lemon and sugar
When you mix sugar with water, it acts as an excellent exfoliater due to its granular texture. Lemon juice in this mixture acts as an astringent. Lemon juice is also a natural bleach which lightens the color of your facial hair.
ingredients
Sugar- 2 tablespoons
Fresh lemon juice- 2 teaspoons
Water- 10 tablespoons
preparation
Mix sugar, lemon juice and water.
Sugar will dissolve, though not fully, in the water. There will be granular effect of sugar.
Apply this to your face in the direction of hair growth.
Leave for 15-20 minutes.
Wash off with water while rubbing gently.
Do this twice or thrice a week. After few weeks, you will see noticeable reduction in hair on your face.
Spearmint tea
Appearance of unwanted hair may be, sometimes, a result of excessive production of the hormone androgen It is the result of hormonal imbalance which occurs due to increased level of androgens and testosterone, the male hormones, or because of over-sensitivity of hair follicles to androgens. Spearmint herb is known to regulate hormones. So, you may consider having spearmint tea to bring down your androgens to an optimum levels.
what you will need
- Fresh spearmint leaves- 5-6 or dried spearmint- 1 tsp
- Boiling water- 1 cup
preperation
- Place spearmint leaves or the dried herb in a pot.
-Pour hot water over it.
-Cover and steep for 5 minutes.
-stand and drink the tea.
- A cup or two of spearmint tea are enough.
While sugar and lemon juice mixed with water can act as a great facial ha the same sugar and lemon juice when mixed with honey can act as a good homemade wax like ingredient to remove unwanted hair from your other body parts like arms and legs,this can be a little painful process just like waxing done in a parlor because sugar mixed with honey acts as a sticky paste that is used to pluck the hair.
ingredients
-Sugar- 1 tablespoon
-Honey- 1 tsp
-Lemon juice- 1 tsp
-Cornstarch or plain flour – 1-2 tsp
-Strip of cloth OR Waxing strip
-Vessel (to heat)- 1
-Waxing spatula or a butter knife
-Water (optional)- if needed to make the paste a little thinner
preparation
1) Add honey and lemon juice with sugar and put them in the vessel.
2) Heat the mixture to get a smooth paste. You may also use microwave oven for the purpose. If using microwave, heat it for about 3 minutes.
3) If you see that the paste is getting too thick, use a little water too.
4) let the mixture cool down to a temperature where it is still a little warm.
6) Using the waxing spatula or butter knife, spread a thin layer of this warm mixture on your body part. Do this in the direction of the hair growth.
7) Now immediately, cover the area with the cloth strip or waxing strip, press to stick it to the paste and pull in the opposite direction of the hair growth