Things You Can Do With Lemon Beauty Lemon Face Water • • • • • •
Slice 1 lemon. (If you have oily skin, cut out the skin of the lemon first). Put in a glass jar with 300ml of rice wine. Cover jar tightly and leave overnight. Filter out the water the next day. Leave in a glass jar in the fridge. (Can keep for 1 month) After washing your face, pat the lemon water onto your face.
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Tighten Pores Mix the juice of ½ lemon to egg white of 1 egg and put on the face avoiding eyes and mouth.
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Wash thoroughly after 15 minutes. Lemon Scrub Mix enough wheat powder, almond powder, water and juice of ¼ lemon into a paste. Leave on the face for 15 minutes. Then scrub your face with light circular movement. Wash thoroughly. Moisture Pack Mix 1 tsp of milk powder, yolk of 1 egg, enough olive oil and honey into a paste. Sprinkle juice of ¼ lemon onto the paste and put on your face. Leave for 15 minutes until the paste is dry. Wash thoroughly.
Lemon-scented Bath • •
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Cut up two unpeeled lemons and put in the bath. Heat from the water releases the essential oils. from the skin of the lemons. Sit in the bath, use the lemon slices to rub your body. It cleanses the body and also helps to tighten pores. This also helps to smooth and whiten your skin. The smell of lemon refreshes and relaxes you. Shower properly after.
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You must remember to shower because the skin of the lemon contains furocoumarin, which if it’s still on the skin will react to the sun and causes the skin to turn red and later on into black spots. Do not use this if your skin type is dry and sensitive.
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Household Uses • • •
White socks that’s turned yellow – put a few slices of lemon in hot water and boil for a while. Add s few drops of lemon juice onto a cotton wool ball and put this inside your shoes to take away the smell. To descale your stainless steel kettle, put the slices of ½ lemon in and boil.
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You might have to do this a few times. To get a really nice shine to your wood or rattan furniture, wipe them with a mixture of 1 tsp each of olive oil, lemon juice and brandy. Sprinkle hot water that has a few slices of lemon soaking in it onto isolated dirty patches of the carpet. Brush with a soft brush when it’s dry.
Recipes Fruit Tea
Ingredients: Your favorite tea Chunks of fresh pineapple 1 Pear skinned, cut into chunks 1 Star fruit sliced 1 orange peeled, cut into chunks 1 lemon unpeeled and sliced (Here I use 200ml of water to steep my favorite tea bags in because I like my tea strong but you can experiment and adjust to your taste accordingly. To boil the fruits, I use 1L of water)
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Put all fruits in a pot, medium heat boil for about 10 minutes. Add honey to taste. Mix together with tea. You can make it hot in winter or add ice in the summer.
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Lemon Chicken
1. Marinate chicken breast (with skin) with salt and pepper. 2. Fry both sides until golden brown. 3. Melt butter in a pan, add in grated skin of 1 lemon, parsley, rosemary and thyme. 4. Add salt and pepper to taste. 5. Pour on top of chicken.
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