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Below are 4 easy beauty remedies you can buy from the grocery store. Each remedy is easy and effective to incorporate into your lifestyle. How about give one of them a try?

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FOR AN EXFOLIATING AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FACE MASK—

use organic full fat plain greek yogurt.

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The natural probiotics and lactic acid found in organic plain greek yogurt are what will benefit your skin in the use of a face mask.

Benefits of using plain yogurt as a face mask:

Studies show that probiotics can also help strengthen our protective moisture barriers, boost hydration and possibly turn back the hands of time.
Skin issues stemming from chronic inflammation — like acne, eczema, rosacea and even premature aging — can be addressed by incorporating topical probiotics, which can destroy harmful viruses, fungi, and bacteria before they stir up trouble. NY Times, Dr. Whitney Bowe, a New York City dermatologist.
Yogurt contains lactic acid, which gently exfoliates your skin.
This study from 2011 may replenish moisture in the skin, thus helping your skin’s health.

What you need to buy and how to apply it:

Buy plain flavored, full fat organic Greek yogurt. It is important that the yogurt is without added sugar. Buying organic, if possible, will allow for a better quality of the yogurt and thus lactic acid and probiotics to be applied to the skin.
Simply apply the yogurt to your clean skin.
Wash the yogurt off after 10-15 minutes.

FOR A BODY SCRUB—

USE COFFEE GROUNDS.

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Exfoliating your body in the shower with the coffee grounds left over in the paper filter after you’re finished brewing your morning coffee, is an easy way to incorporate an effective and natural scrub into your routine. Coffee grounds contain natural caffeine content, caffeic acid, which may help prevent premature aging in cells and boost collagen. Medical News Today.

Coffee grounds do not dissolve in water, which makes them perfect for scrubbing dead skin cells away.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Coffee grounds (the grounds that are leftover in your coffee maker after you finished brewing your morning coffee.)
Lavender essential oil (optional).
Coconut oil or olive oil.

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Step 1: Brew coffee as usual

Step 2: After turning off your coffee maker, let the coffee grounds in the paper filter cool down.

Step 3: Add the coffee grounds to a jar.

Step 4: Add coconut oil or olive oil as needed (I don’t measure, I just eye it out). Generally, it should be a ratio of coffee grounds: olive oil or coconut oil, 3:1.

Step 5: Add a few drops of lavender essential oil to the mixture.

Step 6: Mix the 3 together.

Step 7: Exfoliate in the shower and then store in the refrigerator after.

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HELPFUL TIP:

Coffee grounds are an easy and great body exfoliater, however don’t allow the coffee grounds to travel down your drain. Seal off your drain when you exfoliate and then clean up the grounds from your shower. The grounds are too thick to travel down the shower drain.

FOR EYELASH AND EYEBROW GROWTH—

USE CASTOR SEED OIL.

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Applying organic castor seed oil for hair growth is a long-time beauty ritual. I never tried it before until one month ago, and my eyelashes HAVE grown thicker (see results after one month below). To apply, simply take a drop of castor seed oil and coat your lashes with the oil. Do the same with a drop each for each eyebrow. The best time to apply is before bed, when your skin is rejuvenating. *I wish I had a “before” picture up close of my lashes, but I will update here again after another month.

Castor Seed Oil Precautions

Hair matting. “….the hair becomes twisted, entangled as a hard stony mass resembling a bird's nest. The high viscosity of castor oil and long hair had contributed to the sudden felting of hair. This disorder of hair is irreversible and the hair should be cut off. Acute nature of this disorder will result in a serious psychological impact on the patient and the family.” Castor Oil and Hair Felting.

FOR your body—

DRINK warm LEMON WATER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING on an empty stomach.

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Drinking warm lemon water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach has many proven benefits (sources posted at the very bottom of this post).

Warm lemon water in the morning on an empty stomach BENEFITS:

Helps maintain PH balance in the body.
Acts as a detoxifying agent.
Helps maintain digestive health.
Helps cleanse the liver.
Flavonoids from citrus fruits are often linked with benefits for blood circulation, insulin sensitivity and other aspects of metabolic health.
Lemon flavonoids also have the potential to reduce oxidative stress and damage, at least in rats.

Thank you for stopping by!

XX,

LAURA

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DISCLAIMERS:

I am not a doctor, physical therapist, dermatologist, or nutritionist. My blog posts are not meant to give advice but purely to share my own experience and to entertain. I cite references taken from my own online research and post them to routines that I choose to move forward with. What I use may not work for you. We all have unique health conditions and concerns. Always do your own additional research.