HAIR CONDITIONERS

• Greasy Hair - Add a dash of cider vinegar in the last rinse.  Makes hair shiny and manageable.
   
• Normal Hair - Put 3-4 sprigs of rosemary into a jug, pour on boiling water and leave for an hour. Strain and use as final rinse.
• Beat an egg with water or cider vinegar and massage into newly washed hair.  Leave 5-10 minutes and rinse off with cool water.  DON'T USE HOT UNLESS YOU WANT SCRAMBLED EGG FOR SUPPER!
   
• Fine Hair - To give body to hair, mix 1 dessertspoon of honey with 2 tablespoons of corn oil and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Leave on hair for ten minutes, shampoo as usual.
   
• Dry, Lifeless Hair - Put a couple of spoonfuls of coconut oil on the hair, massage well in and wrap hot towel round head for about half an hour.  Shampoo as usual.  Not particularly suitable for blonde hair as it sometimes dulls the colour.

HANDS

• Dry hands - Take a large scoop of petroleum jelly and two drops of olive oil, rub into hands (rub hands together as if washing them).  Put hands into plastic freezer bags and cover with a warm towel.   Relax for thirty minutes, then wash in usual way.

• Smooth hands - Rub a drop or two of neat glycerine into hands every night to keep hands smooth - a bit sticky but worth it.
• Alternatively, mix equal amounts of glycerine, water and Eau de Cologne together in a bottle and shake well before using.

• Extra dirty hands - no Swarfega to hand - rub in Vaseline leave for five minutes and then wash in hot soapy water - should work a treat.

• Rough hands - Mix the same amount of vegetable oil and granulated sugar together, rub hands together very hard for about five minutes, rubbing well in all over hands. Rinse and leave if possible. If necessary, wash well to remove any oil and apply hand cream.

• Smelly hands -To remove smells from hands use either lemon juice, vinegar or salt, however, for onions rub dry mustard well into the hands then rinse off.  Always use cold water to wash hands to prevent "setting" the odour.

• Stained hands - try lemon juice as this will remove most staines, however, some will need hydrogen peroxide (USE 20 VOLUME STRENGTH).   Dab on stain until it vanishes, then wash hands very well.

NAILS

• Cuticles - Use Petroleum jelly for cuticles instead of cuticle cream.
   
• Nail varnish remover run out - use acetone, surgical spirit or perfume will do instead. Wash thoroughly and put on a little oil or Vaseline.  Acetone will, however, dry the nails and the perfume could linger for hours.
   
• Nail conditioner - Take a Vitamin E oil capsule and pierce the end with a pin.  Squeeze a few drops of the oil onto your nail and massage in.  Leave 10/15 minutes.  Remember to replace the pin into the capsule as this can be used again.
   
• Stained nails - Put a drop of smokers' toothpaste on a brush and gently brush onto nails.  Rinse off and the stain should have gone.
   
• Nail strengthener -   dip them into a salt solution (2 teaspoons of salt to a glass of water) for 2/3 minutes.

SKIN

• Dry Skin - Mix one large spoonful of rosewater to 2 of glycerine and smooth onto face, leave overnight. This can be done whilst around the house during the day.  After several hours, wash off anything remaining.  It has a slightly sticky feel but should be worth it.
   
• Body scrub - Make sure skin is damp with water, then rub in salt crystals.  This removes dead skin and allows moisturisers to penetrate into the skin more easily.
   
• Toner for oily skin - Take a tomato, some cucumber and a double measure of Vodka, liquidise together and then rub into skin.  Leave for three minutes, wipe off with damp cotton wool.  This is an excellent astringent for oily skin.
   
• Face mask for oily skin - Take the white of an egg and mix with 4/5 drops of lemon juice.  Apply to skin with brush.  Leave ten minutes and then remove with hot water.
   
• Face mask for dry skin - Mix an egg yolk with one spoon of honey.  Spread on face and leave for ten minutes.  Rinse off with warm water.
   
• Ingrowing facial hair - Mash up some chick peas and water, use as facial scrub 2/3 times a week.

EYES

• Baby oil on cotton wool removes eye make-up very successfully. 
   
• Old tea bags make perfect eye pads.
   
• Place a slice of cucumber on each eye to relieve tired eyes.  
   
• Hairspray on a clean mascara brush keeps curl in lashes.

LIPS

Use Vaseline as a lip gloss.