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Wash your face twice a day in warm salty water. This should leave your face oil free without aggravating the acne.
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Put toothpaste(Colgate) on your pimple before you go to bed, should help reduce swelling overnight. Make sure it is the paste not the gel. One of the most popular acne home remedies.
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Instead of using sugar in your tea, dissolve old-fashioned lemon drops or hard mint candy in the brew. They melt quickly and give the tea a clean tangy flavour.
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Chop apples, pears, etc. into a bowl of chilled salted water, drain, pat on clean kitchen towel, to keep them from discolouring for a longer period.
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After bananas have ripened, store in the refrigerator to help slow down ripening. The skin will turn dark brown, but this does not damage the fruit inside.
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Use an ice cream scoop to easily remove the seeds from melons.
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Vitamin C in orange juice is destroyed by exposure to air. To prevent this, slowly stir water into frozen orange juice and store in covered container.
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To almost double the amount of juice you get from oranges, store at room temperature.
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Soak oranges in boiled water for five minutes before peeling. The peel and all white pulp will come off easily.
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When cooking apples, a pinch of salt will make them more tender and add flavour.
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Add a few drops of lemon juice to rice when cooking. It makes rice white and keeps the grains whole.
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Potato Chips should be wrapped and stored in the freezer. They stay CRISP and never get soggy.
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If potato chips lose their freshness, place under the broiler for a few moments. Care must be taken not to brown them.
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Don't use soda bicarbonate for boiling vegetables as it destroys the vitamins present.
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Add little milk while boiling potatoes to soften and to cook faster.
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To prevent boiled potatoes from sticking to the grater, always apply little oil on the grater.
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Potato cutlets - Add salt to the water in which the potato are boiling as potatoes absorb salt better this way.
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Keeping a small piece of hing (asafoetida) in the same container will store chili powder for long time.
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Mix raw sugar with oil. Scrub this lightly on your face.
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Drink 8-10 glasses of water a day. This will help keep your skin from drying out.
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