Sweet and Sassy Beauty Tips: Spa-Quality Uses for Honey
cosmetic skincare+ making – When you think of beauty tips, do you think of the sweet stuff? For starters, I love to have a yummy chocolate facial. And then there are the sugar scrubs, the spice wraps and the vanilla steams.
All that stuff tends to be expensive. I didn’t even get a full massage and my last spa visit cost me over 150 dollars. Fortunately, there are a lot of ways to give yourself the same sweet treatments at home. The basis for these awesome facials and masques? You guessed it, honey.
Below are just a few uses for honey that will leave you feeling delicious and beautiful:
* Your Honey Do Beauty Tip #1: Bubble baths - If you want really soft and smooth skin, just add a cup of honey to your bubble bath. You can use a loofah to exfoliate your skin while your in the tub and it will give you nice, glowing skin. Then add 4 tablespoons of whole milk powder and you will feel like Cleopatra, who once used milk bathes to help keep her skin clear. When you use edible products in your bath, you must make sure to rinse down very well afterwards.
* Your Honey Do Beauty Tip #2: Layering is fun. - A really great egg white masque can be made by whipping egg whites, a tablespoon of honey and a tad bit of flour or unsweetened cocoa together until they make a thick paste. Then put a hot wash cloth on your face for about three minutes to open up your pores. Then smooth the mask on. Let it sit for 10 minutes. Your skin will be beautiful when you wash off the mask.
* Honey Beauty Tip #3: You can make your own skin toner. - Honey, buttermilk and rosewater mixed together can do wonders for your skin. If you have a Tupperware with a screw-on lid, it will work perfect. Shake it up until its blended together well. You will end up with a mixture that is quite runny and cloudy in color. Then apply it with a cotton ball for tight and toned skin.
You always want to use the best honey for these treatments. For much less than 20 dollars, you can buy a good sized jar of organic honey that hasn’t been chemically treated. You can use this for your honey do beauty tips for months to come.