7 Kitchen Items That Can Double as Skincare Products

Those kitchen ingredients are not only healthy for body but also useful for women’s beauty products. You may be familiar with some of them: Coconut oil, salt and sugar, olive oil, eggs, milk, honey, and rice

Those kitchen ingredients are not only healthy for body but also useful for women’s beauty products. You may familiar with some of them: Coconut oil, salt and sugar, olive oil, eggs, milk, honey, and rice.

Coconut oil is used as moisturizer and stretch mark cream. This is good for pregnant woman who has stretch mark in her belly. In addition “Coconut oil on the skin may also form a barrier that protects potentially harmful organisms from entering the body and causing infection.” said Livestrong. As Livestrong also pointed out that coconut oil could repair dry skin and reduce the symptoms of eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis.

Eat healthy and balanced diet to stock enough vitamins such as vitamin A and vitamin C to your skin.
Salt and sugar may have harsh texture for you face skin, however you can apply it as body scrub you’re your hand, feet and other body skin. Salt is trusted as skin antiseptic and skin detox. Meanwhile, sugar can firm skin and tone the skin.

Olive oil contains many good vitamins for skin. According to one of online magazine Livestrong explains that olive oil contains vitamin A and E, so does antioxidant. Therefore, this is good used as moisturizer and eye makeup remover. As livestrong says” Put one or two drops of extra virgin olive oil on a cotton face pad and use it to remove your eye makeup at the end of the day. Gently remove your eye makeup without stretching and pulling the delicate skin around your eyes.”

Eggs are yummy kitchen ingredients; those are eaten as breakfast, lunch or dinner menu. However, the fact is eggs can be good ingredients for facial mask. Just separate the yolk behind and use the egg white after mix it with honey and lemon. Apply it for 10 minutes, then rinse it by using cold water. This treatment is useful to reduce blackheads and tighten skin.

Milk has well-known as the best ingredients for skin softener. By reason of milk that contains vitamin A and protein. As Tremblay (2013) stated that protein provides strength and skin elasticity. In the one hand, vitamin A helps skin development and healthy skin.

Honey is a good cleaner for women skin. According to Livestrong says “A daily honey cleaner or mask can treat or prevent acne breakouts by ridding your skin of harmful bacteria.” In addition, honey also good in reducing wrinkles on your face.

The last is rice, don’t you know rice is good as skin whitening. Just mash it and apply it as face mask for ten minutes. Beside that, you can use the rice water to wash your face every morning.

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