Mix 1 spoonful of ground oatmeal, 2 spoons of organic plain greek yogurt, about a teaspoon or so of honey ( organic grade A preffered). I use this when my face seems dull & dry. Everything in this is great for hydrating. The oatmeal provides a great exfoliator while soothing and irritation. The yogurt is great for conditioning and brightening the skin while flooding it whith nutrients and hydration. The honey is for purifying, brightening and helps with the consistency of the mask. Did you know that honey is a natural anti biotic? You may want to exclude the honey if you're prone to acne due to the sugary nature of it.
You could also try blended up strawberries & yogurt to exfoliate, brighten and hydrate. Avocado is also amazing at hydrating & nurishing. Due to the oils in avocado I wouldn't recomend it for oily or acne prone skin.
Undereye Circles
Blending a paste of cucumber & potatoe & applying to the under eye area helps depuff & reduce discoloration while soothing. Its best if chilled. The coolness also helps sooth & depuff.
Green tea is amazing for many reasons. One good option is to make yourself a strong cup of green tea, cut a round cotton pad in half & soak each half in the tea, place the 2 halves in the freezer for a few minutes to get them chilled. After they are nice & chilly, place one half on each of you under eye's. Leave it on while you enjoy the rest of your cup of tea. The caffeine & cold help depuff & green tea has a bunch of antioxidants as well as flavonoids.
Sea Salt is great for many things.
Mix it with water in a spay bottle, spritz hair, & scrunch to get awesome beach waves. No need to spend money on an expensive 'sea spray' hair product!
I like to use Sea Salt in my body scrub mix. My body scrub recipe...
1 spoonful of sea salt, coursely ground is best - exfoliant that helps dry up breakups
1 spoonful of oatmeal - moursturizing exfoliant
1-2 spoonfulls of coffee ground, used or unused ( I don't drink coffee but my roomates do so I sneak some their leftover coffee grounds in the morning. Waste not want not.) The caffeine in the grounds helps draw out any excess water being stored in your skin, helping to reduce/prevent cellulite. The grounds may offer a hint of color as well. So thoes are all the exfoliants, now chose the creamy mix to finish the recipe :-)
Take your pick! For a creamy, nourishing, moisturizing 'bonder' add one or all of these... All natural plain greek yogurt, organic grade A honey, or you can use whatever leftover body washes you may have laying around. you can even use some leftover conditioner. BTW leftover hair conditioners that may not have been very impressive can also be used as body wash & shave cream. Conditioner as shave gel works wonders for my dry legs!
You can also use this scrub on your face. I would recomend upping the sea salt & lessening the coffee. I wouldn't recommend using a leftover body wash or conditioner for this purpose. Either the yogurt or honey would be a good choice but you could also use an egg or egg white.
Hair Masks
Yogurt, egg, avocado, honey, jojoba oil, coconut oil, & many other indrenients can help you have the hair of your dreams! I personally don't like using egg because I'm afraid the hot water in my shower will cook the egg into my hair, not peasant lol. Any concoction of the other options works great as either an in shower deep conditoiner or overnight mask. I don't recomend doing an overnight mask more then once a week to aviod buildup or oilyness.
Get creative, have fun, & stay beautiful!!
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