At home, all natural beauty care and makeup is something many women have experimented with over the years. Whether it was your teen years when your mother wouldn’t buy that expensive lip gloss and you tried to make it yourself, or when you were older and wanted to save some money or use more natural items, chances are you have found a beauty or health care tip from your own kitchen, pantry or bathroom shelf that works in a pinch.
In this article, we’ll explore some favorite beauty tips for using all natural, at home makeup and beauty aids, without spending a small fortune. Most of these tips came from a group of teenage girls who all asked their friends to report back their favorite all natural beauty tips.
Let’s see what they had to say and explore some other homemade beauty care tips too.
Most beauty stores sell those tiny round tins or plastic containers with lids that screw on, much like the children’s lip gloss come in, and you can usually buy them in bulk for just a few dollars. Using sugar-free, pre-sweetened Kool-Aid (Strawberry-Kiwi makes a nice light color, while Cherry makes a darker red) and mixing a small amount of the powder color of choice with inexpensive petroleum jelly, and you have a nice flavored lip gloss.
TIP: Mix the powder thoroughly to avoid lumps and clumps and make an even shade. These make great gifts for teenagers and young girls, and even have a great flavor!
Beets are a nice, deep, rich, dark reddish color to a dark purple, and the juice from a beet will stain for quite some time. If you want a long lasting color on your lips, mash the juice from either fresh or canned beets (the canned variety are easier to mash), and then using a cotton swab, carefully outline the shape of your lips with the beat juice and then color in the rest of your lips. This will provide long lasting color that will stay on through eating, swimming, sweating – you name it!
If the color is too dark, mixing with a little petroleum jelly will lighten the color and provide some gloss, or you can mix with melted beeswax for less gloss but a smoother, easier to apply beet lip color.
TIP: The beet juice stains very easily, so be careful not to get any outside the line of the lip, or it will be very difficult to remove this quickly.
Vitamin E capsules can provide many skin care benefits, one of which is a great lip gloss that moisturizes and protects your lips will providing a light gloss. Simply cut or poke the end of a vitamin E capsule and squeeze for the oil to come out, and apply directly with your finger or a cotton swab.
For a more in depth article on at home and homemade skin care remedies and beauty aids, you can read this article about At Home Homemade Skin Care. In addition to the great tips in this article, you can also try the following skin care options from your kitchen.
Ph Balance
Using an inexpensive spray bottle, add one part distilled vinegar to three parts distilled water, and shake vigorously. This works like a Ph toner and skin balancer. You can add essential oil fragrances to add to the therapeutic benefits, such as tea tree oil and lavender, both of which are antibacterial and antimicrobial and have been shown to help with acne control. Spray the mixture on your face or dab a cotton ball into the mixture and smooth evenly on the face.
All natural at home hair care is easier than you think. For a more in depth article specific to hair care, you can read: Natural Hair Care Products – From Your Own Kitchen!
Removing eye makeup is easy with a bit of castor oil or mineral oil and a cotton ball. Mineral oil that is unscented is very inexpensive, but particularly if you have oily skin, be sure to rinse thoroughly to avoid oil buildup. Honestly, any oil will remove non-waterproof mascara, even plain old vegetable oil, but the one oil that is recommended the most is grape seed oil. Grape seed oil is also the safest and best oil carrier for using essential oils.
Bath Soaks
Epson salts and essential oils make wonderful bath soaks. Depending on the type of therapeutic benefit you seek, you can choose just about any essential oil designed for skin contact. Be sure to read the Dangers of Essential Oils before you select an essential oil for a bath soak. Epson salts can be mixed with essential oils in the bath too.
Dried or powdered milk mixed with oatmeal and added to a warm bath, along with some essential oils for fragrance and relaxation, can provide exceptional and inexpensive dry skin treatment.
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Be creative and have fun experimenting, but remember, skin absorbs everything you put on it, so don’t put anything on your skin you wouldn’t be willing to put in your mouth, and you’ll probably be safe playing with new beauty ideas.
You likely have a few homemade beauty remedies yourself. Why not share them in the comments below so everyone can try your all natural, at home, or homemade beauty ideas?
