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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. 💗

Chamomile and Honey Skin Lightening Facial Serum – Do It Yourself

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Hi Everyone!

Chamomile is one of the greatest natural skin lightening ingredients which has been used in the preparation of skin lightening cosmetics for ages. I love chamomile flowers so much for their alluring beauty, fragrance and of course the skin benefits. Not just for the lightening results, chamomile has also been used to cure acne, rashes and redness on skin. While there are many whitening products available in the market, a homemade facial serum would help you in a natural way to achieve that lighter, spot free skin with fewer weeks of usage.

  • Read: Skin Whitening Face Wash Powder at Home – DIY


Of course, the results would not be dramatic, but chamomile extracts when combined with honey works effectively in lightening your skin tone. We are going to check a simple and natural skin lightening facial serum recipe with chamomile and honey below.

Ingredients needed: 

  • 5-6 crushed chamomile flowers
  • ½ cup of distilled water
  • 2 teaspoons of honey
  • Few drops of lemon juice (Optional)

How to Make?:

1. Take a sauce pan and fill it up with the distilled water. Bring it to a boil.

2. After the water boils, put in the crushed chamomile flowers and simmer the stove. Leave on for 5 minutes to let the water collect the chamomile extracts.

3. Now strain the chamomile extracts and also squeeze the flowers to get the extracts from them.

4. Add this fresh chamomile liquid extract to a small bowl and add honey, lemon juice to it. Blend well.

Your own homemade chamomile skin lightening facial serum is ready to use now! You can store this serum in refrigerator for 3-4 days but not more than that. The fresher the serum, the better it works.

How to Use?:

  • Cleanse your face with lots of fresh water and a gentle facial cleanser or just swipe your facial skin with clean cotton pad dipped in cleansing milk.
  • With the use of your face pack brush or your clean finger tips, smooth this serum over your facial skin in upward direction. Make sure to cover the entire area of your facial skin without leaving any part.
  • Leave on for 15-20 minutes and wash off with clean cold water.
  • Pat dry and moisturize your skin. Use this serum every other day to achieve visible skin lightening results fast.

Chamomile Flower – Skin Benefits:

  • Chamomile flower contains anti inflammatory properties that calms down and relaxes the skin.
  • It also contains anti oxidants such as flavonoids which are essential for the health of the skin
  • Acne, rashes and redness can be well treated with chamomile flower extracts.
  • The essential oil of chamomile has been used in cosmetic preparation for centuries due to its goodness on skin.
  • Chamomile cures sun burnt skin in a natural way
  • Chamomile prevents and controls bacterial infections on skin.

P.S: Oops! Don’t think that I missed my last board exam!  I didn’t 😛 I would have been writing my exam by this time when this post get published. I have just scheduled it! Miss ya all! I’ll be back to you by today evening. Babye! 🙂

Vedic Line Eucalyptus and Rosemary Moisturizer Review

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Hi all!

Today I will be reviewing a moisturizer from Vedic Line.

Price & Quantity: 

Rs.120 for 100 ml

 

Shelf Life: 

36 months.

 

My Experience:

Packaging: The product comes in a typical Vedic line transparent bottle package. The 100 ml bottle has a screw cap to the bottle which has flip cap on the top. When the product is about to be empty, open the screw cap and tilt it completely upside down. This will make it easy to flow out.

Color, Consistency & Fragrance: The moisturizer is pure white in color. It can be compared to the Garnier wrinkle lift cream (that old product which comes in a red package) for its texture; very thin like a lotion. It is non sticky and light.
Fragrance is the amazing part of this product. I love the eucalyptus scent. It is as though all other additional fragrance is hidden due to the over whelming eucalyptus scent.

How it works: Spreading the product on the skin is very easy. Usually moisturizers have an oily cast for soothing of the skin. But this product is not oily. It gets absorbed easily into the skin. It moisturizes my skin to a certain level. It has not reacted in any bad way on my face too. But I mostly use this moisturizer for my body. My skin needs reapplying after about 2 hours or so. When reapplied, it again gives a good relief with its scent. If u don’t like that disinfecting smell then this not the product for you.

Since this is not a heavy moisturizer, it will not suit for people with very dry skin and for those who live in areas with severe winter.

PROS:

  • Very good refreshing smell of eucalyptus is present in the moisturizer.
  • A decent moisturizer.
  • Easy handling package with screw cap and also flip cap.
  • Travel friendly bottle.
  • Light weight non greasy moisturizer.
  • Easily absorbed by the skin.

CONS:

  • Will not be helpful during severe winter.
  • Very dry skin people will not find this product mush useful.
  • Needs reapplication in just about 2 hours for my dry skin.
  • Some may not find the eucalyptus smell pleasing.


Rating: 3.5/5


My Recommendation:

Yes. I love the amazing smell of the eucalyptus in the product. It gives a great relief when used after bath.


Would I Repurchase?:

Yes. I have bought this many times again and again.

Sweet Coffee Moisturizing Body Scrub – Do It Yourself

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How about having a rich aromatic coffee body scrub done every weekend by yourself? Come let us discover how to prepare this yummy recipe with your kitchen ingredients. The wonder of this coffee scrub is that you don’t even need your moisturizer after scrubbing but still have a moisturized, baby soft skin. Interesting? Check the recipe below and have fun with moisturizing coffee scrub to have a beautiful soft skin!

Ingredients Needed:

  • A cup of coffee beans
  • A cup of sugar
  • A cup of creamy yogurt
  • 5-10 drops of olive oil
  • A scoop of milk cream (Optional)

Method?:

1. Fry the coffee beans in a plain heated pan (in low flame ofcourse) and powder them coarsely. Remember, the powder shouldn’t be very fine as it wouldn’t help much with scrubbing. Instead of preparing your own coffee powder, you can also get a ready made pack from the store but the reason I asked you to grind it yourself is, we only need a ‘coarse’ powder for this scrubbing purpose. Most of the coffee powders available in stores are fine and smooth so better spare some time to fry and grind the coffee beans at home itself.

2. Mix the sugar, yogurt and olive oil to the coarse coffee powder and blend well. If you have extremely dry skin then add a scoop of milk cream to this mixture.

3. All you will get now is a yummy smelling, coco-colored paste. If the mixture is extremely thick, then add a little more yogurt and make it a normal-thick coarse paste. Your yummy sweet coffee body scrub is all ready to use now!

How to Use?:

  • Dip a cotton pad in water and wet your body skin by wiping it with this wet cotton. This process helps with better scrub application.
  • Now take the coffee scrub bowl and apply the coffee scrub all over your body skin.
  • Start scrubbing your body skin gently. Be gentle on the sensitive skin areas and give some more pressure on the harder and rougher parts of the body such as knees, elbows and feet. This process helps removing the hard skin and dead cells from these parts.
  • After scrubbing for 10-15 minutes, close your eyes and relax. Let the aromatic moisturizing ingredients penetrate on your skin.
  • Later, wash your body skin with plenty of cold and clean water or take a shower.
  • Your luxurious coffee scrubbing process is finally done! All you see now is your refreshed, soft and silky smooth body skin. If followed every week, this body scrub will improve the skin complexion, removes uneven tone and removes sun tan naturally.

Note:  You can also add few drops of your favorite essential oil to this recipe for an extra aroma.

Do you use Coffee in your DIY Skincare Recipes?

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