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Avocado:

Rich in mono – unsaturated oils, avocados make a healthy addition to the diet from outside and inside. To make a rich after shampoo conditioner, mash together one ripe avocado, some honey and a little avocado or olive oil. Spread thickly on the hair and rinse off after 5 or 10 minutes.

Cucumber:

Use slices of cucumber to pep up tired eyes or grate a quarter of a cucumber, squeeze it to extract the juice and mix it with a cup full of milk. Use the mixture with cotton wool as a cleanser – ideal for normal and oily skin. Cucumber juice also makes a cooling addition to your basic skin cream.

Milk:

Soothe away tension in a warm, moisturizing bath with added milk, perhaps not as many tons of asses milk as Cleopatra used, but a cup or two of silver top will yield almost identical benefit.

Oats:

A staple food of the Scots and recently in vogue for its high content of soluble fibers, which may have cholesterol- lowering effects. Oats can also be made into a useful body scrub. Make a gentle scrub by mixing oats with honey, yogurt and ground almonds into a paste- good enough to eat!

Water:

Drink as much pure and fresh water as you can. It will cleanse your skin from inside out. Or spray a fine mist of water on your face before moisturizing to seal in moisture and retain youthful look.

Yogurt:

Egyptian women have used it for thousands of years as a cleanser and beauty aid. Live yogurt contains bacteria which in turn kills the bacteria that may contribute to spots and blemishes. Apply natural yogurt to the face and skin, relax and leave it on for 5 to 10 minutes before rinsing it off and moisturizing.