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Posted on 07-02-2008

Uses for Vinegar

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· Used as a hair rinse, vinegar neutralizes the alkali left by shampoos.
‘It will give your hair an all out shine!’

· Age spot fader - Mix equal parts of onion juice and vinegar and use it daily on age spots. This will take a few weeks to work, just like its expensive relative from the store.

· Splash vinegar on your varicose veins. The vinegar is supposed to reduce the veins and relieve the pain and swelling.

· Use it diluted 50/50 as a skin cleanser as most soaps are alkaline as compared to skin ph.

· It’s an ongoing battle as to whether vinegar can help you lose weight, but the ones who say it will, say to drink a glass of water before each meal in which you’ve added a tablespoon of vinegar and a tablespoon of honey.

· One teaspoon to one tablespoon of vinegar gets rid of hiccups.

· Rinse water for face - pour 1/8 cup in rinse water, rinse face and let it air dry (it seals the moisture in the skin) (great for all over especially when weather is dry )cleanser - about 15 minutes to half an hour, or longer, if you wish. Then brush them thoroughly. Your dentures will be cleaner and whiter than a proprietary dental cleaner can do it.

· Makes a great eyeglass cleaner. Mix white vinegar 1/2 and 1/2 with water. I keep a tiny spray bottle in my purse.

· Instead of buying expensive facial products , I mix up my own toner using 1/2 water, 1/2 vinegar and a few aspirin. The acids in the vinegar force your old skin cells to flake off, much like the store-bought alpha hydroxyl products. The aspirin is my own anti-acne solution. A lot of acne products use salicylic acid, which is basically aspirin with a few chemical differences. The aspirin won’t dissolve completely, but it doesn’t seem to matter. This works especially well against those deep acne spots older people often get. I’ve been using this twice a day for five years and people are amazed when I tell them my real age (44). One caution: Also use a face lotion with at least SPF 15 everyday- even in winter (Oil of Olay knockoffs are fairly cheap)- because the mixture will make your skin thinner (just like the expensive store-bought ones will) and more susceptible to sun damage.

· I color my own hair and when I rinse, I rinse with warm water then I dilute white vinegar with water for the final rinse, as cold as I can stand. This seals your color so it doesn’t fade out as quickly.

· Nail polish will go on smoother and stay longer if you clean your nails with white vinegar before applying it.

· If you have hard water put vinegar in your bath water and rinse your hair with it. It gets out residue from shampoo and conditioner.

· I work in fragrances and it is recommended to use vinegar to remove the odor of a perfume you don’t like. Apply it to skin that has been sprayed with the undesired perfume. Cleanser - about 15 minutes to half an hour, or longer, if you wish. Then brush them thoroughly. Your dentures will be cleaner and whiter than a proprietary dental cleaner can do it!