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Want a Beautiful Smile :)

Home Remedies for Teeth Whitening There are many teeth whitening home remedies. Many of them can help you acheive a whiter smile, but you need to be careful what suits you.  First you need to make sure about the following: Maintain a regular oral hygiene. Wash your mouth after every meals and brush twice daily. Use a toothpaste containing fluoride for healthy teeth and to prevent tooth decay. Hydrogen peroxide or baking soda when added to the toothpaste while brushing your teeth will help to whiten them. Use hydrogen peroxide in small quantity as if over done it can cause bruising in the mouth. Avoid any foods that cause stains on your teeth like tobacco, smoking, strong coffee, strong tea, colas or acidic juices.  Methods: BAKING SODA : An old-time favorite, it is well known for its ability as a cleaning agent to get rid of stains in the home, but it can also work great on your teeth as well. Most dentists agree that it's safe to use and works fairly quic...

Rose Water

ROSE WATER is one of the great beauty ingredient. For centuries, Rose Water has had almost magical properties and it has many benefits. Beautiful Skin with Rose Water Rose Water smells exquisite, is produced as a by-product of Rose Hip Oil by steam distillation of fresh rose petals. It contains pure natural rose oil. Rose water contains no artificial ingredients and is renowned as the most traditional of all facial cleansers.     Rose water has multiple beauty skin care uses. Use it for treating acne and skin irritations. Rose Water nourishes and hydrates your skin. You can use Rose Water in a facial or hair mask add Rose Water to your bath water and use Rose Water as a moisturizer after your bath. Rose Water Uses: • Great for all skin types. • Oily skin is balanced and toned • Sensitive skin is soothed and cooled • Normal skin is purified and cleansed • Mature skin is toned and rejuvenated. • Purifying, harmonizing, toning and c...

Collection of Useful Tips

Household Remedies Use White vinegar and water to clean glass For pans that have had food burned onto the bottom, apply a capful of ammonia, fill the pan with water and boil for a few minutes, it will soften all of that up so you don't have to throw out the pan. Dry or Chapped Lips Slather your lips with vaseline overnight to cure dry, chapped lips. Mosquito Bites To keep mosquitos away, use baby oil, they don't like to put their feet in it To help stop the itch of a mosquito bite, apply toothpaste (not gel) to the area To keep mosquitoes from biting you place a dryer sheet in your pocket For bites, apply hemmoroid cream Bee Stings/Bug Bites For a bee sting, apply baking soda compresses- the soda soothes the sting and draws out the stinger. Apply sliced raw garlic, which relieves wasp and bee stings; follow with an ice pack A baking soda compress helps a bee sting; if stung by a wasp, apply vinegar to soothe.   Hiccups The only real hiccup cure is ...

Nail Care

Home Remedies For Nail Care The following are some tips for achieving and maintaining healthy, attractive fingernails and toenails: Keep your nails and hands well moisturized. Moisturizers containing collagen and vitamin E are especially good for the nails. They are most effective if put on after soaking your nails in warm water and patting dry. File your nails in one direction only, not back and forth. Keep toenails clipped straight across, not curved or pointed, to avoid ingrown toenails. Also, do not clip toenails too short or clip them in at the sides. Use a fine-textured emery board, not a metal nail file. Metal files are hard on the nails. Moisturize and gently push back your cuticles. Do not cut them. a Do not manicure your nails too frequently or apply nail products too often. If ...

Pimple Scars

Home remedies are great when you don't want to spend money to buy those over the counter expensive products.  Get rid of Pimple Scars Apply cocoa butter Apply Vitamin E VITAMIN E Easily available in market ( best to remove any kind of scars ) Skin Care Remedy for oily skin: Make a homemade mask by combining one egg white and a teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply mask and rinse with warm water after 20 minutes For softer skin, steam your face over boiling water (drape a towel over head to hold in steam); remove dead skin with a loofah, drink lots of water To rid blackheads, mix cornstarch with vinegar, plaster on the area for 15-30 minutes; wash off with washcloth and warm water. To help skin glow, place hot towels on skin for 10 minutes, then splash face with cold water 10 times Rub cucumber peel (wet side up) on your face and leave on overnight to cure acne