Oils For Beauty

by **ANJANI TETLI** Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:53 am

For enhancing your good looks there is nothing like the ordinary
oil. Here are a few inexpensive beauty tips which will help you
maintain a flawless complexion.

In very
cold weather prevent the chapping of your skin by taking a teaspoon of
castor oil and mixing with it half a teaspoon of rose water. Apply on
the face and neck in the night and remove it first thing in the
morning.
To counteract sun-tan, mix olive oil with equal quantity of vinegar and apply the mixture an hour before you take your bath.
For counteracting a dry skin, soak a muslin cloth in warm olive oil and
cover your face with it after making holes for the eyes and nose. Let
it remain for half an hour and then wipe the face with a soft cloth.
Let the face remain as it is the whole night. Next morning, wash it
with warm water and splash on cold water.
An anti wrinkle cream
is made by mixing a, teaspoon of olive oil with an egg. Smoothen the
face and neck with it and let it remain till the skin gets dry. Then,
remove it with a piece of cotton-wool dipped in hot water to which a
teaspoon of soda bicarbonate has been added.
The best beauty mask can
be made by mixing a table spoon of gram flour with one fourth teaspoon
of orange peel powder, one tablespoon of beaten curd and one teaspoon
of olive oil. Mix well and apply the paste to your face and neck. Let
it remain till the skin starts feeling a little dry and then rub your
face with your hands till it glows. Wash your face first with warm and
then cold water. This removes all the,embarrassing blemishes from the
skin and makes it soft and smooth.
To improve a blemished
and discolored face, first steam it for 10 minutes. Clean your face
with a cleanser, wipe dry with a soft napkin and then apply a teaspoon
of olive oil mixed with half a teaspoon of lime juice. Let it remain
for 20 minutes, wipe with cotton wool and rub ice cube gently for five
minutes over the face.
To improve a dark and dull
complexion, mix a tea spoon of gram flour to which a pinch of turmeric
powder, a few drops of lime juice and half a teaspoon each of olive oil
and milk has been added. Leave on for half an hour and then wash off
with water.
Improve weak nails by applying baby oil mixed with white iodine on the nails and base of cuticles every day.
For lined and chapped lips the best remedy is to massage them daily at bedtime with baby oil.
Brush pure castor oil on the roots of your lashes at bedtime to make them grow long and thick.
Massage grey and wrinkled elbows every day at bed time with baby oil to make them soft and smooth.
Massage your face and neck every night at bedtime with baby oil to make it soft, smooth, glowing.
If the skin around your heels has become hard and cracked, scrub your
heels with a stiff brush using soap generously. Then rub them nicely
with pumice stone. Wash with water, wipe dry and then massage nicely
with castor oil.
To improve rough and dry
complexion take a teaspoon of almond oil and mix with half a teaspoon
each of cream milk and lime juice. Apply every night before going to
bed both on the face and on the neck.
An excellent
cleaner for a dry skin is made by mixing yolk of an egg with half a
teaspoon of olive oil and a few drops of lime juice. Apply on face and
neck. Leave on for 15 minutes and wash first with warm and then with
cold water.
To cure yourself of dry, itchy skin take cod liver oil at the rate of one teaspoon a day for one whole month.
To treat rough, dry skin around knees, elbows and heels massage these
areas regularly with a paste made of salt and mustard oil.
In the cold weather, take oil bath to prevent your body from becoming
rough and dry. Put two tablespoons of olive oil in your bath water
along with a few drops of your favorite Cologne. Your skin will turn
soft and glowing after you have had your bath.