Garden-Stained Hand Solutions

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Fresh lemon juice will help clean and freshen hands that are stained from garden work.

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Yields 1 treatment SERVINGS

Directions

• Fresh Lemons: Lemons are natural astringents and disinfectants that will leave your hands clean and fragrant. Cut a lemon in half, and rub the fresh juice all over your hands.
• Leave the juice on your hands for 5 minutes, and then rinse well with warm water.Green Tomatoes: Working around tomato plants can give the skin on your hands a yellow-green tint. Use a green tomato to remove these stains. Cut the tomato in half, and rub the fresh juice all over your hands.
• Leave the juice on your hands for 5 minutes, and then rinse well with plenty of warm water. For more homemade skin care, see: Natural Beauty from the Garden
• Galen’s Cold Cream
• Moisturizing Honey Avocado Mask
• Scented Sugar Scrub
• Dandelion Age Spot Oil
• Victorian Geranium Powder
• Marigold Hand Cream
• Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’! Shower GelExcerpted from Natural Beauty from the Garden by Janice Cox, published by Ogden Publications, 2018.
  

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