Showing posts with label honey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label honey. Show all posts

Monday, January 31, 2011

5 Natural easy homemade facial mask for beautiful skin

There is easy, inexpensive facial mask that you can make from ingredients that are available in your home. The instructions are the same for every mask, you apply a thin layer of the mixture, in your face and neck, and you keep it for 10-20 min. Rinse after and apply a moisturizer. Here is few recipe that you should try.

OATMEAL AND YOGURT FACE MASK:  For any type of skin

1 tbsp of ground oatmeal
1 tbsp of yogurt
Few drop of warm honey

AVOCADO AND OLIVE OIL: For dry skin

1/2 avocado
1 tbsp of olive oil

Mash the avocado with the olive oil and apply to the skin.

EGG YOLK, OLIVE OIL, HONEY: For dry skin

1 egg yolk
1 tbsp of olive oil
Few drop of warm honey

EGG WHITE AND LEMON JUICE: For oily skin

1 egg white beaten
5 drops of lemon juice

BANANA, HONEY AND LEMON JUICE: For oily skin

1 ripe banana
1 tbsp of honey
Few drop of lemon juice

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Natural cough syrup

Regular cough syrup sold in pharmacy, have a lot of side effect and there effectiveness, are not proven. Here is what my pharmacist suggested for congested lung and cough  instead of buying the expectorant syrup:

A cup of hot water with honey and lemon.

I would also suggest the hot beverages of rosemary, thym and fresh ginger that I discuss in an earlier post.

Related article: Hot natural drink for cold and flu season