Make your shampoo last longer
To make shampoo last longer, keep a smaller sized, empty, shampoo bottle in the bathroom, right next to the shampoo you are currently using. When you are ready to wash your hair, put a dime size of shampoo into the empty bottle and then add some water and shake it lightly. Now the resulting solution is much easier to use on your hair and offers more lather and also uses less shampoo. Remember to clean the bottle later on.
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Homemade hair packs: Reader’s contribution
For those who like making their own hair packs, here are some intereting hair packs shared by reader Anu:
Ingredients:
Juice of 2 lemons
5 tbsp strained tea water
½ glass beer
Method:
Mix well and apply to the scalp and hair. Leave it on for 30 minutes. Shampoo.
For chemically treated hair:
Ingredients:
4 tbsp honey
2 eggs
2 tbsp papaya pulp
1 mashed or pureed banana
Method:
Mix all the ingredients and apply on the scalp and hair. Cover with a shower cap. Shampoo after 40 minutes.
Anti-Dandruff Hair Pack:
Ingredients:
2 tsp neem powder
½ tsp black pepper powder
2 tsp fenugreek (methi) powder
Juice of 1 lemon
3 tbsp Fuller’s earth (Multani Mitti)
1 egg
A pinch of camphor
Method:
Mix all the ingredients well. Apply from the scalp to the hair ends. Cover with a shower cap, leave it on for 40 minutes, then shampoo.DIY face masks for winter
Winter ushers in beauty ills such as peeling, dry patches, itching, roughness and chapped skin. Here are some ways of tackling it. You could also pamper your skin with some of these DIY nourishing face masks made from ingredients in your larder:
Make a fine paste of ½ tsp cucumber/orange pulp, 1 tsp each of honey and almond powder, and 1 tbsp of curd. Apply on face, keep it on for 20-25 minutes and rinse off with water.
For sensitive skin:Take 1 tbsp papaya and mix 1 tsp each of honey and milk. This soothes the skin.
For all skin types:
Mix 1 tsp amla paste, 10-12 pure saffron strands and 1 tsp almond paste. Apply on face, keep on for half-an-hour, and wash off.
See also: Homemade hydrating masks for winter
(Guest Post by Smitha)