INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Olive oil is a great skin moisturizer. Pour about 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil into your palm. Add a teaspoon of sugar. With one finger, mix the sugar into the olive oil until it is a gritty mixture. Then rub your palms together, spreading the oil and sugar mixture to cover your skin.  Inexpensive olive oil will be fine for this remedy. Rub your hands together for several minutes, making sure all your skin is covered. After you've rubbed your hands well, gently rinse with water. Start by mixing a tablespoon of glycerin and an equal amount of rosewater in a small glass jar. Add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, or a few drops of bottled lemon juice. Stir well.  Cup your palm and pour about teaspoon of the mixture into your palm. Rub your hands together. Make sure the mixture covers the palm as well as the back of your hands. Work the mixture well between your fingers. Dry your hands with a soft cloth or towel. Apply twice a day. This mixture shouldn't be kept for more than a couple of days. Separate an Egg into egg yolk and whites. Put the egg yolk into a small bowl, and set the egg whites aside. Add 1 teaspoon of honey, 1/2 teaspoon of almond powder, and a few drops of rosewater to the egg yolk. Stir well.  Rub well into your hands for 10 minutes or so, making sure to cover all your skin. Allow mixture to sit for about 10 minutes more. Gently rinse the mixture from your hands, and dry. Put 2 teaspoons of butter, and one teaspoon of almond oil into a small bowl. Blend well with a fork until smooth. Follow by rubbing cream well into your hands.  Allow the mixture to be absorbed by leaving it on your hands for at least 20 minutes. Follow by rinsing gently in lukewarm water. The vitamin E in the almond oil will help heal cracked skin and diminish wrinkles. Take a 1/2 slice of a lemon. Sprinkle a little sugar on the moist fruit. Squeeze the sugared lemon slice into your hand until the sugar seems completely gone. Repeat with your other hand.  This simple remedy can be easily found if you're in a restaurant and want to soften your hands quickly. The lemon slice also helps rid your hands of unpleasant odors, like garlic or fish. Put 1 tablespoon of coconut oil into a small bowl. Add 2 tablespoons honey and mix well. In a second bowl, mix 1/4 cup sea salt together with 1/4 cup sugar. Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice to the dry mixture until it has the consistency of slightly damp sand. Combine the salt mixture with the oil and honey mixture, and stir well.  With your fingers, scoop a small amount into your hand. Rub your hands together well, and spread the scrub across your palms and between your fingers. Rinse with warm water, and gently dry with a towel. Store excess scrub in a glass jar with an airtight lid. Apply 1-2 times per week.

SUMMARY: Apply olive oil and sugar. Mix glycerin, rosewater and lemon. Soak your hands in egg yolks. Make cream of butter and almond oil. Apply lemon and sugar. Make a hand scrub using coconut oil.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Take the soot-stained fabric outdoors and gently shake off any excess soot. Be careful not to shake too vigorously so that you don’t make the stain bigger or spread the soot around any more than is necessary. If you shake the fabric too vigorously, you also risk grinding the soot into the fabric – ultimately making it harder to clean. For fabrics stained with soot, try rinsing them with cold water to remove the stain. Turn the fabric inside out and run it under cool water to get as much of the soot out as possible. Try not to spread the stain further or grind the soot into the fabric with your hands. Try to let the cold water do its job and avoid touching the soot during the process. If you have soot stains on fabric materials like clothing, you can try soaking them overnight in laundry detergent. Fill a bucket with warm water and a small amount of laundry detergent and submerge the items. Let the fabric soak for at least six hours. If the soot-stained items can be bleached without being ruined, add a few drops of bleach to the detergent/water mixture. Use the hottest possible setting on your laundry machine to wash the soot-stained fabric. Use bleach (or color safe bleach, if the fabric requires it) when you run the washing machine.  Make sure that you have done all you can to minimize the soot stain before you actually wash the fabric. Using several methods together will be much more effective at removing the stain than just attempting one method. Don’t put the fabric in the dryer until you have checked to make sure the soot stain was completely removed. Otherwise, this could permanently set the stain in the fabric.

SUMMARY:
Shake off excess soot. Run the fabric under cool water. Soak soot-stained materials overnight. Wash the fabric in hot water.