* If you have dry skin, mix together Sandalwood Powder, Milk Cream (malai) and a pinch or 2 of Turmeric Powder. Use this on your face and neck daily. This will give a glow to your skin softening it in the process.


* Apply a solution of 1 pinch of Saffron and a spoonful of Unboiled milk with the help of a cotton pad, on your face and neck continuously for 15 days atleast. This helps to clear up your complexion.


* Another recipe for dry skin, soak 1 tsp red Masoor Dal in a little milk overnight. Make a coarse paste a in the morning and apply on your face and neck for 20 mins and wash off. Substitute milk with rose water for oily skin.

* If you have oily skin, soak a little Moong Dal in unboiled milk and make a coarse paste. Use this paste on your face, neck and nape for 10 mins and gently scrub off. Wash and use your regular lotion. Scrubbing removes the dead cells from the surface of the skin and adds an instant glow.


* Another recipe for oily skin to make their skin glowing, mix together 1 tsp orange peel powder, 1 tsp fenugreek seed powder and a little orange juice. Apply on your face, neck and nape and scrub off when it dries.


* Take half piece ripe banana, mash it and add a little cucumber juice and apply on your face and neck. Keep it on for 30 mins and wash off.

* Mix together 1 tsp potato juice, a few drops of mosambi juice and few drops of cucumber juice, apply on your face and neck. Wash off after 20 mins.

* Soak 2 almonds in milk overnight, make paste in the morning and apply on your face and neck. Scrub off after 30 mins. Good for dry as well as normal skin.


* For bright and glowing body (skin), mix together besan and pure mustard oil. Apply on full body for 30 mins and scrub off. Once a week is good enough.


* Apply a mixture of honey and lemon juice on your face and neck. Keep it on for 15 mins and wash off. Honey is a powerful natural moisuriser and lemon is a natural bleach and astringent.

                In this post I am going to be sharing my Grandma's cheap and effective beauty recipes with you all. All ingredients used in these recipes will be readily available in your kitchen. They are harmless and have a backing of age-old experience.

               For Glowing Complexion:- Grind half a cup of yellow mustard seeds adding a little water in it, also throw in a few rose petals in it. Apply on your face, neck, nape, arms and legs or your entire body as you wish. Leave it on for 20 mins and wash off.

               For Dry Skin:- Massage fresh milk cream gently on the face and neck. It will nourish dry skin and will remove dead flaky skin. If done everyday, you will never grow old. It will preserve fine textured, soft skin.

              Removing Wrinkles:- Apply a paste of gramflour and raw milk on your face and neck. Wash off when it dries. After a couple of weeks you will find much improvement.

Soak 10-20 gms of dried amla (Indian Gooseberry) in 1/4th cup of water.Churn the mixture after half an hour and then apply on your face and neck. Wash off after 15 mins. You will find remarkable results.

              Curing Pimples:- Clean face with a cotton soaked in rosewater. Apply a mixture of turmeric and sandalwood powders on your face. This will not only remove the pimples but also brighten and soften your skin.

             To Get Rid Of  Dandruff:- Take a bowl of curd and leave it open for 3 days. After 3 days apply all over scalp and leave it on for 20 mins. Repeat this treatment for 2-3 days continuously for favorable results.

             For Cleaning Sparkling Teeth:- Burn rice husk on a griddle till it is reduced to ashes. Sieve it and store in a small jar and use as a dental powder.

             Hope you all enjoyed reading these tips and please don't forget to leave behind your precious comments :))

           

























                 I have received a lot of requests for tips on glowing and fair complexion. So here are some tips from the herbal diva Shahnaz Hussain which I have complied for you guys.

1. Avoid the sun as much as possible. Carry an umbrella ans put on your shades. Apply sunscreen on all exposed parts of your body before going out in the sun.

2. Whenever visiting a swimming pool, beach or a place receiving snowfall; use sunscreen as many times as possible because water and ice reflect more sunlight.

3. Grind to a paste or powder some sesame seeds. Add a little water ans sieve it, you will get a whitish liquid as residue. Apply this whitish liquid on your face and specially on sunburnt areas. The skin will become fairer.

4. To get fairer skin apply curd on the face and neck. Keep it on for 20 mins and wash off. Repeat thrice a week.

5. Regularly wiping face with unboiled milk makes the skin much fairer.

6. If your's is an excessive oily skin, use the following recipe to make yourself more fairer. Take equal amount of lemon juice and egg white, mix very well. Apply on the face for 20 mins and wash off.

  




















     

7. To make the entire body fair and glowing, mix together gramflour, curd and turmeric on whole body and face. Regularly use this mixture instead of soap while bathing.

8. Often arms, legs, knees and elbows become darker than the rest of the body. In this case mix together:- 1/2 cup papaya pupl, 1 tspn watermelon juice, 1 tspn lemon juice, white of an egg and 1 tspn honey. Apply this mixture where necessary, let dry and wash off.

9. If yours is a dry skin, mix together:- 2 tspn unboiled milk and 2 tspn potato juice. Chill and use as a cleanser with cotton pad to clean your face and neck regularly.

So try out these tips and do let me know how it worked for you. This post is dedicated to all who have been requesting for 'Tips for a fairer and glowing complexion'.