10 Beauty Treatments
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We all need a little pampering sometimes. It can take just a few minutes to give yourself the lift you've been needing. Use grocery, pharmacy and health food store items like sugar, epsom salts, jojoba oil and essential oils to create decadent treats for face and body. - In a small bowl: mix 2 tbsp. of sugar and 1 tbsp. of jojoba oil. Apply to lips. Rub gently in a circular motion for one minute. Rinse off and apply your favorite lip balm.
- Before going to bed, wash your face. Apply a thin layer of aloe vera gel or calendula cream (available from your health food store) and let dry for five minutes. Massage 1 tsp. of jojoba oil into face and neck. Sleep as usual and resume normal skincare routine in the morning.
- After washing your face, let it dry for a minute. Apply your favorite facial mask and let it dry for five minutes. Wet a towel with very warm water, wring it out and place over your face. Breathe in deeply for two minutes. Rinse off mask and splash face with cool water mixed with five drops of rose or geranium essential oil. Moisturize as usual.
- Soak hands in a basin of warm water and 1/2 cup epsom salts for ten minutes. Rinse hands. Push cuticles back gently with a towel. Remove any old polish. Polish fingernails and let dry completely. Massage in hand lotion.
- Soak feet in a basin of warm water with 1/2 cup epsom salts for fifteen minutes. Rinse feet. File any rough spots with a pumice stone or foot file. Rinse feet again. Remove any old toenail polish. Massage feet with a foot scrub, rinse again and dry. Paint toenails, let dry completely. Massage in foot lotion.
- In a bowl, mix 1 cup kosher, epsom or sea salt, 1/2 cup jojoba oil and five drops of your favorite essential oil like lavender, rosewood, geranium or sweet orange. Disrobe, step into shower and massage scrub gently into skin. Shower as usual. Follow with body lotion
- In a blender mix 1 chopped papaya, the juice of 1 lemon and 1 tsp. of honey. Apply to face, avoiding eye and lip area. Soak 2 caffeinated tea bags in ice cold water, squeeze dry. Lie down and place tea bags over closed eyes. After twenty minutes, remove tea bags and rinse off mask.
- All hair care lines have a deep conditioner; pick your favorite or use 1/4 cup jojoba oil and apply to clean, wet hair. Wet a towel with warm water, wring out and wrap the towel around your head for twenty minutes. If using a store bought conditioner, rinse well and style hair as usual. If using oil, shampoo twice and condition as usual.
- Before going to bed, apply a thick hand cream--containing alpha hydroxy acid--to both feet and hands. Slip on cotton gloves and socks. Sleep as usual.
- Before showering, apply a moisturizing mask to neck and cleavage area for ten minutes. Step into the shower, rinse off and while in the shower, use a gentle exfoliating scrub on the same area. Afterward apply a shimmer (not glitter) lotion to decolletage.