Remedies 4 Homemade Beauty
Herbal and Aromatherapy Recipes for Natural Beauty
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Below is an excerpt from our free ebook "Remedies 4 Homemade Beauty". The ebook has many more recipes (both herbal and essential oil recipes) to help you take care of your body, skin and hair for a more natural and glowing beautiful you.
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pH Balancers
Use this cleansing, restoring rinse after your regular cleansing or after any or all of the skin treatments on this page. Apply with clean sterile cotton balls or gauze or simply splash on, being careful to avoid your eyes:
Basic Balancer
- 3 cups distilled water
- 1/3 cups apple cider vinegar
- Combine water and vinegar. Pour into a clean decorative decanter and store in the bathroom.
Various Essential Oils or herb infusions (in place of the plain distilled water) may be added to the basic balancer for fragrance and/or therapuedic value:
1) Make a face pack of bran plus baking soda and water. Mix into a paste, apply to the face, leaving on for 15 minutes. Rinse with solution of 1 part apple cider vinegar and 8 parts water.
2) Parsley : Use an infusion of fresh Parsley to wash the skin
3) Mint: Peppermint is an excellent antiseptic wash for Acne.
4) Garlic: Peel and mash eight Cloves of fresh Garlic. Apply to face avoiding the area around the eyes. Leave on for about 15 minutes. Wash off with a warm cloth. Finish with a rinse of the vinegar pH balancer.
5) Wine: Breakouts can be controlled by applying wine with a cotton ball, white wine for fair skin, red wine for darker complexions.
6) After washing skin rinse with any of the following herb infusions:
- Chamomile which is purifying
- Yarrow to eliminate toxins
- Catnip which is an antiseptic
- Lavender which is antiseptic
- Thyme which is a strong germ killer
7) Dilute some Lemon juice with water, dab pimple with solution to kill germs, cool inflamation and improve blood Circulation.
8) Purchase or make your own Calendula (marigold) ointment. Apply to reduce inflamation and speed healing. Or make an infusion and apply as a compress to the skin.
Antiseptics
1) Tea Tree oil is a powerful antiseptic. Use it for Acne, either diluted or full strength.
2) Burdock leaves in a poultice are excellent for boils and swellings, and as a wash for Acne.
3) Thyme is a powerful antiseptic making it an excellent wash for pimples
4) Garlic has well known antibiotic properties making it an excellent treatment for pimples and Acne. Apply peeled, mashed Garlic Cloves to pimples and other skin blemishes.
Blackheads & Blemishes
1) Heat honey slightly and apply to face, tap face gently with your fingers. Wash honey off with warm water then rinse with cool water. A bit of wheat germ may be added to the honey before applying.
2) To loosen and cleanse blackheads, make a paste of oatmeal, honey and an eggwhite. Apply to the skin, massage for 10 minutes then rinse with tepid water.
3) For blackheads, make a paste of oatmeal and water.
4) For blackheads, make a paste of Almond meal and water.
5) Blotchy skin: Make a mixture of 1 part apple cider vinegar and 8 parts water. Store in a decorative bottle in the bathroom. Rinse face 1-2 times a day with the solution.
6) For blackheads, rub with a slice of tomato
Brown Spots and Freckles
1) Apply odorless Castor Oil or Vitamin E nightly.
2) Apply Lemon juice as a bleach to the spots
3) An old folk remedy for freckles: Dissolve some suger in the juice of one Lemon. Apply mixture to each freckle with a camels hair brush!!!!
Face Lift
Combine a handful of strawberries, a handful of grapes, 1/2 pear, 1/2 apple and 1 oz. Orange juice in a blender. Apply a thin layer of honey to face, then apply fruit mixture to face. Leave on for 30 minutes. Rinse with warm water. Finish with a rinse of the vinegar pH balancer.
Large Pores:
1) Mix Almond meal with enough water to make a paste. Apply to pores for 20 minutes. Rinse with warm water, then apply withch hazel or a solution of apple cider vinegar and water.
2) Mix table salt and buttermilk into a paste, apply on enlarged pores and massage well. Rinse with warm water.
Lines and Wrinkles:
1) Apply the leftover eggwhites in the bottom of the shell to the lines under your eyes
2) Apply odorless Castor Oil to the crepe-like skin under the eyes or on the throat.
3) Prick 3 capsules of Vitamin E and drain into small bowl. Add 2 tsps plain yogurt, 1/2 tsp honey and 1/2 tsp. Lemon juice. Apply to face with cotton ball. Leave on skin for about 10 minutes. Rinse.
The ebook has many more recipes (both herbal and essential oil recipes) to help you take care of your body, skin and hair for a more natural and glowing beautiful you. Download the full Remedies 4 Homemade Beauty information as a pdf ebook - Right click and choose 'save as'.
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