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1. Scrub half a lemon on your face daily to bleach skin naturally. Lemon juice is a powerful bleaching agent that is widely used in various beauty applications for making the skin fair.

2. Lemon juice mixed with cucumber juice helps to lighten scars of the face.

3. Lemon can help you scrubbing off dead skin cells from your body. Sugar mixed with 2 spoons of lemon juice should be rubbed till sugar dissolves completely. The Alpha hydroxyl acids of lemon help in removing dead skin cells.

4. Apply lemon juice on your blackheads before going to bed. Wash off in morning. Lemon is rich with citrus acids that fight the oil that form blackheads on the face.

5. Mix equal measure of lemon juice, honey, vegetable oil/canola oil/olive oil well. Apply on your face and neck .Leave this preparation on for 10 minutes. Then rinse off with warm water. This mixture is a wonderful homemade moisturizer for dryness –ravaged skin.

6. Rub lemon slice directly on the skin and leave it on for 2 hours. Follow with olive oil after rinsing off .This process facilitates cell renewal process and reveal the fresh skin lying underneath. Lemon is enriched with the high amount of vitamin C that revitalizes your skin.

7. Lemon is a natural blood purifier that helps to fight various infections of the skin. Regular application of lemon juice speeds up the healing process of your acne and prevents it from recurring.
 

1. Moisturize: Yoghurt helps keeping skin moisturised and glowing. First, wash your face. And then apply natural yogurt over your face and neck. The yogurt will lock in the moisture from washing your face. Let the mixture refresh your skin for about 10 minutes, and then rinse it off. The lactic acid, a natural alpha hydroxyl acid, in the yogurt helps smooth and exfoliate skin.

2. Relief: To nourish sunburnt skin, add a few drops of soothing chamomile essential oil or lemon juice to about a handful of organic yogurt. Rub the calming mixture over your sunburned skin and let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes before rinsing it off.

3. Fight acne: Yogurt contains natural anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties which help to get rid of pimples and acne. Apply on cleaned skin for 30 minutes and then wash off. A regular beauty regime with a yogurt facial mask will help keep skin cleansed, which will also reduce irritating breakouts.

4. Reduce discoloration: When used regularly, yogurt has mild bleaching powers that can smooth out discoloration. Reduce blotches and age spots associated with sunburn by rubbing a few tablespoons of yogurt mixed with a squeeze of lemon juice onto skin for 30 minutes, and then rinsing off the mixture. Repeat three times a week.

5. Prevent premature aging: Naturally reduce fine lines and wrinkles from forming with an anti-aging yogurt mask. The lactic acid in yogurt will help dissolve dead skin and tighten pores.

1. Lemon juice also helps in whitening the teeth and fresh breath.

2. Drink warm water mixed with juice of one lemon juice in the morning to cleanse your system and spruce up yourself for the whole day.

3. To clean and shine nails soak up your nails in lemon juice for ten minutes. Then brush your nails with a nail brush or tooth brush with the mixture of half a spoon of vinegar and warm water. Then rinse off with warm water. This is like a homemade instant manicure.

4. For oily hair, add 2 spoons of lemon juice to the water you use for the last rinse. You hair will be shiny within few minutes with this wonderful beauty use of lemon.

5. Use the mix of 4 teaspoons of coconut milk and juice of one lemon. Apply this mixture on your scalp once a week. If used regularly, you will see gratifying results.

6. Rub few spoons of lemon juice with half a cup of olive on your scalp and then wash off to get rid of dandruff

7. Take ½ cup of honey, 3/4 cup of olive oil 3 spoons of lemon juice. Apply this mix on the hair after shampooing your hair. Leave it on for 30 minutes and shampoo as usual. Regular application of this hair pack breathes life into dull and damaged hair.
 

Following are believed to be highly effective in hair care:

1. Use amla oil regularly.

2. Use the boil concoction of amla, reetha and shikakai to wash hair.

3. Slightly heat olive oil or coconut oil, add a few drops of lemon and massage the scalp.

4. Raw cow’s milk can be used to massage the scalp in case of heavy hair fall. Wash with a mild shampoo when the milk dries.

5. Mix honey, olive oil and erandi ka tel and apply for half an hour. Follow it up with amla, reetha and shikakai shampoo to wash hair.

6. A teaspoon of black pepper powder in curd can be massaged onto the scalp to enhance shine and texture of the hair.
 

1. Nails should be kept filed and cleaned. This can be done by rubbing the nails lightly with an old tooth brush.

2. Apply almond or castor oil at the base of the nails. Nails remain strong and shining if nourished properly.

3. Scrub raw potato over finger nails to keep them clean and shiny.

4. In case of brittle nails, a diet rich in calcium and iron elemnts should be taken.

5. Wear rubber gloves whenever you use soap and water or do any kind of manual activity to prevent breaking and chipping of nails; and have them larger than your usual glove size.

6. Use your fingers, not your nails, to pick things up. If you have long nails, use the sides of your fingers.

7. Carry a small Band-Aid in your handbag. If a nail cracks, put it on immediately, then mend your nail as soon as you return home. You can buy a “mending kit” of some kind in almost any drugstore.

8. Do not bite nails.

Amla is very rich in vitamin C and is highly beneficial for both hair and skin. The following preparation of amla oil prevents hair fall, gets rid of dandruff and enhance the hair texture.

Mix 2 tsp. amla powder, 1 tsp. fenugreek powder and 1 cup of coconut oil in a saucepan.

Simmer the mixture over low heat until it turns brown, but not black.

Remove from heat; allow cooling and straining mixture into a bottle.

When ready to use, warm amla oil and massage into hair and scalp.

Wait 15 minutes, then shampoo and rinse hair thoroughly with warm water.

Following will reduce / avoid wrinkles and improve skin complexion..

1. The white portion in egg has the skin tightening agents. Whip it in a bowl and apply it on face after adding few drops of lemon juice and honey to it. Wash it with lukewarm water when dries.

2. Apply Sandalwood powder and rose-water paste to decrease the fine lines and tones up the skin and get a fairer tone.

3. Mash a papaya and apply the paste on the skin. Apply it as a pack on the skin. Let it be there on the skin for 20 minutes then rinse off with lukewarm water.

4. Soak some almonds overnight in water. Make a paste of them and add honey to it. Apply it on face and scrub off when dries. It is extremely good in adding life to your skin as it replenishes lost minerals.

5. A pack by taking equal proportions of calamine powder, sandalwood powder, orange powder, add honey to it, a pinch of turmeric powder to it and make a paste with raw milk. Apply it on face and neck and rinse off when dries.

6. Tomato juice is good for skin. You can add it in any of the packs and apply. You can even put it on the skin with a cotton ball. It tones up the skin. Reduces the pore size and make the complexion even.

7. Honey has toning properties. Take a spoonful of honey with some vitamin E oil or a vitamin E capsule to it, and add few drops of lemon and some milk powder to it. Apply it on the face and leave for 10-15 minutes. It reduces the blemishes and decreases the wrinkles from the skin.

8. Make powder of dry orange peels and apply it on the skin with milk cream. It decreases the wrinkles and clears the complexion.
 

1. For soft hands and feet, a mix of almond oil, honey, lemon juice should be applied and left overnight.

2. In every 15 days, soak your hands in a mix of equal amounts of vinegar and water to detain and clean the nails.

3. Heat olive oil with a piece of wax or camphor. When it cools down it can be stored to be used as an excellent hand moisturise

4. To keep feet soft, soak feet in warm water with a  teaspoon of salt and oil for 20 minutes. Follow up with applying fresh cream and leaving overnight. A mix of glycerine, lemon juice and rose water can also be an alternative.

To make lips pink, scrub them lightly with tooth brush to remove dead skin and apply petroleum jelly. Honey can also be put overnight to make the lips soft and supple.

1. For knees and elbow care-apply lukewarm olive oil. Follow it up with a basic scrub of besan turmeric powder and lemon juice after 10 minutes and then wash off.

2. Rub raw potato on knees and elbows to get rid of the tan and dirt and enhance complexion.

3. Cracked heels can be cured by soaking them in warm water each night. This should be followed up by massaging the heels with a pure wax boiled in mustard oil to be left overnight. Visible effects could soon be seen.

4. To remove dead foot skin soak in warm water ,also add a 2 tablespoon of vinegar and lemon juice.follow up with massaging with olive oil.

Squeeze lemons in the bathing water and add a table spoon of glycerine to form a soothing and cleansing bath wash, especially in summers. This will give you smooth skin and natural freshness..

By increasing the total hair health, Brahmi and amla hair growth pack helps avoid hair loss, hair thinning and dandruff. This has got medicinal value in Ayurveda. It is a known memory enhancer.

Ingredients:
brahmi powder - 5to 10 tsp.
amla powder - 3 tsp.
natural henna powder - 1 cup

Mix the ingredients by adding water and make a paste. Before applying this brahmi hair growth pack on hair apply some oil. Apply the pack for half an hour and wash off.