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[8 Feb 2012 | No Comment ]

* 1 Tsp of the above Old Fashioned Tooth Powder
* 1 Tbsp crushed ripe strawberries

Mix strawberries and powder into a paste and brush as usual.

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[4 Feb 2012 | 3 Comments ]

Cleopatra, Queen Of The Nile was known for her charm and beauty secrets. She would have approved of our version of the milk bath. Leaves your skin gently scented and feeling like silk.

Ingredients:

* 3 cups powdered milk
* 1/4 cup oatmeal
* 1/4 cup dried orris root (has a soft violet scent)
* 1/3 cup almond meal*
* 1 capsule vitamin E (break open into dry ingredients)
* 1/3 cup cornstarch

Directions:

Makes enough for a few baths. Combine ingredients make sure its completely mixed. Store in a container. When you are ready to add it to your bath, scoop the …

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[1 Feb 2012 | No Comment ]

Cleanliness is essential for maintaining healthy skin.
It is surprising how we can create problems for our skin without ever being aware of what the causes are.

Many people don’t realize how many times throughout the day they touch their face with their hands.
If our hands were totally clean throughout the day this wouldn’t be so much of a problem but this isn’t reasonable.
We touch everything from shopping trolleys to car steering wheels that are never cleaned.
We touch items in the office or in the workplace that don’t get cleaned from one month to the next.

All these …

Herbs For Health, Beauty, Skin Care »

[1 Feb 2012 | One Comment ]

Want a natural alternative to damaging chemical color treatments? Use lemon juice to bring out blond highlights in your hair. Combine the juice of 1 lemon with 1/4 cup of water in a glass jar, shake well and use as a rinse after shampooing. Rinse with cool water after 5 minutes. Lemon juice will also help treat an oily scalp.

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[31 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]

You’d think that we would all know how to clean our face; after all we do it every day.

During the course of our daily routines we get a build up of many different impurities on our face that can clog the pores and give us a washed out complexion.

These impurities come from grime, makeup, sunscreen, excess sebum and many other sources.
Some of these are a result of the area we live in and others are a result of the way we live.
Many of us touch our face throughout the day and many impurities that are …

Aromatherapy, Beauty, Skin Care »

[29 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]

* Rosemary
* Geranium
* Lemon
* Eucalyptus
* Lavender
* Tea Tree

27 Drops Equal Proportion of each Essential oil.

Add to:

* 2 ounces of Castor oil
* 1 ounce of White bees wax

Note: I have use it with grape seed oil to.

You can use this on people and Aniamls.

Lice, Fleas, & Ticks don’t like Lavender, Lemon, Tea Tree & Eucalyptus.

I bathe my dog in Lemon, Lavender, & Apple Vinger. You just put a couple drops of each in the water.

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[27 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]

As we age our skin becomes more fragile and the things that we once took for granted need a little more care.

The care that we have given to our skin when we are younger and the lifestyle that we lead will all have a bearing on the condition and the maintenance of the skin as we age.

Older skin will burn more easily when exposed to the sun and it will lack the elasticity of youthful skin.

This will lead to more facial lines particularly around the eyes, mouth and the forehead.

Often the skin will become sensitive …

Herbs For Health, Beauty, Skin Care »

[25 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]

Make a sage infusion and add half as much cider vinegar as you have infusion. Apply several times a day.

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[23 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]

Whisk one egg white until it thickens, then whisk in 1 teaspoon of honey. Finally add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply to your face and neck avoiding the delicate eye and lip areas. Leave it on for 10 minutes and wash with warm water.

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[23 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]

Boil three large carrots and puree in a food processor. Add 5 tbsp. yogurt and mix well. Apply in an upward motion, and leave on for 15 minutes, then splash off with warm water.

Makes a soothing, moisturizing mask that leaves dry skin soft and silky.

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