AGE ERASING SECRETS OF ASIAN WOMEN
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AGE ERASING SECRETS OF ASIAN WOMEN
The key to natural beauty is natural good health. Just as you care about what you eat, you can also ensure the pure goodness of what you put on your skin by making your own beauty treatments and cosmetics. Chef Devagi Sanmugam, share with you just how simple it can be to transform yourself into a natural beauty with a whole harvest of delights made from inexpensive, easily obtained ingredients - without harsh, irritating chemicals or additives.
CANDLENUT SCRUB
This scrub is very good for the matured skin.
6 candlenuts (buah keras)
1 tablespoon coconut cream or yoghurt
1 teaspoon caster sugar
METHOD
1. Pound the candlenuts and coconut cream together until you get a thick smooth paste.
2. Mix it with the sugar.
3. Rub gently over the entire body and then rub harder with the palm of your hand. The nut oil extracts the
dirt from the skin's pores.
4. Rinse under the shower.
COCONUT CORIANDER SCRUB
This scrub has got bleaching effects on the skin.
50 g grated coconut
2 tablespoons coriander leaves
½ teaspoon caster sugar
METHOD
1. Pound the above till fine. Use this to scrub the skin/face.
PIGMENTATION MASK
It lightens the skin.
2 tablespoons fine oatmeal
2 tablespoons yoghurt
2 tablespoons fresh tomato juice
METHOD
1. Mix well and apply on clean face.
2. Leave on for 20 minutes and wash off.
PAPAYA EXFOLIATING MASK
Helps to remove dead cells from the skin and give a glowing look
100 g ripe papaya
50 ml milk
METHOD
1. Peel the papaya and remove the seeds.
2. Puree the flesh in a food processor.
3. Press through a piece of muslin to extract all the juice.
4. Mix the juice with an equal amount of chamomile tea and stir well.
5. Using cotton pads, apply the lotion to the face and neck, avoiding any contact with the eyes.
6. Leave on for 10 minutes and rinse off with water.
HONEY AND TOMATO BLEACH
It gives you a smoother looking skin and also bleaches.
1 large ripe tomato, seeded and peeled
2 tablespoons honey
METHOD
1. Pound the tomato until pulpy. Add the honey and mix well.
2. Apply on your face, strictly leaving the eyes and the area around it. Rinse after 15 minutes.
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