Sep 3, 2011

For pedicure and manicure

To soften tough calluses on soles of feel, coat with a mixture of 6 crushed aspirin tablets and half cup each of water and lemon juice. Wrap feet with a warm towel and scrub the calluses with a pumice stone after ten minutes. Within a few days the calluses will soften and can be easily removed.


Roast an onion and make a paste. Use this on the cracks on your  feet. The cracks will disappear within a moth's time.
 
After a bath, massage the feet with a few drops of mustard oil for 5 minutes. Pour 2 mugs of water over them. A daily treatment will make your feet soft.


For a quick pedicure, add a few drops of vinegar to 3/4 cup curd and rub this mixture well on the feet, ankles and heels and between the toes. After 10 minutes, wash off with warm water. This removes dead tissues and the skin becomes softer, too.

Apply a paste made of 2 tablespoon of heated mustard oil and 15 grams wax leave overnight on cracked heels. the cracks will vanish.


How to soften the rough hands?

Soak rough and scaly hands in a bowl of warm water to which 1 teaspoon of cornstarch has been added. This regular 5 minutes treatment will soften the hands.

Apply some petroleum jelly on your nails if you are about to do a messy job. It will prevent the dirt from getting lodged.

Another good method of improving circulation while exfoliating hands, is to rub them with sugar and lime juice. The sugar granules will exfoliate while the lime juice will lighten the skin and soften it, too.

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