Hair Removal
Ingredients:
Two handled heating vessel with lid
Plastic bucket to keep strips of cloth
Spatula
Towels & Napkins
Sugar 2 lbs
Lime juice 24.5 Oz
Hydrogen peroxide 1/2 - 1 teaspoon
Instructions:
Take vessel and put lime juice and sugar into it. Put in on low heat for approximately 30 - 40 minutes. Stir it gently. After 20 - 25 minutes take drop of prepared wax. Put into glass of water. If it forms beads, it means your wax is ready. If you want, you can add hydrogen peroxide to the wax.
Gently heat the wax. Apply talcum powder to the hair to be removed. Apply wax with spatula in the same direction of hair growth. Put the cloth strips on the wax and press it with your hand. Remove the strip in the opposite direction of hair growth, using one hand to hold the skin taut as you tear the wax strip off.
 Return to top of page.
Firming Facial Mask
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon honey
1 egg white
1 teaspoon glycerine
Corn flour
Instructions:
Mix together honey, egg white and glycerine, then add enough corn flour to create a smooth paste.
To use: Slather over cleansed skin and allow to sit on skin for ten minutes. Rinse off with warm water and pat gently dry with a soft towel.
Firming Oatmeal Mask
Ingredients:
1 cup finely ground oatmeal
5 drops vegetable oil
½ cup whole milk
1 egg white
Instructions:
Put all ingredients in a blender. Smooth on your face. Leave on for ten minutes. Wash off with warm water.
Return to top of page.
Honey Lip Gloss
Ingredients:
7 teaspoons sweet almond oil
2 teaspoons white beeswax
½ teaspoon honey flavor oil
Instructions:
Melt the beeswax in a double boiler. Take off of the stove and add the sweet almond oil. Allow to cool for five minutes. Add the flavor oil and mix well. Pour into containers.
Lip Balm
Ingredients:
10 g beeswax
5 g cocoa butter
50 ml almond oil
7 drops vanilla oil
Instructions:
In a double boiler, melt beeswax, cocoa butter and add almond oil. Pour into a jar. When it cools to body temperature, mix in vanilla oil.
Return to top of page.
Blackhead Remover
To loosen and cleanse blackheads, make a paste of oatmeal, honey and an eggwhite. Apply to the skin, massage for 10 minutes then rinse with tepid water.
Return to top of page.
Lemon Toner
Ingredients:
½ cup lemon juice
1 cup distilled water
2/3 cup witch hazel
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients. Pour into a clean bottle. Shake well before using. Apply with a clean cotton ball.
Eggwhite Toner
Clean face thoroughly using any natural cleanser. Apply raw eggwhites to the skin and leave on for at least 15 minutes. Wash off with tepid water.
Return to top of page.
Relaxing Bath Oil Blend
8 drops lavender essential oil
3 drops cedarwood essential oil
10 drops orange essential oil
2 drops clary sage essential oil
1 teaspoon of sunflower, almond or apricot kernal oil
Mix together the above oils and combine into your running bath water.
Return to top of page.
Foot Scrub
Ingredients:
¼ cup of ground oatmeal
¼ cup cornmeal
1 tablespoon salt
3-4 tablespoons warm water
10 drops essential oil
Instructions:
Mix together the dry ingredients. Add a tablespoon of warm water at a time to the dry mix. Continue adding until the mixture forms a smooth paste, then add the essential oil. To use: Gently massage the mixture into your feet. Let dry and rinse off with warm water.
Fungal Infections
Australian Tea Tree oil is a powerful antiseptic. It is great for fungal infections of the feet (tinea/athlete's foot). Use it either diluted or full strength. Just dab it directly on the area. If it is a skin infection, it is probably best to dilute the tea tree a little. If it is a nail infection, I would recommend that you use it at full strength. Try to put it on twice a day. A nail infection will always take longer to cure, so be patient, and try to keep your feet dry at all times, and if possible keep them aired, as these type of infections will always thrive on moist/damp areas.
Return to top of page.
Cuticle Cream
Ingredients:
3 tablespoon paraffin
½ cup mineral oil
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 tablespoon glycerin
Instructions:
Slowly heat paraffin with the oils in a double boiler. Stir until blended. Add in the glycerin and remove from heat. Let cool before using.
Return to top of page.
Old Fashioned Deodorant
Ingredients:
Baking soda
Cotton wool balls
water
Instructions:
Dampen a cotton wool ball or a cloth with water and sprinkle with some baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), on it. Rub your underarm area with it. This is a very old fashioned, but effective method for controlling body odours.
Return to top of page.
Milk and Honey Cleanser
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon of warm honey
1 tablespoon milk or cream
Instructions:
Mix warm honey with milk or cream.
To use: Rub gently onto face, and rinse off with warm water.
Honey Cleansing Scrub
Ingredients:
1tablespoon of honey
2 tablespoons finely ground almonds
½ teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients together.
To use: Rub gently onto face. Rinse off with warm water.
Return to top of page.
Oatmeal Milk Bath
Ingredients:
¼ cup oatmeal
½ powdered milk
1 tablespoon hazelnut oil
6 drops lavender essential oil
Instructions:
Put the oatmeal in a muslin bag and toss it into the bathwater. Add the milk and oils directly to the bath water and mix well.
Lavender Milk Bath
Ingredients:
1 cup of milk powder
3 drops of lavender oil
Instructions:
Thoroughly mix the lavender oil into the milk powder and when well combined add it to your running bath water.
Return to top of page.
Brown Sugar Scrub
Ingredients:
3-4 tablespoons vegetable oil of your choice
1 cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon vitamin E
1 teaspoon essential oil to fragrance the scrub of your choice
Instructions:
Combine ingredients until a paste-like consistency is achieved.
To use: Apply this sugar scrub to your arms, legs, etc., in the shower, rub into your skin a bit to exfoliate, and rinse then off, and wash as usual. The sugar helps remove dead skin, and the vegetable oil leaves skin moisturized and glowing.
Return to top of page.
Body Mist
Ingredients:
4 oz 100-proof vodka
1 teaspoon glycerin
½ teaspoon fragrance oil
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a bottle and shake well.
Caution: Flammable.
Solid Perfume
Ingredients:
4 ounces sweet almond oil
¾ ounce white beeswax
1 vitamin E capsule
¼ teaspoon fragrance oil of your choice
Instructions:
Melt beeswax in a double boiler. Add sweet almond oil, vitamin E and fragrance oil. Mix well. Pour into small containers and allow hardening.
Return to top of page.
Hair Gel
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons flax seeds
1 cup water
A few drops of essential oil to fragrance gel, optional
Instructions:
Place flax seeds and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let sit for about 15-20 minutes. Strain and allow to cool completely. Add essential oil when cooled. Place in a glass container and store.
Hair Spray
Ingredients:
2 cups water
1 lemon
Instructions:
Scrub lemon and cut into quarters. Boil lemon quarters in the water for ten minutes, then let cool. Filter into a spray bottle.
Return to top of page.
Eye Soothers
Place cucumbers on your eyelids while resting, very soothing.
Two drops of rose oil on a cool compress or dispersed in water and massaged around the eye area will help relieve tension and puffiness.
Cold chamomile tea bags are great for eyelids while resting.
Preparation H, a brand of hemorroid cream works well to reduce under-eye puffiness.
Return to top of page.
Bath Bombs
Ingredients:
1 cup baking soda
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup citric acid
2 tablespoons vegetable oil of your choice
1 tablespoon essential oil to fragrance
Food colouring
Witch hazel
Instructions:
Mix dry ingredients together and set aside. Mix vegetable oil and fragrance oil together. Pour into dry mixture making sure you mix together well with your hands. Then add a drop of food colouring at a time, mixing it in well until desired colour is acheived. When mixed well, get your witch hazel and gently spritz your mixture with it, mixing it in. You don't have to use much just enough so it will clump together when you squeeze it. Pack tightly into molds or shape into balls with your hands. Unmold then set aside for at least 24 hours to dry before use.
Return to top of page.
Dry Skin Lotion
Ingredients:
1/8 teaspoon borax
¼ cup distilled water
½ cup vegetable oil of your choice
1 tablespoon grated beeswax
1 teaspoon essentail oil of our choice to scent
Instructions:
Combine water and borax together. Mix oil and beeswax, heat until wax melts. Bring borax and water almost to boiling. Slowly add borax/water to oil/beeswax stirring briskly. Then add essential oil, and dispense into a sterilised bottle.
Return to top of page.
Bathing Salts
Ingredients:
1 cup of epsom salt
1 cup sea salt
Few drops of essential oil
Few drops of food colouring of choice
Instructions:
Combine the salts together, then add food colouring drop by drop mixing throughly with your hands until the desired depth of colour is met (do not over-do this either or you will colour your bath water with this shade). Then add a few drops of fragrance of your choice.
Return to top of page.
Cold Cream
Ingredients:
7 oz sweet almond oil
¾ oz beeswax
10 oz distilled or rosewater
1 teaspoon borax
Instructions:
Melt together the almond oil and beeswax. Then seperately combine the water and borax. Gently warm this until it's the same temperature as the oil and beeswax mixture. Then beat the water and borax mixture into the oil and beeswax mix until creamy and thickened.
Lemon Moisturiser
Ingredients:
1 beaten egg yolk
¼ cup olive oil
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions:
Combine egg yolk and lemon juice in a small bowl. Stir with a whisk while adding both oils until mixture thickens. If it's too thick, add more lemon juice.
Return to top of page.
Tea Tree Treatment
For acne, I recommend Australian Tea Tree oil. Tea tree oil is a powerful antiseptic. Use it for acne, either diluted or full strength. Just dab it directly on the inflammed spot. It is also great for fungal infections of the feet.
Lemon Juice Treatment
Dilute some lemon juice with water, dab pimple with solution to kill germs, cool inflamation and improve blood circulation.
Return to top of page.
Peppermint Tooth Paste
Ingredients:
Bicarbonate of soda
Salt
Water
Glycerine
Peppermint oil
Instructions:
Mix 3 parts bicarbonate of soda with one part salt. Add 3 tsp of glycerine for every 1/4 cup of this mixture, then add enough water to make a thick paste. Add a few drops of peppermint oil for taste.
Return to top of page.
Hand Cream
Ingredients:
6 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon beeswax
2 tablespoons castor oil
1 teaspoon essential oil of your choice for scent
Instructions:
Melt the beeswax and add to the olive and castor oils. Put in the microwave on high for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between until wax is just melted. Beat with a whisk until it's creamy, add essentail oil and beat to blend thoroughly.
Return to top of page.
Massage Oil
Ingredients:
¼ cup sweet almond oil
¼ cup jojoba oil
1 vitamin E capsule
¼ teaspoon of fragrance or essential oil
Instructions:
Mix the oils in a bowl. Poke a hole in the vitamin E capsule and squeeze contents into oils. Mix thoroughly. Place in a bottle. For best results store in refrigerator or very cool place. I like to gently warm some of this oil prior to use.
Return to top of page.
Shimmer Gel
Ingredients:
½ teaspoon of glycerin
¼ cup of aloe vera gel
1 Vitamin E capsule
½ teaspoon of gold sparkle dust (non-toxic glitter)
Instructions:
Put glycerin and aloe vera gel in a bowl. Poke a hole in the vitamin E capsule and squeeze contents into mixture. Add sparkle dust, and pour into an acrylic pot.
Return to top of page.
Note:
Always do a patch test first when experimenting with foreign ingredients or products that you have not used before. If any allergy type irritations or rashes occur, discontinue usage immediately.
I take no responsibility for any mishaps, misusage or sufference that is caused by any products.
If you have any natural remedies that you would like to share, please send them to me, and I will post them here for other readers that may also be interested in them. Don't forget to check back here often for any updated natural beauty remedies.
|