I do home made scrubs - try a little say sugar or salt with your fav shower gel - if you dont smell or feel some huge chemical reaction on your hands - make a 500gm pot of this say
400gm sugar or salt
100gm shower gel
Use salt of sugar as you please - salt has antiseptic properties & use coarse suagr of salt progressively form the fine kind as you wish for more exfoliation action. the mixture is not a hard & fast 4:1 - its really up to you.
My slimming scrub: ( I took this idea from US magazines - Celebs do it too even with rolling pins for extra anti cellulite function)
coffee for brewing - get those really cheap ones SGD $3+/500gm kind
mix abit at a time or all at once
250gm coffee powder
100gm sugar fine or course
mix some in a plastic bowl/container with just abit of water & massage into wet skin,
Massage helps circulation, Coffee & sugar particles help exfoliation.circulation
Caffeine helps prevents cellulite - aids fat burning (alternative to caffeine slimming pills)
Sugar helps to mask - draw out impurities from the skin
Leave on if you can for about 5 mins - shower off - finish off with shower gel or soap as you wish.
REMEMBER to shower off with soap/shower gel & rinse your shower walls or bath properly to avoid feeding the ants!
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
DIY Fragrance POuches
Ingredients:
Rough paper (get those from the fax machines printed with advertisments discarded)
Fold it into a fashion you that & tape up with scotch tape - fill up with any baby powder or fragranced powders you like & seal with tape. Stash them in your cupboards, wardrobes, drawers, car & even your handbag.
As a simple gift you might want to use pretty paper - wrapping paper leftovers, pretty envelopes you cannot resist to keep can come in good use here.
Why is this simple & good:-1) powders are usually used on the body therefore quite safe, especially (i have 2 pregnant colleagues) - thus this was great as it did not cause them nausea & safe unlike moth balls - there was some report stating that moth balls in wardrobes can emit some chemical fumes which is bad for an airconditioned room - especially the bed room as the air not so 'fresh'
2) Powders absorb moisture somewhat - slight.
3) cheap & easy to make, toss after 1 mth or so. J & J lavendar baby powder is my favourite, its about SGD$5.50 or less for 2-500g bottles. so its much cheaper than other fragrances which can be too empowering - especially for headache & migraine sufferers who get fragrance triggers.
Asprin masking aka BHA & some home made masks
Beginners
Use one tablet 1st mix with drops of water in palm enough to make a paste & massage into wet – cleansed face leave on for about 1-2 mins rinse off.
If you don’t see redness or allergic reactions withing 2 days you can proceed to normal use.
Normal use
Use about 3-4 tables again make paste & put only face like a mask up to 5 mins.
Advanced user
Use up to 8 tablets mixed with water, moistuirser or see the thread some use yougurt but I personally have not tried.
Caution & notes:Redness or pinkness could be normal to some people if you have left it on for too long as the mask is essentially BHA which is fat soluble & penetrates the skin better to exfoliate or layman terms cleanse the shaft of the pore.
Its like being able to reach into your pore & clean it – on this mild basis cleansing from within will clear oil clots that will help in controlling oiliness, blackheads, white heads & pimples. But in the same line – initial breaking out might occur as the BHA is doing an initial cleansing routine so do not be alarmed.
Allergy note: There are some people are who allergic to BHA if you are sensitive try on the back of your neck the 1st time for allergy test if possible. I personally use Disprin 24 pcs is SG$3+ I remember at Unity Pharmacies, the 96pc pack is more worth at about SG$6+ but only if you are happy with the results then get the bigger pack.
Cheers & have fun!
Face mask:-8 Disprin asprin tablets some water Any Brand clay facial mask
Leg mask:-8 Disprin tabletssome water
The Skin Food whitening facial mask about 20 cm long squeese (available at Guardian)
Glad cling wrap to enhance the masking on the legs without grains drying off & dirtying the floor
Body mask:-16 Disprins
some water
35 cm long
The Skin Food whitening facial mask
enough for shoulders, arms & upper backClin wrap yr body if you like (like in slimming wraps) to enhance the mask & also keepts it wet longer & less mess too.Leave on for about 20 mins, & rinse off
Use one tablet 1st mix with drops of water in palm enough to make a paste & massage into wet – cleansed face leave on for about 1-2 mins rinse off.
If you don’t see redness or allergic reactions withing 2 days you can proceed to normal use.
Normal use
Use about 3-4 tables again make paste & put only face like a mask up to 5 mins.
Advanced user
Use up to 8 tablets mixed with water, moistuirser or see the thread some use yougurt but I personally have not tried.
Caution & notes:Redness or pinkness could be normal to some people if you have left it on for too long as the mask is essentially BHA which is fat soluble & penetrates the skin better to exfoliate or layman terms cleanse the shaft of the pore.
Its like being able to reach into your pore & clean it – on this mild basis cleansing from within will clear oil clots that will help in controlling oiliness, blackheads, white heads & pimples. But in the same line – initial breaking out might occur as the BHA is doing an initial cleansing routine so do not be alarmed.
Allergy note: There are some people are who allergic to BHA if you are sensitive try on the back of your neck the 1st time for allergy test if possible. I personally use Disprin 24 pcs is SG$3+ I remember at Unity Pharmacies, the 96pc pack is more worth at about SG$6+ but only if you are happy with the results then get the bigger pack.
Cheers & have fun!
Face mask:-8 Disprin asprin tablets some water Any Brand clay facial mask
Leg mask:-8 Disprin tabletssome water
The Skin Food whitening facial mask about 20 cm long squeese (available at Guardian)
Glad cling wrap to enhance the masking on the legs without grains drying off & dirtying the floor
Body mask:-16 Disprins
some water
35 cm long
The Skin Food whitening facial mask
enough for shoulders, arms & upper backClin wrap yr body if you like (like in slimming wraps) to enhance the mask & also keepts it wet longer & less mess too.Leave on for about 20 mins, & rinse off
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