Lemon as guardian of beauty

Many of us know how to use lemon in cooking - but this sunny fruit will help us not only in the kitchen.

Lemon is a powerful natural fruit peeling. It is rich in vitamin C, cleanses well, whitens the skin. Want to quickly refresh your face? Cut the lemon into slices and massage your skin with them for a few minutes. Then rinse off and apply cream.

Lemon will also help us in hand and nail care. In order to restore the color of nail, improve its condition, use a mask of olive oil and lemon juice. Mix three tablespoons of oil and one tablespoon of lemon juice. Apply to clean hands and nails. After ten minutes, rinse with warm water.

If the skin on your elbows has become rough and dark, lemon will help restore its tenderness and beauty. Mix baking soda with lemon juice. Apply the resulting paste to your elbows, massage and rinse. Then lubricate them with olive oil.

Lemon juice will help to cope with such an unpleasant phenomenon as dandruff. To do this, mix a spoonful of lemon juice with two spoons of apple cider vinegar. Apply the mixture to the scalp using a cotton pad. After 30 minutes, wash your hair with shampoo. After 2-3 uses, you will notice improvements.

Safiya Fokina

As-Salam correspondent

2026-11-01 (Jumad-ul-awwal 1448) №11.

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Lemon as guardian of beauty