Wanna know how to make an exfoliating citrus scrub that is all natural and smells wonderful at the same time?! Here's the simplest recipe! All you need are two ingredients: organic orange peel powder and yogurt! Orange peels are a homemade beauty secret for glowing radiant skin. Since ancient times, South East Asians have been using orange peel powder in their beauty skin recipes to achieve healthy skin. It has an exotic citrusy aroma and is loaded with vitamin C too! Coupled with the moisturizing yogurt, this citrus face scrub is excellent in exfoliating and lubricating dry skin. Orange Peel Exfoliates Continue Reading
DIY Hair Shampoo Recipe | Natural Hair Cleanser
Garbanzo flour is one of my all-time favorite natural hair cleansers for clean, soft and silky hair! It's been almost 2 years since I totally stopped using shampoo - but I'm still able to get my hair squeaky clean, soft, silky and volumized, all without a single drop of shampoo. How do I do it? The answer is using natural hair cleansers such as yucca root, bentonite clay, rhassoul clay and this DIY hair shampoo recipe starring garbanzo flour, nothing more, nothing less. If you still don't believe me, then go ahead and try out the recipe below on your own. You'll be pleasantly surprised and this could be the one Continue Reading
DIY Korean Facial Scrub for Acne
Popular in Japan, Korea and China, green bean, also called mung, is an amazing superfood which has numerous health as well as beauty benefits. Its cleansing and exfoliating properties help remove excess sebum, dead cells, germs, dirt, pollution and grime from skin pores, thereby preventing and reducing acne. Facial scrubs for acne can be rather drying. But in this facial scrub for acne, I’m adding a dollop of yogurt (you can use any type of yogurt as long as its unflavored and sugar free) to reverse the skin drying effects of the green bean. For your own information, below are the skin benefits of green Continue Reading
DIY Guide to Dry Flaky Facial Skin
It's getting colder and colder as winter approaches! So, I thought I'd share an easy DIY guide to dry flaky facial skin with remedies that have worked for lots of people! Hope they help you too! Anyone can suffer from dry flaky skin on face, whether it's caused by the harsh weather, drying skin care products or simply lack of moisture and nourishment. Your face is very sensitive and the most prone to flaky skin especially on dry cold days. Some skin types are characterized by both oily/acne prone and dry skin, also known as combination skin. Combination skin is the most common skin type which is Continue Reading
12 Benefits of Hemp Seed Oil for Skin
Discover 12 benefits of hemp seed oil for skin in this article! One of the foods I bought in my first superfood haul was a big pack of hemp seeds - for their amazing health benefits. Unfortunately, I couldn’t handle the taste of raw hemp seed which I had powdered in my spice grinder so that I could eat a tsp every day. Here’s where hemp seed oil comes in! From sautéing veggies to dressing salads, you can use this natural oil if you don’t particularly like the taste of hemp seeds. Hemp seed oil also has an incredible list of benefits for beautiful skin and that’s what I’ll be talking about in this post! Continue Reading