All-natural cleaning products are a fast growing trend. Over the years most people have turned to natural substances like vinegar to clean windows, a lemon and salt to clean a stove top which leaves a nice citrus scent. It’s getting to be common knowledge that baking soda has a hundred and one uses around our homes.
But what about all the new natural “green-cleaning” products being introduced to us in the grocery store? Out there in the market place there are dozens and dozens of green alternatives for traditional household products.
So...
Top 7 Green Alternatives for Your Household
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Posted in: Getting Started, Home Cleaning, Natural Beauty, Natural Beauty Products, Natural Cleaners, Natural Products, Skin Care, green living
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Posted in: Getting Started, Home Cleaning, Natural Beauty, Natural Beauty Products, Natural Cleaners, Natural Products, Skin Care, green living
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Acne, oily skin, itchy skin age spots; these can all be treated with a little vinegar. Bellow we have an acne treatment that won’t dry out your skin, a honey and vinegar treatment that will help all of us with oily skin and a simple tip to help reduce those age spots to keep our skin looking young and healthy.
Acne Treatment
This treatment will clear up your skin, returning your skin to a natural, healthy pH balance and help prevent future outbreaks.
In a travel-size bottle mix 1 teaspoon vinegar and 10 teaspoons water. Clean your face as usual in the...
Vinegar is an inexpensive and fantastic addition to any beauty regimen. Vinegar can clear up skin, reduce age spots, treat acne, and condition hair.
10 Ways to Use Vinegar as a Beauty Product
Reduce Age Spots – Vinegar with onion juice may help reduce the appearance of age spots. Just mix equal parts onion juice and vinegar, and dab onto age spot. Repeat daily and after a few weeks you should see the age spot lighten.
Itchy skin – Relieve itchy skin by adding 8 ounces of apple cider vinegar to a warm bath. Soak in the tub for at least 15 minutes.
Relieve...
Stop Using Chemicals to Whiten Your Teeth! …There’s a better way
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Posted in: Baking Soda, Natural Beauty, Natural Products, Salt, Table Salt
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Posted in: Baking Soda, Natural Beauty, Natural Products, Salt, Table Salt
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Why use those chemicals to whiten your teeth when you probably have the ingredients on hand to do it naturally.
All you need:
Baking Soda
Salt
Water
In a small dish mix equal parts baking soda and table salt. Dip a damp tooth brush into the mixture. Brush your teeth as normal. Then rinse.
Or, you can make a paste by adding a little water to the mix.
I would say this is a much better way to whiten your teeth than those sticky strips. Plus, this way you know you aren’t damaging you teeth.
Of course, this method doesn’t work over night or as quickly...
look for moisturizers that contain cell-repairing compounds that have or include vitamin-A
you also want antioxidants such as green tea and vitamin-C
cholesterol and fatty acids are also important because they mimic the structure of your skin
avoid glycolic acid and Retin-A; these can thin your skin
moisturize at least twice daily. this can help repair sun damage and slow wrinkling
use a heavy moisturizer in winter and a light moisturizer in summer
USE SUNSCREEN - THE most important thing you can do to protect your skin
~DIY Naturally
Skin | Moisturizer...
The Power of Salt
by diy naturally
Posted in: Home Cleaning, Natural Beauty, Natural Beauty Products, Natural Cleaners, Table Salt
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Posted in: Home Cleaning, Natural Beauty, Natural Beauty Products, Natural Cleaners, Table Salt
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The last several articles have been about using baking soda for various household cleaning tasks including the kitchen, bathroom, laundry room and a few other uses such as, taking care of your kids and pets and as a beauty product.
To continue with our “No more chemical cleaners” series, we are going to shift to table salt and its many uses around your home.
A natural compound, Sodium Chloride or as we know it, table salt; has some amazing power. It can preserve foods, soothe aches and pains, and clean your home. Salt is also a key ingredient...
In my previous posts I have suggested ways to use baking soda, one of nature’s best products, to clean your home – your kitchen, your bathroom, and your laundry. But baking soda can be used as a health and beauty product as well.
Back in the day, baking soda was one of the only beauty products available to clean your teeth, clean your hair, use as a mouthwash, and use in your bath to soften your skin.
10 ways to use baking soda as a health and beauty product
Clean your teeth – pour a small amount of baking soda in a small dish to dip your...

