25 WAYS TO HOMEMADE BEAUTY




Before the turn of the last century, many cosmetics and skin treatments were either homemade or compounded by a pharmacist. Many individuals used herbs, fruits, and vegetables found in their gardens to treat skin ailments. Today, we can make many of these natural remedies ourselves with supplies available at our local health-food stores, or via mail order or even the Internet. If you make your own skin care products, you will definitely have complete control over how natural the final product actually is. Even with natural ingredients, you must be aware of their actions and use them correctly. So go ahead and beautify yourself.



1. Removing Redness from Blemishes

Take a potato and slice off a piece. Hold it on your skin for about 10 minutes and the redness almost seems to disappear. Use this method whenever you get a cutor blemish that is hard to cover up with foundation.


2. Rose Skin Toner

3½ cups witch hazel
½ cup dried rose petals
5 sprigs rosemary

Mix ingredients together, making sure eveything is blended well. Strain. Splash on your face after cleaning skin.

3. Soft Skin Lotion

1 cup dried chamomile
4 tablespoons honey
1 cup milk
8 teaspoons wheat germ

Steep chamomile in milk for a few hours. Strain, keeping liquid. Add honey and wheat germ to liquid mixture. Blend well. Place in a bottle. Refrigerate any used portions. Keeps up to a week.







4. Gentle Facial Cleanser
½ cup oatmeal or cornmeal
plain yogurt (add enough yogurt to form a paste with oatmeal.)

For a gentle facial cleanser, mix ingredients, then smooth over entire face, avoiding eye area.

5. Apple Zinger Facial Mask (for oily skin that is acne-prone)

1 medium-size apple (grated)
5 tablespoons honey

Mix the grated apple and mix with honey to make a mask. Smooth over skin, then let sit for 10 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.


6. Sweet Strawberry Facial (for oily skin)

8–9 strawberries
3 tablespoons honey

Using a fork, mash strawberries into a pulp, then add honey. Mix. Don't overblend or it will be runny. Apply directly to the skin, let sit for a few minutes, then rinse off.


7. Banana Supreme Facial (for dry skin)

2 medium bananas
honey (optional)

Mash bananas with a fork; don't overmash or it will be too runny. Add honey if desired. Smooth over skin, let sit for 10 minutes, then rinse off with cool water.

8. Just Peachy Facial (for normal skin)

1 medium peach
1 tablespoons honey
oatmeal

Cook peach until it's soft, mash with a fork, then add honey and oatmeal until it has a thick consistency. Apply to skin. Let sit for 10 minutes, and rinse well with cool water.


9. Lavender Water (for all skin types)

8 ounces of distilled water
20 drops of grade A lavender essential oil

Place in a dark glass spray bottle. Shake well before each use and mist onto complexion after cleansing, you can also use it to keep a facial mask moist or as a skin freshener. Keep in a cool area out of direct sunlight.
(Lavender is wonderful for all skin types because of its healing and highly regenerative qualities.)


10. Apple Juice Exfoliation (for all skin types)

¼ cup organic apple juice

Apply generously with a cotton ball. Leave on for a few minutes and rinse off.
(Apple juice contains malic acid, a natural fruit acid that is exfoliating.)


11. Avocado Mask (for dry skin)

Skin of avocado
Smooth avocado skin all over face, leave on for 15 minutes until firm, then rinse off.
(Avocado is very rich in antioxidants, which are great in preventing the premature aging of our skin.)









12. Orange and Yogurt Mask (for combination skin)
Grated rind of one orange
½ cup of organic yogurt

Mix ingredients. Apply to skin, wait 10 minutes, then rinse off.
(Oranges contain citric acid, a natural fruit acid, that is exfoliating and adds vibrancy to a dull skin.)



13. Facial Moisturizer (for oily skin)
2 ounces of pure hazelnut oil
15 drops of pure lavender essential oil
10 drops of pure tea tree essential oil

Place in dark glass bottle. Shake well before use.
(Tea tree and lavender essential oils have natural antibacterial and antiseptic actions.)


14. Facial Moisturizer (for all skin types)
2 ounces of pure hazelnut oil
10 drops of pure chamomile essential oil
10 drops of pure lavender essential oil

Place in a dark glass bottle. Shake well before use.
(Chamomile and lavender essential oils are calming and soothing to the stressed-out skin that comes from daily living.)

15. Deep Conditioner for Beautiful Hair
1 small jar of real mayonnaise
½ of an avocado

Put together in a medium bowl and squish together with your hands until it's a minty green color. Smooth into hair all the way to the tips. Put on a shower cap or wrap your head with plastic wrap; leave on for 20 minutes. For deeper conditioning, put a hot, damp towel around your head over the plastic wrap. And if you have really long hair and only need deep conditioning at the ends, cut the ingredients in half and apply only to the ends, just wrapping them.

16. Oily Hair
½ teaspoon aloe vera gel (squeeze gel out of aloe vera plant)
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Blend ingredients together with ¼ cup of your regular hair shampoo. Wash hair, then rinse well.

17. Blond Highlights
1 cup lemon juice
3 cups chamomile tea (brewed and cooled)

Mix ingredients, pour over damp, hair then let sit for an hour and wash hair. This is effective in the summer.


18. Enhance Red Hair
½ cup beet juice

Mix ingredients together and pour over damp hair. Let it sit for 1 hour while you sit in the sun. Wash out.






19. Enhance dark hair

1 cup strong black tea
Pour tea over damp hair, let sit for 20 minutes, then rinse well.

20. For Limp Hair (removes buildup)

¼ cup apple cider vinegar
1 cup water

After conditioning the hair use this as a final rinse.


21. Egg Conditioner

1 teaspoon baby oil
1 egg yolk
1 cup water

Beat the egg yolk until it's frothy, add the oil, then beat again. Add to the water. Massage into the scalp and throughout your hair. Rinse well.


22. Hot Oil Treatment

1 teaspoon soybean oil
2 teaspoons castor oil

Combine ingredients, then warm on low heat. Massage mixture into the scalp and hair. Wrap hair in a hot towel for 15 minutes. Shampoo and rinse out.

23. Dandruff Remover


½ cup water
½ cup white vinegar

Combine ingredients, then apply directly to the scalp. Use before shampooing. Apply twice a week.


24. Tonic for Dry Hair

2 cups water
1 vitamin A capsule
1 vitamin E capsule
2 tablespoons refined linseed oil

Simmer the water, then add the linseed oil. Break vitamin capsules into the water, and stir very well. Let the mixture cool until slightly warm. Massage into scalp and hair, then let it sit for a few minutes. Rinse well, then shampoo.

25. Fruit Cream

When the first alpha-hydroxy acid creams started coming out, I realized that they were based on simple formulas of lactic acid and fruit acid.

1 tablespoon powdered milk
1 tablespoon puréed apples or pears

Mix together to form a paste; if too sloppy, just add more powdered milk and then apply to skin before bed (put towel on pillow). In the morning you can rinse it off and behold—gorgeous skin for pennies!



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