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CAUTION PLAY IT SAFE : The preparations of this site are given for information, in case of doubt consult your doctor. To clean the skin : Equal mixture of fresh cucumber juice and cultivated carrot juice. or Watercress fresh juice. or Decoction of elm, 20 g of bark for 1 liter of water, to boil 10 minutes.  To remove make-up : Sweet almond oil, 50 g of sweet almond crushed in a little rose water, supplement with 200 g of rose water, add 1 g of styrax benzoin resin. or Cucumber milk, decoction of 400 g chopped not peeled cucumber in one liter of water, boil 15 minutes, reduce out of pulp, add 30 g of sweet almond oil. or Maceration of comfrey, let soak one night, 150 g of root in 1 liter of water. or Decoction of kelp, 100 g of plant for 1 liter of water, let soak 2 h, then boil 15 minutes. or Infusion of pale rose water, 150 g of dried petals in 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 45 minutes, filter. or Infusion of marigold, 50 g of flowers for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 15 minutes. To soften : Chervil lotion, 50 g of plant for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. or Hyssop lotion, 50 g of flowered tops for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. or White pond lily lotion, 25 g of flowers pour 100 g of water, boil 20 minutes, filter, add 20 g of camphored alcohol. or elder lotion, 100 g of flowers for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. To invigorate : Lotion with roman camomile 50 g of flowers for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. or Hop lotion, 15 g of flowered cones for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. or Nettle lotion, 50 g of leaves for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. or Dandelion lotion, 60 g of roots for 1 liter of water, boil 30 minutes, let infuse 2 hours. or Fresh apple juice. or Common lime lotion, 60 g of lime flowers in 1 liter of water, boil 5 minutes. To relieve congestion : Fresh cucumber juice, mixed with a beaten egg white. or Fumigation of hazel tree leaves, to paper the bottom of a strainer with several layers of fresh leaves, put it on a boiling water pan to maintain very hot; to offer the face to the vapors. For fatty skins : Infusion d of yarrow, 50 g of flowered tops for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. or Water of cooked leek or cabbage. or Lemon juice. or Cucumber decoction, 200 g chopped not peeled cucumber for 1 liter of water, boil 15 minutes, filter. or Raspberry bush lotion, 20 g of leaves for 1 liter of boiling water, boil 10 minutes. or Mint lotion , 50 g of plant in 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. or Rosemary lotion, 50 g of flowered tops, for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. or Willow lotion, 50 g of bark in 1 liter of water, boil 10 minutes. or Colt's foot lotion, 50 g of flowers for 1 liter of boiling water, let infuse 10 minutes. For dry skins : Decoction of marsh mallow, 50 g of plant for 1 liter of water, boil 20 minutes. or Melon juice 200 g, mixed to 200 g of rainwater and raw milk, stir up before use. or Olive oil and sweet almond oil. or Decoction of common lime, 60 g of flowers for 1 liter of water, boil 10 minutes. Acne skins : Decoction of heartsease, 50 g of flowers and leaves for 1 liter of water, boil 10 minutes, filter. For gray and dull skins : Decoction of dandelion, 50 g of roots for 1 liter of water, boil 10 minutes, let infuse 15 minutes. To lighten complexion. To keep 20 minutes : Make a cream by mixing honey and lemon juice. or Make a cream by mixing lemon juice and egg yolk. or Cook 1 apple in milk, crush it, apply tepid. To rejuvenate: Cut a lemon in discs; apply to the face, protect the eyes by means of cotton soaked in an infusion of cornflower. Astringent masks: Apply a layer of medlar tree fresh crushed leaves. or Apply : fresh carrot, cucumber, fresh tomato out of discs, pulp, juice .... or Mask with honey, wild or cultivated grown lettuce. Anti-reddening : Apply fresh crushed butterbur leaves. or Cook a Solomon seal in the oven without water, then collect the interior with a spoon, crush it; Apply in layer. Lenitive and anti-wrinkles masks : White beet, chopped fresh leaves with a little sweet almond oil. or Quince pips, to crush 30 g of pips in 25 g of water, spread out over the face. or Flour of oats, of corn, of flax ; make a poultice apply tepid. Revitalizing masks : Fresh carrot pulp + fresh cream. or Fruits masks with honey or fresh cream : apricot, strawberry, orange. To wash very fatty hands : Decoction of wormwood, 50 g of flowered tops for 1 liter of water, boil 10 minutes. To protect the hands : Pure lemon juice, or fresh tomato discs. Bathe the hands in salted hot water, 80 g of salt for 1 liter of water then coat them with sweet almond oil. For damaged hands : Carefully coat the hands with a tepid oatmeal poultice. For swollen hands : Coat with a poultice made of with Indian corn flour and corn bran ; after 15 minutes, alternatively put the hands under hot and cold water during 10 minutes, finish by cold water. To sweeten the hands : German camomile lotion , d\E9coction of 50 g of flowers in 1 liter of milk. Care of the body : Before bath : Coat all the body with sweet almond oil, 45 minutes before bath. After the bath : Vigorously rub with a slimming tonic lotion of birtch, decoction of 150 g leaves for 1 liter of water, boil 10 minutes.  
WARNING Preparations of this site are given for information, in case of doubt consult your doctor. |