- Name withheld
Take aloe vera gel, add a few drops of lemon juice and massage on skin; leave on overnight; this will help reduce marks and pimples. Never pinch your skin to extract the blackheads and whiteheads: steam face, and follow with a gentle scrub using oats powder and rose water. This scrub will loosen the blackheads. For dry lips, apply a thin film of coconut cream every night; this will help soften the skin.
- Nivriti
Coconut milk has both moisturising and skin lightening properties. Apply this daily on your daughter's skin, including on elbows and knees. After 30 minutes, take a little sugar and, with wet hands, scrub her knees and elbows gently; scrub her face too. Underarm hair is natural with puberty. Waxing underarms is best because it not only removes the hair, it also cleanses the skin.
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Thank you, my 12-year-old fan! Hope your mum can help you make a thick mask of almond powder mixed with coconut milk; apply on scalp, hair and skin. After 30 to 40 minutes, get into shower and scrub the scalp thoroughly; follow with face and body rinse. Do this treatment twice or thrice a week for hair, but daily for face. When going out in the sun, please use sun protection, minimum SPF 30.
My wife and I are regular followers of your beauty tips. I am a 37-year-old male with thinning hair; there's a bald patch on my crown area but there is sufficient growth on hairline. I drink at least 2 litres of water daily, exercise regularly, eat healthy, and there is no history of baldness in my family. Before moving to the UAE, I had thick hair. Kindly suggest some home remedies.
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Please rub onion juice on the entire scalp. It needs to be there for at least half-an-hour to help stimulate circulation and activate hair growth. Always wrap a scarf after you apply the onion juice for the treatment to remain in place and for it to work. I am sure you will be able to arrest hair fall, and new hair will also grow - but you need to do this regularly, and have patience.
I am a 16-year-old girl. I have dark circles around my eyes, which is making my whole face to look dark. I have hair on my upper lip, and would like a natural remedy for that. Also, I'd like to have a natural remedy for removal of hair on my legs. Thanks in advance.
- Ish
Dark circles are due to either poor diet, lack of sleep, inadequate water intake or too much time spent on watching television or working on computer - so, first, identify and correct this problem. Do eye exercises that will help improve circulation and lighten dark circles: clockwise and anti-clockwise rotation is an easy exercise and can be done anywhere; blinking is also an easy and effective exercise. Resting damp tea bags on the eyes helps stimulate circulation and lighten dark circles. Make a paste of almond powder, and mix with coconut milk; apply this creamy mask on the area, and gently rinse off with cold water when dry. Hair on legs can be removed by waxing. For upper lips, apply a paste made of aloe vera gel and a little sticky rice; when it dries, gently scrub against hair growth.
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