Make your own cosmetic
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Banana Mask (for dry face)
Ingredients:
2 medium bananas
*honey optional
Instructions:
Mash bananas. Add honey if desired. Smooth over skin, let sit for 10 minutes,
rinse off with cool water
Milk of magnesia mask (for oily face)
Ingredients:
flavorless Milk of Magnesia
Instructions:
Apply a thin layer to the skin and leave it on for 20 min then rinse
Honey-Avocado toning mask from Philip B. (creator of Philip B. hair product)
Ingredients:
1/2 ripe avocado (peeled and pitted)
3seedless green grapes
1 whole egg
1 teaspoon mayonnaise
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon lime extract
In a blender, puree the avocado, adding grapes one at a time. When smooth, add remaining ingredients and blend on medium speed for 45 seconds. This formula will not remain homogenous; mix well before each application. Apply evenly to face, and leave on for 10-15 minutes. Make 1/2 cup. Cover and refrigerate immediately. Discard after 3 days.
Fruit Mask Exfoliator
Ingredients:
1 papaya
1 tsp honey
1 tsp lemon juice in blender.
Instuctions:
Mix all ingredients in blender. Apply and then wash off after 20 mins.
Nail treatment
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon of grapeseed oil
1 teaspoon of sweet almond oil
1 teaspoon of beeswax
2 drops each lemon, sandalwood, lavender, tea tree
2 vitamin E capsule punctured and squeezed into the jar (also function as
preservative)
I created this nail treatment because I love to carry my nail treatment oil
with me.
One day, the bottle broke....so....I decided to make my own solid nail oil.
Melt beeswax using pyrax glass in microwave. Add grapeseed oil and sweet almond oil. then Vitatim E and essential oil. Pour in to small jar.
Fingernail Treatments
Beat 1 egg yolk in a small bowl. Soak fingernails for 5 minutes. Rinse.
Cuticle Soak
1 tsp liquid castile soap
1 drop each lemon, lavender, and sandalwood essential oils
Add ingredients to a small basin of warm water and mix well. Add 2 drops of tea tree oil if suffering from a nail fungus problem. (or add one teaspoon of Aromatic Hand Soap) Soak in this mixture for five minutes to soften the cuticle and cleanse the nails. Gently push the cuticles back with a hand towel or orange stick wile they are pliable. Apply Nail Massage Oil as directed.
Banana Hand & Foot Cream
(Dry hands and feet will become smooth and soft overnight if you mix:)
Ingredient
Bananas
Honey
Lemon juice
Natural margarine
Smear on hands and wear white gloves to bed. Wash off in the morning. For
dry feet, smear the mixture on and wear heavy socks to bed, wash off in the
morning.
Honey Lip Gloss
3 tablespoon of beeswax
2 tablespoon of vasaline
4 tablespoon of any oil you like (grapeseed, peanut, avocado, jojoba, etc)
2 tablespoon of purest honey you can possibly find
3 capsule of vitamin E oil (act as preservative)
pure vanilla extract
litte bit of your favourite lipstick (for colour...pink, red, brown)
Melt beeswax and honey in top of double boiler. (or Pyrax glass and microwave will do) Remove from heat and add oils, vitamin E, and vanilla. Add lipstick until you get your desired for color. Store in jar. Transfer a small portion to a purse sized container for use when away from home. Any favorite essential oil may be added from fragrance
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