Beauty Tips from Home

Keep the face clean. Steam it and scrub little with soap and water. Then apply an oatmeal paste.

Boil some oatmeal in a little water. Cool it and add some lemon juice and mix it well. Apply on the face.

Make a lotion with equal parts of lime juice, almond oil and glycerine and apply on the face. It not only cures blackheads but the discolouring spots on the face too.

Beat an egg white stiff. Add 1 tsp honey and with a cotton swab apply on the face and leave for half an hour. Rinse with warm water and pat it dry.


Cleansing the skin :

Dip a piece of cotton wool in unboiled milk and wipe on the face with it. It also cleans unseen dirt and goes down to pores.

Preventing wrinkles :Application of pure castor oil prevents wrinkles and softens the skin. This slows down the aging process also
* Oatmeal mixed with yogurt is a good facial cleanser.

* Make a paste of Kastoori Manjal (Available in Kerala Ayurvedic Shops. Botanical name - Curcumaaromatica ) and Bengalgram flour (Besan) to wash face. See the results and you will stop using soaps.

Healthy Cocktails
For chronic fatigue and tiredness:
Prepare a mix of juice of 1 orange, juice of 1/4 grapefruit and juice of 1/4 of lemon with skin.

Prepare a cocktail from a bunch of parsley, celery, 1 piece of garlic and 4 carrots.

This cocktail will tone you up: mix the juice of 6 carrots, 1/2 beet and 3 bunches of parsley.

For a common cold:
Prepare a cocktail from the juice of 1 orange, 1/2 lemon with skin and 1/4 glass of mineral water.

Another recipe: mix the juice of 5 carrots, 1 apple and a piece of ginger.
To strengthen your immune system:

Make a cocktail from the juice of a few slices of pineapple and a couple pieces of celery.

Try a mix of the juice of 1/2 tomato, 1/4 cabbage and a big bunche of celery.

Prepare a cocktail from the juice of 5 carrots, 1 apple and a bunch of parsley.

To support your eyesight: Mix the juice of 6 carrots and 1/4 cabbage.

More cocktails:
A mix of Brussel sprouts, carrot, lettuce and kidney bean juices will help to restore the pancreas function, which is very important if you have diabetes.

A mix of cabbage and carrot juices will restore your stomach mucous membrane. Also, it will cleanse your body and help you lose weight.

A mix of raw potato, carrot and celery juices will help with digestion and nervous disorders.

A mix of beet and carrot juices will improve your memory, enlarge your blood vessels and stimulate the formation of red blood corpuscles.

Raw tomato juice stimulates the formation of stomach juice and improves heart activity. If you mix tomato juice with apple juice, pumpkin juice and lemon juice ( 2:4:2:1 ), it will help you lose weight.

A mix of carrot, beet and cucumber juices is a great remedy for cleansing your liver, gall bladder and prostate gland.

Drink 1/2 glass of carrot juice 2-3 times a day, if you had a heart attack.

A mix of carrot juice with honey will help men with impotency.

Drink a mix of carrot and potato juices daily before breakfast, if you have a stomach ulcer.

Mix 1 glass of carrot juice, the juice of 1 lemon, 1 glass of horseradish juice and 1 glass of honey. Take 1 table spoon 3 times a day 1 hour before each meal and then 1 table spoon of the mix 2-3 hours after each meal. It will help with high blood pressure.

Fruits for Healthy and Beautiful Skin
By Richard Jason Rockefeller

Healthy and beautiful skin is an essential part of our overall well- being. However, since every product available in the market spells dollars and depleting financial resources, I compiled some effective natural aids for your skin that will not force you to shell out cash.
The beauty of this is that you can have your own beauty products from the stuff you can find in your kitchen, fridge and garden.

Here are some of those:
Apple juice makes an excellent remedy for fine wrinkles, cracked skin, itching and inflammation and dandruff. Use as a final rinse after shampooing your hair.
Apricots The fresh juice of apricots is good for sunburn, itching and eczema.
Avocado can be used as effective facial mask.
Banana can be made into an effective and inexpensive facial mask. Cucumber is good for treating skin eruptions and bulges and for whitening skin. It can also prevent pimples, wrinkles, blackheads and dryness of the face.
Guava boiled leaves can be used as natural antiseptic
Lime Juice is a very important natural aid for beautiful skin. This treatment will help you look young and beautiful. It will also help cure pimples. It is also known to help in controlling oily skin, improve a dull and greasy complexion, improve rough and dry skin, relieve tired eyes and remove freckles
Mango leaves can be boiled and be used as antiseptic.
Orange juice paste can be an effective remedy for pimples and acne. It can also be used for scar and blemish removal.
Papaya orange and green papaya are used to remove whiteheads, boils and spots. It also the papain enzyme that is effective in skin whitening.
Peach The skin of peach is said to be useful in improving complexion. It can also be made into an anti-wrinkle.
Pineapple are good skin softeners which cleanse and rejuvenate dull and dry skin, especially for classic rough skin spots like knees, elbows, and heels.
Pomegranate The paste of roasted and powdered pomegranate skin is good in treating boils, pimples, blackheads and whiteheads.
Strawberry Strawberry can be used for conditioning and skin toning treatment. They are rich in salicylic acid, an ingredient found in many commercial acne creams and thus are the best treatment for troubled or teenage skin.