Customized Beauty: My Favorite Summer Home Remedies

Customized Beauty: My Favorite Summer Home Remedies

My Favorite Summer Home Remedies

Since everyone,including Dr. Oz, loved my lemon juice and aspirin facial I wanted to give you two of my favorite Summer home remedies.

Smooth Feet Pedicure: Soak feet for 10 minutes in 1 can of tomato paste with 1 can of crushed tomatoes or spread 2 cans of tomato paste on feet and wrap feet in Saran wrap. Cover wrapped feet with socks for 10 minutes. Rinse with vinegar or water. Follow with olive oil and normal pedicure.

Tomatoes have alpha hydroxyl acids for exfoliating dead skin cells to make your feet smoother. They also contain two of the best free radical scavengers; vitamin C and the antioxidant Lycopenes. Put Vinegar in a spray bottle. Spray feet to reduce odor and athletes foot. Vinegar has acetic acid, which is anti-bacterial. Vinegar is a deodorizer and a skin softener. For callused feet put a cotton round soaked in one-quarter cup vinegar on each foot, then cover with plastic wrap and leave on overnight. Coat feet in olive oil, cover with plastic wrap, and socks overnight the next night. Better feet while you sleep!

Soothing Sunburns: Blend refrigerated cucumbers, plain yogurt, and mint in a blender. Apply to irritated and/or sunburned skin. Rinse off when the cream gets warm.

Cucumbers have astringent and hydrating properties. They have vitamin E, natural oils, and silica, which is a trace mineral for the skin. With the same pH as the skin, cucumbers help to restore the protective barrier of the skin. Cucumbers are mostlycooling for the sunburn. Yogurt is antifungal and antibacterial, but with the fat content whole-milk yogurt helps to rehydrate sunburned skin the best. Mint has Vitamin A. Mint oil is a good anti-pruritic ingredient to sooth itching skin and cool the skin. Take care of your sunburn and take care of your skin. Don't forget to re-apply sunscreen frequently.

How long does it take you to get ready?

Whether it’s in the morning or before you go out at night, we all want to streamline our beauty routine and have more time. Here are three great solutions.

First, apply your facial serum and/or eye cream directly after washing your face. The warmth of your skin helps the products penetrate faster. The eye cream will seal in the moisture around your eyes to diminish wrinkles and help you look more refreshed.

Second, using multi-functional products will save you time. Switch from a foundation to a multi-functional product like a tinted moisturizer with a built in sunscreen. Stila makes an oil free tinted moisturizer with SPF30 for around $36 (at Sephora) that can replace your moisturizer, sunscreen, and foundation. Covergirl (found in Ulta or CVS) makes a tinted moisturizer with SPF15 for around $7 that hydrates, protects against UV damaging rays, and evens out your skin tone. Another multi-functional product is cream blush. Nars makes a beautiful cream blush for around $26 at Neiman Marcus, which can be applied to your cheeks, lips, and even eyelids. Boots, the UK brand now available in Target, also makes a cream blush for about $10.

Finally, the most important step and the easiest way to speed up your morning routine is Permanent Makeup. It is helpful for women who do not have time to put on makeup, as well as, those who may lack the skills for proper makeup application. Permanent makeup is available for eyebrows, eyeliner, and full lip color. With permanent makeup all you need to do in the morning is add a little tinted moisturizer with SPF, bronzer-blush, and mascara. There’s no quicker or easier way to look your best all the time.

Now you can get ready faster and have time for more important things--like reading this blog. :-)