Household Hints and Tips, Cleaning, General Hints and Tips, Home remedies for a glowing complexion, Kitchen Tips, Helpful Hints and weight loss Tips for all.
1. One way to clean the wax coating off an apple is to scrub it in a sinkful of water with 1 tbsp lemon juice and 1 tbsp baking soda.
2. Cleaning the Microwave:-
a) Cleaning a microwave is easy. Fill up a cup of water and put it in there on high for a few minutes. The steam from the cup will loosen any stuck-on food, and then you can just wipe it away. It’s that simple.
3. To reheat a pizza so that the base is out-of-the-oven crisp, heat your left over slices in a fry pan on low-medium heat on the stove until warm and wave goodbye to the days of soggy microwave pizza.
4. Remove onion smell from your hands by first washing them with soap and water. Then while hands are still wet rub them over the faucet spout.
5. 1/2 lemon sprinkled with table salt can be used safely to clean or remove stains from granite. For stains leave lemon and salt on stain to soak, then rinse with clean water and dry.
6. Weight loss tips:
a) Whenever you’re sitting in a restaurant looking through the menu, ask yourself if a lighter option would be a better choice. Where possible choose steamed, poached, boiled or baked foods rather than those that have been fried or deep fried.
b) Foods that are ‘low in fat’ have 3g or less fat per 100g. Drinks low in fat have 1.5ml or less per 100ml.
Foods ‘low in sugar’ have 5g or less per 100g and drinks low in sugar have 2.5g or less per 100ml.
Foods ‘low in salt’ have 120 mg or less per 100g.
While all the foods we eat won’t have levels of fat, sugar and salt as low as this, these measures can be useful when we are comparing food options.
7. Glowing skin tips:
a) Few drops of lemon juice added to a tablespoon of milk and massaged on the face and neck will soften the skin and also bleach the face. Rinse the face after 20 minutes for best results.
b) Rub a slice of lemon or the remains a squeezed lemon on your face. Allow it to remain overnight, then wash with cold water. It will restore your skin’s softness and lend your complexion a glow.
c) Take 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon of yogurt and ¼ teaspoon of honey. Combine and apply on face for 5 minutes. Rinse with water.
For greasy & oily skin:
a) Try with tomato paste (juice), apply to the face and allow it to dry. Wash with warm water.
b) To stay long standing make-up, before you apply the moisturizing cream, rub the whole face with an ice cube.
c) For shiny skin: Paste a Ripe Tomato, apply to face, let it work for 10 min. Wash with plain water.
Home remedies for a glowing complexion;
Diet can play a major role in imparting glow and freshness to your skin, some of the tips that can help are:
-Drink 12 to 14 glasses of water everyday.
-Drink butter milk about 3 or 4 glasses
-Avoid eating too much of fried foods like vadas, samosa, chips, bhajias, etc. Stick to fresh vegetable salads or fruit salads.
-Depending on the seasonal availability, eat all types of fresh, green vegetables and all types of fresh, juicy fruits (except for strawberries and mangoes; they are healthy and over consumption can lead to acne).
-Avoid consuming too much of healthy food like chilies, garlic, non-vegetarian items .
Hair glow tip;
a) At least apply once a week with apple cider vinegar, after taking head bath for shining & leafy hair.
b) To get thick & black hair: -soak fenugreek seeds in water, and paste them (remove water).
Mix in Mehndi and coconut oil. Apply to the hair. Let it work for 5-6 hours (apply night and wash with shampoo on the next day.
Uses of curry leaves;
a) Curry leaves find their use in a variety of home remedies. Mix them with finely chopped ginger. Blend it together with rice and take it early in the morning instead of water which will dizziness and stomach disorders .
b) Also mixing lime juice , honey or sugar crystals to the juice of curry leaf and drinking it can prevent nausea and dry vomiting.
