Kitchen Cosmetics

  You have seen those infomercials claiming to diminish fine lines or bleach age spots. For a fee these products can be shipped right to your door. Many department stores showcase miracle creams. What should you buy? How about eggs and apple juice? Yes, I just mentioned food for your face. Below is a  recipe for a mask to help with fine lines, and a few other tips for solving your beauty problems.

   First take 2 tablespoons of whole milk, 2 tablespoons of apple juice and 1 egg white. Mix this together; apply to the face with a makeup brush. Leave on until it dries. Rinse with warm water. This mask will act the same as an AHA product. The milk has lactic acid and the juice contains malic acid both work great to tighten fine lines. Do this one to two times a week. 

   For brown spots try 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of soy milk and 1 tablespoon of honey. Apply to the face leave on for 25 minutes do this two to three times a week. It will take 6 weeks to see any improvement.  This mixture will help lighten those brown spots but it will take patience to see results.

   Does your hair have chlorine build up from swimming? Use a tablespoon of baking soda and mix into a capful of shampoo. Apply on wet hair leave for 15 minutes then rinse and shampoo again without the baking soda then use a conditioner, rinse that out. Please note, do not use on color treated hair it will strip off your color. Also this treatment will not remove a green cast on the hair from swimming.

   If your hair is dry try olive oil on it. Place olive oil through dry hair. Leave it on for 30 minutes, rinse, shampoo and condition. I love to do this on my hair; it can be done up to 3 times a week.  Beauty products can get expensive, you might see faster results spending money on commercial products but if you aren’t in a hurry and you’re on a budget give these kitchen ingredients a try you will be happy with the results.