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Natural Home Made Beauty Recipes

Lemon-Tomato Hand Conditioner

2 tbsp. freshly strained lemon juice
2 tbsp. freshly strained tomato juice
2 tbsp. glycerine
2 pinches benzoic acid powder

Mix juices and glycerine together thoroughly, then stir in benzoic acid.  Pour into a bottle and shake well.  Refrigerate.

Dry-Skin Night Body Oil

1 tbsp. sesame oil
1 tbsp. safflower oil
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 tbsp. light mineral oil
3 drops oil of bitter almonds

Combine ingredients in a tightly lidded bottle and shake vigorously.  Smooth onto your skin a little at a time.  Bathe (or shower) in the morning.

Chapped-Skin Camphor Cream

1 cake (1 oz) paraffin
1 oz white beeswax
3/4 cup white petroleum jelly
1 1/2 oz. powdered gum camphor

Grate paraffin and beeswax.  Heat with the petroleum jelly in double boiler over a gentle flame.  When mixture begins to liquefy, stir in powdered camphor and continue stirring briskly until everything is melted and well blended.  Remove cream from heat.  Let cool and put into jars.

Toning Vinegar-Herb Bath

2 tbsp. dried thyme
2 tbsp. dried rosemary
2 tbsp. dried majoram
2 tbsp. dried mint
2 cups cider vinegar

Add vinegar to two cups of water and heat to near boiling.  Remove from heat.  Add herbs and let them steep overnight.  Strain liquid through double cheesecloth or a nylon stocking.  Store in a tightly lidded jar.  Pour into your bath water - about one cup of lovely liquid per bath.

Effervescent Bath Salts

1/2 cup baking soda
5 tsp. fine cornstarch 
1 tbsp. pine needle oil
6 tbsp. citric acid powder

Mix baking soda and cornstarch well.  Stir in oil, a little at a time, blending well before adding more.  Stir in citric acid.  Store in tightly closed jar in a dry area. (Must be stored in a moisture free area or it will lose its effervescence).  Add salts to your bath after you've gotten into the water.

Refreshing Salt-Starch Bath

1/2 cup Epsom salts
1/2 cup fine cornstarch
1/4 cup table salt

Pour salts and starch under tub faucet and fill to bath level.  Add a few drops of cologne.  Swish with hand to blend.  Relax!
 
 

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