Homemade Facial Scrub

An inexpensive facial scrub can be made with a paste of oatmeal and water. Apply to the face and allow to dry. Rub off with your fingers, using a back and forth motion. This scrub sloughs off dead skin, and gets rid of blackheads. --Mary Ellen's Best of helpful hints.

Add Sugar to Soap

Mix a teaspoon of sugar with soap lather and use the same as cleansing grains. --Mary Ellen's Best of helpful hints.

Toning Facial

Mix a teaspoon of lemon juice with two tablespoons of regular milk. Place in microwave for 15 seconds and apply to face - be sure that it isn´t too hot. Let it rest for twenty minutes, then wash with warm water and apply facial cream.

Lemon Egg-White Mask

Beat together the juice from half a lemon, strained, and 1 egg white for 3 full minutes. Apply to face, avoiding the eye area, and leave on for 30 minutes. Rinse with warm water and apply moisturizer.

Wake-up Call Facial

Mash together 2 Tblsp ripe avocado, 1 tsp honey, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp plain yogurt. Refrigerate for 30 min. Apply mixture to clean face and lie down for 10 min. Rinse with lukewarm water; gently pat dry.

Honey Facial

Mix one teaspoon of honey with two tablespoons of milk and heat it in the microwave for 15 seconds to melt the honey. Apply on to face, let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes, wash with warm water and apply moisturizer. The honey will mosturize and soften the dry skin area and the milk will nourish the regular skin area. Using it for an extensive time period can lightly whiten skin colour.

Natural Ingredients to Cleanse Skin

Buttermilk, yogurt and cream are natural skin cleansers.

Cucumber Avocado Facial Mask

Blend together 1/2 cup chopped cucumber, 1/2 cup chopped avocado, 1 egg white & 2 tsp. powdered milk. Apply 2 tablespoons of the cucumber avocado mask to your face and neck in upward circular motions. Rinse with warm water after 30 minutes and follow with a cold water rinse. Pat dry.

Balance your pH

Pour some apple cider vinegar into a basin of warm water and splash your face thoroughly. Air dry. Used once a day, this will restore the natural pH-balance or acid mantle to your skin. Good for acne sufferers. --Mary Ellen's Best of helpful hints.

Apple Cider Vinegar

Pour some apple cider vinegar into a basin of warm water and splash your face thoroughly. Air dry. Used once a day, this will restore the natural pH-balance or acid mantle to your skin. Good for acne sufferers --Mary Ellen´s Best of helpful hints.

Softening Facial Mask

In a bowl, mix a tablespoon of buttermilk and a teaspoon of honey. Apply to face and rest for 10 minutes. Rinse.

Ingredients to Soften Skin

Avocado, yogurt and honey soften and moisturize skin.

Ingredients to Exfoliate Skin

Ground oats and wheat bran are natural skin exfoliators.

Ingredients to Refresh Skin

Lemon juice, cucumber and mint are natural skin refreshers.

Mane-Moisturizing Yogurt and Egg Treatment

Shampoo hair and towel dry. Mix together 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 1 egg yolk and 1 Tblsp honey. Rub into hair, cover with shower cap and leave on for 20 min. Rinse, then shampoo thoroughly.

Home made facial

Give yourself a facial by stirring together 2 tablespoons of sesame oil or almond oil and a heaping teaspoon of sea salt. Massage the mixture onto moist skin in circular motions for two minutes. Rinse with cool water. --Cosmopolitan. Apr 99

Cooling Cucumber Deep-Cleansing Mask

Place 1 cup oats and 1 Tblsp wheat bran in blender. Grind to a fine powder. Add 2 Tblsp buttermilk, 2 Tblsp whipping cream, 1 1/2 Tblsp lemon juice, 1 Tblsp plain yogurt, 1 tsp fresh mint leaves, 1/2 med cucumber cut into small pieces. Mix until consistency is smooth. Apply to just-cleansed face and leave on for 10 - 15 min. Rinse with warm water.

Natural Ingredients for Shine

Egg yolk will make hair shine.

Ingredients to Moisturize

Use honey to moisturize and smooth hair.

Ingredients for Cleansing

Yogurt will clean and soften hair.