Homemade Hand Scrub

Things You’ll Need

-    Sugar

-    Olive oil

-    Water (cold)

-    Your favorite scent (optional)

-    Bowl

-    Mixing utensil

-    Lotion

Steps

Step 1: Mix half a cup of sugar, 3 table spoons of olive oil, and 3 tablespoons of water in a bowl. Blend until there are no lumps and it have the same consistency.

Step 2: (optional) add a couple of drops of your favorite scent or perfume to sugar/oil/water mix and stir. (Vanilla extract works great for this.)

Step 3: apply the mixture to your hands and rub in a circular motion until you feel that you have achieved your ideal skin softness or until the sugar dissolves.

Step 4: rinse your hands with soap and water until you can no longer feel grains of sugar

Step 5: towel dry your hands/ feet and apply lotion.

Warnings

-    Do not use on cuts and scrapes

-    Do not use on face or anywhere else but hands or feet

**If you have leftovers put it in a small container and save it for later.**

Sugar & Honey Hair Removal Wax

What You Will Need:

     -       brown sugar

     -       honey

     -       water

     -       strips of cloth (you can use a old shirt or sheet)

For Eyebrows:                           For Legs:

-       2 tsp Brown Sugar                                           - 2 cups Brown Sugar

-       1 tsp Honey                                                     - ¼ Cup Lemon Juice

-       1 tsp Water                                                     - ¼ Cup Water

-       Strips of Cloth                                                 - Strips of Cloth 

Steps:

Step 1: Mix all ingredients in a small bowl.

Step 2: Heat bowl in microwave for about 20 seconds or until the mixture heats thoroughly.

Step 3: Apply a small amount on desired area in the direction of the hair growth.

Step 4: Apply a piece of the cloth strip on top

Step 5: pull on the strip from the opposite direction of the hair growth (Think of a happy place as you do this).

Step 6: To remove excess wax on skin, use a body oil or petroleum jelly. 

This is an amazing recipe used to do your own hair removal wax at home. Sugar, water, honey and lemon juice are the most common ingredients in homemade hair wax. the substance will last a long time in the refrigerator and keeps the cost at a few cents per application. this in conjunction with how long you wait between applications makes waxing much more cost effective than shaving. Shaving has always been my number solution for ugly hair growth where I don't want it but waxing seems to take up to 4 weeks to start growing back. Usually I have to shave the next day and quite frankly it's exhausting. Did you know waxing can actually change the growth pattern of your hair? Especially when it comes to the legs. waxing, over time can slow down hair growth and make new hairs finer and softer. 

**Warning** 

Make sure wax is warm to touch so you don't burn yourself.

Beauty Tips and Tricks

Money saving tips

          - Instead of buying blush, use a debit lipstick you already have.

          - When you're running low on lip gloss, placed the clothes caustic in a mug of warm water and let it sit for 10 minutes. The heat will melt any gloss on the sides of the container and you'll have more to use.

          - If your eyeliner pencil is to self and crumbling, pop the pencil into the freezer for 15 minutes before applying.

         - Tired of your lipstick? Create a new shade by cutting of pieces of two old sticks (or scrape the remnants of the tube) and mail them together in the microwave then apply with your finger or a brush.

        -  Use a thin layer of non toxic white Elmer's Glue as a makeshift pore strip. Just like when you peeled it off your hands as a kid, spray thin layer on your face, let it dry, and peel off. Keep well clear of eyes.

         - The next time you find yourself in Starbucks, pick up a few extra napkins - they're well known as awesome blotting sheets.

Skin

         - If you're running low on tinted moisturizer, mix a little foundation into your daily facial moisturizer and make your own.

         - Mix powder bronzer with moisturizer for temporary self tan.

         - Mix a drop of body oil or olive oil with moisturizer for all-over shimmer.

         - Use baby oil, conditioner or coconut oil instead of shaving cream.

         - Out of acne cream? Crush a few Advil or aspirin and mix with water to create a paste (or open in Advil gel capsule), and leave the pace for gel on a problem spots overnight. Add a band-aid to keep it in place.

         - Use Vaseline (petroleum jelly) as a hand, eye and foot cream. (Just be sure to put on socks if you use it as a foot cream, so you don't muck up your sheets).

         - Place chilled green tea bags on tired eyes to reduce puffiness.

         - Use yogurt, honey, mashed avocado or sugar as an all natural face mask.

         - Make a body scrub out of 1 part coconut oil and two part sugar.

         - Apply the liquid from capsules of vitamin E to skin and hair as a moisturizer.

Hair

        -  Soften coconut oil into a paste in the microwave, apply to hair and leave for 20 minutes (under a shower cap if you have one, minus the shower) as a deep conditioner. Then rinse and wash hair as usual with shampoo and conditioner.

        -  Mix 1/4 cup of organic apple cider vinegar with 1 cup water to use as clarifying shampoo, and then follow with your usual conditioner.

         - Use baking soda as all-natural shampoo.

         - Use organic apple cider vinegar and honey as a conditioner.

         - Smooth drive sheets over your hair to de-frizz mid-day.

Teeth/ Nails

          - To remove stains from yellowed nails, scrub with whitening toothpaste or use baking    soda and lemon juice.

         - Soak nails in olive oil for five minutes for a deep moisturizing.

         - Mix lemon juice and baking soda to whiten your teeth.