For homemade hand cream mix together to a smooth paste one teaspoon each of soft shortening, petroleum jelly, almond oil. Three teaspoons of lanoline, two teaspoons of glycerin and lime juice. Half teaspoon of lemon extract. Put in air tight container and store eitherin the fridge or in a cool and dry place.
Heavy application of lipstick or the use of a cheap brand of lipstick turns the lips dark. Fresh air, vitamins and iron are required for maintaining red lips. Also keep them free from lipstick as much as possible and eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Also, take carrot and orange juice. Every day before going to bed massage your lips with a few drops each of glycerine, lime juice and honey.
Hope that helps with the problem of dark lips.
Sesame seed oil is rich in antioxidants, thus it pulls toxins from your skin. It’s a great moisturizer, and evens out skin tone, can help with blackheads and actually helps get rid of zits and helps reduce scars. You can either leave it on overnight or you can wash it off after 10 or 30 minutes or an hour. You can leave it overnight if your skin is very dry. Sesame seed oil contains: Vitamin E, minerals, proteins, lecithin and amino acids. Similarly Jojoba is also good as it controls sebum production, thus making skin less oily and helps with blackheads and pores just look cleaner. The jojoba oil is quite similar to the sebum in our skin so thus it penetrates skin quickly.
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Banana can be used on the face, hair and body. Here is a recipe for a great face mask. If you want to avoid lots of clean up, before applying this mask cover your face with cheesecloth (with holes cut out for eyes and mouth). Mix together: 1 ripe banana, 1 tsp. olive oil, 1 drop orange essential oil. Smooth over face and leave on for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off with tepid water and apply some moisturizer.
Always follow the natural shape of your brow. Begin by brushing your brows up and back. A good rule of thumb to follow so you don’t lose the arch in your brows is to pluck from underneath on the outer arch and from up above on the inner part of the arch. Remember to apply some moisturiser soon after.
Get more information here: How to pluck eyebrows?
Never think of backcombing your hair to give it some body and bounce. Instead, after washing your hair, dry hair with a towel.
While still damp, bend and throw down the hair. Move your fingers in the hair or brush the hair from the roots to the tip. Take the hair on the left side to the right and vice versa. Now take the hair back with a jerk and stand up as you do so. Repeat a few times and see the difference.
