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Naturally Gorgeous
Go totally natural and make your own beauty products at home
Face Cleanser
Ingredients:
1 avocado
1 tablespoon whipping cream
Directions: Halve the avocado, remove the stone and mash the flesh until smooth. Add the cream and blend. Wipe the cleanser over skin with a damp cloth (which will work as an exfoliator).
Good for: Dry skin. Avocado is extremely moisturizing.
Caution: Throw away any leftover mixture.
Body Scrub
Ingredients:
1 fresh coconut, grated
2 tablespoons ground rice
2 tablespoons coconut milk
Directions: Mix rice and milk with the grated coconut. Scrub the mixture over your body. Wrap yourself in a towel for 15 minutes. Shower off.
Good for: Nourishing and exfoliating your skin.
Foot Polisher
Ingredients:
3 handfuls fine sand
3 tablespoons coconut oil
5 drops peppermint essential oil
Directions: Mix all ingredients into a paste. Massage onto your feet. Rinse with tepid water and towel dry.
Good for: : Exfoliating dead skin; refreshing and moisturizing hot and tired feet.
Lip Balm
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon grated beeswax
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon almond oil
Directions: Melt the beeswax and coconut oil in a heat-proof glass bowl over a pan of boiling water. Whisk in the almond oil. Remove from the heat and pour into a small container with a lid (a small camera-film canister would work well). Allow to set.
First published in Wish April 2007
Comment on "Naturally Gorgeous"
Tse writes:
I really love natural ingredients of any kind of beautifying materials, I love your site and your things .
—posted March 12, 2007 at 7:01 a.m.
Tish writes:
This is my fist time visiting this site. I love the idea of making these beauty products at home. Not only to save money, but I think it will be also be fun & a great way to make sure I know what I'm putting on my skin. I can't wait to make the lip balm!
Also, I think trying the avocado cleanser with a friend is a great way to not have any left over to "throw away." Thks. I look forward to more beauty recipies & comments!
—posted March 20, 2007 at 1:08 p.m.
Gab writes:
This is also my first time visiting your website after having bought your magazine (for the first time) because of the Green Issue. I am interested by anything that deals with natural, health and environmentally-friendly stuff. Keep it coming!
—posted March 24, 2007 at 4:30 p.m.
gracefulies writes:
Where would you buy beeswax and coconut oil from? Editor's Note: Both should be available in specialty food stores.
—posted April 9, 2007 at 8:52 a.m.
sindy writes:
once a week give ur hair a nice moisturizing treatment using OLIVE OIL....make sure ur hair is dry and has no product in it and first start off by massaging your scalp to help distribute the natural oils, then comb with a wide tooth comb, and then put the olive oil into ur hair....start at the ends and work ur way up...i recommend putting sum clear wrap over ur hair and sleepin on it over night...wake up the next morning, wash ur hair and voila! shiny, soft and manageable hair!
—posted December 4, 2007 at 11:48 a.m.
tintangel writes:
one ripe banana, 2 tbsp honey, and 1 tbsp olive oil, blended together makes a nice hair mask for glossy hair. smear on dry hair, wrap a film and wait 30 mins. rinse off and then shampoo.b
—posted January 17, 2008 at 11:45 a.m.
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