10.18.2009

4 Eye Beauty Tricks

1. Yeast Oil Mask
Material: 20 grams yeast powder and vegetable oil
Method: Mix oil to the yeast until the mixture becomes sticky. Then apply on your eyes and leave for 20 minutes, clean with warm water. Pat gently on your eye with cold water. 1-2 times weekly.
Function: clean, wrinkle, anti-aging, anti-sagging.

2. Cucumber Eye Mask
All of us know cucumber is an ideal material for eye mask. It helps alleviate dark circle. Simply cut 2 thin cucumber slice and place on your eyes, leave for 10-15 minutes. However, do keep in mind that your skin will easily sunburn after the cucumber mask, so take a rest at home to avoid freckles on your cheek.



3 . Skim Milk Mask
Soak 2 pieces of cotton pads in cold skim milk and place on your eyes and leave for 10 minutes, 2 times a day.
Role: remove eye bags.

4. Tea Eye Mask
Material: 2 tea bags (do not use dark color tea bag)
4.1
Method: soak the tea bags in cold water and remove the excess water. Place the tea bags on your eyes and leave for 15 minutes. Clean with water. Once a week.
Role: Anti-black eye.
4.2
Method: soak the tea bags in a small cup of hot water, wait for cool. Soak 2 pieces of cotton pads in the tea, remove excess tea and place on your eyes, leave for 15 minutes. 2 times a week.
Role: remove eye bags.

My Sweet Sweet Dessert - Chinese Steamed Milk Custard

My mother makes this custard to us almost once a week. People say that, egg is very helpful in our skincare, may be that is the reason why the skin of my sister and I are still look well :p, just joking!!

Ingredients:
1 cup Beaten egg
1 cup water
1 cup fresh milk
4 oz rock sugar
Method:
1. Add fresh milk into beaten egg gradually.
2. Dissolve rock sugar in 1 cup of boiling water. Cool, gradually mix into the egg mixture and drain.
3. Divide mixture into 4 rice bowls, steam over gentle heat in a bamboo steamer for about 25 minutes or until set, serve hot or cold.
Tip:
If a metal steamer or wok is used, cover custard with aluminum foil to avoid water vapor. Cooking time is about 15-20 minutes.

Make 'Roast Chestnut' at HOME!

Chestnut is good to our kidney. We have many recipes in making cakes and cook with chicken and pork.
The most common and easy way is to roast the chestnut.
We usually buy the roast chestnut from the hawkers, and I would like to share one easy way to make the roast chestnut at home. We can simply roast the chestnut by using our microwave oven!
Method:
1. Boil the chestnuts for 4 minutes, drain them well.
2. Use ‘HIGH’ of the microwave oven to cook for 2 minutes (2 minutes is ideal for 1 lb of chestnuts.).
3. It is done and ready to serve!

Still do not believe? Only less than 10 minutes, why not try?

3 Easy Steps to remove your blackheads completely!

Here comes the best, affordable, gentle and the most effective way to say goodbye with your black heads!!

Materials: baking soda, water and cotton pads.
Baking soda is just the ingredient that you make muffins and cakes.
1. Add water, mix well baking soda.
2. Soak your cotton pads in the mixture. Place the cotton pad on your black heads such as your nose for 10 minutes.
3. Rub your nose gently with the cotton pads, the black heads will come out easily.
4. Clean your face with warm water and towel dry, you will find that most the black heads are disappeared.

 
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