Fight back against over-priced cosmetics! Post your cheap but outstanding discoveries

Beccatje · 12 June 2008 at 3:22PM

I 'found' this absolute great ointment.

Well.. made it more likely.

Helps with any skin trouble. Allergy spots, mosquito bites, scrapes, light burns, cuts, dry lips, blisters etc.

It takes some patience but there you have it.

Stinging nettles is what you need.
Wear gloves when picking!!
Pick young plants that are not in bloom.

about half a plastic shopping bag full.

You also need petroleum Jelly. As pure as possible. (dead cheap)

You warm the jelly 'au-bain-marie' until liquid, then you cut the nettle into little pieces over it. (don't wash them first.. just shake sand etc off)
Give it a good stir and when there is no more liquid to be absorbed you've got enough nettles in there.

You leave this on a small heat source. Again.. au-bain-marie... for approx. 20 hours. You are allowed to switch it off over night.. doesn't have to be 20 hours straight...

You then press the gloop through a sieve and put it back in the jar the petroleum jelly came in. leave it to cool and use when needed.

It works like a charm, is all natural and quite cheap.

Becca

shed35 · 12 June 2008 at 3:50PM

I have just found this wonderful website which gives you tips on home spa treatment.

I think it great because some of the products are already in your cupboard:j

http://www.spaindex.com/HomeSpa/HomeSpa.htm

mossstar · 12 June 2008 at 4:24PM

MrsE wrote: »

Yeah I like it & its great for my heavy duty mascara.

But I've got a theory........

OCM - oils & a muslin cloth.
Liz Earle - a blend of oils & balms (theres NO soaps in it) & a muslin cloth
Tesco bnatural liz-earle-look-a-like - as Liz Earle above.
Eve Lom - a blend of oils & balms (theres NO soaps in it) & a muslin cloth
Boots time delay cleansing balm - as Eve Lom above.

All of these NEW trendy methods are the same thing, the prices vary & the consistancy & packaging, but basically I think they are just the same thing.

Anyone agree?

Yes I totally agree with you too, I always think that as I do the OCM - i used to use Eve Lom years ago and I love the massage/warm cloth aspect, but of course all those treatments are just replicating the 70s fashion for OCM! I was having problems with spots after a few weeks of OCM with olive oil, so I switched - i've bought a selection of oils from ebay (dead cheap) to experiment with, because I love the cleansing process, and this week i'm using sweet almond oil (2 thirds, with 1 third castor oil) and it's SO SO SO SO much better - it's much lighter, and I feel like I'm removing it all much better - the olive oil was really hard to get off! I was resorting to gently cleansing after each use with a gel cleanser. I'm also using a clean cloth each night. I do the OCM morning and night (mostly).

EagerLearner · 13 June 2008 at 9:48AM

mosstar - what is your skin type? I'd like to try this but need to get the combination right. I have dry/sensitive skin prone to occasional redness (rare). I have some sweet almond oil at home, so would just need to get castor oil if that's what you recommend for my skin type.

suki1964 · 13 June 2008 at 2:14PM

EagerLearner wrote: »

mosstar - what is your skin type? I'd like to try this but need to get the combination right. I have dry/sensitive skin prone to occasional redness (rare). I have some sweet almond oil at home, so would just need to get castor oil if that's what you recommend for my skin type.

Its the castor oil that does the cleansing - the other oils are the carriers.

Castor oil is drying and my skin(being sensitive with redness) soon started to develop dry patches on a 30% castor oil with 70 olive/sunflower oil carrier. I diluted down to 20% and only used every other night till the dryness cleared and slowly built up sp now Im at 30% and using near enough daily

harryharp · 14 June 2008 at 11:30AM

I have a question re. the muslin cloths for cleansing. Does anyone have the same problem as me- ie. I find it very hard to get them clean. I only use each one for one day (morning and evening) before I wash it, but they never come up clean, even at 60% they have black mascara marks all over them which seem to be impossible to get out.

I do, however use soapnuts for our laundry, and I'm wondering if they are not cleaning well enough and would I get a better result with normal washing powder?

Tigersilly · 14 June 2008 at 11:40AM

harryharp wrote: »

I have a question re. the muslin cloths for cleansing. Does anyone have the same problem as me- ie. I find it very hard to get them clean. I only use each one for one day (morning and evening) before I wash it, but they never come up clean, even at 60% they have black mascara marks all over them which seem to be impossible to get out.

I do, however use soapnuts for our laundry, and I'm wondering if they are not cleaning well enough and would I get a better result with normal washing powder?

Well what I do is remove eye makeup first using simple eye makeup remover and then rub Tesco Bnatural cleanser on my face wash off a layer of foundation gunk, add a little more cleanser and use a flannel with that to exfoliate. It means it's pretty easy to wash out a thin layer of foundation off my white flannel. I bought 4 flannels from Primark for about £2.

MrsE_2 · 14 June 2008 at 11:46AM

harryharp wrote: »

I have a question re. the muslin cloths for cleansing. Does anyone have the same problem as me- ie. I find it very hard to get them clean. I only use each one for one day (morning and evening) before I wash it, but they never come up clean, even at 60% they have black mascara marks all over them which seem to be impossible to get out.

I do, however use soapnuts for our laundry, and I'm wondering if they are not cleaning well enough and would I get a better result with normal washing powder?

I use a bit of loo paper over the black mascara area first, then go over the whole face after with the cloth. Still get some on, but not much.

Mine come up sparkling & I use Daz for whites.

suki1964 · 14 June 2008 at 1:52PM

I dont worry about them looking a bit grey or orange after a wash, what i do is every now and then scoop them all up and put them in a saucepan and give them a boil with a scoop of soap powder

Unity · 19 June 2008 at 10:38AM

harryharp wrote: »

I have a question re. the muslin cloths for cleansing. Does anyone have the same problem as me- ie. I find it very hard to get them clean. I only use each one for one day (morning and evening) before I wash it, but they never come up clean, even at 60% they have black mascara marks all over them which seem to be impossible to get out.

I do, however use soapnuts for our laundry, and I'm wondering if they are not cleaning well enough and would I get a better result with normal washing powder?

Hi Harryharp,

Good to see you back, I've just got back myself from two weeks in Crete

.

I bought mint coloured muslin nappies from Amazon, they're a large square so I cut them in half, then halved them again and stitched round on my sewing machine. I ended up with 24 double thickness muslin cloths. I use Sainsbury's own bio washing powder for whites to wash them and that brings off the mascara without a problem. otherwise I use Ecoballs for washing coloureds generally.

Hope this helps,
Unity

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