Sugar has a natural mild antibacterial effect. Since bacteria that develops in clogged pores triggers breakouts, sugar can help ward off future pimples. Mix sugar with a little bit of water to make a paste. Use the concoction to gently exfoliate your face. Rinse with plenty of fresh water.

For an excellent after-shampoo rinse, try this homemade remedy using invigorating orange and soothing chamomile in a winning combination: 1 cup fresh chamomile flowers (or 1/2 cup dried); peel of 1 orange; 1 cup apple cider vinegar and 2 cups water. Simmer all ingredients for 6 to 8 minutes. Strain and let cool. Pour over just-washed hair and leave in for 5 minutes. Rinse and dry as usual. Apple cider vinegar helps remove dead skin cells and control dandruff and excess oil. Soothing chamomile and invigorating orange leaves hair soft, shiny and squeaky clean.

Mix six strawberries with a spoon of brandy, two spoons of breadcrumbs, two spoons of fuller’s earth and a few drops of rose water. Mix well and apply a thick layer on face and neck and leave on for 20 minutes.

Note this elegant formula: Take 1/2 cup aloe vera gel, 1/8 cup glycerin and 1/2 to 1 teaspoon royal jelly. Take 1 tsp plumeria flower essence. Place ingredients in a bowl and stir briskly to combine thoroughly. Apply a dab with your fingertips, massaging gently into face. Store in a glass jar with a screw top.

A lovely, inexpensive-to-make, and totally luscious summer idea. You need 1/4 fresh, ripe melon, 1/2 lemon and 1 tsp olive oil. Peel and seed the melon (of any variety). Press the half lemon to extract 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Using a food processor or blender, puree the fresh melon. Filter its juice through a piece of muslin and reserve. Add to the melon juice the olive oil and lemon juice, and store in a covered bottle or container. Apply twice a day to the face and neck, using cotton pads, and allow to dry naturally. Especially good for quickly calming the pain of a mild burn or sunburn.

Summer sun is bad and it can dry out and damage our hair. This wonderful formula helps restore manageability to your hair, making it healthy, smooth and soft again. Take a cup of rose floral water, 1 tablespoon jojoba oil, 10 drops Vitamin E oil. To make: In the top of a double boiler, gently warm the rose water. Once rose wateris warm, add jojoba oil. For damaged hair or extra conditioning, leave on for several minutes, perhaps while bathing. Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Shampoo lightly and rinse again with cool water.

Try this to take care of your winter skin. You need 1 cup corn meal, 1/4 cup body lotion, 5 Vitamin E capsules (pierced with a pin and the fluid squeezed out) and 1 egg. Mix all ingredients together with a wire. Wisk. Shower as usual, once you have washed your skin with a mild shower gel, take handfuls of the mixture and rub briskly on your entire body. Let it set for 5 minutes and rinse.

Mix 1 1/2 teaspoons honey, the juice from 1/2 of a lemon and 1 small carton plain yoghurt. Stir in 1 whipped egg white. Apply to face and let set about 15 minutes. Gently wipe off with a damp washcloth.

Take a cup of sugar, 3 Vitamin E capsules – popped and drained, 3 Vitamin A capsules – popped and drained, 1/4 cup baby or mineral oil, 5-10 drops almond oil and 5-10 drops coconut oil. Mix thoroughly and put into a sealed jar. Take by spoonfuls and put into hands. Then rub on body to exfoliate or use a loofah. Rinse and feel how soft your skin feels.