Food for the Face

INTRODUCTION

Having beautiful skin, complexion and body involves eating healthy and right
food. Some of the best beauty treatment and solutions are simple foods found in
our kitchen or grocery stores. These foods are easily available and cheap as you
can buy them during your marketing trip.

The best about natural foods is that these foods do not contain preservatives,
chemicals or irritant fragrances present in many commercial brands products.
These natural food can be used for natural remedies and improve our body
overall health. These foods also provide a quick beauty fix routine at the comfort
of your home.

Simply grab one of these foods from your fridge and start your health and beauty
treatment immediately.

* To be on the safe side, it is suggested that you patch test these foods to check
for any allergic reaction before spreading them over your face and skin.

TEA
Steep a pair of Earl Grey te bags in boiling water, run them under a tap n place them over your eyes for 10 min before night out.
Use 4 bags chamomile tea. Leave them to steep for 5 min then hold your face over bowl.
Freeze cooled chamomile tea in an ice-cube tray. When set remove cubes and run over your face.
Soak some gauze in cool green tea and apply on skin the way you would a toner.

OLIVE OIL
Heat a cup of olive oil in microwave for a few seconds . Massage onto dry areas of your skin.
Heat enough oil to half fill a small bowl use on hands and elbows follow by feet leave on for about 10 min for soft hands and feet.
Use it as conditioner leave on hair for 15 min before shampooing.

CUCUMBERS
Chop cucumber in drizzle add lemon juice and apply on your face for a cleaner face.
Cut 2 rounds of cucumber and place them on eyelids for tire eyes.
Rub down hot skin with a mixture of chopped cucumber, olive oil and plain
yoghurt.


LEMON

For sparkling teeth, mix one teaspoon of fresh lemon juice with one teaspoon of
bicarbonate of soda and half teaspoon of salt. Use like toothpaste – once a
week.

Lighten the skin and smoothens rough edges of elbows and knees. Cut a lemon
into two halves and rest your elbows in each half for 15 minutes. Or squeeze
juice of lemon and apply on your knees.


TOMATO

Peel a tomato and chop it finely before spreading on face. Work as an effective
cleanser and gentle astringent to tighten pores.


ORANGE

Squeeze juice of an orange and mix with a tablespoon of plain yoghurt. Apply on
face, avoiding the eye area. Rinse off after 10 minutes and splash face with cold
water.


POTATOES

A great way to get rid of dark undereye circles. Run a large potato in a blender.
Squeeze the pulp to get rid of excess juice and form two patties from it. Place the
patties over your eyes and keep them there for 10 minutes.


APRICOTS

Pound the kernel and add body lotion to blend into smooth paste. Use it as a
gentle exfoliator for face. Note the pip is the rough “seed” and the ivory kernel is
what you need when split open the pip.


MAYONNAISE

Massage mayonnaise into your hair after shampoo. Leave it on for a few minutes
before rinse off. You can also use mayonnaise as a lip mask. Leave it on for 10
minutes before removing with cold water.


AVOCADOS

Mash a ripe one and use it as a facial mask; rinse off after 10 minutes. To get rid
of puffy eyes; use a linen cloth, make a “moneybag” filled with mashed avocado.
Dab it gently on eyes.


GINGER

Chop ginger and mix it with body lotion for a facial scrub. Avoid the sensitive eye
area.



MILK

Soak a cotton pad with cool fresh milk and press it gently all over your face.
Besides protein to feed your face, it gets rid of dirt thoroughly.

Chill a cup of milk in the fridge before pouring the contents into a clothes spray.
Use it like a spritzer over inflamed skin.

Warm a bowl of milk in the microwave for half a minute and pour contents into a
clothes basin. Soak your feet for half an hour and then give it a good hard brush
to remove dead skin.


TURMERIC

Mix two teaspoons of turmeric powder and one teaspoon of honey with just
enough warm water to make a thick paste. Spread the mixture all over your face
and leave it on for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse off with water.


SUGAR

For a three-in-one pre-bath treatment; blend two tablespoons of brown sugar with
one teaspoon of fresh lemon juice and two to three drops of olive oil. Rub the
paste over rough areas like the knees and elbows. Citric acid from the lemon
unclogs the pores, skin-polishing sugar gets rid of surface dirt and olive oil
moisture the skin.


CHERRIES

Run about 10 unripe cherries in a blender. Mix the juice with a tablespoon of dry
oatmeal and use as a five-minute facial mask.


For the body; mix cherry juice with a tablespoon of sea salt and massage over
damp skin.


HONEY

Dilute one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of water then heat it in the
microwave for 10 seconds. When it’s cooled, apply on your lips and leave for 10
minutes.

To dry out pimples, pour out a teaspoon of honey into a bowl. Dip a cotton bud
into the honey and apply on the spots.


EGGS

For a temporary facelift, use just the eggwhite. Mix it with a tablespoon of honey
and spread over face and throat in an upward motion. Leave on for 15 minutes
and rinse off with warm water.

Whisk egg yolk with a tablespoon of olive oil and leave on your hair for a few
minutes before your shampoo. It makes a great hair conditioner.



PAPAYA

Mash half a ripe papaya with two teaspoons of honey. Apply to areas of face that
are prone to wrinkles such as between the brows and along the sides of the
nose. Leave on it for 10 minutes.