Oct 16 2009
Sweet and Sassy Beauty Tips: Spa-Quality Uses for Honey
When beauty tips come to mind, do you ever think about the sweet stuff? I know that I love a good chocolate facial, just for starters. Then there are the many different sugar scrubs and spice wraps.
But all those things are really costly. I paid 150 dollars at my last spa visit, and I didn’t even get the full massage. Luckily, there are quite a few ways to give yourself the same sweet treatments in your own home. The basis for these delectable facials and masques? Of course it’s honey.
Read below for a few in-home uses for honey that will leave you feeling luscious and wonderful in no time:
* Beauty Tips Using Honey #1: Bubbles are great - Just adding a cup of honey to your bubble bath will leave your skin soft and smooth. A loofah will help you skin look extra creamy and glowing. If you want to take a milk bath, much like Cleopatra, just add 4 tablespoons of whole milk powder to your bath. Of course, any time you bathe in edible products, be sure you rinse off really well when you are done.
* Beauty Tips With Honey #2: Use a few different layers. - 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. The put the mask on. Then wait for 10 minutes. Then just wash it off with warm water and love your fresh and youthful skin.
* Beauty Tips Using Honey #3: Create your own silky-skin toner. - Get an air-tight container and mix ½ cup of honey, 2 cups of buttermilk and a ½ cup of rosewater together. Tupperware with screw-on lids work best. Shake together until thoroughly. Its going to be a cloudy color and really runny. Then for tight, toned skin, apply it with a cotton ball.
When making these kinds of treatments, use the best honey. For less than 20 dollars, you can get a good-sized jar of organic honey that has not been treated with chemicals or preservatives. This jar of honey will get your through months of these beauty tips.
