Post by estatigua (Tiggy) on Nov 27, 2006 17:29:35 GMT -5
NATURAL BEAUTY
Hair Dies--
Blond-lightening: standard infuson of chamomile and a tablesthingy or two of lemon juice.
Yellow to orange: make a paste out of saffron threads and apply it to hair, A rinse will do well also and would be more economical since saffron is expensive.
Brown: Henna, to lighten it add chamomile, to enhance it add cloves, make a paste out of this and apply to hair.
Apply these dies for about 20-40 min
Honey Cleansing Scrub-- Mix 1 tablesthingy of honey with 2 tablesthingys finely ground almonds and 1/2 teasthingy lemon juice. Rub gently onto face. Rinse off with warm water.
Firming Face Mask-- Whisk together 1 tablesthingy honey, 1 egg white, 1 teasthingy glycerin (available at drug and beauty stores) and enough flour to form a paste (approximately 1/4 cup). Smooth over face and throat. Leave on 10 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.
Hair Conditioner -- Mix 1/2 cup honey and 1/4 cup olive oil. (Use 2 tablesthingys oil for normal hair.) Work a small amount at a time through hair until coated. Cover hair with a shower cap; leave on 30 minutes. Remove shower cap; shampoo well and rinse. Dry as normal.
Facial Toner -- In blender, puree 1 tablesthingy honey with a peeled, cored apple. Smooth over face; leave on 15 minutes. Rinse with cool water.
Moisture Mask-- Mix 2 tablesthingys honey with 2 teasthingys milk. Smooth over face and throat. Leave on 10 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.
Smoothing Skin Lotion-- Mix 1 teasthingy honey with 1 teasthingy vegetable oil and 1/4 teasthingy lemon juice. Rub into hands, elbows, heels and anywhere that feels dry. Leave on 10 minutes. Rinse off with water.
Skin Softening Bath-- Add 1/4 cup honey to bath water for a fragrant, silky bath.
Hair Shine-- Stir 1 teasthingy honey into 4 cups (1 quart) warm water. Blondes may wish to add a squeeze of lemon. After shampooing, pour mixture through hair. Do not rinse out. Dry as normal.
Honey facial mask
Massage a small amount of slightly heated honey over your face. Leave on for 15 minutes. Honey is antiseptic, cleanes pores, and tones your skin. Good for oily or blemished skin. Wheat germ can be added to the honey to provide some abrasion and also contains protein and vita-mins.
Hot oil facial for dry skin
Cleanse face and if possible steam for 5 to 10 minutes to open pores (a good hot bath or shower also does this). Apply warm olive oil or any other vegetable oil to your face and throat. Put a warm, wet washcloth over your face and lie down for ten minutes. Remove oil with another warm, wet washcloth and a liberal application of witch hazel or any other skin freshener. The vegetable oil not only supplements the skins natural oil supply, but that act of absorbing it stimu-lates the skins own oil production. Note: The skin can absorb all vegetable and animal oils, but mineral oil - which firms the base of most ordinary commercial cosmetic creams - cannot pene-trate the skin; it merely lubricates the surface.
Hot oil treatment for dry hair
Using cotton pads, apply warm olive oil or any vegetable oil to your scalp. Working with your fin-gers,
distribute the oil throughout your hair, taking care that your ends are covered. Take a towel that has been dipped in hot water and wrung out and wrap it on your head. Reheat towel when it cools. After 20 minutes to an hour, shampoo your hair thoroughly.
Lemon Bleacher for freckles and discoloured skin
Apply lemon juice or a slice of lemon directly to your skin. Wash off after 15 minutes. If your skin
is the dry type, use a cream on your skin afterwards. Yarrow Make a tea out of yarrow and rinse your face off with it twice a day.
This is for oily skin.
Oatmeal facial mask
Make a paste out of regular dry oatmeal and water. Apply to your face and leave on for about 10 minutes.
This is great for oily skin.
Aftershave
Combine one part water and one part alcohol. If you want it scented, add one teasthingy of extract (vanilla, almond, peppermint, or lemon, etc.) to a pint of alcohol before adding the water.
Witch hazel may also be used as an aftershave.
Poison Ivy
For quick relief of the itching and to dry out the poison ivy, make a paste out of baking soda and
witch hazel.
Lip salve
Heat one part beeswax and six parts olive oil and pour the mix into a clean lipstick or lip balm container. Put into the fridge until hardened.
Baking soda facial mask
For oily skin, combine one tablesthingy of baking soda with 3 tablesthingys of unprocessed bran.
Add just enough water to make a paste and apply to your face. Leave it on for 15 minutes, and
then wash it off with warm water.
To bleach your skin
Rub cucumber slices on your face.
For bright hair
Rinse your hair with vinegar after washing it (the smell goes away immediately). You may also
make a rinse out of mullien, sage, or burdock tea.
Hawthorn: Hawthorn flowers or buds must be picked immediately, and immediately dried on a cloth in the shade. Hawthorn infusion, with its gentle, honeyed savor, is highly reputed for calm-ing and relaxing stressed nerves. The recommended dose is 1 tablesthingy per cup of boiling water. Hawthorn flowers can be blended with lime, sweet woodruff, balm, or passion flowers as well as with orange blossom water.
Cornflower: Reputed to improve the sight of blue eyes. To help ease the fatigue of sensitive eyes (whatever colour they may be), a wash made with cornflower infusion works wonders. Use about 1/4 cup of flowers for 1 quart of boiling water. Let it steep for about 10 minutes and, once cooled, use it as an eyewash. Cornflower is also a diuretic: The infusion, prepared as above, helps alleviate the retention of excess fluids.
Heather Tea: A strong diuretic and is often prescribed in cases of urinary infections. It is some-times
used in conjunction with cornsilk and cowberries. This infusion should be prepared using 1/4 cup of heather flowers for 1 quart boiling water.
Lemon: The essence extracted from lemon zest is a powerful antiseptic. In winter, when you have a cold and a sore throat, the simplest of all remedies is hot lemon juice sweetened with honey or sugar. It is anti-inflamatory and kills germs. To soften and whiten the hands and strengthen the nails, rub them daily with half a lemon. Also, the juice of one lemon may be added to the last rinse after shampooing, making the hair shinier and easier to comb out.
Lavender: To make a nice vinegar based cleansing lotion to sweeten up bathwater and use as a hair rinse after shampooing, soak 1/2 cup of freshly cut flowers in 1 quart of cider vinegar. For an even more potent mixture, place the receptacle near a sunlit window for 1 to 2 weeks.
Rosemary: A handful of rosemary leaves infused in vinegar for a few weeks makes an excellent cleansing vinegar, particularly good for softening hard water. Pour 1/2 cup in your bath water, or use a few drops in your last hair rinse.
Marigolds (Calendula): When crushed and applied to warts, fresh marigold leaves help them go away.
Hair Dies--
Blond-lightening: standard infuson of chamomile and a tablesthingy or two of lemon juice.
Yellow to orange: make a paste out of saffron threads and apply it to hair, A rinse will do well also and would be more economical since saffron is expensive.
Brown: Henna, to lighten it add chamomile, to enhance it add cloves, make a paste out of this and apply to hair.
Apply these dies for about 20-40 min
Honey Cleansing Scrub-- Mix 1 tablesthingy of honey with 2 tablesthingys finely ground almonds and 1/2 teasthingy lemon juice. Rub gently onto face. Rinse off with warm water.
Firming Face Mask-- Whisk together 1 tablesthingy honey, 1 egg white, 1 teasthingy glycerin (available at drug and beauty stores) and enough flour to form a paste (approximately 1/4 cup). Smooth over face and throat. Leave on 10 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.
Hair Conditioner -- Mix 1/2 cup honey and 1/4 cup olive oil. (Use 2 tablesthingys oil for normal hair.) Work a small amount at a time through hair until coated. Cover hair with a shower cap; leave on 30 minutes. Remove shower cap; shampoo well and rinse. Dry as normal.
Facial Toner -- In blender, puree 1 tablesthingy honey with a peeled, cored apple. Smooth over face; leave on 15 minutes. Rinse with cool water.
Moisture Mask-- Mix 2 tablesthingys honey with 2 teasthingys milk. Smooth over face and throat. Leave on 10 minutes. Rinse off with warm water.
Smoothing Skin Lotion-- Mix 1 teasthingy honey with 1 teasthingy vegetable oil and 1/4 teasthingy lemon juice. Rub into hands, elbows, heels and anywhere that feels dry. Leave on 10 minutes. Rinse off with water.
Skin Softening Bath-- Add 1/4 cup honey to bath water for a fragrant, silky bath.
Hair Shine-- Stir 1 teasthingy honey into 4 cups (1 quart) warm water. Blondes may wish to add a squeeze of lemon. After shampooing, pour mixture through hair. Do not rinse out. Dry as normal.
Honey facial mask
Massage a small amount of slightly heated honey over your face. Leave on for 15 minutes. Honey is antiseptic, cleanes pores, and tones your skin. Good for oily or blemished skin. Wheat germ can be added to the honey to provide some abrasion and also contains protein and vita-mins.
Hot oil facial for dry skin
Cleanse face and if possible steam for 5 to 10 minutes to open pores (a good hot bath or shower also does this). Apply warm olive oil or any other vegetable oil to your face and throat. Put a warm, wet washcloth over your face and lie down for ten minutes. Remove oil with another warm, wet washcloth and a liberal application of witch hazel or any other skin freshener. The vegetable oil not only supplements the skins natural oil supply, but that act of absorbing it stimu-lates the skins own oil production. Note: The skin can absorb all vegetable and animal oils, but mineral oil - which firms the base of most ordinary commercial cosmetic creams - cannot pene-trate the skin; it merely lubricates the surface.
Hot oil treatment for dry hair
Using cotton pads, apply warm olive oil or any vegetable oil to your scalp. Working with your fin-gers,
distribute the oil throughout your hair, taking care that your ends are covered. Take a towel that has been dipped in hot water and wrung out and wrap it on your head. Reheat towel when it cools. After 20 minutes to an hour, shampoo your hair thoroughly.
Lemon Bleacher for freckles and discoloured skin
Apply lemon juice or a slice of lemon directly to your skin. Wash off after 15 minutes. If your skin
is the dry type, use a cream on your skin afterwards. Yarrow Make a tea out of yarrow and rinse your face off with it twice a day.
This is for oily skin.
Oatmeal facial mask
Make a paste out of regular dry oatmeal and water. Apply to your face and leave on for about 10 minutes.
This is great for oily skin.
Aftershave
Combine one part water and one part alcohol. If you want it scented, add one teasthingy of extract (vanilla, almond, peppermint, or lemon, etc.) to a pint of alcohol before adding the water.
Witch hazel may also be used as an aftershave.
Poison Ivy
For quick relief of the itching and to dry out the poison ivy, make a paste out of baking soda and
witch hazel.
Lip salve
Heat one part beeswax and six parts olive oil and pour the mix into a clean lipstick or lip balm container. Put into the fridge until hardened.
Baking soda facial mask
For oily skin, combine one tablesthingy of baking soda with 3 tablesthingys of unprocessed bran.
Add just enough water to make a paste and apply to your face. Leave it on for 15 minutes, and
then wash it off with warm water.
To bleach your skin
Rub cucumber slices on your face.
For bright hair
Rinse your hair with vinegar after washing it (the smell goes away immediately). You may also
make a rinse out of mullien, sage, or burdock tea.
Hawthorn: Hawthorn flowers or buds must be picked immediately, and immediately dried on a cloth in the shade. Hawthorn infusion, with its gentle, honeyed savor, is highly reputed for calm-ing and relaxing stressed nerves. The recommended dose is 1 tablesthingy per cup of boiling water. Hawthorn flowers can be blended with lime, sweet woodruff, balm, or passion flowers as well as with orange blossom water.
Cornflower: Reputed to improve the sight of blue eyes. To help ease the fatigue of sensitive eyes (whatever colour they may be), a wash made with cornflower infusion works wonders. Use about 1/4 cup of flowers for 1 quart of boiling water. Let it steep for about 10 minutes and, once cooled, use it as an eyewash. Cornflower is also a diuretic: The infusion, prepared as above, helps alleviate the retention of excess fluids.
Heather Tea: A strong diuretic and is often prescribed in cases of urinary infections. It is some-times
used in conjunction with cornsilk and cowberries. This infusion should be prepared using 1/4 cup of heather flowers for 1 quart boiling water.
Lemon: The essence extracted from lemon zest is a powerful antiseptic. In winter, when you have a cold and a sore throat, the simplest of all remedies is hot lemon juice sweetened with honey or sugar. It is anti-inflamatory and kills germs. To soften and whiten the hands and strengthen the nails, rub them daily with half a lemon. Also, the juice of one lemon may be added to the last rinse after shampooing, making the hair shinier and easier to comb out.
Lavender: To make a nice vinegar based cleansing lotion to sweeten up bathwater and use as a hair rinse after shampooing, soak 1/2 cup of freshly cut flowers in 1 quart of cider vinegar. For an even more potent mixture, place the receptacle near a sunlit window for 1 to 2 weeks.
Rosemary: A handful of rosemary leaves infused in vinegar for a few weeks makes an excellent cleansing vinegar, particularly good for softening hard water. Pour 1/2 cup in your bath water, or use a few drops in your last hair rinse.
Marigolds (Calendula): When crushed and applied to warts, fresh marigold leaves help them go away.
