40 tips for the use of lemons

[pamella]

1. Hair - For extra shine, dilute 1 tsp lemon juice in a cup of water, and use to rinse your hair after shampooing.

2. Hands - Remove smells and stains with a rub of lemon juice.

3. Nails - Whiten fingernails with a rub from a wedge of lemon.

4. Rough elbows - Hold your elbow in half a lemon for a few mins, then rinse.

5. Spots - Wet a paper towel with lemon juice and apply to help treat spots and blackheads.

6. Hand wash - Make your own liquid handwash

7. Exfoliating body scrub - Mix chopped lemon peel, half a cup of sugar and olive oil into a paste. Use to exfoliate rough areas of skin such as feet.

8. Minor wounds - Dab with lemon juice to disinfect scratches and scrapes. It might sting a bit!

9. Travel sickness - Suck on a slice of lemon to help you stop feeling nauseous.

10. Laxative - Mix 2 tbsp of lemon juice and warm water, then drink.

11. Sore throat & coughs - Mix 2 tsp of lemon juice with half a tsp of honey and drink. Or mix juice and honey with hot tea.

12. Wasp stings - apply lemon juice for relief.

13. Dandruff - Mix 2 tbsp lemon juice in 2 cups of water and rinse after shampooing

Cleaning
14. Stained plastic - Rub plastic containers or tupperware with lemon juice to help shift food stains.

15. Stains - Remove stains from wooden chopping boards and cloths. Mix lemon juice with water, apply and rinse.

16. Mirrors - Mix 2 tbsp lemon juice with half a gallon of water for an effective mirror cleaner.

17. Grease - Straight lemon juice acts as a general degreaser.

18. Stains - Clean copper and brass with salt and lemon juice (three parts salt to one juice).

19. Microwave - Add lemon slice to small bowl of water, then microwave for 5 minutes and wipe clean.

20. Grater - Remove dried food from your grater by rubbing with the pulp side of a cut lemon.

21. Polish - Make furniture polish from 1 part lemon juice and 2 parts cooking oil.

22. All-purpose cleaner - mix equal parts lemon juice and water in a spray bottle.

23. Taps - Cut lemon into slices and leave on limescale stains around taps for 10 mins (or as long as overnight). Scrub with old toothbrush and rinse.

24. Toilet - Use lemon juice to help clean dirty toilets.

25. Windows - Make your own eco friendly window cleaner.

26. Dishes - Instead of washing up liquid, try soaking a cloth / sponge in lemon juice, give them a scrub, then rinse in warm water.

Laundry
27. Mildew - Rub stained clothes with a lemon and leave in the sun for 12 hours or more.

28. Rust - Remove stains from clothes by applying lemon juice and dry under a hot sun.

29. Whiter whites - Mix lemon juice with water to whiten whites.

30. Fresh smell - A tsp of lemon juice added to your wash  will make clothes smell fresher.

Aromas
31. Firelighters - After cooking, use residual oven heat to bake discarded orange or lemon peels until they darken. These create natural, fragrant firelighters.

32. Pot pourri - Dry peels to add to your pot pourri.

33. Fridge - Cut lemon in half and let it absorb fridge smells.

34. Bins - Throw lemon peel in the bin from time to time to keep it smelling fresh.

35. Odour - Neutralise the smell of vinegar-based cleaning products with a small amount of juice.

Food and drink
36. Cut waste #1 - Waste less of your lemon by cutting into quarters / slices, and freeze until you need them.

37. Cut waste #2 - 'Massage' your lemon or roll it in your hands before you squeeze it to get more juice out.

38. Make food last longer - Add a squeeze of lemon to cut fruit, home made juice and salads to help them stay fresh longer.

39. Salad - For a simple, cheap and healthy dressing, blend lemon juice and olive oil.

40. Lemonade - Put juice from 3 lemons and water in blender and liquidise. Add sugar to taste. Strain, add ice and serve.



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[wendy]

I will try some of these, thank you

[maureenho]

I love the smell of fresh lemons, I could just eat a slice.

Some good tips there.  tha22222

[annie]

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[pamella]

Beach Waves in a Bottle & More Surprising Beauty Uses for Salt Salt has some surprising uses, whether it's creating a hair mist that rivals salon products to detoxing with Epsom salt in the bath.

By Kate Winick - April 12, 2013 

Photo Credit: iVillage

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5 Read  It might sometimes be blamed for bloating, but salt holds a treasure of hidden beauty properties. From exfoliation to actually reducing puffiness in skin, try these uncommon — and incredibly effective — uses for the kitchen staple.

BEACH-WAVES SPRAY FOR HAIR: To create perfectly textured waves, dissolve a teaspoon of sea salt into an 8-oz. spray bottle of warm water. Add 1/2 teaspoon of liquid coconut oil and a dab of hair gel. Then just shake and mist.

BATH SOAK: Mix a cup of sea salt with a few drops of almond, coconut, or another essential oil and pour into running water. Adding salt to a bath permits less water to be absorbed by the body, reducing skin’s ‘pruning’ effect on fingers and toes.

DANDRUFF TREATMENT: Work crushed sea salt into the scalp before wetting hair to loosen flakes and better enable scalp treatments to penetrate.

FACIAL TONER: To reduce oiliness, fill a small spray bottle with tepid water, add 1 teaspoon salt, and mist on your face, making sure to avoid eyes. Blot dry.

SALT SCRUB: After you take a shower or bath, and while your skin is still wet, sprinkle salt onto your hands and rub it gently on arms and legs. A salt massage will exfoliate dead skin cells and improve circulation.

SKIN STEAMER: To open up pores before exfoliating skin, bring 1/3 cup sea salt to a boil in a small pan of water. Transfer to a bowl, take a seat, and hold your face over the steam for 10 minutes.

FACIAL EXFOLIATOR: Mix 1 teaspoon fine-grain salt and 1 teaspoon olive oil in a small bowl. Gently massage the mixture into your face and throat. Rinse off by washing skin as usual.

TOOTHPASTE: A classic natural beauty recipe, start by pulverizing sea salt using a mortar and pestle. Combine 1 part crushed salt and 2 parts baking soda. Dip a dampened toothbrush into the mixture and brush your teeth.

[wendy]

so many tips to try,, I am excited,
tha22222

[maureenho]

go90  tha22222

Sea salt is also good for soaking aching feet

[annie]

tha22222