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Homemade Quick Scrubs from Kitchen Ingredients

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I am writing this post to help you out regarding natural and quick scrubs which are easily available in your kitchen. People who love their scrubs to be chemical free, natural, customized scrub according to ones skin type, gentle plus a bit strong scrub according to you convenience. It happens with everybody that we run out of our scrubs or for some or the other reason we cannot use it or don’t want to use it.

So, we will see how you can discover you own home-made, inexpensive, natural scrub? Below are the main ingredients which you can use to make your scrub.

Moisturizing Sugar Scrub:

Sugar comes very handy when it comes to scrubs. You can use it by adding few drops of lemon juice. It helps in getting rid of dead skin by giving you a soft skin also you can expect it to work on your tanned areas. For better result you can grind the sugar in grinder.

Anti Tanning Rice Scrub:

Get a powdered form with the help of your grinder now, add honey to the mixture. Your scrub is ready to use. This scrub will protect your skin from wrinkles, sun damage. Honey works as a moisturizer and it also nourishes your skin.

Rejuvenating Coffee Scrub:

Take some coffee powder and add your favorite oil (which suits your skin, if you want you can add honey as well. Let me tell you coffee also works as an anti-cellulite. It plumps up your skin, also acts as an anti-ageing scrub.

Baking Soda Polisher Scrub:

Make a baking soda scrub by adding rose water or honey or you can also use oil. You can customize it the way you want. You can also use it with your face wash. This scrub helps in dealing with acne problems; it fades the acne scars if used regularly. You can use it as a skin polisher by adding oil to it.

Facial Scrubbing – Some Points To Follow:

Do not use the ingredient which doesn’t suit your skin.
For better result moisturize your face by massaging it with the help of moisturizer or an oil.
Be gentle while scrubbing.
Do not rub your face with towel after washing it
Use a good moisturizer after scrubbing
Never ever step out in sun without your sunscreen
Do not scrub your skin frequently, twice or thrice a week is enough.

Scrubbing Ingredients Available in Kitchen:

You can use any ingredient to make your own scrub. There are no hard and fast rules. You can use ingredients like oats, salt (Epsom salt), gram flour, Asafoetida, green gram flour etc. Make sure you use the ingredients according to your skin type. Every time you don’t have to depend on the hi-end brand scrub to get a brand new polished, healthy looking skin. These can be used as a body scrub too.

How to Make Hibiscus and Green Gram Shampoo at Home?

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Friday is here and I guess you are waiting for a relaxing weekend. Are you reading for some Sunday pampering? Why not make a shampoo? Making your own shampoo at home is a simple and fun task to do at weekends. It saves money and of course your precious hair from harmful chemicals and preservatives present in your store bought shampoos.

Homemade shampoos might not be lathering that well or smelling better but they cleanse hair well and add lustrous shine to it in a very natural way. Now we are going to check an interesting shampoo recipe with hibiscus flowers, leaves and natural green gram powder. This recipe is again from my Amma (mom) 🙂

This shampoo cools down the scalp, clears out oil and dirt, controls dandruff and naturally conditions hair. Check the instructions below and make your own hibiscus shampoo in minutes! Let your hair shine naturally forever.

Things you will need:

A small bowl
1 cup of distilled water
10-12 hibiscus leaves
2 fresh hibiscus flowers
3 teaspoons of green gram powder
Few drops of jojoba oil

How to Make?

1. Take a small clean bowl and fill it up with one cup of distilled water.

2. Cleanse you hands and crush the hibiscus leaves and flowers well. Drop the crushed mixture to the bowl of distilled water.

3. Bring this mixture to a boil in simmer stove until the consistency is moderately thick. It would form a serum like consistency.

4. Now at this stage, switch off the stove and take the bowl off. Strain the flower and leaf extract and add the green gram powder to it. Blend well until it forms a smooth creamy paste.

5. Finally, add the jojoba oil to this paste and blend once again well. Your homemade hibiscus shampoo is ready to use now. If you don’t have jojoba oil, you can also use few drops of sweet almond oil or olive oil.

How to Use?:

1. After rinsing your hair with plain water or taking a shower, apply this creamy shampoo over your hair and scalp. Make sure to cover every single strand

2. Gently massage hair and scalp with finger tips for 3-5 minutes.

3. Leave on the shampoo on hair for 5 more minutes after massaging and rinse with fresh cold water.

4. After shampooing, condition hair if necessary and blow dry hair.

5. Soft, shiny and black hair is all yours now!

Ingredient Benefits:

Green Gram:

The green gram powder cleanses out the scalp well to get rid of excess dirt and oiliness. You can either buy green gram powder from shops or prepare your own by grinding dried green gram dhal at home.

Hibiscus:

Hibiscus is a natural cooling agent and it also works well to add that elegant shine to your hair! Hibiscus leaves and flowers are easily available. So why not to use them in your hair care regime?

Jojoba Oil:

This oil is used in this recipe to maintain the hair’s natural moisture balance. Jojoba oil is also proven to strengthen the hair strands naturally. If you have a really oily scalp, skip adding the oil.

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Homemade Castor Oil Serum for Eyelash Hair Growth – DIY

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Women spend a lot of money on buying mascaras and thickening eyebrow pencils but fail to realize that we can naturally volumize them with simple homemade recipes. Good nutrition and proper sleep prevents eyebrow or eyelash hair fall, other than that, this homemade lash serum helps a lot in the lengthening of eyelash and eyebrows with regular usage.

Lengthening doesn’t mean that the recipes make your eyelashes grow dramatically but for sure it prevents further eyelash hair fall and thus the hair in the lashes and brows grow stronger and thicker without any difficulties.

Things you will need:

10 drops of castor oil
3 vitamin E capsules
5 drops of gingelly oil
2 drops of almond oil
Old mascara & Eyeliner containers with applicator

How to Prepare?:

1. Clean the old mascara tube and the eyeliner tube along with the applicators. Dry them well to be without any moisture.

2. Use a needle to extract the oil from the vitamin E capsules. Keep it aside.

3. Mix all the other oils together and include the vitamin E oil to it finally.

4. Fill this serum in the cleaned old mascara tube and also the eyeliner tube. Shake well. (I will tell you later why I asked to fill the same serum in two tubes)

5. Store these in a cool, dry place.

How to Use?:

1. Cleanse your eye area. Use a good makeup remover to remove the eye makeup, if any.

2. Apply this serum on your eyelashes and eyebrows with the help of your mascara brush first. Then apply a thick coat of serum on your upper and lower lash line with the eye liner brush; by this way you are covering the entire area of your eyelashes improving the changes of fast growth.

3. Follow this process before going to bed at night.

4. Wash off your eyes with cold water in the morning.

Ingredient Benefits:

Castor oil contains omega-6 that does so much goodness for hair. The other oils help in nourishing the hair roots preventing them from dryness. They also balances the over density of the castor oil. This serum, when used everyday for 1-2 months show visible results on the thickness of your eyelashes and brows. Avoid contact with eyes but apply well in the roots of your eyelash hairs with the help of your mascara brush.

P.S: You need to remove all the eye makeup from your eyes before using this DIY eyelash growth serum recipe to get most of it.

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