Lip Care Cosmetics

Lip Care Cosmetics

Fruity Lip Gloss

2 Tablespoons solid shortening 1 Tablespoon fruit - flavoured powdered drink mix 35 mm film container

Process:Mix shortening & drink mix together in a microwave safe bowl till smooth. Place in microwave on high for 30 seconds until mix becomes a liquid. Pour into clean film container, or any other small airtight container. Place mix into fridge for 20 - 30 minutes or till firm.

Lip Balm

This recipe will provide an inexpensive way to keep your lips soft in all kinds of weather.

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon glycerin 2 tablespoons honey

Process : Mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl. Store it refrigerated in a tightly covered jar. Apply this mixture for sore and chapped lips until the condition improves.

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Tooth Powder and mouth wash

Tooth Powder and mouth wash

Tooth Powder

Process:Your skin beauty has no meaning if your teeth are dirty. There is a simple way of preparing tooth powder at home. Mix bicarbonate of soda and common salt in 3 : 2 ratio. Brush your teeth regularly with it. Your teeth will look clean and white.

Mouth wash

1/4 glass vinegar 1/2 glass wine 1 glass honey 1 teaspoon powder of cloves

Process : mix all the above together and boil it for ten minutes. It removes bad breath.

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Eye Cream and Cuticle Cream

Eye Cream and Cuticle Cream

Eye Cream 1 tablespoon lanolin 1 1/2 tablespoons almond oil 1 teaspoon soybean flour 2 teaspoons cold water

Process:Melt lanolin on a medium heat. Add almond oil to it. Remove the ensuing thick paste from heat. Add soybean powder and cold water to it and stir for ten minutes. Do not mix scent while preparing the eye cream. It might affect the eyes. Using eye-cream is useful if there are circles or dark spots beneath the eyes.

Cuticle Cream

3 tablespoons lanolin 2 teaspoons china clay

Process : Mix the two, make it into paste and use for nails. There is another simple way of prepar¬ing cutical cream. Mix half teaspoon of glycerin in two tablespoons pure petroleum jelly. Use it on nails as cutical cream.

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Anti Wrinkle Cream

Anti Wrinkle Cream

Anti Wrinkle Oil 2 tablespoons lanolin 2 tablespoons almond oil 1 tablespoon apricot oil 3 teaspoons lemon Juice

Process:Mix lanolin, almond oil and apricot oil and heat it on a medium flame. When it melts add lemon juice and scent. When the mixture becomes a thick paste remove it from the flame and let it get cold. Apricot oil is used as it is full of vitamin A.

Anti Wrinkle egg Cream

2 tablespoons of cucumber juice 1 egg white 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon brandy ½ tablespoon sodium benzoate / or tincture of benzoin

Process : Beat the egg white and then gradually add all the ingredients. Then massage it into your face and neck. Leave it on for 10 – 15 minutes, than rinse your face with warm water.

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Nourishing Cream and Moisturizer

Nourishing Cream and Moisturizer

Nourishing Cream 2 tablespoons cocoa butter 2 tablespoons emulsifying wax 1 tablespoon bees-wax 4 tablespoons sesame oil 1 teaspoon almond oil

Process:Put all these ingredients together on a medium heat and stir it. When the mixture melts remove it from heat but keep stirring till it gets cold. While it is getting cold, add a few drops of scent. When a thick paste emerges, put it in a bottle.

Moisturizer

2 tablespoons bees wax 1 tablespoon liquid wax 5 teaspoons almond oil. 4 teaspoons water Scent or scented oil (a few drops).

Process : Melt bees-wax and liquid wax in a china bowl. Add almond oil to it. Heat water in another container and then mix it in the first mixture. Remember that both mixtures should be prepared at same temperatures. Stir the thick mixture with a wooden spoon till it gets cold. During the cooling process add scent.

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Cold Cream

Cold Cream

Method 1: 4 tablespoons almond oil. 1 tablespoon emulsifying wax. A little scent and a half cucumber.

Process: Peel half a cucumber and cut it into small pieces. Melt almond oil and emulsifying wax on a medium heat and stir it simultaneously. When the two get mixed completely, add cucumber pieces. Now heat the contents for one hour on a medium heat. Keep stirring it simultaneously. Then remove resultant thick cream from heat. When it gets cold fill it in a bottle.

Method 2:

You can prepare cold cream from marigold petals also. Take about fifty grams fresh marigold petals, mix it in two litres of water taken in a stainless steel pot. Put it on a medium heat, close the lid so that the steam does not escape. Melt emulsifying wax on slow heat in another pot. Now mix the contents of the two and heat it for about fifteen minutes. Let it get cold. Then fill it in a bottle.

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Skin Tonic and Skin Food

Skin Tonic and Skin Food

Skin Tonic Rose water is the best protector of skin. Rose water can be bought at any chemist shop. It can even be prepared at home. Mix two tablespoons of rose- essence in four and a half litres of pure clean water. Stir it. Adding a few drops of rose water in your bath water brings freshness.

Skin Food

2 teaspoons bees-wax 2 teaspoons emulsifying wax 8 teaspoons almond oil 4 teaspoons lanolin 4 teaspoons coconut oil 6 teaspoons orange flower water 3 drops tincture benzoin

Process : Melt bees-wax, emulsifying wax, almond oil, lanolin and coconut oil on medium heat and simultaneously stir it. Now add orange flower water gradually but keep on stirring. When the mixture becomes thick, remove it from the heat and after getting it cold fill in a bottle.

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Hand and Body Lotion

Hand and Body Lotion

Hand Lotion/Cream 2 tablespoons glycerin 2 tablespoons corn flour 1 cup rose water or orange flower juice

Process: Heat glycerin on a medium heat and gradually add corn flour to it so that the mixture gets thick. Remove this thick mixture from the heat and add rose water or orange flower juice to it. Keep stirring it for about ten minutes.

Body Lotion/Cream

1/2 tablespoon lanolin 1 tablespoon petroleum jelly 4 tablespoons mineral oil 8 teaspoons clean water 1 tablespoon rose water

Process : Melt lanolin, petroleum jelly and mineral oil on a medium heat. Heat clean water and rose water in another bowl. Mix the contents of two containers and stir till it cools down.

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Astringent Lotion

Astringent Lotion

Method 1: 2 tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons ground coriander seeds 2 teaspoons nutmeg 1 teaspoon cloves 4 teaspoons orange peels (small pieces) 8 tablespoons alcohol 4 tablespoons rose water 4 tablespoons orange flower juice 1/2 teaspoon benzoin 1/2 teaspoon storax

Process: Put all the ingredients in a large bottle and cover it with lid. Shake it. Thereafter for a week just shake the bottle twice a day in the mornings and evenings and keep it closed. After a week filter it into another bottle and keep in fridge.

Method 2:

To prepare another kind of astringent lotion, take out the white of an egg and beat it. 2 teaspoonfuls of cucumber juice, 1 teaspoonful of lemon juice and Little benzoin tincture.

Shake it well. In case your skin is oily, then put 1 teaspoonful of alcohol in it. This astringent lotion becomes more potent and it removes wrinkles.

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Cleansing Soap and Cleansing Cream

Cleansing Soap and Cleansing Cream

Apple Tart Soap Recipe 4 Unscented Glycerin Soap 1 Tablespoon Liquid Soap 1 Teaspoon Liquid Glycerin 1/2 Teaspoon Apple Fragrance Oil 2 Drops Red Food Color 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

Melt soap in small pan over low heat or in a glass cup in the microwave. Add liquid soap and glycerin and stir gently but well. Add fragrance, color and cinnamon. Stir and let stand a couple minutes, just enough to start to thicken so when you stir again the cinnamon will be more evently distributed.

Pour into molds. Allow setting completely (in or out of freezer). Wrap in plastic wrap or use cellophane candy bags.

Cleansing Cream

1/2 tablespoon bees-wax 1 tablespoon emulsifying wax 4 tablespoons baby oil 2 tablespoons coconut oil 2 tablespoons water 1/4 teaspoon borax (Boric powder) 1 tablespoon raw milk and a few drops of perfume.

Process : Take bees-wax, emulsifying wax, baby oil and coconut oil in a small china bowl and melt it on a medium heat. Heat water and boric powder in another bowl and mix it well. Add raw milk to it. Now remove both the bowls from the flame, mix the contents together and keep stirring till it gets cold. At the time of stirring add a few drops of scent to it. The resultant thick paste is ready for use as a cream.

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Home made Cosmetics

Home made Cosmetics

Ancient history is a witness to the fact that woman has always been preparing various homemade beauty aids to heighten her beauty. Now that cosmetics are being manufactured in our country, women are increasingly inclining towards them. But, with the soaring prices of cosmetic items, middle and lower middle-class women are finding them beyond their reach. People have now come to realize the importance of home remedies. These items have many advantages - they are less expensive, can be made easily and there is no fear of any chemical reaction.

Tips for Preparing Cosmetics

Correct ratio of different items for preparing various mixtures is very important. Below is given a chart of ratio: 60 drops = One teaspoon 3 teaspoons = One tablespoon 2 tablespoons = One eighth of a cup 4 tablespoons = One fourth of a cup 8 tablespoons = Half a cup 16 tablespoons = One cup High flame of heat diminishes the effect of various ingredients. Low heat is preferable. For liquifying oily substances put them in a small container or utensil, place the small utensil in a bigger one with hot water and keep it for a while. The raw material for manufacturing cosmetics at home should be purchased from a dispensing chemist shop. Prepare cosmetics in small quantities and keep the items cool in refrigerator.

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