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Before starting my article I will like to say a few words about health.
"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease."
"He, who has health, has hope. And he, who has hope, has everything."
"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."
For the past three weeks its felt as if I've been reliving my teenage years. No, I haven't plastered my walls with NKOTB posters or taken to covering my puffy jackets with button pins.(Less snickering please, if your in my age bracket and female-then there's a good chance you did the same as a teenager.) Anyway, besides silly things like those previously mentioned I also,in my youth,made up all natural concoctions to serve as beauty aides.
I still remember clutching my favorite mags and scanning them for face mask recipes or beauty tips that could be followed without extra cost. Let's be honest, after the magazine was bought most of my pocket money was gone. It was good back then to know that tea bags or cucumbers on your eyes got rid of puffiness.(Because I had so much eye puffiness when I was thirteen right? Maybe after sleepovers when I stayed at my niece's house and played Tetris all night!) But these things,cucumbers and tea bags, these were easy to get my hands on. Lemons were a treasure trove of beauty-unlocking potential. Baking soda and peroxide? They were the secret to whiter teeth. I'd store my favorite beauty tips in a beauty binder and when my friends came over we'd have spa day- it was a blast.
Flash forward .....how many ever years and I've started searching for all natural (and relatively cheap) beauty secrets again. What's awesome about this now is that I actually need eye bag eraser remedies and foot sloughs,and I don't even have to go buy a mag to get them. We have the Internet now, and you better believe I try to fully achieve it's beauty secret unlocking potential. Why do I still love these all natural, home made wonders? There are many reasons why:
1.All natural means no weird, you can't pronounce them,let alone know what effect they'll have on you chemicals.
2.most of the things I need for these recipes are in my pantry already.
3. Even if you have to buy ingredients,you get to make several batches of stuff at less cost then buying the products ready made.
4. Less waste in packaging=better for the environment
5. Making my own beauty products makes me feel all pioneer women circa Little House on the Prairie(Laura's mom wad a stunner, she had to have a few tricks up her sleeve)
I've been talking about all natural beauty treatments and there are alot out there. You should do lots of research before jumping in to anything. But there are other homemade wonders that are good for man or woman. My favorites?
Washing your hair with baking soda and conditioning it with apple cider vinegar. You use a tablespoon baking soda to 1-2 cups water as a shampoo replacement. You use 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar (ACV) to 2cups of water on the tips of your hair instead of conditioner. You do this 2-3 times a week with water rinses in between. There is a couple weeks that your hair takes to get used to this, but after that this is actually better for your hair then regular shampoos and conditioners.
Apple juice, yogurt, baking soda face wash for oily skin. I've been using this twice a day for a week and I'm loving it. Alot of the face washes out there for oily skin contain salytic acid which kills my skin, it's just too harsh. I've had no problems with this homemade face wash so far. I found information on this and the no shampoo baking soda solution on recipe that uses coconut oil, corn starch and essential oils as well as baking soda, peppermint oil, glycerin toothpaste replacement. I'm really excited to make our home more natural, less wasteful and pass these lessons on to my children.
