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So Simple Beautiful Uses for Strawberries - Mini Home Beauty Treatments

Spa Strawberry Scrub

Strawberry’s main skin-pleasing ingredient is alpha-hydroxy acid that helps us slough off dead skin cells so that new, youthful skin is revealed.

Here’s an easy way to get some of strawberry’s
benefits :
Cut a berry in half, rub it over your face,
and let it sit there for a few minutes, then rinse.
Instantly softer, smoother skin!

Sweet Strawberry and Cream Mask
This recipe is so delicious–with berries, cream, and honey
–that you might be tempted to eat it instead of putting on your face.
It will leave your skin soft and beautiful:

INGREDIENTS

3-4 medium-sized ripe strawberries
1 tablespoon fresh heavy cream
1 tablespoon organic honey

1. Mash the strawberries with the back of a fork or puree them in a blender or food processor. Add the cream and honey to the puree to form a thick mixture.2. Apply to the clean face and neck, avoiding the area around the eyes, and leave on for 10 minutes. Rinse off, using bottled or spring water and cotton pads.

Strawberry Foot Scrub
Feet can use a little help in summer,
when sandals expose rough dead skin for all to see.
This easy scrub helps slough it all away:
INGREDIENTS
8 strawberries
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoons kosher salt
Mix ingredients into a paste,
massage well into feet,
then rinse and dry.

Puffy Eye Remedy
Just place a few strawberry slices under your eyes
and relax for 10 minutes,
then remove the slices and moisturize.

Berry Good Acne Remedy
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup sliced strawberries
1 tablespoon sour cream

Mash well to combine, then apply this mixture to your face
and allow to stay for 10 minutes or so. Rinse thoroughly.

Strawberry Mask for Oily Skin
Mix equal parts fresh strawberries and plain unsweetened yogurt,
mashing to combine.
Apply to face, allowing to stay on for around 10 minutes,
Rinse.

Strawberry Tooth-Whitener
Simply rub crushed fresh strawberry pulp directly on your teeth to clean
and gently remove stains. So simple.

Strawberry Hair Conditioner
If you want glossy, silky hair, this one’s for you:

INGREDIENTS
8 fresh strawberries
1 tablespoon mayonnaise

Mash ingredients thoroughly and massage into damp hair.
Cover with a shower cap and a warm towel.
Allow to stay on hair for at least 10 minutes,
then shampoo as usual.

Indulge Yourself with Chocolate Home Spa Beauty Treatments

Beautiful Uses for Chocolate
Save money on expensive beauty products.
Create your own home spa treatments
with Chocolate.






What Chocolate can do for you:

Skin Softener
Skin softening properties of chocolate comes directly from its major content, cocoa butter. Chocolate is extremely rejuvenating for your skin and refreshes the skin. It has turned out to be an excellent beauty ingredient and is being heavily used in beauty care treatments for its skin softening ingredients. It is an exceptional natural moisturizer which makes your skin soft and supple.

Smooths Wrinkles
The anti-oxidants also known as anti-aging allies in dark chocolate helps to avoid and prevents the free radicals from damaging the skin’s elastin, collagen and various other proteins. Therefore, chocolate is used in various beauty treatments to smooth out wrinkles.

Reduces Scars and Stretch Marks
The fat content in cocoa butter is made of high quality linoleic acid which gives chocolates the ability to diminish fine lines, and reduce the appearance of scars and stretch marks. Chocolate treatments help the skin to gradually regain its lost elasticity and aids in getting back one's youthful glow. Chocolate cures also protect the skin from the harmful effects of sun exposure and pollution.

Exfoliates and Nourishes
Application of chocolate has amazing results. It nourishes the skin while sloughing off dead skin cells. Chocolate based beauty cures help to revitalize the skin.

Try a chocolate face scrub at home and learn how chocolate can soften your skin firsthand.

Chocolate Honey Scrub
Chocolate Honey Scrub softens dry skin instantly.

Take 10 grams of pure cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon of honey, 5 grams of sugar and 2 tablespoons of Almond oil. Mix all these ingredients thoroughly until you get a smooth paste. Apply this mix to your face and neck and lightly massage with your finger tips for 1 to 2 minutes. In the end rinse with warm water, the result is soft, smooth and supple skin just in one application.

Easy Chocolate Beauty Recipes
Try these fun chocolate beauty recipes to round out your chocolate home spa experience.

Chocolate Facial Recipe
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 Tablespoons heavy cream
3 teaspoons cottage cheese
3 teaspoons ripe avocado
1/4 cup honey
3 Tablespoons oatmeal powder

Mix all ingredients together. Apply to face and leave on for 10 minutes. Dampen with warm, moist wash cloth to remove, then apply moisturizer.

Chocolate Facial Recipe
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 Tablespoons heavy cream
2 teaspoons cottage cheese
1/4 cup honey
3 teaspoons oatmeal powder

Mix all ingredients together. Apply to face and leave on for 10 minutes. Dampen with warm, moist wash cloth to remove, then apply moisturizer.

Chocolate Shampoo Recipe
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup castile soap
1/2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon jojoba oil
5 drops of chocolate fragrance oil

Mix all ingredients. Pour shampoo into container and let stand for a few hours to thicken. Use as you would your regular shampoo.

Chocolate Body Scrub Recipe
1/4 cup cocoa butter (optional - will make a thicker gel)
3/4 cup liquid castille soap
1/8 cup coarse wheat bran or finely ground almonds
1/4 cup apricot kernel meal
1 Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 Tablespoon jojoba oil
1/2 Tablespoon vitamin E oil
1 1/2 teaspoon chocolate fragrance oil

Melt the cocoa butter over low heat (or at half power in the microwave) until melted. Remove from heat. Add the castille soap and mix well. Stir in remaining ingredients, breaking up any brown sugar clumps. Pour into airtight container and let thicken for a day or two. For added freshness, store in refrigerator.

Chocolate Bath Gel Recipe
1/2 cup water
1 package unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup gentle, unscented shampoo
5-10 drops chocolate fragrance oil

Heat water to boiling, add gelatin and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat, then add the shampoo a little at a time until well mixed. Add fragrance. Pour into a clean container and refrigerate between uses. Consider adding cocoa powder for scent and extra exfoliation.

Chocolate beauty recipes are easy to make and fun to give!

Home Spa Treatments - Potato Mini Beauty Treatments

You can create Spa Mini Beauty treatments using potatoes
in your own kitchen for a Spa Party or anytime you need them.
Spa parties for Tweens are a great way to pamper your girls
and teach them good grooming habits.
Choosing natural beauty treatments is a great way to Go Green.

Beautiful Uses for Potatoes:

Use potatoes for beauty treatments and get rid of beauty problems naturally.

Dark Circles - Get rid of dark circles under your eyes easily
by using potatoes juice or potatoes directly.
Cut some slices of raw potatoes and place them on your eyes.
Lie down (relax) and close your eyes,
for 15 to 20 minutes. Wash with warm water.
When using potato juice soak some cotton in juice
Place on eye lids for 20 minutes.

Grey Hair - You can darken your gray hair with potato peels.
Grate potatoes, soak in water, strain and use liquid as an after shampoo rinse,
to darken your gray hair. (use every second hair wash)

Wrinkles - Potatoes are a very effective anti aging agent.
To prevent your face from wrinkles wash your face daily with potato juice.
It really helps to get rid of wrinkles and also gives your face the glowing touch.

Tired eyes - To give a fresh look to your face and remove tiredness
from your eyes place two round slices of potato on your eyes.

Facial Blemishes - Treat face blemishes by washing your face daily with cool potato juice.
So simple.

Sunburn - Apply grated potato or potato juice to the affected areas.

Face Swelling, Puffiness - Apply a grated raw potato as a mask by
rubbing the potato on your skin.
Leave the mask on for 30 minutes and then rinse off with water.

The potato mask really helps to reduce facial swelling.
Potatoes also help to absorb the excessive oil from your face.

How many expensive beauty products can you replace with potatoes?

Fun with Potatoes:
While the Tweens and up are busy with Spa Treatments,
the younger children can have some fun making Potato Print Valentines:


Make Potato Stamps


Potato Print Valentines

Beautiful Uses for Honey - Mini Beauty Treatments

Save money by replacing expensive beauty products with natural
Honey!

Honey can replace seven expensive Beauty Products.



Seven Mini Beauty Treatments:

1. Cleansing Scrub: Honey mixed with ground almonds makes an excellent facial cleansing scrub.

2. Skin Firming Mask: A tablespoon of honey whisked together with an egg white, 1 teaspoon of glycerin and about 1/4 cup of flour makes an excellent firming mask. Smooth on the face, leave on 15 minutes, and rinse off with warm water.

3. Skin Moisturizer: Honey also makes a great moisturizing pack. Mix 2 tablespoons of honey with 2 teaspoons of whole milk, smooth over the face and throat, and let it do its job for 15 minutes. Rinse off with warm water, and finish splashing with cold water.

4. Lotion for Dry Patches: Honey also makes a great lotion for dry patches of skin on hands, elbows, or other parts. Just mix 1 teaspoon of honey with 1 teaspoon of olive oil and a 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply to hands, elbows, heels of your foot, etc., and wash off after 15 minutes. Fast relief!

5. Cure for Chapped Lips and Acne: Honey works well on chapped lips and for acne because it has antibacterial properties.

6. Conditioner for Dull Hair: To give your hair lustrous shine, mix 1 teaspoon of honey into 4 cups of warm water. Use as a hair rinse. And if you're a blond, add the juice of 1 lemon, too.

7. Antibacterial Mouthwash: Mix 1 tablespoon of honey with a cup of warm water. Use it as a mouthwash. Honey cleans teeth and dentures, and kills germs in the mouth.

Natural beauty treatments save you money and are a great way
to Go Green!