50 percent white cane sugar (note that organic sucanat, while the best choice for food, doesn’t work as well for this recipe)
50 percent vegetable glycerin to moisten the sugar (use avocado oil)
Small amounts of aloe vera gel,
vitamin C crystals, or anything healing that dissolves in water.
1 or 2 drops of essential oil if desired ( combining orange and lavender)
Enough ground hibiscus powder for pink color (if desired)

Combine the ingredients in a bowl. Scoop some of the scrub onto your hand and massage gently onto your skin for a …

Facial scrub with oat meal:
Take 2 tablespoons of oatmeal powder and 3 to 4 tablespoons of buttermilk.
Mix these two ingredients and apply this paste on your face.
Leave for few minutes and allow it to dry.
Try to remove it with gentle scrubbing and then wash your face with lukewarm water.
Almond face scrub:

This recipe will gently exfoliate your hands and/or feet and remove dead skin, leaving you soft, silky and refreshed!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar (or salt, if preferred)
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Enough for one application of both hands and feet & can be stored for a week

Today we are in the Cosmetic Age, where we treat our skin to jars and jars of creams and lotions. The range is endless – we use scrubs, toners, cleansers, exfoliators, moisturizers, whiteners and what not in our quest for good skin, without realizing that nature can give us all that and much more…And you don’t even need any magic herbs. Here are a few things from your kitchen shelf, which can do wonders for your skin and body! :

Curry leaf or ‘Kari patta’ :

Take 10 g of curry leaves …