Great 'Home Made Beauty Tips' Hunt

Shanta_2

For long, black, thick and shiny hair, mix sesame oil or olive oil in juice of bottle gourd and apply to hair. This helps prevent grey hair and hair fall and is very good for the overall health of hair.

Shanta_2

Banana Wrinkle Fighter Recipe

Banana is wonderful as an anti-wrinkle treatment. Mash 1/4 banana until very creamy. Spread all over face and leave for 15-20 minutes before rinsing off with warm water followed by a dash of cold. Gently pat dry

Shanta_2

Grape Cleanser Recipe

Grape juice makes an excellent cleanser for any skin type. Simply split one or two large grapes, remove pips and rub the flesh over face and neck. Rinse off with cool water.

Shanta_2

Oily Skin Mask Recipe

Mix 1 tsp. brewer’s yeast with enough natural yogurt to make a thin mixture. Pat this thoroughly into all the oily areas and allow it to dry on the skin. After 15 - 20 minutes, rinse off with warm water, then cool water and blot dry.

Shanta_2

Face mask for dry skin
1. Take 1 tbsp olive oil and mix with 2 tbsp of fresh cream, leave it on the face for 10 minutes and then wash your face with warm water.

2. Mix 1 tbsp of honey with 15 drops of orange juice and 1 tbsp of fuller’s earth and add 1 tbsp of rose water. Mix well and apply on the face, wash off after 10 miuntes.
Face mask for oily skin
1. Mix a tbsp of honey with 1 egg white and apply thickly on the face and neck. Leave for 10 minutes and wash off.

2. Mix 2 tbsp of papaya pulp with 10 drops of lemon juice and leave it for 20 minutes and then rinse well.

3. Take fresh juice of any of the fruits (orange, sweet lime, watermelon or papaya) and apply on the face as a mask. This is very relaxing, it cleanses the skin, closes pores and stimulates blood circulation.
Carrot Facial Mask
Ingredients Needed:
2-3 large carrots
4 1/2 tablespoons honey
Directions:
Cook carrots, then mash. Mix with honey. Apply gently to the skin, wait 10 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.
Glowing Facial Mask
You will love your radiant skin after using this recipe...

All you need is:
1 tbsp fuller's earth
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp mashed papaya

Mix and put on face for 20 minutes then rinse off.

Honey Facial Mask

Perhaps the best facial mask is honey.
Place a cloth in warm water and apply to your face to open the pores. Smear on honey, and leave on for 15 to 30 minutes.
Rinse off with warm water, then use cold water to close the pores.
Use once a week.
Orange Yogurt Mask
Ingredients Needed:
* 1 tsp plain yogurt (I chose Balkan Style)
* the juice of 1/4 of an orange
Stir to mix and then dip fingers into mixture and smooth onto face. The sensation is both cool and relaxing. Leave on for a five minutes and then rinse. If you are feeling sluggish, this is the perfect mask for you.
* Yogurt will cleanse and nourish your skin
* The orange is full of Vitamin C and AHA's

GraciesGran

I use those funny scrub gloves, they cost about £2.00 a pair and soap on my body, pumice stone for my feet and an old fashioned flannel (clean one every time) on my face. Baby oil on damp skin is possibly the nicest/easiest way to get soft skin. I also put loads of handcream on before I put the rubber gloves on when I wash up.

pink_marshmallow

Shanta wrote: »

For long, black, thick and shiny hair, mix sesame oil or olive oil in juice of bottle gourd and apply to hair. This helps prevent grey hair and hair fall and is very good for the overall health of hair.

thanks for the briliant tips, but what is juice of bottle gourd?

Curitiba_Brazil

This just requires good planning...

If you want your hair to grow quicker and stronger have your hair cut in the first quarter phase of the moon.

If you want your hair not to grow too fast ( and so save money on visits to hairdressers), then have it cut on the last quarter phase of the moon.

Check the current moonphase here - http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/phase/phase2001gmt.html

Women are always changing their mood, but it is so much easier to know when an argument will occur if you observe the moon phase and your man's behaviour. My ex would turn sour on EVERY full moon. Yet my new man turns into love machine during the same phase! Without Duracells!!! He doesn't know I've observed it, but it is kind of handy to know this if you want to plan things ahead...just like gals do with regards to their period, we can take the necessary precautions before hand

Curitiba_Brazil

Lily-Lu wrote: »

When my eldest sister was pregnant with her first child (some 30 odd years ago) she massaged coconut oil in to her belly every day to prevent stretch marks

Did it work?

A friend of a friend of mine drunk dilluted jelly (any flavour!) in water during all of her pregnancy. She is stretch mark free! Couldn't believe it.

bananamuffin_2

Ive two tips which both sound gross but do work. The first came from an 80 yr old man who has been a clown for 30 years. He had such smooth skin that I asked what his secret was. He said it was the LARD he used to get his make-up off with! You boil lard in a pan of water then leave to cool. Gather together the soften lard from the water and mix with an essential oil if you wish (I dont bother nowadays). Put into an airtight pot. This even gets waterproof mascara off easily. I usually rinse with warm water and use a toner.

Secondly an american friend told me about using bicarb powder as a deodorant! Simply use under the arms as you would talc. Be careful if you have just shaved though! Ouch!