Showing posts with label skin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skin. Show all posts
A Frugal Tip for Beauty Care!
Want to get your hair cut, or eyebrows waxed or a facial? Don’t have tons of cash. Check out Your local Beauty (Cosmetology) School.
Here in Chicago, I know you can get some really great services from the Aveda Institute. Hair Cuts start at about $14 dollars,
Homemade Oatmeal Bath Powder
You'll need a blender, food processor or coffee grinder and 1 cup of oatmeal. You can use instant oatmeal (unflavored), quick oats or slow cooking oats- all work equally as well. For babies, you'll only need about 1/3 cup per bath.
Blend or process the oats on the highest setting until you have a very fine, consistent powder. To test the colloid property of the oats, stir 1 tablespoon oats into a glass of warm water. If the oats readily absorb the water and give it a milky look and a silky feel, you've blended long enough.
Giving the bath:
Sprinkle the oats into a tub of running water and stir the water with your hand several times to ensure even distribution. Feel along the bottom of the tub for clumps and break up any you find.
Take care assisting your child into the tub as the oats will make the tub even more slippery than usual. Allow your child to soak in the tub for 15-20 minutes and pat dry with a soft towel rather than rubbing.
You can use this bath once or twice a day or more frequently as your doctor advises.
Common uses for Oatmeal Baths:
- Chicken pox
- Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac
- Dry skin
- Insect bites
- Eczema
- Diaper rash
- Windburn
- Sunburn
- Shingles
Homemade Skin Toner
Homemade Skin Toner
7 uncoated aspirin tablets
2 T. witch hazel (Great Cleaner)
1 T. aloe vera gel (great for cuts, burns and rashes as well)
10 drops tea tree oil (optional, but recommended)
any 2-3 oz. bottle (like the size you'd take on an airplane)
Combine ingredients. Fill the rest of the bottle with hot water. Let sit 24 hours. Pour through a paper towel to remove sediment (if you care to ... really doesn't matter). Keeps for up to 14 days (no preservatives, ya know).
WHY THIS WORKS
Salicylic Acid, the chemical exfoliant found in many acne treatments, facial masks, toners and wart/corn removers, is also a great headache medicine. However, it’s a little rough on the tummy so it’s ‘buffered’ with another molecule and we call it aspirin.
So, yes, the same stuff that fixes your face, cures your aches…and is derived from plants like willow. Which is why our ancestors from Indians to Hippocrates chewed on willow bark for a pain reliever.
NOTE: If you are allergic to aspirin (i.e. break out, itch, can't breath, or any other adverse reaction) …DO NOT USE.
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