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Fresh Skin Care You Can Make at Home!
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August 2010
Angelina’s Sunburn Soother - Rose & Lavender Vinegar
Rose & lavender vinegar is supremely easy to make and is the perfect formula to have on hand for those accidental sunburns. Here’s how you make it: get yourself a jar, fill it about halfway with dried Rose petals and lavender flowers, or all the way up with fresh petals and lavender flowers. Fill to top with a high quality apple cider vinegar ( I like Bragg's Raw Apple Cider Vinegar). Let infuse for at least two weeks, and preferably six weeks. A plastic lid will prevent the Rose & Lavender Vinegar from eating through the normal metal canning lids (turns your vinegar black too, very unpleasant). Your vinegar will turn a lovely shade of reddish pink to purple if you use colorful petals.
A cloth can be soaked in this lovely preparation (dilute to 1 part vinegar to about 7-10 parts water) and can be used placed on the forehead for headaches (especially heat caused headaches), wrapped around a sprained ankle or used to wash itchy bug bites and heat rashes. It excels at pulling heat from an inflamed area in a very short time. It is especially powerful at rapidly quenching the redness and pain from a sunburn in to time flat. In fact a medium sunburn, if caught within the first 24 hours, can be nearly erased in three or four applications of vinegar over a period of six hours or so. Even where there is threatening sun poisoning and blistering skin, it can greatly ease the pain and lessen the general trauma to the body. While not a replacement for emergency care in severe burns, it is nearly always incredibly helpful.
Sunburn Treatment
- First, do yourself a favor and don’t smother your sunburn in salve or oil. It just holds the heat in and worsens it, no matter how healing the herbs contained therein may be.
- Depending on the size of the burn, pour about 1/3 a cup of Rose & Lavender Vinegar into a bowl, then add several cups of water and mix thoroughly.
- Get a soft, absorbent cloth and dip into the liquid. Gently wring it out, being sure the cloth is still quite wet. You may want to use very large cloths/towels if the area burned is very large.
- Place the cloths over the affected areas, it will very cold at first but the cloth will rapidly become hot. Keep re-dipping and wringing as soon as the cloth gets warm. Depending on the severity of the burn, re-apply at least a dozen times during the first session.
- Let the skin air dry. For a medium burns, repeat the application about once every two hours. For severe burns, every hour. For light burns, as often as is needed.
- Before bed, a topical application of fresh Aloe Vera gel is helpful. Simply snip off a fresh leaf, fillet it lengthwise and squeeze the clear "jelly" onto the burned area.
- Keep up the treatment until the area no longer feels hot to the touch. If the burns are very severe and there is the possibility (or existence) of infection, dress the burns with honey between vinegar applications.
- Once the area has cooled off (and stays that way) it’s ok to use a Healing Salve or cream like our Goji Mate' After Sun Repair Mist or Lotion. Personally, I prefer the Radiance Serum- it seems to work like a charm in speeding the healing of sunburns (and I burn very easily) and prevents too much peeling.
January 2009
Angelina’s Honey Almond Facial Scrub
I have been making and using this lovely scrub for almost twenty years to keep my skin smooth, soft and glowing. It's easy to make and perfect as a weekly facial scrub, or in the shower as an all-over body scrub. No soap needed!
Indications:
For all skin types, as a gentle weekly exfoliating cleanser for face or whole body.
Ingredients:
Basic Mix
-Raw whole rolled oats (soothing, cleansing, exfoliating)
-Organic orange Rinds, chopped and fresh-dried (must be organic- commercial oranges are covered in pesticides and dipped in orange dye, then fumigated) (cleansing, exfoliating, remove excess oil, grease, grime and make-up)
-Raw almonds, chopped (moisturizing, exfoliating)
Additives (add just before use)
-Purified Water
-Honey (antiseptic, antibacterial, moisturizing, healing)
Optional:
-Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice (lightens age spots, discoloration and freckles)
-Rose Hip Seed Oil (high in Vitamin C, reduces scarring and wrinkles)
-Rose Essential Oil (helps reduce wrinkles & scarring)
Instructions:
Peel an orange, chop the rind into small pieces and dry thoroughly. Chop almonds. Place equal amounts of each Phase 1 ingredient in a clean coffee grinder and grind to your desired consistency. Check the grind size by taking a small amount and rubbing it on the inside of your wrist. You want it to be exfoliating, but not too rough.
Storage:
Store Basic Mix in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator.
Shelf Life:
Up to 6 months in the refrigerator.
Directions For Use:
Place a little Basic Mix in your palm or a small bowl and mix in Additives. Apply to skin with fingertips and gently massage in small circles, avoiding the delicate skin around your eyes. Rinse well with warm water.
Partners Well With:
Oily-Combination Skin:
Tea Tree Facial Toner
Rose & Aloe Moisture Mist
Green Tea Oil Free Moisturizing Gel
Normal, Dry & Mature Skin:
Lavender Facial Toner
Nourishing Herbal Face Cream
Copyright Angelina Organic Skincare 2000
Corns and Calluses
Treatments for Corns and Calluses
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Corns and Calluses Home Remedies
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Corns and calluses treatment using oils - To soften the corns and calluses try applying any of the following oils as much as possible through the day, day after day.
Wheat germ oil, castor oil, sesame seed oil, olive oil |
| Corns and calluses treatment using wet sand - Walking on sand with bare feet works well. It is better if the sand is wet. Wet sand acts as an abrasion that will help removal of the dead skin which causes corns and calluses. |
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Corns and calluses treatment using baking soda - Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda to a foot spa, basin or anything your feet can soak in. Fill it half way with warm water and soak your feet for at least half an hour. Then with a pumice stone carefully file away the hardened skin. |
| Corns and calluses treatment using onions - Choose an onion big enough to cover the callus area. Cut the onion in half and leave it to soak in wine vinegar for 4 hours. Apply the onion to the calluses and wrap your feet in plastic wrap. Leave this on overnight. The next morning the calluses should be soft enough to scrape away. |
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Corns and calluses treatment using lemon peel - Cut strips of lemon peel from 1 lemon and place the peel on your corns or calluses. Put a bandage on around the peel to keep it in place. In a few days the corn or callus will be gone. |
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Corns and calluses treatment using bread and vinegar - Make a poultice by crumbling a piece of bread and soaking it in 1 quarter cup of vinegar for at least half an hour. Apply this poultice to the corn or callus and hold it in place with plastic wrap. Leave this on overnight. In the morning the corn or callus should peel off. If the corn or callus is stubborn you may need to reapply the poultice the following night. |
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Corns and calluses treatment using pineapple peel - Cut strips of pineapple peel from a pineapple and place the peel on your corns or calluses. Tape it in place and within a week the corn or callus will be gone thanks to the enzymes and acid content of the fresh pineapple. |
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Corns and calluses treatment using a teabag - Apply a used teabag to your corns or calluses for at least half an hour a day. You will see them disappear within a week or two. |
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Corns and calluses treatment using brewer's yeast - Mix 1 teaspoon of brewer's yeast an a few drops of lemon juice till it forms a paste. Spread the paste onto a cotton pad and apply it to the corns or calluses. Change the dressing daily until the corn or calluses are gone. |
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Corns and calluses treatment using powdered chalk- Make a paste by mixing powdered chalk and a little water. Apply this to the corns and calluses. Do this every day until the corns or calluses have disappeared. |
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Corns and calluses treatment using papaya - Soak a cotton pad in pure papaya juice and apply onto the corns or calluses. Bind in place and leave overnight. Repeat this until it is cleared. You may also use papaya pulp straight onto the corns or calluses. |
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Corns and calluses treatment using dandelions - It is believed that Australian shepherds squeezed the juice from the stems of dandelions and applied it to the corn or callus every day until it disappeared. It usually cleared within a week or two. |
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Yogurt and Oatmeal Deep Cleansing Face Mask
Yogurt has been used for centuries for its health-giving properties. Here, live, organic yogurt is mixed with finely ground oatmeal and a little honey for an all-purpose face mask. This face mask is suited to all skin types, and is both cleansing and rejuvenating. If you have any doubt about which face mask to use, this is the one to go for.
Ingredients:
1 tbsp finely ground oatmeal
1 tbsp live, organic yogurt
1 small tsp honey
Instructions:
1. Place the oatmeal in a bowl. Add the yogurt and mix to a spreadable consistency.
2. Warm the honey in a small glass bowl. Pour into the yogurt and oatmeal mixture and blend the ingredients thoroughly.
3. Gently cleanse your face with warm water. To remove make-up, try our Undaria Face & Body Wash.
3. Immediately apply the yogurt and oatmeal mask to a cleansed face and rest for ten to fifteen minutes.
4. Finally, wash off the mask with warm water and apply a toner (and moisturizer.
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Carrot Top Facial Mask
(normal to oily skin)
Ingredients:
2-3 large carrots
4 1/2 tablespoons honey
Instructions:
Cook carrots, then mash. Mix with honey. Apply gently to the skin, wait 10 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.
Did You Know?
Carrots are native to Afghanistan. They were first cultivated in 500 BC in the Mediterranean regions. In approximately the 1600's they were introduced in Europe and England; ladies used the feathery tops as decoration for hats and wore them in their hair. Carrots grow in the wild and are more commonly known as Queen Ann's Lace. They are very high in vitamin A and a source of vitamin C, folacin and potassium Source: BC Vegetable Marketing Commission
Honey is primarily composed of fructose, glucose and water. It also contains other sugars as well trace enzymes, minerals, vitamins and amino acids.
Storage: Refrigerate, shelf life is approximately 1 week.
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