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Home made Lotions, Potions and Beauty
The beauty industy has brought us a cure or product for almost every beauty woe we could every have, but mother nature will always have the upper hand.
Many people are returning to simple, natural and chemical free ways to care for themselves and their skin as such there has been a resurge in interest in the areas of herbal and home made products.
If you prefer a more gentle approach then check out this page for a few tried and tested herbal and home beauty tips.
Many people are returning to simple, natural and chemical free ways to care for themselves and their skin as such there has been a resurge in interest in the areas of herbal and home made products.
If you prefer a more gentle approach then check out this page for a few tried and tested herbal and home beauty tips.
Beauty Hints and Tips
Homemade Toothpaste
Mix bicarbonate soda and lemon juice
Oily Skin
Blend half a cucumber until smooth and apply to the face for 15 minutes. Rinse, and follow with a lemon juice and water toner.
Itchy Skin
Apply almond oil to eczema or oily skin
Soft Skin
Add a handful of oatmeal to and old stocking and tie under the tap of your bath. As the warm water runs over it, the bath will turn a creamy white and provide you with a great soothing and skin softening treat.
Tired eyes
Place slices of cold cucumber over each eye and put your feet up and relax for five minutes.
Rosewater
Soak rose petals for a few days in water. The water will turn a brownish colour as the scent from the petals soak into the water. Remove petals and place scented liquid in a bottle. This is a fun homemade and safe perfume for young girls to play and experiment with.
Hair care
Natural hair lightening
Ingredients:
A lemon
Sunlight
Instructions:
Select areas of your hair that you wish to lighten, and coat with fresh lemon juice
Go outside and sit in the sun, and allow the lemon juice to dry on your hair
Repeat until the desired affect is reached
Conditioning treatment
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon baby oil
1 egg yolk
1 cup water
Instructions:
Beat the egg yolk until it is frothy; and then add oil and mix again
Add the water and mix again
Massage treatment into your hair and leave for 3 to 5 minutes before rinsing off
DIY Body Treatments
Mango Body Scrub
Ingredients:
1 Mango
½ cup Sugar
1Teaspoon Salt
1Tablespoon Honey
1 Tablespoon Sweet Almond Oil
1 Tablespoon Shea Butter
½ cup Sugar
1Teaspoon Salt
1Tablespoon Honey
1 Tablespoon Sweet Almond Oil
1 Tablespoon Shea Butter
Instructions:
Add all ingredients to a blender and mix thoroughly
Apply to body and massage and scrub into the skin paying particular attention to any dry spots
Wash off in the shower
Essential Oil Body Scrub
Ingredients:
2 cups of Epsom salt, crushed sea salt or sugar
1 cup of carrier oil such as grape seed, olive, sunflower or vitamin E oil
8 drops of your favourite essential oil
1 cup of carrier oil such as grape seed, olive, sunflower or vitamin E oil
8 drops of your favourite essential oil
1 drop of food colouring (optional)
Plastic bowl and spoon
Clean empty jars for storage
Instructions:
Add salts or sugar and oil to a bowl and mix well
Add essential oil, one drop at a time, mix well
Add one drop of food colouring and mix thoroughly
Add to jars for storage
DIY Face Masks
Always apply facial ingredients to a freshly cleaned face. Wash off with warm and pat dry.
For dry skin
Ingredients:
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 – 2 tbsp full fat milk
Instructions:
Mix sugar and milk together
Apply to face and massage into the skin for one minute
Wash off after 15 minutes
For normal to oily skin
Ingredients:
2 - 3 large carrots
4 - 5 tablespoons honey
Instructions:
Cook and mash carrots
Once cool add honey to carrots and mix
Apply to face
Wash off after 10 minutes
For normal to dry skin
Ingredients:
1/2 avocado
1 carrot
1 tbsp. olive oil
Instructions:
Chop carrots into small pieces and microwave or boil until soft
Place carrots, avocado and oil into a blender and mix thoroughly
Apply to face
Wash off after 15 minutes
1. Using blender add carrots, avocado and olive oil.
2. Apply to the face.
3. Leave on for 15 minutes.
4. Wash off with warm water and pat dry.
DIY Manicure
Items Required:
Small bowl of warm water
Lemon or lemon juice
Hand or body-scrub or face washer and soap if no body-scrub available
Towel
Nail clippers or scissors
Emery board
Cuticle stick
Hand lotion or moisturizer
Instructions:
Add a teaspoon of lemon juice to a bowl of warm water
Soak hands for about three minutes
Add small amount of body scrub to your palm, and scrub hands and fingers for one minute (if you do not have a scrub add a little soap to a face washer and give hands and fingers a good scrub)
Rinse hands and pat dry
Whilst hands and nails are still soft gently push the softened cuticles at the base of your fingernail down
Use the emery board to file your nails into your preferred shape
Now apply your nail polish. Remember to start at the base of the nail and apply in an upward motion
Allow your nails to dry before adding a second coat
Once second coat has dried, apply your hand lotion
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