Home Remedies

Hi everyone!

Homemade beauty remedies are the new way to keep yourself beautiful without hurting the enviroment. It is usually cheaper and healthier for your body and there are so many recipes out there that use ingredients found right in your kitchen! Instead of going out and spending money on products that use harsh chemicals, stay home and look in your pantry for ingredients that can do the same thing without chemicals or the high price tag.

Treehugger.com named homemade beauty treatments as their "hard core" way to "go green" for women's personal care. At there website they provide a list of links to the best homemade remedies around.

There are also tons of books that provide advice on how to make your own products. Beauty by Rona Berg is a great example and it has a whole section on homemade ideas! The book focuses on skin treatments and shows what ingredients you should avoid if you have sensitive skin or if you are prone to acne. I bought the book to test out some of the ideas they gave, and here is my favorite recipe:

(hint: yogurt kills bacteria and helps soften the skin, according to Berg)


Curds and Clay

4 tablespoons clay
2 teaspoons plain yogurt
4 teaspoons water
2 drops tea tree or geranium oil
( or boil fresh thyme in water and replace the water above with 4 teaspoons thyme water)

1. mix ingredients to form a paste
2. apply to your face with clean fingers
3. leave on face for 15 minutes
4. rinse off with warm water

The recipe helped my skin look more radiant and feel softer. I had everything in my kitchen except for the tree tea oil, which cost me about $2.00 at the grocery store. (Hint: Tea Tree Oil is great for on the spot acne). It also only took me 5 minutes to make!

When making your own skin remedies, Berg says there are some major ingredients you should always avoid.

Photograph courtesy of Lotus Head

"They clog pores and can cause blackheads, pimples, or cosmetics-related acne," Blog said in her book.

Here is a list of the ingredients to always SAY NO to:


1. Cocoa Butter
2.Paraffin
3. Petrolatum
4. Mineral Oil
5.Coconut Oil
6. PABA
7. D&C red dyes
8.FD&C red dyes

Some good alternative to this bad ingredients are:

1. Plant oils (except coconut)
2.Kalaya oils
3.vegetable glycerin
4.caramel
5. iron oxide
6.beeswax
7.jojoba wax
8. titanium dioxide

Till' next time, have fun making some new homemade beauty products!

~Lauren~