Recipes for Great Skin
You can make these special concoctions at home!
All Natural Oatmeal Cleanser
Using unprocessed oatmeal (not the instant type), grind to a powder and add enough cream or milk to make a fairly stiff paste. Rub on and into your skin. Rinse well.
Yogurt and Lemon Cleansing Milk
Mix together 1 tablespoon natural yogurt and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Use for oily skin.
Apple Facial
Mash 1 apple with 1/2 teaspoon cream. Add 1 tablespoon honey and 1 tablespoon ground oatmeal. Spread on face, leave for five to ten minutes, and rinse off.
Cucumber Moisturizing Cream
1 teaspoon white wax
1 teaspoon cocoa butter
1 1/2 teaspoons coconut oil
1 teaspoon lanolin
1/2 teaspoon boric acid powder
4 tablespoons cucumber juice
distilled water
Melt the wax, cocoa butter, oil and lanolin in a double boiler. Dissolve the boric acid powder in distilled water, previously warmed. Slowly beat in the cucumber juice.
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