Does your medicine cabinet bulge with all the different
potions and lotions, treatments and fancy pants make up products?
Mine did.
Then I found some brilliant products that didn’t break the bank and most of
them are in my pantry or fridge!
Below are a list of fast beauty fixes that you can use at
home last minute minus that super expensive avocado.Let’s face it, if you’re
going to use the fruit you might as well
buy the expensive lotions with the price of tropical fruit this time of
the year!
CINNAMON
-Make a face mask with equal parts of cinnamon, nutmeg and honey. Powerful
ingredients to draw gunk out of the skin and the nutmeg provides a great
exfoliate while the honey moisturizers. Just make sure you take it off your
face gently with a warm washcloth. Use approx. once a week
BI CARB
- Fix a greasy
scalp get some bi carb and sprinkle in your hair. It soaks up and the grease
and gets rid of any odour. Kind of like dry shampoo!
-Short term
deodorant. Keeping a box of bi carb in your car can be incredibly useful. Not
only will it help reduce odour in the car but its there when you need a bit of
a freshen up! Dust lightly under arms
LEMON JUICE
-Get rid of tan
lines, especially on the hands, elbows and knees. Soak a cotton ball in fresh
lemon juice and apply to the area you want to make less orange and the lemon
juice will bleach it back saving you from a tanning disaster.
-Want to lighten your hair but don’t want the harsh
chemicals? Well if you already have blondish hair, you can. Lemon Juice is
nature’s bleach. Squeeze some lemons in to a bowl pour it in to a trigger spray
and spray on dry hair. Stand out in the
sun for about ½ hour or longer depending on what result you want. Now it isn’t
as obvious as bleach but it does brighten your locks right up!
VASELINE
-make teeth shiny
-Use to
prevent chafing by applying to the area that can become aggravated,
-lip balm or even to
-smooth over
those unruly eyebrows.
-mix it in
with eyeshadow you can also create a liquid eyeshadow and help it bind better
to the eyelid. Only mix a bit as you use it not the whole lot at once as it
could go off or breed bacteria.
SORBELENE
-Moisturiser
-Make up
remover
-After sun
balm to prevent peeling
-Soap
alternative
OLIVE OIL
-Treat feet
by cleansing/ exfoliating first (can be done with cinnamon mask) smother feet
in olive oil and wrap in glad wrap, pop on some socks are leave overnight. Nice
soft tooties in the morning!
-Treatment
dry hair by leaving in overnight on the ends of the hair. Make sure you use HOT
water to rinse out properly.
-use it
before a shower to prevent skin from getting dried out from the water
-Mix up some
soft brown sugar with olive oil to make a great body exfoliant
BABY SOAP
-Helpful in
getting rid of acne on an oily face. Wash face on a daily basis and use minimal
moisturiser
-Bleeding
nails can be stopped by putting a chunk of soap on the affected area. Same goes
for shaving cuts
-Antiseptic
for cuts and helps them heal
-Spot
treatment for pimples
-Anti fungal
to treat athletes foot
-Add to bath
to help deal with body odour
- Use on
scalp to help dread dandruff
- Relieve
insect bites
-Help stop
runs in stockings
-Fix hair in
place
-Spray over
foundation to make it set (this is entirely optional please consider the fumes)
-Help nail
polish set
-Use fine
sandpaper to file callouses off your feet
-Rub the
soles of new sandals to get grip on them
So next time you had a beauty drama...... just look in the cupboard.
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