The succulent leaves of the aloe vera plant provide such a healing gel for burns. Many burn centres use it on their patients. The gel contains aloectin B, an immune system stimulant, and penetrates all three layers of the skin. If you have an aloe vera house plant, simply snip off a two inch leaf end, slit it open, and rub the inside over the burn.
We hope this sunburn remedy really helps you! 
File your nails in one direction only, and always do this when your nails are dry. Wash your hands and soak in warm water or a fruit acid solution such as buttermilk or organic apple cider vinegar, before applying a cold pressed fruit or nut oil into the cuticle. Use the blunt end of an orangewood manicure stick to gently push the cuticles back from the nails. Dry your hands completely. Sand and polish the top of each nail with a fine pumice-stone or sand stick to remove any ridges. Once the ridges are removed , smooth the top of the nail with a smoothing file and a buffing chamois. Massage your hands with a moisturising cream or lotion.
Here is a recipe to make sugar scrub.
Ingredients: 50% white can sugar, 50% vegetable glycerin to moisten the sugar, small amounts of aloe vera gel, vitamin C crystals, or anything healing that dissolves in water, 1-2 drops of essential oil.
Combine the ingredients in a bowl. Scoop some of the scrub onto our hand and massage gently onto your skin for a minute (the scrub will actually tighten onto your skin like a masque). Leave on for 3 to 4 minutes before rinsing.
Hope you like the above sugar scrub recipe.
Grind a couple of cabbage leaves and extract juice. Dissolve one-fourth teaspoon of yeast in it and stir in one teaspoon of honey. Mix well and apply thickly over face and neck. Remove with cotton-wool soaked in water 15 minutes after application. This mask will counteract any tendency towards wrinkles and dryness and give your skin a flower like bloom.
Ingredients:
Apple 500 gm
Vegetable lard 500 gm
Tincture of benzoin 1 tbsp
Rose water 1 cup
Put the apples through the blender and add the juice and pulp to vegetable lard. Warm the mixture in a pan over a low flame. Simmer and stir until they get well mixed. Remove from the flame and add tincture of benzoin and rose water. Keep stirring all the time. Strain into a screw-top jar and use as night cream massaging it well into the face and neck. It works well for all types of skin.
Dip cotton pads in a mixture of cucumber and potato juice. and keep the cotton pads on your eyelids. After 15 to 20 minutes wash your eyes will cold water.
To reduce puffiness of your eyes, grate a potato, tie in a cloth and place the cloth over your eyes for about 15 minutes.
For bright and sparkling eyes ,add a small pinch of salt in water and wash your eyes.
Crush a cucumber and take the juice. Add a little rose water and apply around the eyes and wash it after 20 minutes.
Place cotton wool swabs dipped in cold milk on closed eyes for removing dark circles for 10-15 minutes daily before sleeping.
Crush a cucumber and take out the juice. Add a little rose water and apply around the eyes and wash it after 30 minutes.
You can also put cucumber slices on youe eye lids for 10 minutes to soothen your eyes.
Coconut oil massage daily for 5 minutes before sleeping will help will help you a lot in removing your dark circles.
Slice one small piece of a potato, and cut the slice in half. Put each slice under your eyes and leave them under your eyes for 20 minutes.
You can place slightly warm tea bags over your eyes 10-15 minutes to lessen dark circles.
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.
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.
Here are some homemade hair masks for you:
For instant shine:
Lightly beat two eggs mixed with some milk and run through your hair. Leave on for five minutes, rinse and you’ll see a shine instantly.
For dandruff
Dissolve two aspirins in your dandruff shampoo and watch how it clears up. Use a good moisturizing conditioner afterward.
More homemade remedies for dandruff.
For greasy hair
Use face powder. Put a little at the root of your hair before straying. If it is a serious problem, put the powder on heavily for 15 minutes wash completely, condition lightly and style.
Hope you like the above homemade hair masks. Your comments are most welcome.
