Beauty from the kitchen

Why go to a beauty parlour when you can beautify yourself in your own kitchen?

Here are some useful tips to clear your skin of those stubborn pimples!

To clear your skin of pimples and acne without leaving scars, grind nutmeg (jaiphal) with unboiled milk and apply on the affected area.
• Hate your spots? Make a paste by mixing honey and cinnamon powder. Apply this paste on pimples before going to bed and wash off with warm water the next morning. Repeat for two weeks.
• Apply a mixture of 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder for removing all traces of acne scars.
• For pimples, make a paste by grinding orange peel in some water. Apply on and around pimples.
• Rub fresh garlic on and around pimples.With regular applicaton, they will disappear without leaving marks.
• To prevent pimples, blackheads and wrinkles, apply a paste of fresh fenugreek (methi) leaves on the face every night for 10-15 minutes and wash off with warm water.

Cucumber’s Skin Secret Formula:

Cucumber is a surprising beauty secret for the skin, with itshydrating, nourishing and astringent properties. Cucumbers havethe same pH as the skin so they help to restore the skin’s protectiveand natural acid mantle. You could cut them and put cucumber coinsstraight onto your skin to sooth and soften, or combine them as herewith other kitchen-cupboard ingredients to provide lovely toning.The end result is soothed, smoothed, cooled, happier skin!

Here’s how to make this healing, refreshing treat for your skin:
INGREDIENTS

5 fresh mint leaves

1/4 medium cucumber

1 large egg white

Bottled or spring water
1. Place the mint in a food processor or blender and give it one short burst to chop. Peel and seed the cucumber. Add it to the mint in the processor or blender and puree. Beat the egg white separately until it stands in stiff peaks. Fold it very gently in to the pureed cucumber mixture.
2. Apply evenly to the face and neck and leave on for 20 minutes. Rinse with bottled or spring water and pat dry.

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