Article - Brides - Look Beautiful In 20 Minutes!
These are all natural recipes and has no side effect. However do check if there are any ingredients you know that might cause an allergic reaction.
Also remember not to try out a new product a week ahead of the wedding day. If you react to the product, there might not be enough time to repair your skin.
For shiny teeth
Rubbing half a lemon on the teeth not only makes them shiny and bright
but will also cure bad breath. You can try this just before you put your
make up on.
A complexion lightening mask
Take four almonds with a teaspoon and a half of gram flour, a teaspoon
of milk and four drops of lemon juice. Grind to a paste and apply it on
your face. Leave it on for the bleach to take effect.
Take lemon juice, mixed with gram flour,
milk cream and honey for dry skin. Replace milk cream and honey with sandalwood
powder and curd for oily to normal skin. Apply it on your face to ensure
a clear complexion.
Dull
complexion
Take a teaspoon of gram flour with a pinch of turmeric powder, a few drops
of lemon juice and half a teaspoon each of olive oil and milk. Apply on
your face, leave for 20 minutes and wash off.
For removing pimple marks
Take a teaspoon each of almond powder, potato juice, cucumber juice, lemon
juice, sandalwood powder, curd and rice powder. Mix all the ingredients
into a paste and apply on affected areas. Let it dry then and wash it
with cold water.
Whitening
lotion
Take a tablespoon of cucumber juice, stir in a few drops of lemon juice
and a pinch of turmeric powder. Mix well and apply over your face and
neck. Leave it on for 20 minutes and then wash off. Leave for an extra
10 minutes if you have dark skin.
Barley mask for dry skin
Mix together four parts of barley, three parts each of turmeric powder
and coconut oil and apply them on your face for 20 minutes before washing
off. Leave for an extra 10 minutes if you have dark skin.
Face mask for oily skin
Take two tablespoons of cornstarch, two teaspoons of margosa (kohomba)
leaf juice; two teaspoons of sandalwood powder and two to three drops
of olive oil. Mix and apply with a brush. Let it dry well and wash it
off with cold water.
Herbal
milk bath
Take a cup cornstarch and dry milk powder and add two teaspoons of your
favorite herbs to them. Blend them and use as a bath gel.
Brittle
and splitting nails
You’ll have to do this at least two weeks ahead of the wedding day.
Mix two tablespoons of powdered gelatin in a glass of milk or fruit juice
and drink daily in the morning.
Conditioning
treatment
Use warm (not hot) olive oil. Apply the conditioner of your choice, and
then wrap in a warm towel that you can heat in the microwave (again test
for heat before applying). Leave on while you relax or have a cup of coffee
and then wash or rinse your hair (if you use the oil you may want to shampoo).
This will give you shiny renewed hair.
Rinse hair with beer to add shine and body. Once a month use a can of flat beer. After applying it, you can rinse it off with warm, not hot, water. The beer acts as a natural setting lotion, giving blown dried hair increased vitality, resilience and hold. The vitamin B in it and natural sugar add the body and shine.
Cut two slices of potato. Put each slice under your eyes and leave them under your eyes for 20 minutes. Or grate a small potato and place a teaspoon on each eyelid, for 20 minutes.
For dark circles or bags under your eyes you can place slightly warm tea bags over your eyes, leave on for 10-15 minutes.
For tired eyes
Squeeze cotton pads out of ice water, place on eyelids and lie down, elevate feet.
To soothe your tired eyes place cucumber slices on eye lids while relaxing in a hot bath for ten minutes.
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