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40 Handy Lemon Tips No One Told You About

March 9, 2011 by Nellie Lee Luhrmann 1 Comment

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Here are some great tips on how you can use lemons in everyday use. These tips have come via Foe.co.uk.

1. Hair – For extra shine, dilute 1 tsp lemon juice in a cup of water, and use to rinse your hair after shampooing.

2. Hands – Remove smells and stains with a rub of lemon juice.

3. Nails – Whiten fingernails with a rub from a wedge of lemon.

4. Rough elbows – Hold your elbow in half a lemon for a few mins, then rinse.

5. Spots – Wet a paper towel with lemon juice and apply to help treat spots and blackheads.

6. Hand wash – Make your own liquid handwash

7. Exfoliating body scrub – Mix chopped lemon peel, half a cup of sugar and olive oil into a paste. Use to exfoliate rough areas of skin such as feet.

8. Minor wounds – Dab with lemon juice to disinfect scratches and scrapes. It might sting a bit!

9. Travel sickness – Suck on a slice of lemon to help you stop feeling nauseous.

10. Laxative – Mix 2 tbsp of lemon juice and warm water, then drink.

11. Sore throat & coughs – Mix 2 tsp of lemon juice with half a tsp of honey and drink. Or mix juice and honey with hot tea.

12. Wasp stings – apply lemon juice for relief.

13. Dandruff – Mix 2 tbsp lemon juice in 2 cups of water and rinse after shampooing

Cleaning

14. Stained plastic – Rub plastic containers or tupperware with lemon juice to help shift food stains.

15. Stains – Remove stains from wooden chopping boards and cloths. Mix lemon juice with water, apply and rinse.

For the rest of the tips, read the original article here.

I will add one more another thing lemons are good for is……………………….

41.TEQUILA 🙂

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Comments

  1. Lissa says

    April 12, 2011 at 1:54 am

    That’s really thinking out of the box. Tahksn!

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