Make Your Own Beauty Products

Did you know that grapes can soothe and cleanse your skin? 

That bananas soften and smooth your skin and honey cleanses, tones and hydrates? You can use these and other ingredients to create your own beauty products. Not only do they cost a fraction of the price of beauty products at stores, but they are also healthy and free of many harmful chemicals. 

1). You can also make a wonderful facial scrub that will help you achieve clear skin in not time, out of oatmeal and water! grab a handful of oats and squeeze it tightly, run a little warm water over you're tight fist of oats, getting just slightly damp. Scrub you're face with the damp oats, do it regularly as a face wash.

2). Honey makes a moisturizing face mask, as well as a hair rinse for silky strands. For the mask, rub honey on your face and let sit for 15 minutes. For the hair rinse, mix 1 tbs. into 2 liters of warm water and pour over your hair. Don't rinse out- style as usual.

3). Apples and pears are mild astringents. Make a quick mask by grating a large apple or pear and mixing it with 1 tbs. of honey.

4). Use Aloe Vera gel as an astringent for oily skin. Aloe Vera gel is also great for thickening hair. Massage it into your scalp then leave it for 15 minutes before rinsing.

5). Mix 1 tbs. sugar with a few drops of olive oil for a sweet facial ex-foliant. This can be mixed in larger quantities for full body exfoliation.

6).For a skin softening bath, add 1/4 cup honey and 1 cup of milk to the water.

7).Make a facial mask with honey and bananas. Make sure the bananas are not overripe. Mash 1 banana with 3 tbs. honey.

Note: Allow all facials to sit 10-15 minutes before rinsing with warm water.