Beauty Tips From Your Kitchen.

You do not have to fork out a lot of your hard earned money to buy those branded cosmetics. Some of them may not work as advertised and more over , you do not know what kinds of harmful chemicals you are applying on your face and body.In the long run , it may affect your health and your well being.

In hard times , it is even more prudent to look for those natural products and those natural beauty aids found in your own kitchen.


If you don't have a scrub, no problem . You can add some sugar to your cleansing cream and it becomes an effective scrub.

Some people use salt but Sugar has an advantage because salt can sting and dehydrate with sensitive skins.

You need to scrub a few times a week to get rid of those dead cells and keep the skin polished and glowing.

Many new scrubs now have added sugar in it..
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To have smoother skin on face ,arms and legs , use 1 cup sugar ,add to 1/2 cup of olive oil and used it as a scrub according to Glady’s Banta.

Just be careful about using sugar in foot scrubs as it feeds fungus, yeast and molds. Thoroughly cleaned your feet after using the sugar scrub.

Some people use honey directly on the face as a scrub or cleanser.

Some used dried milk mixed with some warm water and it is gentler on the skins.

For oily skins, they can use the white’s of an egg or they can use the whites, apply the first layer on your clean face , wait for it to dry, rinse it , then apply the egg yellow and wait to dry and then rinse.

Turmeric paste is used by some Indian women to keep them free of superfluous hair. Turmeric paste is applied to bride and groom before marriage in some places of India and Pakistan, where it is believed turmeric gives glow to skin and keeps some harmful bacteria away from the body (From wikipedia)
Turmeric is also knows as safron .

These are some of the beauty remedies from our old wives tale. They may work or may not work on your face because not all the skins are the same.

Do you know of other home remedies and would like to share here?


Suggested readings:-

http://www.stylelist.com/blog/2007/08/10/carmindys-tricks-of-the-trade/

http://www.words4her.com/beauty-tips/home-remedies_2007_09_01.htm

http://hubpages.com/hub/home_remedy