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Yogurt Cucumber Parsley Facial Mask

Homemade Spa recipe for a creamy facial mask that leaves your skin soft and refreshed.

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp. plain yogurt
• 1 Tbsp. cucumber
• 1 Tbsp. parsley

Directions

Puree the cucumber and parsley finely and mix with the yogurt until smooth. Clean your face with a gentle Cleanser. Cover your face with this creamy mask.

This will rejuvenate your skin as it moistens. Leave the mask on for approximately 15-20 minutes for best results. Rinse with water. Follow with your favorite Moisturizer.

Orange Yogurt Mask

• 1 tsp plain yogurt
• 1 tsp fresh orange juice

Combine the yogurt and juice. Apply the mixture to your face. Rinse with plenty of warm water after 5 minutes.

Avocado Banana Facial Mask

Homemade Recipe for A Nourishing and Moisturizing Facial Mask for Dry Skin

Ingredients

• 1/2 overripe banana, mashed
• 1/2 overripe avocado, mashed
• 2 tbsp plain yogurt (not nonfat)
• 1 tsp olive oil

Directions

Combine ingredients and mix well. Apply to clean face and neck. Leave on for 20 to 30 min. Rinse with plenty of warm water.

Relaxing Facial Recipe

Homemade Spa recipe for a creamy facial mask that leaves your skin soft and refreshed.

Does a long hard day (or week) at work leave you tired and stressed out? I don’t know about you, but when that happens to me, all sorts of stuff happens to my face from wrinkles to dark circles. Not exactly the look I was going for. This relaxing facial recipe helps me relax and keeps my skin soft and smooth at the same time.

Ingredients

• 1 beaten egg (unclogs pores)
• 1 carrot (cooked and mashed)
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 avocado (peeled and mashed)
• 3 tbsp honey

Directions

Combine the egg, mashed carrot, cream, avocado and honey in a bowl. Make sure the carrots are cooled down before you add them, or they will start to cook the egg. Stir everything together with a fork until they are well combined. Of course you could also throw everything in the blender and combine it that way.

Spread the mixture all over your face, being careful not to get it in your eyes or mouth. Leave it on for about 10 minutes, then rinse the mask off with plenty of warm water.

You can repeat this relaxing facial mask weekly, or just throw it together when you need to relax and pamper yourself.

Peach Tightening Facial Mask

Is your skin not feeling quite as tight and firm as it used to? You don’t have to go out and spent a fortune on facial creams, masks and other commercial products designed to empty your wallet. Instead you can use this simple facial mask that uses just two simple household ingredients – a peach and an egg.

Homemade recipe for a facial mask made from peaches and egg whites that helps tighten your skin.

Ingredients

• 1 ripe peach - peeled and pitted
• 1 egg white

Directions

Cut the peach into chunks and throw them in your blender. Separate the egg and add only the egg white to the blender as well. Turn the blender on and let it do it’s thing until you have a smooth mixture of peach and egg white puree. Gently pat mixture over face. Avoid getting it in your mouth.

Leave on for 30 minutes. Wipe most of the egg mixture off with some paper towels or a washcloth. Rinse your face with plenty of cool water.

You can use this peach tightening facial mask about once a week to keep your skin firm and younger looking.

Exfoliating Tomato Facial Mask

Homemade Recipe for an exfoliating facial mask made from ripe tomato.

Ingredients

• 1 overripe tomato
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. instant oatmeal

Directions

Puree all ingredients in a blender.

Apply to your face and let it soak in for about 20 minutes.

Rinse with plenty of warm water

Apple Facial Mask Recipe

Homemade Recipe for an facial mask made from applesauce and wheat germ.

This apple facial mask recipe combines apple sauce and wheat germ into a rejuvenating mask that will make your skin feel refreshed and gives you that “glow”. The wheat germs serve as a gentle exfoliator and the apple sauce nourishes your skin. Not only will this mask leave your skin soft and glowing, the mask also smells great.

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp Applesauce
• 1 Tbsp Wheat Germ

Directions

Pour the apple sauce in a small bowl. Add the wheat germ and stir them together into a paste. Spread your apple facial mask gently over your clean face. Allow it to soak in for 15 minutes, then gently wipe the apple mask off. Rinse your face with plenty of warm water. Gently pat it dry with a soft towel.

Give your skin a chance to dry out completely, then apply your favorite facial cream.


Another Homemade Apple Mask Recipe

Take an apple, peel it and take the core out. Then, put the apple into the blender with some honey.

Apply it to your face and let it sit for 15 minutes. Wash thoroughly.

Carrot Avocado Facial Mask

Homemade Recipe for a soothing facial mask made from carrots and avocado.

Ingredients

• 1 large carrot, cooked and mashed
• 1 avocado, mashed
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3 tbsp honey

Directions

Stir all ingredients together in a small bowl.

Clean your face.

Apply the mask to your face and let it sit for 15 minutes.

Rinse with plenty of warm water.

Egg White & Oatmeal Mask for Oily Skin

Ingredients:

• 1 egg white
• 1/2 cup cooked instant oatmeal
• teaspoon olive oil
• fresh lemon juice

Mix all ingredients until smooth. Apply to your face and relax with a book for about 15 minutes. Rinse thoroughly.

Homemade Facial Scrubs & Masks

Make a paste from a little oatmeal and water. Apply to face and allow to dry. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Mash 1/2 banana and add 1 tablespoon honey and 2 tablespoons sour cream. Apply to face and let set for about 10 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Two tablespoons of cornmeal mixed with enough water to make a thick paste makes a great inexpensive facial mask. Gently apply to face and wash off.

In a food processor or blender, combine 1/2 cucumber, 1 tablespoon yogurt, a few strawberries, and 1 teaspoon honey. Apply to face and allow to dry. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Grind 1 tablespoon almonds into a fine meal in a blender or food processor. Mix almond meal together with 1 tablespoon honey and 1 egg white. Apply to face and let set for about 15 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

To loosen blackheads, combine equal parts baking soda and water in your hand and rub gently on your skin for 2 to 3 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Mash half of an avocado and apply to entire face. Let set for about 20 minutes and then gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Soak 1 cup dried apricots in water until softened. Puree in blender or food processor with 2 tablespoons skim milk powder. Apply to face and let set about 15 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Puree 1/2 peeled, sliced cucumber in a blender or food processor and add 1 tablespoon yogurt. Apply to face and let set about 20 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Crush a handful of strawberries and mix well with 1 teaspoon honey. Apply to face and let set for about 15 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Mix 1 1/2 teaspoons honey, the juice from 1/2 of a lemon, and 1 small carton plain yogurt. Stir in 1 whipped egg white. Apply to face and let set about 15 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp wash cloth.

Homemade facial cleanser

Homemade Facial Cleanser Recipes

Buttermilk and Fennel Cleansing Milk (For Oily Skin)

1/2 cup buttermilk
2 Tbsp crushed fennel seeds

Heat the milk and fennel seeds in top of double boiler for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the mixture steep for 2 hours. Strain, cool, pour into bottle and refrigerate. Keeps for 2 weeks.

Chamomile Cleansing Milk (For Dry and Sensitive Skin)

1/4 cup cream
1/4 cup milk
2 Tbsp chamomile flowers, fresh or dried

Heat all ingredients in top of a double boiler for about 30 minutes, do not allow milk to boil. Turn off heat and let sit for about 2 hours, strain. Pour into a bottle and refrigerate. Keeps for 2 weeks.

Kiwi Facial Cleansing Cream

1 kiwi, peeled
2 tbsp plain yogurt
1 tbsp almond oil
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp almonds, finely ground

Put the kiwi in a food processor and puree. Add yogurt, almond oil, almonds and honey. It will form a thick and creamy paste. Use like any facial cleanser. Rinse with plenty of warm water.

Fennel Thyme Cleanser

2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tsp fennel seeds
½ cup water
½ lemon

Pull the small thyme leaves off the stem, crush the fennel seeds. Bring the water to a boil and add to the thyme and fennel. Squeeze the juice from the lemon into the hot mixture. Let it steep for 20 minutes. Strain the liquid out, pour it into a clean glass bottle or jar and refrigerate until ready to use.

homemade natural shampoo

Homemade Shampoo Recipe

Natural Shampoo

• 1 oz. Olive oil
• 1 egg
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar.

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend until well combined. Use like regular shampoo. Discard any leftovers.

Homemade Conditioner Recipe

Natural Conditioner

• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 tsp olive oil
• 3/4 cup lukewarm water

Beat the egg yolk until it's thick and white. Add the oil and mix well. Then add the water into the egg mixture and mix well. Massage into clean, damp hair. Rinse with plenty of warm water after about 10 minutes.

Homemade Hair Rinse Recipe

Herbal Vinegar Hair Rinse

• 2 cups of cider vinegar
• 2 oz of lavender buds
• 1 tablespoon of glycerin
• 10 drops of rose geranium essential oil

Heat the vinegar to just below boiling point. Remove from heat and add the lavender buds. Pour the mixture into a jar and allow to age for a week. Strain the lavender out and add the glycerin and rose geranium. Store in the refrigerator.

Take 4 oz of your lavender vinegar and add it to 4 cups of warm water. Use this as your hair rinse.

Homemade Hair Spray Recipe

Lemon Hair Spray

This all natural hair spray will leave your hair with a light, fresh lemony scent.

1 lemon
2 cups of water

Cut the lemon over a glass bowl to catch the juice. Add the lemon pieces and the water to the bowl and set the bowl in a pot of simmering water. Simmer until the lemon water mixture has been reduced by half. Pour it through a piece of cheesecloth to strain out the lemon pieces. Let the liquid cool, and then transfer it to a clean spray bottle.

The hair spray will keep for up to a week in the fridge.

Homemade Toothpaste

In our quest to become more self reliant, we are always on the lookout for ways to make things for ourselves rather than buying them ready-made. Often the results are healthier for us and kinder to the planet — as well as costing less.Recently, I decided we should start making our own toothpaste. I have seen various recipies for toothpastes and tooth powders in books and on the Internet. This one, which I found on Path to Freedom, appeals to us because it consists of just a few easily obtained ingredients.

Toothpaste
6 teaspoons baking soda
1/3 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons vegetable glycerin
15 drops natural peppermint essence (optional)
Combine all ingredients, mix well, and store in an airtight container.

Note: Kevin and I like a thicker toothpaste, and don’t mind if it’s not very sweet tasting, so we halve the quantity of glycerin in each batch. Also, we like to make at least a double mixture, since the quantity this recipe makes is pretty small.
We get a lot of satisfaction from this toothpaste. It contains no saccharin, no artificial flavourings or colourings, no flouride, no sodium laurel sulphate, no sodium laureth sulphate. . . to name just a few of the less desirable ingredients that can lurk in commercial toothpastes. It’s easy to make, and our teeth feel shiny and clean after using it.
But what say we ran out of vegetable glycerin, or even baking soda? Or what if we wanted to buy even fewer ingredients? Then what? Well, we could always clean our teeth with salt and sage leaves. We bought a tiny sage plant at the market last Saturday, so perhaps we’ll be able to try this before too long.

mom method for homemade hair shampoo

1) massage with olive oil or mustard oil every weekend n i would take a shower the next day
2) use yogurt at first
3) or some times milk alone n massaged it nicely
then after 5 mins, apply the baking soda paste with water n gently washed all the scalp n finally rinsed with really cold water

~hair grew like a bamboo.it was till my knee’s n beautifull healthy n shiny-i never had a spilt end

Baking Soda and Vinegar Hair Wash

It’s time to wash my hair again. That’s not exactly breaking news (!), but I thought it might be a good moment to write a post about how we wash our hair here on the Farmlet.Since about April this year, I’ve been washing my hair with baking soda and vinegar.
How do you do this?
Just put a couple of tablespoons of baking soda in a dish, and mix with enough water to form a soft paste. Once your hair is wet through, apply the baking soda paste to your scalp (only the scalp, not the rest of the hair). Take some time to massage the baking soda into your scalp with your fingertips. Leave for a few minutes, massage a little more, then rinse thoroughly.
After washing out the baking soda, I rinse my hair with a solution of water and apple cider vinegar (about 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar, 3/4 cup of water). I don’t apply this solution to the scalp, only to the hair shaft — especially the ends. You can rinse out the vinegar if you want, but I like to leave most of it to condition the hair. Of course, I smell like a pickle for a while, but the odour disappears once the hair dries.
NB: Baking soda is a strong hair wash. It will probably dry out your hair if you are using it too frequently (I think this is also true of most commercial shampoos). The formula works best if you wait until your hair actually needs a wash — this might be about once a week, depending on your hair and your lifestyle.
This simple baking soda and vinegar formula seems to work fine for me (My hair is normal to slightly oily, with a tendency to get a bit dry at the ends.) Reputedly, baking soda doesn’t work too well on dry hair. People with dry hair might try using honey, which is a natural emollient, to moisturise the scalp. I’ve heard that this works, but have never tried it.
I wish Kevin and I had known before this year that we could wash our hair like this. It’s a simple, inexpensive trick that really works. Admittedly, Kevin and I are not very fussy about the state of our hair. We never bothered with designer haircuts, blow drying etc., even when we were not living out in the wopwops. Still, I think our hair is in better condition than it was when we were using commercial shampoo. And then there are all the dodgy chemicals and additives that we are not pouring onto ourselves and into the environment.

Homemade facial cleanser

Assalamualaikum wbt...

Too long time not writing here...

what is my new hobby??

It's about appreciating the earth natural gift..before this I used Mary Kay product which cost me about MYR 200++ for my skin face (it's good but too much cost) & using variety of hair shampoo but didnt satisfied with all of them. hence, I do not know how much chemical in those particular products which will of course can give lont term bad effect for human body.

so after my best friend introduced me with Olive Oil product Minsyam,, the cost is just about MYR 50 for suppliment and external use oil. after a week I can see my hair and skin no more dry Alhamdulillah. so my mind is up to opening into new thinking about natural earth source product. so I start making research using internet and the expertise in traditional+homemade product.

So my new vision start from Maal Hijrah (new Muslim year which is on 26/11/2011) is to start with a healthy life and appreciate the earth natural gift inshaAllah.

Homemade natural for face 

Cleanser
I just use papaya soap for face cleanser each night during shower.

Scrub
Blended lemon skin as scrub. It will make your face fresh and clean. for dry skin , can add cucumber skin and blend with lemon.

Masker

Mix an egg & 2 tsp honey, and put the mixture into the fridge. Normally I will prepare for 1 month mixture and put in the fridge. I will use the mask after going back to home once for 2 or 3 days and every weekend. can use about 30 minutes to 2 hours. can also sleep with it.

Moisture
I use Olive Oil for face moisture.Put some olive oil into your face to give moisture to the face skin. InshaAllah if you consistent using the Olive Oil, you will see the improvement of your skin face :)
but to follow traditional tips, don't wash your face with cleanser in the morning because it will skip away the natural good liquid produced by our skin. just wash with warm water and let the water dry by itself.


Homemade natural for hair

Hair shampoo

Blend some lemon skin with cucumber skin. apply to hair about 10 to 15 minutes..if your hair dry, add some cucumber skin. if oily, use more lemon.

Hair conditioner

1)Can use mayonnaise for 15 minutes before shampoo
2) olive oil + egg + virgin coconut oil + honey :- apply about 30minutes to hair before shampoo.
3) or can just mix egg+honey


Hair cream

can apply olive oil before sleep everyday. your hair will growth healthily



Homemade natural for body 

Body shower & Scrub

1)I can also use lemon skin+cucumber skin for body shower and scrub
2)I blend some lemongrass for a minute and cook until it boiled properly. can put into fridge.

Body shower herbs

1)I use the herbs buy from Ainaherbs at Selangor,Malaysia..it's originally extract from ginger, lemongrass and other herbs.


Body lotion

1)can apply olive oil to body before sleep
2) I use original aloe vera to body during weekend.

Body Suppliment

1)Eat some olive oil capsul and Habbatus Saude produced by Minsyam. or you can buy from other sources.
2) Also take 2 tsp honey each morning

Body Health

1) drink warm water
2) eat vegetables and fruits a lot