Go totally natural and make your own beauty products at home
First published in Wish April 2007
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.