How To Use Apple Cider Vinegar For Beautiful Hair and Skin You may want to start stashing apple cider vinegar in the medicine cabinet as well as the kitchen cupboard. This staple ingredient can do more than dress salads and make pickles—it’s also a fabulous all-in-one beauty product for all of you natural beauties on a budget. When used in your beauty regimen, apple cider vinegar can help you get pretty from head to toe. Be sure to get the good stuff. For Hair Apple cider vinegar removes clumpy residue and gunk in hair from product buildup. Apple Cider Vinegar Hair Rinse 1 part apple cider vinegar1 part water Directions: To revive your hair to its days of smoothness, mix the apple cider vinegar and water together. For Skin This simple vinegar can help improve your overall complexion. Apple Cider Vinegar Facial Toner 1 part apple cider vinegar2 parts water A good toner can moisturize, refresh and purify skin. You can also infuse your apple cider vinegar hair rinse or facial toner with fresh herbs for added nutrients and a pleasant scent.
Uses For Aloe Vera What do sunburns, itchy insect bites, and heartburn all have in common? Totally stumped? (Probably not, since the answer is in the title.) I can’t think of a better time than summer to stock aloe vera juice and aloe vera gel. Aloe vera is a super plant. Labeled the “plant of immortality” by ancient Egyptians, aloe vera provides healing benefits whether taken internally, or applied externally. What to look for When I refer to aloe vera gel, I’m talking about pure aloe gel – not the green, medicated, chemical-filled stuff. Of course, skinning your own aloe plants is the best way to go. Purchasing a good bottle of aloe vera gel can be difficult. Always read the ingredients and fine print; the information the company may be trying to distract you from reading (by using attractive fonts and pictures, etc.). Let’s use an unnamed but popular brand of aloe vera gel (rhymes with Fruit of the Birth) as an example: The label claims it’s “PURE.” 10 Uses for Aloe Vera Gel or Juice 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
The No Poo Method – How to Manage your Hair with No Shampoo When you begin looking around the internet searching for information about homemade shampoo and beauty products (or is that just me?), a strange term may appear. “NO POO” or NO POO METHOD. The no poo idea isn’t exactly new – a quick look at history and you soon realize that in olden times people didn’t use shampoo; in fact they pretty much didn’t wash at all. ners and all manner of concoctions for beauty treatments – and the industry keeps on growing today. The No Poo Movement Don’t you just love that term – I couldn’t resist. The Reasons Behind the No Poo Method This is where I totally agree. shampoo, and how we use it, is actually damaging our hair in the long run. Washing your hair every day isn’t good. No Poo Recipe Most people starting off with the traditional no poo approach tend to use variations of the same recipe. No Poo Shampoo Recipe 1 tbl spoon baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) 1 small cup of water No Poo Conditioner Washing Conditioning Problems With the No Poo Method Poo or No Poo?
How to Make Homemade Peppermint Extract -Whole Natural Life Part of the reason that I decided to grow mint this year was so that I could try making my own peppermint extract. Jesse and I are pretty much obsessed with mint (especially mint plus chocolate) so we go through a lot of mint extract. Even though I buy my extracts through Azure Standard, they’re not exactly cheap, so making my own seemed like a great way to save some money. I finally got down to it last weekend. How to Make Peppermint Extract I did a quick Google search and found a multitude of recipes, all of which followed the same basic outline. Harvest a bunch of mint leaves from your mint plant. Harvested mint leaves Remove mint leaves from stalks (if applicable) and pack leaves into a measuring cup to determine how much mint you have. Mint leaves ready to be rinsed Rinse mint leaves with water, then squeeze leaves in your hands to bruise the leaves before placing them into a clean glass jar. Cover your jar with a lid and allow to steep for about a month in a cool, dark place.
Living, Laughing, Loving, Learning: Homemade Bodywash We are becoming more "Hippie" by the day it seems. Truly, it is not all my fault. Andy contributes too. I may have been known as "Captain Planet" back in college, for starting the campus recycling drive, and for harping on my roommates constantly to turn off the lights, and tv, and water. But I married my equal. Andy was the one who pushed through and actually made the homemade laundry detergent. Ever since then he has been talking about making our own body wash. So, Andy occasionally does a search for homemade organic body wash. 1/2 gallon distilled water Minerals, colors and scents as desired Melt 2 cups grated soap in 1/2 gallon distilled water (we doubled the recipe which is why it looks like so much more then 1/2 gallon in the pot) Along with 2TBSP of Vegetable Glycerin oil Add scent or color if desired, which it wasn't for us - the simpler the better for poor Canaan's skin! Mix well. We poured it into mason jars and let it cool. One gallon distilled water - $1 Total spent - $10.20
10 Amazing Uses For Aloe Vera. Plus: What Do You Use It For? Posted by Siobhan on Thursday, February 23, 2012 · 60 Comments The other day, I was reminded of something Alexandra and I discovered when we were writing the book: That basically every beauty biff under the sun could be ameliorated with a little aloe. As we started studying ingredient lists on our old products, we noticed that so many products we’d known and loved for years had aloe listed first on the ingredient list, which, remember, means there’s more of it in there than any other ingredient. So if aloe was doing much of the heavy lifting (or taming, as the case may be) in so many of our products, couldn’t we use it on its own, too? But of course. Now, without further ado: Here are the 10 (sort of) science-backed uses for aloe vera: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. What’d I miss? Image (cc) via Flickr user Erik Mallinson
The No ‘Poo (no shampoo) Decision and Recipes A couple of years ago, I came across a couple of posts about the “no ‘poo” method of washing hair. It sounded like something I’d do, but at the time, life was really heavy on me… But just a few months ago, I came across those few posts again. I did a few more searches and made a mental note to pick up a couple of containers and my own jug of Apple Cider Vinegar the next time I went to the store. Since you are here, reading, you’ve likely already decided you have some interest in this method, so I’m not going to go into all the gritty details of why this method is good, or better. No ‘Poo is just a way of cleaning your hair without the harmful chemicals found in most shampoos and conditioners. Ingredients for the No ‘Poo, no shampoo method of washing your hair: One or Two containers that are easy to mix, easy to pour. You’ll want a spoon or scoop of some sort – I just use an old spoon, like the small spoon that would come in silverware set. A box of Baking Soda. There’s your basics.
.facebook 1406704690481 How to Make Rosemary Mint Shampoo and Body Wash for Men and Women Do you want your body to smell like rosemary-minty fresh after taking a bath? Why not try rosemary mint shampoo and body wash? And if there’s no retailer selling this product near your place, don’t worry you can make your own. It’s simple to do. Making your own rosemary mint shampoo and body wash is so easy. Read Heide’s complete post as she reveals how she made her rosemary mint shampoo and body wash combo in simple steps. To get to the full article, check the link below… How to Make Rosemary Mint Shampoo and Body Wash Sponsored Links If you like this post, Share it with your friends! Shower Gel Recipes for dry, sensitive or oily, blemished skin. Ingredient Benefits: Rose water for gentle care: Rose water is often found in commercial cosmetic products because of its fragrant, softening and mildly astringent properties. The delicate water is obtained from a steam distillation process that can extract the oil. Its gentle effect make rose water great for use in shower gels, creams and lotions. Baby shampoo for a base: Unscented natural baby shampoo, available in health-food stores, makes a good base for a shower gel. Liquid castile soap for sensitive skin: Liquid castile soap is a concentrated solution of an olive-oil based soap. Orange-blossom water for oily skin: Orange-blossom water, sometimes called neroli water, helps improve and refine pores as well as refresh oily skin.