HELPFUL PRODUCTS FOR MEN AND WOMEN

'10 Easy Recipes for DIY Natural Beauty Products'

excerpts from 'thedailygreen'  
                       the consumers guide to the green revolution

    Make your own beauty products and green up your life. They are just a luxurious and fragrant as commercial products but they contain no artificial chemicals, and you don't have to deal with recycling all that expensive packaging.

   Although beauty products don't have to list their ingredients, they often contain phthalates, formaldehyde, parabens and other chemicals that have been shown to harm animals in lab tests, and which are being phased out in Europe in favor of less toxic alternatives. Prenatal exposure to phthalates, for example, has been linked to liver and kidney damage and effects on baby boys reproductive organs, and the chemical bas been implicated in male obesity. The CDC found the toxic sunscreen component oxybenzone in 97% of Americans tested.

    Why not get beautiful in less risky ways?

    Remember that many of these recipes can be put into reusable containers - which can also be decorated and given as unique, homemade gifts.

 from Helen

it' Eco Time

 Effective Dry Skin Treatment    

    
     makes 1 application

       2 Tbsp. real mayonnaise

     1 tsp. baby oil

     1. combine both ingredients
     2. smooth onto face, neck, rough elbows and anywhere you feel might benefit from it.
     3. leave for 20 minutes. 

 
 Invigorating and revitalizing Avocado Hair Treatment

     1 medium avocado - peeled and stoned

     2 Tbsp. honey

     1. mash together the ingredients in a small bowl

     2. massage into hair

     3. leave for 20 - 30 minutes
     4. wash hair as usual

There are too many of these recipes to put into one blog. Just as the previous blog, I will have to continue this next week.

 Thanks for coming back...again.

And please let me know if you tried them and if you care about trying more recipes.