Kasthuri Manjal (Wild Turmeric):

• Glowing Skin: Take a bowl, combine curd and turmeric until you get a smooth and consistent mixture. Wash your face with a cleanser and pat it dry with a towel. Apply this mixture to your face and leave it on for about 15 minutes. Wash the mixture off with lukewarm water.
• Anti acne & Marks: Make a paste of Kasturi Turmeric powder with sandalwood powder and milk. Apply it all over your skin focusing on your pimples and wash it off after 30 minutes.
• Face Mask: Prepare a smooth face mask by mixing Kasturi Turmeric powder with chickpea flour and fresh, un-boiled milk. Apply the paste of medium consistency evenly to your skin and give a gentle massage for 5 minutes. Leave the mask as it is for 15-30 minutes and then, wash off with water to get a visibly radiant skin.
• Anti aging and wrinkle: Prepare a smooth paste of kasthuri manjal along with buttermilk and apply it to your skin. You can also make a paste of Kasturi Turmeric with sugar cane juice in order to get rid of wrinkles.

Red Sandalwood Powder:

• Anti acne & Scars: A rose water and red sandalwood face pack helps in the reduction of acne and acne scars. You can even add a teaspoon of honey and a pinch of turmeric to the pack for better results.
• A pack made with 1 tablespoon of red sandalwood and 2 tablespoons of mashed ripe papaya can help in exfoliation (removal of dead skin). This face pack helps you shed the dead skin and leaves your skin feeling fresh and rejuvenated.
• skin tone: Mix 1 tablespoon of red sandalwood powder, half tablespoon of turmeric, 2 tablespoon of curd and milk each to make a face pack. Apply this all over and let it dry. Later wash it off with lukewarm water and enjoy
• Sun tan removal: . Mix 2 tablespoon of curd or cucumber juice with an equal amount of red sandalwood powder and apply it on the affected area. Let it dry and then wash off. You will see instant results.

Licorice Root (Mulethi)Powder

• Skin Whitening: Add one tablespoon of licorice powder, rice flour, and turmeric. Add a few drops of fresh lemon juice. Use rose water or rice water to form a paste. This pack can be used to treat acne scars and general whitening. Add one tablespoon of licorice and add raw unprocessed honey to form a paste. Mix until you attain a thick paste and apply this to get a glowing and radiant skin.
• Anti acne & scar: Mix one tablespoon of licorice powder with half a tablespoon of sandalwood, and then add milk to form a paste. This pack is particularly effective in getting rid of dark spot.

Indigo Powder

Mix the Indigo Powder (100 gms for short hair, 200 gms for shoulder-length hair, 300 gms for long hair) in warm water to prepare a paste. Apply on your hair, using gloves if applying with your hands, or a spatula. Leave on for 45 minutes, or more, depending on preferred intensity. It’s advisable to keep it on hair for up to 2 hours to get rich black color. Rinse thoroughly with water.Wash your hair with a cleansing shampoo the next day.

Henna Powder

• For Black Hair Turns to Grey:Combine henna in sesame oil and curry leaves. For this purpose boil sesame oil and a few curry leaves; strain oil and keep this mixture in an air tight bottle. Whenever you want to henna your hair, heat the extract and add in the henna then apply on hair and leave for 3-4 hours. Wash it off with shikakai. If you like burgundy shade, make juice of beetroot and mix this juice into henna to make a paste.For a more reddish-brown color, mix henna with some lemon juice and curd along with some tea decoction.
• Use Coffee to Cover Grey Hair: Mix henna in hot black coffee to make paste and leave on hair for 3-4 hours. You can also add egg, olive oil and yogurt to henna for conditioning dry hair
• In a mixing bowl, soak the Henna Powder (100 gms for short hair, 200 gms for shoulder-length hair, 300 gms for long hair) with Tea Water or Coffee Water overnight. (Adding coffee makes the red color of henna more visible.) Add only a dash of Lemon Juice if you wish. Add Yoghurt or Egg for additional conditioning. On the next day, apply the paste on clean, product-free hair for 45-60 minutes, depending on preferred intensity. Rinse well only with water, repeating as many times as you intuitively need. Do not use shampoo.

Precautions for Better Results

Henna has the quality to get color faster if applied more then 1 time. Avoid applying it consecutively for more than 3 times. Also keep a gap of 3-4 days between each application.

Avoid shampooing hair after first application of henna on grey hair. Shampoo contains chemical so it will wash away the color got from henna as henna needs one day to get fast color on hair. After one day wash hair with shampoo.

Multani Mitti Powder

As a Face Pack

• Mix a tablespoon of multani mitti with two teaspoons of rose water.Add enough water to make a smooth paste. Apply on face and neck and rinse after 30 minutes.
• Take two tablespoons of multani mitti in a bowl. Mash a ripe tomato and extract the juice. Add the tomato juice to the multani mitti along with a teaspoon of lemon juice.Mix well to form a fine paste; Add water if needed. Apply on the face and neck and rinse off using water after 30-40 minutes. Do this once or twice a week.
• Mix a tablespoon of multani mitti with a teaspoon of sandalwoodpowder. Add enough water to make a smooth paste. Apply on face and neck and rinse after 20 minutes. you can also add rose water and milk to this remedy and use it a couple of times a week to balance the skin’s pH levels, control oil, and reduce inflammation.

Anti acne & pimple:

• Mix two tablespoons each of multani mitti and honeywith a tablespoon of turmeric powder. Apply to cleansed skin and leave on for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with water. Do this a couple of times a week.
• Mix two tablespoons of multani mitti with a tablespoon of neem powder, and a tablespoon of rose water. Squeeze a little bit of lemon juice into the paste and mix well. Apply onto cleansed skin and rinse with lukewarm water after 15 minutes.

Dark Spot: Mix a tablespoon of multani mitti with a teaspoon each of honey, lemon juice, tomato juice, and milk. Apply onto tanned skin and leave for 15-20 minutes. Wash with cold water to soothe skin and reduce dark spots.

Orange Peel Powder

As a Face Pack:

• Take 1 tbsp of orange peel powder, 1 tbsp of multani mittiand make a smooth paste out of it by adding rose water.  Apply on the face and neck and rinse off only when its semi dry
• Take 1 tbsp of orange peel powder and 2 tbsp of yogurt. Mix well. Apply on face and wash off after 20 minutes to get clear, fresh, and toned up tight looking skin

As a Face Wash: Take 1 tbsp orange peel powder, just a pinch of cosmetic turmeric, and 1 tbsp of natural honey. Mix everything well into a fine paste. Apply on the face and neck, and wash off after 5 to 10 minutes with any gentle face cleanser or rose water.

Bhringraj Powder

Mix 1 teaspoon bhringraj powder with 2 tablespoon coconut oil, warm slightly in a pan and apply to your scalp and hair. Let it sit for an hour and wash off. You can also add bhringraj powder to henna paste to dye your hair.

Brahmi Powder

Mix 1 tablespoon each of brahmi powder, amla powder and fenugreek powder with  coconut milk to form a paste. Let them steep for 15 minutes. Then apply to your scalp and hair and help it sit for 10-20 minutes, before washing it out. You can also use brahmi as a gentle hair wash.

Shikakai Powder

• Take a few tablespoons of the shikakai powder and mix it with a little water until it starts to look like a paste. This paste can be used as you would normally use a shampoo. Shikakai will clean your hair without stripping it of its natural oils
• Add Shikakai powder and oil to the boilimng water. Strain the mixture and add honey to it. Let it cool and shampoo your hair as you normally would and then pour the shikakai solution through your hair. Massage it into your scalp and hair for about 5 minutes and then rinse it out with some cool water. Alternatively, you can replace your normal shampoo with this rinse because of shikakai’s cleansing properties.

Aritha (soapnut) Powder

Make a paste of Reetha powder with warm water. Apply all over the scalp and hair. Massage well  and keep for 15–20 minutes.Rinse well with cool plain water.Do not use shampoo to rinse.

 Hibiscus Flower Powder

Shampoo: Mix enough Hibiscus powder with water or tea and apply to damp clean hair. Cover and let sit for a couple of hours. Add 1 tsp of any oil of your choice, yoghurt, or coconut milk for extra conditioning.

Hibiscus And Fenugreek Anti-Dandruff Hair Pack: Mix hibiscus and fenugreek powder to make a paste and then mix the paste with the buttermilk. Apply this to your scalp and hair and leave it on for an hour. Wash it off with a mild shampoo.

 Rose Petal Powder

• Take 1-2 tablespoons of the rose powder in a plastic or glass bowl. Add some amount of rose water (in case you are not willing to use rose water, then you can use normal water instead) and mix it in a thorough manner till you get a mud like consistency. Apply this rose powder mixture uniformly on the face, neck and other adjoining area in a super gentle manner.Leave it at least for 20-30 minutes and let it dry. Rinse it off thoroughly with lukewarm water and pat dry for beautiful, smoother and softer skin with added radiance that talks of ultimate beauty.
• Mix the rose petals with besan, also known as gram flour or chickpea flour, yogurt, and rose water to make a thick paste. Like all other masks, apply to the face. Then, let dry and rinse with milk, following the milk with cold water.
• Rose, Honey, Yogurt Face Pack:Mix 1 teaspoon of plain yogurt and 1 teaspoon of raw honey with the rose petals, and then apply them to your face. Leave the mask on for 10-15 minutes, and then rinse. If you have oily skin, you can add a little bit of lemon juice to the mix.
• Rose and Sandalwood Face Pack: Mix 2 tbsp of rose petal powder 2 tbsp of sandalwood powder.  Make a smooth and fine paste by adding rose water.  Apply on the face and rinse off after 30 minutes.

Beetroot Powder 

• For Hair: Add vinegar or Neem Leaf Powder with Beetroot powder and apply on your hair. Later, wash it off with shampoo. The process is effective in treating itchy dandruff.
• Conditioner: Mix coffee decoction and fresh beetroot powder to make a good hair conditioner. Rub it in well before you shampoo your hair or just rinse your hair with it after shampoo.
• Make a paste of the beets with castor oil or olive oil and apply it through your hair. Wrap your hair in plastic wrap or a shower cap. Allow the pack to sit on your hair for half an hour and then shampoo as usual.

Skin Care

• As a Face Pack: Take 1 teaspoon of raw milk, 2-3 drops of almond oil or coconut oil and 2 teaspoons of beetroot powder. Mix the ingredients properly. Gently massage it on your face and allow it to stay for 10 minutes. Later, wash it off with plain water and watch out for results.
• Skin Brightening: Take a bowl and add 2 teaspoons of orange peel powder and 1 teaspoon of beetroot powder. Mix the ingredients together until a thick paste is formed. Apply it all over your face and wash it off using cold water. Repeat these steps on alternate days to see better results.

Curry leaves Powder

 As Hair Mask: Add 1tablespoon curry leaves powder, 1 tablespoon neem leaves powder and a bit of yogurt into a mixer and blend them until a fine paste is formed. Apply this mask onto the scalp and gently massage it. Leave your hair untouched for about 20-30 minutes to dry up. Once it is dried, wash off the paste with the help of a mild shampoo.

For Skin care: Take some curry leave powder and multani mitti, then add a few drops of rose water and make a fine paste. Apply it on your face and neck. Wash it off once it dries. Curry leaves fight off free radicals in skin, leaving your skin supple and healthy.

Fenugreek Powder

 For Hair Care: Take 2 tablespoon of Fenugreek Seeds Powder and mixed it with Coconut Oil/Olive Oil. Apply the paste on your Scalp for 20-30 minutes then wash with Luke warm water.

 Skin Care: – Take 1 tablespoon of Fenugreek Seed Powder, Add 1 tablespoon of Fresh Yoghurt/Curd, 1 tablespoon of Multani Mitti Powder and some little amount of turmeric powder. Apply the paste on your face for 20 minutes then wash with water.

Jatamansi Powder

 You can mix Jatamansi Powder in any carrier oil that you can apply to your scalp and leave it overnight for best results. Wash your hair thoroughly with warm water the next morning.

Lemon Peel Powder

 For Skin: Take 2 tablespoons of Lemon peel powder in a glass or plastic bowl, and 2 tablespoons of rose water and add 2 to 3 drops of lemon juice to make a paste. Apply this paste on the face, neck and other adjoining areas. Let it leave for at least 20-25 minutes. Once it dries, wash it off with lukewarm water for best results.

Hair Care

 Applying lemon peel powder mix directly to scalp and hair is one of the best remedies for a clean dandruff free scalp to encourage healthy hair growth. Massage scalp using fingers for around 5 to 10 minutes.Allow the paste to stand on hair for 10 more minutes.Wash hair with a mild shampoo.

Lotus Powder

 Mix 1 tea spoon of lotus flower  powder with water or milk. Then apply evenly over cleared face, neck and area around eyes. Allow to dry for 10-15 minutes. And wash the skin with cool water.

For Hair: Take about ½ cup of Kerala Naturals Lotus powder in a bowl and add 1/4 cup of warm water to make a paste. Massage this paste on your scalp and hair roots by circular motions.Apply this paste on hair also. Keep the paste on your hair for 5 to 10 minutes.Then rinse your hair using normal water to clean the Lotus powder from the hair. you can also use in combination with other herbs like Kerala Naturals amla, Brahmi, Bhringaraj, Henna etc.

Pomegranate Powder

 For Skin: Take 1 tbsp of pomegranate peel powder, add ½ tbsp of lemon Peel Powder and 1 tbsp of honey with rose water. Mix all the ingredients properly to form a smooth paste. Apply this pack on your face and neck and leave it to dry for 15 minutes. Wash your face with lukewarm water.

For Hair: Add some pomegranate powder and yogurt in to a bowl. Mix this powder well and add a teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply this to your hair, from the scalp and roots right down the tips. Leave on for half an hour, and then rinse off with room temperature water.

Pudina Leaves Powder

 For Skin:  Add 1 tablespoon mint powder, 1/2 tbsp of kerala naturals (multani mitti) & mix this with tomato juice. Make a paste and apply on face to treat pimples, acne marks, and blemishes.

Hair care: For at-home dandruff treatment, simply blend mint leaves powder and lemon juice to form a paste. Apply on your scalp, leaving it on for 45 minutes and then rinse. Reapply twice a week for best results.

Ratanjot Powder

 For Skin Care: Take a table spoon of besan (gram flour) add 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder and add a tsp of ratanjot powder and mix well. Add milk as required to form a paste as a face pack.

Shankhpushpi Powder

 Apply a mixture of a tablespoon of shankhpushpi powder with honey and rose water on your face regularly, to reduce spots and fine lines and achieve a younger rejuvenated radiant skin