Fragrance

Fragrance has played a significant role in history as far back as King Menes, somtime around 3,100B.C (recorded history anyway). Fragrance has even made history. Cleopatra used scents to attract and influence the Greeks and Romans, The Queen of Shebaused perfumes to suduce King Solomon Napoleon was known to have used more than sixty botles of perfume each month.

There are different notes in perfume the same as there are in music. Septimus Piesse, a French chemist and perfumer, came up with the idea of combining perfumes into harmonies according to the scale. Example of the scale: A is lavender, B, peppermint, C, citronella, ect. ect.

All fragrances' fall in to six basic scent groups.

Floral- Rose, Frangipani, Jasmine, Violet, Lilac
Spice- Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves, Allspice
Wood- Pine, Cedar, Sandlewood
Fruit- Lemon, Orange, Peach, Coconut
Herbal- Lavender, Chamomile, Sage, Bay
Exotic- Musk, Orchid, Ylang-Ylang, Vanilla

Rose Perfume

1/2 cup vodka
2 cups fresh fragrant rose petals
2 cups frehs lavender flowers
6 cups fresh lemon grass
1 cup mineral water

Pour vodka over tetals, flowers, and lemon grass, in a screw top jar. Leave in a dark place for 3 weeks, shaking every day. Strain into another jar, pressing out as much of the liquid as you can. Add the mineral water. Stor this perfume in a cool place for up to 6 months. Discard if it changes colour or turns cloudy.

Speedy spa treatment:

Squirt the juice of ½ a lemon into a basin, add boiling water and a splash of rose water. Hold your face over the steam, covering your head with a towel, breath deeply and pat your face dry afterwards.

Cleanse your skin using almond or sunflower oil. Apply lightly to your face and neck rub in gently, leave for a minute and remove using a damp cloth.

Sooth red blotchy skin by dipping a flannel in milk and applying it to your face.

Forget expensive toners—splash your face with cold water t help circulation.

Stick to pale shades of polish. Chips are easier to repair than with darker shades, and far less obvious.

Repair a broken nail in a jiffy:

Apply a base coat, then fix a tiny piece of dry tea bag over the break and seal with your nail polish and a top coat.

To beat under eye bags, keep a couple of spoons in the freezer and place over your eyes for 5 minutes to help reduce puffiness around the eyes.