Tue 7 Oct 2008
This is a wonderful way of refreshing and reviving tired feet after a hard day.
Boil up a kettle of water, and pour it over any of the following herbs, 2 litres (8 cups) boiling water to 4 cups herbs: elder flowers and leaves, maidenhair fern, peppermint, pine needles, rosemary, sage, yarrow, myrtle, mustard seeds, comfrey leaves, or castor oil leaves. (more…)
Tue 7 Oct 2008
125 ml (1/2 cup)finely chopped or minced borage leaves
1 dessertspoon castor oil 125 ml (1/2 cup) oats
1 dessertspoon honey
Mix into a paste, adding a little hot water to the borage leaves. Spread over the hands, put on the gloves and keep them on for an hour or two, or overnight. (more…)
Tue 7 Oct 2008
Consider first the lowly lemon, one of my favourite fruits. Its place in natural cosmetics is paramount. The lemon serves as a whitener, skin softener, cuticle softener and remover, nail cleaner, smell and stain remover, and skin toner, restoring the acid coating the skin needs.
Once you have used lemon juice in cooking, save the squeezed halves. Dig your nails into it and rub the pulp and skin all over your hands, or feet, paying particular attention to rough heels. You can use up every bit of its goodness. (more…)
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