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Shiney Hair;
1 tsp. honey
4 cups warm water
Mix honey and water together well. After shampooing with your favorite
shampoo, cover
hair thoroughly with honey/water mixture. Do NOT
rinse your hair of the honey/water mixture, dry hair as you normally
would.
Conditioner Hair;
1/2 cup honey
2 to 4 Tblspns olive oil (use less on oily hair/more on dry hair)
Mix the oil and honey together
well, then massage into your hair
well covering evenly.
Place a shower cap or towel over your hair and allow treatment
to
stay in hair for 30 minutes.
Wash, shampoo and rinse your hair very well afterwards.
Deodorizer Spray;
Simply fill a spray bottle with either water or vinegar, then add a dozen or
so drops of your
favorite essential oils, mix/swish around well in bottle and spray as needed.
Air Freshner Spray;
2 cups
hot water
1/8 cup baking soda
1/2 cups lemon juice (real)
Dissolve the baking soda in hot water and add
lemon juice.
Real lemon or bottled real lemon juice is fine.
Add to spray bottle and use as needed.
Herbal Carpet Freshner;
1)
6 cups baking soda
2) 1 cup cornstartch
3) 3 cups of dried lavender buds/flowers, or, 3 cups 50/50 mix cinnamon
and cloves, or
3 cups 50/50 mix lavender and rosemary, or, 3 cups dried mint leaves, or, 3 cups eucalyptus
(you get the jest here, 3 cups of any dried herb(s) with the first two ingredients)
Mix well
and store in an airtight plastic container for at least 3 days before using. Sprinkle
generously on carpet and let sit
for one hour before vacuuming.
Soothing Lip Care
*Red
Clover Lip Gel;
(This is an old folk remedy for dry, chapped lips. You should be able
to find red clover blossoms
at a natural food store. The flowers yield
a honey, sweet substance that has antiinflamitory and skin soothing
properties.)
1/2 Tblspn dried red clover flowers
1/4 cup water
1/4 tspn clover honey
1/8 tspn vitamin E oil
1/8
tspn cornstartch
In small pan, bring clover, water and honey to a boil. Boil for about
2 minutes. Remove from
heat, the strain liquid. Return liquid to pan
and stir in oil and cornstartch, mixing well. Heat mixture until it forms
a clear gel (about 1-2 minutes). Cool gel completely, stirring occasionally.
Spoon into a clean container. Use on lips
as needed.
*Bee balm for lips;
2 Tblspns grated beeswax
1 tspn sunflower oil
1 tspn
apricot kernel oil
1/8 tspn vitamin E oil
On a stove or in a microwave, gently heat beeswax and oils until
melted;
be careful to not overheat.
Stir well to mix, pour into a small, clear container and let cool completely
before sealing.
Dry Skin Remedies
Elbows, knees and/or feet;
*Soak in warm water (or best when in shower or tub) for about
10 minutes, then exfoliate with scrub or loofah. Rinse well and apply vaseline to area
when done.
*Soak
elbows, knees or feet in warm water, apply mixture of 1/4 cup brown sugar and
1/8 cup olive oil and use as scrub on areas.
Rinse well and dab on vaseline.
*Another mixture is fresh lemon juice and baking soda to make a thick paste, apply
to
areas (elbows, knees or feet) and let sit for about 15 minutes. Rinse well and again
rub on the vaseline when
done.
***(note) A moisterizer/lotion may also be used in place of vaseline but make sure you
have no cracked
or open skin if you apply them as they can irritate the skin, besides,
vaseline is 10 times cheaper and works better!
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Hands and face;
*The best thing 'hands down' (pun intended!) for dry, chapped or weather
beaten hands
is a lotion called "Corn Huskers". This lotion was developed in 1919 for corn huskers whoms
hands were exposed daily to harsh weather and has been a big hit ever since.
I know people that use this lotion on
almost every part of their body.
The next best thing is plain ole Sunflower oil. Yep, the kind you buy in the grocery
store.
Make sure it's real sunflower oil, use it anywhere you have dry skin.
Lemon Juice
(make sure you get "real"
lemon juice)
-Remove ink spots from cloth. Apply liberal amount of
lemon juice
to the ink spot, then wash on normal cycle in cold water.
Clean microwave. Add four Tblspns Lemon juice
to one cup water
in a microwave safe bowl. Place in microwave and let boil for five
minutes allowing condensation
from lemon/water mixture to cling
to sides of microwave walls. Then wipe clean.
-Blemishes/Acne. Pour lemon juice
on cotton swab and dab on
spots several times daily.
-Get rid of dandruff. Apply 1 Tblspn. lemon juice to your
hair. Shampoo,
then rinse. Rinse again using 2 Tblspns with two cups water. Repeat every
other day until dandruff
disappears.
-Relieve dry skin. Apply lemon juice, rinse and then rub in some olive oil.
-Relieve a cough. Mix 4
Tblspns lemon juice, one cup honey, and one half cup olive oil.
Heat five minutes, then stir vigorously for 2 minutes.
Take one teaspoon every 2 hours.
-Clean brass, copper and stainless steel kitchen sinks. Make a paste with lemon juice
and salt. Scrub gently, then rinse with water.
Krazy Glue
-Remove
ticks from inside ear of pasture animals or dog and cat. Put a drop of
krazy glue on broom straw, apply it to the tick
and pull right out.
-Repair a broken fingernail. Use a small drop of krazy glue on nail where split
is. Hold
in place until dry. Buff slightly, coat with polish. (a toothpick, used like
a small paintbrush can help you spread
the krazy glue thinner and coat split area better)
-Fix leaks in inflatable tubes, air mattresses, air pillows,
etc. Apply krazy glue to seal the
hole or leaky valve stem areas.
Aspirin;
-Squash
an aspirin tablet and sprinkle over rust
stains on countertops left behind from aerosol
cans, let sit for 15 minutes
before wiping up.
-Help bug bites by first wetting the bite with
water, then rub an aspirin tablet back and
forth
over bite. This will help with the itch and swelling.
-Dissolve an aspirin in a glass of water. Gargle
with solution 10-20 seconds, then swallow.
Repeat following day if needed for soothing
a scratchy, sore
throat.
Use Lotion if you run out of;
-Shoe shiner, rub a dab of lotion on each shoe and buff out well.
-Shaving cream, ladies
or men!
-Liquid soap, to remove/loosen stuck on items such as rings, pipes
or other things humans tend to get toes
and fingers stuck in!
-It's also great for static cling, dab a dot on your hands and rub in well,
then run hands
through hair or over static clingy panty hose.
-Place some on your hands before putting on rubber gloves, it will heat
up
and soften your hands while you work.
Clean dishwasher;
Squirt
some lemon juice and the juice of an orange
in the detergent compartment of your dishwasher.
Run the dishwasher,
empty of all dishes, through
a cleaning cycle and make sure you have the steam
dry button on!
This will freshen
up, clean and make your dishwasher
smell great.
An added benefit to this is that when the steam
cycle is on,
the whole room smells fresh!
Alka-Seltzer (or denture
tablet cleansers);
1) Clean a toilet. Drop 2 in water, wait twenty minuts, brush and flush.
2) Clean a vase.
To remove hard to reach dirt in bottom, drop in 2
tablets with water.
3) Polish jewelry, drop 2 tablets in a glass
of water, immerse jewelry
for two minutes.
4) Thermos bottles. Drop in 4 tablets with water and let sit at least
an hour
before rinsing.
5) Remove burned on grease from pot and pans. Fill pot or pan with water
drop in 6
tablets, let soak for 1 hour, then scrub.
6) Unclog a drain. Clear sink drain by dropping 3 tablets down the drain followed
by 1 cup of vinegar. Wait 30 minutes, then run hot water through.
All Purpose disenfecting cleanser;
In a clean spray bottle, combine;
1/2 tsp. liquid dish soap
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1
tsp. bleach or Borax (a chlorine free alternative to bleach)
2 cups water
This is a great kitchen counter
or bathroom surface
cleanser, proven to kill bacteria as well!
Peroxide;
(This is the 3% peroxide that you buy at the drug store)
1) Soak your tooth brush in a cup of peroxide to keep free
of germs.
2) After rinsing off your cutting board, pour peroxide on it to kill germs and bacteria.
3) Add a cup
of peroxide instead of bleach to your load of whites.
4) Clean mirrors with peroxide with 'no smearing!'
5)
Wipe off counter tops, tables and other areas to clean and rid of germs.
6) Wash kids platic toys with 50/50 peroxide
and water.
Windshield washer fluid:
9 cups water
1 cup isopropyl alcohol
1 Tbs. dishwashing liquid
*Mix together, then store
in a plastic jug so it's
ready to use.
Drain Clog Remover:
Combine
1 cup baking soda with
1 cup salt and pour down the drain.
Follow with 2 quarts of boiling water.
Wait 30 minutes
then flush with cool water.
(This is a foaming drain cleaner that works
just as well as the 'other' drain
cleaners
but without the harsh chemicals)
Car Window cleaning solution;
(warm weather) 1/2 cup ammonia, 1 cup white vinegar and 2 tablespoons of cornstarch in a bucket.
(cold weather) Add 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol to above mixture on cold days to prevent ice from forming on windows.
Fantastic wood furniture polish;
Use 1/3 cup each boiled linseed oil, turpentine and vinegar. Mix together and shake well.
Apply with a soft cloth and wipe completely dry. Wipe again with another soft cloth.
"DO NOT" try to boil
your own linseed oil! It's not the same. Buy it that way at a hardware
or paint store.
Heel marks;
Simply take a pencil eraser and wipe them off. A dry paper towel works
well also (with a little elbow grease).
