DIY Home-Made Beauty Products

Make your own Home-made Beauty Products using items from your own KITCHEN! Have fun! Comment if you try it, and tell us how it works!

SUGAR SCRUB FOR BODY
Kitchen:
Make your own scrub by mixing equal parts brown sugar and sesame oil in a bowl or container. Then head into the shower and spread the homemade exfoliating sugar scrub over your entire body.

2-ANTI WRINKLE
Kitchen:
Banana Wrinkle Fighter Recipe: This recipe is for supple skin as well as maintaining the skin's natural glow. Banana is also wonderful as an anti-wrinkle treatment.

All you need: Ripe Banana

Banana is wonderful as an anti-wrinkle treatment. Mash 1/4 banana until very creamy. Spread all over face and leave for 15-20 minutes before rinsing off with warm water followed by a dash of cold. Gently pat dry.

EXFOLIATION and MASK For FACE and Body
Kitchen:
Facial Exfoliate Recipe

2 heaped tsp fine oatmeal
1 tsp. baking soda
Combine ingredients, and add enough water to make a paste. Apply to skin and rub gently. Rinse and gently pat dry.

FOR BODY
Kitchen:
All you need is to cups of plain yogurt, which contains lactic acid to exfoliate and boost collagen production.

DEEP HAIR CONDITIONER
Kitchen:
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 egg yolk
1 cup water
Beat the egg yolk until its frothy, add the oil then beat again. Add the water. Massage into the scalp and throughout your hair. Rinse well.

Mayonnaise is a great conditioner for dry hair. Depending on the length of your hair, apply approximately 1/2 cup of mayonnaise to your dry hair. Work into hair really well and then cover your hair with a plastic bag, allowing to set for about 15 minutes. Rinse thoroughly and then shampoo as usual.

FOOT PREP and PAMPER
Kitchen:
A scoop of poppy seeds turns any lotion into a scrub.

Rinse with water and pat dry. Apply some additional lotion for soft feet

Source:

Alison Deyette

www.alisondeyette.com
www.AliOnTheGo.com

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Naturally Exfoliate that Winter Dry Skin!

One of the most important steps of your skin care regime should be exfoliating your skin. Doing so gets rid of the excess oils that clog your pores while eliminating the dead cells from the surface of your skin. Immediately after exfoliating your skin looks lighter and leaves you with a refreshed feeling.

First: Start with the lips, that can get so Chapped from the Winter!

Step 1: Get a soft toothbrush and wet it with warm water, then brush your lips in a circular motion. Pucker up and get that inside lip stuff too! Add a little sugar to your brush to get ride of the extra chapped parts!

Step 2: Moisterize with a good lip balm, or vaseline, or break open a Vitamin E capsule and spread on your lips for good moisturization and protection.

Next: Lets move to our bodies using Dry Brush Exfoliation

A dry brush exfoliation involves the use of a soft, dry brush to gently brush the skin. It is recommended by holistic practitioners to remove dead skin cells, improve the circulation of blood and lymph, and enhance detoxification through skin. The gentle pressure is also thought to have a calming effect.

Dry Brush Exfoliation
The only tool needed is a soft, dry, skin brush, preferably with natural bristles.

Step 1: Stand in the shower with the water off.

Step 2: Starting at your feet, start brushing in small circles towards your heart. Apply very light pressure, avoiding broken skin, skin rashes, or areas where the skin is thin, such as the face or inner thighs.

Step 3: After you've finished both legs, move on to your arms. Brush from your fingertips, again towards your heart.

Step 4: Reach around and brush from your back towards your stomach.

Step 5: When you are finished, begin showering.

5 Favorite Beauty Items for Going Green

I have found some great environmentally friendly beauty products, thanks mostly to one of my friends who works for Ulta Salon, and also friends and shops on Etsy!

1. Sexy Hair Organics $8
I have really long hair, and this shampoo and conditioner are fabulous!

2. Orange Body Polish by Mama Nature essentials $8

This works awesome, so great, doesnt burn like some scrubs because its made from sugar, great exfoliation and then moisture.

3. ABBA True Shine Shine Elixir $3.99

Great smoothing serum for ends of hair!

4. Olivia Garden Healthy Hair Eco-Friendly Bamboo Brush $13-17

I use the EXTRA huge round brush for straightening my hair, it works awesome, it doesnt tangle my long hair, and if i dont want, i dont have to flat iron the ends!

5. HEMPZ Leave-In Detangler $12

Great detangler, super easy to brush out hair after shower