Make the Most of Your Kitchen With These 5 Beauty Recipes
With Thanksgiving, you might notice you're buying more ingredients than you'll need for the upcoming weeks. If you happen to run out of recipes, consider making the most of your leftovers by making DIY skin and haircare products.
Below, discover the super simple and wasteless recipes you can use for your face, body, hair and nails to utilize your kitchen to its fullest potential.
3-Ingredient Watermelon Lip Scrub by Tastefully Frugal
Combat dry, chapped lips this winter and fall with a hearty lip scrub. You can make one at home with sugar, coconut oil, and Kool-Aid using this Tastefully Frugal recipe. While sugar helps achieve exfoliation, coconut oil soothes inflamed skin. Oh, and the Kool-Aid? That offers a tasty treat to make skincare even more fun.
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DIY Avocado, Mayo and Olive Hair Mask by Cheeky Curls
If you have curly hair, one of the best things you can do is treat your hair to earth's natural delights. With the help of Cheeky Curls, you can use the food in your pantry—avocados, mayonnaise and more—to achieve the healthiest, bounciest ringlets you can imagine. And surprisingly, it doesn't make your hair smell like, well, a sandwich!
Also read about: 6 Luxurious Lip Balms for Luscious, Hydrated Skin
Easy Homemade Body Butter by It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken
Who knew you could make homemade lotion? According to It Doesn't Take Like Chicken, all you need is shea and cocoa butter, cornstarch and a few oils. Once blended, you'll achieve one thick and deceivingly luxurious butter that will make your skin sing to the heavens.
Natural DIY Cuticle Oil by Lemons, Lavender & Laundry
Our nails are probably the part of our body that receives the least TLC. Sure, we'll paint them to perfection every week, but even our nails deserve hydration. Curb brittle, flaky nails give your hands the attention they need with a hearty cuticle oil. It's super simple, too—just check out this recipe from Lemons, Lavender & Laundry that only uses a potpourri of oils.
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Turmeric Face Mask by Taste of Home
Are you struggling with stubborn hyperpigmentation? Turmeric has been a go-to treatment for years throughout Asia and Africa. Taste of Home teaches you to bring it to your home alongside apple cider vinegar, honey and yogurt for smooth, bright skin. Now, that's how you get ready for the ultimate holiday glow-up.
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