| Aloe Vera The sap from the leaves is soothing and healing. Avocado An excellent skin food with high vitamin E and A content. Borage Good for dry, sensitive skins. Calendula A healing herb for rough or problem skin. Chamomile A gentle, soothing herb that also softens and whitens skin. Comfrey A healing and soothing herb that contains allantoin, a protein which speeds up cell renewal. Good for rough and damaged skin. Cucmber A cleansing agent and toner. Soothing and healing. Dandelion Contains a rich emollient useful in cleansing lotions for dry, sallow skin. Elderflower A good tonic for all skins. Reputed to soften skin and smooth wrinkles, fade freckles and soothe sunburn. Essential oils These are excellent additions to creams and lotions. |
| Fennel Cleansing and soothing. Add crushed seeds to face packs. Purifies oily skin. Hens and Chicks A healing and soothing herb especially good for dry, sensitive skin. Ivy Relieves sunburn; helps to disperse trapped fluids and toxins in the fight against cellulite. Lady's Mantle A healing herb for soothing dry, sensitive skin; a good astringent for large pores. Lavender A gentle cleanser and tonic for all skin types. Lemon An astringent that restores the skin's natural acid balance. Linden tree blossom Softens the skin. Deep cleansing. Lupin seed A cleanser and pore refiner for oily skin. Marsh mallow A healing softener for dry skin, chapped hands and sunburn. Nettle A deep cleanser; very good for oily skin. |
| Orange flower An excellent skin tonic, said to help restore the skin's acid barrier. Also treats dry skin and broken capillaries and stimultes cell replacement. Parsley A conditioner for dry, sensitive and troubled skin. Peppermint An astringent which clears the complexion. Rose A soothing and gentle cleanser which has a softening effect on the skin. Rosemary An invigorating antiseptic which boosts circulation and deep cleansing. Sage A cleansing, stimulating astringent which tightens pores. Thyme A stimulating but gentle antisptic cleanser. Violet A gentle astringent. Watercress Expressed juice can help to clear blemishes. Witch hazel Soothing and astringent. Yarrow A healing and cleansing astringent. Good for oily skin. |
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| Hand Cream 1 tbsp beeswax 1 tbsp lanolin 1 tbsp cocoa butter 1 1/2 tbsp calendula oil 1 tsp glycerine 1/4 tsp borax 2 tbsp comfrey leaf infusion, warm 6 drops essential oil of pitigrain First: Melt beeswax. Melt lanolin and cocoa butter and gradually stir into beeswax. Second: Warm calendula oil and glycerine and slowly stir into the first mixture. Third: Dissolve borax in warm comfrey infusion and then add to the main mixture, stirring well. Continue stirring until thick and cool. Mix in essential oil. Spoon into clean jar and label. This mixture is wonderful for dry, chapped skin. The comfrey has a cell renewal quality. Both Calendula and Comfrey are nourishing and healing. |
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| Baby Soft Elbows & Knees If you have rough elbows and knees, just take half a lemon and rub the lemon into your elbows/knees, it takes away the old skin and cleanses, leaving your usual rough spots smooth. |
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| Silky Smooth Skin In the shower pour corn meal on a wet washcloth and after you have taken your shower as a finish, rub the corn meal all over your body for silky smooth skin. |
| Rose Moisturizer For Daytime Use 1 tsp beeswax 1 tsp lanolin 1 tbsp almond oil 1/2 tsp wheat germ oil 1/4 tsp borax 3 tbsp rosewater, warmed 6 drops essential oil of rose, or rose geranium a few drops red food color, if desired First: Melt beeswax and lanolin together, stirring constantly. Second: Warm the oils gently and gradually beat them into the waxes. Dissolve the borax in rosewater and slowly add to the oil and wax mixture, beating constantly until cooled. Sitr in rose oil as the mixture begins to thicken. Spoon into jar and label. |
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| Flaxseed Hand Cream 3 round tbsp. of whole or cracked flaxseed. 2 cups lukewarm water. pint apple cider vinegar 5 tbsp. glycerine (purchased at any Drug Store) Soak the flaxseeds in the water over night. The next morning the mixture is boiled and strained to remove as much of the mucilage jell as possible; then the seeds are thrown away. Add the vinegar to the jell, along with the glycerine. The mixture is then heated again to the boiling point and immediately removed from the heat. Take an eggbeater and beat the mixture for a minute or so to keep the glycerine from separating. Bottle. Dampen hands with solution morning and evening, thoroughly rubbing into the skin and letting the air dry them. You will experience a greaseless, silky felling on your hands. Soon they will be as smooth as satine. |
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