Since I was a child, I’ve known papaya to be one amazing ingredient for glowing skin! I used to eat it knowing it makes your skin pretty. But now, I’ve discovered you can apply it on your skin too! Below is a DIY papaya lotion recipe for glowing and youthful skin! Enjoy ~ Papaya is an amazing skin care ingredient. Lots of skin care formulations out there contain papain, an active ingredient in papaya that is touted for its anti-aging and glowing skin effects! Papain is an enzyme naturally found in papayas. It also gently exfoliates skin and tightens skin pores. In this lotion recipe, we shall be using Continue Reading
Homemade Toothpaste Recipe without Baking Soda For Sensitive Teeth
Homemade Toothpaste Recipe without Baking Soda Baking soda is great for your teeth and gums, being a mild abrasive that helps scrape off plaque build-up and remove teeth stains, but it might be a bit too harsh to use on your teeth everyday plus it’s too salty – for these reasons, I prefer using it in my weekly/fortnightly natural teeth whitener recipe instead of brushing my teeth with it every day. This version of homemade toothpaste does not contain baking soda but two other simple but super effective ingredients – peppermint essential oil and xylitol, that both promote healthy teeth and gums as you will see Continue Reading
How to Apply Vitamin E Capsules for Skin Care
Step by step guide on how to apply vitamin E capsules for skin. What Are The Benefits of Vitamin E Capsules for Skin? There are many food sources of vitamin E, but for the convenience of busy people, vitamin E now comes in capsules. Usually these capsules are contained within a gelatin case, and are golden yellow in color. Vitamin E capsules can be consumed internally or applied topically on to the skin. But before we look at the steps guiding you on how to use the capsules directly on skin, find out which skin conditions vitamin E can help treat and heal! Here are the benefits of Vitamin E Continue Reading
12 Benefits of Bentonite Clay for Skin
One of the most amazing skin care ingredients today is bentonite clay! It’s great for skin care, hair care and general body health! Let’s discover 12 benefits of bentonite clay for skin below! Note: When handling bentonite clay, do not use metal equipment like metal bowls or spoons. Metal, which contains positively charged ions, will render the clay useless by neutralizing its negatively charged ions. Where to Get Bentonite Clay Before we look at 12 benefits of bentonite clay for skin, I first want to give you advice on which bentonite clay to buy. Not all bentonite clay on the market is the same! Only Continue Reading
DIY Eyelash Growth Serum without Castor Oil
You ready to learn how to whip up a DIY eyelash growth serum without castor oil? Castor oil is one of the best oils for promoting hair growth! Whether it’s the hair on your head, eyebrows or even eyelashes! But…what if you don’t have castor oil, are allergic to it, hate its smell or don’t like the way it’s sticky and weighs down eyelashes? Then it’s okay, you can still grow longer fuller lashes without castor oil - by substituting it for other nourishing oils! There are quite a number of other hair growth boosting oils you can use such as: Liquid coconut oil - in Ayurveda (Traditional Indian Continue Reading