With the availability of various types of commercial beauty products, our very own natural remedies for skin and hair care obtained from the bounty of nature, have been ignored and sidelined. Sadly, most of the time, it is too late to repair the damage, by the time we realize the amount of damage that has been done by these products. So, it will be a wise move, to get back to our good old natural beauty home remedies, to preserve our natural beauty, instead of clinging on to commercial chemical products, that are also quite expensive. Try out these beauty remedies for healthy, glowing, blemish-free skin, beautiful hair and gorgeous looking, healthy fingernails and toenails.
Natural Beauty Remedies
Natural remedies for beauty require the use of easily available ingredients, either by itself, or in a combination of a few ingredients. A few of these ingredients might already be available in your kitchen, or else they can be purchased from general stores and are also quite inexpensive.
Skin Care
Dry Skin
Use a natural skin care mixture of avocado oil and primrose oil for dry skin. Pour this mixture into a container and shake well. Apply it generously to your skin before a bath and let it stay for around 15 minutes before washing it off.
Oily Skin
For blemished oily skin, warm a tablespoon of honey and massage it well into damp skin, in circular motions for around 10 minutes. Allow it to air dry, then wash off with warm water and pat dry.
Exfoliation
Exfoliation is very necessary for skin care. Mix cup olive oil, cup shelled walnuts, cup oatmeal and 1 tablespoon honey in a food processor and store in a container. Use a generous amount of this mixture to exfoliate the skin before a bath, massage well and let it stay for around 10 minutes and then wash off with cool water.
Face Pack
Make a facial mask by mashing half a ripe banana, mix it with a little milk and apply it to your face. Let it stay for around 15 to 20 minutes, then wash off with warm water and pat dry with a towel. Follow it up with a moisturizer and use this facial mask at least once a week, for soft, supple skin.
Anti-Acne Face Mask
To make this natural beauty remedy anti-acne face mask, separate the egg whites from two eggs. Whip the egg whites using a blender until they turn fluffy. Apply this to the acne infected area, leave on for 20 minutes and then wash off with warm water and pat dry. This is a good natural acne cure.
Anti-Wrinkles
Make a wrinkle free skin care facial mask by mashing 2 unripe papayas, mix this with a teaspoon of olive oil and some milk. Apply this to your face and let it air dry for around 30 minutes. Wash off the mask with warm water and pat dry.
Cleanser
Make a natural cleanser for normal to oily skin, by mixing a cup of yogurt with some tomato juice and aloe vera juice, apply it onto your face and neck and let it stay for a few minutes. Wash off with warm water and pat dry.
Astringent
Mix 6 parts lemon balm, 4 parts rose balm, 1 part lemon peel, 1 part rosemary balm, 1 part lavender essential oil and one part vinegar and store it in a bottled container. Use this mixture over the face as an astringent whenever required. Make sure you shake the bottle well before use.
Toner
Make this natural beauty remedy toner by mixing cup tomato juice, cup cucumber juice, cup carrot juice, cup chamomile tea, cup spearmint tea and cup lemon juice in a glass jar and blending well. Refrigerate this mixture and use when required. Using a toner is essential for facial skin care.
Blemish Corrector
Mash 5 to 6 ripe strawberries, mix with a little yogurt and a few drops of lemon. Apply this mixture to damp face and massage it gently into your skin. Let it stay for a while, then rinse off with warm water and pat dry.
Dry Chapped Lips
Apply a paste made by mixing equal amounts of milk cream and glycerin to the lips, leave it overnight and rinse off the next morning. This is one of the most effective natural beauty home remedies.
Eye Care
Anti-Puffiness
To eliminate the puffiness from the eyes, peel a potato, wash and dry it well. Then grate the potato and make eye packs by filling in the grated potatoes in a clean cloth and make a poultice out of it. Place this on your eyelids for around 15 minutes.
Under Eye Dark Circles
Make a paste by mixing one teaspoon tomato juice, a pinch of turmeric powder, a pinch of gram flour and a few drops of lemon. Apply this onto the dark circles daily. Allow it to dry and wash off carefully with cool water.
Hair Care
Hair Loss
Oil
Make a mixture by boiling one cup mustard oil with four tablespoons of henna leaves. Filter this mixture and store in a container. Use this prior to hair wash, by applying a generous amount to the hair and scalp and let it stay for an hour or so. Rinse off with a shampoo. This is a very effective natural hair loss remedy.
Shampoo
To make a shampoo to fight hair loss, mix 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of gram raw powder and 5 tablespoons of curd. Apply it to the hair and rinse of after letting it stay for a few minutes.
Dandruff
Mix equal amounts of beetroot juice with equal amounts of vinegar. Apply it to the scalp and leave on for half an hour. Rinse with cool water and a good shampoo to reduce your dandruff.
Anti-dandruff Shampoo
Make a natural hair care anti-dandruff shampoo by mixing 1 tablespoon baking soda with warm water, apply it to the scalp, massage well and rinse off.
Dry Hair
Apply a generous amount of mayonnaise from the root to the tip of the hair and let it stay for 30 minutes. Rinse off with lukewarm water. You can also whisk an egg and add it to 2 tablespoons each of coconut oil and sesame oil. Apply this to your hair and let it stay for a few minutes before rinsing off with lukewarm water.
Thin Dull Hair
To add volume to thin dull hair, use beer as a conditioner after shampooing hair. Leave it on for 5 minutes and rinse.
Frizzy Hair
Make a hair mask by mixing one part olive oil to one part egg and one part mayonnaise. Apply this to the hair and let it stay for half an hour by wrapping hair in a towel. Rinse with cool water, shampoo and conditioner.
Oily Hair and Scalp
Mix a tablespoon of lemon juice with a teaspoon of aloe vera gel and massage it well into the scalp and hair. Let it stay for 20 minutes and then rinse off with a gentle shampoo.
Split Ends
Mix a teaspoon each of olive oil, mustard oil and castor oil. Apply it from the roots to the tips and massage well. Leave it on for half an hour and rinse off with lukewarm water.
Hand and Leg Care
Dry and Dark Elbows and Knees
Make a scrub by mixing the juice of half an orange to cup granulated sugar and cup olive oil. Exfoliate and massage the damp elbows and knees with this scrub prior to bathing and rinse off with warm water.
Brittle Nails
To treat brittle nails, apply vegetable oil and massage it well into the nails for a few minutes. Do not rinse off.
Stained Nails
Rub lemon juice into the stained nails and massage well. Do not rinse off and repeat this on a daily basis to get rid of the stains on the nails.
Dry Hands and Legs
Apply a generous amount of olive oil to your hands and legs prior to bathing and massage well. Leave it on for 30 minutes and rinse off with a mild soap or body wash.
Stinky Feet
Prepare a foot soak by mixing equal amounts of lemon oil, lavender essential oil and rosemary oil in a tub of warm water. Soak your feet in this for around 30 minutes, rinse off with clean water and pat dry.
Cracked Heels
Soak the feet in lemon juice added to warm water, scrub your feet with a generous amount of granulated salt and then apply a mixture of mashed ripe bananas and vegetable oil to the cracked heel. Leave it on for a few minutes and rinse off with warm water.
Try out these beauty remedies and benefit from the bounty of nature to gain fresh, natural and younger looking skin everyday.
