Grooming Tips
31 Grooming tips, hints, and tricks
Broken Lipstick
Hold a match under the broken ends until they melt
enough to adhere to each other. Cool in the
refrigerator.
Removing Dead Skin
Rib a bit of Miracle Whip salad dressing into your
skin and let it stand a moment. Rub vigorously and dead
skin is quickly removed. However, this only works using
Miracle Whip, not mayonnaise
Natural Facial
A good and inexpensive facial to try: mash half an
avocado, spread thickly on face and remove with warm
water 20 minutes later.
Another Easy Facial
Apply a paste of instant oatmeal and water to face.
When it dries and feels tight, rub of with fingers,
removing dead skin.
Vinegar For Skin
The natural ph-balance will be restored to your skin
by adding cider vinegar to a bowl of warm water and
splashing it on your face. Allow to air-dry.
Health Spa Secret
After washing your face, rub a small amount of
petroleum jelly into wet skin. Keep wetting face until
the jelly does not feel greasy. This is a little-known
secret that many health spas use
Squeaking Shoes
If your shoes squeak, try applying linseed oil to the
soles.
Cuticle Treatment
Apply a mixture of equal parts of castor oil and
white iodine to your cuticles every night.
Surgeon's Secret
Apply odorless castor oil around eyes nightly.
Plastic surgeons use this n their patients after surgery
Insect Bite Remedies
Try one of the following for relief of insect bites:
apple cider vinegar applied to the affected area; a
paste of baking soda and water allowed to dry
bites; or a past of meat tenderizer
Skin Treatment
A wonderful relief for sunburn pain is the
application of mint-flavored milk of magnesia to the
skin. It is also good for applying to oily skin before
bed.
Hair Shiner
These hair rinses will remove soap film and shine
hair-for blondes--rinse water containing s few
tablespoons of lemon juice. For burettes and redheads a
few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in the rinse
water
Sticking Bottle Tops
Rub petroleum jelly inside the cap of bottles of nail
polish to prevent them from sticking.
Homemade Deodorant
Heat in a double boiler until a smooth cream forms:
equal parts of baking soda, petroleum jelly and talcum
powder. This homemade deodorant can be kept in small
jars and used like a regular cream deodorant
Sticking Perfume Bottles
If the top on a bottle of perfume stick, put the
bottle in the refrigerator until it is cold, then twist
the stopper back and forth to prevent future sticking.
Tweezing Eyebrows
If you wear eyeglasses, it may be hard to tweeze
eyebrows. Try turning your glasses upside down before
tweezing.
Earring Allergy
If costume jewelry earrings cause your ears to break
out, try washing earrings in rubbing alcohol and putting
several coats of clear nail polish on part of the erring
that touches your ear
Baking Soda Uses
For a mouthwash: 1 teaspoon dissolved in 1/2 glass of
water; for toothpaste, use full strength on your
toothbrush; for burns, apply a past of baking soda and
water; for cleaning rough knees and elbows, a paste of
soda and water.
Soft Hands
Rinse hands in vinegar water after hand washing
clothes or dishes.
Quick Shampoo
When you don't have time to wash your hair, sprinkle
talcum powder on only areas, with a towel, and brush
out.
Calorie Counter
Rather than write down calories and food eaten during
the day, use a pocket calculator to count calories.
You'll know how close you are to your daily limit.
Baggy Stockings
If your nylon stockings sag and bag, dip your hands
in warm water and rub your hands up your legs, starting
at the ankle for a better fit.
Stopping Runs
To stop runs in stockings, spray with hair spray or
rub with a wet cake of soap.
Static Electricity
To eliminate clinging dresses, run a wire coat hanger
between your slop and dress.
Steam Out Wrinkles
To remove wrinkles from a dress or other garment,
hang it in the bathroom while taking a shower and steam
will remove some of the wrinkles.
Tired Eyes
Fresh cucumber slices applied to closed eyelids with
freshen and revive tired eyes
Quick-drying Nail Polish
Nail polish will dry quickly if you put your handed
in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator for a
minute
Inexpensive Rouge
Combine the last of your lipstick with your lipstick
with cold cream for a lovely rouge.
Shoe Polishing
Keep a pair of old worn-out gloves in your
shoe-polishing kit to avoid getting shoe publish under
your fingernails
Beach Sand
Sprinkle talcum powder on body and feet and rub
lightly with a towel to remove any traces of beach sand
Blemish Remedy
Rub baby power or cornstarch on facial blemishes to
dry them up without driving skin.
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