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Next time you're enjoying your "home spa," incorporate potatoes into a compress to help alleviate dark or puffy circles under your eyes. Or, use potatoes to help absorb excess oil in your face.<\/p>\n
Compress: Cut or grate a potato and put the potato in gauze. Leave the compress on for 30 minutes while lying down.<\/p>\n
Mask: Apply a grated raw potato as a mask by rubbing the potato on your skin. Leave the mask on for 30 minutes and then rinse off with water and vinegar.<\/p>\n
Cleanser: In a blender, combine 1\/4 cup chopped cucumber (do not peel) and 1\/8 cup chopped potato (do not peel) at medium speed for 20 seconds. Add 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 whole egg and 1\/4 cup plain yogurt; blend on low for one minute. Moisten face with warm water and apply cleanser with a washcloth in circular motions. Rinse clean with warm water.<\/p><\/div>\n
> Treat facial blemishes by washing your face daily with cool potato juice.
> Treat frostbite or sunburn by applying raw grated potato or potato juice to the affected
area.
> Help a toothache by carrying a potato in your pocket.
> Ease a sore throat by putting a slice of baked potato in a stocking and tying it around
your throat.
> Ease aches and pains by rubbing the affected area with the water potatoes have been <\/div>\n
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