How to Save Money on Your Beauty Routine With Home-Made Facial Scrubs
Exfoliation is an important part of any skin care routine – it helps remove dead skin cells, making your skin look younger, smoother, and more radiant. If you go to any beauty counter, you will be able to find numerous different exfoliation products, with various properties, and with prices ranging from reasonable to exorbitant. Or, you could just go into your kitchen, and mix up a home-made facial scrub in a few minutes, customized to your needs, and costing only pennies per use. Exfoliation falls into two main categories – chemical and mechanical. Chemical exfoliators typically...
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I’m always ready to try new things – so today, when I noticed a droopy branch on my huge aloe vera plant, I saw it as a great opportunity to use the aloe gel in a homemade facial scrub. Because I love the polished feel of my skin after scrubbing it with baking soda, I decided to combine the two – 1 tsp aloe gel, and 1 tsp baking soda. So, I cleansed my face, and then dried it off a bit, and mixed the aloe and baking soda together before scrubbing my entire face and neck (avoiding the eyes) for a few minutes. I rinsed it off with lukewarm water, and then decided to take...
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Today I tried out a new facial mask. I’m sufficiently pleased with the results (I seldom apply the adjective “luminous” to my skin, but it seemed to fit quite well) that I thought I would share it with my readers. Please feel free to let me know how it works for you. Ingredients: – 1 tsp powdered turmeric – 1/2 tsp lime juice – 1 tsp liquid honey Instructions: – Pour a nice, hot bath, with several drops of essential oils – Put on some beautiful, relaxing music – Dim the lights; maybe light some candles – Hop into the bathtub –...
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