DIY Beauty: 2 Hand Scrub Recipes

I wash my hands about 50 times a day (no joking!) and as a result my hands are very dry. And the cold weather we’re having at the moment is only making things (and hands) worse. That’s when homemade recipes come in handy.

Just use some of the ingredients found in your kitchen to make some scrubs that will exfoliate your skin and hydrate it at the same time, leaving it soft and smooth. Salts and oatmeal are great at exfoliating the skin while olive oil moisturizes it. Here are two of my fave recipes:

1. Oatmeal Hand Scrub

Ingredients:
– 2 tablespoons of oatmeal
– 1 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice
– 1 teaspoon of olive oil
– 1/4 cup of water

Pour the oatmeal in the cup of water and wait for about 10 minutes till it softens. Now add the lemon juice and olive oil and mix well. Rub the mixture into your hands and wait a couple of minutes before rinsing off. Apply your favourite moisturizer.

2. Lemon and Olive Oil Scrub

Ingredients:
– 1 1/2 cup of sugar
– 1/3 cup of kosher salt
– 1 cup of olive oil
– 1 lemon

Put the sugar, salt and olive oil in a bowl and stir until the oil is well and evenly distributed throughout the mixture. Now grate the zest of the lemon, add it to the mixture and stir. Store the mixture in a jar and rub some on your hands whenever you need a scrub.

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DIY Beauty: 3 Grape Homemade Beauty Recipes

Did you know that grape juice is a good cleanser for all skin types? It’s simple and quick to do and it cleanses and exfoliates skin, leaving it soft and supple. And it also has some antioxidant properties! And of course, grapes can be used in homemade beauty masks too. Here’s a few recipes for you to try:

1. Grape Cleanser (for all skin types)

Ingredients:
– two or three ripe grapes

Cut the grapes in half and apply the juice all over your face, avoiding the eye and mouth areas. Rinse off with lukewarm water.

2. Grape Mask for Oily Skin

Ingredients:
– 1 tablespoon of grape juice
– 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
– 1 tablespoon of mint juice
– Ice Water
– Rose Water

Mix the grape, lemon and mint juices together and apply them on your face. Wait for 20 minutes, then rinse off. Now, mix the ice and rose water together and apply them to your face.

3. Grape and Chamomile Tea Mask

Ingredients:
– 10 grapes
– 2 tablespoons of chamomile tea
– 2 tablespoons of cornflour

Mix the chamomile tea with the cornflower until they form a paste. Now, mash the grapes and add them to the mixture. Blend well. Apply the mask to your face and wait about 15 minutes before rinsing it off and applying your usual moisturizer.

Have you ever made any homemade beauty recipes with grape?

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3 Homemade Avocado Beauty Recipes

Avocado is an exotic and tasty fruit that has many benefits for the skin. Rich in Vitamins A, D and E, potassium and magnesium, it has antioxidants and moisturizing properties, leaving skin soft, smooth and plump. And it’s great for conditioning hair too! Here are a few recipes you can try at home:

1. Simple Avocado Facial Moisturizer

Ingredients:
– 1 ripe avocado

Mash the avocado until you get a creamy consistency. Apply on face and neck and leave it on for about 15 minutes. Rinse off.

2. Avocado and Honey Facial Mask

Ingredients:
– 1/2 avocado
– 1/2 cup of honey

Mash the avocado into a creamy consistency and then stir in some honey. Apply the mixture on your skin and wait for about 10 minutes. Wipe everything off using a cool washcloth.

3. Avocado hair conditioner

Ingredients:
– 1/2 ripe avocado
– 1/2 cup of mayonnaise

In a bowl, mash the avocado and add mayonnese. Mix the ingredients together. Apply the mixture on damp hair and wait about 20 minutes before rinsing it off.

Additional tips
– For homemade recipes, choose only avocados that are ripe.
– To make sure that avocados are ripe, simply squeeze them in your palm. Ripe avocados would split open and reveal soft innards.

Have you ever tried any homemade beauty recipes with avocado or do you prefer to just eat it?

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2 Homemade banana beauty recipes

I have to admit that bananas aren’t my favourite fruits to eat, but I love using them to create some homemade beauty masks as they have moisturizing and cleansing properties.

Bananas contain tryptophan, an amino acid which has nourishing properties for the skin, Vitamins A and C which are considered to be powerful antioxidants and fruit acids that act as exfoliants. There are lots of recipes you can make with them, but here are two of my favourites:

1. Banana Oatmeal Mask to brighten skin

Ingredients:
- 1 banana
- about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of oatmeal depending on how big the banana is

Peel the banana and put it into a bowl. Add the oatmeal and mash them together, a little at a time.
Apply the mixture to your face and wait for about 10-15 minutes before rinsing off with warm water.

2. Banana and Avocado Facial Mask

Ingredients:
- 1/2 banana
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 teaspoon of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons of yogurt

Mix the ingredients together in a blender until you get a soft, but not too runny consistency. Apply it to your face and wait about 15 minutes. Then, rinse off with lukewarm water. The mask will nourish your skin and exfoliate it too.

Have you ever used a homemade beauty recipe made with bananas? Do you have some more you wanna share? Let me know in the comments.

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DIY Beauty: Turn Mineral Blush into Lipstick

Did you know that you can make your own lipsticks using mineral makeup? It is very easy and when you’re done you’ll have a beautiful and unique color! All you need is a clear lipgloss or lip balm and some mineral blushes or eyeshadows.

I used Deborah Wild Jungle lipgloss in Pure Crocodile, which is a clear shiny gloss, and one of my favourite mineral blushes, Lumiere Blushing Bronzer in Sugarberry. But you can substitute the gloss with lip balm and use any mineral blushes or eyeshadows you want. You can also mix two or more shades of blush or eyeshadow with balm/gloss, the possibilities are endless!

I put some of the gloss on the back of my hand (but you can also use a jar to mix the products) and added some powder. How much powder to add is up to you. If you’re going for a sheer color just use a tiny amount, while if you prefer your lip colors pigmented, keep adding the powder until you’re satisfied with the intensity of the shade. The important thing is that you keep mixing the colors until you get a creamy consistency.

And voilà, you have your own custom lipstick! Mine turned out to be a shiny, nude, your-lips-but-better shade that I really like. I don’t have anything similar in my stash because it is not a color I would wear often. So it’s nice to know I can just make it with products I already have instead of buying a new lipstick that I know I won’t use much.

Just like any other lip color, you can apply it with a lip brush or using your fingers, but make sure they’re clean!

Have you ever tried to make your own lipstick? Are you going to? Let me know in the comments, I’d love to hear your experiences.