Dark elbows

After squeezing a lemon dont throw away the cup like structure of the lemon peel. Pour a few drops of coconut oil into it and rub it on your elbows, knees and any other portion of skin which is darkened.....it helps lghten and soften the skin.

Some things for darks circles

Dont know how many of these tips really work...and also what I find is,...some of them work for some people and some dont..So I guess it also depends from eprson to person...Here goes...

In order to reduce dark circles under your eyes, Put a warm teabag on them.

Make a paste from a teaspoon of tomato juice, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, a pinch of turmeric powder and a pinch of gram flour. Apply under eyes for 10 minutes.

Grate some cucumber and freeze in an ice tray. Massage frozen cucumber cubes onto eyes to reduce puffiness and dark circles.

Apply cotton balls soaked in cucumber juice or potato juice around the eyes.

Add some mint leaves, lemon juice, and salt to tomato juice and drink.

Take some vasoline, put it on a metal spoon and freezes it for 15 minutes. Apply it to the eyes for a few minutes.

Increase fibre consumption to at least 30 gms a day, and drink at least two litres of water.

Hair and skin conditioning

1. After washing your hair pour milk all over it. Leave it for 2 minutes and then rinse it out for shiny long hair.

2. Soak a few almonds in milk overnight. Grind them and mix with honey. Use this as a face or body scrub.

3. You could add a little milk to your bath water and bathe normally for soft skin.
Use preboiled unpaturised milk as a liquid pack on your face. Milk is a natural bleaching agent and nourishes the skin. It is also a skin softener.

4. Skin glow mask: soak tamarind in water for sometime. Grind and mix it with little besan. Apply it on your face,body and hands. Keep it for 10 minutes and wash it off. Your skin will have a golden glow.

Known remedy for dark circles

Take two thin slices of cucumber on place on your eyelids for 10-15 minutes. This helps cool your eyes and pretty much lighten your dark circles.

No more puffy eyes N dark circles

Grate some cucumber and freeze in an ice tray. Massage frozen cucumber cubes onto eyes to reduce puffiness and dark circles.

Puffy eyes??

To get rid of puffy eyes and dark circles....Make a paste from a teaspoon of tomato juice, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, a pinch of turmeric powder and a pinch of gram flour. Apply under eyes for 10 minutes. Then wash it off. See the difference:)

Dark Circles

In order to reduce dark circles under your eyes, putting a warm teabag on them helps a bit. Just use the teabag right after making a cup of tea so its still warm.

Again a skin glow technic

Before getting ready for your bath, grind channa dal to paste an mix with a pinch of turmeric and a few drops of lemon juice. Also mix a few drops of milk and 2 tsp of coconut oil. Apply on face. Leave it for ½ hour. Then, gently wetting your hands, scrub off the paste. It will leave your skin glowing.

Improve skin blood circulation

To lighten and brighten the skin and improve blood circulation, fry 1 tsp of masoor dal in 1 tbsp of olive oil to red colour. Grind to paste in milk. Apply on face and leave till skin feels taut. Wash off and see your face glow.

Get a lighter complexion

To lighten your complexion, grind a couple of almonds in milk and apply on face at bedtime.

Get clear skin in a fortnight

you must increase your fibre consumption to at least 30grammes a day, and drink at least two litres of water, et voila, clear skin in a fortnight. Far more effective than silly epidermal applications. Perseverance needed though.

Petal soft skin

To make your skin soft, mix 2 tbsp of milk in 1 tsp of salt and apply on the face at bed time. This makes skin petal soft.

Dark elbows

To clean your elbows and knees and soften your skin rub then regularly with a mixture of dalia (broken wheat) or wheat husk, milk cream and lime juice.

Dark elbows

To get rid of darkened elbows and knees, lemon juice can be rubbed n them. Lemon juice with salt can also be used.

Glowing face

To get a glow on face, a weekly face mask of banana mixed with honey can be applied.

Dark Circles

Grate some cucumber and freeze in an ice tray. Massage frozen cucumber cubes onto eyes to reduce puffiness and dark circles.

Skin care - dark circles

To clear dark circles around the eyes, apply cotton soaked in strained tea liquid for 10 minutes.

Skin care - skin cleansing

To cleanse skin apply 1 tsp of milk with 3 drops of glycerin and 6 drops of rose water and leave for 20 minutes.

Pigmentation of skin

To lighten pigmentation of skin, apply the juice of cucumber, lemon and potato all mixed equally with ½ tsp of rose water and glycerin.

Wrinkles

Fresh cream (milk cream) left on face overnight (NOT FOR OILY SKIN) is an effective cure for wrinkles.

Skin care - Soft skin

Grind a few pieces of ripe papaya with a little milk. Add a tsp of honey or glycerin to it. Massage skin with this pulp for few minutes. Then wash off with cold milk. This helps to soften skin and keep it looking young.

Skin care - Stretch marks

To reduce the ravages of stretch marks mix
½ tsp full of papaya pulp
1 tsp of sandalwood paste
1 tsp of rose water
2 drops lavender oil
10 drops of almond oil
Apply to affected area. Keep it for 15 minutes. Wash with warm water.