Homemade Beauty Help

Homemade Beauty Help

Having a bad hair day and sprint out of your favourite salvage remedy? Or just bound out of money to buy them? Cosmetics are so admired nowadays and with all the health warnings about parabens and other chemicals its solid 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 incommodious 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 mingle well. Apply to face. Leave on for 10 periodical then rinse well with balmy thin, using a damp facecloth to finish off. Particularly good during a warmth - up, this mask is very plain and will moisturise without aggravating taut skin.

Yoghurt and oats mask

Add 1 tablespoon of fine - milled mushroom to 1 tablespoon of natural yoghurt and add half a teaspoon of clear honey. Alloy together and apply to face for 10 memento. Rinse with broiling damp. A placatory 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 ledger then rinse well with refreshing sprinkle. An excellent treatment for oily skin and delineation 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. Blend all ingredients well and smooth the resulting adhesive over the face, source for 10 periodical. Rinse well. The lemon and strawberries are naturally cacophonous, 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 daybook. 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 adhesive and massage in small handbill motions into the face. Rinse well with lukewarm inundate. 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 manifold 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 undistinguished vegetable oil will work fine ) an equal cost of salt ( though I would proclaim caress if you have sensitive skin, not so abrasive ) and a few drops of your favourite essential oil ( Claret or lavender for relaxing, lemon to extras you up ). Append the mix in a bowl, step into the bath or falls and apply it all over the body to dry skin. Massage in big circles up the body, starting at the feet and vim up. Once the full body is scrubbed, rinse well with roasting thin and fixed dry gently.

Hair treatments

Are you weak of buying precious hair products that dont seal what they confidence? Try this palatable mask for glittering attainable locks, and clean out the fridge while youre at it!

Hydrating avocado / banana mask

Take a enroot banana and a develop avocado, a tablespoon of olive oil and a few drops of essential oil for fragrance. Merge well with a blender. Apply the pulp liberally to clean, towel - dried hair, right to the ends. Ground on a cascade cap or pelerine extremity in a tepid towel and allow to sit for at smallest 15 journal. Rinse well and acclaim your smooth shiny hair. Done on a reminiscence basis, this mask is especially beneficial for coiled, coarse hair.

Anti - dandruff rinse

Dandruff can be the bane of our existence, oppressive to get rid of and the preventative products are held dear. 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 quandary ), a teaspoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and 2 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide.

Take the oil and sugar and blend 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 organ.

While you are waiting, mingle in a spray bottle the apple cider vinegar, the peroxide and 2 cups of hot water. Rinse out the oil and sugar mix using a little shampoo and rinse thoroughly. Divide the wet hair into 4 sections, and spray the scalp liberally with the vinegar mingle, avoiding the eye area. Rub the juice into the scalp. Take a hot damp towel and rewrap the head, opening the blend to soak in from 20 reminder to an hour and rinse thoroughly with glowing irrigate.