When you are looking for completely natural remedies for skin and hair care, it is often sufficient to open the refrigerator or take a look in the pantry to discover multipurpose and above all inexpensive products and ingredients, to be used for personal care, but also of the House. Who has never tried using baking soda to eliminate bad smells from the refrigerator or has prepared a face mask with fruit and vegetables?
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When you are looking for remedies completely natural for the care of skin e hair, often enough open the refrigerator or take a look in the pantry to discover products e multipurpose ingredients and especially economic, to be used for personal care, but also for the home. Who has never tried using baking soda to eliminate bad smells from the refrigerator or has prepared a face mask with fruit and vegetables?
La beauty of skin and hair is guaranteed if you indulge in natural cures with steadiness, as is guaranteed saving: a do-it-yourself face or hair mask can cost up to a tenth of an equivalent product from large retailers. So here are seven useful ingredients, which you may not have thought of yet, to make yours quickly and easily do-it-yourself cosmetics.
1. Oat flour
Added to the bath water, it is the ideal remedy to give immediate relief to the irritated skin and in case of skin particularly sensitive to common detergents. Let it melt in bathtub, which you will have filled with warm water, a glass of oatmeal, made very fine with the help of a blender. Stay immersed for 15-20 minutes and then dry off with a soft towel, without rubbing.
2. Yogurt
It is ideal for making one face mask, even better if with the addition of a teaspoon of honey. In this case it is necessary to mix the two ingredients thoroughly. Apply the mask on the face avoiding the contours of the lips and eyes and leave it on for 15-20 minutes. Then rinse your face with warm water and dry it by dabbing it gently with a towel.
3. Avocado
It's great for making one hair mask to be applied before shampooing. Blend the pulp and, to enhance its effects, add two tablespoons of mayonnaise. This mask will have a smoothing and conditioning effect on your hair. Keep it in place for a long time, even for an hour or more, to fully appreciate its beneficial effects.
4. Olive oil
It can be used for both i hair that for the skin. Make a pre-shampoo pack heating a few tablespoons of oil, adjusting the quantity according to the length of your hair. Distribute it from roots to ends on damp hair, which you will then wrap in a shower cap or aluminum foil. You can let the compress act too all night long and then proceed with the usual washing. Your hair will be softer and more hydrated.
Use a few drops of olive oil on a cotton ball instead of the common face makeup remover. United to XNUMX/XNUMX cup sugar o sale up allows you to accomplish one body scrub to be granted before the shower or the bathroom.
5. Toothpaste
Helps to relieve insect bites, small irritations, redness and bruises. Just apply a drop on the affected part in the evening and leave to act overnight. Also try rubbing a small amount on nails, using a soft toothbrush, to strengthen them and make them brighter. They will also turn out whiter if the toothpaste contains bicarbonate.
6. almonds
By finely chopping them you can get the base for one gentle scrub for the face and body. Mix them with some yogurt natural and that's it. L'sweet almond oil can be used, in the same way as olive oil, on hair like pre-shampoo pack, with anti-frizz effect. To make your skin velvety and luminous face, apply it with a cotton swab, leave it on for a few minutes and wash your face using a delicate bar of soap.
7. Sale
Use something simple salt, even better if whole, to replace the bath salts commonly on the market. You can make yours custom bath salts mixing carefully 250 gr. of coarse salt with ten drops of essential oil bysweet orange, for a relaxing effect, or of cinnamon, for an invigorating effect.
Marta Albè
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