DIY Home-y

This world has a funny way of making things super complicated real fast.
Now let's see, everything in this world can be used, recycled and grown, if you think about it your great, great, great ancestors used everything as it came, no gimmicks, no chemicals no LIES. We often tell ourselves not to eat chemically processed food to maintain a fit body, but what about the face? Fun fact your face in the largest organ of your body! (Yes start appreciating it more often).
So here are 2 of my favourite do it yourself (DIY) home recipies, I'd that's what you want to call it for your face and body!


Honey lip scrub, moisturiser and exfoliator

Thats right ladies, three benefits in one! Since everyday almost seems like winter in Australia recently, your lips are bound to start cracking and flaking around the edges because of the harsh weather and winds. This gentle method of scrubbing and exfoliating at least once a week will take you a long way and your lips will thank you.

Lip scrub with 3 simple ingredient
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Ingredients:

• 1 Teaspoon of honey
• 1 Teaspoon of brown sugar
• Small amount of Olive oil (to maintain moisture)

Mix all the ingredients extra well, add honey for more constancy, or more sugar for a grainy texture and of course more exfoliating, play around with it, and dont forget to store some for later. Mhmm the honey tastes so good, you'll be tempted to lick it off, DONT DO IT.


Lemon face scrub

This one is my absolute favourite, with countless research and youtube video demonstration i finally found my go to product to apply all over my face on days off. Growing up as a teenager in high school i've always had battles with pimples, not severe ace but painful zits that would keep coming back on a regular basis. So after countless useless products i went through, you can imagine my surprise when i realised two ingredients easily found in your kitchen was the long sought after solution. Lemon and sugar! Not only does it help remove dead skin cells, but helps with acne scaring and refreshes your face with a definite glow!

Ingredients

Lemon & sugar scrub |
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• Lemon
• Sugar
• Honey (optional)

Yeap! Its as easy as that! Make sure you pack in enough sugar granules to provide a grainy surface on which you can use a cotton pad to exfoliate your skin in a circualr motion, HOWEVER be gentle on your skin, lemon is highly acidic and can be too rough on your skin, again depending on your skin type. My advice try some of the mixture on the small back of your hand and wait for any unexpected reaction. If it does come down to a sensitive reaction, (mine definitely did), i suggest adding honey. Yes you can probably imagine by now i have jars of honey lying around the house by now, but all jokes aside, adding a touch of honey smoothens your skin and make your face feel so soft you'd be surprised! With that being said, don't limit the scrub to just your face, have fun with it, use it as an all natural body scrub when you're having a shower, it'll do wonders!




Hope you try them and enjoy them, dont be afraid to try something new, and if there is anything i've taught you is to be bold and go experiment, theres no regrets with good life choices.



Until next time lovelies
-Mahak