Skin Care Recipes and Remedies Blog

Sour Cream Hair Pack

Ingredients:
2 teaspoons of sour-cream
1/2 teaspoon of wheat germ oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Mix it all together, apply to hair and rinse off after 10-15 minutes.

Honey hair care recipes are versatile in that they can be prepared for any type of hair. Whether you have dry or oily hair, adding different ingredients to the honey base will give you the results you’re looking for.

A basic recipe for honey shampoo targets all types of hair. It is really a nourishing recipe that will benefit any hair type.

Honey Based Shampoo

Ingredients:

3 teaspoons of honey
1 egg yolk*
1 or 2 lemons

Get lemon juice ready before you start. Add honey and yolk and stir. Start adding lemon juice until the mass is consistent. Apply as a regular shampoo and rinse off.

* Always make sure you use fresh eggs

Hair pack for damaged hair (more…)

New research from Medical College of Georgia reveals anti-inflammatory properties of green tea that might help treat conditions such as psoriasis and dandruff.

Here are a couple of recipes containing green tea:

Simple green tea facial toner

Ingredients

* 2 teaspoons of powdered green tea
* 1/2 of boiling water

Preparation

* Steep green tea in boiling water for 10 minutes
* Let it cool and apply it on the face with cotton balls (gauze)

Daily use of this facial toner is recommended. (more…)

Over at Realself, there’s a post on benefits of strawberry and on strawberry skin care. Anna Kournikova apparently uses strawberries as part of her skin care. I am sure she uses only organic ones, though

Most of the strawberry masks I know of are highly recommended for oily skin and skin prone to inflammation as strawberries are known to cleanse the skin very well. (more…)