domenica 29 giugno 2008

Natural Homemade Skin Care Tips

Natural home-made skin care tips-random

The most common and effective natural beauty aids are lemon, potato, carrot, cucumber and tomato.

For oily skin lemon is effective. Add a small quantity of milk and lemon juice in oat flour. Apply this mixture on the face, leave it for 20 min. wash off with lukewarm water.

(lemon juice is an effective conditioner for hair. If you have oily hair, rinse with water mixed with lemon juice after shampooing)

For black spots and shadow, lemon juice mixed with fresh milk cream can be applied before retiring to bed.

Potato also keeps the skin clean and fresh.

Carrot juice can be used as lotion. An effective lotion can be made by chopping carrot into small pieces, boil these in water, mash and apply on the face for 1/2 hour.

For cleaning clogged pores, tomato juice and lemon juice can be mixed in equal quantity and be applied.

Cucumber juice is good as eye-drops in summer. Also cucumber piece can be placed on eyes and rubbed on the face as a beauty-aid.

venerdì 27 giugno 2008

Natural Homemade Nourishing Cream

Home-made nourishing cream can be prepared at home. Vitamin E and A are the ingredients for enhancing the beauty. This will give nourishment to skin and skin attains a special glow because of these. A cream full of vitamin E can be prepared in the following way:

ingredients to make nourishing cream:
1tsp bees wax
1tsp emulsifying wax
1tsp lanolin
3tsp carrot oil (rich in vit.A)
3tsp wheatgerm oil (rich in vit-E)
6tsp distilled water
2drops tincture benzoin
a little orange flower oil

Melt all these ingredients in a medium heat. Now take a separate container and heat water and borax powder till it is completely dissolved. Now remove both the containers from heat and mix together. Keep stirring till it gets cold. While getting it cold, add a few drops of tincture benzoin. When the thick paste gets cold fill it in a bottle. Sometimes carrot oil and wheatgerm oil is not easily available. In such a case use five tsp of almond oil, 3capsules of vitamin E and 3 vitamin A capsules.

Natural Homemade Mouth Wash

Home-made mouth wash is easy to make. As it is natural and homemade it is economical, especially if you are using daily.

home made mouth wash ingredients:
1/4 glass vinegar
1/2 glass wine
1 glass honey
1tsp clove powder

Mix all the above ingredients together and boil it for ten minutes. You will get a concentrated liquid. You can add a little of it to a glass of water and rinse mouth. This will give a fresh feeling. It will keep mouth healthy.

giovedì 26 giugno 2008

Natural Homemade Anti-Wrinkle Cream

Home-made anti-wrinkle cream recipe
How to make anti wrinkle cream at home?

Wrinkle may appear because of many reasons. Aging is a main cause. But it may appear before aging. That is because of improper skin care. Here is recipe for anti-wrinkle cream. It can be used as a precaution and a cure.

ingredients:
2tsp lanolin
2tsp almond oil
1tsp apricot oil
3lemon juice

Mix lanolin, almond oil and apricot oil and heat it on a medium flame. when it melts add lemon juice and scent. when the mixture becomes thick paste remove it from the flame and let it get cold. Apricot oil is used as it is full of vitamin-A.

sabato 14 giugno 2008

Natural Homemade Eye Cream

What is a homemade eye cream.

Homemade eye cream! Yes it is a good idea to make it. As it natural good for you skin. By using this homemade eye cream you can reduce dark circles around eye area. Dark circles is caused by different reasons, including restlessness, less sleep etc. But once the eye area become dark, it should be reduced or removed. It causes your beauty diminish. If we do how much make up without reducing the appearance of dark circles, no use. Because of your hard working routine it may show up through out your life. Here you can surely go for this homemade eye cream.

ingredients:
1tsp lanolin
1.5 tsp almond oil
1tsp soybean flour
2tsp cold water

melt lanolin on medium heat. Add almond oil to it. Remove the content ensuing thick paste from heat. Add soybean powder and cold water to it, stir for ten min.
Eye cream is ready. Keep it in suitable container or bottle with all hygiene. So this homemade eye cream protect your eye area from dark circle.

mercoledì 11 giugno 2008

Natural Homemade Cold Cream

How to make cold cream at home.

Here is a recipe to make natural and home-made cold cream at your home. Cucumber and almond oil is used as main ingredients.

Cucumber cold cream.
ingredients:
4tsp almond oil
1tsp emulsifying wax
a little scent
1/2 cucumber

Peel 1/2 a cucumber, cut it into small pieces. Melt almond oil and emulsifying wax on a medium heat and stir it well. When two get mixed completely add cucumber. Now heat it for one hour on medium heat. Keep stirring it. Then remove resultant thick cream from heat.

martedì 10 giugno 2008

Natural Homemade Hand Lotion

Natural home-made hand lotion recipe

If your skin is little dry and you have to use some product regularly, then you can think about homemade lotion. It is simple to make. It seems cheap compared to store bought products.

ingredients:
2tsp glycerin
2tsp corn flour
1cup rose water or orange flower juice

heat glycerin on a medium heat and gradually add cornflour to it so that the mixture gets thick. Remove this thick mixture from the heat and add rose water or orange flower juice to it. Keep stirring it for about ten minutes. Cool it and keep in a bottle.

lunedì 9 giugno 2008

Natural Homemade Body Lotion

How to make natural homemade body lotion

Here is a recipe to make body lotion at home. The ingredients are natural and no chemicals. As it is not for long term purpose we are not adding any preservatives or color.

ingredients:
1/2tsp lanolin
1tsp petroleum jelly
4tsp mineral oil
8tsp clean water
1tsp rose water
5 drops violet extract

Melt lanolin, petroleum jelly and mineral oil on a medium heat. Heat clean water and violet extract in another bowl. Mix the contents of two containers and stir till it cools down. Now add the rose water. Lotion is ready.

domenica 8 giugno 2008

Natural Homemade Cleansing Cream

How to make natural homemade cleansing cream

This recipe is to make the cream and you can keep it for use.

1/2 tsp bees-wax
1tsp emulsifying wax
4tsp baby oil
2tsp coconut oil

Take above ingredients in a small porcelain bowl and heat it till melt.

2tsp water
1/4tsp borax
1tsp raw milk and a few drops of perfume

heat water and boric powder in another bowl and mix together and keep stirring till it gets cold and add few drops of perfume. Refrigerate and use.