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Natural Home Made Beauty Recipes

Vinegar Astringent

!/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 tsp. cream of tartar
couple drops of pepperment (refreshes and lifts mood)

Mix the cream of tartar with water, blending until you have a smooth consistency.  Add the vinegar and pepperment.  Shake well.  Apply to your face with cotton pads.

Oatmeal Refersher-Cleanser

2 tbsp. ground oatmeal*
1/4 tsp. dried mint
2 pinches dried rosemary

Combine all the ingredients and then pour in just enough hot water to make a spreadable paste.  Gently smooth paste onto face and remove with a warm-water washcloth when dry.  Rinse well with cool water and follow with a brisk skin tonic.  See beauty pages 2 & 3.

*see recipe on beauty2 page
 

Facial Masks

Masking is the oldest of all the beauty arts, and for a good reason, too.  The top layer of skin cells is continually being replaced, but normal epidermal functions can be slowed down by an accumulation of dead cells.  Regular use of a facial mask removes these potential trouble makers.  It makes your pores appear smaller, and stimulates the circulation of blood to your face by bringing oxygen and other essential nutrients to the skin.  When used twice a week, and as part of an established health regime, a facial mask can give your complexion a beautiful glow.

Easy Directions For Masking

1)  Tie your hair back to keep it out of the way.
2)  Cleanse your face thoroughly.
3)  Apply the mask with light upward strokes to your throat and face.  Do Not apply to eyelids or the extra sensitive area under your eyes.
4)  Relax.  Pamper yourself while the mask is working - lie down or take a nice bubble bath.
5) Remove the mask as directed.  Make sure you get it all off.

Don't be hesitant to try masking.  It may not be pretty going on, but it sure feels and looks great when you're done.

Honey Softening Mask

1 tbsp. honey
1 tbsp. sour cream
cornstarch

Mix the honey and sour cream and add enough starch to make a thin paste.  Pat the mixture on with your fingertips.  After 15-20 minutes wash the mask off with a warm washcloth.  Rinse your face with cool water.

Blackhead Remover Mask

1/2 cup fuller's earth
1 tsp. tincture of benzoin
distilled witch hazel

Make an easy-to-spread paste by adding just enough witch hazel to fuller's earth.  Add benzoin and stir thoroughly.  Open your facial pores by steaming with a cloth wrung out with hot water.  Let mask dry and harden - about 30-40 minutes.  To remove, dip cloth in water as hot as you can stand and place on mask for a few seconds; then wipe off with a gentle rubbing motion.  Rinse with warm water.  Then with cool water.

Note:  This mask takes about an hour and talking will be impossible.  So you may prefer to ignore your doorbell and put on your answering machine.
 
 

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