1. Make your eggshell beauty mask
Eggshells contain many essential minerals. This makes them the ideal ingredient for a facial mask to refresh the complexion and tighten the skin.
Mix the finely ground eggshell with a fresh egg white for the face mask. Then apply the mixture to your face, leave it on and rinse your face thoroughly with lukewarm water after a few minutes.
To grind the peel, you can use a mortar or a coffee grinder.
2. Easily removes stubborn dirt
Has something stuck to the bottom of the pan, or are you bothered by stubborn scale deposits in the bathroom? Then eggshells are the perfect cleaning agent.
You only have to grind two or three eggshells in a mortar and add a little water and liquid detergent. Mix it all to form a scrubbing paste.
Pour the mixture on a sponge and use it to scrub the pan or tile affected by limescale. Finely ground eggshells produce a peeling effect and make dirt come off better.
3. Better tolerate coffee with eggshells
If you drink filter coffee, whether made by hand or machine, eggshells can help make it more digestible.
Add some well-cleaned, slightly crumbled eggshell to the filter to benefit from this property. This makes the coffee easier to digest and less bitter.
4. Make a mini funnel yourself
Don't have a small funnel to pour some liquid into a narrow neck bottle? Half an eggshell can help.
Make a hole very carefully with the help of a thick needle. Then you have to pour the liquid into the eggshell and let it drain precisely through the hole.
5. Provide plants with eggshell fertilizer
You can care for indoor, balcony, and flowerbed plants with a simple fertilizer made from eggshells. Because in addition to containing calcium, it also has a lot of potassium, magnesium, copper, and phosphorus. Potassium, in particular, ensures better fruit formation.
To make the fertilizer, add the shells of two or three eggs, well chopped, to the irrigation water. The amount will be enough for between one and two liters of water.
You can also spread the eggshell powder on the ground and then water the plants as an alternative to this method.
6. Replenish calcium stores
A primary component of eggshells is calcium. If you suffer from a calcium deficiency, you can fill the "reservoir" with well-cleaned eggshells (you have to boil them).
A pinch of the shells, very finely ground, can be added to bread dough, muesli, or even a milkshake or smoothie.
7. Drive away pesky snails with eggshells
For this home remedy against snails in the garden, collect eggshells for a while to get a sufficient amount. Then you can place the coarsely chopped husks around the plants in a circle several centimeters thick and wide.
That should be an unpleasant obstacle for snails. Voracious garden visitors hate splinters from sensitive materials and tend to stay away.
Clean egg shells before use
Before using eggshells on the skin or for consumption, you must disinfect them by boiling them. Salmonella and bacteria can stick to them. Also, the protein left in the shell breaks down over time.
If you are going to use the eggshells to ingest or to make the mask, It is recommended that you use organic eggshells.
Leave the shells in the boiling water for 10 minutes to disinfect them. To dry them later, you can bake the eggshells for 20 minutes in a 100-degree oven. After that, it is better to store them in a paper bag.
If you want to use the eggshells in the garden, you don't need to boil them. First, you can use them as-is.
