DIY Beauty Recipes: Exfoliate with Fresh Strawberries
A friend of mine makes her own all natural skin salves. Amazing! I was and still am in awe of this talent she possesses in creating her own moisturizing skin salves from her apartment here in Los Angeles. I don’t have the details on the exact process or ingredients she uses but I was inspired to go out and hunt down some of my own little recipes for natural beauty remedies and perhaps try concocting a mixture of my own. After just eating an entire small carton of strawberries from the local farmer’s market, I thought it appropriate to seek out a formula that calls for strawberries and I found a good one for exfoliation:
The Strawberry Hand and Foot Exfoliant:
- First you will need 8-10 ripe strawberries, two tablespoons of olive oil, and one teaspoon of course salt such as sea salt. You could probably even substitute this with some of the Epsom salts. I highly recommend Walgreens Apothecary Natural Mineral Epsom Salt.
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- Mash up the strawberries, and mix with olive oil and salt. Apply over hands and feet, rinse, and pat dry.
For those of you who like taking indulgent baths, you know…the kind that you see offered at fancy spas with rose petals and stuff like that? Well now is your chance to create your own! Creating your own rose water bath is easy. You will need one cup of rose petals, OR one half cup of rose water which should be fairly inexpensive, and one half cup of coconut milk.
Home Health Rose Water is basic and should do the trick, it usually retails for about $4.69 (Lowest price on Smarter.com).
Add all ingredients to a warm bath and sink in!
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