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Quick Herbal Tips

Down the ages, Indian women have used simple, effective home-made remedies to look after their skin.

Skin Cleanser:

Found in your own kitchen is a simple, chemical free cleanser good ol unboiled milk. All you need to do is dip a piece of cotton wool in milk and wipe your face with it. It also cleans unseen dirt and goes down into your pores. Another fine cleanser is almond oil, especially effective in protecting the delicate skin under the eyes.

Skin Moisturizer:

For normal skin care, you can take 1 cup of yogurt, 1 tablespoon orange juice and 1 tablespoon lemon juice and mix it into a paste.  Apply it on your face as a mask and keep it on for 15 minutes.  Then clean it off with a wet tissue watch your complexion glow.  For dry skin, you could use a mixture of cooked oatmeal and honey; it will not only help moisturize the skin but also acts as a good cleansing agent.

Skin Nourishment and Bleach:

For nourishing your face try a protein mask.  You can prepare this mask by first soaking 1 tablespoon urad dal and 4 almonds in water overnight and then grinding them into a paste. You can then apply this protein mask to your face and wash it off after half an hour. This exceptional protein mask will not only nourish the skin but also bleach it. 

Wrinkle Prevention and Softer Skin:

To prevent wrinkles and soften your skin, you could try pure castor oil; it is known to slow down the aging process of the skin.


Skin Conditioner:

Another simple and excellent skin conditioner that can be made out of 1 tbsp. honey blended with 2 tbsp. cream (of milk). Leave it on for a few minutes and wash it off. It works like magic. 


Skin Blemishes:

For skin blemishes, you can try rubbing a raw potato on your face.


Sun-Protection Lotion:

It's summer time. Time to cool off. So let's wind up with a good home-made sun-protection lotion. Take cucumber juice and equal amounts of glycerine and rose water and make a concoction. This should be refrigerated. Try it, it's really cool.

The Indian beauty has a hundred tips up her sleeve, so visit us again for some more beauty secrets next week.




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Name: vanitha shanmugam
City:   Kuala Lumpur
Comments:   This is really great. Pls give some remedy to whiten the face
Name: Sajini
City:   Pune
Comments:   The tip about nourishing and bleaching the skin is mentioned in your beauty tips, but using urad dal & almonds as bleaching - will the tiny hair on the face turn golden and look bad since after bleaching normally the hair turns golden in colour.
Name: kalpsun
City:   uae
Comments:   i always tie my hair at the back will u pls suggest some knots,so that i can do it.it is very hot here and sweats lot.so pls advice
Name: Sajini
City:   Pune
Comments:   For bleaching and nourishing you said use almonds, but what about the hair over u r face, will that turn golden and look bad.
Name: usha devi
City:   bangalore(india)
Comments:   i have lot of white hairs so as to cover i request u to give me proper prportion of making henna
Name: Roshni
City:   Ipoh,Malaysia
Comments:   Real good advices, great Job. Please mail me more advices and tips to keep skin healthy and beautyful
Name: manpreet
City:   Australia
Comments:   Hi there, i m manpreet from Australia, i m having problems with my hair on the face, i have used a bleeching cream, but it makes my hair on the face, kind of golden color and my hair don't get mixed up with my skin. can u give me a tip on how to remove my hair from my face naturally. thanks..........mail back soon plz.
Name: anu
City:   ahmedabad
Comments:   its good. give me some tips on sun-burns & how tp prevent it
Name: nalini
City:   chicago
Comments:   best remedy to hide grey hairs. would like info
Name: ritu
City:   mumbai
Comments:   i,like the others am curious to know if ur bleaching method will turn the hair on face golden
Name: kissa sims
City:   Forest park
Comments:   I would like more information on bleaching the skin.
Name: Katie hennessy
City:   lancaster
Comments:   i have a major pimple proble,thanks for cureing it!
Name: katie hennessy
City:   LA
Comments:   thanks you thak u thhank you~
Name: Menu
City:   AU
Comments:   hi, i m manjinder from AU, i have too much black skin on my face after the birth of my five month baby boy. pls give me tips NULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULL
Name: heena choudhary
City:   delhi
Comments:   hi! i am heena here i hav black scars on my legs which looks very badfrom one side my leg is plane and from other side black spots . plz giv me tipsNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULLNULL
Name: bharati ingale
City:   ahmedabad
Comments:   Whenever I open net I started wiht this site only it is realy very good
Name: Lillie
City:   LA
Comments:   Thankyou so much for your valuable service to public.
Name: Geetha Patil
City:   Ottawa, Canada
Comments:   Very Good Site!!! Good tips for sken care.
Name: sofi
City:   UAE
Comments:   i'm getting married in 2 weeks time. i'm having a dark complexion. Could u suggest any homemade remedy which i can follow for a brighter complexion
Name: jaya
City:   delhi
Comments:   thanx for ur tips.but pls tell me something to remove hair from my face but it should be natural.and my skin is a normal type not very oily nor very dry but if i use anything on my face pimples appear.pls mail me some tips to get rid of my pob
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