Secrets from the beauty book

COME winter, most people start cribbing about stretched skin, peeling lips, straw-like hair, and the general dryness that takes over.

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What I can’t understand is this: if the same thing happens every single year, why don’t we wise up and start preparing our skin and hair from autumn itself, so everything stays naturally nourished, BACK TO moisturised, and NATURE pampered through the cold months?.

If you want to be sensible about it — and skip the chemicals — here’s my little storehouse of wonderful natural ingredients that will make you glow, naturally!

Marigold and chamomile cleansing milk: Make this gentle cleansing milk with the following ingredients — 1 tsb honey, 1/4 cup buttermilk, 1 tsp lime flowers, 1 tsp dried chamomile, 1 tsp dried marigold flowers.

Method: Warm the rose water in a saucepan. In a double boiler, warm the almond oil, apricot oil, beeswax, and lanolin until melted. Stir well and slowly add the rose water, drop by drop, along with the honey. Whip with a beater until well blended, then let it cool. Add the rose essential oil and store in a glass jar in a cool, dark place.