Homemade Nourishing Creams
Oatmeal nourishing cream:
Ingredients:
- Take one cup of oatmeal.
- Take one tablespoon of honey
- Take egg yolk of two eggs.
- Half teaspoon of tincture of benzoin
- One tablespoon of lemon juice
- One cup of lanolin.
Mix together the beaten yolk of egg, honey, lanolin, lemon juice and oatmeal. Stir in the tincture of benzoin.
Message with this on face, neck and forehead with circular motion and keep it for ten to fifteen minutes. Then wash off with lukewarm water. It is very good for dry skin.
Marigold nourishing cream:
Ingredients:
- Five hundred grams of marigold flower.
- Take five hundred grams of vegetable lard.
- One teaspoon of tincture of benzoin.
- Take essence
- Five hundred ml of spirit of wine.
Place marigold flowers in a large glass jar and cover them with spirit of wine. Keep it in the sun for atleast a week. Shake the jar everyday. Heat vegetable lard and when it melts stir in essence. Add tincture of benzoin to preserve it. As it starts cooling pour into a jar slowly and mix thoroughly. It is good for oily skin.
Almond nourishing cream:
Ingredients:
- Take two tablespoons of sweet almond meal.
- Hundred grams of yogurt.
Mix almond meal with yoghurt. Apply it on face and neck and keep it for an hour. Rinse off with lukewarm water. It is good for dry and blemished skin.
Olive nourishing cream:
Ingredients:
- Take two tablespoons of olive oil.
- Egg yolk of two eggs.
- One teaspoon of lemon juice.
- Half teaspoon of tincture of benzoin.
Beat yolk of egg and mix olive oil, lemon juice and tincture of benzoin. It is very good for dry skin.
Cucumber nourishing cream:
Ingredients:
- Take four teaspoons of cucumber juice.
- Twenty five ml of distilled water.
- One teaspoon of tincture of benzoin.
Mix all these ingredients well. Place the mixture in the refrigerator for five to six hours before applying on the face and neck. Keep if for twenty minutes and then wash it off. This is good for all types of skin.
Glycerine nourishing cream:
Ingredients:
- Take two tablespoons of glycerine.
- Take two tablespoons of lemon juice.
Mix both the ingredients and use it like a cold cream for skin nourishment before going to bed.