Beauty & Grooming  Discussion Forum

I took your advice about skin ligtning, the problme is i need to know how much to use(quantity). 1.(Lemon and honey) is it ok to use other brand of honey other than the one from india, can i also use honey and lemon to lighten other parts of my body( arms and legs).

For the paste (oatmeal, walnut powder, gramflour, cucumber juice,rosewater, turmeric powder,fenugreek poweder, mashed apricot) how much do i use?? and do i use this every other day? or use the same day as lemon and honey and the paste after i use apricot scrub on my face.

I also want to know, if using milk cream to to get rid of facial hair?? can i also use this other places like( arms, neck other places)does it matter what kind of milk, since iam in canada... Please guide me through this process, how to use each things. I already have everything at home but dont know how to use it. PJP replied. hi julie,

let me answer to your questions one at a time.

1) lemon-honey

quantity: 1 teaspoon lemon and 1 teaspoon honey.
application span: 20 - 25 minutes or even less or more. upto your liking. the longer, the best.

any brand of honey is alright as long as it is pure. can apply on legs, hands, elbows, nuckles, knees and hand and toe nails.

alternative remedy for lightening such areas of darkness is application of rice flour 1 and a half parts, groundnut oil - quarter part, lemon - quarter part, fresh turmeric powder - quater part & milk cream - quarter part. make it into a paste: if you dont get a paste consistecny, then add up a little of the liquid ingredients od if it has become too thin, then ad up the powdered ingredients to tighten it. use the ingredients in that ratio to attain the required amount.

if at all you have cracked feet, apply a paste of asafoetida and leave it overnight and soak feet for 5 minutes in bearable hot water and wash off with a foot cleanser.

2) oatmeal - gramflour - cucumber- rose - etc,.:

quantity: (for face and neck alone) oatmeal - 1/4 teaspoon, walnet powder - a little more than a quarter teaspoon, gramflour - a little more than quarter teaspoon, fenugreek and turmeric powder - quarter teaspoon each, cucumber juicee - half teaspoon, and rose water - half teaspoon and half mashed apricot. if i have mentioned lemon, then use 1/2 teaspoon of it as well. if your skin is dry to normal, then dont use much of lemon. instead you can substitute it with a teaspoon of fresh orange juice. drinking fresh orange juice and tomato juice is very good for the skin, specially the facial skin.

application span: 30 - 45 minutes. rinse off with warm water. can use this pack once in 3 days. no harm in using it when using the honey-lemon. scrubbing with the apricot scrub before the oatmeal-gramflour pack will enhance the results by 45%. no problem if you use all the 3 on the same day. but give some time (say an hour or two's gap)after the honey-lemon pack before you scrub and apply the other pack.

alternative packs: aloe vera juice application and tomato juice and curd application and radish juice and curd application.

3) milk cream (that is formed on the top layer of the milk when cooled) got out of cooling the boiled fatty milk (milk with 100% fat) will help in removal of facial hair. personally i have not tried it on anyother part of the body. never given it a thought. so i dont know if it will remove hairs elsewhere. but one thing is for sure: if the hair is tender, it will remove- like the hair between the breasts and on stomach. it should be more than impossible to remove the hair on hands and legs.

have i answered all your questions, dear? welcome for more doubts if you have any. keep me updated.

all my love,
priya.