diy beauty
DIY Quick Fix: Lemon Juice
Did you know that lemon juice is a natural exfoliant? Because it of its acidity, lemon juice can help slough dead skin cells away. If you are ever in a pinch, you need not look far!
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DIY Beauty: Ginger Orange Salt Soak
A quick, revitalizing bath soak you can whip up yourself with just a few simple ingredients. Here’s what you need…
1 cup epsom salt or coarse sea salt
1/3-1/2 cup baking soda
1/2-1 TBSP ground ginger
10 drops sweet orange essential oil (or any citrus oil would work well)
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and package in [...]
5 Things: green your beauty routine
The little things add up and making small adjustments to our everyday routines can equal big changes in the end. It seems we are all more conscious of the foods we eat and where they come from, our household cleaners and the energy we consume. What we put on our bodies is just as important [...]
DIY Beauty: avocado hair mask
You don’t have to look far to find a quick and inexpensive way for an at home deep-conditioning hair treatment! Grab an avocado and get mashing, this quick DIY hair mask will leave you with smooth, soft locks, naturally!
1/2 avocado (use a bit more avocado if you have long hair)
1/4 cup honey
Mash the avocado [...]
DIY Beauty: egg white face mask
A quick and easy DIY face mask recipe to revive skin with ingredients you already have in your refrigerator.
You will need:
2 egg whites (seperated from yolks)
2 TBSP plain yogurt (Greek yogurt works great)
Combine ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly mixed and apply to face and neck, avoiding the eyes.
Leave on face for 15 minutes, [...]
DIY beauty: A Quick fix with raw sugar
The unpredictable spring weather feels like it is wreaking havoc on my skin. The flip flopping between warm and cold, then wind and rain, and back to sun is not only confusing my shoe wardrobe, but my skin too!
So today I felt like I needed a little something extra to slough off that little [...]