THE LEMON THERAPY

Things you will need:

• 1 mid sized to large lemon
  (sliced to three pieces, two ends and a middle slice)


• Your favourite body scrub


• A basin with warm soapy
  water.


• Pumice stone


• A comb


• A towel

Step1: face and neck

Take the middle slice of the lemon and rub it all over your face
and neck paying special attention to areas with skin discoloration or scars.

Let the juice sit for 5-10 minutes. If you have sensitive
skin, do not leave the juice on your face for more than 5 min.

Rinse with luke-warm
water. Follow up with your favourite facial scrub to exfoliate your skin. Do
not forget your neck. This is a part of the body that is often neglected yet it
is always on display. (-you know you love those low tops with plunging
necklines. Did you stop to realize that your neck was also part of the show??)

Benefits:

Lemons contain vitamin c which is a mild acid. This helps in reducing the appearance of scars and dark patches and as a result evens out your skin tone.
Note: this is not a bleach.

It loosens the top layer of dead cells making them easier to
remove and thus revealing the beautiful youthful skin underneath.

Step 2: under arms

Use the same middle slice and rub it all over your armpits.
Make sure to go all over the under arm not just the pits. Leave the juice on.

Benefits:

Have you ever looked at your armpits in the mirror and tried to curse those shadows away?? Well, worry no more. The above procedure is sure to improve the appearance of those dark patches leaving you with beautiful lighter under arms. So next time you want to jump for joy you wont have to stop mid air to put your hands back down secretly hoping no one saw the horror that lies beneath.

The other benefit is that it leaves you with a lingering freshness and fights odours.. (even that stubborn whiff of stink that wont go away, consider it history.)

Step 3: elbows and knees

Take one of the remaining end pieces and squeeze it while rubbing it over your knees and elbows. Leave it on for 5 to 10 min. Without rinsing apply your favourite body scrub and slough the dead cells away.

Benefits

Reduces the appearance of dark patches and loosens dead cells making them easier to remove.

It also softens the skin leaving you with soft and smooth
elbows and knees.

Step 4: hands and feet

I’m sure by now you are wondering what the basin of warm soapy water was for, you are about to find out.

Squeeze the same piece of lemon to extract the juice into the basin of warm soapy water. Dip your hands and feet in it and soak them for 15 to 20 minutes.

For a serious case of ashy feet soak them for 30 minutes.

Use the pumice stone to scrub off the top layer of dead cells.

Benefits:

This therapy helps to soften the dead cells (often called ash) and make them easy to scrub off.

It also helps to soften the skin giving you soft hands and
feet.

It fights odour leaving your feet fresh.

Step 5: hair care

Comb out your hair from the back of your head to the front.

(This is recommended to boost blood circulation and improve flow of nutrients necessary for healthy hair.)

Before washing, make small partings in your hair. Take the remaining piece of lemon and squeeze the juice into the scalp. Do this all over
your head.

Massage the scalp.

Benefits:

This procedure makes dead cells (read dandruff) loose and easy to remove when washing for a clean healthy scalp.

It also provides the hair with vitamin c through the pores in the scalp for a healthy head of hair.

Step 6: shower.

Now, head straight to the bathroom for a relaxing shower (or
bath). Wash off all the stickiness and dead skin to reveal the new you.

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