Wrinkle Remover

1.  Grapes have one ingredient that is used in most big time expensive
     wrinkle creams.

2.  But you need not buy the creams, all you need to do is cut a grape into
     two and gently crush it on your face and neck.

3.  Make sure that you put it on the near the eyes and the lines around your mouth.

4.  Leave it for 20 minutes and rinse with tepid (lukewarm) water, and pat dry.

5.  Repeat everyday and before you know it, those pestering lines will be hard to find.

6.  Don't forget to drink at least eight glasses of water daily.

7.  Its also necessary to eat veggies rich in Vitamin A, - such as carrots,celery and
     spinach.

8.  Try to get eight hours of sleep everyday.

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Banana For Skin That Glows

It works on dull and dry skin.

1.  Take ripe banana, sandalwood powder and honey.

2.  Mix sandalwood powder with mashed banana and honey into a
     thick paste.

3.  Apply this paste on the face, back and front area of the neck.

4.  keep it for 20 minutes and rinse with cold water.

5.  It works as a deep cleanser and gives natural glow to dull dry skin.

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Amla's Black Magic

1.  To prevent grey hair, massage your hair regularly with coconut oil or
     brahmai oil.

2.  Soak dried amla (emblic myrobalan) pieces or powder overnight in an
     black iron vessel.

3.  In the morning sieve it and put the liquid on your hair using brush.

4.  Leave it for an hour and simply wash off.

5.  Use gloves to protect your hands from the natural colour of amla.

6.  Wrap a towel around your head in order to avoid dripping.

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Zit Removing Formula

1.  Take some camphor lotion, 1/2 tablespoon tomato juice and 1 tablespoon
     of honey.

2.  Mix them all and spread the paste on your face.

3.  Leave it on for 15 minutes and then wash off.

4.  Use this paste regularly. Your pimples and scars will begin to fade.

Molasses And Banana Pack For Hair

Combine these fragrant ingredients for an excellent cure for dry, lifeless hair.

1.  One banana,1/4th cup honey, 1/4th cup molasses and 2 tablespoon wheat
     germ.

2.  Mix all these ingredients together, massage into clean, damp hair and leave it
     for 20 minutes. (If desired, cover hair with a shower cap.) Wash as usual.

3.  This rich elixir is the perfect remedy for over-dry hair.

4.  Honey and molasses add body and shine, wheat germ is high in vitamins A
     and E.

Honey Glow Mask

This formula combines the magical apple with sweet honey, a great humectant - meaning
it will bring moisture to your skin.

1.  1/2 cored apple, 2 tablespoon honey and 1/2 teaspoon dried sage.

2.  Pulse ingredients in a food processor, combining well.

3.  Refrigerate for 10 minutes.

4.  Apply this mixture to a clean face. With your fingertips, begin gently parting your
     face.

5.  Continue until the mixture feels sticky- this will bring the blood to the surface,
     making the skin glow.

6.  Rinse with warm water.

Papaya Mask

This mask will leave your face fresh and glowing.

1.  Take 2/3rd cup fresh papaya mashed , 1/2 cup pure pumpkin and 1 egg beaten.

2.  Combine that with the papaya.

3.  Add the pumpkin to the egg/papaya mixture and whip together.

4.  You can also mix the ingredients in the blender.

5.  Apply the mask.

6.  Leave on for 10 minutes. Rinse off the mask.

7.  After that apply toner and moisturizer.

Facial Scrub For Oily Skin

This scrub helps to get rid of the dirt and the superficial dead skin but it should not
be used more than once a week and never on dry skin.

1.  Mix 2 teaspoons of fine bran with a quarter of dried of dried yeast and 1 teaspoon of
     lemon juice along with a tablespoon of water.

2.  Gently massage the thick paste so formed in the skin, particularly on and around the
     nose and the chin area, using a soft brush.

3.  Avoid applying around the eyes.

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Anti-aging Mask

This can be applied frequently.

1.  Mix 2 tablespoons of oatmeal with half cup of milk and cook gently till it
     becomes soft.

2.  Stir in 2 teaspoons of olive oil and beat together.

3.  Allow to cool and then spread it over the face and neck.

4.  Leave it on, for about 25 minutes and then rinse with luke warm water.

Apple - pear Wrinkle Lotion

1.  Take 1 teaspoon apple juice, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon lime juice,
     2 tablespoon butter milk, 1 tablespoon rosemary leaves, 3 seedless grapes,
     1/4th pear and 2 egg whites.

2.  Blend all ingredients on medium speed for 30 seconds.

3.  Using a cotton ball dab mixture on where ever wrinkles have developed.

4.  Let it dry, then rinse with warm water.

5.  Use no more than 3 times a week.

Natural Tanning Lotion

Try this formula:

   
         1.  Take 3/4th cup pure water, 3 black teabags, 1/4th cup
              lanolin and 1/4th cup sesame oil.

         2.  Boil the water and use it to brew the teabags until
              the mixture is strong.

         3.  Put 1/4th cup of the strong tea in a blender along
              with the lanolin and sesame oil and blend at low speed.

 4.  Add remaining tea gradually, with motor running.                                                    
 5.  Try this mixture on a hidden spot first to test.
                                             
 6.  Use sparingly.
                                                   

                                           




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Pumice Soap Cleanser

   

1.  Its so easy to do and makes a great cleanser and degreaser for really dirty hands.

2.  Take 1/2 cup grinded corn , 1/2 cup grated pure bar soap, 1 and 1/2 tbsp cooking oil,
     1 tbsp water and 2 drops of essential oil.

3.  Mix all the ingredients and make a ball out of it and use it as pumice soap.

Deep Cleansing Mask

1.  For this mask you need 1 peeled cucumber and 3 teaspoons natural yogurt.

2.  Put the cucumber slices in the blender and add yogurt to it.

3.  Mix the two ingredients together and apply to the face (avoid eye area).

4.  Let it dry for 20 minutes and rinse off with warm water.

5.  Use once or twice a week to remove dead skin cells and refresh your skin.

6. Apply this for neck, shoulders and arms to refresh them too.

Tip:

Use plain yogurt for dry and sensitive skin.

Use fat-free yogurt for oily and acne prone skin.

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Rosemary Astringent Lotion

1.  You need 2 tablespoons of rosemary powder,  2 tbsp of orange peels,  2 tbsp of
     lemon peels,  1/2 teaspoon of sodium benzonate,  1 teaspoon brandy,  30 mint leaves
     and 1 cup of rose water.

2.  Soak orange peels, lemon peels, mint leaves in boiling rose water for one hour.

3.  Then mix rosemary powder, sodium benzonate and brandy to the lotion.

4.  Keep it in a bottle and you can refrigerate for a long times.

5.  Wash the face, before applying the lotion.


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Whitening Of Skin

                                    

1.  Apply the mixture of sandalwood paste and rose
     water on your face daily.
                                   

2.  Make a fine paste of grinded almonds and rose water.
     Apply this on face and neck. This brings glow on
     your face.

3.  Soak the raw potatoes for ten minutes in cold water.
     Rub these slices over face, neck and hands.

4.  Soak four almonds every night. In the morning grind
     them after removing their skin.

     Add one teaspoon of gram flour, 4 teaspoon of milk and
     four drops of lime juice.

     Make a paste and apply it on face. Massage the
     face gently.

5.  Make the mixture of grinded cucumber and mix it with
     coconut water.
   
     Then apply this paste in the face.
   
     After 15 minutes, wash the face with cold water.

6.  Mixture of 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1 teaspoon
     sandal wood paste should be applied daily on the face and
     keep for about 20 minutes.

     Then wash the face with cold water.

     

Fennel Cleansing Cream

1.  Take 2 tablespoon crushed fennel seeds and half cup of butter milk.

2.  For half an hour, heat the butter milk and fennel seeds in boiler.

3.  Turn off the heat and let it cool for two hours. Cleansing cream is prepared and
     you can keep it for 2 weeks.

4.  Use this cream on face as a fresh and natural cleansing cream.

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Natural Manicure

1.  File your nails in one direction only, and always do this when your nails are dry.

2.  Wash your hands and soak in warm water or a fruit acid solution such as
      butter milk before applying a cold-pressed fruit or nut oil into the cuticle.

3.  Use the blunt end of an orange-wood manicure stick to gently push the cuticles
     back from the nails. Dry your hands completely.

4.  Sand and polish the top of each nail with a fine pumice-stone or a sand-stick to
     remove the ridges.

5.  Then smooth the top of the nail with a smoothing file and a buffing chamois.

6.  Massage your hands with the moisturising cream or lotion.

Sunburn Salve

 The succulent leaves of aloe vera provide a healing gel for many burns.

 Many burn centers use it on their patients. The gel contains aloectin B,
 an immune system stimulant, and penetrates all three layers of the skin.

 If you have an aloe vera house plant, snip off a two inch leaf end, slit it open,
 and rub the inside over the burn.

Skin Toner

       

       
Take:  1/4th cup cucumber juice ( the same pH as the skin),

           1/8th cup carrot juice (rich in vitamin A),

           1/2 cup spearmint infusion (considered one of the best cosmetic herbs),

           1/2 cup lemon juice (an alpha-hydroxy acid).

           Blend and store in ice cube trays and pop out a cube as needed.

Natural Body Scrub

1.  Take 2/3rd cup ground nuts, 1/3rd cup oat-meal or wheat flour.

2.  Take enough liquid to make a paste (water, yogurt,milk, or aloe vera gel).

3.  Combine the dry ingredients in a blender until they are reduced to a coarse
     (meal rough to touch).

4.  Scoop up the paste with your hands and rub over your body.

Pimples

Pimples are a common problem, which is often made worse
due to oily skin.

1.  Eat fresh vegetables and fruits to start with.

2.  Cut down on oil and spices intake. Follow a strict regimen of cleaning the
     face with medicated mild soap.

3.  Mix a pinch of turmeric powder and a pinch of pure sandalwood powder
     with water and apply it to your face and neck for acne and pimples.

4.  Then give it natural astringent of tomato juice applied for 10 minutes.

5.  Every alternate day mix a teaspoonful of honey with a few drops of lemon juice
     and a little milk to use as effective cleansers.

6.  You can also use fresh fruit face mask which reduces oil secretion of the face.

Fragrant Hair Oil

Mix equal parts of the following essential oils:

Rosemary oil, lavender oil, clary sage oil, patchouli oil, sandal wood oil,
and jasmine oil.

To use:  Add 2-3 drops of this hair oil mix directly to the hair brush or comb
before using.

You may also add 6-8 drops hair oil to 1 tablespoon to shampoo,
conditioner.  Or add a few drops to your final rinse water.

Scalp massage:  Put 3-5 drops on your fingertips and lightly massage
into scalp.

Body Cold Cucumber

Superb result, check this out:

1.  Take 3 - 5 cucumbers. Thinly slice cucumber and place on a plate.

2.  Lie face down in a comfortable position in a warm place.

3.  Ask your friend to place cucumber slices all over the back side of your body, so
     they are just touching but not overlapping.

4.  Use about half the total slices. Rest quietly for 10 to 20 minutes.

5.  You may want to shower afterwards, but it is best not to bath at least for 4 hours, as
     the cucumber will continue to work on the skin during that time.

Anti-wrinkle Cream

1.  Mix a teaspoon of olive oil with an egg.

2.  Smoothen the face and neck with it. Let it remain till the skin gets dry.

3.  To remove the cream, ad a teaspoon of soda bicarbonate to hot water .

4.  Stir, and dip a piece of cotton-wool to this mixture and use it to remove
     the cream.

Milk Mask

1.  This mask is helpful for normal and dry skin.

2.  Mix a tablespoon of liquid whole milk with 1/2 teaspoon almond oil. Apply a thin
     layer of this mixture to a clean face and allow to dry.

3.  Apply a second layer and allow to dry. Then apply a third layer and allow to dry.

4.  Finally, apply the fourth layer and allow to dry. You absolutely need to apply
     it four times.

5.  Once mask is hard and dry,wash off with lots of warm water.

Natural Mouth Freshners

                                     

To count bad breadth, chew mint leaves, parsley, tarragon, or fennel - all of which
can be grown organically in your own garden or in pots on your windowsill.
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Chew cardamom pods or cumin seeds to clear your palate.
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To make a tea tree mouthwash, add 3 to 4 drops of tea tree oil to 6 ounces of water and
swish gently around your mouth before spitting out.

Protein Pack

1.  Soak 1 tsp urad dal and 4 almonds in water overnight.

2.  Then grind them into a paste. You can then apply this protein mask to your face
     and wash it off after half an hour.

3.  This exceptional protein mask will not only nourish the skin but also bleach it.

Honey Bath

                                            

1.  Herbalists have touted honey for centuries because it helps skin retain moisture
     and is thereby rejuvenating and softening.

2.  Take 2 tsp honey, 1 cup very hot water and few drops pure essential oil, if desired.

3.  Dissolve the honey in the water. Add essential oil, if desired.

4.  Pour the mixture into the bath water. Makes 1 cup, enough for one bath.

Lively Berry Mask

                           

1.  Mix equal parts raspberries or strawberries and plain yogurt.                      

2.  Apply to clean skin and allow to dry,then rinse with warm water.

3.  This mask can be made with strawberries or blueberries and is especially
     formulated to reduce oiliness and exfoliate dead skin, so a fresher, dewier
     face will emerge.