gm each). Add some
turmeric powder and rose water
to make it in a paste form and
apply it on the spots.
• Grind betel leaf and add a little
coconut oil and apply it on the
spots
• Soak a chappathi in milk
overnight . Make it into a paste
and apply it on black heads.
Repeat for several days
• Make a paste of saffron and add
some honey , apply it on the
face to remove black spots.
• To remove black spots... apply a
paste of turmeric and basil.
• To remove wrinkles on the face,
apply a mixture of sandalwood
powder, rosewater and glycerin.
Wash with cold water after some
time
 
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