Bleaching:-
1. For bleaching your face, mix the juice of one lemon in two tablespoons of milk or cream. Apply this on your face and neck and massage for a few minutes. Then rinse off. Do this daily before going to bed. It also helps to keep the hands soft and supple.
2. Take a teaspoon of lime- juice and stir in half a teaspoon of honey and a few drops of milk. Mix well and apply over your face and neck fifteen minutes before you take bath. This lotion will have a mild bleaching effect on a greasy skin which, because of its excessive oil may be rather sallow.
3. A paste got by grinding equal parts of lime – juice and cucumber juice acts as as astringent and helps to bleach the skin.

Whitening:-
1. To one table spoon of cucumber juice stir in a few drops of lime juice and a dash of turmeric powder. Mix well and apply over face and neck. Leave it for half an hour and then remove with ordinary tap – water .This lotion makes an excellent whitner for all types of skin.
2. Tomatoes cut in half and rubbed over the face are useful for toning up and whitening the skin and refining pores.
3. Soak four almonds in night. Peel off the skin and grind them very fine. Now mix 1 ½ teaspoons of gram flour, one teaspoon of fresh unboiled milk and four drops of lime – juice. Make a paste and apply it evenly on the face. Leave it on for 15 minutes, then massage gently till it comes off. Finally rinse face with warm water and then splash cold water.
4. Mix a teaspoon of gram flour with a pinch of turmeric powder, a few drops of lime juice, ½ teaspoon of olive oil and milk and apply on your face. Leave for 30 minutes. Wash off with water.
5. To whiten the skin, cut pieces of a raw potato (do not peel) and keep it in cold water for a few minutes. Then rub these slices over your face, neck and hands.
6. Reverse an empty milk bag, insert your hand in it as in a glove. Rub gently the creamy side side on face, neck and forearms. Leave it on for a while and then follow it with a hot water bath. It works as an excellent skin softener cum whitener, specially in winter and that too free of cost.