Natural beauty products can be good for your body and good for your wallet. You can get excellent results and pamper yourself without the chemicals and without the price of a spa. Just think, you could save up to $90 at home if you choose your own natural frugal spa solution rather than making a trip to the professional spa.
This is my third post in this series.
My husband loves to eat kiwi when it is nice and ripe. But there is another use for kiwi. If I can wrestle some away from the snack counter, I used it as a facial scrub. Kiwi packed a double benefit for facial skin. The fruit contains vitamin C that can fight free-radical damage to your skin, while the seeds in the kiwi act as a gentle and natural exfoliate to scrub away dead skin. You’ll be left with smooth, even skin.
To apply the kiwi as a facial scrub, first slice and peel the fruit. The mash the pulp of the kiwi using a fork. Splash a little water on your face. Next, apply the kiwi to your face and neck as a scrub, working gently in a circular motion for about a minute. Keep the scrub away from the delicate eye and lip area. Rinse your skin with warm water and then pat it dry.
This next idea is wonderful in the winter when you and your family may be suffering from dry, cracked skin on your hands. Those cracks can be quite painful, so head them off before they occur. Go out and get some almond oil. You will only need about a teaspoon for each treatment, so the overall cost per use is actually low. Almond oil has a nice light texture plus plenty of vitamin E, so it will penetrate your layers of dry skin to heal your skin and protect both your hands and your nails from damage. Plus it smells lovely when you use it.
Run a teaspoon of the oil onto your hands and nails. Next, get a small warm towel (warm it in the dryer for a minute or have it out in the sun for an hour) and wrap it around tour hands. Relax and let the oil penetrate for at least five minutes. You can wipe off excess oil if you wish, but avoid washing your hands for at least 30 minutes because the oil will continue to be absorbed into your skin.
Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, creating a home in the Home Blog, caring for little ones in the Baby Blog and now relationships in the Marriage Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here or subscribe to the blog using the subscription box on the right.
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