Ever wondered how to have beautiful skin without spending a fortune on expensive cosmetic skin care products? Follow these beauty tips for glowing skin using mainly things from your kitchen and you'll have clear, glowing, blemish free skin worth showing off.
There are four stages to uncovering your natural radiance: Exfoliating, unclogging, detoxifying and nourishing. Follow these beauty tips and recipes for glowing skin.
Beauty Tip for Glowing Skin: Exfoliate & hydrate
Head to the kitchen and grab some baking soda, honey, salt and a lemon. Squeeze a teaspoon of lemon into the palm of your hand, add half a teaspoon of baking soda, half a teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of honey and blend into a paste with your fingertips. Add to your face in gentle circular moments and leave on as a mask for 5-10 minutes. You can do this everyday prior to jumping in the shower or three times a week if you have sensitive skin. If there is any irritation, rinse of immediately.
Baking soda is a first class exfoliator and the secret to the most amazing, creamy, gorgeous, luscious glowing skin imaginable. It is also superb for the whole body. Add 2 cups to the bath for a sizzling and soothing exfoliation for the whole body that also nourishes dry skin. Baking soda is a versatile household staple and you can read more about the many uses of baking soda. Buy aluminum free from any good supplier of health foods.
Honey is made by very clever bees whose products like royal jelly, bee pollen and propolis are all excellent for protecting our health and keeping us young! Honey contains trace minerals, waxes and sugars all excellent for soft and glowing skin. It is non-irritating so great for even the most sensitive skin types. Buy raw and organic for best results.
Lemon is packed full of enzymes that help clear away dead skin cells, allowing beautiful, glowing skin to emerge. Buy organic and juicy for best results.
Glowing Skin Tip: Unclog with a steam inhalation
Prepare a steam inhalation to unclog those pores. This can be done straight after the exfoliation to prepare pores for detoxification. You can add some essential oils to suit your skin type or mood. Add 3 drops of your chosen oils to a bowl of steaming water, cover head with a towel and inhale for at least three minutes. You can do this as often as you like.
- Try 1 drop essential oil of juniper and 1 drop essential oil of pink grapefruit for a zesty start to your day.
- Try 1 drop frankincense and 2 drops lavender for a relaxing end to your day.
You'll feel cleansed and refreshed and so will your skin in preparation to glow.
Beauty Tip: Detoxify with a mud mask
Mud is one of the best ways to detoxify your skin as having removed all the dead skin cells and unclogged your pores with the steps above, the mud mask will absorb all the impurities from your skin and bring them to the surface, to be washed away when you remove the mask.
There are many natural clays available on the market, however Rhassoul clay is particularly good for all skin types. It is very high in silica, magnesium, iron, calcium, potassium and sodium making it nutrient rich and perfect for glowing skin.
Mix 1 teaspoon of your chosen clay with enough water to make a thick and creamy paste. Apply to your skin gently, avoiding lips, eyes and nostrils. Remove gently with warm water when it starts to feel tight on your face. Apply once or twice a week.
Glowing Skin Beauty Tip: Nourish with a serum
Daily application of a serum using essential oils blended with a carrier oil is the best way to nourish and protect your skin and make it glow.
Serums made with a base of jojoba are effectively absorbed into the skin. Other carrier oils suitable for a facial serium include cammelia, olive, macadamia, avocado, apricot, rosehip, borage, calendula, carrot and vitamin E depending on your skin type.
For congested skin, essential oil of petitgrain is a miracle. You can make a serum very simply at home. Try adding 3 drops essential oil of petitigrain to 15ml jojoba. Apply 8 drops to your face after your skin care routine both morning and evening, massaging gently over face and neck in upwards motions.
Now the only thing left for you to do is to put these beauty tips for glowing skin to the test! After a few weeks of exfoliating, detoxing and nourishing, you'll feel confident enough to use less make up and just arm yourself with some mascara and lipstick when going out. It really is a perfect way to get beautiful glowing skin and highly recommended.
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Stephanie Holland - Stephanie graduated with a BCom in Business from Edinburgh University, Scotland in 1999. She has held variety of roles in the media ...
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