If you want to lighten your skin tone

without spending oodles of money

then try out the cost-effective natural home-made treatments and enjoy the results in a matter of a few days.

Honey

Honey is your best friend and is an excellent ingredient for both your health and body. It is known for its constructive effect on your skin tone. Not just that, being an excellent moisturizer, it is regarded as an excellent acne fighting treatment.

Honey, for lightening your skin complexion, works effectively.

Blend half a tbsp of almond powder with one tbsp of honey with a few drops of lemon juice

apply this directly to your face. Leave the mass on your face for 5 minutes and then give your face a massage, so that the ingredients can penetrate your skin, and again leave it on for another 5 minutes. Cleanse it off with cold water and pat your face dry with a nice and clean towel. Repeat this treatment religiously everyday for one month and you will be surprise yourself to notice the distinct change in your complexion. You’ll be able to see excellent results effecting, within a week’s time

Almonds

Almonds, again, are remarkably effective in lightening your skin tone.

Add milk to almond powder and mix it till it blends well

then apply the mixture to your face. Leave it on for 10 minutes and then wash away with cold water. This is a daily recommended treatment in order to notice a lighter complexion getting lighter. Plus, if you want to strop showing aging signs early, try out this paste and feel the rejuvenation.

Lemon

Lemon juice is generally identified to be a skin lightening agent.

Mix equal amounts of lemon juice with rose water and use the formation as a toner

You will notice results after the first treatment itself, leaving the skin fresh and glowing. Apply it to your face at night and leave it there while sleeping. Wash it in the morning with cold water.
Lemon juice is also effect in decreasing the size of the pores on your face and is an excellent remedy against fight acne and blemishes. You can use this treatment on your entire body.

Have fun.

Schedule a time, make up your mood and spare yourself for a nice one-on-one with yourself, because every once in a while, we all need a good pleasant, relaxing time and special treatment.

This home-made recipe will give you the experience of similar to one in a professional spa and you will feel divine.

Ingredients:

1 cup strawberries or Blend strawberries or papayas
1 small bowl of yogurt

What to do:

Simple blend the strawberries or papayas with one bowl of yoghurt and there it is ready to be applied all over your body. Let it remain on your body for approximately 20 minutes, while you can listen to some nice music or inhale some exquisite aroma using aroma therapy. After 20 minutes, and rinse it away and amuse yourself with the nourished, moisturized and lighter effect it has on your face and body.

I recommend you do this once a week or whenever you are in the mood for a little pampering-yourself experience.

1. First of all soak you feet in this Cocktail Foot Soak which combines lemon juice, milk as mild bleaching agents as well as olive oil for moisture. What you need for this is

• 1 cup Lemon Juice
• ¼ tsp Cinnamon Powder
• 2 tbsp Olive Oil
• ¼ cup Milk
• Water

Squeeze out 1 cup of fresh lemon juice, add the cinnamon powder and olive oil in it and then add the milk. Mix it well. Fill a tub with warm water and mix this ‘cocktail’ into it. Put your feet into the water, sit back and let your feet soak for a good 15-20 minutes.

2. After that, take your feet out and wash them with mild soap, pat them dry with a towel and apply a moisturizing foot cream.

3. After you’ve soaked your feet, the skin will be soft and porous because of the warm water. You need to make this Coffee Scrub –it is amazing! What you need is

• 4 tablespoons of ground coffee
• 3 tablespoons of corn meal (or ground oatmeal)
• 3 tablespoons of sea salt or Epsom salt
• 3 tablespoons of Olive or Almond oil
• 2 drops of lavender oil for relaxation or peppermint oil for revitalization.

Mix all the ingredients well and scrub it onto your feet in slow circular movements. Lightly massage your feet with it. Don’t let it dry completely, but when you feel that you’ve massaged it into your skin, wash the scrub off with warm water and pat dry.

4. This is a very exciting recipe –Foot Lotion that you can make all by yourself! The things you will need are Almond Oil, Olive Oil, Lavendar Oil, Wheat Germ Oil and fragrance oil. Take a nice, washed and dried empty bottle, poor 1 tablespoon of each oil and a dozen or so drops of the fragrance oil. Close the bottle tightly and shake the bottle extremely well. Just rub the lotion into your feet after the foot scrub or after you have cleaned them. Rub it in well and get someone to massage your feet with this lotion.

It’s home-made and natural so there are no side-effects or chemical reactions to skin.

Wishing you had a life like hers? Well, day-dreaming is the only way you can have that …but, there is one thing which is possible…to become as beautiful as Cleopatra.

Want to know the secret behind her glowing, lustrous skin? Honey and Milk Bath! Yes, Cleopatra used nothing but honey and milk while bathing.

To have a beautiful, radiant, and baby soft skin, the following beauty care recipe is what you need to be the next Cleopatra:

Ingredients:

¼ cup honey

¼ cup milk (you can also use powdered milk, incase whole milk is not available)

Here’s what you have to do:

Blend together proper proportions of honey and milk and pour the crème mélange into your bath tub filled with lukewarm water. Honey and milk happen to be nature’s inherent moisturizers, which leave behind a soft and smooth effect on the skin, giving it a glowing look.

Try it and feel like a Queen yourself!

Beautiful hair bestows you with a sense of confidence. You can not only try the latest hair styles, but also feel self-assured and leave them untied, letting the wind kiss your locks. Unfortunately hair fall puts a stop to these intense needs of yours.

Many of us may have innate hair fall or baldness. Hair fall is tear-jerking factor for both men and women. No one wishes to be seen with falling hairs. It becomes embarrassing to face the world with this abominable predicament.

You have bared enough already, so get ready to deal with this vile unease. Here are few easy tips to lessen hair fall:

As much as you can, it is better to prevent your hairs from chemicals. But if necessary, don’t apply chemicals on your hair without an expert’s help or advice. With you being inexperienced, you can over apply the color and the chemicals they possess can damage the hair texture.

Eat healthy to have healthy hair; drink plenty of water, eat leafy vegetables, fruits, fish, eggs, drink fresh juices of spinach, carrot, capsicum, and avoid sugar, etc and avoid having vitamins A and E excessively. That, too, can cause adverse effects. We can’t afford more problems, can we?

If you notice excessive or sudden hair fall, see your doctor for hair treatment as some diseases such as diabetes, fungal infections etc, and certain medicines also a play a significant role in hair fall.

Don’t try just any hair style, for the mere reason that it’s in! All trends may not be healthy for your hairs. If the hair fall persists, you don’t want the ‘in’ thing make you avoid going ‘out’ forever.

Never tie your hairs too tight or use rubber bands for long hours.

Wash your hairs habitually and use conditioners.

Wear hats during athletics activities.

Hormonal changes cause hair fall after pregnancy. That’s not a frightening factor. With a healthy diet, you can recover the loss in no time.

Every healthy person loses 50 – 100 hairs daily and it is normal.

Only to lessen hair fall will not be enough. Speed up the growth of your hairs to minimize your difficulties. Here are some home remedies to aid you for getting healthy and beautiful hairs rapidly:

* Heat 50ml coconut hair. Mix it with garlic juice of three garlic flakes and four crushed peppercorns. Cool it naturally. Massage it in hairs regularly.

* Prepare the mixture of almond oil, olive oil and castor oil in equal proportion and massage it into the hairs.

* Add one spoon each of honey and cinnamon powder in 20ml olive oil. Mix well. Apply prepared paste on the scalp for 30 minutes and rinse it off. Repeat it after very three days.

* Add 20ml ginger juice in 10ml lime juice. Apply this mixture for 30 minutes and rinse it. Use fresh mixture once in week for four weeks. It will prevent you from allergies (itching, etc) and will accelerate hair growth.
* Massage the crushed garlic cloves in hairs once in two weeks.
* Apply Vera gel on your scalp and massage it.
* Mix Vera gel, coconut milk and any available wheat germ oil for preparing shampoo.
* Mix a raw egg yolk and two teaspoon olive oil and massage this mixture on your scalp once in week.
* Apply a good paste of onion on scalp for one hour. Rinse it and apply lemon juice to eradicate the smell of onion. It is a natural trick to circumvent baldness.

Take good care of yourself.