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About Lancy

Hi, I am Lanceek Cv. You can call me Lancy. 😊I found MABH as a teenager in 2011 to write about about beauty, haircare, and anything else I found curious about as a little girl. Now in 2026, the blog has grown with me. I'd love to share everything I find beauty in - my DIY projects, home decor, product reviews, food I cook, my random thoughts and hobbies. (hosting & antiquing lately).Write an email or drop a comment. I'd love for you to not be a stranger anymore. 💗

How to Make Tinted Beeswax Lip Balm at Home?

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In all the seasons, especially in hard drying winters, we everyone need a good lip balm to cover and protect our precious, soft lips from dryness. If it is a tinted one, that is even better about it for adding some natural colour to the lips without looking artificial. Not only in winters, summers too give us dry lips.. Don’t you agree? My lips were in a very bad condition due to this hard Chennai summer and that’s how I got a thought to prepare this DIY recipe home.


We fall for several store-bought tinted lip balms claiming to heal lips faster than any other but all left with us are no results, or low results. Some of them might not show up the tint properly or might also irritate your sensitive lips due to their artificial fragrance, colors and preservative contents. Here is a DIY lip balm recipe for you which you can prepare and store at your home in an easy and safest way with Beeswax. All you need for the tint is your favorite lipstick, that hasn’t irritated your lips before, to make your own tinted lip balm in minutes.

Recipe:

When you are not in a mood to go for a thick lipstick, still need that lipstick tint with moisturization, a tinted lip balm made of lipstick helps. It is not that hard to make a own tinted lip balm with your lipstick. The recipe takes just 2-3 minutes.

Things you will need:

  • An old lip balm container
  • 1 teaspoon of Beeswax
  • 2 teaspoons of Peppermint oil
  • Your favorite Lipstick

How to Prepare?

1. Melt the beeswax and peppermint oil together in a double boiler and switch off the stove soon after the mixture turns liquid.

2. Slice a small piece of your favorite lipstick and add to this melted mixture. Blend well with a spatula quickly without any lumps.  The amount of the lipstick varies depending on the pigmentation you need. Whether it is orange, deep plum or a bright pink, the lipstick you use here should have been experienced by you with no irritation or side effects.

3. That’s it. You made your own tinted lip balm.Now store this in your refrigerator and use whenever needed to add that natural, beautiful and subtle tint to your lips!

Tidbits to Remember:

1. Tub may be unhygienic to store when it comes to lip balm. No one likes to dip their finger every time to take the product out. Hence, if you are not comfortable with the tub, fill the lip balm in your old and clean lip balm tube

2. If you have extra dry lips, squeeze a vitamin E capsule and add the oil to this lip balm for nourishment and moisturization.

3. Usage of this lip balm more than 3 weeks is not advisable as it has no preservatives. Better prepare a small amount and finish it off within 3 weeks. You can make another new one easily within minutes for next batch.

Homemade Green Grape Face Pack To Cure Uneven Skin Tone

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 Hello everyone!

Green grapes – Do you eat them? Do you love them? I love munching green grapes while watching television or having a lil chat with my family members. The sweet, juicy and healthy green grapes can do favors for your skin as well; especially in this summer- to cure uneven skin tone caused by sun rays.


Is your skin getting tanned and uneven due to the harmful rays of this summer sun? Some grape fruits can cure this ailment. If they are combined with vitamin C extracts, then the combination can be even more beneficial. Check the recipe below and use it as your face pack twice or thrice every week to see dramatic results on your skin. Start loving green grapes more from today because they don’t just help you with the health factor, but also the beauty of your skin.

Ingredients:

  • 8-10 seedless grapes
  • A teaspoon of honey
  • A vitamin C tablet
  • Required rose water

How to Make?:

1. Crush and powder the vitamin C tablet and keep the powder aside.

2. Wash green grapes in water and mash them to puree.

3. Mix the teaspoon of honey and rose water to the pureed green grapes and finally add the powdered vitamin C capsule to the mixture.

4. Blend the mixture well until all the ingredients mix together. The green grape has anti aging and anti tan properties and the vitamin C works in evening out the skin tone with its natural bleaching citrus ingredients.

5. You can add little more honey to this mixture if you want extra moisturization as honey is our natural moisturizing ingredient in this pack. Rose water calms and soothes the skin.

6. Once you are done with mixing, your green grape face pack is ready to use now!

How to Use?:

1. Cleanse your face with water and a mild cleanser.

2. You can take a facial steam before applying this face pack for opening up pores that leads to better penetration, but make sure steaming should be done only once in 7-10 days.

3. After steaming, smoothly apply this face pack over your facial skin evenly and relax.

4. Wait for 15-20 minutes and allow the pack to penetrate and work on your uneven skin.

5. Later, splash cold water and wash the pack off.

6. Pat dry and moisturize! Soft and bright skin is all yours. Regular use improves the skin complexion and evens out the skin tone up to a great extent.

Skin Benefits:

1. Green grape juice excellently evens out your skin tone with regular usage.
2. Regular usage of green grapes on skin helps controlling premature wrinkles.
3. Green grapes naturally lightens acne scars, leaving your skin bright and glowing.
4. Green grape extract has been widely used in preparation of several moisturizers as it has intense moisturizing properties.
5. Sun tan and sun burn can also be cured gradually with fresh bunch of green grapes.
6. Intake of green grapes on daily basis speeds up your metabolism, resulting in clear and healthy skin.

Does Brevoxyl Peroxide in Acne Products Darken Skin? – MABH RBQ

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Sonia’s Query..

Hi Lancy,
I’m Sonia from Singapore. I heard alot about your home remedies and wished to contact you as I need urgent help regarding my skin.

I’m 19 years old. I had a few pimples here and there and I was very concerned about them. I quickly went online and ordered the regimen and acne curing products from one website. It worked for me. My pimples became lesser and lesser however free too. Weeks I noticed that my skin had become darker. I have fair skin. However now I’m two to three tones darker. The regimen I order has an ingredient called ‘Brevoxyl Peroxide’. Is it the reason for skin darkening?

I need your help urgently. I really wish to know how I can get my original fair skin back. I have some acne spots here and there as well. I will be so grateful to you if you can help me.

Thank you so much!

Reply to the Query:

Hi Sonia,
I completely understand your situation. Its great to know that the acne curing product you bought helped you to be acne free but the sad part is that your skin has gone three tones darker with regular usage of the product, as you said. I have gone through your query and surfed about it on net. Below are the details I gathered. Hope it will help you.

What is Brevoxyl Peroxide?:

Brevoxyl Peroxide has been widely used in acne scar removal products and acne reducing products. I hope you have heard about salicylic acid; Brevoxyl Peroxide is one kind, which helps in fading out the dark scars and helps in removing stubborn ugly bumps. It is a strong bleaching agent (I have no clue whether it is harsh or not!) which can fasten the fading process of your acne scars. Due to this property, you have got a pimple free skin with the regular usage of the product you have bought.

Does Brevoxyl Peroxide Darken Skin?:

No! Brevoxyl Peroxide doesn’t actually darken your skin however it may indirectly cause skin darkening. As I mentioned, it is a strong bleaching ingredient used in acne curing products. Once you start using a product that contains Brevoxyl Peroxide, you will notice good results on your skin. With regular usage, you will get a clearer skin tone but the problem is the ‘SUN’. Yes, sun is the black sheep here.

Your skin becomes more sensitive after using any ‘bleach’ product and thus it reacts very much to the harmful sun rays. This was the sole cause of your skin darkening. From this, it becomes clear that Brevoxyl Peroxide doesn’t darken your skin but it makes your skin over sensitive resulting in skin damage and darkness (Only if you expose it to sun or doesn’t maintain it properly)

How to Prevent Skin Darkening While Undergoing Acne Treatment?:

You MUST stay away from the sun when you are undergoing any acne treatment. That is the one and only way. No other excuses! Body heat due to sun may also result in skin darkening so wear a scarf or a cap whenever you are out in sun. A high SPF sunscreen lotion is a must too! Wear your sunscreen once every 2-3 hours if you are exposing your skin continuously to the sunlight. But it is better to avoid the hot sun completely when you are in your acne scare removal treatment to prevent skin darkening due to over sensitivity of the skin.

How to Get Back Your Original Complexion?:

You have mentioned that your skin has got dark with usage of the acne product you bought. Hence, stop the usage for a week to ten days. Do not use any harsh chemical based product on your skin during this period. Wash your face with a mild face wash and wear a healthy skin calming moisturizer. Apply chilled yogurt and sandalwood paste to your skin. They help in calming down your skin and reducing the extra sensitivity to sun. Apply a mixture of olive oil and honey may also help with the quick skin healing process.

Spray rose water on your facial skin 3-4 times in a day. Maintain your face soft and calm like a baby and it will return back to the original color 🙂 If still you are not satisfied with the results, you can use any natural skin lightening product to gain back your complexion. I suggest you to read this post on how to get back your lost skin complexion.

Hope this information will be useful to you Sonia! So don’t forget your sunscreen next time when you are undergoing any kind of acne scar treatment where there is a presence of bleaching ingredients 🙂 Better stay away from the sun to completely avoid skin darkening!

Do you have any ideas for Sonia to get back her original complexion? Any home remedies or product suggestions? Kindly drop in the comment section below and help her. If you want to drop a query to us, then go to the Ready Beauty Query section of MABH. Take care!