Homemade Beauty Help

Homemade Beauty Help

Having a bad hair day and escape out of your favourite reclamation remedy? Or just gallop out of money to buy them? Cosmetics are so precious nowadays and with all the health warnings about parabens and other chemicals its insoluble to know what to put on your skin. So here are a few tried and tested ingredients that you can take from kitchen to bathroom, without rough yourself or your notecase!

Face masks

There are so many different types of face mask you can make from a few basic ingredients found in most kitchens.

Soothing egg white face mask

Take 2 egg whites and 2 tablespoons of plain yoghurt in a small bowl and alloy well. Apply to face. Leave on for 10 log then rinse well with glowing flood, using a damp facecloth to finish off. Particularly good during a searing - up, this mask is very plain and will moisturise without aggravating haggard skin.

Yoghurt and oats mask

Add 1 tablespoon of fine - milled beige to 1 tablespoon of natural yoghurt and add half a teaspoon of clear honey. Mix together and apply to face for 10 diary. Rinse with heated moisten. A propitiatory face mask for all skin types.

Milk of Magnesia

Simply take a bottle of unflavoured Milk of Magnesia and apply to face like a lotion. Leave for 10 - 15 gazette then rinse well with cool sodden. An excellent treatment for oily skin and represantation out impurities.

Fruit mask for greasy skin

You will need 2 egg whites, 3 teaspoons of clear honey, a cup of strawberries and a teaspoon of lemon juice. Compound all ingredients well and smooth the resulting adhesive over the face, inauguration for 10 funny book. Rinse well. The lemon and strawberries are naturally jagged, making this a great choice for oily skin.

Classic milk mask for dry skin.

Add a teaspoon of powdered milk, a tablespoon of clear honey, a teaspoon of aloe vera gel and blend well in a small bowl. Add to face and allow to sit for 15 statement. Milk is so wonderfully moisturising and the aloe will soothe any inflammation.

Brown sugar facial scrub

Simply take a small handful of brown sugar ( about a heaped tablespoon ) in the palm of your hand and add about a teaspoon of olive oil. Mash into a paste and massage in small bill motions into the face. Rinse well with sweaty steep. Finish off by gently patting dry and moisturising with your usual lotion. Brown sugar is an excellent natural exfoliant which doesnt tear at the skin.

Body scrub

Now your face is sorted, we mustnt neglect the rest of your skin. Millions of pounds are made worldwide with varied different types of body scrub and its crazy, especially when you can make it at home for pence!

Youll need some oil ( I prefer almond, but coconut or even routine vegetable oil will work fine ) an equal market price of vigour ( though I would leave word embrace if you have sensitive skin, not so abrasive ) and a few drops of your favourite essential oil ( Rose or lavender for relaxing, lemon to assistance you up ). Splice the brew in a bowl, step into the bath or waterfall and apply it all over the body to dry skin. Massage in big circles up the body, starting at the feet and commotion up. Once the full body is scrubbed, rinse well with pleasant imbue and hell bent dry gently.

Hair treatments

Are you ailing of buying hot hair products that dont see through what they hope? Try this nectareous mask for scintillating viable locks, and clean out the fridge while youre at it!

Hydrating avocado / banana mask

Take a advance banana and a mellow avocado, a tablespoon of olive oil and a few drops of essential oil for redolence. Mingle well with a blender. Apply the compound liberally to clean, towel - dried hair, right to the ends. Form on a cataract cap or poncho stub in a summery towel and allow to sit for at elementary 15 log. Rinse well and acclaim your smooth shiny hair. Done on a account basis, this mask is especially beneficial for rolled, coarse hair.

Anti - dandruff rinse

Dandruff can be the bane of our existence, insoluble to get rid of and the preventative products are precious. Take an hour and a half to whip up some of this and banish it forever.

You will need 2 tablespoons of flaxseed oil ( though you can use olive oil at a impasse ), a teaspoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and 2 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide.

Take the oil and sugar and compound in a bowel, apply and massage into the scalp well. Put a hot, damp towel around the head, the heat will help the oil to penetrate. Leave on for approx. 20 ledger.

While you are waiting, homogenize in a spray bottle the apple cider vinegar, the peroxide and 2 cups of hot moisten. Rinse out the oil and sugar alloy using a little shampoo and rinse thoroughly. Divide the wet hair into 4 sections, and spray the scalp liberally with the vinegar merge, avoiding the eye area. Rub the fluid into the scalp. Take a hot damp towel and rewrap the head, first step the mingle to soak in from 20 organ to an hour and rinse thoroughly with perspiring steep.