Friday, August 21, 2009

Do you want to go Natural?

Here are some amazing things to keep in your home... feel free to leave a note if I've left anything out!

Baking Soda - the BEST face scrub you've EVER used. It's so cheap, its practically free. (Keep away from eye area). Also great to get your teeth "dentist clean".
Vinegar (the regular white stuff) - Makes your hair super shiny and bouncy, rinse 1part vinegar with 1part water through your hair after your shampoo. Follow with conditioner.
Hydrogen Peroxide - Rinse your mouth after brushing, anti-bacterial AND "bleaching".
Castor Oil - Add a few drops to your shampoo (in the palm of your hand) before washing. Mix together and watch it get thick and rich. Excellent moisturizer! Use it around your eye area and watch your eyelashes grow long and strong!
Olive Oil - Excellent moisturizer. Cheap, even when organic, considering how little you need to moisturize your body. Apply on damp skin after coming out of shower. Mix with other oils and essential oils.
Coconut Oil - My favorite. Rich with Amino Acids. If heaven has a smell, it's Organic Coconut Oil... ;o) Put it on your hair before going to sleep. Wash it out the next day. Prepare to dazzle everyone with your shiny, bouncy hair! Also an intense body moisturizer...a little goes a long way!
Rose Hip Seed Oil (you gotta keep this baby in the fridge) - one of the best anti-aging products there is. It's not cheap (a little 1oz bottle can set you back $10 or more). It spoils, so you gotta keep it in the fridge. I like to use it around the eye and lip area.
Liquid Glycerin - is a humectant. It pulls moisture out of the air and into your skin/hair.
Tea Tree Oil - even though its an oil, it's extremely drying. Use only on very acne-prone skin, or add the tiniest little trace to your moisturizer the week before your period to help prevent hormonal breakouts. Also great for treating backne.
Essential Oils (good basics are Lemon, Peppermint, and Lavender) - can add a beautiful smell to your skin care/hair care and have wonderful benefits. Lavender, for instance, is not only calming, but is mildly anti-bacterial.
Shea Butter - intense moisturizer. Can be used on your face. Non-comedogenic. Has a mild, natural SPF built-in.
Honey - humectant. Pulls moisture out of the air and into your skin/hair. Use it as an ingredient in masks or in your bath.
Beeswax - a better barrier than Petroleum Jelly, but completely natural! Melt beeswax with a little bit of Coconut Oil and Shea Butter for your very own lipbalm, or nightly eye cream.
Oatmeal - moisturizes and calms irritated skin. Powder it and add it to face masks or your bath.

Great "ingredients" that you probably already have:
Yoghurt - exfoliates when used as a mask
Eggs - rich in vitamins and minerals. Use as face masks, hair masks, etc
Milk - soothing and exfoliating, Cleopatra famously added it to her baths
Fruits - such as strawberries are an amazing source of "AHAs" to use in masks

2 comments:

  1. Oooh.. I'm excited about this...

    I put olive oil in my bath once and was in awe of how smooth and soft my skin was after... but I went to take a shower the next morning and was slipping all over the place.. almost fell on my face a bunch of times haha. So yes... wash the tub right after you do this! haha

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  2. And use Baking Soda to scrub it! Chemical free, and you will not believe how smooth and shiny your tub will get!!!

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