Beauty From Milk

by **ANJANI TETLI** Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:44 am

To make your skin soft and smooth dip a piece of
cotton wool in milk and pat all over your face. Leave on for half an
hour and wash off with water.
Mix two tablespoons
of milk in one teaspoon of salt and apply on the face at bedtime. This
makes the skin petal soft and silken smooth.
To lighten your complexion grind a couple of almonds in milk and apply on the face at bedtime.
To
brighten a dull complexion mix two tablespoons of milk powder with
enough hydrogen peroxide to a thick paste. Mix in a few drops of liquid
ammonia. Leave on for 15 minutes.
To improve a dark
and dull complexion soak bengal gram pulse (chick-pea) in milk
overnight. Next morning, grind to a paste and mix in a pinch of
turmeric powder and a few drops of lime juice and leave on for half an
hour.
To lighten and brighten your complexion take a
tablespoon of milk and mix in one teaspoon each of carrot, orange juice
and melted honey. Leave it on for 15 minutes.
An
excellent mask for a dry and blemished skin is made by taking a
tablespoon of gram flour and mixing in a big pinch of turmeric powder,
one-fourth teaspoon of orange peel powder, a teaspoon of beaten curd
and a teaspoon of milk. Apply on the face and neck. When the skin
starts feeling taut, rub it with your hands until it glows. Then, wash
with tap water.
To make the skin soft and smooth
grind one fourth tea spoon of chironji to a paste and mix with one
fourth teaspoon each of milk and curd. Leave on for 20 minutes.
Another
mask for making the skin soft and smooth is prepared by taking one
fourth teaspoon each of watermelon, cucumber and gourd seeds and
grinding them to a paste in milk. Mix in half teaspoon of cream or top
of milk and a few drops of rose water. Leave on for 20 minutes.
To
lighten and brighten the skin and improve blood circulation fry a
teaspoon of green gram in a teaspoon of olive oil to a red color, grind
to a paste in milk. Apply on face and leave on till the skin feels
taut. Then, rub the skin till it glows and wash off.
For
making the skin fair, grind as small piece of sandalwood in milk to a
paste. Mix in one fourth teaspoon of turmeric powder and leave on for
20 minutes.
To remove itching and other blemishes
from the skin grind one teaspoon of yellow mustard to a paste and mix
with a tablespoon of cream of milk and leave on for 20 minutes.
To
improve a dry and rough skin take two tablespoon cream of milk and add
a teaspoon of almond oil and a few drops of essence of rose. Leave on
for half an hour before removing with water. Besides using milk
externally, drink a glass every day in order to keep your teeth, hair,
nails and eyes in good condition and to put a glow into your face.