~ Glowing Brides ~

Is the paste with the ingredients itself or just the oil? Plus, what do you mean with steaming the hair? Plz, my hair is in a really bad condition, lost like 50% of it.

i live in germany..near hamburg..i asked in some indian shops bt they dont have it..where else can i get it?

can i get it from UK?

Re: ~ Glowing Brides ~

I have acne prone oily skin, but due to dry weather has got very dry...so I was planning to shop some good stuff, tht wud of course be expensive n then going for facials after quite long time. But meanwhile I came across a homemade facial for oily acne prone skin...I tired it n it was amazing, really my skin got glow n shine n its helpful to ance n scars too.
It consisted of
Cleanser/Scrub: -
2 tsp fine oatmeal
1 tsp baking soda
Mix oatmeal and baking soda, add enough water to make a thick paste. Rub over face, rinse, pat dry
Mask: -
1 medium size apple (grated)
2 tablespoons of honey
Mix the grated apple and mix with honey to make a mask. Smooth over skin then let sit for 10 minutes, rinse off with cool water.
For eyes I only used cucumber slices.
Toner: -
Rosewater. Apply it on face with cotton.
It makes skin so soft....
no need to moisturize the skin in the end.
And when I searched for some oil free homemade moisturizer this apple n honey mask is best moisturizer for acne prone oily skin.

Re: ~ Glowing Brides ~

^thanx for the recipes, i have same issue. due to cold weather my skin has become very dry. will try them out! :D

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im getting wrinkles on my cheeks :(

Winters and dryness does make u're skin appear patchy and "greyish" moisturise well and keep u're skin hydrated! A mask of milk powder, almond oil and honey is great too.

hello everyone
this is my personal reflection on this particular thread and i hope everyone is o with me posting it up. many thanks

tomato juice everyday!
apply ubton and Oil u're hair every alternate day
YA SHAFI and YA NOOR (at least 100-1000 times)
nutritional drink once a month
2 tablespoons ajwain
2 tablespoons methi dana
2 tablespoons kalonji
2 tablespoons green tea
4-5 mint leaves
Boil the above with 5 cups of water and drink them thruout the day.

pedicure and manicure
Use a "cooling" clay or mud-mask before the big day

Masks
2 tablespoons Besan, pinch of haldi, double cream-milk or full milk , lemon juice for oily skin (apply and leave on for 20 mins and wash off) 3 times a week.

Mix 1 1/2 teaspoons honey, the juice from 1/2 of a lemon, and 3-tablespoon yoghurt. Stir in 1 whipped egg white. Apply to face and let set about 15 minutes. Then wash off with lukewarm water.

1 tablespoon sour-cream or youghurt, 1/2 tsp lemon juice and a pinch of turmeric (leave on for 1/2 an hour)

Mix besan with milk and lemon.

Face Scrubs
2 tablespoons yoghurt, 1 tablespoon orange peel powder, 1 tablespoon brown sugar and scrub-off!

Rice-flour and milk (forms a paste) egg white and calcium tablet and rose water apply, leave on for 15mins and scrub-off!

ubtan and orange juice: lightens freckles, for the added glow (apply and leave on for 15 mins untill dry and then scrub-off)

Body scrubs
Milk Bath powedered milk honey citric acid Essential Oil (any of your choice) Oatmeal neemseed oil avocado oil or olive oil Salts(Magnesium sulfate (also know as Epsom Salt...Basically it detoxifies your body) lastly....I use caffieine powder

Breakouts
Cinnamon & honey in equal quantities over pimples and scars NOT used as a mask extremely good for uneven skin tones (apply and leave on for 20 mins and wash off)

Acne scars or any other dark pigmentation
2 tablespoons of Red sandalwood powder and 1/2 tsp of wild turmeric (kacchi haldi), honey and lemon for scars (leave on for 1/2 hour) use only on pigmented area's

To loosen blackheads, combine equal parts baking soda and water in your hand and rub gently on your skin for 2 to 3 minutes. Rinse with warm water

To tighten pores withch hazel or alum - phatkari

For **dark-circles **cucumber juice n mint juice and potato juice mixed with rosewater is ideal. Soak cotton pads with this and leave it for atleast an hour =)

**Ubtan **u can make at home is:

1 cup besan
1/4 cup milk powder
1/2 cup cinnamon
4 tblsps wild turmeric
1/2 cup almond powder.

Ubtan is bought in powder form to which almond oil or olive oil or rosewater, orangejuice, milk cream is usually added and applied (massaged) all over the face and body which is later scrubbed-off.

A gud ubtan wud include besan,haldi,gaisu flowers, sandalwood..orange-peel powder, rose petals, cinnamon, almond powder, almond skin powder, cucumber peel powder, multani mitti and 101 other things.

**Finally **i have a request for **GINA
**Please tell us how you make ubton for your self i remember reading that there is specific way of making it that you learnt from your training at depilex in which you add individual indgredients and grind them together.

I've given a basic recipe for it :) I'm not allowed to name all the stuff that goes into it.. there are 101 herbs and dried flowers that are used amongst other things.

Oh Mili! This is just perfect. I was looking at the thread & it has wayyyy too many pages. Thanks for summing it up :)

P.S Gina thanks a zillionnnnnn for all the tips. I m just confused abt what tip is ideal for what type of skin.

^ All u have to do is ask :)

Re: ~ Glowing Brides ~

îs honey gud for dry lips?

any replacement for almon oil?

n can u giv any tips involving fresh cream from fresh milk??

thanx in advance!

Honey is a great moisturiser.. in every way!

No replacement for almond oil :)

Cream, rosewater is an excellent moisturiser...

Blend cream and rose petals to regain the color of u're lips.

Cream and turmeric also add a glow to the face..

which cream?

"malai"

ok thanks..but yahan kaise mille gi malai?

ap kahan rehti hain?
i think if u heat any milk available to u,n leave it to cool u can get some malai :)

i live in germany..near hamburg..but i dont think our milk here has tht much malai.. but will try it thanks

Re: ~ Glowing Brides ~

grocery stores should have "cream" in the dairy section. Or you can use "half and half' milk...which is richer in fat than "whole milk"

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thank you.. will have a look next time in the dairy sect....we have her 3,5% fat milk(i think its whole milk) ,1,5% fat milk(semi skimmed)..would they do it to get malai?